I think the thing that pisses me off the most about none of the women in GOT having an endgame romance in canon or even dying at the hands of their lover is that it only strengthens this dumb idea that love is weakness and that in order to be a powerful woman you should be on your own.
Which is utter bullshit. I'm done with the whole "... is a strong independent woman who don't need no man" mind set.
You don't have to need a man, you can be a powerful woman and have a love interest. Potentially they could all be in loving relationships while fighting or being in positions of power.
Having a man by their side doesn't mean automatically reducing them to submissive wives who knit by the fire because that was never what they were as characters.
And it is pretty clear that it was written by men, because take Suzanne Collins as an example: after suffering and fighting all her life, Katniss finally finds peace in the family she's created with Peeta but that doesn't undermine her character or strength in any way, so why couldn't they do the same?
You can love and be a powerful female character at the same time, stop this stupid trope.
