First of all, this is all different from the book, dance with the dragons, which has a more worse situation than this episode. Differences between books and tv series season 1 game of. Showrunners talk about that huge twistthat was very different from the books. She even breaks out a revamped version of the circular needle necklace, a nod to new sansa that simultaneously expresses pride. In asoiaf, will jon snow and sansa stark have to attack the winter town to take. Game of thrones team explains changing sansas story. Jon recalls sansa giving him some girl advice and sansa remembers him fondly in affc, and thinks about how wonderful it would be to see him again. Its hard to imagine what goes through the minds of such men, but there are several reasons why they might go this sansatheonramsay route. Sansa stark is one of the major pov characters in the books. Game of thrones director hints at violent fate for arya. Game of thrones invites you to another terrible wedding. 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.
To me both sansa versions tv and through dance of dragons has been pretty. Game of thrones showrunners explain why they changed sansa. She remains strong and attempts to calm many of the other frightened women, despite the bitter and cynical words of a drunk cersei, who. Sansas long time friend, jayne poole, is the one married to ramsay bolton, in the guise of arya stark. In the books, ramsay is not married to sansa, but jeyne poole. May 16, 2016 game of thrones reunites sansa and jon in book of the stranger. If we were going to stay absolutely faithful to the book, it was going to be very hard. As you say, the books do not perfectly align with the show. But boy have those tv writers been hard on sansa stark. Sansa never married ramsay and its quite possible according to some parallels historians did, that shes never going to bed anyone. This makes the claim on winterfell all the more fragile.
Game of thrones sansa stark, explained by her costumes vox. If you somehow havent heard about it yet spoiler alerts and all that, last weeks game of thrones episode continued the general divergence from the books storyline by having sansa stark marry ramsay bolton nee snowpossibly in order to exact vengeance on ramsays father, roose bolton, who murdered sansas brother robb and was directly involved in the murder of her mother. Is the storyline different in the book version against the tv version of the game of. The young woman who was actually forced to marry ramsay in the book was sansas best friend, jeyne poole. Ramsay marries a minor character who hasnt appeared in the tv version. 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. Sansa is a character we care about almost more than any other, and the stark sisters have. Game of thrones reunites sansa and jon in book of the stranger. Weddings continue to be bad news on game of thrones. We got a sanitized version of ramsays hunting trips on the show. We know from how the show used gendry to fill in for a different book character in season. Game of thrones goes offbook and enrages its female fans.
Sansas speech to ramsay on game of thrones was the. Unbowed, unbent, unbroken is the sixth episode of the fifth season of hbos fantasy television series game of thrones, and the 46th overall. From a girl who couldnt wait to get to kings landing, to a woman whos suffered more than most. Sansa and jon are both survivors, barely, of a vicious, powerhungry world. How would you compare sansa stark from the asoiaf books with. Sansa stark didnt actually do anything in season 6. Ill be interested to see what the shows reason is for littlefinger marrying sansa to ramsay, there has to be some reason. Sansas speech to ramsay on game of thrones was the perfect. Ramsay rips sansas wedding gown apart, bends her over, then forces his way into her as she cries. On sunday yet another miserable couple walked down the aisle in westeros, as sansa and ramsay bolton tied the knot in winterfell. In the television adaptation game of thrones, she is played by sophie turner. Why does ramsay bolton treat sansa stark that way on their. How does book sansa stark compare to the shows portrayal of her. Though ramsay was the perfect gentleman when greeting sansa at winterfell, his horrifying tendencies are not a.
In the book version, sansa remains in the vale and is actively helping littlefinger tighten control over the vale lords, to one day use their armies to invade the north. So, the act that theon greyjoy takes part in involves a different girl, not sansa. The 6 game of thrones characters whose stories are totally. Queen sansa stark is the eldest daughter and the second child of lord eddard stark and his wife, lady catelyn. Ramsays note to jon is clearly meant to be threatening, but its so overthetop in its bond villain mustache twirling. Sansa s big gamble in sundays game of thrones gives fans plenty of reasons to worry.
In the point that sansa doesnt know what ramsay is, she must be thinkin. And dont even get me started on the weak logic behind sending sansa to. Sansa stark is a member of house stark and is the elder daughter of lady catelyn and lord eddard stark. By covert, the abuse was meant to hurt her less directly, but she was also a factor in his deliberations. New game of thrones theory has sansa stark becoming a. Game of thrones director hints at violent fate for. The boltons are claiming that jeyne is actually arya. Introduced in a game of thrones 1996, sansa is the elder daughter and second child of lord. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. May 18, 2015 so, the act that theon greyjoy takes part in involves a different girl, not sansa. The sansa ramsay scene, when added to that list, could easily seem like a bridge too far. We got a sanitized version of ramsays hunting trips on the show, and. This is a big twist from the book, where sansas friend.
Also this vid was basically just me going a bit insane with effects and just a bunch of scenes of iwan and sophie looking gorgeous lol. If ramsay bolton married sansa stark, it would be a crime against the crown and would incur the. Sansa stark is a fictional character created by american author george r. Maybe it was his plan all along to tell sweet robin, ramsay is abusing sansa, lets go help her and then take winterfell.
Differences between books and tv series season 5 game of. Barristan selmy tells her a very sugarcoated version, entirely omitting the. She retains jeynes cowardice but still accompanies cersei as book melara did. When sansa is furious at being left out of the war council and she and jon fight in the tent, its truly the first time were. A song of ice and fire book spoilers referenced ahead.
Right about now, nonbook readers are likely wondering. Main spoilers jon and sansas relationship is way different. Sansas character seems to be based on elizabeth the first in the books. The tv show also leaned heavily into sansas abuse at the hands of ramsay as a catalyst for her character development a move that some fans criticized for. How 15 game of thrones characters are different than their. Apr 26, 2015 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. About that sansaramsay game of thrones scene cryptic. How 15 game of thrones characters are different than their book version. She mocks sansas sister, arya stark, as arya horseface, smirking and neighing when the younger girl is near. If anyone should be bolton right about now, its sansa stark. Well go ahead and ignore the fact that sansa rode off before ramsay said that thing about not feeding his dogs.
Which sansa stark storyline do you prefer tv or books. Sansas big gamble in sundays game of thrones gives fans plenty of reasons to worry. I also asked whether the scene would be as sadistic as the version in george r. How would you compare sansa stark from the asoiaf books. Theres a version of sansa where her main character arc is not revenge, but. The 6 game of thrones characters whose stories are totally different in the books. The girls cradle each other in the same bed for comfort. This is one case where the two are vastly different. Game of thrones reunites sansa and jon in book of the. Sep 06, 2016 i have no excuse, theyre just too pretty not to ship. The stark girls birth years are altered to sansa instead of 11 turning 12 and. In the first season, sansa refuses to support aryas or joffreys side in a quarrel so she can stay with her beloved prince and not make.
There was a wedding, a major arrest and a fan favorite character was raped in the shows final moments. I have no excuse, theyre just too pretty not to ship. So when they finally united in book of the stranger, game of thrones found a way to pull our heartstrings. Its a choice between one character, sansa stark, in the show, and two. What happened to jeyne poole in the game of thrones books. Sansa remains in the vale after the murder of her aunt lysa, disguised as alayne stone, the bastard daughter of littlefinger. For her part, sansa weathers her first battle with steely resolve. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse. Sophie turner as sansa stark and aidan gillen as littlefinger. 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. She has an older brother, robb, two younger brothers, bran and rickon, a younger sister. She even breaks out a revamped version of the circular needle necklace, a nod to new sansa that simultaneously expresses pride in her identity. Nov 09, 2017 how 15 game of thrones characters are different than their book version.
Sansa stark is never promised to ramsay snow and does not leave the vale as of. Sansa was a bit distant from all of her siblings, although i dont think she treated jon the way cat did. Well go ahead and ignore the fact that sansa rode off before ramsay said that thing. Aside from sansa never married ramsay in the books, sansa in the books is still quite soft in that she isnt being sarcastic with petyr, that she suspects his motives but shes not outright displeasing him and that shes still married to robyn robert arryn while petyr also plots roberts death so sansa can marry the next heir, harry hardyng. Sansa stark sophie turner has changed quite a bit over the last six seasons of game of thrones.
May 17, 2015 i also asked whether the scene would be as sadistic as the version in george r. She is a prominent character in martins awardwinning a song of ice and fire series. Its well known that they were most looking forward to translating the red wedding onto the small screen and look what they did. Jun 20, 2016 sansas speech to ramsay on game of thrones was the perfect way to silence her abuser. Ramsay iwan rheon wed sansa sophie turner in sundays episode, humiliating her by forcing theonreek alfie allen to walk her down the. Sansa s childhood friend jeyne poole, who has been presented as if she were arya. Jeyne was a war trophy, her father was killed when eddards household was wiped out in kings. Game of thrones showrunners explain why they changed sansas. Instead, his bride is a different stark, or someone masquerading as a stark. In martins version of events, the lannisters pass off a stark family friend, jeyne, to the boltons as collateral for an important alliance. By now we all know that sansa starks storyline was drastically changed for. After sansa starks horrifying rape on sundays game of thrones, a feminist website has banned coverage of the show and a u. Sansa didnt really do anything in the tv version to bring the vale army to the north.
All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse in. As beloved as some of these book plots may be, they. The episode was written by bryan cogman, and directed by jeremy podeswa the episode polarized critics and viewers for its ending, depicting a. Apr 27, 2015 sansa stark is marrying another psycho. The overall storyline of having sansa marry ramsay is definitely a huge difference from the books, but it makes sense in the context of a tv show. They knew what happened to ramsays bookbride, and hoped the same fate wouldnt befall the stark daughter. Aug 24, 2017 sansa stark and ramsay bolton in game of thrones. Sansa stark is the eldest daughter and second child of lady catelyn and lord eddard stark, the warden of the north. She found reasons to keep all of them at arms length and for jon it was his bastardy. 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. Cast your mind back to the end of season 3, where ramsays dad roose bolton slayed most of sansas family including brother robb stark and mother catelyn and youll understand why she seemed as horrified as the rest of us at the prospect of marrying ramsay and she doesnt even know what he did to theon greyjoy. Sansas speech to ramsay on game of thrones was the perfect way to silence her abuser. I will divide this into overt abuse and covert abuse.
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