Queen sansa stark is the eldest daughter and the second child of lord. Its hard to imagine what goes through the minds of such men, but there are several reasons why they might go this sansa theon ramsay route. Theon had come upon her several times in the glass gardens, a small book in her hands, with a flower on the cover. The reason behind that major sansa twist on game of. The alternative story of ramsay and sansa where they use, abuse, manipulate, but in the end, crave each other like an addict. The epic fantasy series game of thrones will return for its eighth and final. We got a sanitized version of ramsays hunting trips on the show, and we were spared some.
And in the book, hes the one that ramsay bolton has hold of and is taunting jon snow to come and get. Sansa is raped on her wedding night, but game of thrones spares her the experience of being forced to have sexual contact with two men, instead of one. Its safe to say that rose leslie is a much more attractive version of ygritte. Differences between books and tv series while the storylines for jon snow, daenerys targaryen, and tyrion lannister caught up with the current novels by the end of season 5, many other storylines did not. Jeyne was a war trophy, her father was killed when eddards household was wiped out in kings landing and jeyne was held captive by the lannisters until she was shipped off north, forced to pose as arya stark and marry ramsay. Ned was telling arya that they needed to stop fighting each other.
Lord ramsay bolton, born ramsay snow, was the legitimized bastard son of. Game of thrones littlefinger is a genius in the books. Instead, his bride is a different stark, or someone masquerading as a stark. In the television adaptation game of thrones, she is played by sophie turner. Sansa is still safe relatively under protection of petyr and very much in vale. Jon would not reach as strongly if sansa married ramsay. Game of thrones reunites sansa and jon in book of the. What do you think, reek, do i look fit enough for your old friend, sansa.
Sansa remains in the vale after the murder of her aunt lysa, disguised as alayne stone. Last night on game of thrones, ramsay bolton raped sansa stark on their wedding night. However, theon greyjoy and the ironborn capture winterfell and release ramsay in exchange for a vow of service to theon. I saw some people thinking sansa was applying the lone wolf to jon.
Does ramsay treat the fake arya in the books as badly as he treats sansa in. After sansa starks horrifying rape on sundays game of thrones, a feminist website has banned coverage of the show and a u. Differences between books and tv series season 6 game. As you say, the books do not perfectly align with the show. Sansa is still safe relatively under protection of petyr and very much in va. Sansa s speech to ramsay on game of thrones was the perfect way to silence her abuser. We got a sanitized version of ramsays hunting trips on the show, and we. A prisoner of queen cersei lannister in the red keep, sansa stark misses.
She is a prominent character in martins awardwinning a song of ice and fire series introduced in a game of thrones 1996, sansa is the elder daughter and second child of lord eddard stark and his wife lady catelyn stark. She puts myranda, ramsays conniving lover, in her place and declares, im sansa stark of winterfell. Martin kills a stark everytime a fan asks for the release date. Sansa s childhood friend jeyne poole, who has been presented as if she. Who does sansa lose her virginity to in the game of thrones. The fact that he does not yet have the full backing of the north makes sansa that much more dangerous on her own, as a lone stark still threatens to keep ramsay from completely holding the north. Game of thrones latest rape scene made viewers very angry. Lets follow sansa stark sophie turner through her arc over seven. Sansa stark is a fictional character created by american author george r. The scene in question as was discussed in our game of thrones book to screen breakdown this week is an altered version of a similar scene in george r. However, fans are already freaking out and rightfully concerned for the stark girl. Its well known that they were most looking forward to translating the red wedding onto the small screen and look what they did. However the same rape fate doesnt befall the eldest stark daughter on. Sansas speech to ramsay on game of thrones was the.
This statement inspires ned to investigate the baratheon family line. In the books, ramsay is not married to sansa, but jeyne poole. Theres been a sizable outcry over the final scene in sunday nights game of thrones episode, unbowed, unbent, unbroken, in which sansa stark sophie turner is wed to ramsay. Like, did sansa get the poisoned necklace before she married tyrion. The difference between the ramsay snow of the books and the show is the ramsay of the show is not a famous psycho, he said. And were scared too, considering in the books, fake arya is horrifically tortured by ramsay and reek and turner has hinted at a super, super traumatic scene to come. In the books, he gets to torture two key characters theon greyjoy and jeyne poole being passed off as arya stark to legitimize the rule of ramsay snow. Featuring all primary universe, and some secondary universe tlt fics, in chronological order. A look back compilation of great reactions for some of sansa stark scenes in hbos tv hit series game of thrones.
In the note, ramsay threatened to force jon to watch rickon get eaten by hounds, sansa get gangraped and all of his friends get flayed alive unless jon return sansa to winterfell. Littlefinger never sent sansa to marry ramsay in the books. Martins a song of ice and fire novels, in which a minor character named jeyne poole is raped by ramsay bolton iwan rheon, on the show on their wedding night and theonreek alfie allen. In the third book, sansa is invited to dine with margaery and her grandmother, olenna redwyne. Sansa s affection for jon grows over time because jon is part of home. In asoiaf how is it possible that jeyne poole is sent to be married. Sansa stark game of thrones fan art game of thrones sansa, game of thrones.
Characters we loved were constantly getting executed, murdered, maimed, and tortured by their enemies. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. This is one case where the two are vastly different. Rather than being handed over to ramsay bolton like a sack of old pogs, at the end of a dance with dragons, the fifth book in the series, sansa is still safely in the vale posing as littlefingers daughter we are admittedly stretching the definition of the word safely in this context. Uncharted release date pushed to 2021 january 25, 2020. The first time, he assumed she was reading poetry or songs, the sweet lies of pretenders longdead, their names forgotten, though their words lived on. It was sansa s friend jeyne poole, disguised and passed off as arya stark, upon whom this horrible arrangement was bestowed. Now with sansa and ramsay, game of thrones is seemingly confirming that it has no idea how to use rape as a storytelling device crass as it may sound, fictional sexual violence can be. The boltons are claiming that jeyne is actually arya. And exclusive bonus scenes from a whole host of new povs. The young woman who was actually forced to marry ramsay in the book was sansa s best friend, jeyne poole.
However, in the series only sansa has obvious catelyns features, other stark children look more like their father. Spoilers extended sansas bolton plotline, two years later. In season 6 of the television show game of thrones, sansa discusses her experiences with ramsay bolton with another character, but is reluctant to talk about what exactly happened. Game of thrones ramsay bolton was even worse in the books. So i havent been able to watch the pirated episodes, but ive read the summaries and am actively participating on this sub now. The show never explains in any more detail, but given ramsay s behavior, it sounds as if they are implying. Thats how the game of thrones characters should really. Martin, and its television adaptation game of thrones introduced in 1998s a clash of kings, ramsay is the bastard son of roose bolton, the lord of the dreadfort, an ancient fortress in the north of the kingdom of westeros. One redditor, vinee060708, wrote on the episode discussion thread that they were really scared for sansa. The most notable instance was her informing cersei about her fathers plans to. Cersei has sansa send letters to winterfell, but aryas mother, catelyn stark, notices that no. Martin stressed yet again that the books and the show were different entities, but with sansa in a very different place, both physically and mentally, than she is in the books, we can.
Well, if youre a book snob, which i am, you might treat only books as the canonical story,which i do. The biggest scene on sundays game of thrones was toned. Arya, the lone wolf, still lived, but the wolves of the pack had been taken and slain and skinned. It was the scenes words that gave it its moral heft. Some of sansa s more naive actions in the book, especially in season 1, are removed partly because the showrunners felt that her age lift made it less believable. In a new interview with allure, sophie turner, who plays sansa stark on game of thrones, talks her dayoff beauty routine, playing a strong.
If youre a fan of the a song of ice and fire books and youre watching the latest season of game of thrones, you may have noticed that sansas storyline is deviating ever so slightly from. Sansa s childhood friend jeyne poole, who has been presented as if she were arya. The sansa ramsay wedding a couple of outstanding questions. Sansa moves to the center of the story rather than being shunted aside doing this and that in the vale, where nothing much but politicking and the manipulation of grain prices is going on. Game of thrones is filled with death, deception, depravity, the occasional act of decency, and dialogue acrobatics. However, jon and arya are emotionally very close and think of each other often.
It is unclear from the books whether ramsay contacted his father after theon. Game of thrones boycott demanded after sansa stark rape. Any book reader or even show watcher understood the danger for sansa and knew full well where her relationship with ramsay logically would go. For example, in the books, joffreys torment of sansa doesnt have. While absent from the fifth novel a dance with dragons, as the books are separated geographically, sansa is confirmed to return in the forthcoming next book in the series, the winds of winter. Game of thrones team explains changing sansas story.
Spoilers all what is the relationship between jon and. Ramsay bolton, previously known as ramsay snow, is a fictional character in the a song of ice and fire series of fantasy novels by american author george r. Her bff jeyne pool is the one married to ramsay, in the guise of arya stark. In ramsay s chambers, reek had a bath drawn and he helped his master clean and dress in some of his finest garments. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse. But in martins books, sansa is still at the eyrie when her storyline ends in a feast for crows, while ramsay marries a minor character who hasnt appeared in the tv version. What makes it all so much worse is the fact that the violence is all in the name of a fruitless pursuit of power, which is all going to come to an end when the white walkers finally decide to. Sansa stark may not go to winterfell at all in the novels, but jeyne pool ramsay s. Did game of thrones really need to rape sansa stark.
Being that, ramsay didnt get to lay his hands on sansa. In the show she marries ramsay bolton, while in the books the two of them have never met. She merely confirms the other characters guess that. Instead it is sansa s gal pal from the winterfell days, jeyne poole being masqueraded as. Actually, booksansa is still very much a virgin as of the end of martins. What kind of advantage did marrying sansa to ramsay give to littlefinger. Why sansas wedding night was the most traumatizing game. A bastards possessions chapter 1, a game of thrones.
Sansa and jon almost never enter each others thoughts. First, lets remember that sansa should not even be in winterfell with the boltons, let alone marrying ramsay. This makes the claim on winterfell all the more fragile. The greyjoy and tullyfrey, and samwellgillyjourney to oldtown subplots are pushed back from the fourth novel, a feast for crows. In the book version of the pink letter, ramsay wanted his reek back. Sounds like the sansa ramsay wedding rumors are true. Turner, who acted in the scene as sansa, came out to defend the scene after it aired. Its a major departure from the books, where a completely different character was forced to undergo ramsay. In the third book, sansa is invited to dine with margaery and her grandmother, olenna. The book version of this scene was much, much worse.
Sansa stark is one of the major pov characters in the books. Sansa stark is a member of house stark and is the elder daughter of lady catelyn and lord eddard stark. Game of thrones sansa stark reactions compilation youtube. This is selected works from my the lone traveller multiverse, slotted together into one narrative. Anyone who has read the books and followed game of thrones interviews closely was bracing for this moment. Game of thrones quickly earned a reputation as being one of the most violent shows on television.