#mercedene

I don't remember whether Mercedene's character is actually called a "maid" or not but here's two strong evidences towards the character being some representation of Shae 1) making Shae into a sweet young maiden preyed upon by Tyrion makes her more sympathetic for this foreign audience. Wasn't Shae's story of defense that Tyrion preyed upon her and forced her? (Side note: how much can we really know about who she was and what her past was?) 2) This character is raped. Shae's defense/ accusations against Tyrion paint their relationship as rape. Sansa on the other hand was Tyrion's wife. As distasteful as people may or may not view a man forcing sex on his wife, according to the laws and traditions of westeros it would not be considered rape. And it was common knowledge in the red keep that they never consummated the marriage. Therefore, the character is almost certainly some version of Shae or a totally fictional character made up to emphasize Tyrion's supposed excessive sexual appetite and villainy. I really don't get why so many fans saw this chapter and went "omg Sansa!" and read weird "Stark Sista" symbolism into it. Except that the show did include a Sansa character in its dumb show within the show crap.