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Game of Thrones is Lord of the Rings as done by Mark Millar. I hate it and I hate everything about it.

That bad? I mean, I've heard conflicting things about GoT, by MARK MILLAR level? I didn't think that was POSSIBLE.

--Rogan

It's not half that bad. Some people are easily offended by anything remotely 'problematic' and they need a trigger warning for anything that might make them uncomfortable.

Enh, I prefer to be warned about rape and such in advance. Which is part of why I've never watched Game of Thrones in the first place.

But still, MARK MILLAR? That dude just... I dunno, I read his shit and feel like he's pissing on my face and laughing. It's like being trolled, only by someone considered a legitimate creator. It's uncomfortable.

--Rogan

I'd just prefer them to admit that scenes are rape. That Cersei/Jaime scene was rape, and the fact that the episode writer and the showrunners don't acknowledge that is what bugs me.

Eugh, they don't admit it? I DEFINITELY shouldn't watch this show then. Yech.

--Rogan

no. just no. it's a scene of questionable consent between two characters who are in an intrinsicaly problematic relationship. (i'm in a really happy, non abusive relationship and we've had our differences about whether at a certain time sex was a good idea, and it wasnt rape. )
I actually prefer the show scene and cerseis initial resistance because the body of their son is right fucking next to them! and i've noticed that many of those who cry "it ws rape! admit it already!" are often the same ones who were really looking forward to the hot steamy sex on the altar. well, damn.
i definitely think it was a dubcon situation, though, and the show acknowledges as much. all the exchanges after that between them are much colder on her side, until she finds her new power ( when she tells tywin about them), and turns jaimes own "i don't care" against him in the last episode. i thought it was really well done and i'm fucking glad the creators don't feel the need to justify their decisions because of a scene that was blown way out of proportion for some sort of emotional debate that claims to be political.

I can't speak for the show, but the later books have turned into some sort of parody now, I swear. If there's ten pages without mention of women being raped (and it's, aside from a couple exceptions, always women, because only rape of women is historically accurate and thus totally necessary to show!), or even a lovely graphic description of it, then you've probably accidentally dropped the book and picked up something less terrible. Sorry, this is totally not coming from someone who's a bit tired of Martin being lauded as the best thing that has ever happened to fantasy.

Even without hyperbole, though, there really is a lot of rape in the books. Strangely enough, not that one scene in the show everyone is often talking about where all the people involved claim it's not rape - the series introduced that on its own.

Yes, I'm pretty sure GRRM has been watching the show too much because you could really see it seeping into the pages of ADWD. Not that the books were ever not violent but god was I sick of the words cock and cunt after reading that.

ADWD was finished before the show came out.

Game of Thrones premiered on April 17, 2011.

ADWD was released on July 12, 2011 and they had to have had the completed manuscript for at least six months before that date to put it out.

So how a show that had not come out yet could have "seeped into" ADWD I'm really not sure. GRRM is a slow writer so even if he was influenced by early scripts for the first season he would not have had time to massively change the book.

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i_paint_the_sky - 2015-02-09 13:14 (UTC) - Expand

Yeah, I'm unlikely to ever read those books because I LOATHE epic fantasy. Combine it with rape and characters that are unsympathetic, and I'm just not the correct demographic.

If I want epic fantasy with political intrigue and sexual violence, I'll just reread Sasha Miller's Ladylord. There, yes, rape sadly does happen, but it's treated as a bad thing, and at least two female characters it happens to get revenge and justice. The book is far from perfect, but I love it. (Also, it does a really good job, I think, of writing a society where women are oppressed but still take strong roles in what's going on!)

--Rogan

If you ever want to try epic fantasy, maybe something by Guy Gavriel Kay? He's kind of Tolkien-esque but darker, but doesn't go down the Path Of Grimdark like GRRM. He also has more female characters that do stuff, and I don't recall a lot of rape, or constant gratuitous rape.

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lb_lee - 2015-02-07 19:22 (UTC) - Expand

No, there really isn't.

Rape is a reality in the world that the series takes place but taking that into consideration there's very little actual rape depicted on the pages and very little that could be considered graphic.

Right? I feel like I've read a completely different book series then everyone else in this comment thread!

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(Anonymous) - 2015-02-07 19:40 (UTC) - Expand

+1, it's not anywhere near as bad as Mark Millar. Mark Millar hates and mocks his creations and readers. GRRM might kill off characters and write nasty characters, but he loves his readers (as long as they don't write fanfic) and his books are pretty internally consistent, if sometimes unpleasant.

Also, I've never heard that GRRM licks goats.

I truly do not understand what Millar's appeal is. Like, I don't like Frank Miller, but I will give him this, when I read his work, I feel like he's TRYING. I may not like where his efforts are taking him, but I at least feel he CARES about what he's doing.

Millar, though... I just feel DIRTY reading his stuff. It's like David Lynch level of uncomfortable, only instead of a deep symbolic message, there's a trollface pic.

--Rogan

On the other hand, some people think "gritty" = "good."

Dark and cynical does not automatically mean something is superior.

Not everyone who doesn't like the same things you like is easily offended or sensitive. People like what they like.

No but a lot of the people in this thread seem to be easily offended.

Also I have no idea why you would consider ASOIAF to be cynical. Dark, yes.

More precisely, it's intentionally, "fantasy War of the Roses as done by the Sandkings guy," which, if you know Sandkings at all, pretty much nails it.

I don't remember any rape in Sandkings. Portraits of His Children, maybe? (It's got creepy pseudo-incest, too!)

How is it like Lord of the Rings?

It's fantasy?

It's just a snarky hyperbolic comparison, don't read too much into it. The Mark Millar bit is the important one.

It's way more Moorecock than Tolkein. Not everything fantasy is comparable to LOTR, regardless of snark levels intended!

LOTR is more immediately recognizable to someone who isn't into fantasy, though. I've used comparisons similar to dethtoll's when telling laymen my thoughts on GOT; it gets the point across without me having to elaborate too much.

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