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Awesome Westerosi Characters You Don’t Know Because You Only Watch Game of Thrones: #8 Genna Lannister

Here’s something most Lannisters seem to posses: sassiness. Case in point: Genna Lannister. She is Tywin Lannister’s sister. 

When she was younger, her father agreed to marry her to Emmon Frey (yes, one of those Freys). It was a poor match and only Tywin spoke out against it. She always loved him for that. Emmon and Genna did get married. They have four sons but Genna is clearly the one running the show. Like her niece, Cersei Lannister, no one ever calls her by her married name.She’s like Cersei in another respect too: there are rumors her husband is not the father of her children. But then, Genna hasn’t murdered any bastards that we know of, so she’s a better person in that regard. She also seems happier and more fun to be around. Her husband is often the butt of her jokes.

Genna is noted for being a shrewd examiner of people’s personalities. She knew Tywin could be hard but deeply mourns his passing. She knows House Lannister will be adrift without him, and when Jaime suggests that Tywin “had a son” she famously replies that Jaime is not like Tywin adding, “Tyrion is Tywin’s son, not you. I said so once to your father’s face, and he would not speak to me for half a year.“ Making her one of the few members of House Lannister to recognize Tyrion’s political abilities and consider him a worthy heir to Tywin despite his deformities. 

She also utters the quote that I might get tattooed on my person, “Men are such thundering great fools.” 

Other Awesome ASOIAF characters

Tatsumaki is a natural-born prodigy, endowed from birth with a power rare even among heroes, and is basically one of the most powerful beings on the planet just by inheritance.  As a result, she’s abrasive, arrogant, and elitist; she’s the self-elected enforcer of the hero ranking system, and is quick to remind any “small fry” of their place should they dare stray above their allotted station.  Anyone she perceives as weaker than her (read: everybody) is useless, and she’s not above convincing or even forcing “unworthy" heroes to quit the business, based on the belief that talent is set in stone and the weak will always remain weak.

On the other hand, Saitama was a natural-born loser, with no ability but drive, no power but determination, but through that and sheer force of will shattered his limitations to become the most powerful hero in the world.  Despite this, he remains a relatively humble and easy-going guy, and couldn’t give two wits about rank or hierarchy; heroes are heroes, regardless of class.  Extending that belief further, he doesn’t disparage weaker heroes, recognizing the risks they go through, and goes out of his way to give them the credit they’re due.  He even, on occasion gives encouragement, telling them to reach higher and push their limits.

There’s more.  Tatsumaki is a workaholic control freak; Saitama’s lazy, and sometimes can’t be bothered to lift a finger if it doesn’t concern him directly.  Tatsumaki is a bit of an attention whore, and needs constant reinforcement of how much more powerful she is than her peers; Saitama is low-key, and though naturally wants credit for his accomplishments, couldn’t care less how others see him.  Tatsumaki aggressively enforces her lone wolf lifestyle by alienating those around her; Saitama has unintentionally gathered a small clique of heroes, and though he’s not particularly pleased with it, he doesn’t drive them away.

Yet despite all their differences, they do have one thing in common: they’ve both in different ways paid a price for their power - a price that’s affects their personalities and outlook on life.

as much as i love daichi by himself, i adore him with yui and after the match where her team loses there isn’t much mention of her until chapter 150!!

in the bottom of the first image sugawara is pushing asahi away with a blatant smile on his face like when ur best friend does that around ur crush, meaning he probably understands the situation, or at least tries to

then she says “it’s not like just its for you or from me or anything” and if you’ve watched enough anime then you know that its sort of that infamous tsundere/im-trying-not-to-make-it-obvious-that-i-like-you kind of attitude and come on look how much shes blushing

then yui is beaming after just handing daichi that one little charm and then runs and slams her face into her friend making the hinata-ish noise of relief to which her friend replies “just handing it over to him was a victory for you” 

I was asked about this, so here’s a defense of my “Renly and Petyr were friends and allies” assumption.

When HBO!Renly started telling HBO!Littlefinger all the things he didn’t like about him, I got upset. Because that’s not their dynamic in the books. In the books, they are, at the least, amicable colleagues. Littlefinger would not loudly hint at Renly’s relationship with Loras. Renly would not flat-out insult Littlefinger, especially if he was there as an envoy. HBO…

Let’s take a look at some of their shared appearances and references in the books, shall we?

SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST TWO BOOKS

(I don’t know how to format, so I’ll just bold all my commentary. That should make it a little bit easier to read.)

First small council scene:

Lord Renly stood by the screen, talking quietly with a short man who could only be Littlefinger. 

…

Ned: “You must forgive me, but sometimes you look the very image of your brother Robert.”

“A poor copy,” Renly said with a shrug.

“Though much better dressed,” Littlefinger quipped. “Lord Renly spends more on clothing than half the ladies of the court.”

 …

“There are worse crimes,” Renly said with a laugh. “The way you dress, for one.”

Littlefinger ignored the jibe.

These are not actual insults. This is playful banter. Renly laughs at Petyr’s comment. Petyr doesn’t react to Renly’s. Nobody is offended. If they were modern teenage boys, high-fives would be exchanged. At the next council meeting, we get…

“And puts coins in many a pocket,” Littlefinger added. “Every inn in the city is full, and the whores are walking bowlegged and jingling with every step.”

Lord Renly laughed. “We’re fortunate my brother Stannis is not with us. Remember the time he proposed to outlaw brothels? The king asked him if perhaps he’d like to outlaw eating, shitting, and breathing while he was at it. If truth be told, I ofttimes wonder how Stannis got that ugly daughter of his. He goes to his marriage bed like a man marching to battlefield, with a grim look in his eyes and a determination to do his duty.”

Ned had not joined the laughter. “I wonder about your brother Stannis as well. I wonder when he intends to end his visit to Dragonstone and resume his seat on this council.”

 “No doubt as soon as we’ve scourged all those whores into the sea,” Littlefinger replied, provoking more laughter.

Look at them. They’re adorable. And they hang out outside of work, too…

“A hundred golden dragons on the Kingslayer,” Littlefinger announced loudly.

 …

“Done,” Lord Renly shouted back. “The Hound has a hungry look about him this morning.”

“Even hungry dogs know better than to bite the hand that feeds them,” Littlefinger called dryly.

 …

“I wonder how I ought spend your money,” Littlefinger called down to Lord Renly.

 …

Sansa said, “I knew the Hound would win.

Littlefinger overheard. “If you know who’s going to win the second match, speak up now before Lord Renly plucks me clean,” he called to her. Ned smiled.

“A pity the Imp is not here with us,” Lord Renly said. “I should have won twice as much.”

 …

As Ned walked with Sansa to the archery field, Littlefinger and Lord Renly and some of the others fell in with them. “Tyrell had to know the mare was in heat,” Littlefinger was saying. “I swear the boy planned the whole thing. Gregor has always favored huge, ill-tempered stallions with more spirit than sense.” The notion seemed to amuse him.

It did not amuse Ser Barristan Selmy. “There is small honor in tricks,” the old man said stiffly.

“Small honor and twenty thousand golds.” Lord Renly smiled.

Later, Littlefinger’s suggested plan to Ned Stark includes Renly on the throne, if Joffrey doesn’t work out. Most people seems to take for granted that this is because Renly is easily manipulated, but I don’t know if there’s any real indication of that. Besides, even if that were true, he would only be easily manipulated by people he’s on good terms with.

Meanwhile, here’s what Stannis has to say about our pair:

“What has Renly ever done to earn a throne? He sits in council and jests with Littlefinger…”

While that’s already been demonstrated from our few council scenes, this is confirmation that the two of them do this enough to be associated with one another.

And that’s all there is, until reports of Renly’s death reach the small council. We don’t see Littlefinger react until several lines of dialogue later, when he’s smiling, but that doesn’t mean anything, considering how good a liar he is. However, during that scene, we do get one last possible hint…

Petyr: “I knew Ser Loras passing well when he was here at court, and gave him no cause to mislike me.”

(via fubuki and saitama (one-punch man))

(for previous parts in the series, see here)

Of all of the regions of Westeros we’ve planned for, the North is perhaps the most difficult case we’ve deal with, next to Dorne (which had a much better export profile). 

As the Lord of Winterfell, my main difficulties are that the North is severely underpopulated, and has extreme weather conditions that exacerbate the northerly climate’s limits on agricultural productivity. 

So how do we overcome these problems…ideally, before winter comes?

Commission for kuno-chan of her Korra fic, The Book of War!

Analysis of HBO’s Game of Thrones, Season 5 Episode 10, “Mother’s Mercy”