Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-5014364-20161218050632/@comment-29740399-20161219042005

The Dragon Demands wrote: Okay

1 - Let's ask "is Sansa a political player, yes or no" and then move down to whether she was "strong". Brienne of Tarth was "strong" as was Gilly, but I wouldn't call them "political players".

2 - While this is a separate question, even within the TV show, mass numbers of TV viewers found the change to put Sansa in a rape subplot derailed the character arc she was on, and introduced a lot of pole holes or contrivances (how the heck could Littlefinger not know who Ramsay was? And if he didn't...why did he put no effort into finding out? What did he even seek to benefit from marrying her off to the Boltons?) No she wasn't a political player at all, nor was she strong. She was a victim more or less.

I wondered why Baelish wouldn't know about Ramsay. That made no sense at all. If he didn't, he would have found out before marrying her off. He has a network of spies and I don't know how he benefited from marrying her off when his long term goal is to sit on the Iron Throne with Sansa at his side. It was a confusing, unnecessary subplot. And what I meant when I said they should read the books is so they would understand what you're even talking about. If they hadn't read the books, yet stuck to Sansa's true plot, nobody would've have missed out. So you don't need to read to enjoy the show. You need to read to understand the injustice you and I feel was done to Sansa's character. Does that make sense?