Sansa Stark: A Canary in the Coal Mine for GoT's Decline
Game of Thrones' decision to swap out Sansa Stark and Jeyne Poole's book storylines was one of the most surprising and appalling decisions throughout the course of the show. Every character involved in the storyline was diminished as a result of this change, but clearly no character could have been more damaged by it than Sansa Stark herself. But putting Sansa's individual characterization aside, what about this change clearly indicated the huge problems that were about to crop up at the end of Game of Thrones?
Content of this video:
00:00 Intro
00:49 Sansa's Lack Of Popularity
01:58 Characters Drive The Story... Or They Should
04:12 How A Girl Becomes A "Cool Girl"
05:55 The Story Is Driving The Characters... But It Shouldn't
08:29 Game Of Thrones Never Understood Sansa
09:57 The Downfall Of Game Of Thrones Shouldn't Have Been Surprising
10:32 Outro