I recommended the show to my roommate last year and after a couple of episodes she told me, "It's okay but parts of it are absolutely disgusting!". So I say "Oh yeah, tampon sandwich was pretty gross haha", but then she kept harping about how DISGUSTING and REPULSIVE it was. Felt a little sick when I realized what she…

My problem with Oberyn's death is that I don't understand why it had to be that way. Ned Stark's death and the way it played out is enormously important to how the story moves forward. The Red Wedding may have had some excess gore, but what happened and the way it happened is still very important to the overall story.

I'm not sure I quite buy that sex=life, at least within this show, considering how much of it is incestuous/paid for/non-consensual. To me, it seems like the intent is to "be realistic" or to show to brutality and misogyny inherent in the GOT world, although it frequently comes off as needlessly exploitative and meant…

But what are those motivating factors? I don't believe that people like Elliot Rodger are just going to inevitably appear out of thin air (especially since this seems to be a more pronounced problem in America). I agree wholeheartedly with JennyOakie's comment about identity and community- a sense of alienation from…

I've only just started the third book so I can't comment on the book series version, but personally, I think just as much could be accomplished with a couple short, harrowing scenes. An entire season of torture scenes removed from all the other plot lines with a character who no one knows doesn't make for good…

Long-time lurker, but your comment is something I've been thinking/talking about a lot lately, so I finally made an account. This article was a little sloppy in places, but I think it's fair to at least question the excessive violence and nihilism we're exposed to with shows like GOT, Walking Dead, Breaking Bad,…