9. Sansa Is More Sympathetic
Sansa Stark is a hard character to like. It's true that she's a victim of circumstance, but she is a very passive character compared to the rest of the Stark family. The way she is written in A Song of Ice and Fire makes her very hard to root for despite all of the terrible things that befall her she comes across as petulant towards those that would help her and submissive to those that would do her harm. There are of course times in the books where you are called upon to feel sympathy for her but I find that the way she is written it is hard to care very much especially when there are other characters you are much more invested in going through similar hardships. In my opinion Game of Thrones has done a great job of highlighting these negative character traits, yet still allowing her to come across as very sympathetic. A lot of this is down to the great performance from Sophie Turner, who makes Sansa come across in a way that we can empathise with. In the television adaptation we are given more reason to root for her, especially when she is placed opposite one of the most evil villains set to screen, Joffrey Baratheon, with his tongue-ripping, crossbow-flaunting, head-on-a-pike ultraviolent ways.