Maisie speaks out on Sexism roles for women

Daenys the Dreamer started the war by dreaming of the Doom and getting the Targaryens the fuck out of Valyria.

I blame Uncle Harbert. If he had just let chibi!Stannis keep Proudwing then none of this would have happened!


In all honesty, WotFK was caused by a plethora of issues, some of which existed a good while before RR, some of which are more recent. A war was inevitable once Robert was dead IMO. Joffrey and Cersei were such inept rulers that they would of riled the North and Riverlands into rebellion if the show is anything to go by, not to mention the Tyrell's had been trying to wed Margaery to Robert before Renly's rebellion. I believe Renly would rebel either way, given how his book rebellion began before he knew about Cersei's incest. Stannis seemed to hate the Lannisters and Cersei in particular and according to Tywin he was long percieved as a threat to Joffrey's reign. The Dornish despised the Lannisters for RR and that was not going to change, especially when a half Lannister (or full blooded Lannister) sat the Iron Throne, the Arryns are almost extinct and most Vale high lords, like Royce seem to dislike, or at least be dobious of the Lannisters.
The war was caused by a plethora of half buried grievances and issues. These were just exploited by people, particularly Petyr Baelish to serve their own ends.

Brienne is the truest knight in the book. However, she does let her honor cave sometimes for mercy. It's unfortunate that the decision to have her defeat two favorite characters in the show has made so many people dislike her. 

I didn't mean to insinuate that was the only reason people dislike her. But I think a lot of people dislike her for that.

I think of Brienne and the Hound as foils, which is why it was brilliant to me that they fought. They both suffered as children (though the Hound suffered in much more brutal ways). They both became these giant warriors looking for people to serve and protect. They're both loyal. She took on the characteristics of a knight, though she could't be one. He, on the other hand, hates knights because he sees the hypocrisy in most knights and refuses to become one. He does a lot of honorable things, though, mixed in with the dishonorable. He can't stand to see someone small bullied. 

Yes, I love that. I love all the Stark children protectors and there have been many.

Back to the original thread, there are things about Arya one can admire, but I certainly wouldn't call her a role model. However, I think that Maisie is right that she got really lucky to get a role like this one, that doesn't rely on being typical, because even though she's turning into a lovely woman, she doesn't have that "hot" look that Sophie has and that has become almost required to get a good role. Sophie is doubly blessed with natural acting ability and the look.

Something that bothers me about the current brand of feminism that is so popular is the idea that women have to be able to physically compete with men to be worth something. It's almost as bad as saying we have to be pretty to be worth something. I was born with a small body, and no amount of judo is going to allow me to kick a big man's ass. But I still have value. We all know that, but do the people who make super hero movies know that?