#sansa stark of winterfell

[smilingfig]

“Brave." Sansa took a deep breath. "I am a Stark, yes, I can be brave.”

[sidraofthewildflowers]

“You’re going to die tomorrow, Lord Bolton. Sleep well.”

.

.

.

The Queen in the North

[starrysansa]

i know sansa has blue eyes but book sansa in particular has such big brown doe eyes energy

[vintrage]

besties who hate each other so bad (aka sisters)

[moseslikellamas]

There’s something so poetically evil about Sansa embodying everything the realm wants a proper lady to be and then them all hating her for it. She cares about knights and songs, sewing and pretty dresses. And she’s scorned for it, naïve little girl who isn’t equipped to deal with the horrors of life. Because they don’t prepare women for the horrors of life despite the fact that they have to live in the same reality as all of the terrible deeds. Sansa embodies everything a young lady is supposed to and it ruins her life. The same way women are meant to bear heirs but they don’t tell them beforehand how it happens. It’s this sick fetishization of an ideal of women that they can never truly achieve because life isn’t ideal. Sansa is the picture of what they want women to be and it can never be enough still.

[polysucks]

The pretty dresses she thought would bring her joy and the ones that actually did

Wanted to upload high res copies so you can see the little details I put into her face. Kind of a ‘you didn’t know what you had until it was gone’ kind of piece that made me feel very emotional.

[soncee]

New Sansa painting

[scorpiusartistry]

The Queen of the North, Sansa Stark with her sworn sword, her sister, Princess Arya Stark

[threewaywithdelusion]

You know what makes me feral? Robb Stark making Jon Snow his heir. From every single possible angle, it's just too good.

Robb's unfailing trust in his brother. His willingness to fight his mother for Jon, even after the Theon fiasco, and insist that Jon is different. Robb's love for his bastard brother is one of my favorite things about him, and the moment where he decides to make Jon his heir is truly Robb at his best.

And Jon never finds out. He turns down Stannis's offer of legitimization and Winterfell, not knowing that everything he ever wanted is already his. It drives me crazy, because it would mean so much to Jon. Even if he wouldn't abandon the Wall for it, he would want to know that Robb loved him enough to make him a Stark.

And Sansa! The way her ghost lingers over both boys. The way Robb and Jon think about their sisters is one of the major differences between them. Robb wouldn't give up his honorable war or his prisoner the Kingslayer to save two little girls. He disinherited Sansa when she was married to Tyrion, which is good military strategy to keep Winterfell out of Lannister hands, but would hurt her immensely if she knew.

And Jon is the opposite. Jon dies trying to get to Arya, because he will give up his honor and prioritize one little girl over a war against a literal army of the dead intent on annihilating all the living. (Not good military strategy, but Jon and Arya's bond is so important). And Jon won't take Winterfell when there's a chance Sansa will claim it. Even when Stannis calls her Lady Lannister, Jon does not dream of usurping Sansa's claim. I truly believe that Jon would sooner have Lady Sansa Lannister rule from Winterfell than claim it while she lives to keep it in "Stark" hands.

The politics of which Stark sibling holds the North is endlessly fascinating to me and I wish they could know what their siblings are doing for them. Jon should know that Robb made him a king. Sansa should know that Jon refused to take her home.

[thesongoflorelei]

‘My skin has turned to porcelain, to ivory, to steel.‘ (A Storm of Swords, Sansa V).

[a-chaotic-dumbass]

winterfell is one of my favorite of the castles bc its warm. both in a metaphorical and literal meaning. its built on natural hot springs and has hot water streaming through out the entire castle, protecting its residents both from the cold and people alike. its so warm inside that catelyn can open her windows in the middle of the night and still stay comfortable. even the glass gardens are warm enough for flowers to bloom and crops to grow in the long winters, feeding the keep. the people are warm too; everyone from the servants to the lord himself. Ned cared for his people and they loved him for that and took care of the Starklings in turn, risked their lives to save Bran and Rickon from the ironborn. Theon knows that if Bran and Rickon were to get away from Winterfell, the commoners themselves would protect the princes, hide and lie for them. and when Sansa builds Winterfell from snow and rocks and sticks in the Eyrie, it doesn't feel right bc despite the snow which covered it from winter to summer, Winterfell itself never was cold

[vpba]

Lady Catelyn Tully Stark and her daughters 🐺❄️

.

Just another morning in Winterfell

[jon-quil]

i rereading asoiaf concluded again that sansa is so misunderstood. while she was abused, humiliated, used as everyone’s pawn, and finally forced to become a child bride, and yet, through it all, she remained ever gentle and kind. people like to say that sansa is weak, but it takes a lot of strength to remain kind and hopeful while going through torment and being abused

[lirazelseastar]

Imagine Sansa receiving Lady for the first time

[vintrage]

begging for more wintery sansa art

and what if i said thats my baby girl. my cinnamon apple <3

[jelloholic]

Direwolves are supposed to be an intimidating sigil to represent House Stark, but this is all I picture when I am reminded of them: