One of the more serious reunions of Game of Thrones Season 8 has been the one between Arya and Gendry. When they met up again at Winterfell in the premiere episode of the season, they hadn`t seen each other in years. Not only was it nice for the two friends to find each other again, but it helped rekindle an item that has long been on fans` wishlists: a romantic relationship between Arya and Gendry.Arya hasn`t made a lot of friends over the years. Most of her relationships have been of the revenge-fueled kind, as she`s hunted down the various people who have wronged her and the Stark family. Occasionally, though, Arya makes friends, like she did with Hot Pie and Gendry, two of the kids she fled King`s Landing with way back in Season 2. Gendry, in particular, was really important to Arya--and losing him in Season 3 was part of what drove her to become the super-assassin we see in the show in Season 8.Gendry and Arya got very close during their time on the run together. When Gendry decided to join the Brotherhood Without Banners in Season 3, they had an especially emotional moment, with Arya begging him to come with her back to Winterfell. Gendry told Arya he had no family left, to which Arya replied, `I could be your family.` Though it wasn`t meant to be at the time, it was clear the two youngsters felt a lot for each other. And there was that moment when Arya caught Gendry with his shirt off and definitely felt some serious ... effects.Fans have been `shipping` Arya and Gendry ever since. That`s the internet term for when a fandom imagines and talks about a romantic relationship between favorite characters. Arya and Gendry haven`t seen each other since Season 3, though. When they were separated, back when they were with the Brotherhood Without Banners, Gendry got sold to the Red Witch Melisandre and carried off to Dragonstone, and Arya was spirited off by the Hound before making her way across the Narrow Sea to Braavos. Gendry escaped Dragonstone to avoid being ...
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