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Kit Harington and Peter Dinklage - Actors On Actors

At the start of my employment, my boss showed me videos of people stealing, and we both had a chuckle about it. How silly they were! There was a camera overhead, and it’s not to watch the shoppers. See, we can’t actually stop shoplifters. They get away with it maybe nine out of ten times. But we, who are watched and tallied and witnessed? We are always caught.

At first it was hard to hold one hundred dollars bills. An amount I had never seen before. An amount that didn’t exist in my household. It’s normal now. Here is something that is not for me.

“What the hell, I’ll take another,” says the man, pondering our 200 dollar watches. What the hell. Total comes to 580 and not even a flinch in his face. I have been working for 11 hours today and made only 110 dollars. It will go to my rent. Today I work for free, it feels. When I get my check, I will have 35 dollars left for food and saving.

The six hundreds he hands me go into the cash register. For a moment, I imagine having money. Then I put it away, counting out his change.

I know for a fact we sell our products for double what they are worth. That I could be making commission. That they could hand me those 580 dollars and change my life and not even mark the difference in their checkbooks. He’s not the only sale they make today, but I am the reason they made it. He’s not the only one spending 600 dollars, but if I hadn’t spent two hours with him telling me about his life, he wouldn’t have spent any. I go home. I don’t own a watch.

I have watched and rewatched a video on how to make salmon four ways. My shopping list is always the same. Pasta. Rice. Tuna. If I can afford butter it was a good week. I dream of the world I will never walk in, where I can throw the best fish fillet in the cart with a shrug. I hold hundreds in my hand and look up at the camera. I put them under the cash drawer.

I go to work. I scrap together my savings. I eat my bowl of rice slowly. My manager takes a paid week off from work just for his birthday. He owns a yacht. 

i was part of their college program. i moved to the state for it. they legally owned the building i was living in and still charged me rent. i ostensibly was being charged to work for them. it was a 2 bedroom apartment and they placed 6 adult women in it in forced triples.

as many as one in ten disney employees have experienced homelessness while working for the company. despite huge efforts to unionize, strike, or otherwise demand fair treatment; disney has refused to increase employee quality of life.

disney admits publicly that a good portion of their success is because the employees (“cast members”) are dedicated, passionate, and selfless. this is never reflected in pay. even “face” characters (ie those that are princesses etc) make barely above a minimum wage.

at the time that i worked there, i made $8.50 an hour. at one point i was asked to create a human shield around a bag because a bomb dog had alerted to it. for eight fucking dollars an hour.

i now work a very cushy office job. i have bought the salmon and cooked it all four ways.

i go to the store. i am nice to the person behind the counter. she looks up at the camera while she counts out my change. there is nothing fundamentally different about her and i.

how measurements work in canada (ie/ badly)

hi sry for the late response!!! i was kinda busy last week but im free now!

i read The Deal years ago, and at the time i actually didn't find that many similarities between Garrett/Hannah and jonsa. i mean sure, Garrett has those stromy gray eyes and Hannah is very good at singing just like Sansa, but book-Garrett is a little too aggressive for my taste. however, the tv series adaptation really deepened their characters (at least imo).

show-Garrett is more mature and respectful, which is exactly how i imagine Jon. they also deepened hannah's storyline, changing the whole dynamic from "two broken people fixing each other" to "fixing ourselves first, then loving each other"—which is what i like the most.

i can totally see Sansa as Hannah: a girl who has been through so much, but still gets up, keeps going, and tries to find beauty in a world that was once so cruel to her. they are both strong and independent women who won't be broken down by life's hardships, and most importantly, they see the world as it is and love it still.

narratively speaking, i can easily see Joffrey as that mayor's kid who did terrible shit to Hannah/Sansa. and of course, his family would cover it all up, making the stark family lose both their money and reputation. (in the book, the offender's mom is the mayor of hannah's hometown, and she's the one who brings total destruction upon Hannah's family—and we all know Cersei would do the exact same thing without batting an eye.)

Garrett always feels like there's this same kind of anger and destrudo flooding his veins that he has to rein in all the time, and his biggest fear is becoming as violent as his father. the show really intensifies this fear; it almost feels like a curse passed through blood during that staircase fighting scene. Phil Graham is also a whole lot better at disguising his true colors than he was in the book, which makes him lean way more into rhaegar's character imo. i can easily see Jon as Garrett: a boy raised by Rhaegar, who witnessed and was a victim of the Targaryen madness, refusing to become his father.

also, Phil wants Garrett to follow in his footsteps, wanting to live through Garrett's body, which kinda reminds me of how rhaegar was obsessed with the prophecy—the exact actions are different, but i think the underlying core is the same.

anyway, these are my thoughts on this topic!! shout out to this post for pointing out the similarity in the fighting scene too. i know there are technical rules for cinematography and framing, but the shots are literally identical!!! 😭😭😭😭

“She's upset you,” the queen said gently. “We can't be having that. Not another word, now. Lord Baelish will see that Jeyne's well taken care of, I promise you”

Sansa seated herself beside the queen. Cersei smiled again, but that did not make her feel any less anxious [... ] she could feel Littlefinger staring. Something about the way the small man looked at her made Sansa feel as though she had no clothes on. Goose bumps pimpled her skin

Sansa IV — A Game of Thrones

“I dreamt of a maid at a feast with purple serpents in her hair, venom dripping from their fangs. And later I dreamt that maid again, slaying a savage giant in a castle built of snow.”

Arya VIII — A Storm of Swords

The device painted on the shield was one Sansa did not know ; a grey stone head with fiery eyes, upon a light green field. “My grandfather's shield,” Petyr explained when he saw her gazing at it. “His own father was born in Braavos and came to the Vale as a sellsword in the hire of Lord Corbray, so my grandfather took the head of the Titan as his sigil when he was knighted”

“It's very fierce,” said Sansa

Sansa VI — A Storm of Swords

A mad rage seized hold of her. She picked up a broken branch and smashed the torn doll's head down on top of it, then pushed it down atop the shattered gatehouse of her snow castle. The servants looked aghast, but when Littlefinger saw what she'd done he laughed. “If the tales be true, that's not the first giant to end up with his head on Winterfell's walls”

“Those are only stories,” she said, and left him there

Sansa VII — A Storm of Swords

— A comprehensive (updated) guide.

** Including Dunk and Brienne, Baelor, and Tanselle.

✧ This theory, originating in the 2010s, is based on the parallel similarity between the final champions we see at Ashford and Sansa Stark’s suitors in ASOIAF: so far, each of Lady Ashford’s champions has had a matching suitor in Sansa’s story, besides the last, the Targaryen.

✧ Setting:

Lady Ashford is a 13-year old maid, in honour of whom the Tourney at Ashford is hosted.

"The Tourney at Ashford Meadow was a tourney event hosted for Lady Ashford's 13th birthday. Five champions wearing her favour would defend her."

The five defending champions with which we end our narration of the tourney happen to exactly match the suitors of the 13-year old Sansa Stark, as she prepares the Tourney of Winged Knights.

**Note : Officially, there is no order to the champions, as the jousts happen in overlap / simultaneously, and the only in-text appearance is Day 1, told by Duncan.

Only the Hardyng pavillion is referred to as the fourth, and the Targaryen as the last. The Targaryen's victories also are said as the last.

✧ The champion - suitor connection, broken down:

LYONEL BARATHEON / JOFFREY BARATHEON

The name "Lyonel" means "lion", making him, literally, a "Lion Baratheon" [disc. GRRM is more than likely aware of this, and even has Lyonel as part of the 'lion' trio with Leo and Leona]

Joffrey, who is a Lannister bastard in truth, is also literally a "Lion Baratheon"

Along with Lannister, Lyonel challenges Lady Ashford's family, and defeats Lady Ashford's older brother Robert.

Along with the Lannisters, Joffrey challenges Sansa Stark's family, wages war on and defeats Sansa's older brother Robb.

"The younger Ashford lasted even longer, breaking no less than nine lances against Ser Lyonel Baratheon, the Laughing Storm." "Finally a battered Ser Robert Ashford admutted defeat" — The Hedge Knight

Lyonel falsely declares himself "King" in opposition to the true claimant, but the title doesn't last

Joffrey is falsely declared "King" in opposition to the true claimant, but it doesn't last

"The crowned stag was for Ser Lyonel Baratheon." - The Hedge Knight "He was carrying the royal standard, Joffrey's great stag-and-lion" — Tyrion V, ASOS

"So great was the wroth of the Laughing Storm that he swore a bloody oath of vengeance, renounced allegiance to the Iron Throne, and had himself crowned as a new Storm King." — TWOIAF "Joffrey waited atop the Iron Throne. [...] Ned Stark slowly limped and hopped toward the boy who called himself king." — Eddard XIV, AGOT

LEO TYRELL / WILLAS TYRELL

Leo Tyrell is a well-liked, honourable and respected jouster, known as "Longthorn", the Lord of Highgarden.

Willas Tyrell is described as respected, polite and good-hearted, the next Lord of Highgarden

Leo is notably rumoured to have health issues after the tourney

Willas is crippled in a tourney, which is said to have happened because his father wanted Willas to become Leo Longhorn

"..the most notable is Lord Leo Tyrell, a tourney champion remembered to this day as Leo Longthorn." — TWOIAF "They drank to the health of Leo Longhorn, Lord of Highgarden, who was rumoured to be ailing." — The Mystery Knight

"Willas Tyrell was green as his surcoat and had no business riding in such company. The Fat Flower thrust him into tourneys at too tender an age, just as he did with the other two. He wanted another Leo Longthorn, and made himself a cripple." — Tyrion V, ASOS

Willas is directly referred to by Sansa as her "champion"

"But comely or no, he might be the only champion she would ever have." — Sansa II, ASOS

Lyanna x Rhaegar isn't romantic in any sense. And it is either Lyanna is a victim or a hypocrite.

Let me explain, we only have two clear options for this relationship. Either Lyanna was kidnapped and raped by Rhaegar or she chose to be with Rhaegar. And let me explain how both are bad and how the second makes her a hypocrite.

Option one: Lyanna was kidnapped and raped. In no sense is this romantic or even something ti brush off. If this happened I have full sympathy for Lyanna and hate Rhaegar more than I already did. If someone does see this as romantic you need to go to therapy.

Option two: Lyanna persued Rhaegar as well. Now many would use the excuse that if she didn't she would be in a marriage with a man who cheated on her frequently. But what kost forget is that if Lyanna did persue Rhaegar in turn she had only bestowed the same fate upon another women. Elia. Which royally ruins her whole "girls girl" persona so many of her stans have given her. Lyanna doing that wasn't her being in love, and even if she did that isn't ok for her to do.

SANSA STARK I

Eddard Stark left before the dawn

the first words from sansa’s pov are “eddard stark” ned-sansa ism remains ELITE it remains CANON

but also ned leaving before the dawn

Sansa did not really know Joffrey yet, but she was already in love with him.

i don’t wanna talk about it

They had been twelve days crossing the Neck, rumbling down a crooked causeway through an endless black bog, and she had hated every moment of it. The air had been damp and clammy, the causeway so narrow they could not even make proper camp at night, they had to stop right on the kingsroad. Dense thickets of half-drowned trees pressed close around them, branches dripping with curtains of pale fungus. Huge flowers bloomed in the mud and floated on pools of stagnant water, but if you were stupid enough to leave the causeway to pluck them, there were quicksands waiting to suck you down, and snakes watching from the trees, and lizard-lions floating half-submerged in the water, like black logs with eyes and teeth.

this is so much cooler than what we got in the show. i get they were really strapped for money in s1 idc the swamp is more fun

there’s a pretty immediate association from sansa’s pov of arya with the colors brown & green. genuinely it jumped out at me. name dropping my chart here.

Just the sight of him was enough to make Sansa feel sick, but Arya seemed to prefer his company to hers.

she’s so jealous that arya isn’t her best friend it’s so cute to me

She turned to walk off, but Arya shouted after her, “They won’t let you bring Lady either.”

it’s fun we get parallel jon-arya catelyn-sansa moments where the girls wonder if arya is a bastard bc she looks like jon

One knight wore an intricate suit of white enameled scales, brilliant as a field of new-fallen snow, with silver chasings and clasps that glittered in the sun.

very targaryen loyalist of grandpa barri here

also sick fit

“You are shaking, girl,” he said, his voice rasping. “Do I frighten you so much?”

okay let’s not get a big head here it was ilyn she was frightened of, you just creeped up behind her sandor

until Ser Ilyn Payne shouldered two men aside, and stood before her, unsmiling. He did not say a word…

As the headsman looked at her, his pale colorless eyes seemed to strip the clothes away from her, and then the skin, leaving her soul naked before him. Still silent, he turned and walked away.

she is surrounded by men who are thrilled by the idea of scaring her

That was where my father killed Rhaegar Targaryen, you know. He smashed in his chest, crunch, right through the armor.

i got horny reading this

the thing about the trident fight. is it is literally completely joffrey’s fault lmao. what else was any of the three of them supposed to do 😭

Nedward Stark III

The room was crowded when he burst in. Too crowded, he thought; left alone, he and Robert might have been able to settle the matter amicably.

yeah it sucks that he’s not wrong here

“Perchance later you’ll tell me how a nine-year-old girl the size of a wet rat managed to disarm you with a broom handle and throw your sword in the river.” As the door swung shut behind him, Ned heard him say, “Lion’s Tooth,” and guffaw once more.

arya rat stuff

but also this is the moment renly decides he’s gonna be king i just know it lmfao

i actually should revisit the “ned takes the girls & fucks back off to winterfell after the trident fight” because it’s crazy that robert immediately goes “yeah sure kill sansa’s totally innocent direwolf” he doesn’t even hesitate. it’s the symbol of their HOUSE dude it’s her PET 😭😭

BRAN STARK III

“But I never fall,” he said, falling.

FINALLY the shit i’m here for

At the heart of the godswood, the great white weirwood brooded over its reflection in the black pool, its leaves rustling in a chill wind. When it felt Bran watching, it lifted its eyes from the still waters and stared back at him knowingly.

this is brynden once again my charts!!!!!

One shadow was dark as ash, with the terrible face of a hound. Another was armored like the sun, golden and beautiful. Over them both loomed a giant in armor made of stone, but when he opened his visor, there was nothing inside but darkness and thick black blood.

Clearly this is Sandor & Jaime. I’m assuming the third is Gregor even tho we haven’t met him yet bc it’s a very robert strong image!!!!

(the only other option would be ilyn here)

i’m skipping ahead here but interesting how both bran & dany’s first “fly or die” moment involves wings essentially ripping from behind them. with dany, the wings themselves cause pain and then she gets lost in the stars. with bran, there’s a moment of triumph and then the pain of his third eye brings him crashing back to reality.

A pair of yellow eyes looked into his own, shining like the sun.

the black hole imagery of a crow pecking at a circle between his eyes bleeding into the sun…..BRAN SUN KING CONFIRMED

Bran looked up calmly. “His name is Summer,” he said.

CATELYN STARK IV

Visenya’s hill was crowned by the Great Sept of Baelor with its seven crystal towers.

And above it all, frowning down from Aegon’s high hill, was the Red Keep…

oh i’m sure

When they ushered her inside, he set down his pen and looked at her. “Cat,” he said quietly.

I’LL KILL YOU

it is funny that she walks in and just expects not to be recognized.

He had been a sly child, but after his mischiefs he always looked contrite; it was a gift he had.

the robb/theon parallelism is crazy, the way she and ned are not self aware at all lol

His flesh was soft and moist, and his breath smelled of lilacs.

idk varys just cracks me up

JON SNOW III

Castle Black had no godswood, only a small sept and a drunken septon

wait that’s crazy now that i think about it, not having a godswood within the grounds of castle black

Cotter Pyke is the baseborn son of a tavern wench. Now he commands Eastwatch by the Sea.

MY GOAT

They said it was Donal Noye who’d forged King Robert’s warhammer, the one that crushed the life from Rhaegar Targaryen on the Trident.

“You leave them nothing. You shame them. Does that make you proud?”

Centuries of windblown dirt had pocked and scoured it, covering it like a film, and it often seemed a pale grey, the color of an overcast sky … but when the sun caught it fair on a bright day, it shone, alive with light, a colossal blue-white cliff that filled up half the sky.

He looked at the words, but they didn’t matter. Nothing mattered. Bran was going to live. “My brother is going to live,” he told Mormont. The Lord Commander shook his head, gathered up a fistful of corn, and whistled. The raven flew to his shoulder, crying, “Live! Live!”

he’s such a sweet boy 😭

the amount of men who get deathly angry when they’re laughed at

NEDUARDO STARK IV

“You are growing old and slow, Stark,” he said.

alright you’re testing my patience

“Your wife is inside,” Littlefinger said. It was the final insult. “Brandon was too kind to you,” Ned said as he slammed the small man back against a wall and shoved his dagger up under the little pointed chin beard.

i know that made him cry

“Then how? Why are you here, my love?“

oh wow

What was it that Jon had said when they found the pups in the snow? Your children were meant to have these pups, my lord. And he had killed Sansa’s, and for what? Was it guilt he was feeling? Or fear? If the gods had sent these wolves, what folly had he done?

no one has ever been more doomed than ned

jon sees all

“was it guilt he was feeling? or fear?” god he’s so fucked

Yet even as he said the words, he remembered that chill morning on the barrowlands, and Robert’s talk of sending hired knives after the Targaryen princess. He remembered Rhaegar’s infant son, the red ruin of his skull, and the way the king had turned away, as he had turned away in Darry’s audience hall not so long ago. He could still hear Sansa pleading, as Lyanna had pleaded once.

oh ned

okay i got too sleepy to read tyrion’s chapter before midnight & he didn’t deserve that 100% FOCUS ONLY

TYRION LANNISTER III

the thing that’s interesting is that jeor compliments tyrion, & tyrion deflects with a joke (“i’ll send you every dwarf in the kingdoms to man the wall then” which is a really good joke!) but the mere IDEA of alliser being compared to a dwarf has him trying to fight tyrion. and meanwhile tyrion genuinely develops a fondness for the watch! he’s the only actual ally they have in the south and thorne wants to piss it away bc he doesn’t like being compared to tyrion.

there is something moving about blind old aemon calling tyrion a giant. your life does not end with a disability. you learn to live your life hand in hand with it. aemon did, tyrion did.

something i love about tyrion. is how he sees jeor needs his life to have meant something. and agrees to help send men to the wall. and when he is in power he DOES in fact attempt to help with this. he sends men to the wall CONSTANTLY in acok. he doesn’t really believe in anything they believe in but he liked jeor & he liked jon & he understands being given a dumb task and being told “this is your life now” (see: his commitment to the sewage system in casterly rock).

i also love how easy it is to like tyrion for so many people. if tyrion had been treated like willas, which is to say as the heir, he would have been as good an heir as anyone. he’s SO charming to EVERYONE but tywin (and cersei). he’s SO hard not to like. in fact a lot of readers only start to get turned off when he’s going thru it & stressed out & we are in his head - it takes a LOT to make him unpleasant. it isn’t to say he isn’t capable of it (im thinking his reaction to masha’s murder which is INCREDIBLY bloodthirstily classist & misogynistic & o appropriate) but he’s decadently better than a lot of people around him. i just get very emo esp as someone with my own daddy issues it’s like why couldn’t you just love your smart caring compassionate son tywin? why couldn’t you just love him?

Thorne had never even shown him the proper way to grip a sword.

that’s wild, the fact that jeor just lets them get away with this behavior is at least 30% of the reason why jon has such a hard time getting these guys to do what he wants. jeor just lets them actively shirk their duties!

them being friends IS coming back and i HOPE it’s in a painful and negative way

FINAL THOTS