Comments on: 5 Major Differences From HBO’s ‘Game Of Thrones’ & George R. R. Martin’s Books

By: Andre

Andre — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:12:45 +0000

Applying modern social norms to a story (never mind that it's all fiction!) set in a Dark/Middle Age era is a joke. GoT & it's writers have done one thing above all else: They've ended all the romanticism associated with the Medieval era. There was good reason it was called The Dark Ages, after all! Drogo's "bedding" of Dany was by the era's standards fairly straight forward – She's his wife ergo his property. (Hell, you still see examples of THAT in this day & age..!) Luckily, Dany was tough enough (mentally & emotionally) to work the situation to her advantage. (Her only other option was suicide. She'd hardly have been the first woman to kill herself to escape such a predicament!)
As for Cersei..? again, modern sensibilities don't apply. (also, all Cersei ~had~ to do, if she wasn't just reticent, was scream. Jamie would've been put to death.)
It's a great story, but looking at it from a modern perspective..? reveals how ugly such times REALLY were. GRRM's mastery of the quill is the only thing that makes it palatable.

By: Tare

Tare — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:12:45 +0000

In our culture Dany was raped. In that world, and in our world in times past it was not rape. You are trying to apply our laws and morals to them and it does not work.

By: Carol

Carol — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:12:45 +0000

They changed Drogo and Dany first night it into a rape scene because they could not show ALL THE OTHER NIGHTS he raped her and all the time the wanted to KILL HERSELF because of it. HBO had to make things very quickly. She was abused, and there's no difference if it happened in the first or in the second night. Get over it, Drogo lovers.

By: JDW

JDW — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:12:45 +0000

Robb's wife being present at the Red Wedding and her and the baby in her belly being murdered added a whole new bit of dark depth to that scene. In the books she wasn't at the Red Wedding because Robb knew not to bring her around Walder Frey after breaking his promise of marrying one of his daughters.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:12:45 +0000

No mention of Theon having his Manhood removed? o.0 That is a pretty big deviation from the main plot line.

By: sasha

sasha — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:12:45 +0000

Cold hands isn't mute in the books. Renly may not have actual gay sex in the books, but it's implied… my biggest missing piece is Strong Belwas! but as is said, the tv show will need to move forward probably before the next book comes out… there's a lot of history and talky exposition in a feast for crows and a dance w dragons. if they run out of books, a good suggestion my husband had was to do a prequel series like Spartacus did when their main guy died. that way, Benioff and Weiss can get all the history of Westeros in and give GRRM time to finish the books!

By: John Stone

John Stone — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:12:45 +0000

It's a work of fiction. Get a life

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:12:45 +0000

How about the fact that Renly isn't gay in the books and there are no gay scenes. At all!

By: jakob dylan

jakob dylan — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:12:45 +0000

it's a biiiig stretch to call drogo's sex encounter rape. it was his wife, and though he was rough it was his culture to do it that way. until at least danaerys learned to take control. wasn't rape.

By: jawnnn

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By: MAL

MAL — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:12:45 +0000

The change I find most baffling is actually the one that has Brienne actually finding Arya! It makes no sense that Arya would just run away at that point and it rather destroys Brienne's credibility as "oathkeeper", as per her sword's name. I can live with all the other changes but this one stikes me as superfluous and ridiculous.

By: mrs.issley

mrs.issley — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:12:45 +0000

Another awful piece on Thrones. LS thing is not even confirmed and the whole 'oh misogyny' vibe is just embarrassing. Stop writing about things you people have 0 idea about

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:12:45 +0000

In the first book Drogo is in his mid-to-late twenties when he "marries" the then thirteen year old Daenerys, so while she might've given what read like consent on the page, I think in most would consider that rape on one level or another. Was probably easier for the show runners to depict this more obviously since they couldn't really make Dany 13 in the show