Ok. I get what they say. They say she is a pathetic little girl and does not do much. But in all fairness what are they expecting her to do? What does she have? Yes if you compare her yo Dany, Cersei, Catelyn, Brienne, Arya, Olenna, and Sand Snakes she seems like just a hopeless girl. But first of all hopeless girls do exist and are much more than warrior princesses, second anyone in her position won't do much.
Let's just look at Dany, sure she was "Sold" to Drogo, but boom a big FIRE and then she has three dragons, and even had a little band of warriors, Dothraki and Jorah, and some money I suppose, she also had her freedom. Cersei had her brother a kingsguard, her house the real power, and even then she failed in a thing or two. Catelyn had the support of House Tully, Stark, and even Arryn in sense. Brienne and Arya again have their freedom, were trained from a young age to kill, and then Brienne is given a Valyrian steel sword Arya trained to be a faceless man. And so on with others. A combination of both luck, or fortunes, and their ability is what got them what they have, like Machiavelli says.
But what does Sansa have or can do? Even if she had the abilities of Arthur Dayne could she just kill them all? Even if she is Olenna or Baelish could she have manipulated the entire court and freed herself? What would you or I do in her situation? Why do we want her to be a warrior/queen/politician/manipulator/all around jack of all trades?
Just remember that she is a hostage and has no family, yes in the show it's a bit different but still, and has no gold, no friends, no allies, no men sworn to her service, no spies, no power what so ever. So Why do we want her to kill the kingsguard and everyone in the redkeep, hit the road to the Twins killing house Frey then go to the North and take it without breaking a sweat.
The closest to her story is that she is like Baelish or Varys but with a powerful name. Sure it looks like she is a stupid week female characters, but in all fairness that is the most realistic and it's because GRRM ruined us with great strong female characters but the books/show are not about what we want or like or about a statement, to a degree I suppose, or just making sure all women are strong and powerful and men evil or the other way around. Just look at how much suffering people, men and women, get in the story and you might just start to feel sorry for Sansa and what she goes through and understand that she was put into a difficult situation which she cannot control. Lastly I think she would grow and take more control of her life. But she is still young and needs to to learn so much.
What do you think?
Submitted October 27, 2017 at 11:23AM by Mortarious http://ift.tt/2i9kWUu
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