In the offending scene, Sansa satisfies Sandor Clegane (AKA The Hound) for the very first time in years and they discuss her decision not to vanish with him back in period two, before she survived every little thing Ramsay Bolton placed her through, consisting of rape.
Before she was controlled and also betrayed by that sinister little man, Littlefinger. Prior to her whole story arc differed guides and also ended up being a waking problem.
The most current Game of Thrones episode was not good for females. The only continuing to be woman of colour, Misandei, lost her head. Brienne begged Jamie to remain by her side after they ‘d rested with each other, only to enjoy him ride off into the evening to find his diabolical sister. And Also Sansa Stark, Lady of the North, appeared to credit her rapists as well as abusers for making her into the fierce, strong female she is today.
“Without Littlefinger as well as Ramsay et cetera, I would certainly’ve stayed a little bird all my life,” she claimed.
The effects is that the injury of sexual offense aided make Sansa the resilient queen she has actually become.
Fans, especially female fans, have actually fasted to challenge the implication that rape is character-building or that ladies must be sufferers in order to locate their toughness. Because she was raped; she is solid in spite of it, Sansa Stark is not solid. Her nerve and also durability is entirely her very own as well as does never belong to the guys who struck her.
Maybe the most famous fan to challenge the return of Sansa’s rape story is Jessica Chastain. She tweeted: “Rape is not a tool to make a character stronger. A lady doesn’t require to be victimised in order to become a butterfly. The #littlebird was always a Phoenix. Her current toughness is exclusively due to her. And also her alone.”
We’re with Jessica on this. It’s repugnant as well as bothersome, to use rape as a plot device to specify a female personality, as well as offending to recommend that her abusers made her who she is.
The Game of Thrones show-runners are male– as well as it reveals. The writers are male– and also it reveals. The directors are male– and it reveals. The existence of a cardboard coffee was not one of the most egregious point performed in the latest episode; it was the conspicuous absence of a women point of view in the writing of this legendary program.
As reporter Mo Ryan pointed out months back, the imaginative leaders that work with Game of Thrones are extremely male. By the time we complete this season, the show will have aired 73 episodes. They have actually utilized 19 directors all up, simply one of whom was a woman– as well as she only routed 4 episodes, earlier on in the run. That’s five per cent of all GoT episodes guided by a lady. The last time a woman was attributed as a writer on Game of Thrones was 2013. We’ve just ever before had two women authors on the show.
AND ALSO. IT. PROGRAMS.
If more females and also people of colour had remained in the writers’ space on Game of Thrones, after that perhaps we would not have ended up with superficial, offending stories for the ladies we’ve come to love. Brienne, Misendai and also specifically Sansa deserve far better than this. Also Dany as well as Cersei deserve much better than this.
This program has actually been notably bereft of female influence right from the start. Simply 2 weeks back, we were commemorating the knighting of Brienne, the battle in between Dany and Sansa, and the sexual liberation of one Arya Stark. Now, we can just cross our fingers as well as wish points improve for our favourite women characters in the staying two episodes of the most controversial show on TV.