Sansaery

Sansaery is the femslash ship between Sansa Stark and Margaery Tyrell from the Game of Thrones fandom.

Novels
''Margaery was different, though. Sweet and gentle, yet there was a little of her grandmother in her, too.'' - Sansa's thoughts.

Sansa and Margaery first meet in the third book, A Clash of Kings. Sansa is a hostage in King's Landing and was once betrothed to King Joffrey, but it was dissolved in favor of an alliance with Margaery after Sansa's family rebelled against the throne. Once in the city, Margaery invites Sansa to supper with her grandmother Olenna. She and Olenna ask about Joffrey's nature, until Sansa confesses to the tortures that Joffrey inflicts on her. Sansa fears that her revelation will cause Margaery, who she already begins to admire, to reject Joffrey, but Olenna and Margaery reassure her that she will still be queen, calling Joffrey's nature "a pity." Margaery and Olenna propose that after Margaery's wedding, Sansa should go to Highgarden and secretly marry Margaery's brother Willas.

Margaery, her cousins, and her ladies-in-waiting take Sansa into their household. They go hawking together, sew, and participate in other pastimes together. The Lannisters discover Margaery and Olenna's plan to marry Sansa to Willas, and Sansa is instead quickly married off to Tyrion Lannister. Margaery is present for the feast, where she flashes a sad look to Sansa.

At Margaery and Joffrey's wedding, Joffrey is poisoned, and Sansa takes the opportunity to be smuggled out of the city in the chaos. Sansa spends the rest of the novels so far in the Vale of Arryn. When Littlefinger explains that Margaery will likely marry Tommen, Sansa thinks of how she had liked Margaery.

TV series
Sansa first sees Margaery at the end of Season 2, when Loras asks that Joffrey should marry his sister Margaery. The pair's proper relationship starts off the same way as in the novels, with Margaery inviting Sansa for a private meeting, where Sansa admits Joffrey's true nature.

Later, Margaery finds Sansa praying in the godswood. She dismisses the Lannister guards and engages in pleasant small-talk with Margaery, who proposes Sansa coming to Highgarden. Sansa protests that Cersei will not allow such a thing, but Margaery tells her that once she marries Joffrey, she will outrank the dowager queen. She also suggests that Sansa marry Loras (who is heir to Highgarden in the television show), which delights Sansa.

Sansa and Margaery later watch Loras spar and discuss the prospective union. Sansa expresses her interest in marrying Loras again, and Margaery tells her that she will plant the idea in Joffrey's mind once she is queen, telling Sansa that Joffrey would do anything to please his betrothed. Loras's squire Olyvar informs the Lannisters of Margaery and Sansa's conversation, and Lord Tywin Lannister arranges for Sansa to marry Tyrion.

Sansa and Margaery share a conversation before Sansa's wedding. Margaery consoles Sansa by reminding her that Tyrion was far from the worst Lannister, and that Tyrion might be able to make her happy given his skills as a lover. She tells Sansa that some women also like "pretty girls," and gifts her a rose. She tells Sansa that being pleased takes practice. Sansa asks how Margaery can know all this, and if her mother taught her, which Margaery sarcastically affirms. Margaery attends the wedding later, flashing Sansa a comforting look. Just as in the novels, Sansa and Margaery are separated when Sansa flees King's Landing during Joffrey's wedding.

Fanon
Sansaery is one of the most popular femslash ships in the fandom. Both characters were well-liked, and the scene in which Margaery gifts a rose to Sansa made the ship become incredibly popular. The ship has over a thousand works on AO3, and is quite mainstream, sometimes featuring in fanfics where shipping is not the main focus at all, or in AUs. The ship does not have many rivals, but often goes against Sansa's many pairings to (often male) characters, such as Jonsa, SanSan, etc. Even after Margaery's death at the end of Season 6, the ship remained quite popular, although other shippers began to consider other Sansa femslash pairings, such as Dansa.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Sansa/Margaery (TV) tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Sansa/Margaery (Books) tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Sansa/Margaery (Books) tag on FanFiction.Net

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