meanderingstar reblogged
Sometimes the fact that GRRM has, amid all his efforts to have nuance and a wide spectrum in his female characters and to deconstruct certain tropes, played the daddy's girl tomboy in contrast or complete elimination of the female figures in her life trope completely straight over and over again, with basically every female warrior he wrote, from his female lead to two whole secondary POVs to one note extras (with the exception of the Mormont ladies yeah at least, maybe when we get more Alysane content I will be less grumpy about this), leaves me kind of bitterly shocked tbh
#grrm criticism#prev:#its not like he does any better w the non-warrior female povs#sansa is supposedly closer to cat but has no scenes w her either and thinks of her much much less than arya#know the best thing abt agot sansa? its the only time she thinks of being like her strong lady mother at all#everything after is septa mordane's lessons and ladies in songs. at least arya has specific memories and will likely reunite w lsh#thats why i cant w anyone saying we should only talk sansacat not sansaned or that sansa was so so favored and close to her#bc thats not reflected in her actual pov at all. and cat herself cant remember her own dead mum just like cersei#-EXACTLY