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Catelyn, Arya, and Alyssa Arryn: unshed tears + weeping statues symbolism
The half-mythic, half-ancestral figure of Alyssa Arryn furthers themes connecting Catelyn and her daughters (Arya in particular) and grief.
Alyssa Arryn had seen her husband, her brothers, and all her children slain, and yet in life she had never shed a tear. So in death, the gods had decreed that she would know no rest until her weeping watered the black earth of the Vale, where the men she had loved were buried. Alyssa had been dead six thousand years now, and still no drop of the torrent had ever reached the valley floor far below. Catelyn wondered how large a waterfall her own tears would make when she died.
Catelyn VII, AGOT
Alyssa was cursed by the gods because she did not grieve/weep for her family. Catelyn wants the war to be over so that she can weep for her family and grieve her losses.
I want to write an end to this. I want to go home, my lords, and weep for my husband."
Catelyn XI, AGOT
She woke aching and alone and weary; weary of riding, weary of hurting, weary of duty. I want to weep, she thought. I want to be comforted. I'm so tired of being strong. I want to be foolish and frightened for once. Just for a small while, that's all... a day... an hour...
Catelyn II, ACOK
However, she can't, because she's emotionally exhausted and burdened by her duties, and because she thinks she has to be strong for the sake of Robb.
Does he see Bran and Rickon as well? She might have wept, but there were no tears left in her.
Catelyn III, ASOS
Six Brave men had died to bring her this far, and yet she could not even find it in her to weep for them.
Catelyn VI, AGOT
The parallel between Catelyn and Alyssa is furthered when Bronn breaks the statue of Alyssa during the duel and subsequently uses it to pin his opponent to the ground and kill him, thus shattering Catelyn’s hopes of justice.
The Eyrie's plump septon escorted him to the statue in the center of the garden, a weeping woman carved in veined white marble, no doubt meant to be Alyssa.
Catelyn VII, AGOT
Jon Arryn's beautifully engraved silver sword glanced off the marble of the weeping woman and snapped clean a third of the way up the blade. Bronn put his shoulder into the states back. The weathered likeness of Alyssa Arryn tottered and fell with a great crash, and Ser vardis Egen went down beneath her.
Catelyn VII, AGOT
Catelyn dies in ASOS and is resurrected as a vengeful, inhuman fire wight, Lady Stoneheart. Lady Stoneheart demands vengeance, but that's not the true route to rest for Catelyn’s soul. In order for it to rest in peace, Catelyn needs to grieve her dead family members properly. She needs to let her tears fall. Mother Merciless needs Mercy. It has been theorised that her path will intersect with Arya's for this reason.
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There are several passages in the books connecting Arya in Braavos to weeping statues of stone, unshed tears, and Catelyn/Lady Stoneheart.
Arya and Cat/Catelyn/Lady Stoneheart:
Cats never weep, she told herself, no more than wolves do.
Cat of the Canals, AFFC
Braavos was a good city for cats, and they roamed everywhere, especially at night. In the fog all cats are grey, Mercy thought.
Mercy, TWOW
Arya thinks cats are grey, and cats do not weep, paralleling the symbolism surrounding Lady Stoneheart.
Grey was the color of the silent sisters, the handmaidens of the Stranger. Brienne felt a shiver climb her spine. Stoneheart.
Brienne VIII, AFFC
Arya and unshed tears:
Some nights she might have cried herself to sleep if she had still been Arry or Weasel or Cat, or even Arya of House Stark… but no one had no tears.
The Blind Girl, ADWD
Arya and Weeping statues:
I am carved of stone, she reminded herself. I am a statue.
The Ugly Little Girl, ADWD
The nearest was a marble woman twelve feet tall. Real tears were trickling from her eyes, to fill the bowl she cradled in her arms. The Weeping Woman was the favorite of old women, Arya saw.
Arya I, AFFC
The statue outside the shrine of the Weeping Lady of Lys was crying silver tears as the ugly girl walked by.
The Ugly Little Girl, ADWD
It can be fairly reasoned that Arya and Lady Stoneheart's paths will intersect at some point. She is the Mercy to her Mother Merciless.
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Sancte Michael Memento Mei Ante Deum
Horae ad usum Trecensem dites Heures de Michel Berthier, 1415-1420
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I love your art so much! Wspecially Arya art. If you would, would you maybe draw a Queen Arya? Thank you!!!
Wild wolf queen
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I am choosing to interpret your newest art as a bolton household family portrait where Ramsay very narrowly ruined everything by showed up with a machete and his dog (Theon)
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You know it would of been or would be a real 180 if Arya and lyanna were in fact more shall we say homely but their wild beauty and strong headed ness made them attractive over their physical looks i mean thibk on it every noble lady is meant to be submissive and agreeable in Westeros’s going against the grain is not the norm yet we see any lady or princess is done is always described as a great beauty or hot of heart but what if indeed their actions not their looks are their attractive trait
I'm gonna be honest I don't really get this sort of discurse on who is beautiful and who isn't. Maybe it's my artistic formation that talks, but beauty is subjective. There are different kinds of beauty canons, that can chance in time, place, age, social class, culture or taste of the beholder.
And above all the world is not binary divided into people-who-are-drop-dead-gorgeous and people-who-are-so-ugly-as-to-be-unwatchable. Imo beauty is a spectrum, and most people fall in the middle area.
But at the end of the day the final word goes to what is written in the books.
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You rekon if shireen was born a boy with the grey scale he’d be like the hound just all angry at the world for his disfigurement
I don't think so. How does changing her gender change her sweet personality so drastically?
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"You are Arya of Winterfell, daughter of the north. You told me you could be strong. You have the wolf blood in you."
— A Clash of Kings, Arya X
We’re incredibly happy to announce that from July 22nd to July 28th, we will be hosting ARYA STARK APPRECIATION WEEK! We’ll accept edits, metas, art, any other fan work or simply your favorite moments about Arya Stark in her book version to celebrate her character together 💚
Please, remember to use the tag #aryaweek2024 so we can find and reblog your posts. If you missed a day we’ll still accept your submission afterwards!
Here are the prompts:
Day 1: Favourite chapter | Book | Quote
Day 2: Family | Her pack | Nymeria
Day 3: Skills | Magic | Overlooked traits
Day 4: House Stark | The North
Day 5: Romantic Interests | Favourite outfits
Day 6: Parallels and Foils with other characters | Historical/Mythological/Literary Parallels
Day 7: Endgame theories | Foreshadowing
As you can see there are multiple prompts for each day. Please feel free to choose one to do, or a combination for each day! We look forward your creations!
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At this point I think it's safe to call this "asoiaf brainrot" because this is all I think about, all day, every day
I like clothes, also
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Doodles of Arya in Acorn Hall
Her two dresses from that chapter + an extra + Lady Smallwood's sons things
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HOTD season 2 coming up got me re-reading ASOIAF again wooops
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teaching myself how to draw again / don’t you DARE tag this as ship art
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" My sword is yours. My life is yours. My love is yours. My blood, my body, my songs, you own them all. I live and die at your command, fair queen. "
George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
Daario’s attire is Tibetan-inspired, just because I think Tibetan chupas are by far the most fashionable among east Asian male fashion.
(Real Tibetan patterns have cultural/religious meaning, so the patterns and decorations are my random work.)
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