This is the real reason that the Arya and Gendry sex scene matters so much. In it, we get to see an all-too-rare alternate reality in which a woman on Game of Thrones gets to have pleasurable sex ...
Their sex scene – one of the most feminist sex scenes on Game of Thrones – is a powerful coming-of-age moment for Arya but also, crucially, an important recognition of a season one prophecy.