Loki882
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As a non-book reader, what happened to Sansa wasn't really surprising to me. Considering the brutality of the show and how many times she had previously been saved at the last minute by Tyrion or the Hound, it was bound to happen eventually.
As I understand in the books, nothing really happens in her storyline at this point, so I am glad they are going in a different direction. Now, it'll be interesting to see how they handle the aftermath. But given D&D's understanding of the world of GOT, I have faith that they will actually show the consequences of the rape and not just brush it off as some are assuming.
I'm fine with them "going in another direction." I just don't like the ONLY thing that they could think of was to stick yet another female character in another rape plot. There were MANY other ways that they could have gone, but they took the most clichéd route possible. Also "rape as empowerment" is just a vile trope in general.
As for them "dealing with consequences," I'm NOT confident because they HAVEN'T done that in the past. Heck they did the Jamie/Cersei thing last season, and then completely brushed it aside and it's never been an issue in-universe again.