peachcollective: Sansa (Society) ☼ Arya (Wilderness) ☾ But his sister had left the wi

peachcollective: Sansa (Society) ☼ Arya (Wilderness) ☾ But his sister had left the wilds, to walk in the halls of man-rock where other hunters ruled, and once within those halls it was hard to find the path back out. (Bran I, ASOS)Sansa is a society child. She approaches the world through narrative. She thinks in terms of songs and stories, both in regards to the world around her and in regards to herself. When presented with the social infrastructure of Westeros’ patriarchy, she adheres to it and thrives within it. She doesn’t question it, but when she encounters things that don’t align with what she’s been taught, she will adjust the narratives to meet her needs. Sansa represents the refined femininity of upper-class society: pretty embroidery, music, dancing, fancy dresses and courtly intrigue. She was strong and swift and fierce, and her pack was all around her, her brothers and her sisters. They ran down a frightened horse together, tore its throat out, and feasted. And when the moon broke through the clouds, she threw back her head and howled. (Arya V, ASOS)Arya is a free spirit. She has a “wildness” in her and the “wolf blood”. She is the child society has no place for, so she carves out her own existence in the world, as opposed to adhering to its narrow expectations of her. She fundamentally questions societal infrastructures because she is someone who, despite being born into nobility, is still rejected by her society due to not accepting the role given to her based on her gender. Arya’s femininity manifests in the natural. Her beauty is found in her wildness. She represents the moon, water, she-wolves, pack life, and the very earth itself. You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. (Arya II, AGOT)Sansa is a summer child, where things are beautiful and bright and full of songs and stories, all things associated with the luminescence of the sun. And if Sansa is the sun, Arya is the moon. In Arya’s story, the moon is symbolically attached to her identity, her wildness, her magic, her femininity and her skills. And like the moon, Arya exists in opposition to society and thrives.You need her, as she needs you. (Arya II, AGOT)As winter approaches, and the days get shorter and the nights grow longer, Sansa (and society) will have to adjust to a long winter and a long night where the main source of light is the moon, which is Arya’s sovereignty. The night is where Arya’s magic reigns supreme, and she is destined to play an instrumental part in the war for the dawn, as it is a war of wilderness and can’t be won in courts and politics. But after the war is over, both Arya and Sansa, as wilderness and society, must come together to rebuild in the spring. -- source link

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