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Sansa Stark, Day 3: In other people's words

2011-09-12T02:17:12Z

I nearly forgot to post today... and I wasn't sure what to post, so here are a few other posts gathered from other places. :| Sorry.

From ASOIAF Confessions

And Amy Ratcliff at ScienceFiction.com:

She’s in a mindset that is ripe for harvesting when the Baratheon family comes to Winterfell. She longed for a prince in the cold keep and behold, Prince Joffrey shows up on her doorstep. She had to think it was meant to be. He was handsome and charming, and she was blinded by her dream world. She’s young – just 11 in the books – and the news that she would be leaving the dark north for the capital city of Westeros would be enough to dazzle any child. Add the betrothal to the prince arranged by her father and King Robert, and the situation is hopeless. Every silly, improbable fantasy of Sansa’s actually happens. Who wouldn’t allow themselves to be swept away in a similar situation? Especially as a pre-teen!

But why does she continue to allow herself to be deluded? Joffrey shows his true colors on the road to King’s Landing. He gives her enough wine to make her tipsy, and then he picks a fight with Arya. His actions result in the death of a boy and Sansa’s wolf. Sansa betrayed her sister and lied to protect Joffrey. It would have been stupid of her to do otherwise. She was put on the spot. How could she tell the King that his son is a liar? Joffrey’s obviously not the charming prince she believed him to be, but she still has to marry him. She doesn’t want to believe that her fairytale is slipping. She thinks lying about the events will endear Queen Cersei and Joffrey to her. Instead, Joffrey comes to hate her because she witnessed him being weak.

It takes far too long for her to realize that her Prince Charming is actually a monster. Even while her father is in captivity and she is held hostage by the Lannisters and forced to attend court and smile, she strives to find an excuse for Joffrey’s behavior. She blames it on the queen. She denies that her dream was just that – a dream. She doesn’t face it until Joffrey gives the order to have her father executed. Then, finally, she gets it.

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Sansa Stark, Day 2: A Stark by any other name

2011-09-10T12:26:05Z

( Spoilers for the series )

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For womenlovefest: Sansa Stark, Day 1

2011-09-09T21:25:57Z

aka, Why Sansa Stark?

I just picked up Game of Thrones.

Well, that's a bit of a lie-- I just finished reading Game of Thrones, and that took me a few weeks to get through. I finished watching the series a few weeks ago as well, and now I can't wait to get through the rest of the series.

I'm not involved in the ASOIAF fandom as much as others may be, but I get the feeling that Sansa Stark probably gets the short end of the fandom love, at least for the first book, and especially when compared to Arya Stark.

I get it. Hell, I love Arya too. I liked her faster than I liked Sansa. Sansa, after all, is the perfect sister, the one who knows her manners and who wants to be the princess, whereas Arya is the adventurous one, the tomboy who never fit in, who bucks tradition because she wants to fight more than sew. Sansa is the delicate flower, and fandom rarely has good feelings towards damsels in distress.

But I can't help feeling drawn to Sansa Stark all the same.

( The cut contains spoilers for the first book and season. )

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