It's hard to know how much of Arya's anger at Sansa is genuine anger, and how much is just her way of trying to wake her sister up. I agree, it reminds me a lot of her training in Braavos. She seems to be doing the same thing the Faceless Men did with her, rubbing Sansa's nose in her own weaknesses to get her to rise above them. That last scene, creepy as Arya was, she seemed to be more or less her showing her sister that she's the one she should be trusting - not Littlefinger. With all her lethal skills, she could easily have killed her and taken her place if that's what she really wanted. Then she gives Sansa the dagger as if to say "You need this more than I do." You know, with all the people lining up to stab her in the back. I think Sansa got the message but again, hard to tell. Arya has the demeanor of someone who could kill you on a whim because you said the wrong thing. Gotta love it!
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TexasJack (12515)
7 years ago
She may have that demeanor, but so far every one of her kills have been people who completely deserved it.
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chrisjdel (2714)
7 years ago
Which is exactly why I think everything she said to her sister, during both their conversations, had a purpose. Including telling her that she'd die before betraying her family. Arya may be disappointed in Sansa but she would never hurt her. Handing her the dagger sort of reinforced that, and hinted that there were other people she actually did need to worry about.
When Sansa spoke to Littlefinger you could almost hear him thinking So she's using the letter as leverage, is she? Dammit, that was MY leverage! He's definitely freaked out by Arya. Probably because he knows it's only a matter of time before she comes for him. I think his odds of surviving the season finale are not good. He's going to try something and it's going to backfire disastrously.
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