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I am currently far too obsessed with Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire. I also enjoy many other nerdy things.

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sandor/sansa vs. petyr/sansa

maokitty:

Put briefly, I ship the first more than the second, and I’m bewildered when people...

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Robb: You're so selfish for releasing Jaime, Mom. I'm King now, I have to think about all my men and their families and you undermined me!! You may have cost me the Karstarks!!

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Anonymous asked: ew why did catelyn refer to jeyne/talisa as ~exotic~

That gave me very “do not want” feelings. I’m not sure quite how to articulate it, but I think it was OOC. The writers have also destroyed that...

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At this point in the series (even if this isn’t entirely clear in the show) if you are still categorizing the Dothraki as a raping, uncivilised...

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I would just like to say one thing:

This is going to be a Peter Dinklage appreciation post.

SHOCKING, I know, because I actively dislike Tyrion,...

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watermeloncholy:

At this point in the series (even if this isn’t entirely clear in the show) if you are still categorizing the Dothraki as a raping, uncivilised monolith and not also categorizing Westerosi as a raping, uncivilised monolith (i.e. you think that they’re somehow more civilised), you are missing something big and might need to take some time to think about why.

Keywords: Eurocentrism, ethnocentrism, colonialism, imperialism…

(*) I am yours and you are mine

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everythings about this picture is great

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frostdeer:

Robb. Robb. Seriously. Robb.

so disappointed in you Robb

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infernalserpent:

Not a queen, a Khaleesi.

#Woman King #so many Dany feels after the last episode #her entire narrative is structured as the origin of a Woman King #from captive bargaining chip princess #to captive queen-Kahleesi used for breeding #to taking control of that role by eating hearts both real and metaphorical; using her love as a means to power #but never consciously; that is the key to her; she has a dark and glorious will to power #but she will never willingly enslave or sell herself or others to gain it #and that makes her different from any other player #and then when the Khalasar was to abandon her after the Khal/King the source of her power as queen died #she took the term Khaleesi; her role within it and transformed it with the birth of her dragons #she burned away the weaknesses inherent in the role of Khaleesi and made it pure power; she with her dragons and magic embodied power #and as she was Khaleesi; so the term Khaleesi transcended what it was and became one with true power #that is; it was no longer attendent upon the Khal; to be Khaleesi was to be King #she is not a queen nor a princess nor any other courtly Westerosi role that might be thrust upon her #she has shaped her title; Khaleesi; made it her own; made it kingly through her own body and agency #she is no queen; she is Khaleesi #she is Woman King #fear the Targaryens; for they will always shape their own titles through the instrument of their bodies #they are conquerors; they will colonize your lands and your power structure and transform it to match their own inherent grandeur #for the dragons are them; they are dragons; there is no separation #and she is coming for all your false titles

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I will never in my whole life understand why Sansa didn’t go with the Hound.

littlebirdclegane:

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littlebirdclegane:

abriefflickeroflight:

It just doesn’t make sense to me.

It makes actual sense in the books, when she doesn’t leave with him. Book!Sandor and tv!Sandor are two very different characters, and Sansa has to stay for her plot line in the future seasons. I can give you book spoilers, if you’d like, if that’d help at all?

I’m reading the books and already read that part but I’d have preferred if she’d gone with him…

Don’t we all? But it does make some sense—and in the end, it’s not Sansa who says no, Sandor leaves.

Sigh. I can recommend like twenty fix-it fics for that, if you’re a shipper. I don’t think there are many platonic ones out there where she goes with him, but there are a lot of shippy ones.

The other thing to consider (in the books at least, who the hell knows what they’re going to do on the show), is that Sansa and Sandor both have really important character development work that they really have to do separately before they can meet again.

(general book spoilers follow) Like, if Sansa went with Sandor, we wouldn’t get the character development about her continued disillusionment (especially regarding marriage), her increasing aptitude at playing the game, coping with the loss of her entire family, etc. And as far as Sandor goes, it’s really important that he get in touch with his guilt over Sansa (among other things) and feel the need to repent for it, which wouldn’t be as severe if she had run away with him; he could have told himself he had “saved” her, etc.

Taking the long view, I actually think it’s better for their relationship that she didn’t go with him.