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Topic subjectit was stupid
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81668, it was stupid
Posted by lfresh, Mon Apr-21-14 11:35 AM
>but since its' OKP, ill debate it anyway.
>
>If its to showcase that despite him turning 'good'
>Jamie's...ie he's still the dude that murdered his cousin in
>cold blood just for a CHANCE to escape a temporary prison,
>then ill allow it.

hes stil the dude that threw a kid out the window
he threatened loras at the wedding
we get it
it was stupid


>If it's to "humanize" Cersei who's been on quite an evil run,
>then it's also problematic. One because it's a very cheap and
>lazy way to garner sympathy. Two, if the show wanted to
>remind you that the life of a woman was overall shit in those
>pseudo middle ages then again, a cheap and lazy way of sending
>that message (plus, we already had the near rape that the
>hound stopped in the first episode, along with them feeding
>the peasant girl to the dogs in the second one, lol).



very lazy

>As far as the article is concerned, I always thought the Drogo
>scene played better then it was in the book. What's worse, a
>grown ass man fucking a 14 year old virgin but she 'likes it'
>as played in the book or a relatively rough rapey scene to
>kind of show how fucked up the dynamic is. The later falling
>in love stuff though, lolz...although the "Drogo is dreamy"
>sentiment that seemed to be a popular internet meme makes me
>hard to call it. It's a matter of whats the worse evil, a 14
>year old happily engaged in concentual non-consent with a man
>twice her age, or a very questionable rapey scene that the
>characters put behind them, lol.


it was there was no way to make that good


>Funny enough, I think the only consensual transaction free sex
>we've seen on the show has been gay sex. The gay mafia
>strikes again!

nah the dorne folks got consentual sex on lock

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