Podrick Payne/Sansa Stark
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| Pairing: | Pondrick Payne/Sansa Stark |
| Alternative name(s): | Podsa |
| Gender category: | Het |
| Fandom: | Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire |
| Canonical?: | No |
| Prevalence: | Rare |
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Podrick Payne/Sansa Stark, also known as Podsa, is the het pairing of Podrick Payne and Sansa Stark in the A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones fandoms.
Canon
Podrick, as the squire of Tyrion Lannister, was present during Tyrion and Sansa's wedding feast in season three. While serving as squire to Brienne of Tarth in season five, he helped her search the Riverlands for the missing Stark girls, and together they encountered a disguised Sansa eating at an inn with Petyr Baelish. In season six, Brienne and Podrick rescued Sansa and Theon Greyjoy from Bolton soldiers after their escape from Winterfell, and thereafter the lady and her squire entered into Sansa's service. Podrick remained at Winterfell as Brienne's squire for most of season seven, but, at Sansa's command, left for King's Landing to attend the Dragonpit summit.
Podrick and Sansa have not met in the novels as of A Dance with Dragons.
Fandom
Statistics
- In 2019, Podrick Payne/Sansa Stark was tied with Willas Tyrell/Sansa Stark as the 7th most popular ship for Sansa in the ASOIAF category in a survey of FanFiction.net, with both accounting for 4% of sampled fics.[1]
Common Tropes in Fanworks
- Fluff/Happy Ending: Sansa/Podrick fics often feature sweet, fluffy romance. The ship is sometimes seen as an alternative to Sansa ships deemed problematic by some due to incest, age differences, or consent issues, or simply as a way for Sansa to move beyond her past traumas and find happiness.
- Side Pairing: Sometimes featured as a side pairing in fics focusing on other characters.
Fanworks
Fan Art
- Sansa x Podrick by polar-biscuit
Fanfiction
- i loved a maid as white as winter by bryndentully
- i don't mind you under my skin by RoseAlenko
- Stitch us together with golden threads by Silberias
- Springhope Hall by Silberias
- Atlas: Two by wildlyricalair
Fan Vids
- Podrick/Sansa || beneath your beautiful by therollinginthesheep
- Sansa + Podrick [GoT] by iluvtelenovelas
Meta
- Podsa Ship Manifesto, Archived version by NRGmeta (NRGburst) (2020)
Resources
- Podrick Payne/Sansa Stark tag at Archive of Our Own
- Tumblr Tags: Podrick x Sansa, Sansa x Podrick, Pod x Sansa, Sansa x Pod, Podsa