Does Sansa want to rule the North?

Sansa, the most politically savvy human left in Westeros, wants power but doesn’t necessarily want to rule. Sansa is a player of the Game of Thrones, and Jon Snow is her piece.
Sansa wants to be the Power behind the Northern Throne. She’s what would be called the Hand of the King in the South. And she consciously engineered Jon’s elevation to kingship if you go back and watch that episode.
She makes the arrangements; she takes care of business; she’s the one pulling the strings, — while Jon Snow, the Charismatic War Hero Who Saved Winterfell and the North from the Boltons (it was Sansa, actually, who saved them), Who Fights to Fave Human kind — wears the crown, fucks Targ princesses, goes on joy-rides on dragons and fires up the imagination of the people.
Meanwhile, Sansa’s behind things: making sure that harvests get stored, provisions are purchased, consulting with maesters, writing letters, making sure trade deals are struck and taxes are gathered.
Because the esteem of the people for their Hero will go south plenty quick if the people start starving.

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