Arya Stark + Changes The Show Made From Her Novel Characterization

I joined a new fandom over the weekend and now my life is f***ed up

I regret my life choices but i love em all the same

I love how Bran, Jon and Robb are losing their shit because of wraging and being too close to their wolves while Arya is like “fuck you. i am a wolf”. 

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i was inspired after seeing one of these lyrics/film parallels to Laura Palmer.

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As I read a Clash of Kings, I realize that the most powerful thing about this book is gaining access to Arya’s psychology. She starts out homeless in King’s Landing & you get a first hand account of what life is in the starving capital during war & politically unstable times.

You see her travel by road through Riverlands which were raided, destroyed & burnt, innocents caught in the crossfire of Stark-Lannister drama just because Catelyn got played by Litterfinger & kidnaps Tyrion & Tywin was too ruthless & played dirty by raiding the Riverlands to scatter their forces. It’s so easy to get caught up in the drama of these lords that it’s difficult to imagine that the lives of common people were destroyed to the limit that they started missing the Mad King! Simply because during his reign there was no war. It’s heartbreaking to watch a child’s innocent perception tainted, how she starts calling herself a sheep and agonies herself about deluding herself about being a wolf or a warrior.

Worst of all, is when she ends up in a concentration camp like situation. Her mental state when prisoners are dehumanised & picked one at a time randomly to die. The aftermath of being treated like an abused slave who gets beat up & threatened daily gets to her to the point that she starts calling herself a scared little mouse. You really get a sense of why she gives the names of the two people most abusive to her & later realizes that she could have named someone important like Tywin or Joffery to be killed when she has only one name left.

All of this is what enriched the experience for me while reading the book compared to S02 where “Who should win the game of thrones” seemed like a game where the cost of war just wasn’t real enough. Seriously at this point I’m rooting for no King, not even a little bit! Arya is hands down the MVP for this book & I’m glad this arc made this game of highborns so much more real. It’s really heartbreaking but I love how deeply I got to understand my lil gal!

One thing i find interesting is that the Faceless Man magic may not work on animals. Casso, the King of Seals, seems to recognize Arya as the ugly little girl.

“But farther on, on the wharf beside an Ibbenese whaler, she spied Cat’s old friend Tagganaro tossing a ball back and forth with Casso, King of Seals, whilst his latest cutpurse worked the crowd of onlookers. When she stopped to watch and listen for a moment, Tagganaro glanced at her without recognition, but Casso barked and clapped his flippers. He knows me, the girl thought, or else he smells the fish. She hurried on her way.” - Ugly Little Girl, ADwD

And at least one of the cats to remember her as well. 

“She scratched his head behind one ear, and the cat jumped up into her lap and began to purr. Braavos was full of cats, and no place more than Pynto’s. The old pirate believed they brought good luck and kept his tavern free of vermin. “You know me, don’t you?” she whispered. Cats were not fooled by a mummer’s moles. They remembered Cat of the Canals.” - The Blind Girl, ADwD

At least we know that if she goes back to Westeros wearing a different face the wolves will still recognize her. I also wonder if the faceless men just dont work on animals or if it is the warg in Arya they see. 

Sooo cute😍😍😍

So you know how Jon was described as moody and sullen even as a small child? well, guess who could “always make him smile”?

In this comic, Jon is about eight or so, which would make Arya around three years old

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I want Jon and Arya standing together before the White Walkers attack and Jon says something like “maybe now would be a good time to start praying” and Arya just goes “There’s only one god, Jon, and his name is Death. And there’s only one thing we say to Death: not today.” And Jon just looks at her like she’s the most badass person he’s ever met