Game of thrones s05e06 sansa and ramsay boltons wedding. Ramsay is an ugly young man, even when dressed finely. 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. Book ramsay is crazy, like really crazy, when show ramsay is just a cruel man without a plan. You have this storyline with ramsay, writer brian cogman told entertainment weekly. When he presents his bride, theonreek recognizes her immediately as jeyne, sansas childhood friend, because of her eye color. Sansa is a character we care about almost more than any other, and the stark. Game of thrones team explains changing sansas story. Game of thrones goes offbook and enrages its female fans. She is a prominent character in martins awardwinning a song of ice and fire series. Sansa and jon are both survivors, barely, of a vicious, powerhungry world. So when they finally united in book of the stranger, game of thrones found a way to pull our heartstrings. Elder daughter of eddard and catelyn stark and their second child.
Neither scene, television or novel, were about the male gaze. Sep 07, 2017 game of thrones moments in the books too intense for tv. Being that, ramsay didnt get to lay his hands on sansa. It is possible that what he did in my body is referring to potential pregnancy of sansa with ramsay s child which makes sense because sansa would be feeling the pregnancy. Sansa stark may not go to winterfell at all in the novels, but jeyne poolramsays. Why sansas wedding night was the most traumatizing game of. Sales tax is not separately calculated and collected in connection with items ordered from sansa book through the site unless explicitly indicated as such in the ordering process. Characters like ramsay bolton, joffrey baratheon, and euron greyjoy are like kittens when compared to.
Poor jeyne, who had been sansas childhood friend, had been trained in one of littlefingers brothels. However, sophie turner, the actress has denied that it is true. A bastards possessions chapter 1, a game of thrones. Then, in both the book and the show, readers see her traumatized by the death of. Sansa stark is the eldest daughter and second child of lady catelyn and lord eddard stark, the warden of the north. Ramsay s skin is pink and blotchy, his nose broad, his hair long and dark and dry.
In ramsays chambers, reek had a bath drawn and he helped his master clean and dress in some of his finest garments. Because sansa gets six pov chapters, we get to see her thoughts pretty clearly, and they definitely dont match up with reality. Reek twitched in what seemed like a nod meaning yes and noticed how the leather and cloth clung to. I was gonna make it a bit more like the book version of events, but even doing as much as i did was exhausting.
But in martins books, sansa is still at the eyrie when her storyline ends in a. What happened to jeyne poole in the game of thrones books. The girl who got married to ramsay bolton was jeyne poole disguised as arya stark. And then the show decides that its time for ramsay to rape sansa while theon watches. We got a sanitized version of ramsays hunting trips on the show, and we were spared some of. Sansa is incredibly unprepared for the real world well, the real world of a game of thrones, which is incredibly frustrating. In martins version of events, the lannisters pass off a stark family friend, jeyne, to the boltons as collateral for an important alliance, convincing the. Poole, who is sansa starkss childhood friend, is forced to pose as the missing arya stark, to strengthen ramsays claim to winterfell and her innovatively cruel husband decides to force his.
The alternative story of ramsay and sansa where they use, abuse, manipulate, but in the end, crave each other like an addict. There are no two ways about it, littlefinger is a manipulative turd. The book version of brienne was always teased for her looksshes tall and broad in the shoulder, with messy strawcolored hair, a too. Introduced in a game of thrones 1996, sansa is the elder daughter and second child of lord. Sansa stark is a fictional character created by american author george r. Theres been a sizable outcry over the final scene in sunday nights game of thrones episode, unbowed, unbent, unbroken, in which sansa stark sophie turner is wed to ramsay. 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 17, 2015 but its not the extreme torture and humiliation that scene in the book is. Sansas wedding to tyrion is not talked about enough for its powerful. Ramsay s death marks the end of house bolton and its rule in the north. May 18, 2015 anyone who has read the books and followed game of thrones interviews closely was bracing for this moment.
By covert, the abuse was meant to hurt her less directly, but she was also a factor in his deliberations. Sansa stark is a member of house stark and is the elder daughter of lady catelyn and lord eddard stark. 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. Game of thrones fans need to understand sansas rape. This would be reinforced by ramsay s last words to her in which he said that he is a part of her now. About that sansaramsay game of thrones scene cryptic. Ew exclusively revealed the showrunners reasons for departing from the books by. Why sansas wedding night was the most traumatizing game. In book 2, he marries lady hornwood by force, then locks her in the tower w. 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. 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. Its hard to imagine what goes through the minds of such men, but there are several reasons why they might go this sansatheonramsay route. Ramsay rips sansas wedding gown apart, bends her over, then forces his way into her as she cries.
In the a song of ice and fire books, ramsay bolton formerly known as ramsay snow marries a. Jun 27, 2016 game of thrones littlefinger is a genius in the books. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse. Though sheltered and petulantly naive at the start of the series, the realities and myriad tragedies of westeros harden her heart as time wears on and circumstances force her to become savvier and more cunning a real player in the game of thrones. Sansa and ramsay together back when they were writing season 2. Ramsay rips sansas wedding gown apart, bends her over, then forces his way into her as she cries out in pain.
The young woman who was actually forced to marry ramsay in the book was sansa s best friend, jeyne poole. A vast departure from her book plot in a feast for crows, sansa has been set up by littlefinger this season to give the boltons the legitimacy to rule the north they need by. We got a sanitized version of ramsays hunting trips on the show, and we. Queen sansa stark is the eldest daughter and the second child of lord eddard stark and his wife, lady catelyn.
Ramsay then instructed theon to stay and witness sansa lose her virginity. Read an asiof wiki article and youd see how utterly horrible he is. Game of thrones invites you to another terrible wedding the new york times sections home search skip to content. May 19, 2015 all of that is to say i was generally ok with the change of sansa going to winterfell to marry ramsay when it was revealed. 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. This is a big twist from the book, where sansas friend. Hopefully the parallels between the journeys of bookjeyne and showsansa end at. Characters like ramsay bolton, joffrey baratheon, and euron greyjoy are like kittens when compared to their game of thrones book counterparts.
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. Sansa stark and ramsay bolton in game of thrones hbo. The biggest scene on sundays game of thrones was toned. She mocks sansas sister, arya stark, as arya horseface, smirking and neighing when the younger. Whats going to happen to sansa after last nights harrowing episode of game of thrones. Sounds like the sansaramsay wedding rumors are true. Sansa stark is one of the major pov characters in the books. May 19, 2015 the book version of this scene was much, much worse. Nov 09, 2017 how 15 game of thrones characters are different than their book version. Theon greyjoy, a captive of ramsay, recognizes jeyne, as he grew up alongside her at winterfell. Last sundays episode ended with sansas wedding to ramsay, after.
This is one of the most obvious, and certainly one of the most controversial, changes from the books. May 18, 2015 in sundays episode, ramsay and sansa said, i do, and conflicts heated up in dorne and kings landing. If ramsay bolton married sansa stark, it would be a crime against the crown and would incur the. Game of thrones littlefinger is a genius in the books. Given the general outcry to ramsay bolton in the show, they could not handle the actual character. Game of thrones showrunners explain why they changed sansas.
Anyone who has read the books and followed game of thrones interviews closely was bracing for this moment. What do you think, reek, do i look fit enough for your old friend, sansa. How 15 game of thrones characters are different than their book version. We got a sanitized version of ramsays hunting trips on the show, and we were spared some of the reasons why he does this. Although his mouth is small, ramsay s lips are wide and meaty, wormy looking, and he smiles a wetlipped smile. For her part, sansa weathers her first battle with steely resolve.
I will divide this into overt abuse and covert abuse. Game of thrones s05e06 sansa and ramsay boltons wedding night. Game of thrones invites you to another terrible wedding. Cersei believed sansa and tyrion, husband and wife, had murdered her beautiful son. Ramsay marries a minor character who hasnt appeared in the tv version. So i havent been able to watch the pirated episodes, but ive read the summaries and am actively participating on this sub now. Game of thrones showrunners explain why they changed sansa. Sansa s childhood friend jeyne poole, who has been presented as if she were arya. She has an older brother, robb, two younger brothers, bran and rickon, a younger sister. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse in. May 24, 2015 what happened to jeyne poole in the game of thrones books. Ramsays note to jon is clearly meant to be threatening, but its so overthetop in its bond villain mustache twirling. Its well known that they were most looking forward to translating the red wedding onto the small screen and look what they did.
In the show, littlefinger marries sansa off to the monstrous ramsay bolton. The sansaramsay wedding a couple of outstanding questions. They needed a stark, and arya was nowhere to be found. That night, ramsay is visited by sansa, who watches as his hungry hounds eat ramsay alive. May 15, 2016 sansa and jon are both survivors, barely, of a vicious, powerhungry world.
What version of ramsay snow bolton is a bigger nutcase. If this particular change wasnt controversial before, it certainly is now. How 15 game of thrones characters are different than their. The prospect of a ramsay and sansa marriage is a game of thrones theory popular amongst fans right now. Its been almost a year since game of thrones viewers last laid eyes on sansa stark. In game of thrones, sansa is the one who ends up becoming ramsays bride, while theon is ordered by ramsay to stand by and watch as he assaults his new wife, shortly after theyve been married. In the television adaptation game of thrones, she is played by sophie turner. The book version of this scene was much, much worse. About appearances, the show did not follow the books at all, with few exceptions viserys for example is great. 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. 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.
In a total douche move, ramsay bragged about sansas. 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. 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. The betrothal and consequential nightmaremarriage between sansa and ramsay doesnt exactly exist in asoiaf. On sunday nights episode, ramsay forced a hysterical theon greyjoy, exward of the stark family, to watch the sexual assault against sansa but in. Game of thrones ramsay bolton was even worse in the books. Littlefinger would never risk someone as valuable as sansa on a loose cannon like ramsay bolton. In the book it is an arya stark impersonator that marries ramsay, jane, her friend from childhood. Kit harington his own version of the books notorious pink letter. I just love unusual pairings and these two are becoming my favourites to watch. Well, if youre a booksnob, which i am, you might treat only books as the canonical story,which i do. 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. In the books, ramsay is wed to jeyne poole, a former winterfell friend of sansa s, now. Yup, after getting married in the godswood, she and ramsay head to a bedroom where he tells her to take off.
Which brings us to this scene, where the book version is very, very different. The somewhat convoluted book version of the arc, in which the bride is a tertiary character the daughter of a former stark loyalist who is forced to pretend to be arya, is great but just too unwieldy for television. Game of thrones had to really push to top how upsetting the red wedding was, but sundays episode, unbowed, unbent, unbroken, presented the. 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. He is big boned and slope shouldered, with a fleshiness indicating he will be fat later in life. Game of thrones littlefinger is a genius in the books, and. Did game of thrones really need to rape sansa stark. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. If sansa has replaced her, it means more suffering. Theres a version of sansa where her main character arc is not. 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. Two characters who have never met yet whose paths may potentially collide. 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.