I kind of just had this super weird moment where I realized that the way I’ve been feeling about this blog is the way Lyanna must have felt every day of her fucking life. I constantly feel like people aren’t interested in writing with a wild Lyanna who is, as someone once put it, a warrior woman, and not the gentle, quiet lady mother that so many people here seem to expect her to be. I’ve literally had someone in this community tell me that I “should be more like the other Lyanna” because my portrayal isn’t to their liking. Personally, I believe that Lyanna Stark was the Knight of the Laughing Tree. I believe she rightfully won the tournament at Harrenhal with little to no formal training. I believe she ran away from home– something completely unheard of for a noble girl– because that wasn’t the life she wanted for herself. I believe Lyanna was wild. I write Lyanna as wild. And I know for a FACT that many people believe my interpretation is wrong or they don’t like it, but I refuse to sacrifice the integrity of my character for the satisfaction of her audience. I don’t care if I’m not popular or if you like some other Lyanna better. That’s great, I’m very happy for you both. I don’t need to hear about it. So save that shit for somebody else and let me run my own fucking blog the way I see fit. From now on, anyone who compares me to a duplicate is going to get BLOCKED.