#sanpod

That day, she was amazed to discover that when he was saying, ‘As you wish,’ what he meant was ‘I love you.’

And even more amazing was the day she realized she truly loved him back.

модерн!ау где Санса с подругами выбирается на целое лето подальше от дома и на одной из вечеринок встречает Подрика

первой мыслью было что ей это не нужно

Aw, thanks! 😊

Unpopular-ish opinion time but I’m not gonna lie, Podrick Payne is my ideal match for her, especially in the show. What did Ned want for Sansa? “Someone who’s brave and gentle and strong.” That’s totally Pod. He’s also polite, sweet, thoughtful, hardworking, loyal, and determined. And apparently some kind of sex god? He’s got no issues with kickass women and he would be completely cool with Sansa being in charge. 

I see a lot of focus on why Sansa deserves someone like Pod but we shouldn’t overlook that she’d actually be good for him, too! On his end, I think he’d appreciate how patient/compassionate she is… We’ve seen how he sometimes struggles to get the hang of things in new situations and Sansa would be very sympathetic to that. I’d imagine that she would help him work on his confidence, too. She would also just really appreciate all the things he’d do (or try to) for her and that would make him really happy. 

I’m not getting my hopes up that they will actually get together but I do think they’d work out pretty well from a narrative standpoint, too:

Character development-wise, it would really highlight how much Sansa has grown up. At first, all she wanted was her beautiful prince. After Joffrey, she had a crush on Loras, a gorgeous, highly popular and lauded knight. When she was young and naïve, she fully believed that a prince and a knight would turn out to be just like the leading men of her favorite songs and stories. But Joffrey was a monster and Loras, though generally very nice and a good person, was not quite as honorable as Sansa was day dreaming (“Ser Loras wouldn’t do that, there’s no honor in tricks!”). Podrick’s position does not have the kind of romanticized splendor of a prince or a knight but he does have the chivalrous disposition that Sansa had hoped to find in Joffrey and Loras. And while Pod has certainly grown up to be very handsome, it’s not in the male-model-pretty-boy sort of way that Joffrey and Loras were. Sansa understands the value of substance over style and has learned to see the best in people who deserve it, like Tyrion and Sandor. Podrick might appear awkward and incidental but Sansa would look at him and see the most pure soul in Westeros. And he would treat her better than Joffrey ever would and love her the way that Loras couldn’t.

The irony. Sansa once wanted to marry Joffrey and be his queen. She didn’t marry him but now has power in her own right and might even end up a queen. Sansa also once wanted to marry a knight-in-shining-armor. I think it’d be awesome if she married a squire/knight-in-somewhat-dented-armor instead… and he’d be her consort. 

He’s distantly related to Illyn and of course House Payne serves the Lannisters so it would be nice to see some bridge-building and changes to the way things have always been.

I feel like he’s her best, somewhat realistic opportunity to marry for love, something I believe she deserves. Sansa is finally in a position to choose her own husband and I think there’s a chance that marriage alliances might not be as necessary after this last, unifying war. If she marries again, I hope it’s for no other reason than because she wants to spend her life with him. Podrick would be a fine choice and not just because he’s close in age and they already know each other. He’s not a lowborn “nobody” but he’s not a player in the game, either and I think that’s perfect. I assume he has some education so he wouldn’t be completely out of his depth at Sansa’s side but he also has no chance of outranking her, either. Basically, he’s respectable enough that I think people would deal with it but he also wouldn’t bring any issues to Sansa’s position and power or with their children’s titles/inheritance (maybe even allow for them to be called Stark?).

So… yeah. Team… Podsa? Sandrick?? Ponsa? Sanpod? Sapodanick? Ok, I’ll stop. 

P.S. They look so right on either side of their Auntie Brienne. Insert that “good shit” meme. 

Please can we have more fanfictions of pod x Sansa please I need more!!!!

• adorable and

• could totally be post-canon, plus

Sansa deserves both:

• a truly good guy and

This pure boy.

Pod embodies the ideal Sansa used to dream of as a young girl–a kind, gallant, handsome man who actually behaves the way she used to think knights behaved. After everything she’s been through, Sansa probably doesn’t believe the love she used to envision exists for her, but it could! And Pod is so incredibly loyal, sweet, and patient. He would be the perfect person for Sansa because he would admire and value her strength and independence but would also be good and respectfully affectionate to her, which she would certainly appreciate after all of the rough and abusive men she’s known before.