❝ Jon took a knee. The king frowned at him and rattled the parchment angrily. “Rise. Tell me, who is Lyanna Mormont?”
“One of Lady Maege’s daughters, Sire. The youngest. She was named for my lord father’s sister.”
“To curry your lord father’s favor, I don’t doubt. I know how that game is played. How old is this wretched girl child?”
Jon had to think a moment. “Ten. Or near enough to make no matter. Might I know how she has offended Your Grace?”
Stannis read from the letter. “Bear island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is STARK. A girl of ten, you say, and she presumes to scold her lawful king.” ❞
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A Dance with Dragons
stannis gets hate mail from little girls pass it on
❝ Daenerys Targaryen is no maid, however. She is the widow of a Dothraki khal, a mother of dragons and a sacker of cities. Aegon the Conqueror with teats…I know she has spent her childhood in exile, impoverished, living on dreams and schemes, running from one city to the next, always fearful, never safe, friendless but for a brother who was by all accounts half mad…a brother who sold her maidenhood to the Dothraki for the promise of an army. I know that somewhere out upon the grass her dragons hatched, and so did she. I know she is proud. How not? What else was left her but pride? I know she is strong. How not? The Dothraki despise weakness. If Daenerys had been weak she would have perished with Viserys. I know she is fierce. Astapor, Yunkai, and Meereen are proof enough of that. She has crossed grasslands and the red waste, survived assassins and conspiracies and fell sorceries, grieved for a brother and a husband and a son, trod the cities of the slavers to dust beneath her dainty sandaled feet. ❞
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A Dance With Dragons
if anyone asks why you love dany so much just direct them to this passage tbh
❝ The Lord Steward glanced back. “Women too? Our brothers are not accustomed to having women amongst them, my lord. Their vows…there will be fights, rapes…”
“These women have knives and know how to use them.”
“And the first time one of these spearwives slits the throat of one our brothers, what then?”
“We will have lost a man,” said Jon “but we have just gained sixty-three. You’re good at counting, my lord. Correct me if I’m wrong, but my reckoning leaves us sixty-two ahead.” ❞
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A Dance With Dragons
an example of why jon snow is a great lord commander
i still laugh every time i think of how xaro’s marriage proposal in ADWD for dany was basically “hey you like the D, i like the D. we’ve got a lot in common we should get married."
❝ The red woman walked beside Jon down the steps. “His Grace is growing fond of you.”
“I can tell. He only threatened to behead me twice.” ❞
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A Dance With Dragons
ever since jon became commander he’s gotten more sassy
i like it
