The author is pointing out how the tv show is changing the plot to include rape, and how that fundamentally changes the story because of how it affects the relationships with the characters. The show isn't changing anything by brutally murdering the characters, because it also happens in the books.

I remember playing Magic The Gathering when it first came out. The game was an innovation in its time, and the concepts behind the game have since been used in countless forms. I remember losing interest as new expansions came out, and older expansions became outlawed in any sort of formal tournament. People with more…