#aaoiaf

2) and the show? Barely a fraction of all that. They dedicate so much time to cleaning corpses and the game of faces and quarterstaff fighting, its like a misunderstanding of how assassins work. Knowing how to fight is useful, but the point of being an assassin is that you don't fight, you kill. The game of faces was at least an interesting concept, but then they use it to for the cattiness between Arya and the Waif, and pay it off to the shit show that was Arya vs Sansa. like, Arya's braavosi arc was so cool and so fascinating and then the show just wasn't interested.

That’s a very good question, nonny, and one I ask myself sometimes. Harry ticks all the boxes that stansas seem to want for Sansa: handsome, not much of an asshole, lord of his own region, fun, snarky almost-enemies-to-lovers vibes, so what gives?

I think it comes down to two things: 1. Jon is the one with an epic destiny. It’s hinted that he might be Azor Ahai, that he might be king, and they don’t want Sansa to be with someone as lowly as the Lord of the Vale and Warden of the East (in case it’s not obvious, my tone is very sarcastic). 2. Most Stansas are show-only and Harry is not in the show, and despite what they want you to believe, most have not read the books. Plus, Kit Harington is pretty.

Harry x Sansa is everything these people want Jonsa to be, right down to practically despising each other early on. Harry is also someone Sansa can manipulate, meaning she would basically be co-in charge of the Eyrie if they married. This is not something she could do with Jon, despite what the show suggests, and despite what these stansas wish. The Pride and Prejudice vibes are right there, literally in their first chapter together, so why don’t they like this ship? Heck, I like this ship, meaning I now like three (3) whole ships involving Sansa which is a very weird feeling for me.

It’s crazy they love to push Sansa on to Jon when Harry is standing right there, a young, hot, dumb, white boi just waiting to marry and worship her, so I wish they could take the ship that is tailor-made for them in canon and leave the rest of us alone.

Oh my gawd

Don’t even get me started on that. The shere lunacy of shipping these two is insane, and once again boils down to “Arya can’t have anything that Sansa doesn’t have” so suddenly Gendry gives up his hatred of stuck-up high-borns to get with Sansa, making Arya once again feel inadequate compared to her sister. It’s insane, has no canon basis, and these people are usually jonsa shippers too. It’s funny but also gross at the same time.