Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-5014364-20161218050632/@comment-5014364-20161218205943

The writers presented it as if this season would see Sansa emerge as "a player", a political leader, or shaping events in any way.

That didn't really happen.

Also now you're waffling between saying "Sansa wasn't very strong but real characters can be flawed" and wait to see her "strong" next season (this isn't what the writers claimed), or, that she was...emotionally strong?

Please, specifically, what do you feel in Season 6 made Sansa a "strong player"?

And that's kind of abstract so more specifically...how is Sansa...sending an letter to accept an offer Littlefinger already made...and which he made to achieve a political end for his own benefit (taking control of the North).....count as Sansa "doing" anything?

All she did was accept an offer Littlefinger made. She didn't "send for" the Vale army, it was entirely Littlefinger's idea and choice to come or not.

This is not a criticism that "Sansa is a weak girl" -- Sansa is a fictional character. She doesn't really exist. And she turned into a poorly written female character. The criticism is that they intended for her to be "strong" in the sense that Yara or Daenerys are political leaders.

They didn't intend her to be emotionally supportive strong or something. They wanted her to be a "strong politician" then kind of just forgot her in her own revenge storyline.

All the changes they made to Sansa removed her political agency. Just as they did to Catelyn.

There are variable definitions of "character strength", the word gets facile, so how about "player"? What did she do to be a "player" this season, her choices affecting events around her?

Sophie Turner had a few big scenes emoting strongly at the Ramsay actor; this doesn't count as plot choices.

The writers should have done better than this for Sansa.