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[[Characters/GameOfThronesWesteros The Seven Kingdoms of Westeros]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStark House Stark]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkChildren House Stark Children]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesJonSnow Jon Snow]], '''Sansa Stark''', [[Characters/GameOfThronesAryaStark Arya Stark]]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkHousehold House Stark Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBolton House Bolton]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesRamsayBolton Ramsay Bolton]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseKarstark House Karstark]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMormont House Mormont]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseReed House Reed]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesOtherNorthernHouses Other Northern Houses]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseLannister House Lannister]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesTywinLannister Tywin Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesCerseiLannister Cersei Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesJaimeLannister Jaime Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseLannisterHousehold House Lannister Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseClegane House Clegane]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheonOfKingsLanding House Baratheon of King’s Landing]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesJoffreyBaratheon Joffrey Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTargaryen House Targaryen]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysCourt Daenerys I’s Court]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysTargaryen Daenerys Targaryen]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesTyrionLannister Tyrion Lannister]]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesServantsOfDaenerys Servants of Daenerys]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheon House Baratheon of Storm’s End and Dragonstone]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesStannisBaratheon Stannis Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseGreyjoy House Greyjoy]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseArryn House Arryn]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesPetyrBaelish Lord Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTully House Tully]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseFrey House Frey]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTyrell House Tyrell]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTarly House Tarly]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMartell House Martell]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesSandSnakes Sand Snakes]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFreeCities The Free Cities]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSlaversBay Slaver's Bay]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheDothrakiSeaAndTheRedWaste The Dothraki Sea and the Red Waste]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesQarth Qarth]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesNightsWatch The Night's Watch]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRoyalCourt Royal Court]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheOrderOfTheMaesters The Order of the Maesters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheKingsguard The Kingsguard]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesWildlings Wildlings]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesBrotherhoodWithoutBanners Brotherhood Without Banners]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFaithOfTheSeven The Faith of the Seven]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRedTemple Red Temple]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesIndependentCharacters Independent Characters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheatreTroupe Theatre Troupe]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSupernaturalBeings Supernatural Beings]]]]]]-]

[[Characters/GameOfThronesWesteros The Seven Kingdoms of Westeros]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStark House Stark]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkChildren House Stark Children]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesJonSnow Jon Snow]], '''Sansa Stark''', [[Characters/GameOfThronesAryaStark Arya Stark]]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkHousehold House Stark Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBolton House Bolton]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesRamsayBolton Ramsay Bolton]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseKarstark House Karstark]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMormont House Mormont]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseReed House Reed]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesOtherNorthernHouses Other Northern Houses]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseLannister House Lannister]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesTywinLannister Tywin Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesCerseiLannister Cersei Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesJaimeLannister Jaime Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseLannisterHousehold House Lannister Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseClegane House Clegane]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheonOfKingsLanding House Baratheon of King’s Landing]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesJoffreyBaratheon Joffrey Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTargaryen House Targaryen]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysCourt Daenerys I’s Court]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysTargaryen Daenerys Targaryen]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesTyrionLannister Tyrion Lannister]]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesServantsOfDaenerys Servants of Daenerys]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheon House Baratheon of Storm’s End and Dragonstone]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesStannisBaratheon Stannis Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseGreyjoy House Greyjoy]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseArryn House Arryn]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTully House Tully]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseFrey House Frey]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTyrell House Tyrell]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTarly House Tarly]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMartell House Martell]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesSandSnakes Sand Snakes]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFreeCities The Free Cities]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSlaversBay Slaver's Bay]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheDothrakiSeaAndTheRedWaste The Dothraki Sea and the Red Waste]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesQarth Qarth]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesNightsWatch The Night's Watch]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRoyalCourt Royal Court]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheOrderOfTheMaesters The Order of the Maesters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheKingsguard The Kingsguard]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesWildlings Wildlings]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesBrotherhoodWithoutBanners Brotherhood Without Banners]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFaithOfTheSeven The Faith of the Seven]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRedTemple Red Temple]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesIndependentCharacters Independent Characters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheatreTroupe Theatre Troupe]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSupernaturalBeings Supernatural Beings]]]]]]-]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: She doesn't even flinch when Myranda is pointing an arrow at her face. Luckily, Theon gives Myranda a DisneyVillainDeath before the Myranda has chance to hurt her.

* ForcefulKiss: Is on the receiving one from Littlefinger in "Mockingbird." She didn't really resist; just stood there kind of stunned.
** Littlefinger tries his luck again in "The Winds of Winter" -- this time, Sansa pushes him away.

* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted in Season 2, though the poor girl wishes it was played straight, as it means she can now marry Joffrey and bear his children. She's so horrified by this that she frantically attempts to cut the bloodstain from her mattress to hide it (luckily, the betrothal falls through when Joffrey decides to marry Margaery instead).
* NumberTwo: She becomes this to Littlefinger in Season 4 when she begins actively helping him with his schemes. Later, she becomes something of a Hand to Jon when he gears up for war with the Boltons and eventually becomes King in the North.

* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted in Season 3, though the poor girl wishes it was played straight, as it means she can now marry Joffrey and bear his children. She's so horrified by this that she frantically attempts to cut the bloodstain from her mattress to hide it (luckily, the betrothal falls through when Joffrey decides to marry Margaery instead).

* AccidentalTruth: After hearing her father's order to send her and Arya back to Winterfell, Sansa claims that she absolutely must stay in King's Landing so she can marry Joffrey, lamenting that he'll be the greatest king there ever was and a ''golden lion''- referencing the sigil of House Lannister. Arya quickly corrects her and points out that he would be a stag, the sigil of House Baratheon and his "father", which Sansa dismisses by saying that he's nothing like Robert anyway. As we know though, in truth, [[BrotherSisterIncest Joffrey's incestuous heritage actually makes him one-hundred percent Lannister]] and Sansa was technically correct. [[note]] Although, even more technically, the fact that Jaime would obviously refuse to legally acknowledge Joffrey as his child would ''really'' make him a bastard with no right to ''any'' surname. [[/note]] Sansa's seemingly meaningless slip of the tongue inspires Ned to start looking into Joffrey's Baratheon "heritage", which for better or worse, [[DisasterDominoes sets a lot of the events of the series into motion]].

** Although her family's sigil is a direwolf, Sansa is actually associated more with birds. She is sometimes nicknamed "little bird", especially by Sandor Clegane. [[BrokenBird Birds are pretty but a bit fragile and easily frightened]]. Like a captive bird in a GildedCage, Sansa is kept hostage in the Red Keep. Also, as Clegane remarks, she sings whatever songs her captors want to hear to keep herself safe. In the Season 4 finale, when Sansa enters the game of thrones as a serious player, she is wearing a dress with black feathers like a raven's or crow's...or a mockingbird's. She's become Littlefinger's apprentice - whose personal sigil is the mockingbird - and has started to learn how to use her apparent fragility and observation skills to throw people off and manipulate them.
** By Season 6 Sansa's clothes have started to become more wolfish, symbolising her returning to her roots and embracing her identity as a Stark (as well as her freeing herself from Littlefinger's toxic influence).
** In early seasons, Sansa is also associated with dragonflies; she frequently wears dragonfly necklaces and has dragonfly motifs on her clothing. Dragonflies are symbolic of personal growth, self-realization, renewal and adaptability, all of which are quite fitting for Sansa's arc and development over the course of the series.

* BornUnlucky: Ironic, because at the start of the series, she was envisioned to have the best career of the Stark children, set to marry the Crown Prince and make House Stark the Royal Family of Westeros, but she ended up being the unluckiest of the kids who survived, forced into difficult situations where she couldn't fully act because she didn't have magical and supernatural aid or mentors to help her out (unlike Jon, Bran and Arya).

* BrotherSisterTeam: After she reunites with Jon in Season 6, they team up to take down the Boltons and retake Winterfell. Sansa provides the cunning and political know-how while Jon provides the brawn and martial prowess.

* DespairEventHorizon: Is in this at the start of Season 4, refusing to talk to people, eat for days, even admitting to Tyrion that she goes to godswood because she'll be left alone there and not because she prays or believes anymore.

* DoNotGoGentle: [[spoiler: During battle with the dead, she and Tyrion end up hiding in the crypt as wights swarm around them, attacking anyone still living. Rather than stay hiding, Sansa arms herself with the dragonglass dagger Arya had given her and goes to fight them, with Tyrion joining her. Both she and Tyrion end up surviving]].

* TheDreaded: Yes, that's right. In Season Seven, after the Starks have taken back Winterfell and Arya shows up, the gatekeepers try to send her away believing Arya is a prankster. When Arya tells them the Lady of Winterfell will ''not'' be happy if it turns out she's telling the truth and they got rid of her sister, they are visibly nervous of incurring Sansa's wrath. Feeding your abusive husband to dogs will probably garner such a reputation.

* InformedFlaw: She was apparently quite cold to Jon as a kid, but because Sansa and Jon never shared any scenes together in Season One, all we have is her word to go on.

** And as for Littlefinger, she has Arya slit his throat - with the blade he used to try and have Bran killed, no less.

* MoralityPet: Served as the Hound's for a time. She's also one for Theon in Season 5 and 6, as it's threats towards Sansa's wellbeing that eventually snap Theon out of his "Reek" persona and lead him to defying Ramsay by escaping with her.

* PrettyInMink: During her wedding to Ramsay. And in the climactic Battle of Bastards she wears the fur-lined cloak pictured in her character image.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She isn't seen being particularly harsh on her men, tries to make sure people are fed and provisions are made and while she did suggest stripping children of their ancestral home it was mostly to reward the families who stood by the Stark even at their lowest (compared to Royce who just wanted to burn the castles down as punishment and example for others).

** Triple averted with Ramsey: reputiated psychopath, from a family of psychopaths, leading an army of psychopaths; and their sigil is a mutilated corpse. She knew it was a bad idea, and pretty much everyone else did as well.

* SilkHidingSteel: Developing into this, most notably in "Blackwater", where she manages to sass Joffrey, make clear to Tyrion how much she hates the Lannisters, weather a drunken Cersei, calm down a room full of anxious noble ladies, and stand up to the Hound without once losing her resolve. By Season 6, she's willing to march on Winterfell and kill Ramsay with Jon at her side.

* TinyGuyHugeGirl: With Tyrion when they're forced to get married. He stands just 4'5" just to dwarfism, while Sansa is unusually tall for a girl at 5'9" and thus towers over him. This is clearly displayed during their wedding ceremony; Sansa has to crouch down so Tyrion can put the cloak around her shoulders (there was supposed to be a stool for him to stand on, but Joffrey [[KickTheDog intentionally removed it]]).

* SilkHidingSteel: Developing into this, most notably in "Blackwater", where she manages to sass Joffrey, make clear to Tyrion how much she hates the Lannisters, whether a drunken Cersei, calm down a room full of anxious noble ladies, and stand up to the Hound without once losing her resolve. By Season 6, she's willing to march on Winterfell and kill Ramsay with Jon at her side.

** In Season 8, [[spoiler: she brings up the fact that Jaime almost killed her father and contributed to the near-destruction of her family as a reason why they can't trust him. However, she changes her mind when Brienne vouches for him, telling her about how he saved her and that it was in fact Jaime who faciliated Brienne rescuing Sansa]].

* YouKilledMyFather: Sansa gives a very poignant calling-out to Theon about betraying Robb and butchering Bran and Rickon, only to discover that her little brothers may be still alive.

* HourglassPlot: The Stark daughter who most wanted to assimilate in the North and go South in the beginning of the series ends up desperately wanting to return home to the North due to her horrific experiences in the South. She becomes thoroughly devoted to the Stark family's memories and legacy, ultimately helping to restore it to power, and tries to defend it from all the FeudingFamilies with members that have harmed it in the past.

* AccidentalTruth: After hearing her father's order to send her and Arya back to Winterfell, Sansa claims that she absolutely must stay in King's Landing so she can marry Joffrey, lamenting that he'll be the greatest king there ever was and a ''golden lion''- referencing the sigil of House Lannister. Arya quickly corrects her and points out that he would be a stag, the sigil of House Baratheon and his "father" Robert. As we know though, in truth, [[BrotherSisterIncest Joffrey's incestuous heritage actually makes him one-hundred percent Lannister]] and Sansa was technically correct. [[note]] Although, even more technically, the fact that Jaime would obviously refuse to legally acknowledge Joffrey as his child would ''really'' make him a bastard with no right to ''any'' surname. [[/note]]

* AccidentalTruth: After hearing her father's order to send her and Arya back to Winterfell, Sansa claims that she absolutely must stay so she can marry Joffrey, lamenting that he'll be the greatest king there ever was and a ''golden lion''- referencing the sigil of House Lannister. Arya quickly corrects her and points out that he would be a stag, the sigil of House Baratheon and his "father" Robert. As we know though, in truth, [[BrotherSisterIncest Joffrey's incestuous heritage actually makes him one-hundred percent Lannister]] and Sansa was technically correct. [[note]] Although, even more technically, the fact that Jaime would obviously refuse to legally acknowledge Joffrey as his child would ''really'' make him a bastard with no right to ''any'' surname. [[/note]]

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: May be a family trait; "I trust her, even though she tells me not to" could almost be the words of House Stark. She completely fails to see the parts of people she doesn't want to see, especially with regard to Joffrey. While life at court makes her a bit more wary, it remains to be seen if her trust in Shae, and Tyrion by extension, is a good call. This trait has pretty much vanished by Season 5 -- such as the way she interacts with Myranda, not fooled for a second by the latter's BitchInSheepsClothing act. Although she, and Littlefinger apparently, ''seriously'' misjudge how crazy Ramsay is and Sansa only sees his MaskOfSanity crack just before the wedding. By Season 8, she seems to be growing out of this, as she correctly deduces that Cersei will go back on her alliance with the Starks and Targaryens despite the dire circumstances, which even Tyrion doesn't fully suspect, believing Cersei would agree for the sake of her unborn child.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Sansa very noticeably takes a strong dislike of Daenerys Targaryen when she appears in Season 8 responding to her in the most [[PassiveAgressiveCombat passive aggressive way possible]] and acting very standoffish due to a combination of Jon giving up his crown to Daenerys and because of her fathers role in the death of Sansa's grandfather and uncle. Daenerys for her part is likewise both confused and annoyed by Sansa's disrespect towards her and responds to her passive aggressiveness in kind.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Looks increasingly like Catelyn as she gets older, even after she dyes her hair black.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly Girl to her sister Arya's Tomboy.
** Also the girly to Brienne's tomboy.

** She begins doing it again in Season 5 when she rightly points out Ramsay is a bastard and, legitimised or not, a trueborn heir will always have a higher claim.

* WhamLine: Just before Sansa sentences Littlefinger, she tells him, "You stand accused of murder. You stand accused of treason. How do you answer these charges... ''Lord Baelish?''"

** Joffrey openly covets this during her wedding with Tyrion, but his threats are eventually defused.

** Tyrion and Sansa don't have any love for each other, being ordered to marry by Tywin and the latter being forced into it. They form a quasi-friendship almost as Sansa realizes that Tyrion is a decent man even if he's a member of the Lannister family. This goes FromBadToWorse after the Red Wedding as Sansa realizes that she's married into the family that murdered her father, her mother, her brothers and most of her family.

* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: While far from unintelligent, particularly in recent episodes, she fills the role of "the pretty one."

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: May be a family trait; "I trust her, even though she tells me not to" could almost be the words of House Stark. She completely fails to see the parts of people she doesn't want to see, especially with regard to Joffrey. While life at court makes her a bit more wary, it remains to be seen if her trust in Shae, and Tyrion by extension, is a good call. This trait has pretty much vanished by Season 5 -- such as the way she interacts with Myranda, not fooled for a second by the latter's BitchInSheepsClothing act. Although she, and Littlefinger apparently, ''seriously'' misjudge how crazy Ramsay is and Sansa only sees his MaskOfSanity crack just before the wedding.

** The Hound tells Arya while he is possibly dying that he should have raped Sansa while he had the chance.

* TheDreaded: Yes, that's right. In Season Seven, after the Starks have taken back Winterfell and Arya shows up, they try to send her away. When she tells them the Lady of Winterfell will ''not'' be happy if it turns out she's telling the truth and they got rid of her sister, they are visibly nervous of incurring Sansa's wrath. Feeding your abusive husband to dogs will probably garner such a reputation.

* TheTeamNormal: Of the surviving Stark children, Sansa is the only one not tied to supernatural happenings and whose experiences are entirely tied to the social reality of Westeros. Jon was resurrected by Lady Melisandre and Rhillor, Bran is the Three-Eyed Raven, and Arya is a Faceless Man. Admittedly, Sansa hasn't had a typical experience either and has had wild and horrifying events happening to her, which just goes to show how weird the Stark family end up becoming.

* ArchEnemy: As the series progresses, Sansa becomes this to [[spoiler:Littlefinger for his many transgressions against both herself and House Stark as a whole, although Littlefinger doesn't realize she has turned on him until it is too late]].

** In Season 7, [[spoiler: she is finally reunited with her sister Arya and they have a sombre, yet heartwarming conversation by Ned's statue.]]

* BastardUnderstudy: By the end of Season 4, she has become this to Littlefinger, willingly protecting him from the nobles of the Vale using manipulation techniques she's learned from Littlefinger's various monologues. She has also thrown in with his plans, though she has some leverage against him to prevent unwanted advances. Needless to say, Petyr is impressed by this. [[spoiler:By the end of Season 7, Sansa is able to outmaneuver him and has Littlefinger killed when she learns of his crimes against her family, showing that she has now surpassed her teacher.]]

** [[spoiler:After spending years being manipulated by him and used as a bargaining chip in his games Sansa finally uses all of the tricks that Littlefinger taught her to get him at her mercy and executes him for the crimes he has committed against her family and the realm.]]

* TheHighQueen: Starts to show signs of this trope in "Blackwater", shortly after [[{{Foil}} Cersei]] mentions how much she disdains it. As of Season 6, she is now the Lady of Winterfell and becomes [[spoiler:her brother Jon's regent in Season 7]]. As Lady of Winterfell, Sansa projects a regal authority and demonstrates a good grasp of Northern dynastic politics.

* IronicEcho: During [[spoiler:Littlefinger's]] trial, she throws [[spoiler:his]] discord-sowing words back at [[spoiler:him]]. [[spoiler:"Sometimes when I'm trying to understand a person's motives, I play a little game. I assume the worst."]] It's when these words are spoken that [[spoiler:Petyr]] visibly realizes that the jig is truly up.

** [[spoiler: And as for Littlefinger, she has Arya slit his throat - with the blade he used to try and have Bran killed, no less.]]

* PowerTrio: Come the end of Season 7, [[spoiler:she forms a [[SiblingTeam sibling version]] with Arya and Bran during Littlefinger's trial. They use [[GuileHero their]] [[OmniscientHero respective]] [[ProfessionalKiller skillsets]] to reveal Littlefinger's treacherous actions to the Lords of the North and the Vale then summarily execute him for his crimes.]]
* PreMortemOneLiner: "Thank you for your many lessons, [[spoiler: Lord Baelish]]. I will never forget them."

* PromotionToParent: [[spoiler:Arya asks Sansa after she reunites if she should call her "Lady Stark" now, to which Sansa says yes, more or less legally becoming Bran and Arya's guardian, and their Lady liege]].

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Drops no less than two. The first one is on Littlefinger in Season 6, when she first meets him after escaping from her horrific marriage to Ramsay Bolton, in which she forces him to imagine exactly what it was like for her to be Ramsay's victim and observes that if Littlefinger didn't know what kind of man Ramsay was, then he was an idiot, and if he did know, then he (Littlefinger) is now her enemy; then in Season 7 she drops a truly awesome one [[spoiler: again on Littlefinger,]] calling him out on ''everything'' he's done to the Stark family over the course of the show with his scheming and backstabbing.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Revealing her true identity to Lord Royce and Lady Waynwood as Sansa Stark, not Alayne Stone, gives Sansa a key alliance three seasons later. [[spoiler: As Littlefinger discovers, the Lords of the Vale are actually loyal to ''her'', not him, and none of them intercede on his behalf when he is sentenced to death for treason.]]

* SurpassedTheTeacher: [[spoiler:She learned Littlefinger's lessons very well and ends up outgambitting him, making him pay for all the crimes he committed when he played the great families of Westeros against each other. He didn't even notice that she and Arya faked their conflict to get him where they wanted.]]

* ThickerThanWater: With her sister, Arya. Despite their differences, the two ultimately do love each other [[spoiler:and they're not about to betray one another for one of Littlefinger's games. As such, they work together to take down Littlefinger once and for all.]]

** In Season 7, she successfully manages to HoldTheLine for Jon while he's away at Dragonstone, hearing out the complaints of the Northern Lords and doing her best to make sure the people of Winterfell have enough to eat. [[spoiler: She then outgambits ''Littlefinger'' by staging a feud with her sister Arya and lures him into a trial, laying out everything he's done against her family before having Arya slit his throat.]]

** In Season 7, [[spoiler: she pretends to go along with Littlefinger's attempts to poison her against her sister and makes it look like she's putting Arya on trial...only for ''Littlefinger'' being the one who stands accused.]]

* WhamLine: Just before Sansa sentences [[spoiler:Littlefinger]], she tells him, "You stand accused of murder. You stand accused of treason. How do you answer these charges... [[spoiler:''Lord Baelish?'']]"

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