[KiwiBird]

Its getting close to 2 am in the morning and i am suddenlu hit with insight.

A pawn and a player in training are the same thing. Right up until the moment she becomes a player. Thus this discussion is wrongly named. And indeed we have been discussing wether she'll become more, wether she"ll be a player for real one day, not wether she is a player in training or a pawn, cause it is obvious that she is both, the big question is,will she succeed in her education or remain a failure. But even players are pawns as well.

Also i read something about that sansa is a toughie, cause she has been able to cope with all that has happened to her without cracking up.

Perhaps I am a cold person, but I dont find it all that much amazing. Even more i find it normal. Only exceptionally weak persons would have cracked up. Up until AFFC regardless of her age she has not shown any strenght at all, indeed, all she did was turn inside herself, close herself up, not facing anything. Nothing strong or amazing about it. It is only in AFFC, when she finds herself in a safe environment, that she shows signs of strenght, though my interpretation is more that she just comes more back to a twisted version of herself. Not strenght at all, it is not strenght when the only way you can get yourself to act in an almost normal manner, when you are pretending to be someone else. thats a play, and plays gotta end sooner or later. We'll see how well she does when she is forced to become sansa once more.

Oh i remember one more okay moment of her, during Stannis attack of King's Landing. Even so, saying what she said to me does not require much strenght. No, up until further notice Sansa is the weakest of the bunch, just like lady was of the direwolves. Alayne seems to be shaping up better, but Alayne is a facade nothing more.