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the most important thing to note about margaery is that she is undyingly loyal to her family ━━ the tyrells move as a unit , and not a separate force. margaery unfortunately has little agency of her own , though she knows well how to maneuver through what she has thanks to her grandmother. margaery is very much lady olenna’s protégée ; olenna has the boon of age on her side to be prickly however , and thus margaery is much sweeter and kinder , but no less cunning , shrewd , and intelligent.
i personally find margaery to be part of the ‘spoiled sweet’ trope. she’s a highborn southron lady , so she’s naturally just as spoiled as any other highborn lady , and coming from highgarden , she might have just as much if not more ideals similar to sansa . . . just tempered , thanks to her grandmother and the years she has on sansa in both age and politics. margaery is kind , but she’s not unaware of the privileges that being kind give you as a ruler. you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
all that being said , margaery doesn’t necessarily want to be queen.
"Be that as it may. Lady Olenna was not about to let Joff harm her precious darling granddaughter, but unlike her son she also realized that under all his flowers and finery, Ser Loras is as hot-tempered as Jaime Lannister. Toss Joffrey, Margaery, and Loras in a pot, and you've got the makings for kingslayer stew. The old woman understood something else as well. Her son was determined to make Margaery a queen, and for that he needed a king . . . but he did not need Joffrey. We shall have another wedding soon, wait and see. Margaery will marry Tommen. She'll keep her queenly crown and her maidenhead, neither of which she especially wants, but what does that matter? The great western alliance will be preserved . . . for a time, at least."
baelish has played the game so far very cleverly , and is the best unbiased insight we have into margaery’s mind , since she’s not a pov character and her sansa chapters are rose tinted , while cersei’s vilify her out of jealousy . mace is the one who wants margaery to be a queen.
it seems to me margaery herself would be happy to stay in highgarden , but as per usual , women are a pawn in the men of westeros’ game.
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