Game of thrones goes off book and enrages its female fans. Sansa is initially reluctant to marry into yet another family that betrayed hers. When ned is betrayed, all his entourage are killed except for sansa, who is made a prisoner, and arya who escapes. Ramsay rips sansa s wedding gown apart, bends her over, then forces his way into her as she cries. 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. The prospect of a ramsay and sansa marriage is a game of thrones theory popular amongst fans right now. Why sansas wedding night was the most traumatizing game. Game of thrones fans need to understand sansas rape. As arya stark, jeyne accompanies the host of lord roose bolton from the. 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. Littlefinger will marry sansa when the boltons fall, an event he hastened when he informed cersie, the queen mother, of the boltonstark wedding and presented it as bolton s idea. May 18, 2015 game of thrones, season 5 episode 6 ending.
Sansa stark wont be shamed into silence after abuse by ramsay bolton rape, molestation and sexual assault are not like other crimes stephanie merry. Game of thrones s05e06 sansa and ramsays wedding ceremony. In the third book, sansa is invited to dine with margaery and her grandmother, olenna redwyne. But revenge under any circumstance even one as justly deserved as sansas over ramsays is a sword without a hilt, in the parlance of game of thrones times. Feb 16, 2020 sansa is forced to watch as her brothers violent death is mocked before her eyes. May 17, 2015 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. The impending marriage is a wholesale plot invention by producers david benioff and d. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse. She is a prominent character in martins awardwinning a song of ice and fire series.
And, instead of claiming winterfell with sansas title like he did in the tv. Sansa stark is a fictional character created by american author george r. The unnamed millers wife was the mother of ramsay bolton. In the show, the sadistic ramsay bolton marries sansa stark but in the books, another poor girl, jeyne poole, is. Not only was she forced to marry ramsay bolton aka the. 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 cowers, humiliated in court by joffrey for those of you who arent familiar, or who dont remember, heres a quick reminder of who ramsay bolton is, and why hes the last person. Jeyne is an attractive girl with brown eyes, dark hair, and pretty white teeth. About that sansaramsay game of thrones scene cryptic. Game of thrones goes offbook and enrages its female fans. The lannisters send jeyne also nicknamed fake arya by fans to marry ramsay bolton. May 31, 2015 who can forget how sansa lost her virginity to her sociopathic new husband, ramsay bolton on game of thrones. Heres how fans reacted to the sansa plot on game of thrones.
There was no way she, or littlefinger, could get her marriage annulled without cerseis knowledge. She mocks sansa s sister, arya stark, as arya horseface, smirking and neighing when. But in sunday nights episode, it is revealed that littlefinger has set up sansa to marry ramsay instead. Game of thrones showrunners explain why they changed sansas. Littlefinger may have arranged the marriage, but he also told her to avenge her family.
Martin, and its television adaptation game of thrones. He then said he would use kotv to take winterfell from whoever won the battle between stannis and roose and afterwards cersei would name him warden of the north. 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. Weiss in the original novels, ramsay seals the boltons hold on winterfell by marrying sansas friend. I am missing an episode in season 5 of game of thrones.
Martin, and its television adaptation game of thrones introduced in 1998s a clash of kings, ramsay is the bastard son of roose bolton. May 20, 2016 guys, did you know that ramsay bolton is a bad dude. In the books, ramsay is not married to sansa, but jeyne poole. Also since sansa is suspected as being complicit in joffreys murder, house bolton not arresting her and sending her to kings landing is outright traitorous. Even though he managed to get cerseis approval to attack the bolton s and become warden of the north by marrying sansa to ramsay, then using it as proof of the bolton s betraying the crown, that doesnt count for anything when he immediately declares for sansa anyways. In the books, sansa is still with littlefinger and everything that happens between sansa and ramsay in the show actually takes place between ramsay and jeyne poole in the books. Sky atlantic book readers received their first major. They are passing jeyne off as arya stark and not sansa.
She mocks sansas sister, arya stark, as arya horseface, smirking and neighing. This makes the claim on winterfell all the more fragile. Sansa is indeed engaged to be married, but not to ramsay rather to. In praise of sansa marrying ramsay on game of thrones.
Aidan gillen on setting up sansa stark with ramsay bolton. Instead, his bride is a different stark, or someone masquerading as a stark. May 31, 2015 by marrying ramsay to sansa, the boltons have a legitimate claim on the north, more than having an alliance with house lannister gives them. In the show, littlefinger marries sansa off to the monstrous ramsay bolton, who. 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. Instead of being stuck in the vale like she is in the books, sansa is taking jeyne pooles placejeyne who, in the books, is disguised as arya and married to the bolton to cement their claim. Who does sansa lose her virginity to in the game of thrones.
Sansa stark was understandably not too keen to marry a bolton picture. 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. To make things even worse, ramsay married sansa, whom he beat and severely mistreated. 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. Sansa s childhood friend jeyne poole, who has been presented as if she were arya. Game of thrones s05e06 sansa and ramsay boltons wedding. Apr 12, 2015 the prospect of a ramsay and sansa marriage is a game of thrones theory popular amongst fans right now. But meanwhile, in the published books, theres a character introduced named jeyne poole, sansa s best friend, who ends up impersonating arya. 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. Sansa stark was not supposed to marry ramsay bolton heres why. When lyanna mormont brings up the fact shes been married to both tyrion lannister and ramsay bolton, sansa states she only did what she had to in order to survive and reaffirms her allegiance to house stark. In the books it a jeyne poole who is married off to ramsay bolton. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse in. Cersei believed sansa and tyrion, husband and wife, had murdered her beautiful son.
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. Luckily, joffrey is soon poisoned, and ser dontos helps her finally escape from the city. Introduced in 1998s a clash of kings, ramsay is the bastard son of roose bolton, the lord of the dreadfort, an ancient fortress. 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. 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. May 03, 2015 will sansa kill ramsay bolton on game of thrones. Martins books, which saw ramsay marry a girl impersonating arya maisie williams, so no one knows how bad things could get for 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. Locked in the kennels, ramsay is visited by sansa, who watches as his hungry hounds eat ramsay alive. I never understood why did littlefinger marry sansa off to. Anyone who has read the books and followed game of thrones interviews closely was bracing for this moment.
In the books, ramsay is wed to jeyne poole, a former winterfell friend of sansas, now. He convinced sansa that marrying ramsay would put her in a position to not only get revenge on the bolton s for the red wedding, but also put her in a position to reclaim the north. Apparently, in the books, its safer to keep her traveling. As some fans predicted, sansa stark is indeed going to marry ramsay bolton. In a series full of unhappy unions, last nights game of thrones just introduced the unhappiest of all. Did game of thrones really need to rape sansa stark. Joffrey threatens sansa during her wedding feast, telling her that he plans to assault her during the night after her husband falls asleep. Jan 06, 2016 if there was one thing more tragic than jon snows alleged death, then it was definitely sansa starks entire game of thrones story arc. While joffrey and sansa had their moments, there is an argument to be made that ramsay treated her far worse. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse in the books. This is one case where the two are vastly different. Game of thrones team explains changing sansas story. Sansa stark you will watch as my soldiers take turns.
Their wedding was not an arranged marriage for a political alliance, but an act of war. This would be reinforced by ramsay s last words to her in which he said that he is a part of her now. Because its the show, and nothing makes sense in the show. 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 anyone as officially, the marriage never took place. Actually, booksansa is still very much a virgin as of the end of. Sansa stark was not supposed to marry ramsay bolton heres why game of thrones fans witnessed the horror sansa stark went through with ramsay bolton in season five of the show.
Ramsay flees to winterfell, and kills the giant wun wun when he breaches winterfells gate, but is attacked and brutally beaten by jon. On the rape of sansa stark and quitting game of thrones. Sansaramsay marriage did not make sense general got. Game of thrones team explains changing sansa s story. He gained nothing from his brief alliance with the boltons. May 18, 2015 sansa stark and ramsay bolton wedding ceremony. Littlefinger revealed that he plans to marry sansa stark off to ramsay bolton the psychopathic sadist responsible for turning theon greyjoy into reek on game of thrones sunday night, shocking. Ramsay bolton, lord of winterfell and warden of the north.
In the a song of ice and fire books, ramsay bolton formerly known as ramsay snow marries a. The miller did not obtain permission to marry again from his lord, roose bolton, so roose rode out to the mill and hanged her husband off the branch of a nearby tree and violently raped. Seriously though there are multiple parts to this question. Cersie wants sansas head for her assumed role in the assassination of. 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. If they did not give good sport, he would rape them and then flay them alive. Why jeyne pooles story is among the most tragic in westeros.
The betrothal and consequential nightmaremarriage between sansa and ramsay doesnt exactly exist in asoiaf. May 18, 2015 did we really need to see ramsay bolton rape sansa stark. But in martins books, sansa is still at the eyrie when her storyline. Ramsay forces theon to join in with his sexual tortureabuse of his bride. As you say, the books do not perfectly align with the show. In the books, there is a girl called jeyne poole, who is a friend of sansa. 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.
It is a simplified adaptation of the storyline in the books. In the books, ramsay is wed to jeyne poole, a former winterfell friend of sansas. Sansa stark was married to tyrion lannister and wanted for regicide. Sansa stark sophie turner, left and her attacker ramsay bolton iwan rheon in season five of game of thrones. 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. On game of thrones, sansas revenge is nothing to smile about. Baelish reveals his plan of marrying sansa off to ramsay. How did marrying sansa to ramsay help littlefinger achieve. 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. 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. 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. Although tyrions outburst spares sansa, this remains heartbreaking considering her second marriage to ramsay bolton in season fives controversial unbowed, unbent, unbroken. Game of thrones tv, a song of ice and fire george r. The boltons are claiming that jeyne is actually arya.
Littlefinger told cersei that sansa was at winterfell and that roose planned for her to marry ramsay. They did needlework, and learned other becoming lessons that were typical to young ladies at the time. He convinced roose bolton that the marriage would help to solidify the bolton s hold on the north and would legitimize him as warden of the north, as far as the. Ramsay rips sansas wedding gown apart, bends her over, then forces his way into her as she cries. Did littlefinger know what he was doing when he played matchmaker between sansa stark and ramsay bolton, the game of thrones marriage from hell. 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. Game of thrones s05e06 sansa and ramsay bolton s wedding night. Sansa was apparently unaware of just what a bastard pun intended ramsay is, as was petyr littlefinger baelish, who brokered the arrangement with roose bolton.
Before you read on there are spoilers in here that might ruin it. Baelish brokers a marriage between sansa and ramsay bolton, now the heir to the north after the death of robb stark. He is particularly good at thinking on his feet, though less savvy when it comes to longterm consequences and intricate politics. However i dont recall why littlefinger sends sansa north. Now that jon snow and sansa stark have finally wrested control of winterfell back from ramsay bolton. It was during a night of horrific and controversial rape, no less. Then, in both the book and the show, readers see her traumatized by the. In the books, ramsay marries a different character. The scene did not appear in martins book a dance with. Sansa stark walks down the aisle with theon grayjoy to marry ramsay bolton on game of thrones. Episode six ending was brutal but it remains to be seen if it was necessary. Game of thrones showrunners explain why they changed sansa. 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.
In fact, imagine the baddest bad dude you can think of and then multiply it by twelve. She travels from winterfell with ned and sansa down to kings landing. Jeyne poole is a member of house poole and is the daughter of the steward of winterfell, vayon poole. The girl who got married to ramsay bolton was jeyne. When ned is betrayed, all his entourage are killed except for sansa, who. The biggest scene on sundays game of thrones was toned down dramatically from the books. The hound and aryas last prayer and the origin of their list game of thrones duration. He openly enjoys abusive practices such as having young women stripped naked and released into the bolton forests, before hunting them with a pack of feral dogs. We may never know onscreen, but the actors disagree.