Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3035448-20160824024303/@comment-32610599-20170718041306

Fenrir51 wrote: Pixxie1012 wrote: Surely everyone has their opinions, and Arya isn't on the top of the list for me as far as favorite characters, but for the love of god, this girl was 10 years old or just barely when all this began. I think she was more like 9. Personally, to even stay alive at that age in the ruthlessness of that atmosphere, I consider her a badass. So quickly we forget.

Arya was twelve when all this began (nine in the books). For much of the first half of her story, she somewhat accidently killed a stableboy, while getting Jaqen H'ghar to kill a few worthless individuals instead of the one that mattered (Tywin). Until she got to Braavos, Arya was protected by numerous individuals, particularly the Hound, who as much protected her from her own stupidity as the manifold dangers she faced while on the run. And even at the end of her training with the Faceless Men, and the restoration of her eyesight, Arya still sucks at combat. Citing her youth as an excuse falls way short. Unlike some people, I didn't forget anything! Arya surviving had more to do with the grit and tenacity of those aiding then her own resources.

Arya sucks! And while others dismiss it as an opinion, one need only look at her history.

Sorry, but that is bull****! Arya already LEARNED hot to fight with a sword, how to fight in the dark/as a blind person, how to change face/voice to become someone else, and she basically obtained the skill set of a trained assassin through training, hard work, and pure talent... on top of it all, she even had the guts to betray the Faceless Men, the most dangerous cult of assassins in the whole kingdom, all of it to kill people from her list and exact vengeance on her family.

If there's ONE character that you can say it's "badass", that's Arya Stark.

(and receiving help along the way is simply the smart thing to do when you actually need it, you can't expect a grown man to survive alone in GoT... why would you expect a little girl to do it?)