The Real Reason Game of Thrones Failed Sansa Stark's Storyline
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 1. 07. 2024
- Welcome to the first video in our series where we analyse pivotal decisions made in Game of Thrones, starting with the controversial character arc of Sansa Stark. đ
In this video, we delve deep into the evolution of Sansa Stark, examining why the showrunners, D.B. Weiss and David Benioff, made certain choices and how these decisions impacted her storyline. Despite the backlash, it's crucial to understand the reasoning behind their moves rather than simply labelling them as âbad writers.â
Weâll explore Sansaâs journey from being a pawn in the hands of the Lannisters and Tyrells to her transformation into a player in the deadly Game of Thrones. đ°âš
Chapters:
00:00 - 0:56 intro
00:57 - 02:34 Sansa The Pawn
02:35 - 04:28 Jeoffery And The Hound
04:29 - 06:42 Sansa And Cersei
06:43 - 09:37 How Will Sansa's Arc End?
09:38 - 13:12 Why Was Sansa Replaced With Jeyne Poole?
13:13 - 14:17 Conclusion And Outro
Through this analysis, weâll discuss why D&D struggled to write beyond Season 4 and how the show's constraints led to significant deviations from the books. đ
Weâll also address common criticisms and explore potential endings for Sansa in The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring. Could her story have played out differently if the show had more material to adapt? đ€
Join the discussion! Leave your thoughts in the comments: How do you think Sansaâs arc should have ended? Who is responsible for her controversial storyline - George R.R. Martin or the showrunners?
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Great vid! New sub, looking forward to seeing more content.
Great commentary! It's nice to hear something other than hyperbolic hatred for D&D. I'd love to watch more of these light comparison videos
You are the FIRST commenter on CZcams I have seen who pointed out that Sansa was taking Jeyne Poole's place from the books, and that DnD - who I don't love, aren't great and made major mistakes - were in a bind where Sansa was concerned for plot, time and budget reasons. Thank you.
Yep, you summed it up perfectly. I donât like defending DnD but you HAVE to look at some of their constraints to give a balanced argument.
Thank you for your comment!đ
honestly? i liked where sansa ended in the show, it felt poetic honestly that the one stark so eager to leave and not be a stark anymore was the one that remembered most what is was to be a stark and to fight for the north. The character who started with no power ending up being the one with it. I think if they'd had more time (and been better writers) they could have really developed this, had her work it out herself, scheme in her "i'm so innocent i don't know what you could possibly be doing" kind of way and gain her throne as queen of the north, finishing what her family started. I personally don't believe she would reject being a Stark
I 100% agree with you completely. I donât mind her being queen in the north, my main problem was how she achieved it. In a perfect world they would have fleshed out her character in the Eyrie before bringing her north(if thatâs where her story does end), but instead they decided to send her north to become a victim again. Her outsmarting LF was fine, but the way she did it was again disappointing.
Her reclaiming her stork identity is something I thought would happen, however I feel like it is in fact Arya who will lead the north. I might explain it in depth in another video but essentially Arya is the one whoâs whole story arc is her reclaiming her identity. She changes identity multiple times; she doesnât know who she is. While also being one of GRRM central 5 characters, she also is the only one who can relate to the common folk, something Sansa doesnât really deal with. I think itâll be Arya who will reclaim her stark identity.
Saying all that, Arya sailing west and Sansa being queen in the north is something I really liked in the show, so no problems there.
Great vid!
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The fact that the show ended four years ago and there still is not another book, makes it hard for me to blame the show runners. They were hired to adapt book into TV. Itâs Martinâs story. Itâs his fault he canât finish it.
Yep, GRRM needs to take a large portion of the blame. But the show runners didnât do any favours with some of the decisions they made.
@@FilmCritiqueHub definitely agree. From what I read it sounds like they wanted to be done with the show and rushed through the last two seasons. Pretty sad, early seasons were so great.
Agreed, this is more GRRM's fault. Like seasons 1-4 clearly show that D&D have high talent, they're just not good writers.. But amazing adaptors. The problems come from cutting out minor stuff at the start (that grow into bigger plots) and these actors becoming big names. Cutting out Bran for an entire season is what they should of done with Sansa and Jamie (Give us a sneak peak of him in the riverlands). If they had kept mance alive and had Jayne Pool in the background I think it would of worked.. But yeah its far more complicated than just "Dnd bad".
I wouldâve loved to see your version of play out, the only problem is Sansa and Jamie were beginning to become big names at that point. I donât know if they would be capable of removing them for a season. Some casual fans also wouldnât approve of it since theyâre both fan favourites.
Itâs my personal opinion that AFFC and ADWD is extremely difficult to adapt on screen. Trying to adapt the show after S4 with the material given mustâve been a nightmare and clearly D&D are out of their depth here.
@@FilmCritiqueHub Oh I'd agree with that completely. After season 4 new contracts were being written up as well, and these unknown actors were now big names who the fans would of demanded to see.
Oh the amount of characters added after the show had begin explains exactly why they left so many out.. Since at the time they didn't see them as big players.
I think in the future we're going to see a fully animated version of this series (If the books ever come out) before we get another live action version.. I get the feeling the universe is going to grow a lot via HBO over the next few years.
It was ridiculous that Little Finger would turn Sansa over to the Boltons. She was much to important to him. I almost through book at the T.V.
Yeah especially since I read the book before this happened. Not only does it make no sense for LF as a character but also narratively. It was really frustrating because towards the end of season 4 it looked like they were going to set up the jeyne Poole plot and build up Sansaâs arc in the vale, but they mustâve changed their minds.