Miqote said:I really disliked the ending of episode 6. Sigh... why....
Lilith_Winter said:*spoilers and rape talk under the cut*
That scene did nothing except focus on poor Theon.
mynameisbob84 said:or didn't serve the story
^ THISLilith_Winter said:*spoilers and rape talk under the cut*
Rape is not a convenient plot device you can use whenever your show gets too dull. Rape is not a convenient plot device you can use whenever you need to give a character a dose of inspiring manpain that helps them find the road to redemption. Since this is the third time they've added a rape scene not originally in the books, I've got to conclude that there's either some lazy fucking writing going on, or someone on the writing team is a little too interested in the subject.
That scene wasn't helpful in communicating how monstrous Ramsay is. Everyone south of the wall already knows, as do viewers.
That scene wasn't helpful in communicating Sansa's character growth. We've watched her watch her father get beheaded, get continually abused both physically and emotionally by everyone and their brother, get forced into marrying both her tormentor and her tormentor's uncle, and so much more. We know she's been through shit. She's long past due for some sort of turnaround in which she grows stronger and starts "playing the game." We were getting increasingly bigger hints of that plotline coming to fruition, up until this episode. Now, I'm pretty sure GoT is going to continue to be the "shit on Sansa" fest it has always been.
That scene did nothing except focus on poor Theon. Yeah, don't even give any attention to the actual fucking rape victim. I understand that Theon was a victim in that room as well as Sansa... but making it entirely about him was in poor taste. I'm sure now that he's been subjected to that horror, he'll be all ready for his redemption arc to come into full swing *disgusted eyeroll into the next century*
MFCGod said:In the last two posts you've both said the same
it would be unrealistic for Ramsay to have acted any other way
But the problem with that is
She didn't need to marry Ramsay, there didn't need to be a wedding night, she doesn't marry Ramsay in the books.
So for me saying step 2 is ok because of step 1 isn't correct because step 1 never needed to happen in the first place
LilyEvans said:Since Jeyne does get raped by Ramsay in the books, if they had left her in the show should they remove that scene? Why or why not? Would it be any more or less tragic to see a girl we are less familiar with get raped?
LilyEvans said:For the record, I do not like what happened. It made me ill to watch, and I definitely cried. Sansa is probably my favorite character and I wish she could catch a fuckin' break.
That being said, I don't think the scene was unnecessary, or glorified, or poorly handled, or should have been omitted. I think it will have very important ramifications later on.
HiGirlsRHot said:Also I don't understand why Theon's prolonged tortured, rape and castration went pretty much uncommitted while Sansa rape elicited calls for the writers to be fired.
LilyEvans said:MFCGod said:In the last two posts you've both said the same
it would be unrealistic for Ramsay to have acted any other way
But the problem with that is
She didn't need to marry Ramsay, there didn't need to be a wedding night, she doesn't marry Ramsay in the books.
So for me saying step 2 is ok because of step 1 isn't correct because step 1 never needed to happen in the first place
In the books Ramsay marries and rapes Jayne Poole in place of Sansa. It seems Sansa will be taking Jeyne's plot line in the show, probably because Jeyne is a relatively minor character and we have run out of Sansa plot that comes directly from the books.
Since Jeyne does get raped by Ramsay in the books, if they had left her in the show should they remove that scene? Why or why not? Would it be any more or less tragic to see a girl we are less familiar with get raped?
GracieHart said:I think it says a lot about us as a society that we find the rape of someone who we aren't as invested in ok as a plot line but the rape of a likeable character unacceptable.
MFCGod said:GracieHart said:I think it says a lot about us as a society that we find the rape of someone who we aren't as invested in ok as a plot line but the rape of a likeable character unacceptable.
Say Ramsay and Jon Snow both get killed in the next episode, which one would bum you out? or would it be equal emotions for each.