#Brienne and her ilk are the sisterhood I come crawling back to

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With the show - which, admittedly, I've only seen pieces of but Gwendolyn Christie can ACT - I actually clocked her as heterosexual but like. Demisexual. Maybe grey-ace? Like, yes, sex is cool and feels good and orgasms are great for relaxing, but there's a supposedly-new swordplay technique on display tomorrow, so she needs to get plenty of sleep so she can watch as carefully as possible.

Jaime being the crazy bisexual is 100 percent accurate, he even sits upside down if he's not paying attention. He's besotted with Brienne.

Now, is Brienne "butch" aesthetically? Yes, because she's a warrior and it's practical. That doesn't mean she CAN'T look femme if she wants, it's just not high on her priority list in most situations.

I can relate. Being femme takes effort, especially when you're a broad-shouldered Amazon of a bitch. But don't you dare tell me that she didn't wear something like this and knock Jaime out from sudden blood loss.

I'm like a solid 9 inches shorter than Gwendolyn Christie, but I have the shoulders and build, and people've been clocking me as a lesbian my ENTIRE LIFE. I am not. I'm demiromantic and pansexual. I tend to wards liking... Feminine energy? Vibes? In romantic partners, but I was married to a dude for 13 years. So I'm a little defensive of Brienne of Tarth, despite not going here. Young Nova could have used her, when sorting through their gender feelings in the mid to late 90s. But since I didn't, I'm now protective of her and her archetype - the straight woman people think are gay - so that big, broad-shouldered women can know that they, yes, are women if they want to be.

I want more Brienne of Tarth's in the world of literature and media, because I want more people to know that they can look exactly as femme or masc as they want at any given point, and even change their mind, and it doesn't change their gender unless they want it to.

Gwendolyn Christie and Brienne of Tarth are like. My safe space. The place where I hold a tiny candle of womanhood alight for future Nova, should they want it.

Jaime is just a crazy bisexual who wants to be crushed and I Understand That Vibe.

Can I speak my truth. I don’t think Brienne is even a little gay. I think she’s a kinsey zero who false positives on everyone’s radar. I think if you dropped brienne into new age 2024 she would get treated as a lesbian in her day to day life but whenever a woman liked her she’d be like. Ummmmmmm I’m really sorry but I don’t. Feel like that. I think she’d give lesbianism the good old college try bc of the direness of her male love life and come down firmly on the side of not attracted to women. I think she is quintessential pnw woman who you think is a slam dunk homerun lesbian based on everything about her who drops the word husband on you. I think she gets clocked on sight and mentions a partner named Jaime which makes people go. Okay. Partner i know that game. Jamie easily the name of a lesbian. Easily. And then she drops the he pronouns and you go. Well. Could still be a weird lesbian. And then Jaime is a business major in a frat with generational wealth. And HE is the kinsey five in the relationship.