Jeyne poole is a member of house poole and is the daughter of the steward of winterfell, vayon poole. Actually, booksansa is still very much a virgin as of the end of. 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. Ramsay flees to winterfell, and kills the giant wun wun when he breaches winterfells gate, but is attacked and brutally beaten by jon.
Although tyrions outburst spares sansa, this remains heartbreaking considering her second marriage to ramsay bolton in season fives controversial unbowed, unbent, unbroken. 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. Ramsay rips sansa s wedding gown apart, bends her over, then forces his way into her as she cries. To make things even worse, ramsay married sansa, whom he beat and severely mistreated. 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. In praise of sansa marrying ramsay on game of thrones. May 31, 2015 who can forget how sansa lost her virginity to her sociopathic new husband, ramsay bolton on game of thrones. 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. If they did not give good sport, he would rape them and then flay them alive. However i dont recall why littlefinger sends sansa north. 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. 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. 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.
Game of thrones goes offbook and enrages its female fans. As you say, the books do not perfectly align with the show. In the show, the sadistic ramsay bolton marries sansa stark but in the books, another poor girl, jeyne poole, is. Sansa is indeed engaged to be married, but not to ramsay rather to. Ramsay forces theon to join in with his sexual tortureabuse of his bride. 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 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. Seriously though there are multiple parts to this question. 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.
There was no way she, or littlefinger, could get her marriage annulled without cerseis knowledge. Cersei believed sansa and tyrion, husband and wife, had murdered her beautiful son. She travels from winterfell with ned and sansa down to kings landing. Game of thrones s05e06 sansa and ramsay boltons wedding. Sansaramsay marriage did not make sense general got. Weiss in the original novels, ramsay seals the boltons hold on winterfell by marrying sansas friend. Martin, and its television adaptation game of thrones. Game of thrones team explains changing sansa s story.
And, instead of claiming winterfell with sansas title like he did in the tv. She is a prominent character in martins awardwinning a song of ice and fire series. I am missing an episode in season 5 of game of thrones. 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.
Sansa stark wont be shamed into silence after abuse by ramsay bolton rape, molestation and sexual assault are not like other crimes stephanie merry. Then, in both the book and the show, readers see her traumatized by the. Ramsay rips sansas wedding gown apart, bends her over, then forces his way into her as she cries. Cersie wants sansas head for her assumed role in the assassination of. Martins books, which saw ramsay marry a girl impersonating arya maisie williams, so no one knows how bad things could get for sansa. Game of thrones showrunners explain why they changed sansas.
Heres how fans reacted to the sansa plot on game of thrones. As arya stark, jeyne accompanies the host of lord roose bolton from the. 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. 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. Did littlefinger know what he was doing when he played matchmaker between sansa stark and ramsay bolton, the game of thrones marriage from hell.
Now that jon snow and sansa stark have finally wrested control of winterfell back from ramsay bolton. The biggest scene on sundays game of thrones was toned down dramatically from the books. They did needlework, and learned other becoming lessons that were typical to young ladies at the time. Anyone who has read the books and followed game of thrones interviews closely was bracing for this moment. Joffrey threatens sansa during her wedding feast, telling her that he plans to assault her during the night after her husband falls asleep. He gained nothing from his brief alliance with the boltons. She mocks sansas sister, arya stark, as arya horseface, smirking and neighing. I never understood why did littlefinger marry sansa off to. On game of thrones, sansas revenge is nothing to smile about. In the books, ramsay marries a different character. 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. The lannisters send jeyne also nicknamed fake arya by fans to marry ramsay bolton. Locked in the kennels, ramsay is visited by sansa, who watches as his hungry hounds eat ramsay alive. In the books, ramsay is not married to sansa, but jeyne poole.
Game of thrones goes off book and enrages its female fans. The scene did not appear in martins book a dance with. Sansa s childhood friend jeyne poole, who has been presented as if she were arya. Sansa stark sophie turner, left and her attacker ramsay bolton iwan rheon in season five of game of thrones. 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. 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. 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. This is one case where the two are vastly different. 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. How did marrying sansa to ramsay help littlefinger achieve. 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 prospect of a ramsay and sansa marriage is a game of thrones theory popular amongst fans right now. They are passing jeyne off as arya stark and not sansa.
In the show, littlefinger marries sansa off to the monstrous ramsay bolton, who. Game of thrones showrunners explain why they changed sansa. Littlefinger may have arranged the marriage, but he also told her to avenge her family. Sansa stark walks down the aisle with theon grayjoy to marry ramsay bolton on game of thrones.
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. Sky atlantic book readers received their first major. This would be reinforced by ramsay s last words to her in which he said that he is a part of her now. May 03, 2015 will sansa kill ramsay bolton on game of thrones. While joffrey and sansa had their moments, there is an argument to be made that ramsay treated her far worse. The betrothal and consequential nightmaremarriage between sansa and ramsay doesnt exactly exist in asoiaf. Martin, and its television adaptation game of thrones introduced in 1998s a clash of kings, ramsay is the bastard son of roose bolton. Baelish brokers a marriage between sansa and ramsay bolton, now the heir to the north after the death of robb stark.
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. Instead, his bride is a different stark, or someone masquerading as a stark. 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. Introduced in 1998s a clash of kings, ramsay is the bastard son of roose bolton, the lord of the dreadfort, an ancient fortress. 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. But in sunday nights episode, it is revealed that littlefinger has set up sansa to marry ramsay instead. Aidan gillen on setting up sansa stark with ramsay bolton. Did game of thrones really need to rape sansa stark. Game of thrones fans need to understand sansas rape. Ramsay bolton, lord of winterfell and warden of the north. As some fans predicted, sansa stark is indeed going to marry ramsay bolton. 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 team explains changing sansas story.
In a series full of unhappy unions, last nights game of thrones just introduced the unhappiest of all. 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. 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. Apparently, in the books, its safer to keep her traveling. Episode six ending was brutal but it remains to be seen if it was necessary. When ned is betrayed, all his entourage are killed except for sansa, who is made a prisoner, and arya who escapes. The girl who got married to ramsay bolton was jeyne. 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.
Before you read on there are spoilers in here that might ruin it. May 20, 2016 guys, did you know that ramsay bolton is a bad dude. 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. May 18, 2015 sansa stark and ramsay bolton wedding ceremony. 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 unnamed millers wife was the mother of ramsay bolton. Sansa stark was understandably not too keen to marry a bolton picture. Because its the show, and nothing makes sense in the show. He is particularly good at thinking on his feet, though less savvy when it comes to longterm consequences and intricate politics. 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. 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. On the rape of sansa stark and quitting game of thrones. Game of thrones s05e06 sansa and ramsay bolton s wedding night.
In the third book, sansa is invited to dine with margaery and her grandmother, olenna redwyne. 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. 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. Sansa stark was married to tyrion lannister and wanted for regicide. The boltons are claiming that jeyne is actually arya. May 18, 2015 game of thrones, season 5 episode 6 ending.
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. She mocks sansa s sister, arya stark, as arya horseface, smirking and neighing when. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse in the books. But meanwhile, in the published books, theres a character introduced named jeyne poole, sansa s best friend, who ends up impersonating arya. Sansa stark was not supposed to marry ramsay bolton heres why. In the books, ramsay is wed to jeyne poole, a former winterfell friend of sansas, now. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse in. Jeyne is an attractive girl with brown eyes, dark hair, and pretty white teeth. 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. 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.
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. Game of thrones s05e06 sansa and ramsays wedding ceremony. 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. All the ways game of thrones ramsay bolton is way worse. The reason behind that major sansa twist on game of. Their wedding was not an arranged marriage for a political alliance, but an act of war. 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. Why jeyne pooles story is among the most tragic in westeros.
When ned is betrayed, all his entourage are killed except for sansa, who. Sansa is initially reluctant to marry into yet another family that betrayed hers. Sansa stark you will watch as my soldiers take turns. Baelish reveals his plan of marrying sansa off to ramsay. Apr 12, 2015 the prospect of a ramsay and sansa marriage is a game of thrones theory popular amongst fans right now. In the a song of ice and fire books, ramsay bolton formerly known as ramsay snow marries a. Feb 16, 2020 sansa is forced to watch as her brothers violent death is mocked before her eyes. It was during a night of horrific and controversial rape, no less. This makes the claim on winterfell all the more fragile. Not only was she forced to marry ramsay bolton aka the. Game of thrones tv, a song of ice and fire george r. In the books, there is a girl called jeyne poole, who is a friend of sansa.
It is a simplified adaptation of the storyline in the books. 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. 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. Who does sansa lose her virginity to in the game of thrones. Why sansas wedding night was the most traumatizing game. Littlefinger told cersei that sansa was at winterfell and that roose planned for her to marry ramsay. In the books it a jeyne poole who is married off to ramsay bolton. The impending marriage is a wholesale plot invention by producers david benioff and d. Sansa stark is a fictional character created by american author george r. In the books, ramsay is wed to jeyne poole, a former winterfell friend of sansas. About that sansaramsay game of thrones scene cryptic. The hound and aryas last prayer and the origin of their list game of thrones duration. We may never know onscreen, but the actors disagree.
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