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Game of Thrones: neither Arya Stark nor Brienne of Tarth are unusual — medieval romance heroines did it all before
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Game of Thrones' Brienne of Tarth Actor on Fulfilling Her Oath to Catelyn Stark and Epic Fight Scene with Arya
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Gwendoline Christie 'glad' Brienne of Tarth slept with Jaime Lannister on 'Game of Thrones,' despite doomed relationship – New York Daily News
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Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie admits she thought audiences wouldn't like Brienne of Tarth as she wasn't "conventionally attractive"
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