And a lot of this was not in the books. Nor as flake_sake points out, did the books focus on the titillation angle - we did not have the Theon sex scenes, or the Littlefinger and his whores, at least not to that degree, or the Joffrey sadistic sex play to the degree it was shown. Sure - part of it is HBO/Showtime premium cable. But I've seen it in other tv shows too - that titillation angle.
The Jamie/Cersei scene was almost comical in how it was directed. And unnecessary. We didn't need it. And the Dany/Drago rape was...titillating, which was beyond creepy and made it difficult to invest in that romance. Neither rape happened in the books. Both scenes were written very differently.
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Date: 2014-05-03 06:50 pm (UTC)The Jamie/Cersei scene was almost comical in how it was directed. And unnecessary. We didn't need it. And the Dany/Drago rape was...titillating, which was beyond creepy and made it difficult to invest in that romance.
Neither rape happened in the books. Both scenes were written very differently.
I keep thinking - why? Why did they do that?