"I'm alive and drunk on sunshine"

So, in one of Brienne’s chapters, we learn of the rule that only married couples can share a cabin in the Quiet Island. Otherwise, men and women sleep separated and are not allowed to bunk together. It seems a somewhat innocuous rule that we didn’t really have a reason to learn, and it might turn out that way and it was just there for flavor.

However, Brienne is in pretty bad shape by the time she meets Jaime again, and she’ll probably be hurt even more when they face Stoneheart. And it seems like it’s a strong possibility that they will be back to the Quiet Island, especially because The Hound is there as well.

If they all return to the Quiet Island with Brienne about to embrace the stranger, it’s possible Jaime won’t want to leave her alone at risk of dying in the middle of the night. And imo I think there’s a lot of strong foreshadowing about Jaime and Brienne getting married in the books. George clearly likes to insert romantic tropes into their storyline. So, Jaime might marry her just so he can jump around the rule and stay with her while she recovers.

Happy Brienne Week y'all !!! Here is my participation to the festivities.

Having scarcely drawn the chivalrous lady, I took liberties in my design. Some elements are straight out of my own imaginary, some are derived from the series, and some are sourced from fanart. @swordmaid 's has been a personal favourite and a great inspiration to root my rendition of the Lady Knight.

This illustration was made for the first day of Brienne Week [Day one - No Chance, No Choice - Duty, Chivalry, Honour | Protector, Heroism]

brienne week 2026 starts today, july 19th, on ao3, tumblr, and twitter!

acc: @brienneweek

tag: #brienneweek26

But brienne doesn’t want that. And the narrative doesn’t want us to just accept that for brienne either. Because she doesn’t just deserve someone who begrudgingly accepts her, who closes his eyes when he fucks her, who openly admits he only wants her for her titles and land. Brienne deserves love. She deserves someone who sees her for all she is (almost a beauty and almost a knight!!!), who loves and accepts all parts of her, who challenges her, who respects her, who wants her; not for land, not for a bet, not to abuse her, but to love and cherish her because it’s what she deserves!!!!!

Compare this with Jaime. In theory, Jaime could have pretty much any woman (and probably most men tbh) that he wants. He’s handsome, he’s rich, he’s a legendary sword fighter. As evidenced by his encounters with Pia and Hildy, many women don’t even seem all that bothered by the missing hand (except for cersei) but brienne is maybe the only one who knows him, really knows him. She has seen him at his ugliest, his weakest. She knows his deepest secrets. And she still wants him!!

Like it’s crazy you have two people who are presented with options for love and romance that society says they should settle for, but they don’t want it. And they have someone they aren’t supposed to love but they do anyway because of how deeply they know each other.

brienne, the maid of tarth

just line art and colours under cut because i like how it looks too!:

You know me as Pinkgy here, but my name is Ana, and I thought i was going to die on Wednesday 24 of June of 2026

It was the most horrifying experience I’ve ever been through, I was sitting on a curb with my dad and my neighbors attempting to calm me down, trying to assimilate what was just happening.

I’m still having trouble trying to differentiate reality from a dream, in my head it’s hard to believe that I’m still alive, I’m scared of sleeping, fearing that this is just a dream, and once I wake up I’ll be under the rubble praying for help.

I have friends whom I haven’t heard of yet, family who lost their homes, this is a mess, the deceased are innumerable.

There’s still over 50.000 missing people, almost 600 confirmed deceased, and I can assure you there’s at least three times that amount countless people are still under the rubble, alive and deceased.

I have tons of classmates who are missing, some confirmed dead.

If you want more information about those who are missing, tap here.

Venezuela’s problem is that we are not an earthquake-prone country, our infrastructure is not ready for events like this, we are a country who’ve had everything stolen from us, so once one happens it’s catastrophic, our corrupt government is barely doing anything.

In the past, humanitarian aid sent by other countries has been stolen, and its happening right now too, this is an absolute mess.

Our hospitals in any other circumstances usually have no resources, right now much less, Venezuela is on a critical situation, in zones like Playa Grande, El Junquito, Catia la Mar, etc, they need all the help they can get, they need heavy duty equipment to lift the rubble and all the humanitarian aid possible.

The catastrophe that is happening in Venezuela, mostly in La Guaira, is hard to believe, no words can fully explain the reality of the tragedy that this means for our country.

90% of the regular Venezuelan has no type of insurance, there’s people who lost it all and not even a 100 years worth of work can bring it back to them, because our economy is in shambles, and people get paid almost nothing.

The following are the most affected zones in the country:

- LA GUAIRA: most affected state in the country, over 100 building have collapsed, the airport, which is the main one in the country is in shambles, hundreds of thousands have been affected, the deceased are innumerable, most people didn’t have time to evacuate, zones like Playa Grande, Caraballeda, Catia la Mar and Macuto are the ones who are in the most need for help, if you want to donate, try focusing on foundations that focus on those areas.

- CARACAS: this is where I was the moment of the earthquake, tons of houses and building collapsed or in the verge of it, very affected zones include San Bernardino, Altamira, Catia, Los Palos Grandes and El Junquito (which are in desperate need for help)

- YARACUY: this is the state where the epicenter of the earthquake happened, zones like San Felipe have rural areas who are deeply affected, resources are a priority here.

- CARABOBO: tons of houses and building are inhabitable, the earthquake caused a lot of damage here, areas like Valencia and Puerto Cabello are at risk because of damage caused to the pipelines and important infrastructure.

- MIRANDA, ARAGUA AND FALCÓN: there’s reported important damage, mostly in Falcon, where in Tucacas an hotel collapsed.

After the following text, I’ll list some ways to help from the distance, since I know most of you aren’t from Venezuela:

https://gofund.me/9da60e574

If you are from another country and want to donate but don’t know where, please contact me, I’ll do everything I can to find someone who is in direct contact with the victims so they can receive your help.

Anything is great, medicines and resources like bandages, syringes, catheters, etc, clothes, food, blankets, pads, diapers, anything is great.

Try finding collection centers in your zone, all the help possible is needed, the situation people in the most affected zones are in is critical.

Humanitarian help has been sent from other countries, and we are deeply grateful for that, thank you, this really brings us a lot of hope.

Thank you for reading this, I mean it, if you can help by reposting it would be amazing, if you don’t want to it’s okay, but please share any of the links I put above this, we need all the help possible, my people is dying.

Im sorry for any grammatical mistake, I wrote this personally and didn’t proofread, this is all based on why I’ve seen myself and what I went through.

Vamos a salir adelante 🇻🇪