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We ’re edge towardthatmoment . Game of Thronesfans know it well : one minute , your favoriteGame of Thronescharacters are savor in a victory , and remembering that dearest and promise and dreams still be in their cold , brutal world , and thenboom– the brand of George R.R. Martin lash their necks . Or gouges out their middle . Or stabs them through the heart a few dozen time .
Many belovedThronescharacters have diedin a gruesome manner , so that the game exchange chop-chop and with a jolt . It happens every season , from the beheading of Ned Stark to the knifing of Jon Snow . That ’s just how Martin , and his showrunning disciple David Benioff and D.B. Weiss , drum roll .
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RebirthisGame of Thrones ' thematic current in time of year 6 . Daenerys Targaryen fall hard into Dothraki servitude and torched her way back to Iron Throne campaigning . A zombified Gregor Clegane is expected to contribute Cersei Lannister a hand in trial by combat , with her accuser , the High Sparrow , potentially tapping another seemingly fallen characteras his ace for the fight . Melisandre resurrected Jon Snow , a GRRM victim last time of year , just two episodes in . No one can keep our favorites down this season !
Hodor was a major exception , but he wasn’tthatmoment . And yes , we ’re still creeping toward it . We always are . And if there ’s one major demise lurking in the foreshadows , it ’s the matured , redeemed Sansa Stark .
In a sense , Sansa has been reborn this time of year , too . When her journey first start , she was a naïve , elitist small lady friend who could n’t await to pass the days as Joffrey ’s faggot . Oh , how quickly dreaming become incubus in the hands of Martin , Weiss , and Benioff . Sansa spent three seasons trudging through the mucky underworld of lifetime in King ’s Landing : Joffrey ’s agonizing misogyny , the beheading of her Padre , Cersei ’s wicked stepmother enactment , and Tywin ’s shrewd determination to splice her to Tyrion the very calendar month he has Catelyn and Robb Stark mutilate .
But remarkably , things got even worse for her once she fly King ’s Landing . Littlefinger assist her escape Lannister principle and hid her off at her aunt ’s sky palace in the Vale , and promptly used her as a pawn in his own piece - by - piece Sturm und Drang . Sansa , always remand by human being and women who see girl as bargaining chips , begins to blossom at the Eyrie . She beseech memories of Winterfell in the garden . She nail and interrogates Littlefinger about his hand in Joffrey ’s assassination . She wear a wickedly glamorous Modern costume .
But a Sansa with free will may have been a red-faced flagstone for Littlefinger , who ca n’t have his stepping stones drifting out of spot . The conspirer flim-flam Sansa into returning to Winterfell and a married couple to Ramsay Bolton , conveniently leaving out that Roose Bolton ’s bastard Logos is a known psychopath throughout the North . Littlefinger ’s principle for the espousal – it would compound two families who could avenge the fallen Starks and recapture the North – is total pig poo . He knew that Ramsay would treat Sansa like a rag doll , regardless of how pleadingly he may have denied it in " The Door . "
Season 6 pick up with her leak from Ramsay ’s offensive , rape - y clutches , and even punt her with a crew of unblemished allies in Brienne and Pod . She then journeys to Castle Black and reunites with Jon Snow . Sansa ’s bear clinch is one ofGame of Thrones ' most fulfilling moments – finally , this untested cleaning lady can make human contact that does n’t end to defilement of her body . Happiness is real ! Vengeance is unaired ! And from the macro perspective , Sansa ’s arc looks nearly arrant .
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Ever since the Red Wedding , script readers have speculated about the fantastical graphic symbol Lady Stoneheart , a resurrected , bloodthirsty edition of Catelyn Stark from Martin ’s novels . Beric Dondarrion – whom we have seen die and return to lifespan on the show – sacrifice himself to yank Catelyn back from the other side , and Lady Stoneheart , as she issue forth to be scream , leads the Brotherhood Without Banners in his place . Only hers are more malicious , and focused on hoi polloi who ’ve done her wrong ( the Freys , the Lannisters , etc . ) .
The theatrical role ’s worth impart up because it appear that Sansa may essentially be taking Lady Stoneheart ’s space in the show ’s streamlined story . With the fervid makeover and a warrior ’s elan vital that erupted out of her battle wound , Sansa does n’t go far at Castle Black just content to cozy up in the corner ; she rag Jon , rally the scout group , and project a borderland back on Winterfell . When Littlefinger creep back on to her radar , offer Sansa the Vale ’s troops , she both takes advantage of and eviscerates her casual oppressor . What happened with Ramsay resort Sansa , and in her big scene , she heighten the annoyance into a spear to plunge into Littlefinger ’s sum .
" What do you think he did to me ? "
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Littlefinger replies that he " underestimated " Ramsay .
" The other thing he did , noblewoman are n’t hypothesise to talk about those thing , " she says . " But I think brothel keepers talk about them all the time . "
Diss , Sansa . Diss .
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“ I can still feel what he did in my trunk , standing here right now . ”
There ’s a theory floating around , derived totally from this occupation , contemplate that Ramsay impregnated Sansa . People , ever heard of figurative language ? Nuanced emotions ? head Sansa down this path would open a Pandora ’s box of victimhood thatGame of Thronesisn’t ready to reckon with . More probably , Sansa ’s internalise her pain , and is completely motivated by sticking it to the work force who ’ve given her this excited ulceration . Ramsay is clearly in her crosshairs . So is Littlefinger .
But Sansa ’s grappling with retaliation and reformation . remove the military personnel who ’ve cut through her is n’t enough . She know she was " awful " as a kid – her words ! – and she want to put the Stark legacy back together . To her , that wo n’t happen until Rickon is saved , the Boltons are wiped off the face of the planet , and the Direwolf sword lily flies atop the Winterfell keep . Sansa is n’t eying the Iron Throne . She does n’t share Arya ’s killing leaning . Her first home is an final stage destination . But what hap after she successfully leads her northerly friend into battle ? The final stage .
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The swelled deaths onGame of Thronesare telegraphed . Sometimes through subtle , suggest imagery ( e.g. , Ned was as good as numb when he find that stag - kill direwolf early in Season 1 ) , and sometimes through straight - up in - humanity anticipation ( the surest way to die onGame of Thronesis to have Melisandre throw a bloodsucker in a fire and call out out your name ) . After Sansa quid and ptyalise out Littlefinger in " The Door , " her next appearance is overcast with somberness . The trip-up : she lie to Jon . The Vale ’s regular army are in for the braggy struggle , but Sansa keeps her backroom wheeling and sell hush - hush . With Brienne out on a mission to the Riverlands , Lady Stark is the only one cognisant that Littlefinger is necessitate and has the power to pop up out of nowhere whenever the hell on earth he want .
This would n’t be punishment . Everyone ’s settle for Sansa – Martin and the showrunners included . She ’ll see victory . She ’ll flay Ramsay , avenging Theon , Osha , and anyone damage by his rabid behavior . Winterfell will be a Stark establishment once again . That ’s Sansa ’s bow . But there ’s also the series ' spark . And if the showrunners stay put to their tight streak , Littlefinger will come up behind the redeemed young woman , in a way that will make it search like Ramsay ’s muddied oeuvre , and take her out of the biz .
On the show , Sansa is too strong , too pure , and too respected to live . She ’s not a politician . She ’s stepping into the show ’s political arena now . And so Littlefinger will be forced to roleplay – after that repulsion in " The Door , " he knows that Sansa has no economic value to him – even if it means killing off the daughter of his darling Catelyn .
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As Baelish himself once said , " A man with no motive is a valet de chambre no one suspects . Always keep your enemy obscure , if you do n’t love who you are or what you want , they wo n’t know what you plan to do next . "
Game of Thronesis do up a major battle that will connect Jon Snow , Daenerys , the Lannisters , the Tyrells , the Ironborn , and whatever bill of fare Bran pulls out of his sleeves . It ’s hard to see where Sansa factors into that , even as the women of Westeros rise up in glorious mode . look at this : Arya will circle back into the big Westeros picture , and it ’s easy to imagine her breaking aside from the Faceless Men when she let on her only sis is dead .
Now , Sophie Turner let a potential spoilerslipon the red rug , suggesting she ’d be back for Season 7 . credible ? Never forget Kit Harington swear Jon Snow was done for good . Or perchance Weiss and Benioff tear off another Resurrection of Christ and turn Sansa into the literal Lady Stoneheart ? A hard visiting card to play twice .
If Season 6 reason Sansa ’s story , it ’ll be totally solid . She ’s been to blaze and back . She enact monumental change . She ’s too good for this Earth . pillow slip in point , another bit of dialogue from Sansa and Littlefinger ’s first frank discussion :
" So many men risk so little , " Baelish tells her . " They spend their life avoiding danger , and then they choke . I ’d put on the line everything to get what I want . "
" What do you require ? " Sansa ask .
" Everything . "
Sansa desire Winterfell . She ’ll get it . And I think that ’ll be enough .
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