Are There Any Strong Women In Game Of Thrones?

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It still has that sort of medieval view of women vibe but there are plenty of politically powerful women as well.

It's probably easier to describe by just saying most of the characters have a little bit more depth than simply strong/weak.

[mickybrighteyes]

All I've seen in got was a few sex scenes where women were getting raped or performing sex in each other in front of this one guy. I honesty don't know much else

That latter bit sounds like Petyr Baelish training some filler character who managed to eek out two more scenes than in the book to provide and show another side of the Master of Coin you don't get without some of the text in teh books. And there are rather few real rape scenes in teh series.

I want to say... crastor keep season 4, cersei/jaime season 3? (or was that 4 as well? it was botched cause they messed up when jaime was supposed to return AND the TV version doesn't show the inner monologues each character has), Khaleesi and Drogo season 1?

I can't think of anymore out of the entirety of the TV series (some more in the books that likely will never air due to already cutting characters for the series)

[Boricha]

Honestly Sansa has become my favorite character on the show. She starts off really arrogant and stupid, but as the show progresses she goes through some of the craziest mental torture and difficult decision making possible and by the end of season 4 she's a completely changed person, gaining power and has some some serious motives.

[Adramalech]

How can there be a thread about strong female GoT characters and no one mentioning Ygritte? Shame on y'all.

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Honestly Sansa has become my favorite character on the show. She starts off really arrogant and stupid, but as the show progresses she goes through some of the craziest mental torture and difficult decision making possible and by the end of season 4 she's a completely changed person, gaining power and has some some serious motives.

I agree. I really enjoyed her developement so far.

And Arya is a beast.

[Miyani]

Yep all only terribly weak women Brianne can only fight and kill 3 men at once without taking a scratch.

[apepi]

There is many ways to strong.

[Sorshen]

Yep all only terribly weak women Brianne can only fight and kill 3 men at once without taking a scratch.

Up until the cunt punt.

[Miyani]

Up until the cunt punt.

Everyone has their weaknesses =p

[Falrinn]

Game of Thrones has an interesting take on gender roles. It's very much a medieval setting and there is more then one case where women are essentially treated as sex slaves. However there are also cases where those same women outmaneuver the men who are trying to take advantage of them and turn the situation to their advantage. Plenty of women in the series are politically powerful, regardless of whether they are officially in charge of anything or not (Olenna might not technically be in charge of House Tyrell, but she's totally in charge of house Tyrell).

There are also more straightforward examples of strong female character. Brianne of Tarth for example is probably the most literal "Strong female character" I've ever seen. In that she's powerfully built and is so skilled in combat that in a straight fight she'll only so much as break a sweat against swordfighters of truly legendary skill.

Then there's Arya Stark who, despite still basically being a child, has racked up an astounding body count.

[Deezlar]

OP, if you really haven't experienced these books/TV series, and are concerned about gender stereotypes, please, do yourself a favour and watch a couple of episodes and decide for yourself.

Literally every male in the books is governed by a strong woman figure, with one or two exceptions such as Tywin Lannister, and The Mountain.

G.R.R. Martin may have a great knack for turning a plot on its head and stripping away plot armour, but underneath, he is still the insecure little kid that girls didn't want to kiss in the playground, so he invented Daenerys Targaryen.

[Topkek]

Tumblr is leaking guys, gg wp

[eschatological]

Even Tywin is ruled in many ways by the death of his wife. And his sister (who appears in book 5) has far more insight into anything than Tywin ever did.

Even "weak" female characters like Gilly show extraordinary strength at times.

Most of the men, in fact, end up seeming weak and disoriented in comparison to the women in their lives. The strongest man in the book, I'd argue, is strong because he's a fucking eunuch and doesn't care about women at all. Even Littlefinger's one weakness is (one, particular) woman.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

The difference is that the ladies hold subtle political power, whereas the gentlemen are prominently conquering lands and such.

[Lightning-]

There are a lot of strong women, just look at Cersei, Brienne and even Arya, she is very young but has more guts than most adults.

[klogaroth]

The difference is that the ladies hold subtle political power, whereas the gentlemen are prominently conquering lands and such.

Except Daenarys, who rules a nation. And Brienne, who will kick anyone's ass. And Arya, who is on the way to becoming a master assassin. And Asha Greyjoy, who kicks a fair amount of ass and as far as I know is next in line to rule the Iron Isle. And Ygritte, who is a warrior woman and certainly knows a great deal more than Jon Snow.


GoT has women in all sorts of places. As rulers, warriors, knights, barbarians, assassins and yes, political schemers as well. There are females with and without power. Women who exploit others and women who are exploited.

In general the array of characters in GoT is pretty diverse. It needs to be if you're going to kill them all :P

[Stormcall]

All I've seen in got was a few sex scenes where women were getting raped or performing sex in each other in front of this one guy.

That's all you've seen? So like...did you look up "Game of Thrones scene" on a porn site or something?

[Noomz]

So I've been avoiding game of thrones for a while because I was under the assumption that most of the women in the show were being portrayed as helpless sex slaves. I thought about giving it a shot but the idea that the women are helpless kinda irks me. I'm hoping that there are at least a few of them willing to stand up against their masters. Is there a fair amount of women in the show that don't dance to the wime of their masters or no?

Physicly strong? One, Brienne (spelling).
Mentall strong that have great amounts of power? Plenty.

BUt let me remind you, the GoT universe takes a lot of inspiration from medieval/feudal society, in which women were forced into certain roles. Even so, the distribution of powerfull characters in the series is quite even. Arya Stark might be my favorite character, she murders in cold blood at the tender age of 10, if I remember correctly.

Anyway, is that MLP porn in your avatar? I'm not quite sure what to make of you.

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How can there be a thread about strong female GoT characters and no one mentioning Ygritte? Shame on y'all.

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I agree. I really enjoyed her developement so far.

And Arya is a beast.

She had one famous line, and that's that you know nothing, Jon Snow!

[Stormspellz]

2 pages and no one mentioned the sand snakes...

[ciggy]

Most of the female characters are pretty goddamn strong.. Intelligent..

Give it a shot, keep those false assumptions.. and come out the other side feeling like a complete jack wagon.

[Urmydinner]

Honestly some of the most interesting characters are female. My favorite storyline in the books is Arya's, who is really the antithesis of her sister.