The choice was made to give this story to sansa, which led to some of the most controversial and widely criticized decisions in the shows history. Game of thrones producer explains sansas wedding night. May 31, 2015 who can forget how sansa lost her virginity to her sociopathic new husband, ramsay bolton on game of thrones. As some fans predicted, sansa stark is indeed going to marry ramsay bolton. In a series full of unhappy unions, last nights game of thrones just introduced the unhappiest of all. Sansa is still safe relatively under protection of petyr and very much in va. Youre probably going to need this sansatyrion game of thrones. Aug 20, 2017 jeyne is passed off as arya stark and married to ramsay bolton. Instead, his bride is a different stark, or someone masquerading as a. They knew what happened to ramsays book bride, and hoped the same fate wouldnt befall the stark daughter. Helen sloancourtesy of hbo but ultimately, the british star was excited to tackle the challenge and. Game of thrones showrunners explain why they changed sansa.
Apr 26, 2015 yet sundays episode introduced what is perhaps the boldest departure yet from george r. In the third book, sansa is invited to dine with margaery and her grandmother, olenna redwyne. In the books, ramsay is not married to sansa, but jeyne poole. By now we all know that sansa starks storyline was drastically changed for. May 18, 2015 sansa stark gets married with the bastard of bolton game of thrones s05e06. Baelish brokers a marriage between sansa and ramsay bolton, now the heir to the north after the death of robb stark. 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. Did game of thrones really need to rape sansa stark. She is a prominent character in martins awardwinning a song of ice and fire series.
Being that, ramsay didnt get to lay his hands on sansa. Sansa stark gets married with the bastard of bolton game of. Twitter erupted with game of thrones fandom angst sunday night as sansa stark was brutally attacked and humiliated on her wedding night by her sadistic new husband ramsay bolton. Game of thrones fans need to understand sansas rape. 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. Nov 08, 2017 he convinced sansa that marrying ramsay would put her in a position to not only get revenge on the bolton s for the red wedding, but also put her in a position to reclaim the north. Sansaramsay marriage did not make sense general got a. In her book the gifts of imperfection, she writes that shame needs three. May 17, 2015 twitter erupted with game of thrones fandom angst sunday night as sansa stark was brutally attacked and humiliated on her wedding night by her sadistic new husband ramsay bolton. She merely confirms the other characters guess that. Sophie turner as sansa stark and aidan gillen as littlefinger. They needed a stark, and arya was nowhere to be found.
Martin, and its television adaptation game of thrones. King tommen declares ramsay a true bolton, and he is set to marry arya stark, who is actually jeyne poole, a friend of sansa s from winterfell. Sansa stark was raped for absolutely no reason during sunday nights episode of game of thrones. Jaime considers her as sansa lannister in season 4 while, in season 6, a bolton soldier trying to capture her calls her lady bolton. May 19, 2015 last nights episode saw one of the most disturbing scenes of the entire series so far, with ramsay bolton forcing theon greyjoy to watch as he raped sansa stark on their wedding night. Game of thrones producer explains sansas wedding night horror. Who does sansa lose her virginity to in the game of thrones.
In keeping with the series themes, each person largely. Before you read on there are spoilers in here that might ruin it. The boltons are claiming that jeyne is actually arya. Jeyne is an attractive girl with brown eyes, dark hair, and pretty white teeth. In the television adaptation game of thrones, she is played by sophie turner. Queen sansa stark is the eldest daughter of lord eddard stark and his wife. He convinced roose bolton that the marriage would help to solidify the bolton s hold on the north and would legitimize him as warden of the north, as far as the. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse.
Sansa stark is a member of house stark and is the elder daughter of lady catelyn and lord eddard stark. Aryas list deaths game of thrones deaths, aryas kill list, arya list of names deaths duration. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse in. But in martins books, sansa is still at the eyrie when her storyline ends in. Game of thrones s05e06 sansa and ramsay boltons wedding. She subsequently appeared in the following three novels. Introduced in 1998s a clash of kings, ramsay is the bastard son of roose bolton, the lord of the dreadfort, an ancient fortress. 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. Sep 30, 2016 a new game of thrones fan theory suggests that sansa stark could end up marrying jon snow at some point in the storyline. As arya stark, jeyne accompanies the host of lord roose bolton from the twins to siege of moat cailin, where she. What happened to jeyne poole in the game of thrones books.
In the a song of ice and fire books, ramsay bolton formerly known as ramsay snow marries a. The rightful heir to winterfell wed roose boltons bastard son in a move meant to help win back. Ramsay and sansas relationship game of thrones, sansa and ramsay duration. Seriously though there are multiple parts to this question. In praise of sansa marrying ramsay on game of thrones. If according to the book sansa is not married to ramsay. With sansa as the only living stark as far as anyone knows, this gives. Jan 31, 2018 in the show, littlefinger marries sansa off to the monstrous ramsay bolton, who likes to feed women to his dogs for fun. This makes the claim on winterfell all the more fragile. Ramsay snow is the bastard son of roose bolton, lord of the dreadfort and head of house bolton. 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 stark may not go to winterfell at all in the novels, but jeyne pool ramsay s poor bride in the books whose place sansa has takendoes get sexually assaulted. Sansa stark marriages, tyrion relationship on thrones. Nov 29, 2019 game of thrones fans witnessed the horror sansa stark went through with ramsay bolton in season five of the show, however she was never originally supposed to be married off to the evildoer. Sansa starks wedding night is almost too dark to watch. She mocks sansa s sister, arya stark, as arya horseface, smirking and neighing when. 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. A dance with dragons edit theon has suffered greatly at the hands of ramsay, now adopting the title reek and acting as ramsay s personal plaything with a status just below the dogs.
Instead of being stuck in the vale like she is in the books, sansa is taking jeyne pooles placejeyne who, in the books, is disguised as arya and married to the bolton to cement their claim. 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. Sophie turner secretly loved sansa stark s game of thrones. Sansa stark is now engaged to marry the psychotic ramsay snow bolton. Apr 27, 2015 yes, im talking about sansa stark s impending marriage to the psychotic ramsay bolton formerly snow, which will inevitably result in tears and torture.
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 difference between the ramsay snow of the books and the show is. Sansa was instead married to ramsay bolton in season 5. Based on ramsay boltons past, no one who has followed the series should have been particularly surprised by. Later, lyanna mormont hangs a lampshade by noting whether she is a lannister or bolton, while sansa calls herself sansa stark, despite being legally married. The show never explains in any more detail, but given ramsay s behavior, it sounds as if they are implying. The girl who got married to ramsay bolton was jeyne poole disguised as arya stark. In the show, littlefinger marries sansa off to the monstrous ramsay bolton, who. May 19, 2015 sansa stark walks down the aisle with theon grayjoy to marry ramsay bolton on game of thrones. Sansa stark wont be shamed into silence after abuse by ramsay bolton. I doubt the battle of winterfell plays out in the books the same way it did on the show, es. Martins books, which saw ramsay marry a girl impersonating arya maisie williams, so no one knows how bad things could get for sansa.
Jeyne poole is a member of house poole and is the daughter of the steward of winterfell, vayon poole. It was during a night of horrific and controversial rape, no less. 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. Rape, molestation and sexual assault are not like other crimes. Jul 12, 2017 sansa stark was raped for absolutely no reason during sunday nights episode of game of thrones. Sansas childhood friend jeyne poole, who has been presented as if she. Sansa was appropriately horrified when littlefinger told her his plan to marry ramsay. 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 showrunners explain why they changed sansas. But boy have those tv writers been hard on sansa stark. Well, if youre a book snob, which i am, you might treat only books as the canonical story,which i do.
The rightful heir to winterfell wed roose bolton s bastard son in a move meant to help win back. 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. Because its the show, and nothing makes sense in the show. Game of thrones tv, a song of ice and fire george r. This is a big twist from the book, where sansas friend jeyne poole is forced to marry ramsay, while pretending to be arya stark. Theon gives away arya during the wedding in the godswood of winterfell. The prospect of a ramsay and sansa marriage is a game of thrones theory popular amongst fans right now.
Sansa stark is one of the major pov characters in the books. The newlylegitimate ramsay is engaged to marry sansa stark to solidify the familys claim to the north, which her family has held for thousands of years. Instead, his bride is a different stark, or someone masquerading as a stark. Sansa stark is a fictional character created by american author george r. 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.
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