Ok, I have some (interesting?) thoughts rattling around in my head about the final Sansa and Sandor scene. This may get crazy and confusing, but bear with me.

So, GRRM wrote this episode. This is the perspective of the actual author working with what was given him based on how Sansa and Sandor’s interactions were written in the show. Obviously it couldn’t be the same as it was in the books because none of that would have made sense to the TV audience. There was no previous mention of singing and pulling a dagger on her would be way more aggressive than how TV!Sandor is and wouldn’t be consistent with his TV characterization. So, since things had to be changed due to how the show went, we have to pay lots of attention to what was changed and what wasn’t to see what GRRM really thinks is important.

To me, the most striking similarity between the book scene and the TV scene is that both times, Sansa does not refuse to go with Sandor. She never expressly gives consent, but she never straight up refuses. For the show, GRRM could have easily written her saying “No!” to Sandor when he says he could take her home. She gives a reason why staying wouldn’t be bad, but never says she won’t go with him. In the book, after he says he could keep her safe he doesn’t let her respond. He puts the dagger to her throat and demands a song and then he leaves after she sings it.

I think this gives us an insight into Sandor. I don’t think he ever believed she would come with him and at the slightest sign of hesitation, he leaves. This shows that he believes himself to be so terrible that no one would ever accept him and it brings up the very important aspect of consent. To him, silence doesn’t constitute consent. He needed a clear yes to act.

I think this lack of refusal, like the kiss that wasn’t, will come up again and perhaps be just as important. Who knows? All I know is in both the book and TV scenes Sansa never says no.

Or maybe I’m reading waaay too much into this. There’s always that.

What? No!

Now, I usually ship and let ship, but Littlefinger/Sansa creeps me the fuck out and there’s someone in the tag (I’m not going to character tag this at all so it doesn’t offend anyone, but I just have to get this off my chest) who said that GRRM ships it because no other relationship is portrayed as romantic as Littlefinger and Sansa.

Ew. I wouldn’t classify anything Littlefinger does with Sansa as romantic and I certainly didn’t get any romantic vibes from GRRM’s writing. It was always creepy as hell and Sansa is clearly uncomfortable with it.

“Le sigh, sexual abuse is so dreamy…”

Just. No.

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Flawless.

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Bahaha, awesome.

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Blackwater

Oh wow, she is so beautiful.  I can’t believe she’s only 16.

I cannot get over how gorgeous she is. This literally took my breath away. Like, I forgot to breathe. She looks like a the queen.

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me trying to read fanfiction

senbo-sencho:conversationparade:

‘she tripped, but a pair of strong arms grabbed hold of her from behind before she hit the floor’

‘…she tilted her head back to look into his eyes, enjoying the feel of his warm arms wrapped around her torso’

‘…her hands intertwined behind his neck as their lips met’

‘…she wrapped her legs around his waist as

You have no idea how often I sit there and try to figure out this kinda shit. lol

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butanotheropened:

Plus if you were a writer, wouldn’t you be so flattered that people write fanfic about your works? I’d be like “wow you like my stories and characters enough that you go to great lengths to expand them beyond what I wrote? And with no hopes for profit? Purely for your own enjoyment? You don’t want my stories to end? You love my characters so much that you wish the absolute best for them and you write to satisfy that need? Omg…..I love you.”

THIS!

My friends and I have something in the works and if we ever release it, I cannot wait to read the first fanfic because that means someone loves something I’ve created so much they have a desire, a drive to write about it. I don’t care if it’s the shittiest writing, worst self-insert of an OC, horribly OOC, AU, Crossover, whatever. I want to read fanfic of my work so bad and the idea that fanfic is a bad thing to authors is just so strange to me. Some people would want to sleep on a bed of money, I want to sleep on a bed of fanfics and fanart of my characters.

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There’s this guy on the Sansa Stark tag (get out!) who thinks Sansa’s chapters are boring and pointless, and thinks that GRRM should make Robb or The Greatjon a POV because Robb’s battles are more important/exciting.

Honey, I think you’re reading the wrong books. RA Salvatore is over there.

He is going to be so pissed if he keeps reading.

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castiowl:

Tom Hiddleston talks about Speilberg’s Jurassic Park and does a great raptor impression.

I just need this on my blog forever.

Sobbing uncontrollably.

screaming, crying, rolling around on the floor

ARE YOU SHITTING ME.

I’m not a Hiddlestan, but this is amazing!

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tigerofsummer:

Okay, just thought of something thinking about last night’s episode. Since they were able to show Sansa’s dreaming or her near-rape and have her wake up afterwards and everything, does that mean that they will be doing certain other dreams she’ll have later in the series? God, I hope so.

Oooooh sheeeeeiiiiit! I had to cover my mouth to keep from exclaiming that at work. Yes, yes, please! I hope this with all my heart and a little bit in my pants!

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butanotheropened:

I didn’t see last night’s episode. Caveat, right there. But I trust the opinions and recaps of the people I interact with here on tumblr and LJ.

I really don’t think Sandor told Cersei about Sansa’s ‘moonblood’. We know that Cersei has eyes everywhere. Yes, Sandor included, but she has more than…

I saw the episode, and I also don’t think he told Cersei, although it is heavily implied. Shae’s threatening of the handmaiden with the knife was more an act of desperation than anything else, and why would the maid not simply do what she originally planned when she was out of danger? Risking the wrath of Cersei isn’t equal to risking the wrath of Shae, who’s basically in the same position as the maid herself. I think Sandor’s appearance in Sansa’s room might have been to underscore the futility of Sansa’s and Shae’s efforts to keep her period a secret, as well as perhaps a nod to book canon, where Sandor is present when Sansa experiences her first cramps and nearly falls. It also created a weird, and awkward shared sense of intimacy between them. Sandor looked completely out-of-place in that scene, so I’m going to assume (read secretly hoping) that the writers wanted to somehow establish that very personal link between him and Sansa, where he’s seen her at some of her most vulnerable and weakest states, and all these incidents continue to bond them together, instead of driving them apart. 

Yes, Shae with a knife, whatever….think of what the handmaiden would gain if she brought the news to Cersei. And what Shae would have to lose if she subsequently killed the handmaiden for telling Cersei.

I like your thoughts on it creating a sort of bond between Sandor and Sansa. I hope that gets explored more leading up to Blackwater.  HBO also featured Rory in a video last week in which Rory discussed Sandor’s feelings for Sansa (the video said “for Sansa”, not “about Sansa”, which I thought was an interesting choice of words.  I just don’t think they’d be doing all this development of Sandor as a protector and then have him tell Cersei about the period.

I think another thing Sandor’s presence implied is that he was close by. He was keeping an eye on Sansa. I can just imagine he heard her sobbing and came in to see what was wrong. He sees Sansa crying and walks over and then sees the blood on the bed and it’s just stunned, sad, silence. He doesn’t say anything (thank god because we all know it would probably just make things worse) just this expression of pity and helplessness. This isn’t something he can just kill and it’ll go away. Though, I find it amusing that Sansa attempted to fix the problem exactly how Sandor would have, by stabbing it.

Anyway, this was sort of off topic from the original “I don’t think Sandor tattled,” but I wanted to express all my feels of this scene! And I don’t think he would tattle on her, but maybe he would tell her that it would be best for her to go before the Queen so it doesn’t look like she’s hiding it. The handmaiden was clearly going to tell Cersei anyways. I’d like to think he gave her council to come forward and brought her to the Queen himself. I can just see him now, guiding her gently to Cersei with a reassuring hand because he doesn’t have the ability to soothe with words, only with deeds and his hands. Wow, this went on so much longer than I was planning. See, I told you, Feeeeeeelllliiiinnngggssss!

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How does she exist?! Flawlessly, apparently. So incredibly beautiful.

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Worst period ever.

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You can just see how sorry he feels for Sansa. He knows what this means and she’s sitting there crying and it’s just so awful. It’s the one thing he can’t protect her from.