yellowfred

I definitely agree. Shae's upcoming storyline is easily the one I'm most worried about. I feel like they've taken the character so far from her book counterpart that I don't know how they're going to have her hit the same points. Right now, I don't know which would surprise me more: if she actually believes that Tyrion and Sansa are plotting together or if she testifies to it because of the bribe Cercei offers her. Either way, I also agree that the changes they made were for the better. Having her actually be invested in her relationship with Tyrion and giving her an actual relationship with Sansa makes their whole situation much more complicated. Plus, it was nice for Sansa to have someone to talk to honestly, and bonus points for it not being another older guy that she's still at least a little bit creeped out by. Yeah, that's how I remember it as well. Her mom was telling her that it was to help her conceive, but it was actually moon tea. I think one of the biggest things that bothered me about the show's handling of this storyline was the fact that they moved both Robb and Catelyn hearing that Bran and Rickon were dead, since that was such a catalyst for each of them making pretty questionable choices (Robb getting married and Catelyn releasing Jaime).

Yeah, that was definitely not the best moment for her. Like, she's seriously one of my top five favorite characters, but I just had to shake my head at that. Outside of that, though, I think she's definitely learned a lot over the past couple seasons, but at least part of what she's learned is that she can't let on how much she's learning. There's a certain value in being underestimated, and I think Sansa's shown that she knows how to take advantage of that. So, instead of trying to correct people or prove them wrong when they say she's stupid, she uses it against them.

Is that just a hypothetical or is that a question you want answered? If you want an answer:

Why'd they make Stannis such a religious zealot? Why'd they make Robb's wife such a completely different person? Why'd they make Reek's origin story such a thing we had to watch? Discuss.

Sure, they could have attacked Casterly Rock, but what would they even do with all that gold? They don't buy things.