Daenerys Targaryen // Sansa Stark

Daenerys Targaryen // Sansa Stark

Can you guys let me know what the most common ASOIAF ships are? These are the ones I know of but I’m sure I’m missing some. If you could reply or reblog or even send an ask with any I’m missing, that’d be great. No niche rarepairs, please. Only fairly common ones.

Jon/Daenerys

Jon/Arya

Jon/Sansa

Jon/Sam

Jon/Val

Jon/Satin

Jon/Ygritte

Daenerys/Arya

Daenerys/Sansa

Daenerys/Drogo

Daenerys/Daario

Daenerys/Tyrion

Daenerys/Asha

Arya/Gendry

Arya/Edric Dayne

Sansa/Tyrion

Sansa/Sandor

Sansa/Harry the Heir

Sansa/Jeyne

Sansa/Margaery

Sam/Gilly

Tyrion/Tysha

Tyrion/Bronn

Jaime/Brienne

Jaime/Cersei

Ned/Cat

Rhaegar/Lyanna

Renly/Loras

Those are all I can think of…… am I missing any fairly big ones? Nothing from anything pre-RhaLya, so Rhaenicent or Daemyra wouldn’t count. I mostly follow Dany, Arya, and Jon fans, with a few Sansa fans and some Briaimes too, so I’m probably missing a lot that exist for other POV characters. No ship discourse on this post please. No show exclusive characters either.

Congratulations on being one of the only asoiaf artists who knows what auburn hair looks like lol everyone makes Sansa a ginger 😭 I have auburn hair just like how you draw Sansa’s and it always irks me that everyone thinks auburn is ginger!! Auburn hair is the color where some people definitively call you a brunette and others definitively call you a redhead—but never a ginger

Thank you!! That means a lot 🥲 and I feel that, Sansa my love, ur hair is gorge but tricky, tbh sometimes it’s hard to find her right tone, lights and shades are big part of the result as well. Anyway, auburn hair is beautifuuuuul. 💖💖💖💖

Also something that drives me fucking wild is seeing people refer to Dany and Arya’s roles as patriarchal or wish-fulfillment for men. Just yesterday I saw the phrase “patriarchal power fantasy” used. I need everyone to sit down and think about what “patriarchy” means.

For the purpose of this post, and any other post I make, please know that when I say “masculine” I am referring to stereotypes associated with the male sex and when I say “feminine” I am referring to stereotypes associated with the female sex. Masculine =/= male and feminine =/= female.

Patriarchy does not refer to masculinity. It does not mean that masculine people are in power (I wouldn’t go as far as to call Dany or Arya masculine, but bear with me). Patriarchy refers to systems where MEN are the sex caste in power. Men. Not masculine people. Under a patriarchal system, women are oppressed regardless of whether or not they conform to femininity, although the less a woman conforms, the more she is punished for it. Dany and Arya’s arcs are inherently ANTI patriarchal on the simple basis that they are female and they defy what is expected of women in Westeros. They can never represent male power fantasies because they are not men. Referring to their arcs as male power fantasies is telling on yourself. You are revealing that your view of women and what we want and fantasize about is narrow. Why would you assume that only men would desire to travel across the sea and learn the ways of a secret society of assassins? Why would you assume that only men would want to wield the power of dragons and amass loyal supporters?

You are part of the problem by assuming that the desire for power is a male trait. Yes, we stereotypically associate that with men. That stereotype, and what we consider masculine and feminine as a whole, almost exclusively exist to uphold the patriarchy. Women are expected to be peaceful pacifists, complacent, quiet, because that keeps us under the boot of the male caste. Consider why so many “strong” female characters are less feminine. Is it because people feel the need to make them more like men in order to be “strong?” I say no. At least, not most of the time. If this is what you think, you’ve got the order mixed up. Skirts, dresses, and heels are impractical for fighting and limit movement a lot. Thus, it wouldn’t make sense for a competent female fighter to be wearing them. These things have been forced upon women BECAUSE they are impractical. A woman who keeps her hair short and wears no makeup and wears pants and no heels is not trying to emulate men. She is shedding femininity because femininity is impractical and time consuming. Consider WHY so many traits associated with power, leadership, and combat are considered masculine. It’s the enforcement of the patriarchy. Female characters who chase down these things and embody these qualities and do not conform to femininity are not basically men. They are women who are rejecting the system. This is antithetical to the patriarchy and to male power fantasies.

In summary: a female character who has an arc typically associated with male characters can never be a male power fantasy BECAUSE she is female.

Obligatory note that women who do conform are not lesser and their stories are not less important—they just do not challenge the patriarchy.