Gendrya

Gendrya is the het ship between Arya Stark and Gendry Waters from the Game of Thrones fandom.

Canon
Arya Stark and Gendry meet at the end of the first season of Game of Thrones as they both travel with the Night's Watch recruits. Arya is disguised as a boy to hide her identity and for protection as she is on the run from House Lannister. Gendry is also being pursued by the Lannisters for being the illegitimate son of the last king, Robert Baratheon. In their first interaction, Gendry defends Arya from bullies in their group.

In the second season, they begin staying close together as they travel. Gendry figures out that Arya is a girl and she confesses her identity to him. He promises to keep her secret. The Lannisters sent guards searching for Gendry. When their group is overtaken and battle ensues, Arya and Gendry are captured by the Lannisters. Arya helps protect Gendry by claiming he was already killed in the battle and they are taken as slaves to serve the Lannister army. While watching Gendry work shirtless, Arya admires his body. Later, they escape the Lannisters and attempt to find Arya's family.

In season three, as they travel, they captured by the Brotherhood Without Banners, outlaws who are waging gorilla warfare against the Lannisters and Starks both. When the outlaws discover who Arya is, they bring her and Gendry to their leader to decide what to do with her. As they travel, Gendry begins to admire the group who he sees as helping the common people. After it's decided that Arya will be ransomed back to her family, Gendry decides to join the outlaws. He explains to a tearful Arya that the group feels like a family. She tells him that she can be his family, but he insists that the difference between their social standing would be a barrier between them. Later, Melissandre comes to the Brotherhood because she knows Gendry is with him and she knows that he is King Robert's illegitimate son. She purchases him from the Brotherhood. Arya tries to stop Melissandre from taking him, but is restrained.

Fanon
On AO3, Gendrya is the 3rd most written ship within the Game of Thrones (TV) tag and is the most written for both Arya and Gendry's characters.

Despite the age gap between the characters, Gendrya has been popular since the first season. They have not interacted since season three, but they have remained a very common ship.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * While filming the scene where Arya tells Gendry that she can be his family, Maisie Williams was told to say the line with the same feeling that she would say, "I love you."