George RR Martin on Arya and Sansa's Relationship

[@balabanasireti]

I love how George always thinks for a few seconds before answering. He turns into Littlefinger when he's asked a question.

[@Pure_Star]

Passione Nera I know right

[@lordblkfyretully8867]

I thought I was only one to peep THAT⚠️ lmao #VivaLaLittleFinger

[@derelict06]

It’s important to him to give his real thoughts, not just some surface level quip. It shows a lot of respect for his audience/fans

[@sam_c95]

I love it, you can clearly see how he deliberates every sentence he says and constructs his responses thoughtfully, and I imagine his writing takes on the same method which is how it turns out the way it does

[@teese1630]

@RABBI Shekel more likeley hell finished but all his fans will die from covid-19

[@tonichan89]

Can we ALSO appreciate the absolutely wholesome person who asked what makes George happy? That was so sweet!

[@reigngreyson4046]

Adam

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

Agreed👍

[@John-tc9gp]

No we can't, sorry

[@maxungar516]

only asked to determine his weaknesses, shrouded in a sentiment of well-wishing. a true machiavellian strategist.

[@Toxodos]

only thing better than the question was the immediate reaction of the crowd

[@saranemcova5448]

"She remembered a summer's snow in Winterfell when Arya and Bran had ambushed her as she emerged from the keep one morning. They'd each had a dozen snowballs to hand, and she'd had none. Bran had been perched on the roof of the covered bridge, out of reach, but Sansa had chased Arya through the stables and around the kitchen until both of them were breathless. She might even have caught her, but she'd slipped on some ice. Her sister came back to see if she was hurt. When she said she wasn't, Arya hit her in the face with another snowball, but Sansa grabbed her leg and pulled her down and was rubbing snow in her hair when Jory came along and pulled them apart, laughing." (Sansa VII, A Storm of Swords)

[@manishkumardivekar4836]

it is really wholesome when Martin gives us such flashbacks from the past 🥰🥰

[@damienchristopher5652]

"I think of women as real people" what a radical idea. But I love GRRM's character work. The only person who comes close in Grim-Dark to his level of complex characters and character development is Joe Abercrombe

[@teese1630]

like from abercrombe and fitch

[@libenhagos9335]

@@teese1630 no he's an author.

[@solk.posner7201]

@@teese1630 I do too, I also like Joe Abercombe too lol.

[@kristoffer2250]

How will you sell me the book if you're the author?

[@aryastark575]

You know he was being sarcastic, right?

[@Sheild401]

Of course George gave a great answer but props to the person who asked a great question.

[@prmsphie4443]

Sansa is literally the only person who is learning the game and how to rule in the books.. She is still in the Vale in the books but she's being super political, in the same books everyone keeps calling her the key to the North. I need to see what GRRM has planned for her. This is why I really need Winds of Winter..

[@itssevii3622]

Sucks cause you wont see it for another 10 years based on his current pace

[@fbarthelemy3756]

prm sphie@ Yeah, I totally agree! For me LF’s plan will fall apart (or partially), can’t wait to see how she will manipulate the actors in the vale to her advantage. While still representing Cat’s redemption, genuinely caring about sweet robin (I hope), but still using him. And actively returning to WF and her family (including Jon, I mean she thought about how happy she would be to see him again)

[@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502]

@@itssevii3622 only 10? Seems a bit optimistic

[@highgrounder2012]

I love the fact that she's still in the vale cause why the hell would she ever go to winterfell when she knew it was left for the Boltons or the fact that littlefinger would gain nothing from handing her over, the whole thing did go anywhere in the show too

[@kylenetherwood8734]

Because Ser Harald can give it back to her

[@kebrongurara1612]

Admit it. You came for the first question but stayed for the last.

[@vante2840]

I love book Sansa, she's a deeply misunderstood character. She could have had such a badass & interesting storyline in the Vale but D&D choose to give her a rape storyline that wasn't her's in the books..

[@neilpemberton5523]

D&D just couldn't help themselves. Of course they ruined Littlefinger as a credible character at the same time.

[@saranemcova5448]

I think there is tiny possibility that Sansa will be raped by Harry the Heir in the books (yeah, I watch Preston Jacobs' theories). But you're absolutely right. TV writers didn't understand Sansa. They thought her arc is supposed to be her transformation from the Little Bird to Direwolf... to full Stark. Fierce, honorable Stark. This is not her path. Being Little Bird means being underestimated. Littlefinger knows this; he specifically chose mockingbird as his sigil. Birds are small and seem vurnerable, but they are capable of singing and flying. Songs are connected with life and happiness in GRRM's novels, but they are also linked with lying. Sansa loves songs and sings well; she is learning to lie well. Lies can be poisonous, lies can be sweet, just like songs are. Flying in the books is connected with new perspective and resourcefulness. Sansa is learning to lie, Sansa is learning to get information, and twist information for her advantage. Sansa is still naive in the way, but naivity is not stupidity. Sansa always had a strong empathy, she knows what others want. Joffrey wanted to be viewed as strong and intelligent ruler; she twists his words and saves Dontos' life. Tyrion wanted to be understood; she says that Old God's customs would bore him. Tyrion wonders who she is praying for, but worries she is too honorable and she would tell him the truth, after she lied to his face. I highly recommend essay of Sansa called Dances with Wolfs: Martial Language of Sansa's Story. It made me fall for her arc even more.

[@averma2334]

@@saranemcova5448 man I love your comment about her arc I love her ...this is easily one of the most beautiful comments I have come across thank you so much for that

[@pallasathena7788]

GRRM was right when she said that Sansa's story is realistic. In my opinion, Sansa was created as a metaphor for the maturation of a girl during childhood / adolescence. At the beginning of the series, she was just a naive and dreamy little girl who tried to marry a prince and live a love story like in songs. Now she is no longer a pawn for Game of Thrones players, but one of those players. She is intelligent, mature, difficult to manipulate and, most importantly, she does not trust Littlefinger.

[@subroy7123]

It's quite interesting that the moment Sansa's storyline got out of GRRM's hands and fell into D&D's hands, the first thing that happened to her was rape.

[@DCCRocks]

George: We'll have to see... when I write the book *Audience laughs*

[@forestfolk27]

i love that he writes such realistic characters and like he said they all have good and bad in them. Like how you can hate & love Jamie Lannister at the same time (or at least I do).

[@arturkvieira]

I dont love him, he is trash

[@chippersonsencyclopediaemp1318]

I feel like he is only hatable until he loses his hand and starts self analyses and reflection. Once he starts "betraying" his family he becomes more likeable. When he burns the note from cercsi i was like.... You ite jamie lannister you ite

[@lotte9503]

In the books he's an amazingly complex character with great development. I can't exactly say the same for the way they portrayed him on the show, they changed him a lot and it didn't hold up to his book counterpart in my opinion.

[@waywornwyrm8135]

I think Jamie has one of the best redemption arcs in any media I’ve experienced. He is such a horrible person at first and then he goes out and actually experiences war and it changes him for the better.

[@chippersonsencyclopediaemp1318]

@@waywornwyrm8135 yupp! He got a bit of that northern hospitality from the young wolf and that changed his tune real quick

[@moongem4489]

I always wanted to see more snapshots of the Stark children's relationships (plus Theon) before the arrival of the royal family to Winterfell - especially Sansa and Arya. All we saw of them were arguments, but I want to see the entirety of their siblinghood, including the times they played together and defended each other (if those times existed, hopefully).

[@poankiyu7664]

We do get one kind of snapshot, in Storm of Swords I think it was. Sansa remembers playing in the snow with Bran and Arya but Bran climbs up on a stable somewhere and she manages to grab Arya when she slips on some ice and Arya goes back to see if she's okay and Sansa drags her down with her and rubs snow in her hair . Great scene.

[@moongem4489]

@@poankiyu7664 ahh. I'm roughly 900 pages into ASoS, so I think I just haven't gotten there yet. I assume it's a memory she has after she gets to the Eyrie?

[@kebrongurara1612]

@@moongem4489 Yeah. There's also another memory Jon has of playing with Rob in winterfell. That one's really sad though. Its the first time Rob calls Jon a bastard. But I like it because it just goes to show that their lives were never perfect even though they went to shit later.

[@enclave315]

There's also time Jon and Robb cover themselves in flour and pretended to be ghosts inside the Crypt scare the other kids I think sansa cried and Arya punch them for it

[@poankiyu7664]

@@moongem4489 Yup

[@andrzejpetrenko852]

"What makes you happy?" "Killing your favorite characters"

[@ninahiatt294]

I have such an appreciation for how thoughtful and detailed George’s answers are.

[@marcw6875]

I love how I click on these GRRM interview videos because the title is something that I'm interested to hear, but then he often doesn't talk much about the subject of the title, but I still can't help but listen to it all anyway. lol

[@thatmanrunning]

I love hearing him being interviewed. He's always able to give great answers for every question he's asked.

[@WithinDeathLies]

I love watching his interviews. Thanks for uploading them. :)

[@miketacos9034]

"...and in some sense, I'm like both of them." He got the looks, that's for sure.

[@tonichan89]

Can we just appreciate how that table is set up? It's gorgeous!

[@monmothma3358]

George and the moderator even look like they're dressed to match it :O

[@beback_]

Looks like a Persian HaftSin table.

[@dmmoctober]

Oddivia Was it Xmas??

[@hugoevergaster6201]

I’d say it’s a tad cheesy, but I like it

[@borysvengerov3398]

Not just a table - a dais!

[@killlamas57]

The person asked a really question and nicely worded. Loved George’s answer too.

[@Pure_Star]

Martin in his own sense is a Littlefinger

[@winter5866]

“There are people out there who love Sansa too” IT ME 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

[@teese1630]

can you name a single selfess action you have witnessed of sansa

[@dudeman1295]

Tee Se lmao

[@downhere5413]

Tee Se begging for her fathers mercy

[@teese1630]

@@downhere5413 not wanting to be wto be an orphan is selfless hmm the bar is really low for you folks

[@downhere5413]

Tee Se have you even read the books

[@isacharjones]

"What makes you happy?" Damn, right in the feels ☺

[@lordblkfyretully8867]

BEST QUESTION EVER!! I've learn SO MUCH what George loves alot in JUST that ONE QUESTION! Hahaha #HappyFan

[@tonichan89]

So wholesome!

[@shezcreative]

I don’t understand the hate Sansa gets. I’m reading the books (in the middle of Storm of Swords) and have watched the series and she only was annoying at the beginning and even then she was pretty much a typical teenage girl. I person identified with Sansa when I was around her age and have gotten to be kinda both Arya and Sansa as I grew up so I guess I can understand her.

[@210SAi]

Most of her detractors don’t take her age into account

[@shezcreative]

O G yes. They want her to act like an adult when she is only a child, not even a teen.

[@georgeide2337]

Nope, the same haters who disliked her in the early seasons for stubbornly clinging to her fantasy of being a queen are not the same who dislike her in the new seasons of GOT. I loved her in the books and found her character arc very intersting in the show until season 6 when D&D turned her into what they thinks makes a strong woman.

[@Galvatronover]

@@shezcreative no the actions she takes in the books make more sense because in the books she's 11 in the show she's 16 at the beginning BIG AGE GAPE

[@shezcreative]

@@Galvatronover I googled her age at the beginning of the series and it says she was 13, not 16 (that was Rob's age).

[@realseanzi]

" relatively near future " - three and a half years later - " relatively soon "

[@GBfanatic15]

he's very articulate and super easy to listen to, and I kinda love that XD

[@fantasypark2989]

man I love George, such a wonderful man

[@84C4]

Can't say I dislike the answer, but it completely ignores the question.

[@iateyursandwiches]

To which question?

[@monmothma3358]

@@iateyursandwiches Sibling dynamic of Arya and Sansa

[@Arya_25]

Her: even as Arya is the more classic strength warrior. Meanwhile Arya in the books: learning diff languages and poisons, gethering information, reading people, how to lie, patience, also seduced Raff the sweatling in mercy chapters. No hate but she clearly skipped Arya's chapter which is fine but don't say things when you don't even know and understand the character 😂. She isn't learning to fight in Braavos

[@teachersusanute199]

I love Sansa

[@LonelyOutlaw]

I can listen to George talk all day and all night.

[@benjaf1058]

Arya isn’t a strength warrior, she’s a filthy dex build

[@Milkra]

“I have a lot of women” -George RR Martin

[@tanadarko6991]

Does anybody else jot down the books he loves the most so you can read them yourself?

[@fathma2078]

Oh I love sansa my favourite character n real fighter in every sense... Girl was pushed against the biggest villains n she still lives on.. Not every war is won with sword - True

[@siljapeters2836]

I really love (book) Sansa, much more than Arya. I think it has something to do with how she can be brave and clever without having to actually step out of a female or more rule abiding stereotype.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

Arya did feel like a dumb stereotype the first time I read. But on each re-read she grew on me. I still prefer Sansa but that might be partly because of how interesting the events in her chapters are. Arya kinda has boring scenes often.

[@siljapeters2836]

Another random Tristan I agree. I think Sansa’s chapters are often more interesting, often starring other important characters than just her. And I don’t hate Arya or anything, but I just prefer seing Sansa grow more independent over seeing Arya slowly become consumed with revenge.

[@teese1630]

name one instance where sansa is brave, or clever

[@siljapeters2836]

Tee Se lmao good point, but what I mean it’s that I like following her transition to a more brave or clever person. Not that she specifically is now. She was brave when saving Dontos, and when getting Joffrey to join the front lines. In this instance she is clever as well. She is showing that she is getting increasingly more intelligent as she get to the Eyrie, and immediately pick up on Littlefingers scheming.

[@teese1630]

@@siljapeters2836 No not brave she was suicidal in her inner monalouge before she speaks, then she exclaims how frusterated she is that the hound saved her

[@NasAfter]

I mean the only thing that makes me mad about George is that he's not giving Rickon Stark attention like his siblings, he seems the least developed character amongst the Stark kids, heck some side characters have more character development than him

[@matthewparker9276]

After Martin discarded the time jump between books 3 and 4 I don't think he has anything for rikon to do now. Of course he may have come up with something for rikon to do in the winds of winter.

[@n00n3ynight]

Rickon is basically a toddler in the first books and still a little child later on.. he won't go through crazy major changes besides being traumatised.

[@Nai-qk4vp]

@@n00n3ynight That is major change. Also he is the rightful Lord of Winterfell as of ADWD.

[@tathagatabishayee9345]

He's 4. Give the kid a break😂

[@ftswarbill]

He is so awesome and I cannot wait for all the new things he will come out with.

[@florete2310]

I call bs on the first question's introduction. Arya is not "the classic strength warrior". She clearly is THE classic rogue character of the series (and also in rpg terms) - and she fights and uses her skills accordingly.

[@algernonsidney8746]

This video does not talk at all about the relationship between Arya and Sansa.

[@passiveaggressive6175]

I have a sibling with whom I have a very tumultuous relationship. GRRM writes this perfectly. I will always have my Sister’s back BUT boy do we go at it. That Arya kills Littlefinger on Sansa’s behalf just sums up that sister dynamic. Fight like everything but at the end of the day, I gotcha

[@Karina-jm2oe]

Myrcella and Tommen were sweet siblings too

[@maksimnikiforovski2034]

He didn't really talk about Sansa and Arya... He evaded the question... Too bad...

[@werctonbarbosa4140]

I always get this feeling when he is asked about Sansa, like he can't say much because her major events are going to take place in the next book so any thoughts on her could be a spoiler

[@dancecritic5996]

@@emiliawaldmann2109 Grrm brings up Arya because he finds her so compelling and is low-key obsessed. But when has he revealed anything about Arya's future plot points in his answers? He was literally asked this at a Q&A: Question: Will Arya have any significant impact on events later in the series? "No comment."- GRRM ~~~ Again, Arya is his favourite female character, second overall only to Tyrion. His least enjoyable storyline to write was Dany and the meereenese knot. His favourite POV to write? He said he keeps coming back to Arya. There is no Night King in the books, however it's obvious Arya has a huge role to play even D&D realised that and gave her so much focus at the end. I think George is hinting at his intentions of subverting expectations with these two character's storylines.

[@dancecritic5996]

@@werctonbarbosa4140 like that can't be said about almost every character? What has he revealed in any interview about Arya's future plot points?

[@d_______________]

Wercton Matheus IF we even get the next book hahah it’s been years and years

[@bromixsr]

@@d_______________ That's nothing new with George. I'm not saying you have to like or hate it, just that it's how it is. A great way to deal with the frustration is rereading. There is something new everytime.

[@evanhayes5891]

"I can do a lot of woman characters." -GRRM

[@TheWolverine1984]

6:00 Question: "What does make you happy, George?" Answer: "Signing the petition to scrap season 8 and reshoot it with competent writers."

[@kimmycupreacts]

I'm scared he might die before he finishes the damn series. Please write, George!

[@branc2795]

You do know this attitude makes him want to write less right?

[@ispbrotherwolf]

I am male but my bigg sister an I´m are just like Sansa and Arya, one has feelings and one is cold and logic, We are just 13 months apart.

[@foxc8646]

Seriously what a legend

[@maria_s3731]

I always found Sansa and Arya relationship the same as mine and my little sister We’re two years apart. Like we don’t get along and i’ve always been a bit cold towards her. Like we’re both free spirited and do our own thing but we’re really different in therms of my sister is much more of a tomboy loves sports is would rather give “brutally honest answers” while i’m more artistic and career oriented and would more likely seek status and care much more about material things than my sister does. We both have a strong sense of who we are though and we both hate being told what to do though and get really defensive when forced to do something we don’t want.

[@dancecritic5996]

I always preferred Arya. So many little girls named after her, her impact and bravery with and without a sword. Even after everything she has been through losing her family, she still manages to care for people and have hope in something more judging by her Winds of Winter chapter Mercy.

[@my.melody.gamingg]

you just exactly described sansa rught now this doesn’t suit for arya at all she’s just selfish little spoiled brat that only always cared about herself she didn’t went through half of the things sansa did

[@gui_leminho7715]

I like the way he describes the things he like in this vídeo,remind me the First time I read A game of thrones!😊

[@The.Nasty.]

What bad things could a man who looks like a train conductor for gnomes have done???

[@crw1367]

His description of the dad character reminded me a lot of endeavor, any weebs out there who saw that episode yesterday? Gotta love fantasy and anime

[@Oridan1]

same

[@kevindifranco3494]

I'm not expecting to ever see TWOW let alone ADOS. One of us will be dead first, I'll just pretend Darkstar gets Dawn, kills Swann and is Lord Commander of Aegon's Kingsguard. Being from the Buffalo region Pizza and wings are better than other place but NYC Pizza is great. Not sure how hard it is to fry chicken wings till crispy- add redhot with a little butter and toss. And before anyone disagrees Doran wants Swann dead so Cersei has only Boros the Fat, Meryn Fookin Trant and Robert Strong to use. So she uses Strong and there's two Sandsnakes to see him/it.

[@duhsasjekirom8335]

Date of this interview?

[@210SAi]

There’s a link in the description

[@michaelalan6459]

In Catelyn's chapter where she goes into Renly's tent before the shadow gets him I wish GRRM would have added a quick scene of Cat catching a glimpse of Ser Loras squatting over Renly and pooping on his chest.

[@Immanuel6468]

What

[@dmmoctober]

Mike Semore ??? Who are you, the scatman???

[@Jeudaos]

3:50 this part of the story sounds like the movie Behind Enemy Lines. 5:25 Did GRR just admit that both sisters die in the coming books? Not that I care.

[@Exorcist364xs]

That’s crazy I’m from Illinois close to Chicago I never heard Chicago associated with good Greek food. You just basically hear about how awesome Chicago is for hot dogs lol

[@prettygurlrockx]

When people say they hate Sansa I know they mean they hate Sansa alllll the way from season/book 1. Now don’t get me wrong she was the absolute worst then. She was like a privileged rich white girl that was oblivious to other people’s suffering. But after season/book 2 that begin to change slowly but surely she has went through character growth but it’s like people refuse to see that. And book readers insist that the show version of her doesn’t count, but she is the only character they hold to that logic. No one says this about Jon/Arya/Daenerys (season 8 not withstanding because we all want to say that doesn’t count.)

[@darth856]

I think the reason people say that the show version doesn't count is because season 5 made a rather significant departure regarding her character, since Sansa is not the girl who is married to and raped by Ramsay in the books. But that doesn't mean she may not end up in a similar place. I guess we will see if GRRM ever finishes that next book ;-)

[@Anonymous_P]

I think the problem in the show is that they wanted to play Sansa as this character that has had the bigger growth, and that is like the fittest to rule winterfell and is just this perfect leader and person that knows it all. And she isn't, and when you see the contrast between this Sansa they want you to see and who she actually is, the distante is big. Sansa doesn't come off as that, she comes of as an annoying "strong female character" that has a lot of plot armor and ¿future vision?, so saying "shut up she's badly written" it's easier cause the gap is so obvious, and thus hating her is easier, cause un reality her character growth was haltered. I think most of the characters are badly written (I mean Jon became a super that only knows how to say "mah queen" and "I dun want it"), over the seasons whatever character growth stopped and they became tropes, or simply whatever the writers wanted them to be. ¿They eanted Dany to be a Hero to the Seven kingdoms? She would be protrayed as such, ¿they wanted Dany to be a psychopath? So be it. They end up being whatever the plot needs (see Jaime's destroyed arc for reference), bit many of them are still close to the growth that had been happening. Despite how nonsensical the plot of the men with no face ended up being, it set up Arya to be this criminal mastermind assasin, and despite how terrible it was later on developed, they stuck mostly to it in a way that was believable, so that "gap" between what they were portraying and what was shown wasn't that big. There are still some people that give shit to other characters and their arcs, bit I think this is why Sansa might come as unlikable by many more. Also let's add the fact that from the beggining she was annoying...so some people will just hate.

[@musesofadreamer7374]

Absolutely the worst? Don't be so melodramatic. Sansa is quite harmless in AGOT. Her most controversial choices are minimal compared to what other POV characters do.

[@my.melody.gamingg]

She was oblivious to other people’s suffering? what kind of bullshit is that? she literally wanted to help the poor from the start of the series she saw others suffering and cared about it more than about her own

[@magiiicath]

he didn't answer the question at all

[@Audio017]

I'm a writer and I get George after hating him before I could write. He won't finish GoT, and that's because it is just... It's too hard. He can't succeed. He is already over analyzed to death, fans have explored all outcomes. If he picks anything, it is chosen, someone is a pariah. if he dodged them all, he is a cheater. He cannot win so he has to just not play, sadly.

[@bunnysm]

Well didn't he say he does not intend to change anything just because someone actually guessed it? Something of the kind that all the foreshadowing he has build upon cannot be scrapped just to WOW people as it makes no sense? It is less about impressing people and more about telling the story he had on his mind.

[@teese1630]

Your not a writter shut your face

[@kimmycupreacts]

Have you READ the books? I really don't think he cares about what people think. *flashes back to the red wedding*

[@Audio017]

@@kimmycupreacts I read them, and I don't think he cares in that way either. Part of the fun of writing is like... I don't know how to explain it. Him finishing the books from my perspective, would feel like deleting a whole finished book by accident and then having to retype it.

[@tessdurberville711]

@@teese1630 You're. Writer. Clearly, neither are you.

[@noname3609]

Womans like Catelyne Stark and Daenerys Targaryen are womans with such a strong character.All my respect.😀

[@jackalope901]

I love this man 💙

[@x25violator]

You know what would make this pandemic a little bit bearable? A new book form GRR Martin. Come on man. Get to writing!

[@andreagriffiths3512]

I doubt he’ll ever finish. I’ve given up on it.

[@prajaktadande7053]

I relate to arya out of all the characters.

[@slothbro2740]

From Albuquerque and I can attest, you can really only get good green chile here

[@nodiggity9472]

Mormont's Raven is the Key to the North.

[@jaweincosey1891]

He dodged tf out her question

[@thisguy8106]

Neither will ever come out. 😢

[@tristrisX]

It has been 9 years since a dance of dragons was released...

[@MrTwixksa]

CUTE CHUBBY SANTA * ^ *

[@shelleyscloud3651]

How can anyone admire Sansa?! Total mean girl.

[@meow-sr2bl]

who can hate on a 12 yr old girl for acting like a child they are? She hasnt done anything evil. The same people to hate sansa are the same who love drogo and i think that says A LOT

[@shelleyscloud3651]

@@meow-sr2bl well you just imagined up the word h8 there. I said nothing if it. Very strange that you should equate a lack of admiration in the way.

[@katherinewinters5674]

I wish instead of talking about his characters, he'd finish the books...if the series doesn't complete, the series will be twenty-four years old this year,

[@_MARSyt]

He is working on them. Chill

[@kaliwatson3948]

Quality takes time

[@RyansFine]

Its funny. I watched the show first and hated Sansa, but ever since I finished the books, shes now one of my favorite characters. Her character arc is incredible as well as her messed up relationship with Little Finger. That said, I dont think George has ever made a character I dont like. He's made characters I hate, but thats a good thing cause theyre supposed to be irredeemable monsters (cough Ramsey, cough cough)

[@ericvague19]

its more like war and peace than it is like Lotr.

[@willberman1562]

I wonder if he thinks the night king has good in him, that’d be interesting to think abt

[@JMarchel]

I think he's inhuman so not really. But maybe before he was made into a white Walker

[@jamomma7296]

How can you be a writer and hate writing? I mean i get that it’s hard, but if you don’t love it. Why do it?

[@desireandfire]

Writers like GRRM do it because they are story tellers. Difficulty isn't the only reason why writers hate writing, like GRRM said, there's other issues such as second-guessing and hating your work. But in order to tell a story, you need to write it. Even tv shows and movies have scripts that are written by people. The best part is being able to have told a story, not the actual writing part..

[@Rattenhoofd]

I feel sympathy for Sansa and am rooting for her to find happiness, but I find reading her POV chapters a complete drag. Apart from interesting interactions with Cersei, Tyrion, Joffrey and Sandor, there just seems to be so much thinking about clothes and not eating.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

Yeah but those interactions make up most of her chapters...Which is why I feel like everyone should be enjoying her chapters even if they don't like her, unlike for people like Bran or Arya.

[@VickiLovesDoctorWho]

I actually find Sansa's chapters more interesting than most of the other characters. I think it's fascinating to see a character go from wide-eyed, naive optimist, to someone who believes "There are no heroes. In life the monsters win". It's certainly more interesting than how many people Arya can stab in a day or how drunk Tyrion can get or how many people Cersei can plot against.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

@@VickiLovesDoctorWho Are you serious now? What you are doing can't even be called oversimplification, it's objectively wrong.

[@VickiLovesDoctorWho]

@@legrandliseurtri7495 how is it wrong? Those are my OPINIONS. I don't find Arya's quest for revenge interesting, I don't find the House of Black and and White interesting. I don't find Tyrion's self-loathing interesting. I enjoy the characters who grow and develop like Sansa, Jaime, Samwell, Theon, and Brienne. I enjoyed Sansa's interactions with Sandor as she seemed to bring out a bit of light and nobility from him that hadn't been shown before. I enjoyed Dany's storyline in the first book but started to not like her nor enjoy her chapters after that, she didn't seem to learn from the situations she was in (like overthrowing a city to save them from oppressors then moving on to the next city and being surprised that a new oppressor took over). To me characters like Dany (apart from the huge change in her character in A Game of Thrones), Arya, Tyrion, and Cersei haven't developed much, and I just don't find stagnant characters interesting. My opinions do not make me "wrong".

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

@@VickiLovesDoctorWho Now, this is already better. In your first comment you just said :Arya stabs,Tyrion drinks, and Cersei plots. Of course I'm gonna call you wrong since it isn't true. But for your second comment. You certainly aren't alone for the "I don't like the self-loathing" thing and that's absolutely a matter of taste. I wouldn't consider Tyrion static. He goes from a guy with good intentions that does terrible things to help his family, in the hopes that they one day love him, to a bitter asshole who's desire to destroy his family almost overshadows his good sides. For Arya, well I prefer Sansa to her. For Dany, once again what she learns may not be positive, but she's not static. No more than Brienne that's for sure. Yes, she's nice, but she's always nice and she never stopped being nice.

[@laughingvampire7555]

there is no good or evil as in gods and demons, there is only human behavior, some behavior exists in a multidimensional spectrum of expectation, approval, acceptance, disapproval, rejection, taboo. Also we do this obsession of value judgement of people based on sayings "people are or aren't" and we do it because is product of multiple cognitive biases & prejudices given to us by evolution, like the Actor-Observer bias, which is when we as individuals do something we are biased to believe that we are just reacting to the environment however, while we look at others doing some action, if we don't know them, we have the bias to believe they are doing what they are doing because of their personality and we ignore the environment, the external circumstances, but when we know them personally we can see both. In reality our behavior is product of the environment plus our personality (habits, values, etc) The reason is our Brain is a survival oriented computer. process all information, external and internal to us for the sole purpose of surviving, and it isn't perfect at it so we have survival mechanisms that act outside of context. once again, there is no evil or good, only survival human behavior.

[@youshallnotpass2140]

I love how everyone is grey, nor completely good or bad (including Ramsay Snow), but he still believes Donald Trump is 100% bad. Poor George. It hit me hard when I found out he has TDS

[@georgeprchal3924]

Arya: I wouldn't push Sansa off the roof but if she tripped and fell, I wouldn't lose any sleep. Sansa: I sometimes wish Arya was Benjamin Button and she was aging backwards and close to death.

[@prajaktadande7053]

I looooveee arya the most 😍😍❤️❤️❤️

[@nihilarv2303]

My interest for this franchise has plumeted in the last 2 years.

[@siljapeters2836]

NihilarV and yet you take the time to comment on a KZbin video about said series. Must mean you haven’t completely lost interest yet. There’s still hope!

[@nihilarv2303]

@@siljapeters2836 yea maybe the fat man is going to release the book I've been waiting on since 2012. Maybe i commented because I realised I would've watched this entire thing years ago with a smile on my face but after waiting 8 years for a book I doubt the books will be finished in this man's lifetime

[@siljapeters2836]

Sorry, I truly didn’t mean to offend you. Just feel a bit sad about the fact that people who have “given up” on the books have to drag the rest of us down with them. I personally feel like we should try and be positive as a fandom, even though the chances of the entire series being finished are quite small. But alas, don’t let me tell you what to do. Personally imma just continue watching videos that confirm George hasn’t died yet😂

[@nikoslav]

Arya the strength warrior, yeah right Dexterity at best

[@avernion]

I would love to know what goodness and shades of gray there is in Ramsey Bolton 😑

[@SRosenberg203]

Anyone who boos "Pizza in New York" has clearly never actually eaten genuine pizza in their lives. People in most of America think that the ketchup and cardboard served at Papa John's or Domino's counts as "Pizza", which is patently untrue.

[@kebrongurara1612]

People who've had italian pizza may boo pizza in New York

[@SRosenberg203]

@@kebrongurara1612 Eh. I've eaten Pizza in 3 Italian cities. It's good, but not as good as what we've got here. We still have better water than they do, which is essential for making the dough with the correct taste and consistency.

[@Sekirothewolf]

Sam Rosenberg who gives a fuck about pizza you sad man child

[@jasonthompson8147]

Sam Rosenberg hey just call New York pizza is a slice/slices of pizza. Chicago style is the only true pizza pie and I live in Florida so just straight facts no bias. All the fast food pizza that is thin crust is basically cardboard for sure.

[@SRosenberg203]

JASON THOMPSON Chicago “pizza” does taste quite good. The only thing is, it’s not pizza. It’s casserole. If you can’t fold it in half and eat it as you walk down the street, it’s not pizza. I’ve got nothing against Chicago Deep Dish, but its not comparable to pizza because it’s it’s a completely different food item. Simply having dough, tomato sauce, and mozzarella does not a pizza make.

[@HajileSelabat]

"I have a lot of women"

[@astrinymris9953]

Actually going by fanfic posted on AO3, Sansa is more popular than Arya. There are currently 28,764 stories under the Sansa tag, but only 16,830 under the Arya tag. Just sayin'.

[@aryastark575]

I skipped around, but did he ever actually answer the question that was asked? It sounded like he only spoke on writing women in general. I came here to see if we as Americans were pronouncing Sansa's name correctly, but I didn't hear him say it lol.

[@arturkvieira]

The last seasons are trash, not g r r martins fault tho

[@eddiewinehosen6665]

Jack Nicholson has already told us how to write female characters in "As Good As It Gets". "I think of a man and then I take away reason and accountability" :D

[@mmalovr57]

I mean, no version of Sansa is really that inspirational anyway. She’s a naive child the whole time. “Skills.” What skills?? I still don’t see that much evolution in her character by the end of ADWD.

[@bongokhrusha]

the girl is hot

[@captassassin5680]

“Sansa: Book Only”! I can understand that! Show Sansa was soooo annoying!

[@Jess-T]

Great answer, shame about the question. Kind of condescending to anyone who loves the show.

[@davewade30]

So...I'm confused. I thought there was supposed to be no difference between men and women in this age of wokeness. So why would there be a problem with a man writing female characters since according to the sjws we are all the exact same as each other?

[@johnlariviere4252]

Stop this man from drinking Coka Cola!

[@teese1630]

I just relized its not sansa i hate per say. just her fans who justfy her rating out her father and then exagering her reedemable qualities, like sansa isnt evl but she is the weakest female in all of aoiaf i dont mean weak as in strength although she is that too, i mean she is the weakest character from like the writting sense. things happen to sansa she has no actual affect on the game at all if you removed sansa from the plot the story it could all play out exactly the same their is nothing remarkable about her and lots of bad things happen to other people in proxity to things she does that are selfish, and while she is not the cause of those bad things and while those bad things would have happend absense her existence her actions are still irrehensible and shes the kind of person who moves to a low income neigbor hood and then preacgers to low income white people about their privalge while her parebnts pay over priced rent while she works at star bucks while she gets a arts and crafts degree and really thats why her fans like her cause they are that obnoxious self rightous middle cklass female and i hate them nore than i actualy hate her. her fans are under the delusion that she is important relavant and the story could exist without her george only wrote her existence in teh first place to give us a king landing pov withiout haveing a pov of the antagonist

[@videogamebomer]

I can tell you only read the first 2 books

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

Brienne has almost no impact on the plot lol.

[@dcgregorya5434]

She starts out as a mean rich girl...but thats also because she's vulnerable because of her weakness. She went "all in" on the notion of herself as a noble lady...then of course through her life experiences she finds her compassion and mental strength but that strength is still very vulnerable in a world like GoT.

[@adeisinger2033]

He looks so bored lol

[@lchpdmq]

Gee what amazing rote cliche

[@HebrewsElevenTwentyFive]

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