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badgaymovies · 2 years

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The Knack ...and How To Get It (1965)

The Knack ...and How To Get It by #RichardLester starring #RitaTushingham and #MichaelCrawford, "a charming, funny and beautifully shot bit of cheekiness"

RICHARD LESTER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB United Kingdom, 1965. Woodfall Film Productions. Screenplay by Charles Wood, based on the play by Ann Jellicoe. Cinematography by David Watkin. Produced by Oscar Lewenstein. Music by John Barry. Production Design by Assheton Gorton. Costume Design by Jocelyn Rickards. Film Editing by Antony Gibbs. A number of British Invasion movies remain popular today…

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gulnarsultan · 1 year

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》 Rose in the North 《

You were chatting by the fire with your daughters Lyanna and Jocelyn. You always loved to talk about Highgardens. You saw the places where you were born and raised last time you got married and separated. Even if you wanted to visit your home, your husband would not agree to allow it. You chose to be a good wife to your husband so that there would be no quarrels and your family would be happy. Even if the guard of the north managed to look tough and cold, he could never act like that towards you. Even though Rickard was aware of his obsession, he wasn't trying to stop it. After all, he had convinced himself that it was a husband's job to protect his wife and keep her safe. However, his excessive sense of husbandly duty had left you alone with him and his children. When your parents told you there would be a rose in the north when you arranged your marriage, you thought it was cute. But as you now understand, if you knew how longing this would be, you would hesitate to come to the north.

》 Kuzeyde gül 《

Kızlarınız Lyanna ve Jocelyn ile ateşin yanında sohbet ediyordunuz. Yüksek Bahçeler hakkında konuşmayı her zaman severdin. En son evlenip ayrıldığınızda doğup büyüdüğünüz yerleri gördünüz. Evinizi ziyaret etmek isteseniz bile kocanız buna izin vermez. Kocana iyi bir eş olmayı seçtin ki kavga olmasın, ailen mutlu olsun. Kuzeyin muhafızı sert ve soğuk görünmeyi başarsa bile sana karşı asla böyle davranamazdı. Rickard takıntısının farkında olmasına rağmen onu durdurmaya çalışmıyordu. Ne de olsa, karısını korumanın ve güvende tutmanın bir koca işi olduğuna kendini inandırmıştı. Ancak aşırı kocalık duygusu, sizi kendisi ve çocukları ile baş başa bırakmıştı. Ailen sana evliliğini ayarladığında kuzeyde bir gül olacağını söylediğinde, bunun sevimli olduğunu düşündün. Ama şimdi anladığınız gibi bunun ne kadar hasret olacağını bilseniz kuzeye gelmekten çekinirsiniz.

#yandere husband #yandere game of thrones #yandere rickard stark #yandere male #house stark #house tyrell #tyrell reader #yandere got #yandere asoiaf #rickard stark #winter falls #lyanna stark #eddard stark #benjen stark #brandon stark #jocelyn stark

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storyweaverofgondor · 22 days

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Cats Footlight Production 2008

I do so love stumbling across a new non-replica of my favorite musical.

It apparently took place from January 27 to Febuary 11 2008 in Geelong (I think in Ausralia?) according to one of the above articles.

@whitmerule @cryptidvoidwritings @statisticalcats2

Cast and Production team list below the cut

PRODUCTION TEAM Producer Peter Wills Director Darylin Ramondo Musical Director John Shawcross Vocal Director Anita Barlow – Burman Choreographer Jordan Punsalang Costume Design Bevan Vahland Costumes created by Ferri Bond Make Up Design Penni Nash-Gilchrist Set Design Bevan Vahland Lighting Design Shane Haugh Stage & Technical Manager Robert McKenzie

CAST Admetus Olivia Taravillo Alonzo Glenn Murray Angelica Caitlin Mathieson Bombalurina Amy Lehpamer Bustopher Jones Lachy Joyce Cassandra Bree Moyes Coricopat Jordan Middelkoop Demeter Kethly Hemsworth Electra Jessica Nash Etcetra Zoe Marsh Exotica Jess Gomularz Grizabella Sophie Collins Gus The Theatre Cat Howard Dandy Jellylorum Jocelyn Mackay Jemima Emily Jacker Jennyanydots Gail Lee Mr. Mistoffelees Casey Chisholm Mungojerrie / Macavity Joel Cooper Munkustrap Mykel Jackson-Brown Old Deuteronomy Tim Edwards Plato David Greenwood Pouncival Caleb Vines Rumpleteazer Jennifer Stirk Rum Tum Tugger Tony Wasley Sillabub Nikki Lenaghan Skimbleshanks Ian Nash – Gilchrist Tantomile Farryn Burrill Victoria Purdey Rickard

#cats the musical #cats the musical fandom #Cats Footlight Productions 2008 #cats non replica

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catofadifferentcolor · 6 months

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Terrible Fic Idea #72: Game of Thrones, but make it Ptolemaic

There's something fascinating about the way the Ptolemys took over Egypt following the death of Alexander the Great - sure, anyone can conquer, but it takes an interesting mind to look around for ways to legitimate their rule and fall on sibling marriage as the solution. Yes, it was common among certain royal dynasties, but the Macedonian Greeks, from whom the Ptolemys descended, despised it. I would love a snapshot into how that first sibling marriage came to be.

It was this in mind I stumbled upon the idea for my next terrible fic idea: What if Jon and Robb were not of age with each other?

Aka: The Weirwood Queen Fic

Just imagine it:

Everything follows canon, with two exceptions: 1) Lyanna dies giving birth to a daughter at the Tower of Joy. Ned names the girl after their favorite Great-Aunt, Jocelyn; and 2) Catelyn loses the child she conceives on her wedding night.

(Robb is still born, but his birth date and the birth dates of all the other Stark children are pushed back two years.)

Now, it is one thing to return from war with a bastard when your wife has just given birth to a legitimate heir; it is quite another thing to return from war with a bastard after she miscarried. For this reason Ned choses to pass Jocelyn off as his brother Brandon's bastard daughter with Ashara Dayne.

Jocelyn's childhood is similar in many ways to canon, but not. Without her "twin" or any trueborn siblings to draw attention away, most of the castle dotes on young Jocelyn. Even once her cousins are born, Jocelyn remains the oldest of the lot, filled with the confidence that a child only has when they know they are loved. She loves her cousins in turn, but with the age gap they're never quite as close as canon, and she's more nursemaid for the younger ones than a playmate.

Catleyn, of course, loathes her, and begs for her to be sent away - which she eventually is. But instead of sending Jocelyn to the Silent Sisters, or across the sea, or marrying her off to a loyal man-at-arms stationed on the edge of Stark lands... Ned accepts widowed Rickard Karstark's offer for Jocelyn's hand. He's a loyal bannerman whose family has often wed Stark bastards and was notorious for his care and devotion to his first wife. It is the best Ned can do for her.

And so Jocelyn becomes the second Lady Karstark, which is awkward, as her stepsons are quite a bit older than her and her stepdaughter Alys is only six months younger, but Jocelyn thrives as a lady of a Northern House. Her husband is kind enough and largely allows her to run the house as she will, which is as best as she could have hoped for in a marriage.

By the time King Robert rides north two years later than canon, Jocelyn has given birth to a son, Brandon, and is pregnant with a daughter, Lyanna.

Canon continues apace, if somewhat delayed. Ned becomes hand of the king and loses his head. The North rises up, names Robb King in the North... and Rickard's sons Torrhen and Edward are killed by Jaime Lannister, for which Rickard kills two hostages. Robb still choses to execute Rickard Karstark.

Meanwhile, Jocelyn has been rallying forces to take Winterfell back from the Greyjoy's in the North. She succeeds, only to learn within the week that her cousin has made her a widow.

Jocelyn quietly rages. She'd never loved her husband, but she'd been fond of him. It's the hypocrisy that gets her most - because the Starks have always put family first, but she's known from the beginning that some family counts more than others, otherwise Ned would have never killed her uncle Arthur, or led her mother Ashara to throw herself off a tower, or allowed his son to think it fitting to kill her husband while they knew Jocelyn was preparing to take back his home for him.

And so what you have is Jocelyn continuing to rule Winterfell in her cousin's name but largely acting on her own, never outright ignoring Robb's commands while he's still alive but following the letter rather than the spirit of the order.

This continues for some time, with Jocelyn Queen of the North in all but name after the Red Wedding - holding off the Boltons and the Greyjoys - and gaining the respect of the North.

Into this enter Bran (as played by the Three-Eyed Raven) and baby Rickon.

After four or five years of playing Regent for Sansa, still held hostage in King's Landing, the last thing Jocelyn wants to do is give up power to her thirteen year of cousin who 1) spent the last five years beyond the Wall, letting her do all the hard work of ruling and 2) has no idea what the political situation is in the North. Most of the Northern lords feel similarly and insist Bran and Jocelyn wed, if only so Jocelyn can continue what she's been doing while Bran learns the ropes.

Jocelyn is even less happy about this, but goes along with it in name only, sleeping in a separate part of the castle.

This goes on for about two years, Bran making all sorts of subtle attempts to undermine Jocelyn's rule that - if they'd succeeded - would only have destabilized the North. Jocelyn is gearing up to have him declared addled by his trip beyond the Wall when she catches Bran - or, rather, the Three-Eyed Raven - trying to jump ship into Jocelyn's son seven-year-old son, Brandon Karstark, who with his Targaryen and Stark blood would make a better host.

Explaining to her bannermen just why she murdered her second husband is a challenge, but the evidence - that he was trying to kill her son - is rather irrefutable. Unfortunately, it leaves her in the same position as before, this time having to marry her her ten-year-old cousin Rickon to continue ruling the North.

Through all of this, it should be clear Jocelyn is doing this less out of desire for personal power - though there is a glimmer of that, especially when certain lords demand she give up her regency to man - then desire to stabilize the North. Ned and Robb had gone south, and it had nearly cost the North everything. All Jocelyn wants to do is keep the madness consuming the south from infecting the North too.

Meanwhile, Daenerys and Young Griff have joined forces in Essos, married, and begun their reconquest of Westeros. Amid the chaos, they succeed brilliantly.

They leave the North for last, attempt to replay the submission of Torrhen, but in a much weaker position than The Conqueror was - they have dragons, but winter is setting in and their martial might is largely exhausted by a decade of warfare. Regardless, Jocelyn tells Rickon to bend the knee, realizing the North can't survive on its own for long. For this they get many concessions - a break in taxes, the title of Prince of the North, and the betrothal of the Dany and Young Griff's son and daughter to Jocelyn's children Lyanna and Brandon Karstark respectively.

Jocelyn continues to rule the North, largely without the input of her third husband, who after his majority largely spends his time in Dany and Young Griff's ongoing military campaigns - putting down rebellions throughout their empire, pirates in the Stepstones, and the like - until he is killed crossing a river in Essos. The title of Prince of the North falls to Jocelyn's son, Brandon Karstark, who drops the Kar from his name and rules well - with the help of his mother.

Bonuses include: 1) Jocelyn never expressing anything other than familial fondness for any of her husbands, never sleeping with the second two, and largely being presented as an aromantic asexual who because of societal expectations forces herself to try to have romantic/sexual feelings for her first husband, fails, and then keeps her second two firmly in the baby cousins category; 2) An exploration of family dynamics in Westeros - specifically, what it means to be on the outside looking in as a bastard and knowing that your uncle and cousin don't seem to count the death of your mother, mother's brother, or husband as kinslaying, and being a woman allowed to hold the reins of power while the men are away and being expected to turn everything over to the first male claimant who shows up after you've done all the hard work; 3) The Three-Eyed Raven putting on a masterclass of how to be subtly creepy enough to cause everyone around him to think they're imagining things, when in reality it's worse than they imagined, and having been working even beyond the Wall to help bring about the Targaryen Restoration; 4) No one ever suspecting Jocelyn as being Rhaegar's daughter, and historians using the Valeryian looks her children have with their Targaryen spouses as proof Young Griff was really Prince Aegon; and 5) An exploration of the North, its traditions, and its religion, with Jocelyn somewhat inadvertently bringing about a revival of the last two through her desire to Damnatio Memoriae her late and unlamented Aunt Catelyn.

And that's all I have. I suppose its not as ptolemaic as it could be, but I was thinking of Cleopatra VII and her marriages to her two younger brothers as I wrote it, so. As always, feel free to adopt this plot bunny, just link back if you ever do anything with it.

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Such a scenario came to my mind. I wanted to share with you. Dark Rickard Stark (Lyanna's father) and Targaryen reader. Targaryen reader is the sister of Aerys 2 or Steffon Baratheon. She has completely inherited the Targaryen appearance. She is called the beauty of the land. Rickard has heard a lot about the sweet dragon. He sees the Targaryen reader by chance at a tournament and falls in love. (Obsessedly.) Fortune is on Rickard's side. Rickard and Targaryen reader get married. Their first son, Brandon, has violet eyes, pale skin, and Stark hair. Ned inherits all Stark genes, except for his pale skin. Jocelyn inherits pale skin, grey eyes and silver hair. Lyanna inherits pale skin, Stark hair, and violet eyes. Benjen inherits pale skin, Stark hair, and violet eyes. He says a Lord Jocelyn might be a bastard. Because he is the only one among the Stark children with silver hair. After what Rickard did to the Lord, no one says anything bad about the Targaryen reader and his children. Moreover, Jocelyn is a dreamer, just like her mother. Her older brothers are protective of her sister and brother Jocelyn. Rickard never says it out loud, but of all his children, Jocelyn is the most doting. Sweet girl looks a lot like her mother. The Targaryen reader and her daughter Jocelyn wander through the snow wrapped in furs. Other men are afraid to approach these two ladies. Because there is a big and strong wolf behind the two of them. Rickard's majesty and gaze are truly threatening.

!!!! YES PLEASE!!!

Imagine him either wanting to take control of the dynasty as well or he has the North become independent.

#hot thots

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ludmilachaibemachado · 8 months

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Blow Up, 1966. Top from left: Jill Kennington, Ann Norman, Peggy Moffitt, Rosaleen Murray; bottom: Melanie Hampshire, in mod fashion designs by Jocelyn Rickards🍃💐🌵🍂

Via @callemodista69 on Instagram 🪴🌷🪷🌻

#60s icons #girlsofthesixties #60s models #jill kennington #peggy moffitt #Ann Norman #Rosaleen murray #Melanie hampshire #blow up #1966

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west1rosi · 7 months

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NEW ADDED MUSES ON THE CARRD!

Jocelyn Swyft : Jocelyn Swyft is a noblewoman of House Swyft. She is the companion and lady attendant of Queen Cersei Lannister. She is also send to care for King Tommen. She is often seen crying after Cersei has taken her anger on her. (semi-canon). the westerlands.

Alyssane Lefford : Lady Alysanne Lefford is a member of House Lefford of the Golden Tooth. Alysanne becomes Lady of the Golden Tooth after Lord Leo Lefford drowns during the Battle of the Fords. (semi-canon). the westerlands.

Addam Marbrand : Ser Addam Marbrand is a knight of House Marbrand, and the son and heir of Lord Damon Marbrand of Ashemark. During his youth, Addam was a page at Casterly Rock. He is one of the chief knights in the service of Tywin Lannister, Lord of Casterly Rock. (canon). the westerlands.

Shyra Errol : Lady Shyra supports Renly Baratheon during the War of the Five Kings. After the death of Renly, Shyra voices her support for Stannis Baratheon but refuses to renounce her faith for the lord of light, inevitably not placing her men at Stannis' call. (semi-canon). the stormlands.

Marq Piper : Marq Piper is a knight from House Piper. He is the heir of Clement Piper, Lord of Pinkmaiden Castle.Lord Eddard Stark and Lady Catelyn Stark consider the young Marq to be hot-headed. Marq is one of the survivors of the red wedding, having served under Robb Stark. (canon). the riverlands.

Alys Karstark :The only daughter of Rickard Karstark, Lord of Karhold. Alys flees her cousin and seeks aid from Jon at the Wall. Alys has converted to a symbiotic religion between the Old Gods of the North and R'hllor after meeting the Lady Melisandre. (canon). the north.

#⸻ . ✷ ❛ out of character ❜ 〉the dead are coming .#oh you want to rp with them so bad

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aegor-bamfsteel · 2 years

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While I can understand Cat's fear about Jon usurping her kids rights to inherit WF, I don't understand why she thinks Robb naming some distant cousin from Vale his heir would be better option. Won't they pose same threat as Jon?

“MY LORDS!" [Greatjon] shouted, his voice booming off the rafters. "Here is what I say to these two kings!" He spat. "Renly Baratheon is nothing to me, nor Stannis neither. Why should they rule over me and mine, from some flowery seat in Highgarden or Dorne? What do they know of the Wall or the wolfswood or the barrows of the First Men? Even their gods are wrong. The Others take the Lannisters too, I've had a bellyful of them." —AGOT, Catelyn XI

Not at all. The distant cousin from the Vale has a small claim because their great-great-grandmother was Jocelyn Stark, and unfortunately there are no other closer lines of descent (Rickard was an only child, and none of his children bar Eddard had any legitimate issue), but there’s nothing else to recommend them to the North as heir; they were born in the Vale, likely educated and knighted there, raised in the Faith of the Seven, probably aren’t related to any other northern families, etc. Considering how loyal many of the Northerners are to their land and the Starks, a Vale ruler would be a last resort due to Robb’s desperate position (and it was a backup plan anyway, because he and Jeyne were earnestly trying for a child). If Jeyne and Robb had an heir, the Vale cousin wouldn’t pose a threat because nobody in the North would want them as a ruler; Robb died heirless and Wyman Manderly is sending Davos to find Rickon rather than court a potential Vale heir. Meanwhile, Jon was raised in Winterfell as Ned’s natural son and keeps to the old gods, so at least he’d be considered a true Northman with close descent from the Starks; that seems to be the basis for Stannis offering him Winterfell, and Robb’s reason for probably naming him heir in his will: "Jon's more a Stark than some lordlings from the Vale who have never so much as set eyes on Winterfell." —ASOS, Catelyn V

#ask #asoiaf #jon snow #robb stark #the vale #the north #law

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dwellordream · 1 year

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I loved your series with branda starks children. It was really good. Have you considered doing another branda stark but this time she marries Jon arryn? I think that would be super cool and interconnected, and it throws a spanner in WOT5K as Jon wouldn’t be dead

Someone could easily do an AU where Jocelyn Stark (Rickard Stark's aunt) married Jon Arryn rather than Benedict Royce.

#ask #anon

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callemodista · 2 years

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BLOWUP 1966, top from left: Jill Kennington, Ann Norman, Peggy Moffitt, Rosaleen Murray; bottom: Melanie Hampshire, in mod fashion designs by Jocelyn Rickards

#blow up #60s #1960s #Jill Kennington #ann norman #peggy moffitt #rosaleen murray #melanie hampshire #jocelyn rickards #mod fashion #60s fashion #60s style #swinging sixties

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Lord Edwyle Stark fue cabeza de la Casa Stark y, como tal, Señor de Invernalia y Guardián del Norte durante los reinados de Maekar I, Aegon V y Jaehaerys II Targaryen.

Edwyle fue el primer hijo de Lord Willam Stark y Lady Melantha Blackwood. Tuvo una hermana, Jocelyn, quien se casó con un hijo menor de Lord Raymar Royce. En 226 d.C., Edwyle se convirtió en Señor de Invernalia y Guardián del Norte sucediendo a su padre.

Se casó con Lady Marna Locke y tuvo sólo un hijo con ella, Rickard, quien a su muerte le sucedió como cabeza de la casa. En las criptas de Invernalia existe una estatua de Lord Edwyle.

Lord Edwyle Stark was Head of House Stark and as such Lord of Winterfell and Guardian of the North during the reigns of Maekar I, Aegon V, and Jaehaerys II Targaryen.

Edwyle was the first child of Lord Willam Stark and Lady Melantha Blackwood. He had a sister, Jocelyn, who married a younger son of Lord Raymar Royce. In 226 AD, Edwyle became Lord of Winterfell and Guardian of the North, succeeding his father.

He married Lady Marna Locke and had only one son with her, Rickard, who on his death succeeded him as head of the house. In the crypts of Winterfell there is a statue of Lord Edwyle

#edwyle stark #willam stark #melantha blackwood #jocelyn stark #marna locke #rickard stark

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womeninmovieswearinghats · 7 years

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Uncredited mime in Blowup (1966)

Direction: Michelangelo Antonioni

Costumes: Jocelyn Rickards

#movies #hat #blowup #michelangelo antonioni #jocelyn rickards

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Loved your post on the similarities between Jon and Waymar Royce and Sansa's preference in men. I would like to add something else on the table. The Royces have Stark blood through the maternal line. Catelyn even suggested to name them as a possible heir to Robb. So Sansa really has a thing for the Stark look. This might be incestuous in nature. But isn't there a phrase that women tend to fall for men who remind them of their father? In Sansa's case it's more literal than usual lmao

Hello there!

Thank you very much ♡

You know, when I was writing my meta, I was suggested by @lostlittlesatellites, to write about the Royces with Stark blood, but I decided not to bring the subject up because we don’t really know who they are.

I know about what Catelyn said to Robb regarding the Stark relatives in the Vale:

“Young, and a king,” he said. “A king must have an heir. If I should die in my next battle, the kingdom must not die with me. By law Sansa is next in line of succession, so Winterfell and the north would pass to her.” His mouth tightened. “To her, and her lord husband. Tyrion Lannister. I cannot allow that. I will not allow that. That dwarf must never have the north.”

“No,” Catelyn agreed. “You must name another heir, until such time as Jeyne gives you a son.” She considered a moment. “Your father’s father had no siblings, but his father had a sister who married a younger son of Lord Raymar Royce, of the junior branch. They had three daughters, all of whom wed Vale lordlings. A Waynwood and a Corbray, for certain. The youngest … it might have been a Templeton, but …”

“Mother.” There was a sharpness in Robb’s tone. “You forget. My father had four sons.”

She had not forgotten; she had not wanted to look at it, yet there it was. “A Snow is not a Stark.”

“Jon’s more a Stark than some lordlings from the Vale who have never so much as set eyes on Winterfell.”

“Jon is a brother of the Night’s Watch, sworn to take no wife and hold no lands. Those who take the black serve for life.”

“So do the knights of the Kingsguard. That did not stop the Lannisters from stripping the white cloaks from Ser Barristan Selmy and Ser Boros Blount when they had no more use for them. If I send the Watch a hundred men in Jon’s place, I’ll wager they find some way to release him from his vows.”

He is set on this. Catelyn knew how stubborn her son could be. “A bastard cannot inherit.”

“Not unless he’s legitimized by a royal decree,” said Robb. “There is more precedent for that than for releasing a Sworn Brother from his oath.”

“Precedent,” she said bitterly. “Yes, Aegon the Fourth legitimized all his bastards on his deathbed. And how much pain, grief, war, and murder grew from that? I know you trust Jon. But can you trust his sons? Or their sons? The Blackfyre pretenders troubled the Targaryens for five generations, until Barristan the Bold slew the last of them on the Stepstones. If you make Jon legitimate, there is no way to turn him bastard again. Should he wed and breed, any sons you may have by Jeyne will never be safe.”

“Jon would never harm a son of mine.”

“No more than Theon Greyjoy would harm Bran or Rickon?”

Grey Wind leapt up atop King Tristifer’s crypt, his teeth bared. Robb’s own face was cold. “That is as cruel as it is unfair. Jon is no Theon.”

“So you pray. Have you considered your sisters? What of their rights? I agree that the north must not be permitted to pass to the Imp, but what of Arya? By law, she comes after Sansa … your own sister, trueborn …”

“… and dead. No one has seen or heard of Arya since they cut Father’s head off. Why do you lie to yourself? Arya’s gone, the same as Bran and Rickon, and they’ll kill Sansa too once the dwarf gets a child from her. Jon is the only brother that remains to me. Should I die without issue, I want him to succeed me as King in the North. I had hoped you would support my choice.”

“I cannot,” she said. “In all else, Robb. In everything. But not in this … this folly. Do not ask it.”

“I don’t have to. I’m the king.” Robb turned and walked off, Grey Wind bounding down from the tomb and loping after him.

—A Storm of Swords - Catelyn V

This passage is very interesting because Robb said: By law Sansa is next in line of succession, so Winterfell and the north would pass to her. But since Sansa was married to Tyrion Lannister, Robb had to name another heir.

This is a contrast with Jon. Stannis use the same argument to convince Jon to accept his offer to be Lord of Winterfell, he called Sansa “Lady Lannister”, but no matter what, Jon didn’t accept it.

“But, instead of Tyrion, Willas or even Robert, who pursue Sansa’s claim over her, there is a man that has been offered Winterfell and choose her over it. Among all the high lords interested in becoming the Lord of Winterfell by marrying Sansa Stark, the bastard Jon Snow refused to despoil his sister Sansa of her rights, even if her claim is the one thing he has wanted as much as he had ever wanted anything.”

“By right Winterfell should go to my sister Sansa.”

—A Dance with Dragons - Jon I

Jon said, “Winterfell belongs to my sister Sansa.”

—A Dance with Dragons - Jon IV

Robb and Catelyn were both pushing to prevent Sansa and Jon to get Winterfell, and ironically enough, I think that Sansa and Jon will be the Starks that will retake Winterfell.

Now, about who may be the Royces with Stark blood...

“Your father’s father had no siblings, but his father had a sister who married a younger son of Lord Raymar Royce, of the junior branch. They had three daughters, all of whom wed Vale lordlings. A Waynwood and a Corbray, for certain. The youngest … it might have been a Templeton, but …”

This means: Ned Stark’s father Rickard had no siblings, but Rickard’s father Edwyle, had a sister Jocelyn who married a younger son of Lord Raymar Royce, of the junior branch, Benedict Royce.

Jocelyn Stark and Benedict Royce had three daughters:

Daughter 1 married an Unknown Waynwood

Daughter 2 married an Unknown Corbray

Daughter 3 might have married an Unknown Templeton

See? we really don’t know who the Royces with Stark blood are. We don’t even know if they have the Stark features. We don’t even know if they are still alive…

Also take note that Jocelyn Stark married a Royce from the junior branch, called House Royce of the Gates of the Moon. While Waymar Royce was from House Royce of Runestone.

So I addressed the subject only with this line:

The resemblance between the Starks and the Royces [of Runestone] maybe has to be with both houses being descendants of the First Men.

Now back to House Royce of the Gates of the Moon.

At this point in the books, the known Royces of the cadet branch are: Nestor Royce and his children: Albar and Myranda. Imagine Myranda having a claim to Winterfell, Alayne will hate it…

Also imagine Lyn Corbray having a claim to Winterfell, Alayne will hate it even more…

About the Templetons, we don’t even know for sure if the third daughter of Jocelyn Stark and Benedict Royce married into House Templeton…

Now, about the Waynwoods, this is exactly why @lostlittlesatellites suggested me to write about the Royces with Stark blood, because at this point at the Books, Alayne is very linked with the Waynwoods. And even Harrold Hardyn’s mother was a Waynwood! Imagine Harry the Heir having not only a claim to the Vale but also to Winterfell! Alayne will like this scenario a bit more… This is unlikely, but it was funny to think about it…

Harry the Heir doesn’t have the Stark Look tho. But his Waynwood cousins do. So they could be the descendants of Jocelyn Stark and Benedict Royce. Let see:

In the first Alayne chapter of the Winds of Winter, Sansa meets the Waynwoods and Harry the Heir:

“Lady Myranda. Lady Alayne.” Anya Waynwood inclined her head to each of them in turn. “It is good of you to greet us. Allow me to present my grandson, Ser Roland Waynwood.” She nodded at the knight who had spoken. “And this is my youngest son, Ser Wallace Waynwood. And of course my ward, Ser Harrold Hardyng.”

(…)

Ser Roland was the oldest of the three, though no more than five-and-twenty. He was taller and more muscular than Ser Wallace, but both were long-faced and lantern-jawed, with stringy brown hair and pinched noses. Horsefaced and homely, Alayne thought.

—The Winds of Winter - Alayne I

Ser Roland Waynwood and Ser Wallace Waynwood have three features that match the Stark Look:

Both long-faced

Both horsefaced

Both have [stringy] brown hair

Sansa/Alyane doesn’t find the Waynwoods attractive tho, not like she fancied Ser Waymar Royce. Maybe this have to be with their other features: lantern-jawed and pinched noses.

The lack of attraction to the Waynwoods was another reason why I didn’t bring this subject up in my meta.

In contrast, the Waynwoods seems pretty attracted to Sansa/Alayne:

“Had we known such beauty awaited us at the Gates, we would have flown,” Ser Roland said. Though his words were addressed to Myranda Royce, he smiled at Alayne as he said them.

“To fly you would need wings,” Randa replied, “and there are some knights here who might have a thing to say concerning that.”

“I look forward to a spirited discussion.” Ser Roland swung down from his horse, turned to Alayne, and smiled. “I had heard that Lord Littlefinger’s daughter was fair of face and full of grace, but no one ever told me that she was a thief.”

“You wrong me, ser. I am no thief!”

Ser Roland placed his hand over his heart. “Then how do you explain this hole in my chest, from where you stole my heart?”

“He is only t-teasing you, my lady,” stammered Ser Wallace. “My n-n-nephew never had a h-h-heart.”

“The Waynwood wheel has a broken spoke, and we have my nuncle here.” Ser Roland gave Wallace a whap behind the ear. “Squires should be quiet when knights are speaking.”

Ser Wallace reddened. “I am no more a s-squire, my lady. My n-nephew knows full well that I was k-k-kni-k-k-kni –“

“Dubbed?” Alayne suggested gently.

“Dubbed,” said Wallace Waynwood, gratefully.

Robb would be his age, if he were still alive, she could not help but think, but Robb died a king, and this is just a boy.

—The Winds of Winter - Alayne I

And about that phrase you mentioned: “women tend to fall for men who remind them of their father,” it is true that the Asoiaf Books have plenty of incestuous undertones with the Targaryens, Cersei and Jaime, Asha and Theon, Crater and his daughters, etc. But in the case of the Starks, GRRM uses the pseudo-incest trope. After all, Jon and Arya, that are lookalikes, were intended to be in love in the so called “original outline”.

We also have the issue of the First love’s Resemblance: Sansa fell wildly in love with Ser Waymar, and Jon fell in love with a wildling girl kissed by fire.

Waymar Royce looked like a Stark. Waymar Royce was Jon’s lookalike. And Jon is Ned lookalike:

Riding through the rainy night, Ned saw Jon Snow’s face in front of him, so like a younger version of his own.

—A Game of Thrones - Eddard IX

More about it here.

And Jon’s first love was Ygritte, a redhead, with blue-grey eyes, and to make the Tully look even more evident, Ygritte called herself half a fish:

“Ygritte punched his arm. “You know nothing, Jon Snow. I’m half a fish, I’ll have you know.”

—A Storm of Swords - Jon V

Sansa’s first crush having the Stark Look and Jon’s first lover having the Tully look, reminds me of Catelyn being first betrothed with Brandon Stark but marrying Eddard Stark instead. Brandon, died like Waymar. Ned said Jon’s is a younger version of himself. Ned never imagined marrying Catelyn, he had a young infatuation with Ashara Dayne, but he never acted on his feelings for her, and she died. Ned also killed Ashara’s brother Arthur.

Sansa fell wildly in love with Waymar, but she won’t marry him, he died. She will probably fall in love with Jon in a more mature and calmly way. Jon Snow, after a non-con beginning, ended loving Ygritte, not a lady, that offered him a “comfort level of femininity”, but he won’t marry her, she died. Jon will probably fell in love with Sansa, freely and willingly.

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House of Ladies Week 2020: Day One - House Stark

I decided to have fun and go obscure here and pick Marna Locke!

Marna is one of those historical characters we know next to nothing about.

She married Edwyle Stark and was the mother of one child, Rickard. He succeeded his father as Lord of Winterfell and was notable as the father of Eddard Stark and his siblings, and the paternal grandfather of Jon, Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran, and Rickon.

We don’t know much about her maiden house either. House Locke also ruled as kings but were eventually subjugated by the Stark Kings of Winter. They appear to have been trusted by their overlords since after the demise of the Greystarks, they were trusted to hold the Wolf’s Den for the Starks for close to two hundred years.

Lysa Locke was another Locke lady who married into the Starks.

In the current period of the novels, Sybelle Glover, wife of Robett Glover and mother of Gawen and Erena, was born a Locke.

I like to imagine that Marna first became close with Edwyle’s sister Jocelyn, who was fostered with the Lockes.

This rather naturally lead to a marriage with Edwyle.

With only one surviving child, a son, Marna became very fond of Branda and Lyarra, daughters of Rodrik Stark and Arya Flint. This lead to intense jealousy on Rickard’s part.

Marna first suggested the match between her son and his cousin Lyarra.

#houseofladies2020 #marna locke #house stark

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