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what if Khal Drogo hadn't died?
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What if Robert hadnt torn apart a kingdom in a jealous ********* rage because his wife ran off with another man?
What if Ned had an ounce of common sense?
What if Robert hadnt torn apart a kingdom in a jealous ********* rage because his wife ran off with another man?
how come yall arent writing AU fanfics? some of these ideas need fleshing out
how come yall arent writing AU fanfics? some of these ideas need fleshing out
Busy with my own fantasy SF work. I also respect GRRM's position on fan fiction of his works.
What if Ramsay treated Sansa nice and instead turned his abusive wrath on Myranda?
Busy with my own fantasy SF work. I also respect GRRM's position on fan fiction of his works.
What if Sansa hadn't been married to Ramsay in the most contrived plot ever?
Huh. I guess it would have had no effect on how things play out in the end.
i wasn't aware he had one? by this post i'm going to assume he's not a fan?
most of the complaints, i thought, were more about 'oh here we go again, putting sansa with a monster... more Sad Sansa...' as it has been for the entire series. People were hoping she had crossed that line between damsel in distress and strong female 'hero'.What is so contrived about it? I know it didn't happen that way in the book but it is no less contrived than a random friend of Sansa's popping up suddenly years later and being married off to Ramsay as a fake Arya. In fact, I'd argue that latter is far more contrived by its very nature.
Sansa being married off to Ramsay kind of fits perfectly with Littlefinger's plotting. It is brilliant because it furthers two of his goals: (1) it re-establishes Sansa, someone most believed to be dead or on the run, as the rightful heir to Winterfell and the North, which will give him a claim to the North when he eliminates the Boltons and either marries her off to himself or Robert; and (2) it puts the Boltons in direct conflict with the Lannisters. That is Littlefinger's game, he is all about playing every side against the middle. He did it with the Tyrells and the Lannisters. He did it with the Starks and Lannisters and now he is doing it with the Boltons and the Lannisters. He positions himself as the friend of both sides, subtly pushing them into conflict. All the while he continues to amass power right under their nose. When an ultimate winner comes out of the chaos he has created, they will be greatly weakened and crippled. Meanwhile, no one will be expecting him to strike because he has been their "friend."
Marrying off Sansa to Ramsay fits his plan perfectly. Of course, her fleeing complicates it a bit. But he is still in a pretty good position once he finds her.
most of the complaints, i thought, were more about 'oh here we go again, putting sansa with a monster... more Sad Sansa...' as it has been for the entire series. People were hoping she had crossed that line between damsel in distress and strong female 'hero'.
****, what happens if they head to the Night's Watch? Well, I think it is worth noting in the bedding scene that Ramsay didn't turn into a monster until he started working himself up over Sansa having been married to, and possibly bedded by, Tyrion. Fits with him hating the nobility because of his past as a bastard.
Anyway, I think Bronze Yohn is the wildcard there. As I said, he had very little tolerance for Littlefinger back in season four. One word from Sansa and I could see Littlefinger staring down a length of Vale steel. Or several lengths of it.