Who can forget how Sansa lost her virginity to her sociopathic new husband, Ramsay Bolton on Game of Thrones? It was during a night of horrific (and controversial) rape, no less. However the same rape fate doesn't befall the eldest Stark daughter on the pages of George R. R. Martin's novels.
Ramsay rips Sansa's wedding gown apart, bends her over, then forces his way into her as she cries out in pain. (This episode is preciously titled “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken.”) Theon Greyjoy is forced to watch as Sansa—who is still only around 15 years old! —loses her virginity to a sadist.
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After his wedding to Sansa, Ramsay brings her to his chambers and takes her virginity by raping her. A horrified Reek attempts to leave, but Ramsay forces him to stay and watch.
This tension reached a cultural nadir in the middle of the show's fifth season, with the episode “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken.” In that hour's conclusion, Sansa Stark is married to the psychopathic Ramsay Bolton, who proceeds to conjugate their new union by raping and assaulting her, and forcing Sansa's surrogate brother ...
Some "Game of Thrones" fans speculated that Sansa Stark was pregnant with Ramsay Bolton's baby after being raped numerous times during season five, but the actress who plays her has debunked this particularly nasty theory.
Tyrion is initially opposed to the marriage, but is eventually enticed by the prospect of becoming Lord of Winterfell, and so agrees to marry her. Sansa is shocked one morning to learn that she is being fitted for a gown to marry Tyrion that day.
“Battle of the Bastards,” the ninth episode of Game of Thrones' sixth season, saw the long-awaited showdown between Jon Snow and Ramsay Bolton finally take place, culminating in Ramsay's death at the hands of Sansa Stark.
The Hound falls in love with Joffrey's betrothed, Arya's sister Sansa, enchanted by her innocence and romantic dreams. When he decides to abdicate his position during the Battle of the Blackwater, she's the last one he visits.
She went on to become Queen Consort of the Seven Kingdoms (making her the first Northern Queen in the history of Westeros) through her marriage to King Daveth I Baratheon.
And her story closes in a way that proves it. In the Game of Thrones finale, Sansa becomes Queen of the North. After Tyrion Lannister convinces representatives of the Seven Kingdoms that her brother Bran deserves to be king because he has the least ego, Sansa steps forward to demand that the North remain independent.
So no, they have definitely not slept together. Sansa doesn't want him and Petyr's desire for power outweighs his desire for Sansa.
Back in season five, “Game of Thrones” became embroiled in controversy when it took an even more significant detour from the books, having Sansa Stark lose her virginity when she is raped by the sadistic Ramsay Bolton on their wedding night.
In the books, the Hound also had a more overt attraction to Sansa. When he asks her to leave with him and she refuses, he kisses her—and at knifepoint, demands a song for her.
One of the less pleasant theories to crop up during this years series of Game of Thrones (and that's saying something) was the idea that Sophie Turner's Sansa Stark, newly liberated from her abusive husband Ramsay (Iwan Rheon), would end up pregnant with his child regardless.
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Williams had long been under the assumption that Arya identified as queer. The character has sex with Gendry in “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” the second episode of the show's eighth and final season.
Before the writers finally realized Sansa Stark was more than just a wife, she spent the first few seasons of Game Of Thrones being tossed from man to man. First, she was betrothed to Joffrey, then married to Tyrion Lannister, and then married to the horrible Ramsay Bolton.
But when Theon and Sansa last saw each other, the former was still largely Reek. He hadn't entirely shaken his brainwashing and was deeply traumatized. He and Sansa might have a lot of love for one another, but they aren't in love.
Abused Sansa
As a way of securing the North, Roose Bolton has his son marry Sansa. Continuing Game of Thrones' theme of horrific weddings, Ramsay shows his true colors on their first night together. He even forces Theon to watch as he abuses Sansa in one of the show's most controversial and disturbing moments.
The Welsh performer played the evil Ramsay Bolton, who raped new wife Sansa Stark, played by Sophie Turner, on their wedding night in season five. The scene prompted a backlash from fans and critics who said it was disturbing and unnecessary.
The Mountain, before he was a giant undead murderer, basically shoved The Hound's face into a fire and burned him terribly over basically nothing (The Hound was playing with one of The Mountain's toys when they were both boys).
In the show, Arya is believed to be 18 years old in Season 8 while Gendry is believed to be around 23 (though his age isn't confirmed onscreen). In real life, actors Maisie Williams and Joe Dempsie are 22 and 31 respectively.
It also ended on a cliffhanger for Theon Greyjoy and Sansa Stark, who both escape from Winterfell. Both had been physically and psychologically tortured by the vicious Ramsay Bolton, but after being too terrified to help Sansa - who was forced in marriage with Ramsay - Theon helps her make a desperate escape.
Jon overpowers Ramsay and begins to beat him to death, but stops when he sees Sansa and orders him imprisoned instead, leaving Winterfell once more in the hands of House Stark.
Ramsay is killed by Sansa in Season 6, but sadly, Ramsay was a sign of things to come. As soon as he exited the stage, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss brought in another heavy, who is clearly meant to bring the same level of brutality and savagery.
According to the outline, Arya “realizes, with terror, that she has fallen in love with Jon, who is not only her half-brother but a man of the Night's Watch, sworn to celibacy.