Directly following her grandmother's plotting, Margaery Tyrell interrupts Sansa Stark during her prayers to weave a subtle web of charm, offering Sansa the one thing she desperately craves: a safe home and a family.
The Scene Breakdown
Porridge Plague and Promises
Margaery expertly disarms Sansa's guarded nature by sharing a fabricated, self-deprecating story about a beautiful cousin and a horrifying illness known as "porridge plague," where your face allegedly slides off before you die in agony.
Once Sansa is laughing and relaxed, Margaery paints a picture of life in Highgarden, complete with elaborate masquerades under the harvest moon. Knowing Sansa fears the Queen Regent won't let her leave the capital, Margaery delivers her masterstroke: suggesting that if Sansa were to marry Ser Loras, they would finally become sisters.
Earlier: Varys and Olenna Plot in the Gardens Scene Record
Look back at the secret conspiracy that ordered Margaery to make this proposal.
Later: Cersei Asks Baelish to Spy on the Tyrells Scene Record
Cersei's suspicions lead her to use Baelish to uncover what the Tyrells are planning.
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