A certain character from George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series is going
to be having a shocking twist in his next book, The Winds of Winter. Yes, that sounds like every character in his
books — but apparently, this one will be extra “controversial.”
Spoilers ahead…
Now that you’ve agreed to look at some spoilers, they’re
actually pretty vague — but there’s plenty of speculation attached to them. A
new Vulture articleabout encounters with George R.R. Martin includes a chat
with superfan Elio Garcia (who’s helped
us with our speculation about the TV show) in which Garcia reveals that
he’s read portions of The Winds of Winter.
And that includes “a Sansa chapter that is sure to be
controversial.”
Immediately the fan community set to work speculating. Sansa
Stark, though sometimes belittled, is one
of our favorite characters. But what event involving her could be
“controversial?” It’s probably not just her being brutalized or
molested, because she’s been victimized so much over the years that people
might be upset, but not surprised.
Readers of the books will know that Sansa is living at the
Vale, where Littlefinger has passed her off as his bastard daughter Alayne
Stone. Also living there is frail Robert Arryn, the heir to the Vale. The other
heir to the Vale, Harold Hardyng, is now betrothed to Sansa, not realizing who
she really is.
So chances are the “controversy” involves Sansa
doing something unexpected. Maybe she kills Lord Robin, so that she’ll be in a
stronger position? Maybe Littlefinger pushes his luck with her and she kills him,
or injures him severely? Maybe she marries Harold and then reveals her true
identity? Or maybe something completely different happens, like she wargs into
Arya’s direwolf or something.
In any case, most fan speculation doesn’t seem to involve
Sansa getting killed — not after all the build-up she’s had — or killing
Littlefinger before he gets to play his final moves. But it seems somewhat
likely she’ll finally learn to start playing the game instead of being a pawn. [Vulture via Westeros.org]
