queen in the north

𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟺, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟷 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝙾𝚏 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚣 𝙺𝚊𝚏𝚔𝚊, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟶 -𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟹

We’ll never die

In the show, Sansa apologized to Jon for being "awful" to him while they were growing up at Winterfell. While that might have been the case in the show, it's not the same for the books. But I've seen book readers cite this scene as evidence.

There's a lot of holes in that theory - for one thing, we don't have any flashbacks or textual evidence to support it. Sansa calling Jon her half-brother doesn't cut it. Arya is the closest to Jon so obviously she is going to know what's going on with him. And yet she doesn't think (as far as I recall) back to all the times in Winterfell that Sansa was supposedly "awful" to Jon.

However another flaw is Jon's response. He tells Sansa that he couldn't have been much fun, "always skulking in the corner while the rest of you played." Except for the fact that in the books, Bran for example remembers all of them playing together. So basically, you can't use the show to argue that Sansa was horrible to Jon in the books (am I saying they were super close, no) when Jon's response right here contradicts the books themselves

Do not relent in your advocacy for Palestine

Do not apologize for standing up to settler-colonialism

Remain unapologetic in tone and speech

Since the beginning of the latest uprising, Israel has arrested over 1400 Palestinians for taking part in protests. Over the next 48 hours, Israel has declared plans to arrest another 400.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority has also arrested Palestinians protesting against them & organizers involved in coordinating the strike across borders.

Sure, there’s a ceasefire, but save for the slaughter in Gaza, nothing has ceased: Israel will continue to try and remove Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah, Israel is continuing to punish those who dared stand up and speak out, Palestinians in the US continue to be targeted and harassed relentlessly, and the narrative is very actively being attacked and shifted to take focus off Palestine

Do not relent

It’s really fascinating how the asoiaf fandom can read about ice zombies who can create a freaking ice age wherever they go, dragons, shadow assassin creatures, and more importantly, several other teenagers and children who are also unusually skilled, and never bat an eyelid over this, but somehow, the very same people just have to draw the line at Sansa being proficient at politics. When it comes to Sansa suddenly this fandom demands realism. Like always, this fandom has a sky-high standards towards Sansa that doesn’t apply to other characters. 

I noticed that everyone who insists that Sansa just has too much to do in the Vale to ever return to Winterfell never actually says what Sansa is going to be doing in the Vale besides becoming Lady Paramount of the Vale despite not having Arryn blood. Sansa’s Vale storyline is one of the least explored storylines in the entire series. You would think people who want her to stay there (for her own good of course of course) would write meta and fanfics about Alayne Stone’s adventures but no, there’s very little content.

It’s almost like they’re not sincere. It’s almost like they’re just hoping she never makes it to the North because they know there’s a very strong possibility that she’ll be crowned queen

Idk guys, I just really love Sansa Stark

The balcony was deserted save for Sansa. She stood with her head bowed, fighting to hold back her tears, while below Joffrey sat on his Iron Throne and dispensed what it pleased him to call justice. Nine cases out of ten seemed to bore him; those he allowed his council to handle, squirming restlessly while Lord Baelish, Grand Maester Pycelle, or Queen Cersei resolved the matter. When he did choose to make a ruling, though, not even his queen mother could sway him.

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do you realize that sansa is just SO powerful that she orchestrated mycah’s murder just by saying she doesn’t remember what happened! her word is the gospel so obviously it didn’t really matter what some crown prince said, what everyone really wanted to know was what sansa thought happened. and since she didn’t absolve mycah (cause that was in her power) it was a direct death sentence for him. can you believe it?? an 11-year-old girl didn’t detail what happened between a prince and a butcher’s boy and that way intentionally set up that boy’s tragic fate. it really was like a scene straight from the gladiator; everyone was holding their breath, gagging for sansa to show a thumbs up or down. no one really does murder like the queen in the north!!

“There was something slung over the back of his destrier, a heavy shape wrapped in a bloody cloak. “No sign of your daughter, Hand,” the Hound rasped down, “but the day was not wholly wasted. We got her little pet.” He reached back and shoved the burden off, and it fell with a thump in front of Ned.”

This is the hound having killed Mycah without even knowing if Arya’s been found. He is killed before Sansa ever gives her testimony.

you’re right! it’s been a while since i’ve read the books and i kept seeing “sansa was complicit in mycah’s demise bc she stayed silent” which obviously altered my memory as well lol. this is why i should keep in mind that lots of sansa‘s “critics” don’t even stick to the facts in the first place. thanks for adding this!

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