So I read a theory once that the reason a lot of people hate Sansa (or hated her at the beginning of the series) was because the first chapter from her point of view was so late in the book.
So let’s recap: So far, we’ve had
Three Catelyn chapters
Two Eddard chapters
Two Bran chapters
Two Jon chapters
One Arya chapter
(Making it a total of ten Stark chapters)
Two Tyrion chapters
Two Danerys chapters
(And four non-Stark chapters)
Anyway, my thoughts on Sansa I are below the cut.
So first of all, I lovelovelove Sansa and Lady and I am so upset about what’s going to happen
The scene of Sansa and Arya bickering by the river feels so real to me
Arya and Sansa are two years apart,
Me and my sister are a year and a half.
And this feels like a conversation we could have had.
Though with different content, obviously.
They both come across as a little brattish, to be honest
They’re kids
But I guess I can see why someone who has already decided to side with Arya, after her earlier chapter, might feel that Sansa is behaving worse.
And Sansa’s definitely got some class superiority going on, which is to be expected, I suppose
Bran and Arya socialise with common people
And Cat and Robb all seem to respect the common people, and know many of the ones who work for them (Cat knows the faces of everyone who works in the stables, and Robb seems to recognise all the names of people he’s given as options for the positions)
But surely they are exceptions to the rule
Westeros is a feudal society, after all
(I can’t remember if Ned has shown any evidence of swinging either way on this, yet, other than obviously knowing and respecting his direct staff)
Ser Barristan Selmy and Renly Baratheon are here
Renly is “the handsomest man Sansa had ever set eyes upon”
I was going to ask why there’s not more Sansa/Renly in the world
But I suppose most fics only need one handsome-love-interest-who-turns-out-to-be-gay
And there’s Loras, so.
Aww, Lady growling at Ilyn Payne, and then putting herself between Sansa and the Hound.
Unfortunately, this is the only opportunity Lady will get to protect Sansa
:(
Ser Barristan is such a sweetheart to Sansa
He and Renly and Sansa all bounce off each other so well and lighten the mood and it’s lovely
Oh bless, Sansa feeling slow and stupid. :(
This is a theme that carries over into the TV series as well
She calls herself stupid several times
Averaging out at almost once a series, I think?
I might be wrong about that
Anyway, I’m pretty sure Sansa’s eventual arc is going to be her realising that she’s not stupid,
that there’s nothing wrong with being a child, and having a child’s dreams,
that people grow up, and learn as they grow,
and that there is immense value in the skills and qualities she already possesses.
Oh no, this whole scene with Mycah is going to be awful
It was awful
Nymeria protecting Arya from Joffrey makes this four counts of protective direwolves in three consecutive chapters, though
Alas, we know what this means
Overall, I guess I can see why a lot of people didn’t like Sansa to begin with.
However, I’ve always liked her, from the very first episode of the TV series...
I think for the very same reasons people dislike her -
Because she feels like a very real (pre-)teenage girl
