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The long tail of the great comet visible through the high scuttling clouds. Sansa was watching it from her tower window when Ser Arys Oakheart arrived to escort her down to the tourney grounds. “What do you think it means?” she asked him.

“Glory to your betrothed,” Ser Arys answered at once.[…] “He is the dragon’s heir “

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sophiestarke

Beautiful beautiful beautiful!

themockingpoint

Sansa was being an asshole by calling Jon “half-brother”.

There. I said it. I said it, I mean it and I will not take it back.

It was not her “being polite”, it was not her “recognizing the difference between their stations” and it is different from the other siblings calling him Bastard brother. Sansa said it to deliberately create distance between them (something Jon noticed). She even went out of her way to correct Arya when she called him brother. The others call him “bastard” as a descriptor, she uses “Half” to be mean.

Does this make her the worst person in the world? No. Did they seem to have a decent relationship, if not as close as he had with the others, despite this? Yes. But neither of those two facts change this point.

What I am mostly getting at here is that we need to stop putting her on a pedestal. Anyone can look at my blog and see Sansa is easily my favorite character in ASOIAF. Recognizing her flaws or the shitty actions she has taken does not mean I am a Sansa anti or Sansabut. Taking away these flaws and pretending they don’t exist means (for me personally) less enjoyment of a character.

Either way I am looking forward to seeing Jon and Sansa reunite come Winds of Winter.

kingjjon-deactivated20220302

No?

How is half-brother more offensive than bastard? She called him her half-brother ever since she learned what bastard meant, i.e. since she learned that bastard is offensive and it hurts for him to be reminded of it.

kadarakey

We are well aware Jon’s presence and closeness to her kids hurt Cat, so calling him “brother” would hurt her instead. There isn’t a perfect choice here, let’s start with that.

We are also aware that a few Starklings call each other names at some point (take Sansa and Arya), does make them assholes? I guess, if you mean young teenage siblings bickering makes them such. So, even if she meant to throw a dig at Jon (which there’s no evidence to), let’s acknowledge that all siblings do that.

Didn’t Robb address Jon as “Snow” - does that make him an asshole? Consistency!

We also know Sansa wants to be a proper lady and might have been nit-picky about everyone’s titles and proper names? As in getting facts right, teacher’s pet style, without malice?

Lastly, there’s a deliberate distancing in the story specifically between Sansa and Jon that might allude to a romantic attraction later in the books. “Half brother” emphasises lack of a strong sibling relationship, which would make any romance significantly more icky otherwise.

littlebird-whitewolf

She called him “half brother” ever since she learned that “bastard” is an offensive term and hurtful to Jon, meaning she likely also addressed him as bastard brother like the other starklings.

Also, it is likely that Sansa and Jon were relatively close as children, because Jon has memories of Sansa teaching him proper etiquette of talking to a lady i.e that instance of her telling him to call a girl’s name pretty upon introduction whether or not he thought so. They also have instances where they remember each other among their family and other siblings. All in all, from the little evidences we get, I feel it’s safe to assume that Jon and Sansa were on good terms as children, dare I say, even close for a while. So, I guess it’s likely that their relationship became distant compared to the other starklings with Jon because Sansa put some distance between them, not because she thought any less of him, but because she didn’t want to offend her mother.

I feel that Sansa had a bit complicated home life, and thus, way of looking at/doing things because she was the eldest daughter. It’s a tragedy, and i don’t know if there is a term for it, but there is a heavy burden on eldest daughters, at least in my personal experience and in the people I know irl. Sansa was close with Catelyn, and Cat had a problem with Jon, meaning that, as stated by @kadarakey if she called Jon brother or remained friends with him, it would hurt or offend Catelyn. Not that the other children doing it didn’t hurt her, but the other kids didn’t have eldest daughter syndrome, nor would Catelyn’s reaction have been as intense towards them doing it as it would have been towards Sansa, especiallybecauseshe seems more protective of Sansa?

It’s not that easy for me to articulate my observations here, probably because her and Cat’s relationship kinda hits too close to home, but perhaps someone more knowledgeable of the books can put it into words better.

fedonciadale

Do you have any young acquaintances reading ASOIAF ? My 12 yr old brother wants to dive into the books . He hasn't watched the show though . Should I give him my books ?

Hi there!

I would actually advice against that. I really think ASOIAF is 16 +. And I know even older people (in their twenties) who've never dared to read them.

On the other hand it is really difficult to prevent curious teenagers from seeing, reading, experiencing what they are curious about. I would actually advise you to have a serious talk with your brother about it. Explain to him how there is much of brutality etc. and that is it not for him, not yet. If you tell him some of the stuff that happens in the books, he might decline for a while (or he might get more curious).

My daughter was curious about GoT and I actually allowed her to watch when she was a few months shy of her 16th birthday. I watched with her though, warned her about gory stuff and in the beginning we skipped that.

If you do have the feeling that you cannot hinder him to read the books, it would be better if he does not do so secretly. He would need someone to talk about it. If he does read them in secret and gets nightmares (something that happened to me when I was his age) it is important not to scold him about his curiosity but to talk with him.

In my experience this is the most important part. Do not leave him alone with the experience.

Children do things secretly and if they do it is important that they have a safety net.

I read something as a child that I was not supposed to read. And my mother's first priority was not to tell me: "I told you so", but to help me get rid of my fears. And it happened to me as well. My children watched something that was not for them (my daughter because she was shown this film by the babysitter [damn] and my son by accident). It happens and anyone who thinks this does not happen deludes themselves. I knew a couple who did not let their son watch anything even though he was already 16. And when they were away for the weekend, he hacked the password and watched horror movies the whole weekend (surprise, surprise).

We cannot shield our children or smaller siblings from everything. It is a difficult situation, to be honest, but I think you should talk with your brother about it and explain it to him. You know best how mature he is and how he handles a refusal. You can offer to tell him a bit about the world if he is too curious. That way his experience can be 'safer' so to say. Or you can actually convince him to wait.

Proceed with caution. This is not an easy situation and if you have a good relationship with your parents this should maybe be something you discuss with them as well.

Hope this is helpful!

danidanisara-deactivated2024071

This is excellente advice tbh

ulmo80

Best analogy ever made

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asoiaf houses — HOUSE TULLY is one of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms. Lord Hoster Tully, the Lord Paramount of the Trident, rules over the riverlands from the Tully seat of Riverrun. Their sigil is a silver trout leaping on a striped field of blue and mud red, and their house words are "Family, Duty, Honor."

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SANSA WEEK 2021 → day three: underrated moment

Sansa comes to the tomb and statue of her aunt Lyanna Stark, in the crypts of Winterfell | 5x04, “Sons of the Harpy”.

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The outer parapet came up to her chin, but along the inner edge of the walk was nothing, nothing but a long plunge to the bailey seventy or eighty feet below. All it would take was a shove, she told herself. He was standing right there, right there, smirking at her with those fat wormlips. You could do it, she told herself. You could. Do it right now.