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Dany and Jon have an important parentage-related chat in the Winterfell crypt.
Davos makes a big pot of stew.
Forsomeviewers, that sex scene wasuncomfortable.
The question of her exact age feels less important than how her sex scene with Gendry actually happens.
Gendrys a bit slow to catch on, but when he does, his participation is enthusiastic.
And crucially, in the little bit we see of the act, Arya is the one on top.
Much of the scene is shot from Aryas eyeline.
To be fair, Sam had been grievously wounded and was not in tip-top physical shape.
(When Jon later asks Sam how they even managed it, Sam says carefully.)
Its meant to be vividly different than the characters previous years of sexual abuse.
Perhaps most importantly, Arya and Gendrys long-term arc gives their hookup some additionally meaningful oomph.
Theyve changed a lot since that moment.
Its the thing that feels most buried and least considered about the scene.
Watching her now undress feels, as some people put it, like watchinga little sisterora daughterundress.
From that perspective, the scene might look like a violation of what should be a familial bond.
But theres another way to see this scene.
But Arya has had no time to behave like a teenager.
WhenGame of Thronesbegan, Sansawas often consideredobnoxious for how much she focused on love and marriage.
Arya was given no similar opportunity.
From Aryas perspective, though, this is the most typical postpubescent thing she may have ever done.
