I would LOVE if someone did a meta on the whole Sansa/Ayra/LF plot. Like a detailed chronological outline of their thoughts, motives, and feelings towards each other. What's confusing me is, originally I thought Sansa was playing LF towards the end. But then it seems like Arya really didn't know what Sansa was going to do when she summoned her to the great hall. But THEN I noticed that Arya has her dagger back, so does that mean Sansa spoke to/gave her dagger back to Arya BEFORE the hearing? (1)
[Cont.] (2) Also, we’re led to believe that Sansa actually thought Arya was going to hurt her up until LF played his “game” with her. As she said to him, “I’m a slow learner, it’s true.” So she honestly thought her sister was trying to kill her until, she talked with Bran. Apparently there’s a deleted scene depicting them talking about Arya & LF and their motivations…I guess? Idk I’m still confused how it all went down. But I think Sansa did meet with arya BEFORE the hearing as she has the dagger
Unfortunately Nonny -this whole contrived Starkbowl bullshit was so badly executed. This is what happens when you slash the penultimate season in half and leave gaping plot holes.
I had a feeling from the start that the girls were playing LF -then when Arya pushed Sansa to play the game of faces, and handed Sansa the catspaw dagger hilt first, I knew she was lying about wanting to hurt her sister. However, I don’t think Sansa knew yet at that point -and that’s where D&D messed up. I’m actually glad that they didn’t put the Bran/Sansa scene in -maybe they had an epiphany and decided not to try and trash Sansa’s character more in the eyes of the GA, and instead decided to make it look like the Starklings were all in cahoots from the start?
Either way, it was stupid Nonny. We should have got a season full of Stark moments like in the finale -with the girls reforging their bond upon the ramparts -reinforcing the pack mentality that the Starks are supposedly known for. Unfortunately, D&D would rather write men frenemies dude-bro bonding in the frozen wilderness in the HIGHLIGHT of stupid plot lines -rather than long-lost sisters putting the pettiness of child rivalry behind them and being the mature young women that they’ve been written as previously.
