crimsonfloyd
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Arya has always been one of the best characters on the show and her present attitude makes total sense. People seem to forget that Arya is a tween mass murderer. She's been killing people since season one, often relishing in it. She's obsessed with any slight or offense against her or her family, so obviously she's gonna hold Sansa's feet to the fire for her letter to Robb.
As for Sansa, I think there's a lot of internal conflict there. One of the growing themes of this show as it reaches it's final stages is illustrating how the young characters (Arya, Jon, Dany, Sansa) have been shaped by their environments and mentors. Part of Sansa is still that principled Stark attitude that certainly was instilled in her since childhood, which is why she's dedicated to the North. However, her time in Kings Landing and the mentorship of Cersi and Littlefinger have taught her that if you don't fight to be the most powerful, you will be eaten alive. Whether she wants to or not, she clearly sees Jon as competition, at least to some degree. Her own words betray resentment ("I saved the North; Jon lost the battle of the bastards"). Arya sees this, is calling it out, and is clearly hitting a nerve with the notion that Sansa is jealous of Jon.
While a lot of the past few episodes have centered on this stupid "catch a white walker and take to Kings Landing" plot, the stuff in Winterfell has been totally compelling, complex, and full of shades of grey, all the stuff that makes GOT great.
As for Sansa, I think there's a lot of internal conflict there. One of the growing themes of this show as it reaches it's final stages is illustrating how the young characters (Arya, Jon, Dany, Sansa) have been shaped by their environments and mentors. Part of Sansa is still that principled Stark attitude that certainly was instilled in her since childhood, which is why she's dedicated to the North. However, her time in Kings Landing and the mentorship of Cersi and Littlefinger have taught her that if you don't fight to be the most powerful, you will be eaten alive. Whether she wants to or not, she clearly sees Jon as competition, at least to some degree. Her own words betray resentment ("I saved the North; Jon lost the battle of the bastards"). Arya sees this, is calling it out, and is clearly hitting a nerve with the notion that Sansa is jealous of Jon.
While a lot of the past few episodes have centered on this stupid "catch a white walker and take to Kings Landing" plot, the stuff in Winterfell has been totally compelling, complex, and full of shades of grey, all the stuff that makes GOT great.
