#gendry waters
they may be a minor character but they are a major character in my heart
House Baratheon aesthetic.
“Ours is the Fury.”
So in my last post I said I wanted to rant a little about how I hate the ending of Arya and Gendry’s story is Game of Thrones and that is what I’m going to do now…. Spoilers I guess (it’s been two years so whatever)
Ok so I’m going to talk about each character as individual to explain why I didn’t/ don’t understand their finals decisions. (Also this is strictly based on the tv show not the books)
Let’s start with Gendry. Where in the whole of the series does Gendry express a great desire to be a Lord of Westeros??? The only time I can think of that he thought his low birth status was an issue was when Arya said she could “be his family” and he was sad because he knew that was not possible, other than that it was never something that seemed to be of great importance in his life. Now, after he was legitimized and given a title I understand he would be excited because he wouldn’t be seen as a bastard anymore, which is great but in the scene where he proposes to Arya he says “ none of it will be worth anything if you’re not with me” so why does he stay then after she says no to his proposal because it wasn’t that Arya didn’t want Gendry is that she didn’t want the life he was offering her, being a lady. He could have walked away from it all, especially after everything went to shit and they had to basically start the government over again. There was nothing really tying him to Westeros anymore just the new title he had and again he didn’t really seem to care about it even after he found out he was Roberts son… it made no sense to me!!!
And now Arya… now I understand that she never wanted to be a lady and she never wanted to be submissive to a husband and all that ( although let’s me serious, Gendry would be the sub I their relationship) but what really annoyed me was that they made it into a “one night stand” kind of situation from Arya’s perspective (in my opinion). Gendry was someone Arya cared about for years! She was shown to have some kind of feelings for him when she was young and she would check him out, she traveled with him for years, he was her friend and she trusted him! Trusted him enough that even though they had not seen each other for years, she still went to him to lose her virginity! Arya! Who is a trained assassin, literally doesn’t trust anyone, trusted Gendry enough to be vulnerable in front of him and after all of that when he proposes all she can say is “that’s not me” ………,,,, no! She could have said “it’s not our time” or “I’ll come back to you but I need to live my life first” they could have left it open ended and it would have been better than what we got. They had a great chance to really show the Stark sisters doing a 180 from the beginning of the series to the end but nope they fucked it up. Sansa started as a young girl who thought she had to get married to her Prince Charming and have kids and that’s how she would be queen and she ended it realizing that she could be powerful and rule without a man. And I’m not saying Arya needs to have a man but maybe she could have learned that being in love and having a partner in life doesn’t mean she has to be submissive to a husband, that being in love is ok and it could be part of the reason her life is happy. Especially for Arya that spend so much of the series separated from literally everyone from her old life, she could have been free and in love but nope, the show runners really said “this 18/19 year old, who had been through so much, is going to think the same way as her 12 year old self”. I made a post about how I loved the episode “The Long Night” because they showed that even Arya can get scared and she is human and she isn’t just a killing machine and then what do they do with her?? They made her seem heartless and like sleeping with Gendry was just an experience she wanted to have and not something she did with a man she cared/loved!
Anyway I done ranting. Sorry for any grammatical errors I didn’t proof read. Also it’s ok if you disagree with me this is just my opinion about these two characters
All of a sudden I want to rant about how angry I am at how Arya and Gendry’s story ended on Game of Thrones
I wanted an arya gendry reunion dang it! Since we didn’t get it here is a sloppy doodle before bed. I’ll clean it up later.
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gendry: alright, i’m gonna do it. i’m going to go get shot down
gendry: any advice?
davos: just be yourself
davos: but not too much
AU where Dany and Gendry are cousins raised by Davos bcs I said so
BONUS
Arya, looking at the camera: I used to love April Fools so much but now that I’m married to Gendry, I’m starting to hate it
Arya: it used to be fun and cute but it’s the same jokes all over again—
Gendry, entering the room: hey love
Arya: oh shit
Gendry: They said I should be careful on April Fools and not fall for anything, but how can I stop myself from falling for you?
Arya, eyes still on the camera: make him stop
Gendry: Why is it only on April? When I’m ALWAYS a fool for you?
Arya, running to hide under a table: MAKE HIM STOP
to yall who wants more of my crack gendrya twt au, I actually started a series on AO3 which is btw a pain in the arse to update bcs of my wifi.
But here’s a snippet which is a personal fav. Kinda late but Happy April Fools lol
fuck this. I’m gonna start doing crack social media aus bcs who tf said I can’t.
shawty got them
boots with the fur
This is different. This is death.
