Just the refusal to deliver mercy to The Hound, who'd been mortally wounded during his battle with Brienne. (Don't) Release the Hound One of Arya's best moments on the entire show came without words or actions. Martin's cruel game of tragic musical chairs. Possibly even about the awesome absurdity of George R. Her crazy aunt, sure, but a "home" nonetheless.
Such was the case when, after a long period of travel (post-Red Wedding), Arya thought she'd finally be back home with family. Plus, it's also a strong indication that the poor girl's reached the absolute edge of sanity. Having a Laugh Understandably, Arya doesn't smile much. And then, with no warning given, she unleashed a stab-happy fury that would spill a ton of blood. And so after losing a bunch of her family at the Red Wedding, Arya became a pint-sized savage avenger, luring a couple of Frey soldiers into close proximity.
Frey Slayin' Like Joffrey, there can never be to much pain inflicted upon the Freys. With the same cold "maybe I'll pick my teeth with it" line delivered right before the death blow. Bonus points awarded her for her killing him in the same way he'd once killed a boy named Lommy. Arya got to do both when she murdered Polliver in a dingy tavern, reclaiming her sword Needle in the process. Needle in a Haystack It's rare that anyone ever actually attains a measure of revenge on Game of Thrones and even rarer that someone crosses paths again with something they've lost. Ones textured with Arya's underlying hate for him and need for bloody vengeance.Ĭontinue to as Arya smiles. Of course, Tywin knew she was a girl, but that just made him even more interested in the cleverer-than-usual servant in his midst. Learning to tell Death "not today." Hidden in Plain Sight Some of Arya's best moments on the entire show came during her time at Harrenhal, pretending to be a male cupbearer for Tywin Lannister. And so while everyone else around her schemed, Arya practiced her heart out. So he hooked her up with "dancing" lessons from Syrio Forel - a master sword fighter who'd give Arya her first taste of true empowerment. "No, that's not me," she tenderly told him once, when he tried to lay out her future for her. Dance to a Different Tune In one of Ned's best decisions as a father (and there weren't many), he recognized that Arya just might not be built for the life of a proper, kept lady. She'd either lash out verbally or physically - or both. Arya was never going to stand by and allow injustice and lies to pass as regular life. In the second episode, she gave the rotten prince a proper thud right in his horrible back, making an utter fool of him in the process. And while Arya can't take the prize of being the first person to thwack that little s*** on the show, she wasn't far behind. Just the Best Anytime Joffrey took a beating, the Gods smiled down. And that expectations for women were a travesty. Because Arya knew, even before she knew, that the royal family was garbage. Sure, Arya was being a typically rude younger sister, but she was also firing a warning shot. One where Sansa was trying to impress Prince Joffrey. Food for Thought Consider how out of touch and bratty Sansa was back in Season 1 and you can more easily appreciate Arya chucking a clump of gloppy food at her face during a formal Winterfell dinner for King Robert. And with our li'l murder pup so far from home, which itself is destroyed and conquered, let's look back at Arya's greatest moments (which, naturally, contain a lot of death). Her lowest point in a long while, if not ever. As we've now entered Season 6, Arya finds herself blind and begging on the streets of Braavos.
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