The Prick who was Promised

Game of Thrones/Anti-Danaerys Board | We know no Queen but the Queen of the North, who’s name is (Sansa) Stark

[greatrunner]

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”

—

C.S Lewis 

(The Tyranny of Daenerys Targaryen)

[c-sand]

one of my favorite scenes from season eight (in a sea of not so great stuff) is this visual display of who holds truly holds the power with the people. sansa isn’t the evil power hungry monster people want to say that she is, but the room is hers nonetheless.

missandei, jorah, and varys rise with daenerys. missandei and jorah obviously do so because they are hers, completely. however, my favorite part of the three of them honoring her position is that varys shoots to his feet, first. because, he’s already clocked that he made the wrong choice and the name of the game is survival – at least for now, while he observes his other options. but, despite their honoring of her position – the majority of the rest of the room honors sansa’s. 

the north, the vale – they remain seated in the margin of time, before sansa stands to her feet. but, the second that she moves, the northern soldiers stand to attention. brienne, alys karstark, yohn royce, and lyanna mormont defer to sansa. not even jaime (who holds no allegiance to her or her family) moves before she does. lyanna and alys being a key figures in that, i believe. 

lyanna, who was staunchly a king!jon supporter, before his complete disrespect of throwing away the title and trust they gave him (no matter his totally not pol!jon reasoning's totally not, that’d be crazy), as well as a pretty unjustly harsh sansa critic. and alys karstark, who was given an entire moment and dedication with ned umber, under jon’s allowing them to re-pledge their fealty. she, along with ned in the previous meeting upon daenerys’ initial arrival, has all the reason in the world to still look at jon as the power in the room, despite his giving it away. just as ned had, as well. but, the reason she stands with sansa – the reason ned also previously addresses her as the person who will make the decisions for winterfell and literally forgets to address jon and daenerys and has to awkwardly correct himself – the reason sansa holds the room, is because she is the one who has been making those decisions. she’s the one who’s been taking care of them and the rest of the people. feeding them, housing them, calling them all to winterfell’s walls for safe keeping.

at brienne’s testimony, it’s sansa’s sway away from a small moment on daenerys’ side of the line on the matter (her only small moment on daenerys’ side of the line, because despite what the g.a. think she was absolutely not on her side at any point during their conversation in the library. thinking she’d be so easily turned into a supporter, because a chick made fun of jon’s height, gave a canned speech about her completely superficial love of him, openly admitted that she didn’t show up because she cares about the survival of the the people of westeros, and proved she has no actual plan for ruling is super insulting to sansa) that turns the room and daenerys’ available choices. jon’s following response. daenerys’ having to suck it up and not kill this man who saved a city.

even jon defers, as well, to sansa’s position – if subconsciously or not. distractedly standing with her opinion on letting jaime stay (and not be set on fire), when he knows the smartest thing for his totally not pol!jon totally not situation is to just agree with daenerys on the matter of this singular man, who doesn’t even have his sword hand any longer. and also on something as simple as honoring daenerys’ position. he should’ve stood with missandei, jorah, and varys. he does not. he stands after sansa, just as the rest of the room does. and avoids daenerys by leaving after/with sansa, after she bounces from the room. the only person who does not see the power in sansa’s hands – who still has it placed firmly in jon’s, despite season eight trying to imply he suddenly just doesn’t give a shit about this dude and is good with letting him rot at the wall – is davos. who defers to jon. steadily rises with him. 

it’s all too subtle. just like most everything of any worth in the last seasons. i’m constantly seeing people who didn’t even realize it happened, just as most people don’t notice that jon tries to take a dragon with him to kings landing, when it directly disobeys daenerys’ order. but, despite the fact that it’s too subtle, it’s still one of – i believe – the best moments and visual displays of just how well sansa has had the people’s backs in taking care of them, to have them behind hers so prominently (with two other rulers in the room that they’re technically “supposed to be” supporting), even before she’s given a crown.

[psychicexpertlover]

@gumx395 continuing the good work

[h4te]

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[istumpysk]

Sansa smelling the bullshit is my favourite Game of Thrones retread.

[bruce-wayne]

The things going on north of the Wall and the Targaryen on the other continent with her dragons are of course the ice and fire of the title, “A Song of Ice and Fire.” […] One of the dynamics I started with was the sense of people being so consumed by their petty struggles for power within the seven kingdoms, within King’s Landing […] that they’re blind to the much greater and more dangerous threats that are happening far away on the periphery of their kingdoms. —George R. R. Martin

[magiclovingdragon]

This just happened on my twitter timeline and its perfect

[jonskory]

it will never not be amazing to me that cersei:

went out relatively peacefully (that is not been brutally murdered as a lot of people were hoping for -- eat shit suckers)

didn't have any of her men abandon her

will most likely be remembered as a queen who protected her people (that's some real fucking twisted irony right there honestly)

died in the arms of the man she loved

will be forever known as the last queen to sit the iron throne

and all without barely any screentime

[notinthisstarkhousehold]

Who ever wrote this...sis you got a point

[jonskory]

cersei lannister played the game of thrones, won and died, and her adversary/apprentice sansa stark won and lived.

we only stan legends in this house

[jonsaagenda]

Northerners : spit on the ground as soon as dany walks in

Jon Snow @ the Northerners:

[thanedilf]

No 👏🏼 one 👏🏼 benefitted 👏🏼 from 👏🏼 Jon’s 👏🏼secret 👏🏼 staying 👏🏼 secret 👏🏼 except 👏🏼Daenerys 👏🏼

[xxdreamingxofxtokyoxx]

Even though Game Of Thrones has ended, it does not mean we cannot enjoy the music it gave us! Enjoy:) #gameofthrones #ramindjawadi

[nothinghappensinalstonville-dea]

They will come to see you for what you are.

[notinthisstarkhousehold]

👏Winter👏came👏for👏House👏Targaryen👏

Enough said

[runningquill-art]

Sansa Stark as Justice

~ GoT Tarot

Starting my first long term project: Game of Thrones characters as tarot cards. (not book compliant)

Sansa Stark as Justice, holding what I imagine to be either Ramsey’s or Petyr’s skull.

[IG @runningquill_art]

[dramaticalsquirrel]

anyfuckingway, let’s recapitulate, shall we? 

the mother of the arsonist iguanas arrives in winterfell, a land she has never been to before and decides to:

enjoy with a sadistic and arrogant smile the fear of the northeners, who are terrified at having mass destruction beasts flying around 

threaten the lady of winterfell and jon’s “sister” [ “and if she doesn’t respect me…” ]

ignore the complains about her armies and dragons being a problem because they don’t have enough food for everyone, and throw sansa (who’s been managing winterfell for months) some sass about her dragons eating whatever the hell they want (oopsie, second threat to the lady of winterfell) 

tell sam tarly, showing no compassion whatsoever, that she burned his father and brother alive because they dindn’t bend the freaking knee (ever heard of taking prisoners?)

AND THIS IS HER FIRST DAY IN WINTERFELL

[googoobear-8705tml]

I have a head canon where Arya and all her siblings laugh their asses off that Tywin figured out Arya was Northern, highborn and on the run but never suspected she was his most valuable and missing hostage.