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I was assuming the earlier poster meant that the Waynwoods had told him that she was really Sansa (for the record, I don't think they know that), because the Waynwoods telling him that he's engaged to Alayne is not some theory, because everybody knows about that.  It's public knowledge (for some reason; that wasn't what it sounded like was going to happen in AFFC).

His behaviour really doesn't make any sense if that's the case.

I'm not sure what you mean.  Sansa is the one directly manipulating him in this chapter, on Baelish's orders.  If you mean who he'd side with between them, I wouldn't say there's enough information to arrive at a conclusion; he's not particularly attached to either yet.

Cersei is doing a very good job of casting herself down; I don't think Sansa will be much involved in that.   We're only at the very start of Act 2, just after Littlefinger was revealed as one of the main villains of the saga.  It just doesn't fit, structurally, for him to be derailed immediately after TWOW begins.  Also, I think it's a mistake to just assume that Sansa's starting to play against Littlefinger will be something that is done very quickly; it seems far more interesting, from a literary perspective, if she has to make her moves over an extended period while she's still with him.

We don't really know what he has planned to deal with the marriage situation.  I assume he must have something more, since his plans depend on a marriage happening fairly quickly -- he just hasn't said what it is.   He's not just her tutor, he's the main antagonist in her story, the man behind it all.  I don't expect him to be dispensed with any time soon.

I think people are really getting ahead of themselves if they think Littlefinger's plans are going to get suddenly derailed.  We're at the very start of "Act 2", the point where we would have resumed post-ASOS if there hadn't been a five-year gap (or something akin to that); Littlefinger's star will continue to rise for a good while yet, in all likelihood.

You're quoting passages from two separate books.  The first passage has nothing to do with the second.   The "cloth ripping" is the Hound removing his white cloak, which is what she curls up in on the floor.  There is literally nothing suggesting she was raped -- among other things, that would cause physical pain.  Moreover, you're confusing Sansa misremembering past events with Sansa actively hallucinating.

How would this serve Sansa's story at all? She's been placed in the Vale, a place where she can accumulate real political influence, and her story's orientation is northward. And how, in this scenario, would Cersei ever be in a position to prosecute Sansa for Joffrey's death?

Sansa wouldn't be put on trial. She would be executed, pretty much immediately.

Well, that was kind of a trainwreck D&D have never liked Stannis, and that shines through in this episode. I have no doubt that Stannis will die in the books, but it won't be anything like this. Ridiculous, to the end, from half the army leaving with nobody noticing, to Stannis just walking up to Winterfell, to somehow ending up in the woods completely alone just so Brienne can appear to kill him. And Sansa's Winterfell story can officially be declared a complete waste of her character development, as she did nothing all season but re-enact her season 2 story, and all the things people suggested might be manipulations were in fact just "cool" one-liners. Apparently, putting a Stark in Winterfell means absolutely nothing. Arya's storyline finally got good (apart from the scene opening with Meryn beating the three girls; yeesh, why was that necessary? We already know he's a villain), and had a very effective ending. I thought Cersei's story was also done well, and I found it interesting how the last few episodes have mimicked the books' POV approach, in that we see nothing of King's Landing beyond what she sees. They botched "For the Watch" completely. If Thorne was going to kill Jon based on the stuff he'd already done, why the hell did he let him through the gates last episode? Because when the Pink Letter is removed, that's all he's acting on. Oh, and Dorne. Goddamn Dorne, with the Sand Snakes' brilliant plan to get Trystane immediately killed. Though I did enjoy that Bronn survived, validating my conviction the idea that he was going to die based on nothing beyond the fact that Arys Oakheart, a character with no connection whatsoever to Bronn's role in the show, died, was dumb.

Wow, that was lame. There was literally nothing to trigger FTW.

People who were insisting all season that Bronn would die were wrong.

This doesn't look anything like the Dothraki Sea in season 1.

Huh, I guess no Kevan death, then.

The Sand Snakes' cunning plan to get Trystane immediately killed.

Yeah, we really needed this scene.

1) I don't think you can pick a lock with a corkscrew. 2) Bolton should fire his guards.

Ooh, Mel is leaving.

Erm, how did nobody notice half the army departing?

Benjen! Get hype!

On Hizdahr's death, honestly, if he's not the villain, the minimization of his plot on the show makes him feel kind of like a vestigial character. Er, yeah, they've been clear they're going to do that for a while.

"Well, bye supporting cast, I hope things work out for you!"

The Unsullied still don't know how to fight.

RIP Hizdahr. Apparently innocent.

Where was this choreography in Dorne?