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“She set her mouth grimly and gave her head a shake, and the bell in her braid chimed softly”

YESSSS subtle reminder of the bells in her hair from the battles she’s won, while she’s coping with being kissed by a creepy old man she thought she could trust

“It was even worse than before! Lady Smallwood insisted that Arya take another bath, and cut and comb her hair besides”

i love arya she’s so me at 10 years old

TANSY TEA YOU SAY??

“And her lady mother, what would she say? Would she still want her back, after all the things she’d done?”

i’m gonna cry… arya if only you knew the lengths your mother is going to so she can see you again

“Not bad”
“For a wench?”
“For a squire, say. A green one,” He laughed, a ragged, breathless laugh, “Come on, cone on my sweetling. The music’s still playing. Might I have this dance?”

Okayyyyyy first time she’s been asked to dance since renley <3 love is real

“The swords kissed, and swang apart, and kissed again. This is what Jaime was meant for. He never felt so alive”

okay freaks just have sex already

“the notion of keeping faith when they all expected betrayal amused him more than he could say”

“Robb rubbed his temples where the crown had left its mark in the soft skin above his ears”

okayyyy imagery and metaphor i see you

“I know,” Her son said, stricken. “I’ve made a botch of everything but the battles, haven’t I? I thought the battles would be the hard part,”

ROBBBBBBBB 💔

he’s only 16 :((
i wish the show had given him more moments of vulnerability like this

i like that robb is more sympathetic to his mother in the book than he was in the show. he seemed to not care about his sisters at all in the show it broke my heart :(