stole this and drew it with asoiaf characters

love how theon and joncon actually proved to be some of the most successful military tacticians in the series solely because they decided that maybe they should just... sneak up on people? it's never occurred to anyone in westeros before that maybe marching across half the kingdom for ten days with your 30,000-strong army while blasting warhorns and banging drums isn't the most efficient way of fighting. but theon and joncon come onto the scene with like twenty guys and a dream and decide to invent proto-guerrilla warfare. taking the seat of a great house in a day? tywin lannister WISHES. mace tyrell hears that storm's end was taken without a years-long siege and cries. randyll tarly caught dead. guess it pays off being delusional and gay

The gay characters in ASOIAF having the most romantic quotes was an incredible writing decision by GRRM:

“When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.”

— A Storm of Swords, Tyrion II

I rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell.

— A Dance With Dragons, The Griffin Reborn

when i was a young teen and read ADWD back in 2014 my early gay heart was captivated by the tragedy of joncon’s love for rhaegar, but the wait for TWOW has been so long that i’ve had enough time to copy joncon myself and go through the same process of spending years obsessing over a twink friend who ultimately turned out to be straight. by the time it’s published i will probably be raising his son

Blackheart, his men had named him, for the sigil on his shield. Myles had loved the name and all it hinted at. "A captain-general should be feared, by friend and foe alike," he had once confessed. "If men think me cruel, so much the better." - The Lost Lord, aDwD

Jon Connington and Myles Toyne for @mylestoyne :3

"How is it that you did not wed?" Jaime asked him.

"Why, I went to Tarth and saw her. I had six years on her, yet the wench could look me in the eye. She was a sow in silk, though most sows have bigger teats. When she tried to talk she almost chocked on her own tongue. I gave her a rose and told her it was all that she would ever have from me." Connington glanced into the pit. "The bear was less hairy than that freak, I'll----"

Jaime's golden hand cracked him across the mouth so hard the other knight went stumbling down the steps. His lantern fell and smashed, and the oil spread out, burning.

"You are speaking of a highborn lady, ser. Call her by her name. Call her Brienne."

Connington edged away from the spreading flames on his hands and knees. "Brienne. If it please my lord." He spat a glob of blood on Jaime's foot. "Brienne the Beauty."

-A Feast For Crows

top 20 favourite book-only asoiaf characters (as voted by our followers) ⤷ #9. Jon Connington

"Pirates and adventurers, we heard at first," said Valena. "Then it was supposed to be the Golden Company. Now it's said to be Jon Connington, the Mad King's Hand, come back from the grave to reclaim his birthright."

“your father’s lands are pretty or whatever”

dancing griffs

more here

I spent like months on these so if anyone says anything about anyone not being included or time periods not lining up for the clothes i will CRY

gay dilf to bisexual dilf communication

This is sending me 😭

Jon *chilling in the afterlife waiting for resurrection*: So I'm named for Jon?

Ned: Arryn.

Rhaegar: Connington.

Lyanna: -quil.

Barristan Selmy had known many kings. He had been born during the troubled reign of Aegon the Unlikely, beloved by the common folk, had received his knighthood at his hands. Aegon's son Jaehaerys had bestowed the white cloak on him when he was three-and-twenty, after he slew Maelys the Monstrous during the War of the Ninepenny Kings. In that same cloak he had stood beside the Iron Throne as madness consumed Jaehaerys's son Aerys. Stood, and saw, and heard, and yet did nothing.

But no. That was not fair. He did his duty. Some nights, Ser Barristan wondered if he had not done that duty too well.

- The Queensguard, aDwD

Barristan for @mylestoyne :3 ❤❤❤❤

Pictured: Young Griff, Maelys Blackfyre, Myles Toyne, Jon Connington, Aerys II Targaryen, Daenerys Targaryen, Barristan Selmy (Background)