>the same thing basically happened with Drogo and Daenerys...
>and that was Martin's writing.
>
>And I'm not sure how it would have looked if Theon had...
>"primed" Ramsay's wife like in the books.
>
>At least they kept the brutality off screen... :(

but again
George at least works it in, there are reasons
its not just hey i'm doing this for the heck of it
and definitely not for reader satisfaction or impact
hes far from gratuitous about what he does

these writers
are hard on that gratuitous path

but yes at least they did that
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