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Originally Posted by Ashasx
There were also scenes from the books (probably more) that weren't included in the series. Tyrion forces himself on Sansa on their wedding night, for example, but nothing happens on the show.
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that scene plays out essentially the same in both versions. on the show, Sansa starts to undress and then Tyrion changes his mind. in the book, they both get undressed and he puts his hand on her before saying the exact same thing (he won't do it until he's invited). the marriage is never consummated.
I typed this all out during season 5 when it happened, but I guess I'll do it again just for fun. sure, there was lots of hand-wringing over just the idea of Sansa's rape, regardless of context. that wasn't me; I was pissed off at a botched character arc. at the end of season 4, Sansa manipulated the lords of the Vale into acquitting Littlefinger, and then put on a seductive dress. that was the beginning of her transition from naive maiden to political player, or at least that's what the showrunners wanted us to believe.
next season, she gets dumped off at Winterfell and then completely regresses into helpless, clueless Sansa, just waiting around for her wedding night rape to happen. oh I guess she thew a snarky comment or two at Ramsay during dinnertime or something...except that's the exact opposite of how Littlefinger plays the game. he spends all his time buttering up allies and enemies alike, so that they let their guard down and allow him to scheme. what did he say to Sansa before he left her with the Boltons..."you have learned from the best"? guess that whole deception of the Vale was just a lucky one-off.
in my opinion it would have played so much better if she tried her new Littlefinger powers to gain some small win, got overconfident and went for a riskier play, then got caught and ended up as Ramsay's toy. same result, but a path that makes way more sense in the context of where they were taking her. the show spent years teaching us about the consequences of good and bad decisions, and Sansa was never exempt from this, but it was just so lame for her to essentially make no decisions at all. imagine if Arya bagged her first sword kill, and then at the very next oppponent threw Needle into a river and cowered in some bushes.
anyhow yes I get that they like to shock the audience and get people talking. but you can do that and still have a satisfying narrative that matches up with how you've built your characters. I think they start forgetting about that in season 5, and it just continues to get worse from there.