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. Unfortunately for jeyne, ramsay is as brutal and heinous in the books as he is on screen, and he went on to abuse jeyne extensively. In the books, though, the stark sister who married ramsay isnt a stark at all, but sansas childhood friend jeyne poole, who accompanied the starks south when ned became hand. 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. New game of thrones theory has sansa stark becoming a. 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. 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. Though sansa is reluctant to marry ramsay, as his father roose had personally murdered robb, baelish. Dany going mad, full fix reedit to the best of my ability game of thrones duration.
Game of thrones season 5 episode 3, four walls and a roof, revealed one of the biggest shocks for fans of george rr martin s books, that sansa stark is set to marry bolton ramsay thanks to her uncle littlefingers scheming. Martin, and its television adaptation game of thrones introduced in 1998s a clash of kings, ramsay. Sansa stark gets married with the bastard of bolton game. About that sansaramsay game of thrones scene cryptic. Since jon is in the nights watch arya with that the lady of winterfell and heir. Sansa starks season five storyline in game of thrones.
In the show she marries ramsay bolton, while in the books the two of them have never met. Although it is never explicitly shown for obvious reasons, it can be inferred that ramsay tortured sansa. The main differences between sansa stark in the game of. Game of thrones team explains changing sansas story. May 18, 2015 game of thrones, season 5 episode 6 ending. In praise of sansa marrying ramsay on game of thrones. In the books, ramsay is not married to sansa, but jeyne poole. In season 3, episode 8, the second sons, sansa marries tyrion before being unceremoniously taken to marry ramsay bolton instead. Theon greyjoy, a captive of ramsay, recognizes jeyne, as he grew up alongside her at winterfell. The reason that sansa could still be betrothed to ramsay bolton after her marriage to tyrion lannister is that he marriage to tyrion was never consumated. Sansa stark wont be shamed into silence after abuse by ramsay bolton.
The girl who got married to ramsay bolton was jeyne poole disguised as arya stark. I think their marriage is done, especially considering show sansa married ramsay and no one said boo. 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. This is because both of these storylines were not adaped from the books and viewers could tell the difference as characters made decisions that. In the books robb, the last king in the north, took sansa out of his will and stripped her from her titles and made jon the heir, if not arya as the supposedly last of the starks. Episode six ending was brutal but it remains to be seen if it was necessary. The scene ends before we can see what damage ramsay inflicts. 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. Some of sansas 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 the books, sansa is spared this trauma because ramsay marries someone else entirelya girl posing as arya stark. Heres how fans reacted to the sansa plot on game of thrones. It was the scene book readers have feared since it was revealed that sansa would be replacing. 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.
Sansa stark is one of the major pov characters in the books. There ramsays forced bride and victim is a young member of the stark household named jeyne poole, written out of the adaptation but in the novels sent. While the game of thrones writers decided to expand sansas role, it was to the detriment of another character. Why jeyne pooles story is among the most tragic in westeros. May 31, 2015 who can forget how sansa lost her virginity to her sociopathic new husband, ramsay bolton on game of thrones.
On the fifth season of game of thrones, sansa starks storyline took a compelling turn. Sansas childhood friend jeyne poole, who has been presented as if. 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. 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.
It is up there with jaimes rescue plan to dorne as being particularly weak. Feb 24, 2018 in the show, littlefinger marries sansa off to ramsay bolton, the living devil. Weiss in the original novels, ramsay seals the boltons hold on winterfell by marrying sansas friend. 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. Sansa and baelish eventually arrive at the ruins of moat cailin, where sansa learns that they are actually returning to winterfell and baelishs plan is to have her marry ramsay bolton, the recently legitimized son of roose bolton, the current warden of the north.
Except its not arya at all, but a childhood friend of the starks named jenye poole who has been disguised to look like arya. With his men slain, ramsay finally accepts jons offer of oneonone combat, but is quickly overpowered by jon, who brutally beats him and orders him locked in the kennels as a prisoner. 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. In the episode, sansa sophie turner goes through with her wedding to ramsay bolton iwan rheon. After the red wedding ramsay bolton marries arya in order to lay claim to winterfell.
Ramsay iwan rheon wed sansa sophie turner in sundays episode, humiliating her by forcing theonreek alfie allen to walk her down the. Why sansas wedding night was the most traumatizing game of. Lying to your husband on his wedding night is a bad way to start your marriage says ramsay. Did game of thrones really need to rape sansa stark. Sansa marries ramsay bolton, with reek as best man, season five. You remember, ramsay s father, roose bolton, murdered sansa s. The young woman who was actually forced to marry ramsay in the book was sansa s best friend, jeyne poole. We accept donations year round, so if you havent donated yet, theres still time to add your support.
Sansa marries ramsey was a very poor storyline in the show. Showtyrion is a lot nicer, but i still dont see anything romantic happening between them. Instead, his bride is a different stark, or someone masquerading as a stark. Martin is weighing in on an online uproar that followed sundays game of thrones the hbo show made perhaps its most controversial divergence from the books yet, having sansa sophie. Sansa stark is a member of house stark and is the elder daughter of lady catelyn and lord eddard stark. Sansa doesnt receive an answer instead, cersei demands that jeyne be separated from sansa, and that petyr baelish should find new accommodations for jeyne. Sansa stark was married to tyrion lannister and wanted for regicide. Well, if youre a book snob, which i am, you might treat only books as the canonical story,which i do.
In the books, ramsay is led by the lannisters to believe he is marrying arya stark, but she is in fact sansas childhood friend jeyne. Game of thrones littlefinger is a genius in the books. Sansa marries ramsay and the subsequent events happen on sansas wedding night. As you say, the books do not perfectly align with the show. Why sansas wedding night was the most traumatizing game. If sansa marries ramsay a repulsive prospect to be sure that would put her in a position to exact her revenge on the boltons. The boltons are claiming that jeyne is actually arya. Then, of course, ramsay raped her, because hes downright terrible. 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. On last nights episode, littlefinger and roose bolton arranged a political marriage between sansa stark and ramsay bolton.
Sansa is initially reluctant to marry into yet another family that betrayed hers, but baelish pacifies her by claiming it will be an opportunity for her to avenge her family. 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. Rape, molestation and sexual assault are not like other crimes. Bolton repeatedly raped sansa and overall gave her hell. The showrunners decided to place the fate of this character to sansa stark in got. Poor jeyne, who had been sansas childhood friend, had been trained in one of littlefingers brothels. Game of thrones fans need to understand sansas rape. With the help of theon greyjoy, she was able to make her escape. Theon accompanies sansa and ramsay to their bedroom where the bedding is about to take place. When sansa marries ramsay bolton, she is terrified of him. That night, ramsay is visited by sansa, who watches as his hungry hounds eat ramsay alive. May 18, 2015 game of thrones had to really push to top how upsetting the red wedding was, but sundays episode, unbowed, unbent, unbroken, presented the most horrifying scene to date. Being that, ramsay didnt get to lay his hands on sansa. And after alfie allen theon, iwan rheon ramsay, and sophie turner sansa all hinted that something awful and controversial was coming this season, fans who lived through that cerseijaime.
She has heard so many stories of his sadistic nature, and she thinks he will do something similar to her. This means that the marriage was never made official in the eyes of the gods, and as such she is free to go on to marry. The impending marriage is a wholesale plot invention by producers david benioff and d. In the book, it isnt sansa that is married to ramsay, but jeyne poole, a childhood friend of sansas. Sansas wedding night chapter 1, a game of thrones fanfic. This is a shocking turn of events for a number of reasons. We know from how the show used gendry to fill in for a different book character in season 3 that game of. Sansas childhood friend jeyne poole, who has been presented as if she were. Why game of thrones sansa twist is freaking out fans of the.
Martins books, which saw ramsay marry a girl impersonating arya maisie williams, so no one knows how bad things could get for sansa. Game of thrones s05e06 unbowed, unbent, unbroken with english subtitles. They needed a stark, and arya was nowhere to be found. There are numerous comments about the cuts and bites shes sustained at his hands, nevermind the fact that he has theon engage in a few acts with her for his. 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. 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. In the a song of ice and fire books, ramsay bolton formerly known as ramsay snow marries a. 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.
Martins books, however, will recognize that it is originally jayne poole, not sansa, who marries ramsay. You can see why book fans were so worried for sansa, and why they breathed a small sigh of relief at the conclusion of the shows. Game of thrones showrunners explain why they changed sansas. Game of thrones s05e06 sansa and ramsay boltons wedding night. In the television adaptation game of thrones, she is played by sophie turner.
He is married off to jeyne poole thinking that shes arya stark. This is one case where the two are vastly different. Ramsay forces theon to join in with his sexual tortureabuse of his bride. In the third book, sansa is invited to dine with margaery and her grandmother, olenna redwyne. Alternate universe sansa stark doesnt marry ramsay. It was during a night of horrific and controversial rape, no less. While this may seem like a huge change for devoted readers, if ramsay had married poole, a character we havent seen since season 1 and arent emotionally. Baelish brokers a marriage between sansa and ramsay bolton, now the heir to the north after the death of robb stark. 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. This episode is preciously titled unbowed, unbent, unbroken.
Sansa stark is a fictional character created by american author george r. At that moment, sansa stark was believed to be the only living stark, which gave bolton the right to winterfell. Apr 12, 2015 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. Littlefinger never sent sansa to marry ramsay in the books. Sansa s long time friend, jayne poole, is the one married to ramsay bolton, in the guise of arya stark. Jeyne is an attractive girl with brown eyes, dark hair, and pretty white teeth. In the show, poole is more of a background character, and after season 1 her character fizzled out. Ramsay rips sansas wedding gown apart, bends her over, then forces his way into her as she cries. Why sansa wont be queen in the books, but arya might be.
All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse. Sansaramsay marriage did not make sense general got. Mild spoilers for the books follow in the books, ramsay does get married to a stark a girl named jeyne poole masquerading as arya stark so the boltons can strengthen their claim in the. Who does sansa lose her virginity to in the game of thrones. The best thing about this change is that even book readers dont know for sure. Game of thrones sansa stark, explained by her costumes vox. Ramsay s death marks the end of house bolton and its rule in the north. Sansa stark gets married with the bastard of bolton game of thrones s05e06.
She is a prominent character in martins awardwinning a song of ice and fire series. You have this storyline with ramsay, writer brian cogman told entertainment weekly. Sansas childhood friend jeyne poole, who has been presented as if she. Why game of thrones sansa twist is freaking out fans of. Sansas scenes in winterfell last night crackled with. Apr 27, 2015 why game of thrones sansa twist is freaking out fans of the books. Sansa remains in the vale after the murder of her aunt lysa, disguised as alayne stone, the bastard daughter of littlefinger. With ramsay now dead, does sansas marital status technically. And after alfie allen theon, iwan rheon ramsay, and sophie turner sansa all hinted that something awful and controversial was coming this. Instead, his bride is a different stark, or someone masquerading as a. 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.
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. New game of thrones theory has sansa stark becoming. 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. 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 mocks sansa s sister, arya stark, as arya horseface, smirking and neighing when. The most notable instance was her informing cersei about her fathers plans to. Ramsay rips sansa s wedding gown apart, bends her over, then forces his way into her as she cries out in pain. 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. But the newlyweds wedding night ends with a scene that goes the opposite way, rendering sansa helpless and victimizedagain. This is a tricky plot point, considering that littlefinger never should have given sansa over to ramsay in the show. The prospect of a ramsay and sansa marriage is a game of thrones theory popular amongst fans right now. Jeyne poole is a member of house poole and is the daughter of the steward of winterfell, vayon poole.
In chapter 51 of a game of thrones, sansa is summoned to the small council, and inquires about vayon for her friend. She mocks sansas sister, arya stark, as arya horseface, smirking and neighing when the younger. It was sansa s friend jeyne poole, disguised and passed off as arya stark, upon whom this horrible arrangement was bestowed. In the books, sansa never ends up marrying ramsay bolton, arya does. Sansa is initially reluctant to marry into yet another family that betrayed hers, but baelish pacifies her by claiming it will be an opportunity for her to. Game of thrones s05e06 sansa and ramsay boltons wedding. 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. Sansa is indeed engaged to be married, but not to ramsay rather to harrold hardyng. Game of thrones goes offbook and enrages its female fans.
But, in the books, things go very differently for sansa and her sexuality. 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. S06e02 ramsay bolton kills his father roose and walda duration. Weddings continue to be bad news on game of thrones. Game of thrones tv, a song of ice and fire george r. In the book it is an arya stark impersonator that marries ramsay, jane, her friend from childhood. This is a big twist from the book, where sansas friend. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse in. Game of thrones showrunners explain why they changed sansa.
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