Game of Thrones

Gendry: Nope other way round. You saved my life, so now i’m your problem. If you don’t like it, then kill me.

arya wasn’t naive for asking mycah to play. she wasn’t wrong for treating a poor person like a human being. nor for defending him. despite being a butchers boy he deserved to be protected. the fact that he is seen as disposable trash by a bunch of tyrants is literally a social construct that can and should be challenged. thats why arya is a hero for fighting back against this classist oppressive system.

its also how she was raised. its not like arya’s “”modern”” attitude came out of nowhere. ned believed in getting to know your men and letting them know you. its a fundamental part of his legacy that arya honors. its why she’s going to be the leader the north and its people deserve. 

Helping out a flipped turtle 

He'd be 91 if he were alive today

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Cloaks are a major symbol of marriage in Westeros, essentially! At both weddings in the Sight of the Seven and weddings in Sight of the Old Gods, whilst the overall event is different, the cloaking ceremony is the same. Cloaks are important.

The bride wears a cloak in the colour of her house, which is called the “maiden’s cloak”. During the ceremony, this maiden’s cloak is removed from the bride’s shoulders - and replaced instead with a cloak of her husband’s house and husband’s colours. This signifies the bride moving from one house to the next, and is now under the protection of her husband and his house.

In 801 and 802, we see Arya in her brown-blue get up; but the cloak she is wearing is grey. The Stark colours are white and grey - this cloak is the colour of House Stark.

After Arya and Gendry have sex, they fall asleep underneath Gendry’s cloak - Arya has shed her cloak and is now quite literally under the protection of Gendry’s for warmth, but also metaphorically here because of the meaning behind cloaks in Westerosi lore.

In the final episodes, we no longer see Arya in her grey cloak. The style of her new cloak is the same, yes, but the colour is different. The colour of this cloak, and the colour of her clothes now, are black - one of the two colours of House Baratheon. She has gone from being cloaked in the colour of her house - grey - to being cloaked in the colour of his house - black. Paired with the golden yellow dagger and sheath, she is now bearing both of the colours of House Baratheon.

So no, Arya and Gendry are not married, but (once you also add in Gendry’s claw marks - how wolves ‘claim’ their mates, and Gendry’s grey fur claw marks most definitely represent he has been ‘claimed’ by Arya) these cloaking symbols show us that it’s in the future for them. She’s gone from wearing a cloak of her house colour to a cloak of his house colour, after they slept together. In Westerosi symbols, that’s a big one.

alternate universe / hunger games au: against all odds

Arya Stark is not the first girl to volunteer as tribute. Gendry Waters is not the first boy to be reaped, unwillingly, from the thousands of others in District Twelve. Their stories have been played out many times before, and with the arena looming on the horizon, their only concern is to make it past tomorrow.

Welcome to the 64th annual Hunger Games.

It feels like all the air is sucked out from Arya’s lungs, like the space around them is black and empty, like someone’s peeling back her skin, ripping out her lungs, prying her bones apart one by one as sound escapes into some nameless vacuum. Arya doesn’t realize she’s collapsed until Meera pulls her back to her feet, and then she sees Robb’s name being called, Robb walking up to the platform in silence, her father clawing his way towards him and dying with a peacekeeper’s bullet lodged between his ribs; boom, boom, boom, each image flashing by her in garish, unforgiving technicolor.

And Sansa. The crowd parts like waves for Sansa, dispersing as it breaks slowly to the left. She remembers endless fights and cruel nicknames, but she also remembers knitting scarves in the dead of winter, a high clear voice weaving through the walls, long nights spent curled around each other in the darkness of their home.

All she can think is not again.

Just Get Naked 

Rating: PG-13

Notes: Well, well, well, what do we have here? If it isn’t a fic I wrote for last summer’s gendyra week that I never posted. Short and sweet as per.

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“You draw naked women?”

Gendry nearly tripped over his feet as he rushed to the desk where Arya was casually flipping through his portfolios. He’d never invited anyone to his studio before. He had never wanted to until Arya. But now he was beginning to think it might’ve been a huge mistake.

Arya glared at Gendry’s car, while Gendry did his best and not laugh, “Well, you coming or not?” He asked.

Arya rolled her eyes, silently cursing Gendry’s height and his need for a high car, “Yeah, I’m coming, just…”

“Want me to help you?” Gendry asked, voice full of laughter, “I mean, I don’t mind.”

“I don’t need your help stupid,” Arya snarled and backed away from the car, only to rush forward and hop in, “I can do it myself.”

“Of course you can, but I still like helping you, you know? Just because we’re dating doesn’t mean you’re less capable.”

Arya put on the seatbelt and gave him a curt nod, “Well, I’m ready, let’s go watch the movie, and I hope you didn’t pick a rom-com or I’ll dump you on the act.”

(because Tumblr is being a b*tch)

So I heard you're the one to go to for fic recs? Do you know of any fics where Arya and Gendry is in a no-drama relationship? I don't mind external drama and angst (in fact, I love it, that's my jam, I was a whump lover when we called it that), but I'm a bit tired of misunderstandings, communication issues, slow burns, and relationship angst. And no J*nsa please, and I'd prefer no Gendry&Sansa friendship, but I can deal. Thank you for any help you can give me 😊

Hi! I'm so honoured you're asking me.

Sorry, this took forever.

*Cracks knuckles*

Since you didn't specify whether you're looking for modern or canon I tried to do both, but I'm almost exclusively reading modern atm, so I'm biased. Though I get a feeling you meant modern anyway.

(m) modern, (c) canon, (s) series, (ex) explicit, (dis) discontinued

Near miss (m) and apartment 3c (m) by @sneetchstar

Orphans club (m) by @harrenhollaback (slayertown)

And they melt (m) by @ohnoshefell

Imagine being loved by me (m, ex) by @icontainmultitides

Runs in the family (m) by @scrubclubwrites

Love is a four legged word (m) by @thereluctantbadger

Their lord and their lady wolf (c) by r_j_l

Someone (c) by glowingembers

Thank you for your service (m, s) by lianria

The stripper au (s, ex) by crossingwinter

Almciyv (m, ex) by @moonstruckandkissedinsane

Count the stars (c, ex)

The uncleverse (c, ex) by @arsenicandfinelace (joinedunderprotest)

Three days (c) by glowingembers

The world belongs to you at nightfall (c)

To live would be an awfully big adventure (c)

My world goes soft (before the storm) (m, ex) by @thelandofnothing

Friday's rule (m) by @starks-deserved-better

Those words (c, ex) by @thereluctantbadger

Be my source of gravity (kinda shameless self promo cause it was gifted to me and I want everyone to read it) (m) by @starrynightshade

Because of the times (m, dis) by avornsandravens (works as a stand alone)

How the young heart really feels (c)

Such great heights (m) by @yanak324

Count the stars (c, ex)

Workin on empty (m) by @anniebibananie

The fury (c, ex) by @gizkasparadise (nymja)

Penal code 495.5 (m, ex) by @fandomjuxtaposition (persuade_me)

Oh brother (m) by @scrubclubwrites

Work and Pleasure (m) by @coffeexwhiskey

And I can't hide you like this for very much longer (m, ex) by @babyitsbeautiful

I went through 30/80+ pages of my ao3 history so lmk if you need more.

Angst is kinda inevitable at least partly, which is probs why you asked for recs lmao.

And it was really difficult to find mulitchapters, so I feel like these are all pretty obvious since most are WIPs but maybe you'll discover something new.

(sidenote: rec lists soon to be updated and new ones added)