Why does every powerful female in the show need to be taught an ugly lesson of who is really in control?
SPOILER ALERT. You probably shouldn’t read on if you’re a die-hard Game Of Thrones fan and you haven’t watched the latest episode yet.
We didn’t see it. We didn’t need to.
Muffled screams and the tortured look on an onlooker’s face was more than enough.
But last night, Game Of Thrones‘ least graphic sex scene became its most shocking.
Because, SPOILER ALERT, fans: One of the show’s main protagonists, Sansa Stark was raped by one of the worst people to have ever walked the (fictional) world of Westeros, Ramsay Bolton. While Theon Greyjoy was forced to watch.
After one of the least joyful wedding scenes ever committed to film, the act of sexual violence was as difficult to witness as it was inevitable.
If you have no idea what we’re talking about, two things:
1. You’re missing out
and
2. You’re lucky.
You’re missing out because all of the hyperbole about Game Of Thrones is true. It’s an epic, surprising, beautifully produced pot-boiler adventure of the highest standard. One episode and you’re binging for life.
And you’re lucky because facilitating a Game Of Thrones addiction means overlooking graphic sexual violence and horrendous gender politics on a tediously regular basis.
A large chunk of the world loves and worships at the altar of GOT. It’s Cool TV. It’s the jewel in the crown of the New Age of Epic Television. But it also uses sex and violence to sell itself in a way that far less revered TV shows and movies have done for decades.
Brothers and sisters fucking. Men’s heads being popped like watermelons. Orgies at every turn. Willing slave girls and dwarves with enormous penises are just wallpaper on the world’s most loved fantasy show.