#fine wine metaphor isn't doing them justice

[amid-fandoms]

no youtubers have ever aged this well ever

[waitingforwinterwinds]

Game of Thrones - 16 EDDARD III (pages 147-153)

Ned tries to find justice, but Cersei's ego-trip proves too strong, and Goodest Girl Lady faces the consequences of someone else's actions.

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His men had been searching for Arya for four days now, but the queen's men had been out hunting as well.

That Arya evaded so many men for four days is quite impressive, you'd think at least one tracker would have managed to find a single young girl, but then again: it's Arya~

He spoke to Robert, but it was Cersei Lannister who answered.

And doesn't that just sum up so much.

His eldest daughter stepped forward hesitantly. She was dressed in blue velvets trimmed with white, a silver chain around her neck. Her thick auburn hair had been brushed until it shone. She blinked at her sister, then at the young prince. "I don't know," she said tearfully, looking as though she wanted to bolt. "I don't remember. Everything happened so fast, I didn't see..."

Hmmm. So, couple of things in this paragraph. Remembering in the last chapter that Sansa and the narration not only mentioned she had never drunk so much wine, but also mentioned she felt dizzy because of the wine, and knowing how poorly people actually do remember sudden and alarming events, it's entirely possible that Sansa genuinely doesn't know what happened. That said: Arya was gone for four days, the last chapter happed four days ago why is Sansa only being questioned on what happened now? In a later chapter, and the show, Ned explains to Arya that Sansa was in a tough position, if she did remember, saying she didn't was the easiest way out for everyone. At this point Cersei hasn't demanded their wolves be killed, Ned and Robert are pushing for slaps on the wrists for both Arya and Joffrey.

Lastly, you notice the description of Sansa's outfit? Wanna know how many other characters had their outfits described in that much detail? None. None of them had their outfits described let alone in that much detail, only Sansa. But why? Well, I'm assuming it's to hide the metaphor in plain sight. You notice the description of her silver neck accessory? Not a necklace. A chain. Sansa is literally trapped by societal expectations right now.

"We have a wolf," Cersei Lannister said. Her voice was very quiet, but her green eyes shone with triumph.

I'mma claw this woman's green eyes out. This isn't about justice for her, this is about revenge, this is about power. Bitch flex, and not okay. But also, as we saw in a previous chapter (one of Tyrion's) Cersei has wanted the wolves dead since before they left Winterfell, I really don't think Lady and Nymeria were ever going to make it to King's Landing, even if such a perfect excuse hadn't fallen into Cersei's lap. Hard to say what was the bonus for her here: killing Lady or getting that much power over the Starks.

Ned sat beside her for a while. "Lady," he said tasting the name. He had never paid much attention to the names the children had picked, but looking at her now, he knew Sansa had chosen well. She was the smallest of the litter, the prettiest, the most gentile and trusting. She looked at him with bright golden eyes, and he ruffled her thick grey fur.

"Now Lady, you have to be very good and play dead for a bit, Jory will take you Home to Winterfell, make sure to pick up your sister on the way. Good girl." And everything was fine and Joffrey and Cersei both died of sudden pneumonia unrelated to anything and also Petyr Baelish tripped down some stairs and broke his neck and died and no wolves were harmed in the making of Cersei's ego. Although Mycah also had to return to Winterfell, he got to ride in a cart so he didn't put any pressure on his broken leg, which was the only injury he got running away from the Hound.