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Originally Posted by Chiefspants
They both realized that Arya hasn't exactly been scraping by for the last few years - and that they both have a potentially powerful adversary standing in front of them.
I also didn't hate the Winterfell plot as much as everyone else. While I did hate Littlefinger's decision making/rationale/motive for this entire season, I thought Sansa and Arya's interactions were true to their characters.
Yes, Littlefinger baited Arya with the letter. But Arya is a war torn child who hasn't had any political advisers (outside of Tywin, perhaps) throughout her entire life. Even Robb Stark took the letter at face value until his advisers put it into context for him.
Yes, Sansa was annoying at times - but she too is finding herself as a political leader and had to combat a person who had been one of her closest confidants since Season 1.
It all felt real to me - even the tension, as these girls never cared for each other growing up and both had no real context for the other's development.
Unfortunately, it all came at the expense of butchering Littlefinger's character. Just what was his overall motive? Beyond that, the dude should have GTFO to the Vale the moment Bran quote dropped him. For Littlefinger to not even investigate Bran's abilities (when Bran was Spock processing them to everyone in ear shot) was a massive betrayal to the cunning nature of his character, imo.'
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I can see that. I've read that there was a deleted scene where Bran tipped off Sansa (and Arya?) about Littlefinger and his plots, but that the scene was deleted to make the scene at his "trial" be more of a surprise to the audience. I figured either Littlefinger didn't believe Bran, or more likely, thought he had Sansa buffaloed well enough that she wouldn't betray him. I wouldn't be surprised if GRRM still has him alive in the books (if he ever finishes).