And Aiden Gillen's especially.

She was so good!!

Nova Lena Well she admitted she was slow. But I think you are correct to suspect she had the most potential intelligence. Up until Season 1 it had been focused on her role as a noblewoman and marrying well for the progress of her house. Which explains her taking action to maintain the alliance with the Lannisters when it looked in danger. Afterward, she did her best to assure the survival of her house by writing Robb. But she was naive until the lesson was brought home that the Lannisters were not honorable and did not keep their promises. But she kept her wits about her. Found allies who in turn revealed their own illicit motives. She used Littlefinger and Lord Royce to go home because SweetRobin was far too unstable. But it was out of the frying pan and into the fire with Ramsey. She submitted and she survived to fight another day. She allied with Reek out of desperation and escaped and found Jon again to help who cared for her, was plenty brace but impetuous and couldn't count. She took a risk inviting Littlefinger back into her life and managed to put him off until true capable allies returned home in the form of NinjaArya and 3ERBran. She formed a plot with Bran and then Arya when it was clear that Littlefinger was up to his old tricks with the dagger. Arya made a blatant display of following him with her own face contrary to her training and abilities. Arya lured him like she did the Waif and when it was clear that Littlefinger bought it , Sansa lowered the hammer publicly to preserve the alliance of the Vale and the Northern houses while getting justice for her family. Although Littlefinger could have just had an "accident" and accomplished the same thing Faceless style.

(I know this comment is a year old, sorry!) I thought Sansa started playing the game even earlier than season 4. She had to survive with the Lannisters for several seasons. Might not have been apparent in season 1 but for sure afterwards she took to it fairly quickly, for a child.

You're totally right, she's the smartest of the Stark children. Even Arya admitted it during her conversation with Jon. I actually think they're all complementary : Jon is the braviest since the beggining, he's a true leader and his evolution is completely logical. Arya is the strongest, I think she was destined to be a ruthless warrior because she's went through terrible things while she was just a kid (I compare her evolution to Carl in the Walkind dead) , Sansa is the smartest, she can't fight but she learns a lot and knows exactly how to adapt to each situtation. She's the perfect mix between Cersei, Littlefinger and Catelyn Stark. Finally, Bran who's just... Bran. He knows everything and I wish Ygritt would be there to tell him !

@@DHadjedj Just the fact that you brought Ygritte into this deserves a 👍

I never understood why people hated Sansa, and even here I wasn't ready to throw in the towel until I saw Sansa kill Arya!

AFTER the psychic's help

idz135 Sansa has been onto Littlefinger since Bran spoke about Littlefinger giving the dagger - she didn't kill him before because he is useful in keeping the Vale army and he wasn't a serious threat to them yet but once he started causing trouble, Sansa was already onto him - note that Arya says "you were right" to Sansa, which meant that it was Sansa's plan and she who figured it out and got support from her siblings

but she could do or formulate no like ending until Bran... & before that she showed clear misgiving about her leadership. it took supernatural intrusion to end LittleFinger, plain and simple.. not just a former game-refuser and rape victim heroine in Sansa that some fans want

she learned from the best, shitfinger

Yesssssss she IS and has been amazing. She used Littlefinger's own words to play with his mind. She and Arya make a great Sister Team. Together, I think they can unite and rule over Winterfell and the Northern bannermen.

Vonnies World Rugrats reference.

Sansa might not have a sword but her strength is that she is smart enough to acquire all the allies with swords she need a

real war/ another game will begin

hahahahahahaha me too,!!!

+All OfCanada get over it, he died like the little bitch he was. sorry for your loss, well...not really sorry.

There WAS no heir to the throne. Cersei saw to that. Ned tried to remove an illegitimate king. Joffrey told Sansa he'd be merciful but executed Ned instead. Cersei knew Joffrey never should've been king in the first place, but didn't say anything to save her own skin and to consolidate power. Ned was always the most moral character on this show besides Jon and Sam. Littlefinger, whilst an awesome character and great villain, needed to die.

Im sorry I did not mean about game of thrones, instead the living and the dead's war. Sorry I'd mention "game".

Long Live the Starks!!!!

rest in piss hahahahahahaha

his wife has all the acting

BetaArtemis I agree. But didn't Arya say, "Are you all right?"

Yeah, she did. But that's because she knows Sansa did care something for Littlefinger, despite all he'd done. But the betrayal was far too great and because of that, he deserved to die. If you look back, you'll notice she has tear marks down her cheeks. She herself said it's not what she wants, but it's what honor demands. She killed him because it was what needed to be done.

Sansa’s been played too many times before...

Oh shit!!!! I didn't even think about that!!

Damn. I think you're right on the spot there.

She'll use Jaime's face, Arya will kill Jaime to avenge Bran being crippled by him and will kill Cersei wearing Jaime's face and fulfill the prophecy of Cersei dying at the hands of her younger brother; the give away will be hands as "Jaime" will strangle her with both his hands. when Cersei and the audience will clue in Jaime is missing a hand, she will than peel off Jaime's face just before Cersei dies

Providing the Dead don't get either one of them first.

Hot damn! I never thought of that! Brilliant!!!!

ridedamaverick No I was sure it was falling off. But that was OK cause it raised the tension.

Steven McBrien +10

MTGGeeksGaming true kinda like pagan min from far cry 4 if you have ever played it

That nigga on the left looks high as fuck.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Anthony Tanza yea she did

Just like Ned was killed with Ice, his own sword.....ah..... JUSTICE...

Anthony Tanza hell ya

I think it was justice using the knife. the knife is what started the conflict between the stark and the lannister. the knife was meant to kill bran as well. I don't think it would have been smart to give Littlefinger time to think of a way out of it and come up with more lies

All OfCanada But Ned's fate was based off of false accusations, accusations that Little Finger put in the ears if Cersie and Joffery. Little Finger plotted against and murdered countless people to get up the ladder. It was definitely justice

RDJM7 ... and such a great nonsense!!!

People are allowed to dislike who they please, ya know. Despite what your opinions of her are. Relax my dude, it's not that deep.

True!!!

Se picks shit up faster than anyone. EH? You know you're a bit of a blind Sansa fan when you're fighting her own words about herself.

I just thought she'd turn on Arya because ever since Ned died for not being evil enough I figured that everyone either had to turn evil or die, and this is GOT where horrible things happen for stupid reasons (Lysa's murder scene started with snow sculptures), but I've never b een happier to be wrong!!!!!

@@jessicacaron5084 WTF? GoT is about showing how people are shades of grey, no all good, no all bad. It's not that hard to understand.

ɴ̅I̅ ̅ ̅ s̅ı̅Ͻ̅ No one understands that more than me, but I thought that only because this is Game of Thrones and horrible things happen for stupid reasons (ex. Brienne and the Hound fighting despite being on the same side, Sansa's snow castle causing Lysa's death) and you can never trust a character not to do something totally stupid randomly on GOT!

No one would fight for him and they wouldn't allow him to leave. Lost cause.

All OfCanada Sansa has the power of high justice on her own lands. It's within her purview to grant a trial or not. Once she had firmed the Vale's support of her without Littlefinger, she didn't need him anymore and could call him to account for his crimes. Many things would not have happened if Ned had followed Littlefinger's and Renly's advice more closely. But they would have still had to face only Lannister soldiers and Kingsguard if Littlefinger hadn't flipped allegiances when Renly fled. You are basically asking the Ned you demand to do honorable to betray and betray until Littlefinger was on the throne because that is when Littlefinger would have Ned killed and married Cat or Sansa. That was never going to happen.

All OfCanada Only sad in that he was human and could have been useful in taking a blow for someone more deserving.

Shaneal Rainford You and me both...

Lol faceless died, not Petyr. He gave coin from Braavos to woman before his "death" - he have contacts, because his grandfather is from Braavos.

Berkant Uslu Well... Go check that reaction out here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fJthZ72im8-3cqM.html

She say that because in season 6 littlefinger said that to her... I think it was a way of making fun of him :)

I know a lot people that would have loved to strangle her the first two episodes of Season 1 lol.

Gabriel De Galicia right because 13 year olds are just that smart, I would guarantee anyone her age in that position would have ended up the same, in fact the people who hated her and blame her season 1 actions constantly if they were in that world, they would have done worse than her

Josuke Ruins Everything. You realize that it wasn't her family that did anything to free her from Littlefinger, Sansa knew he was rotten since season 5, she rejected him in season 6 until his Vale army was needed, and has spurned him since season 7 started People seem to easily forget, she has been playing him since season 7 began - it wasn't Arya or Bran that plotted Littlefinger's demise, it was Sansa who knew Littlefinger was up to something and got her siblings involved Arya even stated "you were right" to Sansa which indicates that Sansa figured it out and then proceeded to plan out the execution with Arya and Bran

EuropeDP Do you think Joffery and Ramsey are equivalents ?? I think manipulating Ramsey would me much more difficult than manipulating Joffery.

Jason Cavitt Arya is left-handed. Maisie is right handed. Maisie has been training the entire show left-handed because she is an awesome actress.

Yeah no s**t, Sherlock. The jab doesn't make sense without that assumption. Do you know what a semicolon-parenthesis is for? It's that ;) thing above.

Jason Cavitt Went back to look at the scene. Excellent catch! Not long for Arya I suspect given her hand shift when Brienne gripped her dominant hand during sparring. If she fought two-bladed, Bologna-style (sometimes called "Florentine") the dagger would always be in her non-dominant hand. But on the other hand she is used to using a cross-body draw and slash for momentum. Needle is in her right hip. Left hand Grey Worm style with the blade along her left forearm would have been fun though. Anyway good eye and good joke.