It's **t an answer Game of Thrones has ever given us, but Brienne herself — in the person of Gwendoline Christie — took a stab at it at the show's Comic-Con panel.*
"“Brienne's relationship with Catelyn Stark was the first time that she recognized strength in a**ther woman," Christie explained. "**t a man’s strength, but a woman’s strength. Brienne didn’t have to force herself into a mold of masculinity, she didn’t have to take the role of men before her." * Read more...