Media & ArtsTIL Arya and Brienne from Game Of Thrones are trans

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[–]HelloMomo 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Back in the day, when I was like 15 or 16, I was reading the books and also mostly-believed gender identity theory, I remember this line standing out to me as interesting.

"I'm not his [the Hound's] stupid son!" said Arya furiously. That was even worse than being taken for a boy.

Arya is intentionally crossdressing but still doesn't like being misgendered. This was when I still thought misgendering was a thing, and took TRAs at their word when they said cis people don't like it either, and this struck me as an interesting example of that premise in action.

[–]julesburm1891 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Came here to say that. Martin writes Arya, Brienne, and Asha very clearly as strong women who are confined by gendered expectations. He never pretends they aren’t women and, I think, actually has some good commentary on how those expectations hurt women with these character as well as Sansa and Cersei.

[–]HelloMomo 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

My only internet friend who I know is a terf but who I did not meet through GC stuff — I met her through Cersei-centric fanfic XD