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Greg Evans
Apr 30, 2019
Warning: Huge Game of Thrones Season 8, episode 3, The Long Night - spoilers ahead.
So, after the latest epic episode of the all-encompassing show which has basically replaced Brexit as the only thing that people can talk about, the only name on everyone's lips (again - remember that scene from last week?) was Arya Stark.
During the brutal 'Battle of Winterfell,' the big bad of the show, The Night King ( for those who don't watch the show; he's the big icy dude that you've probably seen on bus stop posters) was killed by the pint-sized hero played by Maisie Williams.
As you can imagine this was a huge moment for the show and a crowning moment for Arya, as a teenage girl literally saw off an ice zombie and saved the human race from certain death and nearly everyone celebrated like she had just won the World Cup.
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Notice that we used the word 'nearly' there and inevitably there was a backlash against this decision to have Arya kill The Night King and yes, we regret to report that those complaining about it are men.
This was mostly instigated by alt-right figurehead, Jack Posobiec, who called Arya a 'Mary Sue,' aka a female character that is deemed to be 'too perfect' and boring due to their lack of flaws.
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Unfortunately, he wasn't the only one repeating this sort of childish rhetoric.
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Thankfully there are some decent, logical and forward-thinking Game of Thrones fans on Twitter and a lot of people have come to Arya defence and elaborated on why she definitely isn't a Mary Sue.
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