th.

They have made me a Lannister, Sansa thought bitterly.



velificantes:

This was the first time she had been so close to him since he had returned to King’s Landing, leading the vanguard of his father’s host. For a moment she did not know what to say. “Ser Loras,” she finally managed, “you… you look so lovely.”


❝ 

Natalie Dormer pointed out to me last week that Margaery has a freedom many women lack because her family is run by a woman. Now Sansa’s been sucked into that dynamic.

Sophie Turner: Yeah, and it’s very refreshing to see Sansa kind of sucked into that as well, because all her life, really, she’s been surrounded by men. I mean, apart from her mother. Even Arya has this very boyish, tomboyish way about her. I think that’s partly the appeal of Olenna and Margaery – they’re so alike to Sansa in that way that she feels this connection with them, this bond with them. Because she’s such a strong individual female joining the ranks of Olenna and Margaery, both incredibly strong, it works. It’s a very powerful threesome, I feel.

I’m glad to hear you use the word “strong.” It’s probably kind of important to reclaim the concept of “strong female characters” from characters who can physically kick your ass to simply mean female characters who are strongly written.

Sophie Turner: I think the strong thing about Sansa is the fact that she doesn’t fight. Fighting alone can be seen as a very strong thing to do, but the fact that she doesn’t fight and she doesn’t strike back is probably her best trait. Having to resist the urge to fight back – which, you know, I’m sure she has – is in itself one of the best things about her. In that sense, she’s very strong, and she’s very strong-willed, and she has willpower. That’s very important in this world, because if someone had fought back they’d be dead. Because … Joffrey. [Laughs]


— Why Sean Collins will always be among my top favorite Game of Thrones/ASOIAF critics (via chavalahh)

carmillas:

I’m emotional about the fact that sansa is not just making up stories for people, she’s making up happy stories for people—

because I love the idea of her going from story to storyteller, like she’s learning how to lie at the same time as she’s realizing that all her songs are lies, and so learning to be in control of the lies is the same as learning to control the story, her story. she defines her life with stories, but she’s only heard the wrong ones till now, so she didn’t know the rules, but she learns so fast and she adapts and the next step is to redefine herself, her role in the story, and then she can redefine the story itself, become the gamemaker, the storyteller, the songwriter, the one who changes the playing field, and she has so much compassion in her that she wants to write a story that will make people happy! just in that trivial game, she’s already starting to reshape the world for the better.


❝ The reason I sympathise with Sansa so much is because I feel like as a 13 year old girl when I was playing her, being thrust into any situation like that’s so intimidating with everything you’ve ever wanted on the line and you’re only 13 and you’re so young and naive she’s so realistic that I would make exactly the same decisions. And I feel like no matter how much people would disagree with me I think if any of you were 13 year old girls put in that situation you would make exactly the same decisions. And that’s why I love her and I feel really protective of her because people criticise her but it’s like, “no you would do the same,” and she’s one of the most realistic characters I think and also I think she’s one of the most strong characters because she takes all this crap from Joffrey and from the court and she doesn’t fight back, she doesn’t say anything that could get killed for essentially. Because she’s learning all the time. she’s learned from her father’s death and so she’s gonna take it all and she’s taking it in her stride and I think one she might come back with this huge revenge plot but for now she’s being good about it and she’s being a 14 year old girl.

— Sophie Turner on Sansa Stark: “How do you as an actress feel about Sansa?” - from The Stark Family Interview (via popcornandroses)

She shouted for Ser Dontos, for her brothers, for her dead father and her dead wolf, for gallant Ser Loras who had given her a red rose once, but none of them came. She called for the heroes from the songs, for Florian and Ser Ryam Redwyne and Prince Aemon the Dragonknight, but no one heard.




artoficeandfire:

Sansa Stark

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