She never told anyone that she had written to Littlefinger. Sansa and Jon are equally to blame for the massive loss of life. She should've told Jon to expect more men, and he should've kept his emotions in check.
If Sansa told Jon, Ramsay still wouldn't know. Jon could use the Vale forces to flank Ramsay while Jon's army takes the frontal assault. It's all a matter of timing. But no, it's more dramatic for the Riders of Rohan to save the day once Jon's forces are nearly defeated.
I read that Ghost would have died really quickly in the battle with all the arrows flying. But yeah CGI must have been a major consideration.
Btw, that's what makes Jon so great, he did the right thing, he tried to save his half brother. It did cost a lot of people their lives, but it says a lot that they were willing to do go into battle with odds very low and go out with him. Sansa on the other hand, kinda used and lied to her brother and accepted her blood brothers death before hand. Can't stand Sansa now, even though guys like Jon don't last in the show, I will bet Jon outlasts her.
I was kind of hoping at least that the direwolf would be the one to rip Ramsay to shreds, rather than his own hounds.
I was so ready for Ghost in this episode, that I thought Ramsay was going to sic his dogs on Rickon (as well as shoot arrows at him, like he did to the girl in the woods), but Jon sends Ghost to stop them.
It was definitely a feast for the eyes. No real tension, for me, but fun to watch. I am mixed on Jon losing his composure. No way he would just hold fast and watch his brother go down. But after the fall, no need to one on six thousand, either. Fall back (serpentine, not straight line) and stick to the plan. Props to Davos for having a cool head and changing the plan. Next week's preview, with Jon asking Sansa to trust him has "Jon shouldn't trust her" written all over it.
Trying to save your brother is one thing. But Jon went passed that. His brother died, so Jon attacks by himself out of mad and foolish revenge, forcing Davos to send thousands into battle to be slaughtered against the plan...the plan Jon just explained to everyone the night before. No two ways about it. Jon was stupid in that battle...and Sansa warned him that Ramsey would make him do what he wanted, "Because he's better at this than you."
Hey, I wasn't saying it was the right thing to do. I said that's what makes him so great. He loves his family, he's conflicted about what's he supposed to be doing after coming back from the dead, he's fighting when he really doesn't want to, and he didn't really have much of a choice coming out so far into the battlefield. If he turned around he would have likely died too and what kind of way would that have been to go out?
It seems like the show keeps making reference to the notion that Sansa is becoming more and more like Catelyn. Is this a foreshadowing of an animosity that may form between her and Jon? All her "true" siblings are now dead or lost.
What? He left his brother on the battlefield to be hit with more arrows and trampled. Instead, he should pick up his brother, put him on the horse and rush back to execute the plan ...rather than do a mad, solo suicide-run at Ramsey. By rushing back with Rickon, he dares Ramsey to order his men to shoot him in the back, after refusing his mano-on-mano challenge. Not a good look to start a battle, even for Ramsey
Poor Wun Wun. I was biting meh nails hoping Tormund wouldn't bite it because I need the Brienne & Tormund love story to happen.
Were you watching the same show? He went far out to try to save his brother. Ramsey was missing on purpose, he wanted them to be as close as possible when he killed him. I'm sorry but picking up his brother at that point and bringing him back wasn't an option. Jon's mistake was actually going out to his brother, if he was smart he would have understood that was Ramsey's strategy to lure Jon out. Also Ramsey was firing arrows into the battle his men were fighting, his men still fought. I'm quite sure everyone knows what Ramsey is all about. A strategy to show how unhonorable he is would be even sillier.
One second ago, before battle, Ramsey shots arrows at a child in the back that was running away. That wasn't a good look? Shooting Snow in the back would have been too much?
In the battle it shows arrows landing behind Jon and his horse indicating that he had nowhere else to go but charge forward. Sure he could have dodged the volley moving forward then rode back to his army but it would have lost a lot of cinematic value.
