Angel Eyes

I remember an article where Benioff and Weiss said they had Sansa's marriage to Ramsay planned out 3 years in advance, similar to Arya killing the Night King.

That's true. Instead we have Cersei staring out of windows, drinking wine, staring out of windows drinking wine, gets rocks dropped on head, which is surprising considering how she fared in Season 7.

It would make an interesting plot if it happened though, as well as a test for how immune Daenerys is to fire (I know she really isn't in the books but in the show she doesn't get hurt by fire, not even the fumes). Plus it isn't as if Benioff and Weiss can't inject black comedy like that (Tyrion getting conked on the head with an axe during the Battle of the Green Fork). "So our queen held back and got blown up... now what?"

Again, Daenerys never really tried to build a rapport with anyone except Sansa, and again she barely tried. As far as finding friends on the battlefield Daenerys spent most of the battle on her high horse so to speak for most of it and wasn't fighting along anybody except Jon (via dragonback) and Jorah (who she'd already worked with and was subsequently killed). So circumstances prevented that relationship from being established with anyone other than them.

There was always going to be some tension with Sansa and Arya from the get-go given their families' histories (Daenerys' father had their grandfather cooked alive and their uncle strangled), plus Daenerys should at least be wary of Varys given he was a high-ranking member of King Robert's court and at the least sanctioned an attempt on her life. Plus there was the question of Northern independence with Sansa, which neither tried to negotiate. Furthermore with Daenerys and Sansa, they were somewhat similar; both were married off and abused (while Daenerys gets Stockholm (not Helsinki) Syndrome in the books, she still acknowledges it as a hardship she had to bear in the show), and were only now really getting political power. Think of the idea with magnets where similar poles push each other apart.

If he's brought back.

Well, the books haven't shown the downsides of being a scheming psychopath (read: Littlefinger).

Given that the Targaryens no longer practice polygamy, would this mean Rhaegar annulled his marriage to Elia as in the show... which would explain why there was only one Kingsguard with Elia and her children, who subsequently "failed" to protect them?

Well if Rhaegar annulled his marriage to Elia that would piss Aegon off immensely.

Well, it's a theory in-universe that Catelyn believed and Ned had to quash rumors of. Would be interesting to see how it developed; most of the theories surrounding Jon Snow originate from Dorne, where Ned found the dying Lyanna. Ashara and Wylla hail from Starfall as lady and servant, Cersei accuses Ned of raping a peasant girl. The odd theory out is the Fisherman's Daughter, which originated in the area between the Vale and the North.

Which is one of the reasons why I think Jaime is going to be hanged.

Did I say that? What I meant is that even if Robb should have it on his mind that Sansa is in an unsafe position, keep tabs through their go-between Cleos, and have it known that he doesn't approve of what Joffrey did to Sansa, like threaten to turn Jaime over to the Karstarks should Sansa be beaten. But he didn't have the will to do so, and not having the will to do something harsh consistently blows up in people's faces, like Ned not wanting Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen to be killed by Robert leads to the downfall of his house, or Jaime freeing Tyrion and telling him the truth about Tysha leads to Tyrion killing Tywin. Again, he might as well have cut her throat himself for all the regard he had for her.

So take me through the mind of Kraznys mo Nakhloz. You're arranging for an army of 8,000 Unsullied to be traded for a dragon (which in the real world would be the equivalent of an artillery piece or two with a few crates worth of rifles, with the soldiers knowing how to use them). Why would you give someone the means of taking back what you just gave away, when they're still close enough to do so?

I think Sweetrobin has some craziness from his environment.

How about lead poisoning?

Not to mention Karstark tried to sell his daughter to Vargo Hoat...

On the other hand if Ned read Wuthering Heights he might be a bit more wary.

That's if Robb could get back to the North. Isn't that hypocritical to say something like that? She told Ned not to trust Robert just because they were childhood friends, yet she says to trust Petyr on the basis of their childhood friendship?

Or the Freys could have just held up the Starks at the bridge until the Lannisters caught up.

Right; so he's leading Tywin on a merry... and then what? Which way is he trying to go? He came from the east; if he goes west, he runs into Lannisport. Could he take Lannisport? He goes south, he runs into the Tyrells (not allies). He goes north, he runs into the Greyjoys.

He could smash the hell out of it but not bring it to its knees. Perhaps, if he'd tried harder to save Sansa his mother wouldn't have cost him a bargaining chip by freeing Jaime.

Couldn't he? Anyone knows that the Lannisters aren't to be trusted with kid hostages (Rhaenys and Aegon, the Tarbeck boy), or hostages in general (Elia Martell).

Yes. The point of his war to free his father and sisters, was it not? And yet it apparently doesn't occur to him that Joffrey isn't to be trusted with hostages with Ned's execution, or that his battles lead to Sansa getting beaten. What do you think would happen if after Oxcross Ser Boros slapped Sansa with his armored glove and she died from bleeding on the brain (think Home Alone where Marley hits both Harry and Marv with his shovel, which would have been fatal in real life), or Joffrey executed her just because he felt like it? He had Ned executed because he felt like it. One would think that Robb would have been a lot more focused on getting his sisters back, but he doesn't even try.

If Robb's own father was executed by the Crown despite all advice, it should occur to Robb that Joffrey isn't to be trusted with Sansa's safety.

Plus Cleos Frey; as the go-between for the Starks and the Lannisters, Robb could have had terms set up for Sansa there, like "While my sister is under your custody she is not to be harmed; if Sansa is mistreated that punishment will be met with equal force on your uncle Ser Jaime".