Read this original comment. He didn't say 'not rape by the standards of Westeros', he said 'not rape'.

Fun fact if you're not British: Jerome Flynn (Bronn) was half of a fairly successful musical duo that were at number one for some time with a cover of Unchained Melody.

When did I say that depiction suggests endorsement? It's not the scene I'm taking issue with; it's your reading of it as 'not rape' that I find troubling. And you are conflating consent to marriage and consent to sex, which says everything about your attitude that needs to be said.

There's been nothing to suggest Lady Stoneheart, though. No foreshadowing, no stray mention of hanged Freys — it seems pretty unlikely she'll be coming back at this stage.

Thanks for yours! Truly insightful.

The vast majority of the North must despise the Boltons, given how popular the Starks were, so it's hard to swallow that Sansa's obvious abuse is not being countered by any pro-Stark people.

You're going to have to clarify for me what you mean by 'anti-rape', because it's making it sound like the other position is 'pro-rape'.

Oh fuck yes. I would love it if Brienne just opened that sadistic little fuck open from crotch to gizzard.

You sound so much like Gareth from the Office right now. Except that I think he had slightly more respect for women.

Pirates of the Caribbean would like a word.

You were absolutely in a particular position. That position was, and I quote, 'he only fucked her'. Kinda hard to come back from that kind of gross insensitivity to such a horrible crime.

The 'anti-rape crowd'… AKA 'decent human beings'.

They foreshadowed Dany's immunity to fire when she got in a scalding hot bath with no ill effects in the series opener, so you'd think that she, at least, is immune.

Gay- and slut-shaming aside, the High Sparrow is actually one of the more admirable characters on the show. Motherfucker isn't afraid to mop a floor.

How fucking stupid is Cersei that she didn't immediately have Lancel killed the second he resurfaced? She slept with the guy — her cousin — and conspired to murder the king with him, and he pops back up as a religious fanatic? Killing him should have been her first move.

I'd also add that you're essentially reinforcing and supporting the vile notion that there is no such thing as marital rape — that once a woman has consented to marriage the man can violate her however violently and brutally he pleases. I should not have to point out how repugnant this is.

When a work of fiction portrays rape it hits home hard because rape is still a very big and very relevant societal issue. When you defend this scene as 'not rape', you're not just defending a work of fiction — you're defending every piece of shit that threw a woman down and penetrated her despite her obvious terror…

Sansa has been left in a position that to have refused the wedding or the vows at any point, after having been left in a Bolton-held Winterfell with no armed guards of her own, would have been extremely dangerous. Ramsay very clearly intimidated her once arriving in the bedroom ('I don't like having to ask twice') and…

Honestly, if I have to talk you through why that scene was rape then I don't think you'll ever get it. It absolutely boggles my mind that so many people are watching this scene — a scene in which a young, clearly uncomfortable woman in an arranged marriage has her clothes torn off, is forced onto a bed, and penetrated…

Holy fucking shit, dude. I mean, what does it take before you can watch a scene and go 'yep, that's rape!'