Re: What is Sansa's intention when sending Brienne ?
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 6:08 am
I'm convinced that Sansa faked the letter inviting her to KL as an excuse to send Brienne away (didn't she burn it?). Why? I dunno… So much of the sister-vs-sister thread confounds effective storytelling. I still believe that they were playing LF all along, and their reconciliation afterwards was satisfying enough.
Sansa eye-witnessed two murders committed or ordered by LF: Dontos Hollard and Lysa Arryn. When she questioned him at sea between KL and The Eyrie, LF confessed his complicity in Joffrey's death. If she could win the support of Robin/Yohn Royce, this info alone would be adequate to convict LF. If not, to make her fear that LF may "need" to kill her (maybe he professed his love for her to Jon as an ace-in-the-hole alibi).
Possible spoiler about an interview with Isaac Hempstead-Wright, the actor who plays Bran:
[SPOILERSPOILER_SHOW]He spilled a deleted scene about Sansa asking Bran for help soon before the LF execution triumph. He did not seem to conclude that she truly suspected Arya of intending to kill her. The help she asked for may very well have been evidence supporting the counts of treason that she recited when accusing LF.[/SPOILERSPOILER_SHOW]
If the invitation had been real, Cercei would have made a stink about Sansa's absence during the dragon pit drama. Notice also that no other houses were represented—only a few minor ones south of The Neck are left! It was strictly a three-way summit among the same monarchs we saw in the "long walk" teaser.
BTW speaking of that teaser, I LUVed the final image of Cercei seated on the IT, where it was cold enough to see her breath. I was disappointed when it didn't happen!
Sansa eye-witnessed two murders committed or ordered by LF: Dontos Hollard and Lysa Arryn. When she questioned him at sea between KL and The Eyrie, LF confessed his complicity in Joffrey's death. If she could win the support of Robin/Yohn Royce, this info alone would be adequate to convict LF. If not, to make her fear that LF may "need" to kill her (maybe he professed his love for her to Jon as an ace-in-the-hole alibi).
Possible spoiler about an interview with Isaac Hempstead-Wright, the actor who plays Bran:
[SPOILERSPOILER_SHOW]He spilled a deleted scene about Sansa asking Bran for help soon before the LF execution triumph. He did not seem to conclude that she truly suspected Arya of intending to kill her. The help she asked for may very well have been evidence supporting the counts of treason that she recited when accusing LF.[/SPOILERSPOILER_SHOW]
If the invitation had been real, Cercei would have made a stink about Sansa's absence during the dragon pit drama. Notice also that no other houses were represented—only a few minor ones south of The Neck are left! It was strictly a three-way summit among the same monarchs we saw in the "long walk" teaser.
BTW speaking of that teaser, I LUVed the final image of Cercei seated on the IT, where it was cold enough to see her breath. I was disappointed when it didn't happen!