hi maester steven, how do you think the relationship between lyanna and rickard was? was she the adored daughter he indulged up to some point (although it was probably way less so than arya), or a rebellious headache?

Good question!

We don’t really know, tbh, because there’s almost no evidence about Rickard or Lyanna for that matter. We have some evidence to say that Rickard was ambitious, worldly, and a good fighter. We have some evidence to say that Lyanna was headstrong (a touch of the wolf blood), vivacious, unconventional, a good horsewoman, and something of a romantic.

How they got along we have to deduce from some very slender reeds indeed: Rickard didn’t get in the way of Lyanna’s horsewomanship, but didn’t allow her to have a sword. He allowed her to travel to the Riverlands without much in the way of restrictions, although part of that was to help with her brother’s wedding. And he engaged her to Robert Baratheon, and she wasn’t keen on that. 

As portraits go, that’s not even a miniature. Barely a sketch…