It seems like they are trying to play her up as in a state of perpetual shock & grief, but it comes across looking like a perpetual sulk. She reminds me of my sister, who IS intelligent, but uses her naivete as a sort of protective shell, and just looks like she's sulking, frozen, or dumb most of the time (she's 27 going on 16), because she's just too darn afraid to make a move or unsure of how to be an independent adult.
From the books, I feel like it should come across like she's just very wary, cautious, and slowly learning to hide her true feelings of grief & hate with an outward chinadoll mask...while always looking for an escape route, which she was plotting for a bit. In the HBO show, escaping seemed like a complete surprise to her, which made her look dumber.
My best hope for Sansa was that she grows up and learns to survive by taking the lessons she learned at court to become completely inscrutable and Machiavellian, a less impulsive Cersei, or another Dame Tyrell. But at worst, she'll just be another Stockholm Syndrome child bride and political puppet for Littlefinger...then again, a few years as the Lady Littlefinger, with the cash, power, and protection of the Eyrie, and she might just learn to be charming & cunning enough to thrive. It is an icky prospect, but probably a lot less icky for her than her King's Landing options.
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Date: 2014-04-24 02:05 pm (UTC)From the books, I feel like it should come across like she's just very wary, cautious, and slowly learning to hide her true feelings of grief & hate with an outward chinadoll mask...while always looking for an escape route, which she was plotting for a bit. In the HBO show, escaping seemed like a complete surprise to her, which made her look dumber.
My best hope for Sansa was that she grows up and learns to survive by taking the lessons she learned at court to become completely inscrutable and Machiavellian, a less impulsive Cersei, or another Dame Tyrell. But at worst, she'll just be another Stockholm Syndrome child bride and political puppet for Littlefinger...then again, a few years as the Lady Littlefinger, with the cash, power, and protection of the Eyrie, and she might just learn to be charming & cunning enough to thrive. It is an icky prospect, but probably a lot less icky for her than her King's Landing options.