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[–] Skavau@piefed.social 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

To be fair, both of these things happened in the books. Except the Red Wedding with regards to Talisa/Jeyne, but everything else happened. They were following it.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Oh I'm not implying they didn't happen in the books. But there's a significant experiential difference between the written word and having it dramatically filmed, expertly recreated with special effects, centre-framed and shots lingered upon.

The showrunners revelled in the sadism and sexual sadism way too much for my tastes.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

How would you depict a world as low and as violent as ASOIAF without doing that for specific plot moments like that though?