In the show, littlefinger marries sansa off to the monstrous ramsay bolton, who likes to feed women to his dogs for fun. 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. If ramsay bolton married sansa stark, it would be a crime against the crown and would incur the lannisters wrath. In the books, ramsay is wed to jeyne poole, a former winterfell friend of sansa s, now. The 6 game of thrones characters whose stories are totally different in the books. Instead, her old friend jeyne poole was the one sent up north to marry ramsay. Game of thrones team explains changing sansas story. I think book sansa and show sansa are totally different characters since the whole ramsay thing. The betrothal and consequential nightmaremarriage between sansa and ramsay doesnt exactly exist in asoiaf. We really wanted sansa to play a major part this season, benioff said. Sansa stark is a fictional character created by american author george r. She subsequently appeared in the following three novels. This is a big twist from the book, where sansa s friend jeyne poole is forced to marry ramsay, while pretending to be arya stark.
Ramsay rips sansa s wedding gown apart, bends her over, then forces his way into her as she cries out in pain. In the books, ramsay is not married to sansa, but jeyne poole. Why fans are so upset about sansas plot on game of. Her necklace, a circle and bar threaded with a long chain tipped with a needle, earning it the name needle necklace. If according to the book sansa is not married to ramsay. The boltons are claiming that jeyne is actually arya. As you say, the books do not perfectly align with the show. Queen sansa stark is the eldest daughter of lord eddard stark and his wife, lady catelyn, sister. The mother of dragons is of course played by the lovable emilia clarke on the hbo series, but in the books, she is described to look slightly different than the beautiful actress. As beloved as some of these book plots may be, they. Thats how the game of thrones characters should really.
We know from how the show used gendry to fill in for a different book character in season 3 that game of thrones the show likes to be a little more efficient with its. This makes the claim on winterfell all the more fragile. If we were going to stay absolutely faithful to the book. Jon is 15 years old in books, he still has the mind of a kid, he plays with robb and his other siblings, the best family relationship he have are robb and arya, bran aswell meanwhile rickon and sansa are distant in rickon case is because he is practically a baby.
How does book sansa stark compare to the shows portrayal of her. About that sansaramsay game of thrones scene cryptic. They knew what happened to ramsay s book bride, and hoped the same fate wouldnt befall the stark daughter. Showrunners talk about that huge twistthat was very different from the. Sansa stark is nowhere near winterfell in the books, hasnt met up with jon, and was never married to ramsay. Being that, ramsay didnt get to lay his hands on sansa. Sam maggs is a writer and televisioner, currently hailing from the kingdom of the north toronto. The surprise was a major divergence from the book series upon which game of thrones is based, george r. In the books, sansas story ends in feast for crows, book four. If we were going to stay absolutely faithful to the book, it was going to. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse in the. Sansa stark is a member of house stark and is the elder daughter of lady catelyn and lord eddard stark.
Instead, his bride is a different stark, or someone masquerading as a stark. In season 5, sansa is betrothed and married off again, but this time to ramsay bolton. The main differences between sansa stark in the game of. Martins a song of ice and fire, where thus far no such proposal has been made. She found reasons to keep all of them at arms length and for jon it was his bastardy. There is a fan theory that the book scene, in which sansa builds a snow.
Sansa was appropriately horrified when littlefinger told her his plan to marry ramsay. Her first book, the fangirls guide to the galaxy will be out soon from quirk books. Ramsay thinks hes a big man, mouthing off and flaunting reek, and really being horrendous to sansa, twisting the knife, but with a smile. Game of thrones showrunners explain why they changed sansas. Ramsay snow is the bastard son of roose bolton, lord of the dreadfort and head of house. New game of thrones theory has sansa stark becoming a.
Game of thrones invites you to another terrible wedding. Sansa s childhood friend jeyne poole, who has been presented as if she. Show sansa is entirely different in at least the last season. The young woman who was actually forced to marry ramsay in the book was sansa s best friend, jeyne poole. 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. There are two main functional differences between the portrayals. While on the tv series clarke is in her 20s and 30s during filming, the young queen in the books starts. She should slay both boltons, but she puts on her best fake margaery smile and pretends to be happy to meet them. Of course, sansa is quick to point out that joffrey was also comely and ramsay is, objectively speaking, not unattractive.
Her jewelry becomes a lot less delicate, as does she in this season of game of thrones. This makes zero sense to me, and it opens massive plot holes in the show. Sansa stark is one of the major pov characters in the books. The overall storyline of having sansa marry ramsay is definitely a huge difference from.
Sansa is still safe relatively under protection of petyr and very much in va. Book sansa is a story of a survivor while show sansa is a revenge story. Theon greyjoy, a captive of ramsay, recognizes jeyne, as he grew up alongside her at winterfell. This episode is preciously titled unbowed, unbent, unbroken. Game of thrones producer explains sansas wedding night. She mocks sansas sister, arya stark, as arya horseface, smirking and neighing when the younger girl is near. Sansa was apparently unaware of just what a bastard pun intended ramsay is, as was petyr littlefinger baelish, who brokered the arrangement with roose bolton. Sansa stark is now engaged to marry the psychotic ramsay snow bolton. 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.
Game of thrones is originally a book series, created by george r. Sansa was a bit distant from all of her siblings, although i dont think she treated jon the way cat did. Sansa is a character we care about almost more than any other, and the. The main differences between sansa stark in the game of thrones.
Sansa meets ramsay sansa and petyr ride into moat cailin. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse. Well, if youre a book snob, which i am, you might treat only books as the canonical story,which i do. This is a big twist from the book, where sansas friend jeyne poole is forced to.
Jon asks sansa what he should do differently but sansa responds she. I think it quite likely that neither sansa nor jon is present for the battle of winterfell, so it will be a completely different situation. 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. Instead, his bride is a different stark, or someone masquerading as a. Book dany is described by varys as being too skinny and small breasted with long silver hair and violet eyes. In the books, sansa is still at the eyrie at the end of a feast for crows and benioff admitted this wasnt exciting enough for one of the most popular characters. 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. The siblings robb, jon, sansa, arya, bran and rickon all must fight for their crowns. Game of thrones jewelry sansa starks jewelry evolution.
Its wonderful how roose bolton can always shoot him. The girls cradle each other in the same bed for comfort. 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. In the television adaptation game of thrones, she is played by sophie turner. This is one case where the two are vastly different. Game of thrones tv, a song of ice and fire george r. Jon is a teenager in the show, we can see his relationship with robb in a matured.
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