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Harastal
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The question's come up lately in "Game Of Thrones" where there's a rape scene.
(Spoiler alert if you haven't watched)
In this case, Sansa Stark is raped, off camera. People are boycotting the show for portraying violence against women.
Interesting because:
In the book, it is soooo much worse. HBO rewrote this scene, which was originally experienced by another character, Jeyne Poole, who is supposed to pretend to be Arya. This woman is terrified, abused and tortured, as was Theon. I can't even go into it, it's so bad. It's against site rules bad. So why wasn't the show boycotted when Theon was tortured? It's violence against men. He had a dick in a box (not in the book) but why wasn't the show boycotted every single episode for violence against everybody?
I'm not boycotting because I'm fairly convinced it actually has nothing to do with the book anyway. I have read them over and over. Game of Thrones, the books, are superior writing. They're worth reading. He does excellent characterization, dialogue and plot.
Violence, rape, abuse, these things are historical and documented. Yes, HBO's Game of Thrones is exploitive and violent. No doubt. Why would you be watching it in the first place if you were upset by portrayals of things that happen in reality...plus dragons?
Trying to figure out the line here where you could have made it to the fifth season and now require a trigger warning.
At which point does avoiding portrayal of horrible things mean that you're unwilling to confront the fact that horrible things happen? Who is willing to blame an author for condoning it, compared to respecting them for representing it accurately?
I understand not watching yourself (Noor won't watch because of violence and I'm good with that) but what brings you to decide nobody should watch it?
(Spoiler alert if you haven't watched)
In this case, Sansa Stark is raped, off camera. People are boycotting the show for portraying violence against women.
Interesting because:
In the book, it is soooo much worse. HBO rewrote this scene, which was originally experienced by another character, Jeyne Poole, who is supposed to pretend to be Arya. This woman is terrified, abused and tortured, as was Theon. I can't even go into it, it's so bad. It's against site rules bad. So why wasn't the show boycotted when Theon was tortured? It's violence against men. He had a dick in a box (not in the book) but why wasn't the show boycotted every single episode for violence against everybody?
I'm not boycotting because I'm fairly convinced it actually has nothing to do with the book anyway. I have read them over and over. Game of Thrones, the books, are superior writing. They're worth reading. He does excellent characterization, dialogue and plot.
Violence, rape, abuse, these things are historical and documented. Yes, HBO's Game of Thrones is exploitive and violent. No doubt. Why would you be watching it in the first place if you were upset by portrayals of things that happen in reality...plus dragons?
Trying to figure out the line here where you could have made it to the fifth season and now require a trigger warning.
At which point does avoiding portrayal of horrible things mean that you're unwilling to confront the fact that horrible things happen? Who is willing to blame an author for condoning it, compared to respecting them for representing it accurately?
I understand not watching yourself (Noor won't watch because of violence and I'm good with that) but what brings you to decide nobody should watch it?