from Tyrion’s pov:

He had expected anguish and anger when he told her of her brother’s death, but Sansa’s face had remained so still that for a moment he feared she had not understood. It was only later, with a heavy oaken door between them, that he heard her sobbing. Tyrion had considered going to her then, to offer what comfort he could. No, he had to remind himself, she will not look for solace from a Lannister. The most he could do was to shield her from the uglier details of the Red Wedding as they came down from the Twins. [… ] It was not enough, though. He had wrapped his cloak around her shoulders and sworn to protect her, but that was as cruel a jape as the crown the Freys had placed atop the head of Robb Stark’s direwolf after they’d sewn it onto his headless corpse. Sansa knew that as well. The way she looked at him, her stiffness when she climbed into their bed… when he was with her, never for an instant could he forget who he was, or what he was. No more than she did.

And Sansa’s pov sometime later:

That was such a sweet dream, Sansa thought drowsily. She had been back in Winterfell, running through the godswood with her Lady. Her father had been there, and her brothers, all of them warm and safe. If only dreaming could make it so… She threw back the coverlets. I must be brave. Her torments would soon be ended, one way or the other. If Lady was here, I would not be afraid. Lady was dead, though; Robb, Bran, Rickon, Arya, her father, her mother, even Septa Mordane. All of them are dead but me. She was alone in the world now. […] She wanted nothing more than to crawl back in bed and pull the drapes. I must be brave, like Robb, she told herself, as she took her lord husband stiffly by the arm.

If these quotes tell you anything it’s that Tyrion and Sansa together are at the very least uncomfortable and awkward and stiff and not natural or spontaneous in any way. They are constantly reminded that the Lannisters are the enemy who hold her hostage and that neither of them want to be in the position they are in. Tyrion tries to comfort her, but he’s aware she doesn’t trust him (‘Even her tears she hoards to herself’) and understands partly it’s because he’s a Lannister, but he also personally blames it on himself for not being the handsome knight he’s sure she wanted to marry. Sansa keeps her distance. She’s afraid. She’s completely living in her own mind and she doesn’t let any true thoughts or feelings slip through. Their whole relationship is based on awkward uncomfortable formalities and the huge distance between them. They are on completely different planets and they have no idea what the other is actually thinking. I mean… look at this:

They supped alone, as they did so often.
“The pease are overcooked,” his wife ventured once.
“No matter,” he said. “So is the mutton.”
It was a jest, but Sansa took it for criticism. “I am sorry, my lord.”
“Why? Some cook should be sorry. Not you. The pease are not your province, Sansa.”
“I… I am sorry that my lord husband is displeased.”

SANSA/TYRION IS THE SADDEST THING EVER. I HAD TO LAUGH AT THIS PART THATS HOW SAD IT MADE ME. Especially when Sansa finds out her entire family is killed. Her walls were already steel but she builds them even higher and thicker after the RW while thinking of Robb and drawing strength from her identity as a Stark to keep herself standing… but she won’t show any of that. Her entire family is just killed and she won’t even show him she’s sad.

So what I meant with ooc is that the Sansa we saw last episode was completely out of character to me. We saw a full scene of her laughing and bonding with Tyrion, with her taking the lead in gossiping/plotting against other people (even though in a very innocent way) and sharing memories of her ‘traitor’ family with him and…. it was like I wasn’t even looking at Sansa? I mean, I DO believe Sansa is like this when she can be herself and she is happy, but the whole point was that she’s not herself and she’s not happy and she’s trapped and she’s steeling her walls and armouring herself with courtesy. And in my opinion that scene showed us the complete opposite.

And when we got the actual RW-reaction scene, in which this could be set right, we only saw like 5 seconds of Sansa crying? While we DID get an entire scene of Tyrion been told he had to break Sansa the news… so why couldn’t they have shown us that instead of only talking about it? I just really don’t understand why the show didn’t give us a scene that does justice to what Sansa is actually dealing with instead of this scene that, at least to me, didn’t make any sense at all.

yes yes yes i do! i assume you watch game of thrones so i don’t have to tell you what attracts me to the story itself. but what the books add to the show? everything.

for one, it will tell you the ten hour story each season in a book of an average 1000 pages. that seems like a lot but believe me, it’s worth it. The books are better than the show, they truly are. And not simply because they are more extensive. (even though that is a plus for all the cliché reasons: the show feels rushed to me and the books give you much more background information and give you much more time to get to know all the characters and identify with them). But also because GRRM is a master when it comes to plot twists and unexpected events. he will make your head spin.  i’ve seen people who didn;t want to read the books because they didn’t want to be spoiled for the show. To those people i can only say: if it are the plot twists you like so much PLEASE READ THE BOOKS. it will be way more rewarding in the books. it’s more likely you will be more emotionally involved, it is worked out more subtle and ingenious and you willl have a much better clue at what’s going on because you are figuring it out the moment you read it. i guess that last bit counts for the show as well, but if I see what kind of asks I get it seems like most people miss a lot because it’s simply not included or glimpsed over without explaining. If you compare it with the sea the show will be the surface of the water and the books the water itself. From an outside perspective it looks the same, but once you dive into it, you will see how much richer the sea is and how many secrets are to be found in the water

(ok this is getting away from me, let me try again)

Ok, so the storytelling with all its million different plots and twists and turns is one reason. Another one that’s really important to me are the characters. I can’t name one character I don’t like. Every character is well written and complex and extremely human. All characters feel real to me and make me care about them, even when they are not my favorites, even when they support everything i’m against. And again… the characters in the books are much more complex and multidimensional than in the show, simply because the show has to focus on the most important parts due to limited screentime. Plus the show gives you their interpretation of them, but because they’re so extremely human i feel like everyone reacts and reads those characters differently and i feel like the show runners do not only read the books from a male perspective in which they understand some female characters to a lesser extent but I also feel like they want to glorify some characters when I didn’t read them like that all in the books, so… Its basically a complete world you get into and it leaves much room for interpretation. And where the show mostly focuses on the action the books have much more room for character development and exploring their thoughts, so for me that meant i was much more emotionally invested in everyone when the action took place.

And that’s basically the wonderful thing about it. When you read the books you’re not only watching this other world, you become part of it and you feel connected and involved with what happens. In ways the show won’t ever be able to.

so. yay. books ヽ(´ー`)ﾉ

depends on what you mean by ‘the thing’.

Ygritte did shoot an arrow at him, but in the books she did it immediately when Jon escaped them, not at a later time. Jon only finds out when he dares to stop for a moment and realizes he has been shot in the leg by a arrow with the same feathers as Ygritte always uses and he wonders if she had aimed at him or the horse. The whole part where Jon tells her he knows he loves her and she loves him isn’t there in the books. Instead we get Jon’s conflicted internal monologue when me makes his way back to the Wall on how he thinks about Ygritte a lot and how he feels guilty about loving her but also guilty about leaving her. Ygritte doesn’t have her own chapters in the books, so we didn’t get an update on her feelings/thoughts. When Jon left her the reader left Ygritte as well.

well, technically we don’t know if Dany won’t be able to have any children. But at the very least she thinks she can’t. it’s because she asked Mirri Maz Duur to save Khal Drogo with blood magic and lost her unborn child. Dany asked her when Drogo would be like before and she answered: When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child. Then he will return, and not before.” Since the first two sentences are impossible to happen, Daenerys assumes the next is impossible as well. But there are a lot of theories on what it means exactly, and how literal we should take those words, so if you don’t mind some spoilers you should google that part….

In general the throne passes to another family member if you don’t have any children yourself (i thought the king/queens own siblings are next in line?) And if you don’t have any family at all…  i guess you can name someone close to you as your successor? It’s not preferable though i guess, cause it makes the claim to the throne weaker and people will probably be plotting another game of thrones in no time….

No, Jaime didn’t know! he just said those words to Roose as in ‘hahah fuck you robb’ but he had no idea they were planning a ~red~ wedding.

Roose was probably just thinking he was hilarious when he could kill Robb with those words, but it’s important cause it was supposed to say ‘Jaime Lannister sends his regards’ and it’s of significance  because it makes it seem like Jaime was involved in the events and it were the last words Catelyn heard before she died. Catelyn had let him go to get Sansa and Arya back, and even though everyone blamed her for it, she was convinced she had done the right thing. It was her last hope and instead of getting them back her son was killed in front her eyes with the biggest sneer at the decisions she made possible. And that’s important for future events~

(hmm and it sort of shows how easily you can get blamed for things you dont have anything to do with, just because people are not on your side and you said the wrong words at the wrong time?? And what an asshole Bolton really is cause ‘the Lannisters send their regards’ is not even a lie, the Lannisters were involved, but ‘Jaime Lannister sends his regards’ was Roose framing Jaime for it who didn’t know about what was happening AT ALL)

But no, Jaime didn’t know. Cersei didn’t know. Tyrion didn’t know. The only Lannister who knew was Tywin. Which is why he was so very busy writing letters the entire season…. it was him who planned the whole thing. as he says in the books: “some wars are won with swords others with quills and ravens.”