The biggest change from the books, of course, is that sansa, not jeyne fake arya, is going to marry ramsay, and therefore be positioned to get revenge for the red wedding. In the books, ramsay is not married to sansa, but jeyne poole. The boltons are claiming that jeyne is actually arya. Sansa stark is a fictional character created by american author george r. May 31, 2015 none of this really explains why sansa needed to be married to ramsay though, so i suspect that was motivated by a desire of the show creators to give her jeyne pooles storyline so they had to make up some flimsy excuse as to why littlefinger sent her there. Game of thrones producer explains sansas wedding night.
Sansa s childhood friend jeyne poole, who has been presented as if she. Martins books, which saw ramsay marry a girl impersonating arya maisie williams, so no one knows how bad things could get for sansa. It is not long after sansa s marriage that joffrey and margaery are wed and afterwards there is a grand feast. At the urging of her supposed protector, petyr littlefinger baelish, she married ramsay bolton, only to discover on her wedding night what a sadistic sociopath he is. Even though he managed to get cerseis approval to attack the boltons and become warden of the north by marrying sansa to ramsay, then using it as proof of the boltons betraying the crown, that doesnt count for anything when he immediately declares for sansa anyways. Tbh i have no idea how old tyrion is supposed to be in the show. Key to the north chapter 1, a game of thrones fanfic. As for littlefingers motives, well, its hard to say why he does anything. 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. Sansa became widowed when she fed ramsay to his savage dogs. In the books, though, the stark sister who married ramsay isnt a stark at all, but sansa s childhood friend jeyne poole, who accompanied the starks south when ned became hand. Game of thrones fans need to understand sansas rape. Sansa is indeed engaged to be married, but not to ramsay rather to harrold hardyng. She is still married to a very much alive tyrion and shes a fugitive from the law.
Sansas marriage to ramsay was, unfortunately, nonconsensually consummated, meaning that sansa is now legally a widow. The young woman who was actually forced to marry ramsay in the book was sansa s best friend, jeyne poole. Nov 08, 2017 he convinced sansa that marrying ramsay would put her in a position to not only get revenge on the boltons for the red wedding, but also put her in a position to reclaim the north. Instead, his bride is a different stark, or someone masquerading as a stark. Sansa and tyrion do form a somewhat friendly relationship, as he is kind to. So now we all know sansa is being left with ramsay bolton, continuing her absolutely horrible track record when it comes to dudes. Sansa stark is one of the major pov characters 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. Hes not even 30 in the books, but the tyrion sansa age difference in the books is uncomfortable because sansa s young teens. With ramsay now dead, does sansa s marital status technically. Before you read on there are spoilers in here that might ruin it. Sansa, meanwhile, remains safe at her aunts home in.
How did marrying sansa to ramsay help littlefinger achieve. May 31, 2015 so who does sansa lose her virginity to in the game of. Sansa is indeed engaged to be married, but not to ramsay rather to. Ramsay is as brutal and heinous in the books as he is on screen. Sounds like the sansa ramsay wedding rumors are true. If they did not give good sport, he would rape them and then flay them alive. Did game of thrones really need to rape sansa stark. Actually, booksansa is still very much a virgin as of the end of. He convinced sansa that marrying ramsay would put her in a position to not only get revenge on the boltons for the red wedding, but also put her in a position to reclaim the north. Sansaramsay marriage did not make sense general got. Sansa stark was not supposed to marry ramsay bolton heres why. This is one case where the two are vastly different.
If we were going to stay absolutely faithful to the book, it was going to be very hard to do that. In the television adaptation game of thrones, she is played by sophie turner. They paired sansa tyrion and no one blinked an eye in universe about what i think is a bigger age difference in the show than in the books. May 29, 2016 at the urging of her supposed protector, petyr littlefinger baelish, she married ramsay bolton, only to discover on her wedding night what a sadistic sociopath he is. It was the scene book readers have feared since it was revealed that sansa would be replacing jeyne poole as ramsay s bridetobe. As you say, the books do not perfectly align with the show. Although she was reluctant to make the marriage baelish convinced her to go ahead with the marriage by telling her that she would be lady of winterfell. Game of thrones season 5 episode 3, four walls and a roof, revealed one of the biggest shocks for fans of george rr martins books, that sansa stark is set to marry bolton ramsay thanks to her uncle littlefingers scheming. He gained nothing from his brief alliance with the boltons. Well, if youre a booksnob, which i am, you might treat only books as the canonical story,which i do. Game of thrones sansa stark and ramsay bolton hot scene.
Game of thrones star dismisses that sansa stark pregnancy theory granted, there are some gaps in this theory. But revenge under any circumstance even one as justly deserved as sansas over ramsays is a sword without a hilt, in the parlance of game of thrones times. Littlefinger played everyone with the sansaramsay wedding. The servants talk ramsay and not just inside these walls by now half the north will know what you did to her. May 19, 2015 it was the scene book readers have feared since it was revealed that sansa would be replacing jeyne poole as ramsays bridetobe. Game of thrones sansa stark and ramsay hot scene anyone who has read the books and followed game of thrones interviews closely was bracing for this moment. May 18, 2015 ramsay and sansa s relationship game of thrones, sansa and ramsay duration. In fact, their marriage never being consummated is why littlefinger is able to bring sansa to ramsay in the first place. Queen sansa stark is the eldest daughter of lord eddard stark and his wife, lady catelyn, sister of robb, arya, bran, and rickon stark, and halfsister of jon snow. The lannisters send jeyne also nicknamed fake arya by fans to marry ramsay bolton.
Lord ramsay bolton, born ramsay snow, was the legitimized bastard son of roose bolton, lord of the dreadfort, and the unidentified wife of a miller during the war of the five kings, ramsay is initially loyal to king in the north robb stark, retaking winterfell from theon greyjoy on his orders but at the same time sacking the castle as part of his fathers scheme to betray house stark. Jon snow meets ramsay bolton to discuss terms of surrender duration. Martin, and its television adaptation game of thrones introduced in 1998s a clash of kings, ramsay. The reason behind that major sansa twist on game of. Game of thrones littlefinger is a genius in the books. So who does sansa lose her virginity to in the game of. Dany going mad, full fix reedit to the best of my ability game of thrones duration. Its never a nice day for a game of thrones wedding, especially one that involves the boltons. But in sunday nights episode, it is revealed that littlefinger has set up sansa to marry ramsay instead. While at the same time, this plays the north against kings landing yet again, adding to the chaos that he loves to work with. Also ramsay would have been married to a insignificant person, as you stated. In the books, ramsay is led by the lannisters to believe he is.
Sansa stark may not go to winterfell at all in the novels, but jeyne poolramsays poor bride in the books whose place sansa has takendoes get sexually assaulted. We game of thrones fans dreaded it was coming ever since littlefinger brought sansa stark back to winterfell to marry the new heir in the north, ramsay bolton. May 18, 2015 sansa stark may not go to winterfell at all in the novels, but jeyne poolramsays poor bride in the books whose place sansa has takendoes get sexually assaulted. Old lords will be falling over themselves to ride to our gates and defend sansa fucking starks honour. The show took two discrete plots sansa littlefinger and jontheonboltonsjeyne poole and combined them. In the books, ramsay marries a different character, a girl posing as arya named jeyne poole, who ends up being brutalized by her new husband. Jul 18, 2017 sansa s marriage to ramsay was, unfortunately, nonconsensually consummated, meaning that sansa is now legally a widow. None of this really explains why sansa needed to be married to ramsay though, so i suspect that was motivated by a desire of the show creators to give her jeyne pooles storyline so they had to make up some flimsy excuse as to why littlefinger sent her there. Her age on the show, currently, is probably around 21 or 22 though its unclear. He seems here to be trying to build sansa up into more than a shrinking violet, and angling that into gaining her trust. Jul 12, 2017 ramsay rips sansas wedding gown apart, bends her over, then forces his way into her as she cries out in pain.
Fans complained the directors should be ashamed because the rape was too harsh but, actually, they toned it. In the a song of ice and fire books, ramsay bolton formerly known as ramsay snow marries a. Game of thrones team explains changing sansas story. This episode is preciously titled unbowed, unbent, unbroken. While sansa isnt raped in the books, ramsay does rape jayne on their wedding night. Ramsay forces theon to join in with his sexual tortureabuse of his bride in the show, the sadistic ramsay bolton marries sansa stark but in the books, another poor girl, jeyne poole, is married. Yet sundays episode introduced what is perhaps the boldest. Sansa stark is a member of house stark and is the elder daughter of lady catelyn and lord eddard stark.
In the show, littlefinger marries sansa off to the monstrous ramsay bolton, who likes to feed women to his dogs for fun. Apr 27, 2015 but meanwhile, in the published books, theres a character introduced named jeyne poole, sansa s best friend, who ends up impersonating arya. In the books, sansa is currently still at the eyrie with her cousin, robert arryn robin arryn on the show, and ramsay is married to jeyne poole, a friend of sansas from winterfell who is being. And previously, ew exclusively revealed the showrunners reasons for departing from the books by marrying sansa and ramsay. In the a song of ice and fire books, ramsay bolton formerly known as ramsay snow marries a girl who is posing as arya stark, but is actually jeyne poole, a childhood friend of sansas from winterfell. The prospect of a ramsay and sansa marriage is a game of thrones theory popular amongst fans right now. In the show, the sadistic ramsay bolton marries sansa stark but in the books, another poor girl, jeyne poole, is married off to westeross leastdesirable bachelor. Hbos game of thrones has been gradually edging away from its source material. Game of thrones s05e06 sansa and ramsay boltons wedding. Who does sansa lose her virginity to in the game of thrones. Sansaramsay marriage did not make sense general got a.
It is not long before many in kings landing come to know that the marriage was never consummated. Ramsay married her childhood friend jeyne poole with help of petyr baelish and lannisters. He convinced roose bolton that the marriage would help to solidify the boltons hold on the north and would legitimize him as warden of the north, as far as the. While joffrey and sansa are walking through the woods, joffrey notices arya. There was no way she, or littlefinger, could get her marriage annulled without cerseis knowledge. We really wanted sansa to play a major part this season, benioff said. Sansa and petyr baelish continued their journey and sansa realised that she was to be married to ramsay bolton. A bolton bastard married the last stark of the north. She is a prominent character in martins awardwinning a song of ice and fire series. The sansa ramsay wedding a couple of outstanding questions.
Sansas childhood friend jeyne poole, who has been presented as if she were arya. Being that, ramsay didnt get to lay his hands on sansa. The reason behind that major sansa twist on game of thrones. But in martins books, sansa is still at the eyrie when her storyline. Littlefinger never sent sansa to marry ramsay in the books. There was a wedding, a major arrest and a fan favorite character was raped in the shows final moments. Initially betrothed to prince joffrey baratheon, the heir to the iron throne, sansa travels to kings landing in preparation for her nuptials, but essentially becomes a hostage of house lannister following the execution of her. And dont even get me started on the weak logic behind sending sansa to winterfell to marry ramsay. In season 3, episode 8, the second sons, sansa marries tyrion before being unceremoniously taken to marry ramsay bolton instead. About that sansaramsay game of thrones scene cryptic. May 23, 2015 in the books, ramsay marries a different character, a girl posing as arya named jeyne poole, who ends up being brutalized by her new husband. In the books, sansa is currently still at the eyrie with her cousin, robert arryn robin arryn on the show, and ramsay is married to jeyne poole, a friend of sansa s from winterfell who is being. Game of thrones tv, a song of ice and fire george r.
On game of thrones, sansas revenge is nothing to smile about. Shes still holed up in the vale of arryn with littlefinger and lord robert the spoiled young lord is named robin on the show from his nickname sweetrobin, presumably to avoid confusion with king robert. 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. Sansa was appropriately horrified when littlefinger told her his plan to marry ramsay. In the books, sansa is spared this trauma because ramsay marries someone else entirelya girl posing as arya stark. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse in. Why game of thrones sansa twist is freaking out fans of. Game of thrones showrunners explain why they changed sansa. Apparently, game of thrones creators were so impressed with natalie dormers portrayal they decided to up her age in order to cast the actress, who should be just 18 on the show. 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. Though sansa is reluctant to marry ramsay, as his father roose had.
Sansa stark was married to tyrion lannister and wanted for regicide. Game of thrones showrunners explain why they changed sansas. Game of thrones sansa stark chronology totally timelines. Ramsay rips sansa s wedding gown apart, bends her over, then forces his way into her as she cries out in pain. This makes the claim on winterfell all the more fragile. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse. It was sansa s friend jeyne poole, disguised and passed off as arya stark, upon whom this horrible arrangement was bestowed. If you think ramsays bad on game of thrones, here are all the ways hes even worse in the books. She subsequently appeared in the following three novels. However, others argue that subject to what westeros family and marriage law say about the matter, the mere fact that her marriage to. He tortured jeyne badly and presumably even pressurized her to mate with his dogs and subjected her to touches of his servants like reek. 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.
Instead of being stuck in the vale like she is in the books, sansa. Apr 12, 2015 the prospect of a ramsay and sansa marriage is a game of thrones theory popular amongst fans right now. She mocks sansas sister, arya stark, as arya horseface, smirking and neighing when the younger girl is near. But meanwhile, in the published books, theres a character introduced named jeyne poole, sansa s best friend, who ends up impersonating arya. Last night in game of thrones season 5, episode 3, high sparrow, the illfated elder stark daughter was pushed into an engagement with ramsay snow bolton. I have no idea what youre taking about ramsay held his jaw strong. The may 17 episode of game of thrones was downright shocking. 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.
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