Lyanna Mormont is the 10-year-old feminist icon Game of Thrones needs

She may be small, she may be a girl, but you won't find young Lyanna Mormont knitting by the fire while the men fight the war.
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The rising feminist icon played by actress Bella Ramsey in HBO's hit show "Game of Thrones," is no older than 10 years and commands the small (but mighty) Bear Island.
And last night, during the much-anticipated season seven premiere, Lady Mormont arguably stole the show with her rousing shut-down-the-patriarchy speech, according to viewers.
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Just as series protagonist Jon Snow announced to a room of his allies in the North that both boys and girls ages 10-16 would enter combat training in the war to defend the North, Lord Glover stood up and said, “You expect me to put a spear in my granddaughter's hand?”
Enter Mormont, who swiftly responded to Glover’s remarks and said:
“I don't plan on knitting by the fire while men fight for me. I might be small, Lord Glover, and I might be a girl, but I am every bit as much a Northerner as you.”
"I'm not planning to be knitting by the fire while the men fight for me"
— Organa (@argelaandra) July 17, 2017
Lyanna Mormont YOU TELL EM GURL #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/gSldzBdk5m
“And,” Mormont added, “I don't need your permission to defend the North. We will begin training every man, woman, boy and girl on Bear Island.”
LADY. MORMONT. DOES. NOT. NEED. YOUR. PERMISSION #GameOfThones pic.twitter.com/u341bdyXNZ
— king koopa (@headphonehog) July 17, 2017
Lyanna Mormont does not need your permission.
— Ronald McDonald Duck (@QUEcified) July 17, 2017
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Naturally, Twitter’s Game of Thrones fans went absolutely wild.
🚫🍍🍕 (@_DubzyWubzy_) July 17, 2017I can't believe lyanna mormont invented feminism #GameOfThrones
— Justin Jay
lyanna mormont. a legend. a icon. queen. #GoTS7 pic.twitter.com/KpuK0gejTL
— peachGOT (@rogersdoritos) July 17, 2017
I really wish one of the #GameOfThrones spinoffs was just about Lyanna Mormont putting men in their place pic.twitter.com/OvPZVcJRUW
— Natalie Abrams (@NatalieAbrams) July 17, 2017
Me during Lady Mormont's speech pic.twitter.com/HMt0jO2GF2
— Ahmed/A&R/6ig 6iz (@big_business_) July 16, 2017
Lyanna Mormont: "I may be small. I might be a girl but I won't be knitting by the fire while I have men fight for me" #GoTS7
— Nikola Marinkovic (@nikmarink) July 17, 2017
Me: pic.twitter.com/ix4YNXEQs3
Lady Mormont is my feminist icon. I don't care if she's like twelve. That girl is fierce.
— kelsey (@ohheyhihello) July 17, 2017
me every time lyanna mormont does literally anything #GoTS7 pic.twitter.com/J4sgbiTCNO
— Sydney (@sydneythemis) July 17, 2017
Watching Lady Mormont's "King In The North" speech and doing karate moves around my apartment
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) July 17, 2017
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But if there's anything the "Game of Thrones" fandom should learn about falling in love with any of writer George R.R. Martin's characters...
Don't love Lyanna Mormont so much and she won't get killed. #GameOfThrones #ThronesYall pic.twitter.com/HVqk7jZtOl
— Simplemente Giova (@giovanny175) July 17, 2017
Don’t do it, George.
Mormont’s impact as a young woman, along with the triumph of the show’s several other strong female characters (Daenerys Targareyan, Cersei Lannister, Sansa Stark, Arya Stark ... the list goes on), shows a stark difference from the show’s violent, misogynistic beginnings.
After multiple seasons of anti-women thematics, almost all of the show’s rulers are now women, many of whom became victorious in the face of patriarchy and slavery.
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