I think it's significant that she said no, and it appears he listened to her/respected her choice, as she was still going through with the wedding.

Unbreakable!

Reminds me that her father, instead of killing Cersei outright, or taking any number of opportunities to nullify the Lannisters, refrained …

Not mention the way she was raised, the way she has been indoctrinated since birth to behave and act in a certain manner…

Consider the implications of the first incident. This is someone she's been betrothed to (which, remember what happened last time someone broke a betrothal?) And will most likely be spending the rest of her life with. She took the middle road, trying to stay neutral or on good terms with the man and family who will be…

We'll save it for the episode comments section proper. ;)

Fair enough. Sorry for getting so long winded.

All of Tyrion's arc, and the latter half of Dany's felt like emphasis on how wonderful and misunderstood Tyrion is - he corrects/schools her on politics, and Dany's situation of needing to be rescued was definitely different than Dany running out to save Drogon and reclaim her identity - the finale feels like opposite…

Ultimately, I guess I found parts that are generally considered boring (re: Tyrion' journey both physically and emotionally, Northern houses and their politics, Mance, Dorne, the Meerenese Knot, Danaerys) to be interesting, so that's my reaction to seeing them excised or completely changed.

I think discarding a character for lulz isn't exactly a good narrative decision re: Barristan. I'll admit, its relatively minor compared to the others. Same with Young Griff, it's something that could be excised easily or changed…

While I can support the theory of streamlining. I'd argue all of those changes ended up being to the narrative's negative:

That was sarcasm right? …right?

How does GoT the show have strong female rrolemodels when compared to the books? Arguably. They've defanged, minimized, or cut out those characters.

But they barely adapted anything! At all! That's why it sucked so much!

Sure, Jan.

Hey. I just wanna break the trend about people bitching constantly about your review, and i appreciate the focus on feminism and racial dynamics.

…what about the horse turdurken thing from Hannibal? Or did them being dead disqualify them?

Which is pretty on par for how the show has adapted the books. /badumtish

Except the only context to this storyline is "Ramsay rapes Sansa because he's bad and Sansa gets shit on because she's Sansa"

It is, and that's entirely the point about Jeyne Poole being abused because she has no name and no title to defend her. Which makes her story. And that of spearwives and Theon all the more heartbreaking.