We could argue the two lady friends of Ramsay raped him.

To be far, the scenes with Sansa don't have a hundred fewer people in it. You really only need one: Sansa. I haven't seen that so far.

Context. Game of Thrones has a history of questionable depictions of sexual assault and objectification of the female form, even during rape, over the course of four, soon to be five years.
Showrunners, writers, come out and say no big deal, important for the (third main female) raped character reach their lowest…

This sounds incredibly myopic of me, but I'd like to interpret it as, "They fucked it up so spectacularly, I wish they stuck to the original plot." Subtle shade throwing.

I mean, I sort of kinda think I maybe get what he was going for? But…so weird.

I read the comments, but I don't really ever contribute much because I just enjoy the show so much.

I think it'd be far more appealing than "Rape and fits (And Dragons) Show", myself.

I was wondering about hypothermia myself, but, yeah.

The framework of the article suggests he is commenting on the show, when he's talking more about the books. (You could argue pointedly not commenting on the show.)

There is a lot to like about the show that isn't rape.

Frosstbyte saysbit in far less emotional terms than I. And I think you prove your own point. As horrific as the scene in the books was, it ended far sooner than the corresponding scene in the show.

Well, I have yet to see arguments for the murdering of children and skinning/flaying like, "That is just how it was back then." Or "It technically wasn't murder/the flaying was justified because Robert begat them knowing they could endanger Joffrey's clain/the Bolton's are their liege lord."

Well, we certainly know what happens to a girl who arguably should be protected by status and a good name. She gets raped, in the only preserved plot point from the books.

And it is worse, because there is no one coming to rescue Jeyne, waiting near by for a lit candle. This is the reality she is going to ha e to conceivably face for the rest of he, if she is luck, short, life.

How about Spartacus? Outlander? The Americans? Battlestar Galactica?

Yes, there could have been better choices in the depicting of Sansa's rape, and if the show didn't have sih a history of handling rape poorly, people would probably have been more willing to see where it would take Sansa.

Rape aside, I would love to get his input on the tropes he subverts/criticizes. Valyria and Targaryens are obviously a reference to Moorcock's Melnibonneans, and he has mentioned Tolkien and Lord of The Rings in exploring deeper the practicality of kingship, rather that the rule by right, rightly.

Which is another deviation from the books!

Or they would rather see sexual violence explored and treated with the gravity of how serious a crime it is? Which has been done by several other shows at this point?

Seems like he keeps mentioning the books, and not the show.