the only thing i'm wondering about is if they were uncomfortable filming a statutory rape scene between Dany and Drogo since in the book she was what, 13? 15? So even though she consented, it still fell under the header of rape, however it might've been one that the show didn't want to touch for a myriad of reasons (hiring a young actress and dealing with all the legalities of shooting a sex scene with her, dealing with Dany growing at the same rapid rate as Sansa or Bran, showing her nude, etc) and that's why they just went for a more "traditional" rape scene, even though -that- also derailed Dany and Drogo as far as him being the first person in ages to treat her like a human being and making her falling in love with him seem rather twisted.
part of me is seriously wondering if the showrunners were uncomfortable dealing with statutory rape and sex while menstruating* as being the questionable elements of those scenes, and instead decided to make them just straight up rape to ensure that they still maintained some questionable element that wasn't up for debate, though clearly if that is the case they failed terribly, especially with the latter
(while i love the idea of menstruation as a metaphor, i can't give GRRM enough credit to have thought that up since while I enjoy his storytelling I don't see him as complex enough of a writer to go there)
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Date: 2014-04-23 03:45 pm (UTC)part of me is seriously wondering if the showrunners were uncomfortable dealing with statutory rape and sex while menstruating* as being the questionable elements of those scenes, and instead decided to make them just straight up rape to ensure that they still maintained some questionable element that wasn't up for debate, though clearly if that is the case they failed terribly, especially with the latter
(while i love the idea of menstruation as a metaphor, i can't give GRRM enough credit to have thought that up since while I enjoy his storytelling I don't see him as complex enough of a writer to go there)