I read some mainstream critique of this season, and it made me remember why I never ever read/watch mainstream criticism of anything. Every magazine/website's problems with this season stem from "wwwehhh I don't like things that make me uncomfortable", not any of the actual writing and characterization problems like 20GOODMEN, #1 Dad or the Bland Snakes. Almost all of them mentioned the Walk of Shame, none of them at all mentioned Ramsay Snow.
wow like wow i cant even thats so problematic like its toxic wow
Also, kek at bland snakes - I thought they did the sand snakes better in show than in the books. I think they could've cut them down even more to just 3, but 4 is still better than a dozen.
Killing Myrcella really fucks up Prince Doran hotwheels though. The fuck is up with that?
#1 Dad is all right in my books (heh). Especially considering how it all ends.
Such an end for Stannis the Mannis
RAMSAAAAAAAAAAAAAY - No D:<, 20GOOD too stronk, go home writers you are drunk
I have no idea about the "mainstream" outrage, but pretty much the majority of it I've seen is because Sansa's rape was manufactured by the producers, reverses character development for Sansa, is completely unnecessary to make people loathe Ramsey anymore than we already do, removes the fact that Sansa was one of the few women who hadn't been raped in the series, and the entire scene is framed in such a way that it is meant to be character development for fucking Theon.
They had Sansa raped to further Theon's arc. Okay.
Nah m9, this is one of those things they did to not confuse simple people. Theon was already showing signs of development, and would have even if they had actually used fake arya who doesn't show up in the show. But like most other characters, this would "confuse" the audience, because the audience can't handle 2ARYA or some shit. It was disappointing to not get to see Stansa digging her nails into Robin Arryn, just as Margaery had to Joffrey and Tommen. Though maybe the show writers axed that because it was too similar? It doesn't make sense. Just like moving Brienne to the North, I suspect all of this is just meant to simplify GRRMMMMMMS plotlines. Everyone's in the North.
Also, wtf, we didn't even get a meeting between the Ironborn, Yara and Stannis? R'hollor on a pogo stick, the Ironborn get less and less love every day
This isn't about whether they can do it or not. This is about it being stupid and unnecessary considering the source material. This is about a train of decisions that might look fine to the casual eye, but reflect a deeper issue that the producers charged with adapting the books continue to propagate. The last two replies to me have not even addressed the salient point. This isn't about the rape. This is about the changes they've made to the character arcs that are going to usher Dany in as the savior of the world at the end of the series, not as a complicated character coming into the muss up and already complicated situation, but as the head of the "Good People" coming to take over from the "Evil People" who have had all of their redeeming qualities scrubbed from them. (this doesn't apply to Ramsey, he was this way from the beginning.)
Danaerys was always messianic mary sue saviour of the world tho, that's part of her prophecy. Whether it's in book or in show, it's always "oh no Dany you have option 1 (bad) or option 2 (worse) or death!" And then Dany's all like "fuk u i do wot i want, sekrit option 3" and wins flawlessly every time. To the show's credit, they've made her supporting cast more interesting, so not all of Dany's scenes are boring.
But then again, they killed off Barristen the Boss.
Ahh... At least we get Tyrion and Varys bants, and the Dany husbando patrol out to rescue the Queen of being mildly amused, aroused and whimsical around dragons.
TYRION, SAVE THE SHOW PLS