#she is SOOOOOOO accurate in her teen girl isms
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sorrrryyy more game of thrones posting but one thing that has been on my mind quite a bit while thinking about the show is the question "how much of its misogynistic reputation actually is the fanbase's fault?" and I am not arguing game of thrones is some piece of flawless feminist media, god forbid, but I was genuinely surprised by the sheer amount of well written female characters and how well a lot of them actually hold up, because people in my corner of the internet have treated it like this ugly beacon of modern misogyny. (Looking back this is deeeply ironic when considering what shows a lot of the tumblr userbase was watching at the time.) However. then I watch any video related to the show and go into the comment section and am HIT with a wave of nasty evil disgusting sexism usually only found in AITA reddit comment sections. and then i get it.
#game of thrones spoilers#<- ?#i think the one group that is far and large treated the worst by the actual writing in the show are sex workers#and. again. i am not saying the show is flawless women representation or whatever#but i gotta say it is rare to see a character like sansa on tv in a show that is decidedly not marketed to teen girls#she is SOOOOOOO accurate in her teen girl isms#and whaddaya know!!! people fucking hate her#but this is what i mean. the disconnect!!!#also really interesting to compare to shows like sherlock that had. well. an interesting handful of female characters#but a large female fanbase
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