This is one case where the two are vastly different. Sansa stark was raped for absolutely no reason during sunday nights episode of game of thrones. The bolton stark wedding in game of thrones is one small piece of littlefingers long play to take over the north himself. 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. First, lets remember that sansa should not even be in winterfell with the boltons, let alone marrying ramsay. The rightful heir to winterfell wed roose bolton s bastard son in a move meant to help win back. As arya stark, jeyne accompanies the host of lord roose bolton from the twins to siege of.
This is a setback for sansa the eldest stark daughter has not. By now we all know that sansa starks storyline was drastically changed for. About that sansaramsay game of thrones scene cryptic. Will sansa stark marry jon snow to be queen since she is desperate to be one. Jaime considers her as sansa lannister in season 4 while, in season 6, a bolton soldier trying to capture her calls her lady bolton. Game of thrones producers on why sansas storyline is deviating from the.
The boltons are claiming that jeyne is actually arya. The boltonstark wedding in game of thrones is one small piece of littlefingers long play to take over the north himself. The freys may not care, but the other northern houses who had served house stark for generations do. Yet sundays episode introduced what is perhaps the boldest departure yet from 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. As ramsey bolton is not married to sansa stark in the. In keeping with the series themes, each person largely. 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. Sansa stark has stood up to some of the most wicked people in westeros, including king joffrey, ramsay bolton, and littlefinger, so when ramsays plaything miranda threatens sansa at winterfell, its no surprise that sansa was having none of it. Sansa stark wont be shamed into silence after abuse by ramsay bolton. Ramsay forces theon to join in with his sexual tortureabuse of his bride. If according to the book sansa is not married to ramsay.
Why sansas wedding night was the most traumatizing game of thrones scene ever. 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. Heres what ramsays last words to sansa may have meant on game of thrones. Game of thrones tv, a song of ice and fire george r. In the television adaptation game of thrones, she is played by sophie turner. I sincerely thank her for taking the time to write this, as it relates closely to other issues ive brought up on this site regarding gender, double standards, and media depictions. What happened to jeyne poole in the game of thrones books.
Last united in their escape from crazed torturer ramsay bolton, the pair shared an emotional embrace on last nights episode but fans arent. Game of thrones team explains changing sansas story. 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. Before you read on there are spoilers in here that might ruin it. Sansas childhood friend jeyne poole, who has been presented as if she were. This post contains spoilers for sundays episode of hbos game of thrones littlefinger revealed that he plans to marry sansa stark off to ramsay bolton the psychopathic sadist responsible. Well, if youre a booksnob, which i am, you might treat only books as the canonical story,which i do. Why sansas wedding night was the most traumatizing game. As ramsey bolton is not married to sansa stark in the books, how is he likely to meet his death. To make matters more difficult our eyes inside for the north is theon greyjoy for the book series. Being that, ramsay didnt get to lay his hands on sansa. It was during a night of horrific and controversial rape, no less.
Sansa is still safe relatively under protection of petyr and very much in va. Game of thrones fans need to understand sansas rape. On the rape of sansa stark and quitting game of thrones. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse. Did game of thrones really need to rape sansa stark. Instead, his bride is a different stark, or someone masquerading as a stark. Who can forget how sansa lost her virginity to her sociopathic new husband, ramsay bolton on game of thrones. Sansa stark is a member of house stark and is the elder daughter of lady catelyn and lord eddard stark. What ramsays last words to sansa may have meant on. Sansa stark may not go to winterfell at all in the novels, but. Game of thrones ramsay snow slams critics of sansa rape scene. I wont try to run away, not ever, ill give him sons, i swear it, i swear it. Sansa graced ramsay with a sweet smile, much kinder than the one she had offered his father.
If they did not give good sport, he would rape them and then flay. The freys charge across the frozen lake, which has been icefished to the point where the ice is weakening. There is no mentioning in the books that jeyne has any siblings according to the. And ever since roose bolton announced that his wife was pregnant. 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. 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. Game of thrones sansa stark and ramsay bolton hot scene. Game of thrones producer explains sansas wedding night. Also, the main way that sansa and boltons story lines differ is that ramsay bolton doesnt marry, much less sexually assault sansa stark in.
Game of thrones ramsay bolton characters tv tropes. This makes the claim on winterfell all the more fragile. Ramsay marries jeyne poole, sansas childhood friend who only exists in the pilot episode of game of thrones, and tries to convince the world that. Actor iwan rheon, who plays the sadistic ramsay bolton formerly ramsay snow in the fantasy drama series game of thrones, has defended the controversial rape. Jeyne poole is a friend of sansa stark and daughter of vayon poole, the. Sansas childhood friend jeyne poole, who has been presented as if. In the books, ramsay is not married to sansa, but jeyne poole. The beauty and the bastard chapter 1, a game of thrones. While sansa is annoying, she may be like the prototypical medieval princess. The main differences between sansa stark in the game of. Game of thrones everything to know about sansa stark.
Sansa stark is one of the major pov characters in the books. When one gets away he decides to have his fun with the other two, and what glorious things. S05e06 sansa starks wedding to ramsey bolton hd youtube. Martin, and its television adaptation game of thrones introduced in 1998s a clash of kings, ramsay is the bastard son of roose bolton, the lord of the dreadfort, an ancient fortress in the north of the kingdom of. While sansa isnt raped in the books, ramsay does rape. 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. Anyone who has read the books and followed game of thrones interviews closely was bracing for this moment. Ramsay snow is the bastard son of roose bolton, lord of the dreadfort and head of house bolton. In the show, the sadistic ramsay bolton marries sansa stark but in the books, another poor girl, jeyne poole, is. At first blush, sansa has a lot in common with a typical nobles daughter in the middle ages, and, quite possibly elizabeth of york. The producers choice to insert sansa into what book readers refer to as the fake arya plot culminated in her choice to marry ramsay bolton, who proceeded to.
The origin of sansa may lie in elizabeth of york history. Whereas sansa is the daughter of the metaphorical cecily aka catelyn stark, elizabeth of york was cecily nevilles granddaughter. Sansa stark marriages, tyrion relationship on thrones. The following is an article written and submitted by dcmarvelgirl 1997, who is a friend of mine and a talented young writer. 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. 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. Ramsay tries to hunker down for a siege, only for wun wun to break down the gate and allow the wildlings to storm the castle, before jon finally beats ramsay to a bloody pulp for the atrocities ramsay has committed. Jaime would admit this, but he states roose bolton knows and does not care, as. Ramsay had just enough time to compose a smile as he removed his gloves, exposing himself to her and the harsh elements she had been accustomed to all of her life. As you say, the books do not perfectly align with the show. The rightful heir to winterfell wed roose boltons bastard son in a move meant to help win back. Rape, molestation and sexual assault are not like other crimes. When the battle of the bastards ends in a bolton victory, ramsay does his best to collects the spoils of war.
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 lannisters pass off jeyne poole as arya stark and send her north to be betrothed to ramsay, with only the lannisters and boltons aware she is not the real. In the a song of ice and fire books, ramsay bolton formerly known as ramsay. If according to the book sansa is not married to ramsay, how does. Sansas long time friend, jayne poole, is the one married to ramsay bolton, in the guise of arya stark.
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