So, violent rape is more acceptable than romantic, willing, statutory? :/ That seems rather twisted. It also makes Dany's later falling in love with him seem more like Stockholm Syndrome than the two-way mutual respect it was meant to be.
The menstruation thing—I nearly forgot about it in the books, and that doesn't bother me. How the heck could they even show that on HBO? And given that they made it a rape scene, even if somehow they could find a way to show blood, it would just make it look more violent, not come across as her time of the month.
I think GRRM likely wrote in the menstruation thing because the sex took place in the head church, and in the book Cersei mainly objected due to place, afraid of the Septons, afraid of getting caught being EVEN MORE blasphemous, and it was on those charges that [spoiler] she will later be imprisoned, interrogated, and punished for. Medieval catholicism was very direct that menstrual sex was very sinful; so incestuous, menstrual, funeral, church sex would be THE WORST in the eyes of the church...way worse than a man having his way with a woman. GRRM was pretty historical in his research, I think this scene was meant to be about blasphemy, lust for the forbidden, and symbolism. Instead it just became a weird, terrible, inappropriate and violent rape.
Boo on both counts.
And Boo on re-casting Daario as Sonny from Treme, with season 1-2 Sonny's greasy, junkie screw-up hair & beard. If they could have at least cleaned him up a little, sheesh.
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Date: 2014-04-23 04:57 pm (UTC)The menstruation thing—I nearly forgot about it in the books, and that doesn't bother me. How the heck could they even show that on HBO? And given that they made it a rape scene, even if somehow they could find a way to show blood, it would just make it look more violent, not come across as her time of the month.
I think GRRM likely wrote in the menstruation thing because the sex took place in the head church, and in the book Cersei mainly objected due to place, afraid of the Septons, afraid of getting caught being EVEN MORE blasphemous, and it was on those charges that [spoiler] she will later be imprisoned, interrogated, and punished for. Medieval catholicism was very direct that menstrual sex was very sinful; so incestuous, menstrual, funeral, church sex would be THE WORST in the eyes of the church...way worse than a man having his way with a woman. GRRM was pretty historical in his research, I think this scene was meant to be about blasphemy, lust for the forbidden, and symbolism. Instead it just became a weird, terrible, inappropriate and violent rape.
Boo on both counts.
And Boo on re-casting Daario as Sonny from Treme, with season 1-2 Sonny's greasy, junkie screw-up hair & beard. If they could have at least cleaned him up a little, sheesh.