Should the ship name for Podrick and Sansa be Podsa or Sandrick?
Hear me out he’s a hero he’s gentle he’s kind he’s brave in the face of his own fear he’s assisting Brienne in her search for Sansa he’s of age with her. He blushes when he speaks to her.
Podrick had a dog named Hero and Sansa’s direwolf was Lady HELLO come on.
Please allow me to talk about my unpopular but total valid pairing, Sansa x Podrick.
They are both around the same age, good and brave kids who have experienced the same loneliness.
Podrick had a cute little crush on Lady Sansa while she was at Kings Landing and he was Tyrion's squire. He's currently accompanying Brienne on her quest to find Sansa. When Brienne will finally find her, if Podrick remains alive ( I hope so) he will also reunite with Sansa.
I like to imagine their potential future romance as a Lady and her Knight. A story that Sansa herself would like.
The demonstration of how hypocritical the controversies about the morality of Sansa's ships are - the whole old men or her own brother - is the lack of fanart and discussions about PODSA.
Podrick is exactly what Sansa's most self-righteous fans say they want: a guy of a good and kind nature who would never hurt her, who loves and respects the values of chivalry and nobleladies like Sansa does, who understand the pain of lost his family and grown around abusive adults, who has a crush on Sansa so blatant that even Tyrion cant ignore it, and that not only is as young as her but that was born her same year. He is also born on the other side of the continent from a less powerful family so he wouldn't be able to hurt her and there would be no incest. ALSO BRIENNE THE BEST KNIGHT EVER OF TARTH IS LITERALLY REASING HIM TO BE LIKE HER.
With all this you would expect this couple to be massively supported by THOSE STANS..and yet Podsa fanfictions on ao3 do not reach 2,000 and fans upload a new PodSa content on socials less time than Shrek washes in his swamp.
He is such a timid boy. Sansa had been wary of Tyrion's squire at first; he was a Payne, cousin to Ser Ilyn Payne who had taken her father's head off. However, she'd soon come to realize that Pod was as frightened of her as she was of his cousin. Whenever she spoke to him, he turned the most alarming shade of red.
(A Storm of Swords - Sansa IV)
I am not joking..there are more Jaimie Lannister x Sansa Stark fanfictions than Podrick Payne x Sansa Stark.
I started out mostly joking, but I think I'm talking myself into genuinely shipping Podrick Payne/Sansa Stark. I'd call it a crackship, but given that they actually know and like each other it's... surprisingly plausible....
Pod is one of the few boys/men Sansa isn't terrified or repulsed by post book 1.*
They're the same age! Imagine! A Sansa love interest who isn't an adult man while she's 12!
Pod's so polite! Sansa's so polite! Let them be polite, shy, and sweet together, maybe?
Pod joined Brienne specifically to quest after his lost Lady Sansa. (Partly in the hopes he'd find Tyrion, but still Sansa focused). Quest! Quest! Quest!
Sansa would love knowing Pod is nobly questing for her, actually.
Maybe someone could write a song about it.
Pod's getting a True Knight crash course from the bestest, truest, not-actually-a-knight in Westeros.
Podrick Payne respects women. Ser. My lady.
Post not-actually-happening time-skip Pod might legitimately be Sansa's perfect man.
*ASOS, Sansa IV:
Podrick Payne had changed as well, and looked almost a proper squire for once, although a rather large red pimple in the fold beside his nose spoiled the effect of his splendid purple, white, and gold raiment. He is such a timid boy. Sansa had been wary of Tyrion's squire at first; he was a Payne, cousin to Ser Ilyn Payne who had taken her father's head off. However, she'd soon come to realize that Pod was as frightened of her as she was of his cousin. Whenever she spoke to him, he turned the most alarming shade of red.
"Are purple, gold, and white the colors of House Payne, Podrick?" she asked him politely.
"No. I mean, yes." He blushed. "The colors. Our arms are purple and white chequy, my lady. With gold coins. In the checks. Purple and white. Both." He studied her feet.
Sansa, my love, I'm not sure he's turning red because he's frightened of you.
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Nearly 14,000 words later, and it's finally finished: My own take on a Dragon Age modification of DnD 5E! It is created with thought for those who are pre-existing fans of Dragon Age, but potentially new to Dungeons and Dragons.
In this handbook, you will find everything you need for a TTRPG in the Dragon Age setting:
4 lineages (human, dwarf, elf, qunari)
3 classes (warrior, rogue, mage)
5 specializations for each class
16 sample backgrounds
And more!
There are three main reasons I decided to put my lore knowledge to work and make this:
The official Dragon Age Tabletop game is just not that user friendly, in my experience with it; especially for anyone new to TTRPGs. This book I have put together is based on Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition, which is a system that far more people are familiar with, and therefore is a) well known by many already, and b) easier to access further information on for those new to it.
While I was able to find a couple versions of similar modifications other people have made, those versions were out of date with the lore, and/or did not meet my personal taste/standards.
I love being a Dungeon Master, and I want to run more games set in Thedas in the future. But like I said, the official rules just aren't good for me, and I would prefer something like... well, this!
This handbook is free to use by anyone who wants it. (You are also, of course, free to make changes for your personal games as you like.)
My only ask is that you please reblog this post so more people can find it. I worked really hard on this, after all. Thank you!
“my father is a boy and my mother is a girl so i’m mixed” is the funniest possible response to someone asking your gender and it came from 6’5 Viking footballer and notable weird little guy Erling Haaland on a Snapchat