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firemadeflesh:

“Let them go,” Brienne pleaded.

All my life men like you have sneered at me. And all my life I’ve been knocking men like you into the dust.

Tarth is an island off the main continent of Westeros that is the fief of House Tarth, who rule from Evenfall Hall. It is separated from the continent by the Straits of Tarth, and is situated north of Shipbreaker Bay… The island is said to be very beautiful, “with its mountains and waterfalls, its high meadows and shadowed vales.” It is called the “Sapphire Isle” for the striking blue seas in which it sits. (x)

Tarth is called the Sapphire Isle, a maiden told me once.

“You want her? Go get her.”

So he did.

accidentaltheme:

THE VERY LONG LIST OF AWESOME LADIES ON TV: Brienne of Tarth [Game of Thrones]

All my life men like you’ve sneered at me, and all my life I’ve been knocking men like you into the dust.

You’ll find truth in your looking glass, not on the tongues of men. 

”[…] I gave her a rose and told her it was all that she would ever have from me.” Connington glanced into the pit. “The bear was less hairy than that freak, I’ll—”

Jaime’s golden hand cracked him across the mouth so hard the other knight went stumbling down the steps. His lantern fell and smashed, and the oil spread out, burning. “You are speaking of a highborn lady, ser. Call her by her name. Call her Brienne.”

Connington edged away from the spreading flames on his hands and knees. “Brienne. If it please my lord.” He spat a glob of blood at Jaime’s foot. “Brienne the Beauty.”

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Words are wind, Brienne told herself. They cannot hurt you. Let them wash over you […] All my life men like you’ve sneered at me, and all my life I’ve been knocking men like you into the dust.

❝ Brienne’s story is an adaptation of a traditionally male narrative, one that usually sidelines or victimises female characters. She swears fealty to a woman, as male knights swear to their liege lord, because she respects that woman’s strength, her bravery and her kindness. She goes on a quest to save the beautiful maiden, but not to marry her or benefit from the quest in any way, but to return her to her mother. Because she cares for Catelyn, and because it is the right thing to do. It is a story of a woman, rescuing a woman, for the sake of another woman. It is a rare story where the mother, the young girl and the shieldmaiden are all given equal weight and worth. Brienne, despite taking on many stereotypically male traits, is not “one of the boys” or in any way dismissive of her gender as a group. She does not fit into the role that society has assigned for her, but she does not disparage those who do. She uses her strength and her skill to respect and help other women in ways that most men in Westeros would never even think to attempt, because she understands, more than any other knight, that women are truly worth something as individuals.

—“There Are No True Knights: Brienne of Tarth” @ Feminist Fiction  (via valjeans)

Her name is Brienne.