(06-20-2019, 08:32 PM)Hell Rell Wrote: Sansa went to the council with the intention of freeing Jon. That was her whole purpose for being there. She didn't know they were going to decide on a new king at that very moment.
Sansa doesn't need to speak for the rest of Westeros. She's there representing the north and only wants to speak for and do right by them. Her declaring independence isn't what's unbelievable about that scene. It's nobody else demanding it, especially Yara and the new prince of Dorne. Though I suppose this new elective monarchy means that someone from one of the other kingdoms can be voted king one day and they still get protection from the king so there's incentive to stay.
Besides, Sansa has been for an independent north for the last couple of seasons. Her animosity with Daenerys was about that first and foremost. She was upset with Jon for the bending the knee.
Who said any of them knew that a decision was going to be made to crown a new king at that moment? That's a moot point. What I'm saying is that if Sansa was merely there for Jon, the minute the discussion of a new king came up, she would have backed off. She didn't. She remained and therefore, was considered part of the council. She agreed with their decision that Bran should be king for all of the nations except for the fact that she changed the proposal by exempting the North.
Comparing Sansa to the forefathers of our country, I just don't see her as a true seeker of independence. Those who seek independence seek it for all and stand by its virtues. When Sam proposed the common folk ruling, Sansa didn't stand up and state that was the route to go. She didn't even do that for the North, and I'm not saying she has to.
But in speaking about independence and then subjecting the North to the rule of a queen, is she really that different from Dany? Dany considered herself the Breaker of Chains. Seems to me she's speaking of independence. But yet Dany also stated her people had no choice. Sansa supposedly is looking for independence in the North, but yet subjects them to the rule of a queen. If the North is under the rule of a queen, where is their freedom of choice?
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