Speaking of Game of Thrones...
So this fan comes up to [Sophie Turner who plays Arya Stark and Masie Williams who plays Sansa Stark] and says to Williams, “You’re my favorite,” and then says to Turner, “You’re my least favorite.”
The hatred toward this character seems misdirected. Perhaps much of it comes from those who read the A Song of Fire and Ice books and cannot separate in their mind. The saga features (as far as I can tell through page 199 of A Storm of Swords) a less sympathetic, more actively destructive Sansa.
King's Landing is not Harrenhal, to compare to Arya's journey. But while Sansa would not last five seconds traveling through the mud and blood to get back North, Arya would be finished even quicker at King's Landing. Sansa is savvy enough to play along with everyone in order to survive and even fool a casual observer into thinking she's bought into the Lannister court. And not everyone has the poise to deal with a drunk, bleeding Hound in the wee hours of the Battle of Blackwater Bay.
This doesn't even start with the torment by Joffrey's hand, saved only by his Hand. The visceral joy of Tyrion-Joffrey slaps will live in GIF infamy, but few Season Two lines were more satisfying than Sansa goading Joffrey on in "Blackwater".
Sansa: Will you slay him yourself?
Joffrey: If Stannis is fool enough to come near me!
S: So you'll be outside the gates, fighting in the vanguard?
J: A king doesn't discuss battleplans with stupid girls!
S: I'm sorry Your Grace, you're right. I'm stupid. Of course you'll be in the vanguard. They say my brother Robb always goes where the fighting is thickets and he's only a pretender.
Maybe she'll get some help from the seemingly friendly Tyrells, but I doubt it. Remember Sansa, D.T.A.
There are plenty of female fan favorites on Game of Thrones, but Sansa is far more domestic than Arya, Cersei, Catelyn, and of course Brienne. Perhaps this follows the trend of fan-hate for television wives like Skylar White. Another time...
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