*Warning: This story contains spoilers for the Game Of Thrones season eight finale*
Game Of Thrones fans are going crazy over Sansa Stark’s hair and costume in the finale of the show and believe the her new flowing locks demonstrate that the character comes into her own in the end.
Viewers have taken to social media to muse over the notion that Sophie Turner’s character – who usually copies the hairstyles of others – is now fully independent now she refuses to be influenced by others.
One fan posted on Twitter: ‘She never wears her hair down. Sansa has always used her hair to look like the people she’s trying to emulate, as well as trying to communicate non-verbally. By wearing her hair down, I feel like she’s showing that she’s her own person and she can speak for herself now.’
While another said: ‘For the first time, Sansa’s hair is her own. Sansa’s hair is usually copying what she saw other people do as a political statement. Now, in her own power, her hair is simply hers. She no longer needs to imitate anyone. She is #SANSA.’
She never wears her hair down. Sansa has always used her hair to look like the people she’s trying to emulate, as well as trying to communicate non-verbally. By wearing her hair down, I feel like she’s showing that she’s her own person and she can speak for herself now pic.twitter.com/Mq7zeRFg1h
— Kira loves Sansa Stark (@cheap__queen) May 20, 2019
Another contemplated: ‘Sansa’s hair has always been so important. always modelled after someone she is trying to emulate and for it to end with it just natural and down … she is … herself… her own independent ruler.’
The newly married star said in 2017 that her character changes her hair to ‘mimic’ the people she is around and influenced by.
She previously told Refinery29: ‘Sansa’s hair is constantly reflecting the people she’s learning from or mimicking or inspired by at the time.
‘When she’s Cersei’s prisoner and she’s kind of absorbing all her manipulative techniques, it’s reflected in her hairstyle, and when she’s finding the spirit of Margaery in herself, she wears her hair like Margaery.’
And another Tumblr user pointed out that her costume is also very signifcant and wrote: ‘Ok, real talk here, Sansa honored all her family in her clothes. The Weirwood represented Bran, the one-sided cloak was for Arya, the black of the cloak was Jon, the scaly pattern of the arm was her Mother, the crown was Robb, the sewing needle was herself, the tufts of black fur and unruliness of the cloak was Rickon, and finally the colour of her gown was grey to honour her Father’s house and her entire ancestry.
‘That is the magic of Clapton’s skill right there in that costume.”=’
The eighth and final season of the HBO fantasy drama premiered in April this year and was one of the most highly anticipated seasons of all time, however the reviews have not been kind.
Game of Thrones season 8 is currently streaming on NOW TV.
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