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The Show goes and takes Sansa to Winterfell and allows her to become this stronger character, complete with scenes in that episode showing that development.

See I think a lot of people are giving her too much credit in regards to just how strong she actually was up to that point. I mean yeah, she was a lot stronger than the naive little girl from season one, but she was also still being manipulated by LF when he brought her back to Winterfell. And it's one thing to stand up to a kennel girl who has no real power, but it is a whole other thing to stand up to someone as deranged as Ramsey who actually has the power to do some outrageous stuff to her if he feels froggy.

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Then it shows her becoming a scared and weak girl who has lost all control over her situation and allows herself to be abused.

She really didn't allow herself to be abused, she didn't have any choice in that matter. And it wasn't like she was in all out tears. She knew that Ramsey would be taking her virginity on their wedding night (that was the whole point of the kennel girl bathing her). Now Ramsey throwing Theon into the mix was a definite surprise, which is what threw her off her game. I think up to that point she was willing to go through with it (although she did hesitate at the wedding), but when Ramsey went full psycho on her it all of a sudden became real to her (and she realized he could end up doing anything he wanted to her). So yeah she whimpered when he told her to bend over, but she took it without struggling.

I don't think the writers have done her character a disservice when it comes to building her up, to then just make her revert back to her old ways. She had grown a great deal since season 1, but she hadn't completed her growth yet. But I bet by then end of this season she will be as strong as some seemed to thing she was before the season started. That wedding night will be the crucible that fulfills her growth.

This post was edited on 5/22/15 at 11:15 am