A Discussion on Abanoned Foreshadowing

I've commented on it in the past, but it's a pschizofrenic shift IMO. She goes from being self-absorbed to the max to all of a sudden considering other people's suffering. True, she lost her father in between there, so there's a reason, but it's a slap in the face if you read the chapters at the end of AGOT back to back with the beginning of ACOK. She goes from being annoyed by poor Jeyne Poole 's crying and asking if Jeyne could see her father so she can stop crying, clueless to the fact Jeyne's father had died, to all of a sudden having pity for Ser Dontos when she couldn't muster up the least amount for her supposed best friend.

It's a complete shift in the character, that has a fig leaf to hide behind, but suddenly in ACOK Sansa has more empathy for strangers than she did for poor Jeyne. Yes, Sands lost her father in between then but the outward focus of Sands after her being a decidedly inward focused character really feels like it comes out of left field.

It makes sense, considering Sansa likely deviated from the role GRRM intended for her originally, but at the same time, it really feels like Sands was "recast" in ACOK.