whatever im into at the moment

reason 1) merry is fun and likes to tell fun stories, she seems cheerful which makes me want to put her in situations where fun happens. while jalabhar xho doesn't have much time on page he seems chill and cool (there's a discussion to be had about the place he holds at court and how that relates to the many issues of orientalism in asoiaf but i'm not qualified to have that discussion i don't know shit about shit)

2) they danced together at tyrion and sansa's wedding! from what we know of sansa and garlan or kevan and janna, you presumably ask your 1st dance partner before the dance mixes couples around, so i can only assume that there is some acquaintance or at least cordiality between them

3) i've decided that the language lessons in the maidenvault in AFFC are purely an excuse for them to meet. sure learning a language with your almost cousins is cool but you know what's even cooler? learning it from your crush who wears a cool feather cloak. and yeah maybe sometimes you kiss a little and talk about running away to the free cities together but the girls are in on the secret, that's fine, 12 year old girls are famously good at keeping secrets

my first encounter with the word was in asoiaf dany chapters and since english isn't my first language, i didn't bother to search every word i didn't know and just kinda threw it in a big bag with "grrm words" written on it, along with all the horse types and bits of armour

it isn't until today when i was reading a post about the plagues of egypt in the bible that i went "hold on, in english bibles god sent lobsters to destroy the crops and invade the houses but my french bible says "sauterelles" so shouldn't it be grasshoppers?"

i love it so much because the ironborn quite literally worship at the altar of toxic masculinity and thus invoke the image of alpha country guys who use 7 in 1 shampoo-conditionner-bodywash-deodorant-toothpaste-moisturiser-gasoline and don't change their bedsheets but NO!! do not be fooled by your 21st century perception!! braiding your brother in the drowned god's hair while enjoying a nice sunny afternoon on the deck of your ship called iron cock or something is in fact super alpha chad behavior!! (except if theon does it ofc then it's woke and gay mainlander shit)

me: yeah whatever. i don't feel shit

5 minutes later: dude i swear i just saw glass candles burning in the house of urrathon night-walker