Chipo Chung is the best fancasting I’ve seen!

firemadeflesh:

FIVE SONG PLAYLIST ⇒ Anonymous asked ⇒ Sand Snakes (ASoIaF)

This Is Why We Fight - The Decemberists(♫) ⇒ the spear (obara)

And when we die
We will die
With our arms unbound
And this is why
This is why we fight

Plans - Bloc Party(♫) ⇒ the knife (nymeria)

I’ve got a taste for blood
Leave the weak, leave the young
I’ve got a taste for blood
I’m walking out without you
You will kill or be killed
It’s about progress

The Fine Art of Poisoning - Jill Tracy (♫) ⇒ the venom (tyene)

Not for the frail of heart
The vengeful must play their part
A friend to the bitter end
Or so they say

The Ship Song - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (♫) ⇒ the sphinx (sarella)

Come loose your dogs upon me
And let your hair hang down
You are a little mystery to me
Every time you come around

Kids - MGMT(♫) ⇒ the innocent (ellaria’s girls)

You were a child
Crawling on your knees toward it
Making momma so proud
But your voice is too loud
We like to watch you laughing
You pick the insects off plants
No time to think of consequences

plantagenet:

fancasting the ladies of dorne: parvathi menon as sarella sand

“Sarella turned over rocks, brushed sand off the mosaics, and wanted to know everything there was to know about the people who had lived here.”

a word about this casting: i went back and forth for a long time about researching ethnically african or ethnically south-asian actresses for my dream-sarella, as she is clearly acknowledged to be half-dornish (correlating to my previous castings) and half-summer islander (ebony skinned). i really liked some peoples’ imagining of chipo chung for this part, but i ultimately decided to look into sinhala actresses for my interpretation as i couldn’t find any black-asian actresses who suited my vision (i’m a little appalled at how few indo-trinidadian actresses there are in modern cinema). my reasoning behind this is that the sinhala people are still part of the indo-aryan population of india and sri lanka, but they have different cultural and religious practices than the punjabi and gujarati actresses i’ve used previously (they are largely buddhist, for one). they’re also demographically popular in sri lanka, being an island south of the indian mainland. geographically this also helped secure her in my mind as an alternative. i hope no one takes offense at this, and if they do, i apologize. i’ve tried to be as racially accurate and considerate as possible with this dreamcast, but this one was very hard.

plantagenet:

fancasting the ladies of dorne: zuleikha robinson as obara sand

“Obara. He knew her stride; long-legged, hasty, angry. In the stables by the gates, her horse would be lathered, and bloody from her spurs. She always rode stallions, and had been heard to boast that she could master any horse in Dorne … and any man as well.”

plantagenet:

fancasting the ladies of dorne: isha sharvani as tyene sand

“Dornishmen fight best at home, so I say let us hone our spears and wait.”

plantagenet:

fancasting the ladies of dorne: shivani ghai as nymeria sand

“I was abed with the Fowler twins when the word reached me,” the captain heard her say. “You know the Fowler words? Let Me Soar! That is all I ask of you. Let me soar, Uncle.”

"Some men think because they are afraid to do."

(Source: fearfulparallelism)

(Source: firemadeflesh)

Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken: Deepika Padukone as Lady Nymeria Sand

(Source: sandsnakes)