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Arys Oakheart was courteous, and would talk to her cordially. Once he even objected when Joffrey commanded him to hit her. He did hit her in the end, but not hard as Ser Meryn or Ser Boros might have, and at least he had argued.
Sansa I - ACOK
It still shamed Ser Arys to remember all the times he'd struck that poor Stark girl at the boy's command. When Tyrion had chosen him to go with Myrcella to Dorne, he lit a candle to the Warrior in thanks.
The Soiled Knight - AFFC
#Arys strikes me as a drunk cryer#text says Lady Sansa I am so sorry for hitting you I never should have done it I had to obey the king#I am the most worthless knight the gods ever made I should have smuggled you to Dorne the second I got the chance#my actions were unacceptable I am not worthy of being in your vicinity I am soiled as a knight and as a man by what I did to you#please forgive me#three full tags and some for this rambler#this is an old piece I hadn't posted it because I wasn't 100% happy with it#but fuck it I haven't posted art in a while and my next piece is far from done#Sansa Stark#Arys Oakheart#valyrianscrolls#asoiaf#a song of ice and fire#asoiaf fanart#my art
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Okay hi I did the color wheel meme
Clockwise starting from Red: Genna Lannister, Alleras and his bow, Shireen, Cersei, Tyene, Brienne in the Rainbow Guard, Arianne and Arys, and Margaery with a rhododendron.
#I think I’ll post each of these separately too bc I think the a+a one is a bit weird#asoiaf#valyrianscrolls#my art#art meme#genna lannister#alleras the sphinx#shireen baratheon#cersei lannister#tyene sand#brienne of tarth#arianne martell#arys oakheart#arianne x arys#margaery tyrell#asoiaf fashion hour#alleras sand
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making criston cole a character in his own right and also nuts makes his symbolic role as the ambiguous kg legacy in affc infinitely funnier. arys oakheart westeros’ first and only feminist kingsguard thinking fuck fuck i’m a terrible knight i’m having sex and trying to fuck with the line of succession. that’s treason basically. criston cole did that and he was a kingsguard. he got a lot of people killed for the greater good maybe or misogyny. what if i get a lot of people killed? i’m kind of doing it in a nice way unlike him i support women. maybe it cancels out? historical precedent, moral ambiguity of knighthood, kingsguard as a corrupt institution… what constitutes- and criston two hundred years prior is cleaning some guy’s brain off his morningstar thinking i would have been soooo fucking good in the faith militant
#asoiaf#a song of ice and fire#arys oakheart#underrrated guy i love his dorne sexscapades and easily manipulable ways#criston cole#hotd#house of the dragon
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My version of some book-only asoiaf characters !
#asoiaf#just realised aeron is actually in the show lmao#oh well he isnt even named he doesnt count#fanart#my art#a song of ice and fire#victarion greyjoy#lady stoneheart#jeyne westerling#arianne martell#arys oakheart#aeron greyjoy
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welcoming their new brother
#obv not an intentional companion piece like why would they be glaring like that at a small kitten. actually thats kinda funny#how bugs look at you when you lift up a rock#asoiaf#my art#valyrianscrolls#arys oakheart#boros blount#loras tyrell#balon swann#meryn trant#osmund kettleblack
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Ser Arys Oakheart, The Queenmaker
"I will not be remembered as Ser Arys the Unworthy. I will not soil my cloak."
Cut to Always Sunny title card: Ser Arys soils his cloak. My second take on the white knight, this one more focused on his time in Dorne. As I've said before, I think I'm in the minority for enjoying Arys' slightly random one chapter - I've always viewed the core idea of ASOIAF as a fantasy story told by the people usually pushed to the margins - eg instead of Robb Stark, avenging warrior hero, we get the story of his mother balancing worry and pride. I view Arys' chapter as the most literal take on this - we get "boring white guy in scary exotic orientalist locale", then he gets killed off and we see the much more complex story from the perspective of characters he wrote off as stereotypes. Of course the counterpoint to this gambit is that it puts a lot of pressure on you to not lean into any orientalism in the rest of the story which... well.
The mini is a Golden Company one, I love it for the mix of armour and fabrics. Kingsguard white, white, and more white is always a challenge to get looking good, but I'm happy with this one. A little bit of red Dornish sand on his cloak to tie him in to the setting.
#ooft managed to have a fortnight break in the schedule without noticing#had the flu and everything has jusy been a blur#asoiaf#asoiaf fanart#miniatures#minis#a song of ice and fire#valyrian scrolls#cmon#dorne#arys Oakheart#kingsguard
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not to feastpost but oh my god. oh my god. the death of the boy happening in real time in the Sam chapter, with the death of vows as he moves away from the wall. Jaime spending the whole book trying to move on his grief from the boy HE killed (who is himself), but realizing he cannot when he has given the two most important women in his life (Cersei and Brienne respectively) pieces of that boy. Tywins death representing the culmination of Lannister Family Rot ™️ which is then contained in Cersei who is unable to handle it because she resents the rot as much as she thrives in it. Brienne choosing herself and the people around her over her ideals, realizing that her honor will not save her. Brienne and Jaime constantly mentioning each other in their chapters as a form of connection, romantic or not, that is reciprocated even if they don’t know it, meanwhile Cersei constantly mentions her connection to Jaime assuming they still share it and it fades and it keeps fading. Arya becoming no one, and yet she cannot be no one because she cannot escape herself or her blood. Sansa losing herself again and again, becoming no one more every day, out of fear. The struggle at the kingsmoot as a metaphor for identity and confirmation of it. Victarion grasping at straws and Asha demanding to be seen when no one looks at her. Aeron only having a good concept of his own identity because he gave up on the throne, and even then he is only the drowned god’s servant. The same thing happening in Dorne, Arianne losing herself as she loses her trust in Doran. Arys being unsure of himself as he sullies the white cloak and Areo understanding himself completely. Medieval roles and society as a metaphor for identity and loss of identity and THAT is why A Feast For Crows is unparalleled.
#asoiaf#my posts#a song of ice and fire#jaime lannister#cersei lannister#brienne of tarth#briennergy if you will#affc#a feast for crows#arys oakheart#areo hotah#asha greyjoy#samwell tarly#arya stark#sansa stark#alayne stone#victarion greyjoy#aeron greyjoy#arianne martell
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Interpretations of the red comet:
Daenerys:
Jhogo spied it first." There" he said in a husted voice. Dany looked and saw it low in the east. The first star was a comet, burning red; the dragon's tail. She could not have asked for a stronger sign.
AGOT, DAENERYS X
It is the herald of my coming, she told herself as she gazed up the night sky with wonder in her heart. The gods have send it to show me the way.
ACOK, DAENERYS I
Maester Cressen:
An omen of blood,foretelling murder...yes
ACOK, PROLOGUE
Ser Arys Oakheart:
[Sansa]"What do you think it means?"she asked him.
"Glory to your bethrothed" Ser Arys answered at once. "See how it flames across the sky today on His Grace's name day, as if the Gods themselves have raised a banner in his honor[...]
ACOK, SANSA I
Smallfolk on Kings Landing:
[Ser Arys]" The smallfolk have named it King Joffrey's comet".
Doubtless that was what they told Joffrey; Sansa was not so sure. "I've heard servants calling it the Dragon's tail".
ACOK, SANSA I
Osha:
[...]The way she said it made him silver, and when he asked what he comet meant, she answered" Blood and fire, boy, and nothing sweet"
ACOK, BRAN I
Septon Chayle:
Bran asked Septon Chayle about the comet while they were sorting through some scrolls snatched from the library fire. "It is the sword that slays the season", he replied and soon after the white raven came from Oldtown, bringing word of autumn, so doubtless he was right.
ACOK, BRAN I
Old Nan:
Through Old Nan did not think so, and she'd lived longer than any of them. "Dragons" she said lifting her head and sniffing. She was near blind and could not see the comet, yet she claimed she could smell it."It be dragons, boy" she insisted. Bran got no princes from Nan, no more than he ever had.
ACOK, BRAN I
Greatjon Umber, Edmure Tully, Catelyn Stark and Brynden Tully:
[Catelyn]"The Greatjon told Robb that the old gods have unfurled a red flag of vengeance for Ned. Edmure thinks it's an omen for victory for Riverrun - he sees a fish with a long tail, in the tully colors, red against blue."She sighed . "I wish I had their faith. Crimson is a Lannister color".
"That thing's not crimson" Ser Brynden said.Nor Tully red, the mud red of the river. That's blood up there, child, smeared across the sky".
ACOK, CATELYN I
Theon Greyjoy:
It's my comet, Theon told himself, sliding a hand into his fur-lined coat to touch the oilskin pouch snug in its pocket.
ACOK, THEON I
Selyse Florent:
Queen Selyse was adamant" None of them was chosen by R'hllor. No red comet blazed across the heavens to herald their coming. None of them wielded the Lightbringer, the red sword of heroes.And none of the paid the price. Lady Melisandre will tell you, my lord.Only death can pay for life".
ASOS, DAVOS V
Melisandre:
[Melisandre]"You are he who must stand against the Other. The one whose coming was prophesied five thousand years ago. The red comet was your herald. You are the prince that was promised and if you fail, the world falls with you".
ASOS, DAVOS VI
Aeron Greyjoy:
The priest had dreamed the same dream, when he'd first seen the red comet in the sky. We shall sweep over the green lands with fire and sword, root out the seven gods from the septons and the white trees of the northmen...
AFFC, THE DROWNED MAN
#a post of ice and fire#valyrianscrolls#Daenerys Targaryen#maester crassen#arys oakheart#smallfolk#osha#septon chayle#old nan#greatjon umber#edmure tully#catelyn stark#brynden tully#theon Greyjoy#selyse florent#Melisandre#aeron greyjoy#the red comet
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Arianne Martell, Quentyn Martell, Daemon Sand, Edric Dayne, Gerold Dayne and Arys Oakheart artworks from Martell Heroes 2 box of ASOIAF TMG.
#asoiaf#a song of ice and fire#got#game of thrones#arianne martell#quentyn martell#daemon sand#edric dayne#gerold dayne#arys oakheart#house martell#house dayne#wargames
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What do you think is the significance of giving Arya oak heart one chapter? Do you think it was for a big reason, all that he should’ve had a few more chapters or that it should’ve been a different Pov chapter all together?
I think GRRM used an outsider to Dorne as a means to point out the ways in which Dorne differs from the areas of Westeros we'd seen already, much as he used Theon's PoV (rather than Asha's) to start introducing the differences in Ironborn culture compared to the areas of Westeros we'd seen. But Arys is not anywhere near as well-conceived or -executed a character as Theon, and Arys' chapter ends up blurring the line between racist PoV character and author using some exotic-erotic stereotypes he really didn't have to.
Past that one chapter, GRRM's conveyed what he wanted from the outsider PoV. The action can move to the real main character of the setting, Arianne.
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Arys Oakheart and Myrcella by Jarreau Wimberly
#a feast for crows#valyrianscrolls#myrcella baratheon#arys oakheart#a song of ice and fire#asoiaf#asoiaf art#date of publication: July 16 2007
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Arianne Martell Week:
Day 3 - Political allies/friends
#arianne martell#ariannemartellweek#asoiafedit#dorneedit#martelledit#asoiafwomensource#valyriansource#gameofthronesdaily#dorneuniverse#asoiafpoc#booksociety#sylva santagar#andrey dalt#gerold dayne#house martell#asoiaf#arys oakheart#*gifs#a song of ice and fire
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show!Criston is 70% Arys Oakheart by volume
Criston Cole's references in the series proper are:
AFFC, chapter 13, "The Soiled Knight" (Arys Oakheart)
AFFC, chapter 16, "Jaime II" (Jaime Lannister)
For ages I was just looking at the quotes in isolation on asearchoficeandfire.com. If you look at just the lines where they namedrop Criston, what stands out is that Arys judges Criston harshly, while Jaime has a more nuanced read on him.
However, I finally took the time to re-read the fuller context. What's glaringly obvious that the Arys chapter was undoubtedly the biggest inspiration for the direction the show took with the Criston and Rhaenyra thing.
Arys chapter summary: He meets with Princess Arianne, who he's having an affair with. He feels really guilty about the affair and tells her so, trying to end it. Arianne brushes that off. She tries to recruit him for her plot to make Myrcella queen; he says no; she's like, "You're being very Criston Cole right now." She talks about how her (actually quite indulgent) dad is being shitty and wants to disinherit her, and everyone's plotting against her, so she needs Arys on her side. He relents and agrees to the Myrcella plot.
Does this sound familiar, by chance?
I mean look at this — more than half this dialogue could be given to show!Rhaenyra and show!Criston verbatim!
Arys: It had been ten years since . . . I never touched a woman until you, not since I took the white. I never knew what love could be, yet now . . . I am afraid.
Arianne: What would frighten my white knight?
Arys: I fear for my honor, and for yours.
Arianne: I can tend to my own honor. [...] You are not your white cloak, ser.
Arys: I am. I am my cloak. And this must end, for your sake as well as mine. If we should be discovered . . .
Arianne: Men will think you fortunate.
Arys: Men will think me an oathbreaker. What if someone were to go to your father and tell him how I'd dishonored you? [...]
Arianne: My father is very good at doing nothing. He calls it thinking. Tell me true, ser, is it my dishonor that concerns you, or your own?
Arys: Both. That is why this must be our last time. [...] I swore a vow . . .
Arianne: . . . not to wed or father children. Well, I have drunk my moon tea, and you know I cannot marry you. Though I might be persuaded to keep you for my paramour.
Arys: Now you mock me.
They're doing a little irony: The one who kinda identifies with Criston (Jaime) is less like him, while the one who reviles him (Arys) is more like him.
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grrm lovesss doing ancestors of main series characters in the history books who are totally opposite to their descendants (e.g. ‘savage sam’ tarly) + my favourite by far is that one of arys oakheart’s ancestors fucking hates the dornish and is a giga misogynist
#asoiaf#a song of ice and fire#arys oakheart#am not checking the worldbook to see what oakheart the racist sexist’s first name was. assuming nobody’s in his tag anyway
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something about arys putting his mother on the same level of strength as arianne martell, olenna tyrell, and myrcella baratheon is making me really emotional
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That was the cruelest cut of all.
Dorne-Solstice: Arianne Martell and Areo Hotah
#arianne martell#areo hotah#dornesolstice#asoiafedit#dorneedit#martelledit#valyriansource#asoiafwomensource#gotasoiafsource#dornesource#myrcella baratheon#arys oakheart#valyrianscrolls#ours: gifs#a song of ice and fire
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