My favorite maps of ASOIAF are the fan-made maps made by Westeros.org poster Other-in-Law. There are small villages (like Hag's Mire) that I haven't seen in any other map, heraldic shields, sigils, clever inside jokes (White Harbor has a picture of Lord Manderly eating a pie, hahaha). Good resource for fanfiction writers. Too bad that negative ( Read more... )

Here is a portrait of Sophy Gray, age 13, as painted by her brother-in-law the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais. This portrait reminds me of Sansa, though I'm trying to pinpoint why. The girl is pretty, with all the promise of becoming a beautiful woman.  There's a unnerving aspect to her facial expression, she knows something of sadness ( Read more... )