Game of Thrones Finale!
Jun 16, 2015 10:01:15 GMT -5
Post by joy on Jun 16, 2015 10:01:15 GMT -5
The bolded is 100% true. I think it goes back to the personality thread that someone posted a few weeks ago. I have the executive personality so it makes sense as to why I get so frustrated. I'm so sick of tv shows portraying either a. women who use their vaginas to manipulate (Cercei, Melisandre) or b. meek women who let a bunch of shit happen to them and expect someone else to save them (Sansa, Dany). The only female characters in the show I like were the wildling women and Arya. Arya is amazing. She's like ten and practically said "fuck this shit" and left. She learned how to take care of herself, to play the game, and to get to a place where she can actually do something about her situation.
Just because I'd watch and learn how the game is played doesn't meant that I would be "using my vagina to manipulate" or "be meek." I would be learning what tools the fucking world gave me and I would learn to capitalize on them. I find stereotyping the women on this show into those two categories is short-sited. Cersei and Melisandre are a whole hell of a lot more than walking vaginas! Both manipulate and command huge swathes of both men and women. Neither are meek and neither are solely using sex to achieve their ends.
And, as I said yesterday, I don't think Arya's outward display of aggression and "fuck this" is anything to be admired. I also think she has no idea how to play to game - I think she's only barely aware that a game is happening. She's cruel and driven by her own hatred. Full stop. The woman who has mastered the game and the attitude, however, is Brienne. I completely admire Brienne. She also has a "fuck the rules" mentality but shows far more restraint, grace, and maturity than Arya possibly could consider. I don't like Arya one bit.
I enjoy that we're polar opposites on these characters right now. It makes talking about it fun.