Theon craved the sense of belonging to a real family. He had fantasies of marrying Sansa and becoming a Stark, but he was in love the idea of becoming a Stark, he wasn't in love with Sansa.
He hadn't entirely shaken his brainwashing and was deeply traumatized. He and Sansa might have a lot of love for one another, but they aren't in love. They just haven't spent enough time together (outside of shared torture) for romance to be possible.
Sansa and Theon do have history. They grew up together at Winterfell because her father, Ned Stark, took Theon as a ward (or hostage) after his father led a failed rebellion against the Iron Throne.
Sansa develops a crush on the well-liked and handsome knight Loras Tyrell in Season 3. Olenna and Margaery plot to marry Sansa to Loras and extend their power over the North.
No, no, when Theon took Winterfell, he reminisced on his past in Winterfell and how he once thought to marry Sansa so that would make him into a proper Stark and so accepted as a family member. Theon was always an isolated character, much more than Jon Snow.
And in an interview with the New York Times, Gillen speaks on Littlefinger's most consistent goal: his seeming obsession with Sansa Stark, which arose out of his previous romantic infatuation with mama Catelyn Stark.
At one point, Sophie Turner, who played Sansa Stark on the series, can be seen sobbing between takes. In the actual scene from the fourth episode of season eight, Sansa cried over Theon Greyjoy's body as she put a Stark pin on it.
The Hound falls in love with Joffrey's betrothed, Arya's sister Sansa, enchanted by her innocence and romantic dreams. When he decides to abdicate his position during the Battle of the Blackwater, she's the last one he visits.
After learning of their reunion, Ramsay involves Theon in his torment of Sansa by having him give her away at the wedding and then forces him to watch as he rapes her on their wedding night.
Not much is known about the sex lives of eunuchs, but they can have them, and they can certainly experience emotions as strongly as anyone else. The show's final prominent eunuch character is Theon Greyjoy, who is castrated by Ramsay Bolton in season three.
No. Sleeping with women was no novelty for Littlefinger. Sansa was a Virgin when Littlefinger cast his eye upon her. as a matter of fact he had known her ever since she was a little girl.
If so, it would mean Game of Thrones just gave Sansa — not to mention viewers — another terrible reminder of that horrible moment. Fortunately, the answer is... nope! Sansa is not pregnant with Ramsay's baby, at least according to a reliable Game of Thrones spoiler and news website Watchers On The Wall.
Indeed, as the seasons rolled by, it became evident to a number of viewers – myself included – that Theon can be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
So it was emotional for Sansa because Theon witnessed everything she has gone through with Ramsay and risked his life to save her from more brutality.
Theon deeply regretted how he betrayed Robb, who had been like a brother to him. Not only was this devastating for Theon to learn, but he also learned it in a moment where he had to prove his loyalty to Ramsay. If Theon failed to show his value, he would face severe consequences.
In the books, the Hound also had a more overt attraction to Sansa. When he asks her to leave with him and she refuses, he kisses her—and at knifepoint, demands a song for her.
Quotes. You will see, in A STORM OF SWORDS and later volumes, that Sansa remembers the Hound kissing her the night he came to her bedroom... but if you look at the scene, he never does. That will eventually mean something, but just now it's a subtle touch, something most of the readers may not even pick up on.
The Hound wasn't her first choice. They don't have sexual/romantic feelings for each other. But Arya probably chose Gendry because she had a crush on him in earlier seasons, and in the books it's implied he may have returned her feelings, or at least some of them.
That's why Sansa leaves a wolf pin with him: the wolf pin isn't just any pin, but the Stark sigil. By giving the pin to Theon, she's acknowledging and honoring him as a Stark in spirit, if not in name.
But when the Ironborn chose Euron Greyjoy to be the new king, Theon and Yara escaped across the Narrow Sea and made an alliance with the Dragon Queen, Daenerys Targaryen. By the time season 6 ends, Theon has regained much of his old self.
Given Theon's TWOW chapter where he escapes, remembers his true name and regains some former sense of himself, it foreshadows that Ramsay might be returned to nothing in the end and Theon will have some degree of redemption.
Littlefinger's entire reputation in both the books and the show was his incredibly detailed knowledge of the inner-workings of most noble families in Westeros. That means he should have known that Ramsay was a direct threat to Sansa's physical and emotional wellbeing.
Everyone's favorite creeper of King's Landing, Petyr suffers from mythomania.
Littlefinger betrayed her father, holding a knife to his neck, leading to his arrest and beheading. She didnt trust littlefinger then.