what about poor, poor Reek? I could see that happening. it would make some sense for Ramsay to be pinched on all sides by the people he has wronged, and he most definitely has wronged the ironborn.

the functional word you used was “can.” you therein agree that children have different meanings for words than adults do. therefore, it is only logical that adults don’t automatically hate gay people if they use words that a minority of people use to signify their hatred of gay people (that awful word is still…