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i absolutely hate this kinda of argument because they try to label EVERYTHING as "feminine coded" or "masculine coded".

here's an example:

this person claims that both arya and daenerys have a "masculine strength/courage" because one is an assassin and the other has a magical military weapon. sansa on the other hand, is just like alysanne because both of them never used a sword and both have a female bodyguard. nevermind that alysanne is a dragonrider just like dany, or that grrm said she was a fine archer and hunter in her youth. alysanne was jaehaerys most trusted counselor and arya asked her father if she could become a king's counselor. both arya and dany make friends with anybody and care about protecting the smallfolk, just like alysanne. martin said arya was inspired in feminist women and sansa is literally her foil but they according to them sansa is alysanne "a cock is not essential" reborn and arya and dany are men wannabes.

and since swords/dragons = masculine coded and diplomacy/pen/administration = feminine, i guess we can say that varys, sam and littlefinger are more "feminine coded" than daenerys, brienne and arya lol 😭

I am so tired of people saying that Arya and Dany are "not like the other girls" these people really must learn that this term goes beyond not following typical feminine standards.

Neither of them feel superior to other girls, neither of them has treated another girl badly just for being a girl, neither of them hates femininity.

both remain feminine without having to follow the typical standards of the time.

So no, it's not that we believe that Arya and Dany are superior for being "not like the other girls" who beat bad girls for being "feminine" because we have never believed that Dany and Arya are not feminine.