gendrie:

insomniarama:

madaboutasoiaf:

gendrie:

nobody is gonna convince me nymeria uniting all the wolves in the riverlands into one single pack under her command isn’t foreshadowing for arya doing the same with the men tbh – the brotherhood, the houses loyal to the starks/tullys and the smallfolk alike. this entire region is a chaotic mess with a destructive zombie in the center of it all but they need to join forces and become organized before the white walkers tear down the wall. arya is the one who’s gonna do it. she has so much history here. shes fought and bled and cried. we’ve already seen her deliver mercy and justice to soldiers all over the riverlands. she saved an innocent baby and protected her friends. she’s been a hostage at the hands of monsters but she’s going to rise to power and save this entire region when she gives her mother mercy. then she’s going to become the new stark leader just like her brother. she’ll even have his crown. but more importantly she’ll have her fathers words: the lone wolf dies but the pack survives. this is what arya’s meant to do. 

#and its pretty clearly what the starks are being set up to do across westeros#jon in the north with the wildlings#and the northerners with robbs will#sansa is going to gain influence in the vale#when they all join forces eventually it’ll make them strong enough to fight the walkers (via @gendrie)

#arya’s arc is so much about abuse of privilege  #she sees knights and highborns abuse power over and over  #she’s going to use her highborn status for good  #she is a natural leader  #and her chapters are building towards her using all she has learned  #from ned syrio yoren and her time in the hobaw and braavos  #she named her wolf nymeria  #it means something  #she’s all about pack  #arya would make friends with anybody  #and she will and it will be vital for the war (via @madaboutasoiaf)

there’s a reason why ned tells arya and only arya ‘the lone wolf dies but the pack survives’ and this is it,it’s not a stark family motto like the show and fandom like to pretend,it only appears in arya’s chapters and is never said or even referenced anywhere else or by any other character before or after,and that’s because while it’s a powerful saying that looks great slapped on gifsets it’s a narrative imperative for arya specifically,she’s the only one that consistently thinks of ‘pack’ in terms of people – friends and allies – those she’s taken into her protection,and feels personally responsible for leading and providing for and defending even when it’s at a cost to her own person,and finally forming one large pack from all the disparate groups she found and lost over her journey is what her arc’s building to,just like her direwolf and the warrior queen she was named after did before her,arya’s the connecting thread between these factions crooked stitches and all,it’s yet another reason why she won’t remain in the hobaw – they want her isolated and to blindly follow when she’s meant to lead,(notice ‘valar dohaeris’ isn’t far from gregor’s ‘obey. serve. live.’ in harrenhal), (via @insomniarama )