Sansa's ending as QitN in books completely rests on Rickon's survival . It's likely that he may survive . Sansa might end up as his regent and not a monarch in her own right which means her show ending was D&D's fanfiction . No wonder Rickon was brought back and had no dialouge only to be killed so stupidly. Considering Sansa's ending might be different in the books and her not ending as QitN doesn't make one an anti. Why do stans think her arc is wasted if she doesn't end up as Queen ?
Sansa fans are convinced she will become Queen because it is foreshadowed.
And I for my part wouldn’t say her arc is “wasted” if she doesn’t become queen, but I would be really puzzled about all that wasted foreshadowing. (see the difference, eh?)
No Sansa fan wants Rickon to die, but sry, not sry, I don’t think it is likely. Anyway, even if he survives, he might choose another path.
I agree that Rickon’s death seemed stupid, but that is also something GRRM does. Sometimes people die stupidly. And I don’t think that the ending of the books will be that different. I hope that how GRRM gets there will make all the difference.
And cut Sansa fans some slack: If you use arguments of Antis or Sansabuts you are bound to be bundled up with them.
And we have heard “Sansa is absolutely unimportant” far too often not to grow suspicious, even if your assessment “Sansa might not become queen, if Rickon survives” is not the same level of condescendigly dismissing our arguments.
And look, I’m as critical of D&D as anybody else, but the show is not fanfiction. It was started with the collaboration of GRRM and the author told them the ending. Therefore, it is an adaptation and as long as we don’t get the book it is the only canon we have.