Game of Thrones Is Finally Telling Stories About Women, Not Girls
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Sansa’s costume change may matter the most going forward. Because Game of Thrones has finally given up telling stories about girls. It’s telling one about women instead.
Game of Thrones is often under scrutiny for being sexist or even misogynist. And so childish weakness in the female characters becomes more than just a case of a slightly wonky adaptation. Once again, you can explain to your show-watcher friends that Dany’s Season 2 tantrums about her dragons make more sense if they’re coming from a teenager, but that doesn’t mean those tantrums should have stayed in the script.
But as Game of Thrones the show departs more and more from the books, things are looking up for the younger women in the cast. The writers seem to have realized they can’t keep writing a girl’s story for a grown woman, and that it’s time for the younger cast to join the ranks of the Cerseis and Briennes.
But the evolution and book departures for the Aryas, Danys, and Joffreys pale in comparison to the change in Sansa Stark’s story. It’s true that in the case of both Sansa and Arya, we see the influence of their “dark” surrogate fathers, Littlefinger and the Hound, respectively. But for Sansa, it doesn’t seem to me like she’s lost any control or concept of who she is. Quite the contrary.
All in all, great strides were made for the female characters in Game of Thrones this week. Yes, even for naked Missandei, who is 10 years old in the books. The way Nathalie Emmanuel stood up somewhat proudly before covering herself, and then later telling Grey Worm she was glad he saw her, felt strong, not weak. In fact, Grey Worm seems like the vulnerable one in this context. Missandei’s conversation with Dany may not have passed the Bechdel test, but it didn’t set either woman back in any way. By departing more and more from the books, Game of Thrones has made a better environment for women. Bring it on.
how can u call GOT that, just because its realistic.... it set in a medieval world.... we all know what was the place of women back then.... again some people are doing the most of it...
but then again she was always like that since season 1... we all remember that she only cared about money and titles...
love her!