ā¦ ā AND WHO GOES THERE? oh, itās just [ ROBERT ARRYN ]. some say [ HIS ] resemblance to [ GAVIN LEATHERWOOD ] is almost uncanny, but the [ TWENTY-TWO ] year old has been in the capital for [ HIS WHOLE LIFE ]. many suspect that they are the notorious [ AFFILIATE ] of the [ ARRYN ] family: perhaps that has made them [ SKEPTICAL ] && [ COLD ] of late, when they used to be so [ IMAGINATIVE ] && [ STEADFAST ]. during the daylight hours, [ ROBERT ] can be found working as a [ JOURNALISM STUDENT ], but when night falls over kingās landing, they are best remembered listening to [ BE BY HOZIER ]. may the gods be with them in these dark streets.
tw: death
Twenty-two years ago, an unexpected child was born. Unexpected didnāt mean unloved, though - the moment he entered the world, Robin Arryn was loved unconditionally. His mother never expected to have a child, let alone one that would light up her world in the way Robert did. She nicknamed him Sweetrobin; her songbird.
As Robert grew, he remained as attached to his mother as he was the day that she brought him into the world. Also as he grew, she realized that her son was not as healthy as he first appeared. Robert spent a good amount of his childhood in and out of the hospital; he was also diagnosed with photosensitive epilepsy at a young age.
He was aware of the mafia growing up, but he wanted nothing to do with it. He didnāt want to take sides; he was never a fighter, not even in situations that called for it. Robin knew he could lead a perfectly happy life if he were to join, given the sole fact that his last name was Arryn, but, in his mind, joining his familyās ranks meant getting himself into trouble he wanted no part of.
Robin was never dumb; he understood his familyās involvement in the city, understood what their place was, but he never likedĀ journalism. He much preferred the arts - anything from painting to drawing to acting was preferred to sitting at a computer and typing up gossip on the cityās elite (while the gossip was always interesting, it was less fun when it was public knowledge).Ā
The death of his father was the first thing to really rock his world. He had just turned seventeen, and, while he and his mother were undeniably closer than he and his father had ever been, he could tell that Jon Arrynās death affected her strongly. The house felt quieter, his mother less joyful, and, in his fatherās place was Petyr Baelish, a man whom Robin had no love for.Ā
Since his fatherās death, heās felt guilty, obligated to take the spot that was filled by Baelish back. His mother always told him that he was the man of the house, which was what led him to choosing journalism as his area of study over art. He just wanted to make her happy.
Of course, he had his own life, too. His high school days were behind him, and, now, in college, he started exploring his sexuality, his body, interacting with those around him now that heād been fully healthy for just over four years. He was done being ridiculed for being in the hospital for weeks on end, ready to become his own man, ready to show his mother (and Petyr Baelish) that he could be independent.Ā
He disapproved of their marriage. He never liked Baelish, never liked what he stood for, never liked the people he surrounded himself with, and never liked the way that his mother looked at him. But he was a child, in their eyes - he could be won over with gifts. He just wanted his mother back.Ā
How he wishes he died with her. How he wishes he could erase the memory of seeing her body hanged from a balcony. He was crippled, unable to speak, unable to move, unable to scream. He had to be dragged away from where he stood, his tuxedo untouched; whoever killed his mother clearly forgot about Sweetrobin, about the poor boyās attachment to her. He sobbed until he was out of tears to shed. The wound is still raw in his chest.
While he affiliates with the family that grew from the roots of his last nameās past, he doesnāt particularly want anything to do with them. Then again, he doesnāt particularly want anything to do with anyone at the moment; heās still reeling from the loss of his mother, best friend, and confidant (all in one person), and heās not sure how (and if) heāll ever recover from it.
He would take his familyās mafia over the Lannisters and Greyjoys any day. His anger has been sparked; he wants revenge. But who is he to claim vengeance? Heās just a student, after all.
wanted connectionsĀ !
come back to us, weāre here for you: members of the arryn family who want robin to be initiated for whatever reason; theyāre seeking to replace his sorrow with the drive to join the family by initiation. they see how heās reeling from the brutal loss of all that he loved, imagining that they can redirect his intense emotions into the business side of things - after all, itāll be easier to avenge his mother with support.
spit on the grave: lannisters and/or greyjoys who have no love for robert, and for whom robert has no love in return. he suspects them of killing his mother, and he will do what he can to get back at the families who took everything from him.
sweet boy, where have you gone?: childhood friends, past hookups, exes - anyone who knew robin in the past but feel isolated from him now. heās become a much colder person since the murder of his mother. these are the people he would turn to (whether that be for a hookup or just a conversation over coffee) in past times of trouble. now, heās isolated himself from them, still in mourning.
pluck a birdās wings, you get what you deserve: people trying to encourage robinās anger - they donāt like the lannisters or greyjoys for whatever reason, and they see robinās dismay. they know he could be a powerful weapon, if properly trained.
literally anything else pls just be my friend
