❮Underneath thick lashes were eyes blue as ice, something cool to balance out the flames in her hair.❯
-The Selection Series: The Novella: The Prince-
❮What wife?» «I forgot, you've been hiding under a rock. The northern girl. Winterfell's daughter. We heard she killed the king with a spell, and afterward changed into a wolf with big leather wings like a bat, and flew out a tower window. But she left the dwarf behind and Cersei means to have his head.» That's stupid, Arya thought. Sansa only knows songs, not spells, and she'd never marry the Imp.❯
" I’ve heard you even have the capability to raise the dead ? Or more so, it is your god which allows such . ” her voice soft, hardly audible to those around. Little attention is paid in their direction - toward the foreigner and the traitor’s daughter. As if looking at the two of them reminded the rest of hard truths. Too upfront about the cruelty and disregard shown to those who did not belong . & in this moment, Sansa is grateful to be ignored. Even in the slightest, fabric of lies could be stripped , leaving her bare to her emotions . “ How does that work ? ” it’s chilling, the thought of raising the dead. But what Sansa would give to see him again . Did the loss of one’s head prevent the miracle-works of this higher power ? . . . if this religion was not a scam, built upon falsities and poisoning hope .
& how humiliating, to have Tully hues dancing with naive hope, has she not learned ?
“ when you said you wanted to go to hogsmeade together with me, did you mean like… a date kind of ‘together’? ”
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It’s funny really, how it was intended as a date and yet, when the concept is posed by her dear friend, with frosted locks but a fire’s warmth which has always drawn the red-haired girl closer , it’s instinct to fall into clumsy DENIALS . How easy it is, to remain the same, for change was terrifying and brought possibilities of RUIN . So she nearly retreats back on her words, for just a moment. But looking at the other, feeling the longing to take hold of her hand, to lean close for warmth and watch as fire dances in violet hues, with passionate words of various life ongoings and of the dragons ( daenerys loved dragons, something teased upon but a rhythm of words sansa fell to the melody of ) , and to feel a burn upon her cheek of the pressing of lips . Already, she feels the warmth hover. and it’s a push- to be BRAVE as so many Starks before her all placed into the noble house of Gryffindor. She was defined by more than her house, she could dabble in the traits of those admired for years.
“ I, yes. I might have meant that – yes.” her words slowly turning more sure each passing moment. As they watch the shrieking shack from a distance, stepping on the crinkling leaves. hands shoved into deep pockets, turning a full gaze to Dany, all the boldness to be mustered . “ When you said yes, did you think it was as such?”
the first character i ever fell in love with: probably arya stark or catelyn stark
a character that i used to love/like, but now do not: So... Tyrion. Tyrion was like, my favorite character up to the 2nd to 3rd book but he slowly started to grate on me / maybe everyone’s over-hyping of him got under my skin. I do still like Tyrion, I love rewatching and rereading old scenes, but there’s a point that there was a loss of flair and passion for me regarding his character.
a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not: daenerys & drogo . . . I used to be super into them when I read the books as a wee high schooler but now looking back . . yikes ??
my ultimate favorite character™: take one guess. Sansa Stark. 1000000% queen of my heart, my daughter, loml. I just, feel so deeply for her, and I cannot get into an essay now but this is pretty obvious. All-time favorite.
favorite episode : blackwater (2.09) , battle of the bastards (6.09) , fire and blood (1.10)
saddest death: dEEP BREATH IN okay okay : robb stark , catelyn stark , oberyn martell , elia martell , theon greyjoy, shireen baratheon
favorite season / book: these coincide but a storm of swords is my favorite book and my favorite seasons are 3/4 && i also need to give credit to season 6 because season 5 brought me down so much and made me super angry and just, 6 brought some hope back into my heart, it was the season where things started going right for the Starks and that meant a lot to me.
least favorite season / book: SEASON 5 IS THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE AND I CAN GO ON RANTS ABOUT EVERY EPISODE OF THAT GODFORSAKEN YEAR OF AIRING. FUCK 2K15 . and book, umm a dance with dragons actually, even more than a feast for crows which I know gets the title for least favorite a lot but I actually enjoyed it and the introduction of the martells & alayne stone !! but yeah a dance with dragons, the tyrion chapters were a drag . . .
character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate: rhaeg.ar targa.ryen . . .
my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: lOTS FOR THESE BOOKS: cersei lannister !! jaime lannister !! theon greyjoy
my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: sansa stark, missandei , shireen baratheon , tommen baratheon
my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship: jon & ygritte , daenerys & jorah , gendry & arya ( minus not the too invested and more than this casual feeling because i do not EVER casual ship without getting too invested !! )
It was their first time all hanging out since the SAVING OF THE FUCKING WORLD . Roxy & Eggsy had been inducted - and she could not be more proud of them, yet it lingers. Her own shame that she could not live up to a legacy left behind by a brother who was lost- heroically and living the chivalrous dream of the round table. She was to take his place, and while intelligent and adaptable, her physical capabilities were not all desired- and even worse was a SOFTER HEART, not capable of the objectivity for a kingsman. With her rejection, there was fear, a rejection of friends as well. But still fully welcome and keeping in touch, offering all she can even if not officially in title- a member at heart .
And today’s mission , to make a girlfriend feel welcome in their squad . Not just any girl- a princess ( which is sort of humorous, of course he would save the world and get the girl all in one week, ) They were a welcoming group, and in a moment of debate, Sansa leaves to the kitchen, coming back with a cup of tea for the blonde, smiling warmly, “Here, brought you some, I can grab some whiskey and scotch if you’re a fan of a hotty toddy” and she sits beside her, cross-legged. “ We are all really glad you could make it . So , a princess huh. What’s that like ? ” turning to face her, fully attentive, ensuring the girl is not left to the sidelines as topics move quick .
@gxtenoughnxrve asked: not 2 be a demon, but your question got me thinking abt sansa and HER siblings.......meta on: any/all sibling relationships that impact your portrayal of sansa!
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Not to be a demon you say ashdjshf ;; okay but for real, I love this question and be prepared for little sections per family member under the cut.
NOTE: ARYA WAS COVERED HERE
ROBB STARK
Geez buckle up kids because Robb Stark means a lot to both me & Sansa you all have no idea. Except maybe you will , because I WEEP over them all the time.
Her dreams of knights and stuff -- where do you think she got that ?? fuCKING ROBB STARK THAT’S WHERE. It’s really underrated but that idealism, robb has a bit of it too and as kids they were definitely tight. They bonded through dreams and songs of knights and fair ladies. They probably played games of pretend like most children did. Sansa was the fair maiden and he would save her. Every single time.
And somewhere that shifted to expectations of reality, that he would always be there to fight for her and save her. The amount of times she thinks about Robb when trapped in King’s Landing is, intense. He is her hope for escape, ( while she is working on her own to get out at some point , Robb is always the back of her mind, a swift swipe which could end the horrors. a shining beacon of hope ).
Constantly, she thinks to herself how Robb will come and kill them all. She prays that Robb will come for her, she prays for Robb. He is also a huge source of strength:
“ I must be brave like Robb,”
Sansa thinks of him constantly and I imagine there’s sadness there, for now he is a king. But she knows him as the boy smiling with snowflakes in his hair, and despite how much he might have matured and been forced to grow up like she was, he would always be that boy with snowflakes in his hair.
So losing Robb, it was more than losing a brother she was close to. It was losing hope. It was losing all signs of an incoming victory. and it was losing her brother which is still valid and heartbreaking .
And this one line, it just always gets to me:
“it was Robb she wept for”
With my portrayal moving forward, I just find Robb super important to her for all of the above. And as her time as Lady of Winterfell into the role of Queen, so much of her decisions and fears were based on Robb. On what Robb wanted for the North. On fearing a repetition of his mistakes.
And when sitting on that throne, crowned queen of the north, it’s Robb her heart can imagine smiling down upon her.
JON SNOW
Okay going to try and not make this one long either but this dynamic is incredibly complex and I have a lot of thoughts on it so, deep breathes, here we go . . .
Let’s start with childhood, where Sansa cites in the show that she was AWFUL to Jon, and in a way, yes . But it was not verbal abuse or torment, it was a different sort of awful and I need to make that clear. Sansa was very close to her mother in her youth and followed mother’s example in most things, including the treatment of a bastard boy. It was tiny acts like always referring as “ half” brother, and mostly ignoring / not paying him much attention.
Though there is one quote where she compares him taking black to being a dark knight – and this one line, it sort of made me wonder if this girl who relied so much upon songs to form her views of the word- if growing up she wasn’t sure where he fit in her song / narrative ? In what tale is there a BASTARD hero ? Sansa, who wants everything perfect and simple, Jon does not fit those boxes perfectly, so she mostly had nothing to do with him?
It was much apathy than cruelty back then. but I also refuse to believe they didn’t have ANY good moments. If they did, it was just hardly spoken of, overall, neither really got to know the other.
Now, Jon doesn’t really come up much until she is gone from home for a while and as a side thought how she would even like to see Jon again. Because although never close as kids, it’s still a reminder of home she craves. It’s not until her time as Alayne stone that deeper connection and understanding forms. Which is why I find this storyline vital - for it leads true apology and sentiments during reunion based on similar experiences.
“ i am a bastard too now, just like him. oh it would be so sweet to see him once again” - her experiences she faces as Littlefinger’s bastard, it has her open her eyes more on how Jon must’ve felt, and puts her in a position to easily empathize, and that is going to make all the difference upon a reunion. It’s Jon her experiences remind her of, and she feels regret for all that happened. It’s him that she actually longs to reunite with for more than the fact of family, that she owes an apology and longs to make things right.
Now, we don’t have them having met up in the books, but I love how the show built their relationship and I am completely on board with it. The reunion is something as mentioned, she longs for but also fears, because he has every right to hate her. And when he forgives her so quickly in the show, there’s so much relief, and I believe immense warmth from her end. Because they were far from close and how much upfront loyalty and solace they find in one another, it’s super heartwarming and means a ton.
They really benefit a lot from each other. Let’s be real, she is one of few who can make him genuinely smile. He is the first bit of her family she meets after years away and she gets attached very quickly. There are of course disagreements, frustrations when he won’t listen to her. But despite all of that, she still has his back and would fight for him. As we have seen countless times before.
It’s a journey for her, and by the end he is part of the pack and will ALWAYS be her brother. Even when learning the truth of his heritage, she will now always see him as such.
BRAN STARK
Now Bran is going to be mostly headcanon based because ahdjshfj we needed more of him with any of his siblings that would’ve been cool. But okay, Sansa and he totally bonded over stories as children. But she also mommed him a ton, would try and act like mum which was probably immensely irritating to him, but you know siblings. they squabble.
We also need to address when she was leaving bran when he was near death, to go South. King’s Landing was a dream, Joffrey was a dream to her. But despite all this excitement, leaving at that moment guilted her , she had dreamed of leaving but not like this. And for the first week on the road, it was nonstop prayers and embroiding articles he may enjoy when he was better. Bran was constantly on her mind. And when he woke up, you cannot convince me otherwise that Sansa didn’t try sending him letters of even smaller topics to cheer him up.
Bran was her little brother, and I feel like she really coped in King’s Landing by seeing bits of him in Tommen . Also, Bran’s ‘death’ and the burning of Winterfell ? destroyed her and made her probably the angriest she has ever been. To the point that she thought the worst of Theon and wished the worst for a while in anger for what he did to Bran and Rickon.
And when she imagines her future children while coping with her present situation, there’s always a boy who loves to climb like Bran did , who shares some of his features. And those details in a mentally safe spot for her means so much. Now years later upon the reunion . . . I cannot speak to how this will be pulled off in the books, all I have is show material to go off of for this but . ..
Fuck you D&D for making Bran robotic . . .
Like, yes he can be overwhelmed with a new identity and endless knowledge but it doesn’t have to turn him to a flat character with no emotional capability. In my mind here is how their reunion and relationship goes.
They are both incredibly dry and sarcastic with that Stark Snark, They side-eye a lot and share a lot of inside jokes but both keep really fucking good poker faces. They also BOND OVER RESILIENCE AND SURVIVAL without obnoxiously bringing up some triggering memories bluntly cough cough .
And okay, but bran is different as three-eyed raven and I can recognize that to extents --- but he is still Bran and her brother and she loves him and tears up seeing how far he’s come and she misses him though. Sansa will never stop seeing him as her brother and do everything to try and pull out fondness and emotional capability.
RICKON STARK
This will probably be 99% headcanons but this is just as important to me.
Look, Sansa loves babies and she was at an age to absolutely play with baby Rickon all the time ( and by play, I mean young enough to mistake him as a doll and try to play mother with him, like she would come by and snatch that baby ) .
Rickon is also described as wild as a winter storm, and I feel like Sansa was one of the few soothing presences for him as a kid, who knew how to try and ease his energy without encouraging it. She was balance and stability for him. And Rickon was wild but someone she vowed to protect as a good sister.
They shared a bed during nightmares. A lot of what Sansa picked up to care for Robin after he lost his mother came from comforting Rickon and his fears , she knows what can calm the nerves from what works with him.
Now, same headcanong as in Bran’s in regards of her anger regarding Bran & Rickon’s ‘ deaths’ at the hands of Theon and the burning of her home.
Sansa, she mourns the man rickon could’ve become, and it’s something she constantly imagines. It makes her sad, to know the potential there was. And she is left with so many unanswered questions.
I just, we don’t get much and what we do in the show is kind of gross like um why didn’t she mourn??? Because Rickon was pushed to the side in the show but he would be mourned !! except hey he is still alive and they reunite.
They WILL reunite, and find solace in each other. He would be the wild to her rationale. She, his impulse control. She will see so much of Robb in him as he grows up. Rickon would stay in Winterfell by her side, and together they’d find good policy.
Sansa will be there to see him grow up, and that means so much to her.
@omenofstorms asked: “We were children, thrust into war. And if it ends what will we become?”
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“ No longer the children we were, ” the riddle , it leaves her morose, and perhaps a tiny bit bitter. For a childhood robbed, but self-pity would not benefit any of them. Fingers gently tighten and loosen a grip upon the wooden rail ahead of her. A habit of hers she cannot quite kick, the fidgeting when facing discomfort , the clasping and rubbing of her own fingers. “ But without this war, this fight in our bones--- we would all join the forces of the DEAD I suppose. Everything brought us to where we are now. And when the war’s over . . .”
she pauses, just a moment . and when it was over- what? had she become so accustomed to SURVIVAL, that living felt more and more out of reach ? No, she refused to let any of this change her for the worst, and she refused to lose HOPE.
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For it had been a long day of counsels, of arguing in her own way to be HEARD. One voice drowned upon hundreds, slowly making progress in speaking up. More and more listened, though still a task which left her shoulders nearly cracking under the pressure. Left her constantly wondering what Robb would have thought, if he could see her now. Fearing what terms this would leave her with the North who was slowly losing faith as their declared King was South . But as time went on- she won more of her people over, and on her walk back - it was silence rather than small-talk with Brienne.
Exhaustion painted across her features, reaching her chambers, turning to face the taller with a smile of sentiment. “ Thank you for accompanying me. Please do rest well, Brienne. You deserve it.” a squeeze of her arm assuringly, and a softly pressed upon one cheek, as the ladies in the song for their chosen KNIGHTS.
Brienne had been a protector, someone she still trusted with her life and likely would for the rest of her days- and now friend. Words need not be said, simply the little motions such as this which had appreciation shining through.
