[ogorodami]

Sansa fics be like

“She’s always dreamt of perfect romance, but can this massive piece of shit, that most people wouldn’t piss on if they were on fire, teach her the true meaning of love?”

[ogorodami]

the one trident incident hill I’m absolutely dying on is that Ned would’ve put down his good honest baby boy cap without hesitation if it was Nymeria’s head on the chopping block

[ogorodami]

I got no beef with (book) Jon as a character but oh do I side eye his fandom and every ship extension of it

[churrosandbrownie]

I look at ASOIAF and there are so many heartbreaking stories and tragedies but my heart breaks for two women too much... Elia Martell and Sansa stark.

How I wish you deserved better, you deserved a better man who would have loved and cherished you the way you deserved. Someone like Ned or baelor, who would have cherished you and loved and respected you...

[ogorodami]

I get the idea, but Ned did NOT respect Catelyn, like at all. Jon’s situation was entirely within his control as well as his responsibility to handle, and he purposefully made his wife feel like the villain in her own household. I know that he looks better than most other men in asoiaf, but the bar is in hell

[ogorodami]

that mental illness when you don’t even follow a show, but you randomly find out the actor that played a character that means something to you is in it, which makes you automatically care about their new character you know almost nothing about

[ogorodami]

been a while, have a meme

[ogorodami]

my fav jonsa trope has got to be Sansa becoming the leader of Cat bashing movement AS FUCKING IF

another good one (not jonsa) is when showverse Sansa gets sent back in time and is expected to prevent the fall of house targ and save their dragons from extinction, and all I can think of is that one Cory clip

[ogorodami]

my fav jonsa trope has got to be Sansa becoming the leader of Cat bashing movement AS FUCKING IF

[ogorodami]

“Ned should’ve instilled more Stark values into Sansa” bitch, he had next to none himself, he was basically an Arryn

[ogorodami]

I’m gonna start posting things like “Sansa loves her family so much, she misses all of them, even Arya. She really really hopes at least some of them still live, even if it’s that fuckass Arya”.

[ogorodami]

Genuinely wondering, why is “dark daenerys” a thing?

You’re just saying chai tea.

[stuffjusthappensworld]

If you’re asking “why does a tag that shouldn’t exist exist because it’s pretty much already canon in both books and adaptation” my answer is go read what her sycophants that continue to toe suck her are posting and you might get an answer. Or my alternative answer if you’d prefer to keep your brain cells is The grown ups had to make a tag to discuss her actual character because the inmates are running the asylum in the main tag.

[ogorodami]

right, forgot where I was for a sec

[ogorodami]

I saw Devil Wears Prada 2 like a couple of hours ago, and there was a jacket so viciously hideous I still can’t get over it.

[ogorodami]

*shows up to work looking like a shampoo ad*

[ogorodami]

I’m convinced there’s a part of grrm that thinks certain girls and women deserve sexual abuse. Not in a gloating incel kind of way, but like it’s a natural development in their story.

[ogorodami]

Actually let me try and elaborate on this as best I can.

First of all, grrm isn’t exactly known for sparing any of his female characters from being sexually exploited or abused. That’s not even up for debate. It’s almost like a quirk of his at this point.

But there is a clear difference in the ways he employs it in his writing. And it’s consistent enough to make out certain patterns.

(and before some dumbass gets the bright idea to twist my words, no, I am not calling for equal distribution of abuse between all female characters, nor do I express my feelings for anyone fictional in this post or imply that some of them are better than others. Get a fucking grip.)

Grrm is capable of writing sexual abuse or the threat of it as a traumatic event that happens, lingers and affects things but ultimately doesn’t invade every crevice of the female character’s journey, her image and interactions with others. Now this is subjective, but you can tell he would write this about the same way if the character in question was male. As in, something terrible and humiliating that happened to a human person.

But then there are female characters that endure being sexualized, harassed, preyed upon, groped, raped, exploited by literally everyone around them, by their allies, protectors and father figures, by every stranger they encounter, hell, by the men they grew up with (Theon casually thinking about raping Sansa for example) so frequently and routinely and, dare I say, almost cartoonishly, it’s as if they’re stuck in some smut novel against their will that was never meant to see them as human beings to begin with. Just female bodies to abuse and objectify and motivate other characters to act, all the while the women that are actually allowed to exist outside of the perpertual rapefest bubble are forced to observe the horror like it’s some cautionary tale.

This isn’t something that just happens to somebody, it’s ingrained in the characters themselves so deeply some of them literally have it in their mindset. Everyone wants to fuck them, but that’s just life. And not only is it reflected in their mindset, the universe itself fucking agrees! That’s right, teenage girl! Everyone does want to fuck you! Like, it’s actually true.

Yes, all women in grrm’s work are abused and dehumanized, but some are far more pointedly than others, and you can’t tell me he regards these two groups the same way.

And as to why he treats certain women so differently, I’m not sure I have the right words as of now. Point is, there is a distinction.

You’re free to believe there’s some sophisticated artsy reason behind this, but chances are you’re giving him too much credit. His books are cool but he’s an old man.

[ogorodami]

Also, apparently child marriages weren’t even that common in the Middle Ages? I didn’t even know that until recently, and yes, I did assume the opposite because of the dragon incest books, I’m a dummy.

Point is, he quite literally didn’t have to put that in his story. It’s not historically accurate, therefore “gritty realism” can’t be an excuse, and it brings nothing to the table (in my opinion). It’s disgusting and grotesque for the sake of it and presents about as much complexity as any other big boy fantasy series squaring up with the long dead ww1 vet for being “too vanilla”. And as always, it’s the female characters these writers giddily sacrifice for cheap edginess points.

[ogorodami]

I’m convinced there’s a part of grrm that thinks certain girls and women deserve sexual abuse. Not in a gloating incel kind of way, but like it’s a natural development in their story.

[ogorodami]

Actually let me try and elaborate on this as best I can.

First of all, grrm isn’t exactly known for sparing any of his female characters from being sexually exploited or abused. That’s not even up for debate. It’s almost like a quirk of his at this point.

But there is a clear difference in the ways he employs it in his writing. And it’s consistent enough to make out certain patterns.

(and before some dumbass gets the bright idea to twist my words, no, I am not calling for equal distribution of abuse between all female characters, nor do I express my feelings for anyone fictional in this post or imply that some of them are better than others. Get a fucking grip.)

Grrm is capable of writing sexual abuse or the threat of it as a traumatic event that happens, lingers and affects things but ultimately doesn’t invade every crevice of the female character’s journey, her image and interactions with others. Now this is subjective, but you can tell he would write this about the same way if the character in question was male. As in, something terrible and humiliating that happened to a human person.

But then there are female characters that endure being sexualized, harassed, preyed upon, groped, raped, exploited by literally everyone around them, by their allies, protectors and father figures, by every stranger they encounter, hell, by the men they grew up with (Theon casually thinking about raping Sansa for example) so frequently and routinely and, dare I say, almost cartoonishly, it’s as if they’re stuck in some smut novel against their will that was never meant to see them as human beings to begin with. Just female bodies to abuse and objectify and motivate other characters to act, all the while the women that are actually allowed to exist outside of the perpertual rapefest bubble are forced to observe the horror like it’s some cautionary tale.

This isn’t something that just happens to somebody, it’s ingrained in the characters themselves so deeply some of them literally have it in their mindset. Everyone wants to fuck them, but that’s just life. And not only is it reflected in their mindset, the universe itself fucking agrees! That’s right, teenage girl! Everyone does want to fuck you! Like, it’s actually true.

Yes, all women in grrm’s work are abused and dehumanized, but some are far more pointedly than others, and you can’t tell me he regards these two groups the same way.

And as to why he treats certain women so differently, I’m not sure I have the right words as of now. Point is, there is a distinction.

You’re free to believe there’s some sophisticated artsy reason behind this, but chances are you’re giving him too much credit. His books are cool but he’s an old man.

[ogorodami]

I’m convinced there’s a part of grrm that thinks certain girls and women deserve sexual abuse. Not in a gloating incel kind of way, but like it’s a natural development in their story.

[ogorodami]

tl got flooded with writing prompts again