ONTD

I do too- stanning aside, I just cannot imagine her being set up to die. She's learning the game, she's played the game since she was 13. She's a survivor.

Arya's arc has been set up as letting go of one's identity (to the point of, imo, death), and the "they'll find you in the spring, clutching your needle between your fingers" line from AGOT.

as a sansa stan and someone who enjoys arya a lot, I want both of them to make it out alive and go to winterfell together. I WANT TO BELIEVE

lol the perils of being an arya stan. i understand.

i'm just gonna pretend she'll make it out until the end. i do honestly believe she'll find her identity~ again because she still clings to it even as she's so keen on being no one. whether she'll die or not is another matter.

well there does seem to be a good possibility she'll die, but maybe grrm would do the reverse because it does seem obvious (i hope).

a lot of big things and characters have happened to end up east, and i think she'll end up in the thick of whatever is to come. grrm obviously adores her, so i doubt he threw her in braavos just to remain there forever and not advance the plot. she has learned valuable skills with the FM such as being stealth and some different languages.
i don't think she'll assassinate a big character considering she's just starting out (unless the FM wants to fuck her over for some reason. they're about as trustworthy as LF and Varys imo.) i also don't think she'll be the valonqar lol.
to me, it seemed like losing/regaining identity was a big part in ADWD with like theon, dany, and jon, so i don't think arya is going to remain no one even if takes her longer. even that quote with her dying with needle in her hand suggests she'll find her identity again as needle represents arya stark's life. going back to needle means leaving the FM since arya stark can't stay there.
/this little demon gives me a lot of feels sorry for the essay lmao.