this is why i can't see her with anyone but sandor. he's not from a particularly large or important house, he's at the lower end of nobility. a marriage to him would be out of love and not duty, which is exactly what she wants. she doesn't want to be in the limelight anymore. that's why i get annoyed when people ship her with kings/lords/princes, she doesn't want that anymore.
(bless you for sending this again, sorry about that!)
Not to let my bias affect my judgement because I do love this ship, but yes to all of this.
Since the start of the series, Sansa’s been promised to men for some sort of political or personal gain. Joffrey was Robert Baratheon’s plan, after all. She’s never had any real choice in who she’d be given to, and all of them have been powerful, high-ranking men.
And then there’s Sandor. Who has no political power, who has no wealth compared to a Stark, who has no rank, save for being a glorified bodyguard to the future king. He literally offers nothing someone of Sansa’s rank would ever desire in a husband, except for his heart. Which at the end of the day, is really what Sansa wanted from Joffrey. Less the crown, more the love.
But she chooses him all the same.
And despite Sansa offering everything to Sandor - a chance at climbing the social ladder, a high ransom, wealth and prestige - he doesn’t want anything from her, except for a song and a kiss. He wants to take her home because he wants to see her safe.
What I find most endearing about their relationship is that it’s not built on any ulterior motive - neither is seeking to use the other for their own personal gain. She doesn’t treat Sandor like an inferior servant and he doesn’t treat her like a piece of leverage.
They chose to open themselves up to one another purely because they enjoy being in each other’s presence. It’s about the individual, not about any family name or blood or rank.
There’s something so beautifully simple about that. Neither has to pretend to be anything but themselves. It’s all about agency, about breaking social barriers and ignoring the rules of the game and moving past titles and power and hierarchy and finding a human connection that surpasses all of that.
Sansa ending up with some highborn lord or prince or whatever would cheapen that to me, because there’d always be some political motive behind it. In one way or another, she’d still be a pawn in a game bigger than herself - but by choosing a man who offers her nothing but love and a family and who isn’t some handsome prince from the songs but an honest man with an honest heart, she’s telling the world that she’s done playing their game and she’s making her own rules now. It’s like a whole new song, just for them.
And that’s the ending I want for her.
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