Preying on the young is not appropriate no matter what your sexual orientation. Sadly, this lawsuit runs the risk of becoming in indictment of the entire LGBTQ community if the lines are not clearly and publicly drawn in opposition to this kind of predatory and exploitative behavior from the outset. I, for one, would…

"at least in the books Cersei equally wanted Jaime as much as he wanted her"

Definitely, yes. Most women are the object of some kind of sexual assault in their lives and that's probably why the impact of a scene like that is stronger: it's much more common than, say, being thrown out the Moon Door or getting a bolt in the face.

Distasteful as twincest dead kid churchsex is, the scene in the book had meaning and a literary quality important to story and character. In the book, this is also their reunion scene (Jaime misses the Purple Wedding and Tyrion's arrest), so there's that added emotional pop—here they are, breaking every taboo, and…

Oh god, this bullshit idea again? Sex doesn't just magically "become" consensual if it started out nonconsensual. Consent doesn't work retroactively. It doesn't erase transgressions.

This is GRRM's response from his blog:

But GRRM doesn't seem to disagree. I'm totally baffled as to why anyone is saying that a scene that starts like this is just a consensual scene:

Here's what I posted on i09 this morning:

I feel like the problem with this take is that half the viewers seem to be claiming that he didn't rape her and she totally wanted it, no problem here. So they're not being reminded that Jaime is a not-nice person at all.

What's odd is that GRRM, who isn't always the best when it comes to writing about rape, did a fine job of showing a scene that starts out with some really serious consent issues but eventually ends in sex that's not rape. He did it by having Cersei verbally say yes. Would that really have been so hard?

Yeah, no, not consensual.

The scene in the book is problematic and very much full of the "she wants it even if she says no" trope. I wouldn't call it rape, but I wouldn't call it consensual, which makes it even more problematic.

The entire scene should have been left in the book, or made to be clearly consensual.

I hadn't read that far in the books yet so I didn't know it was coming, but it was very clearly rape depicted last night. And I'm annoyed because it wasn't even in the books, in which case we might have been able to defend it as part of the story arc. But this universe is already full of unnecessary rape and misogyny.…

Another quote from director Alex Graves:

That well may be the author's intent. Still, I'm afraid that too many viewers are just going cheer on much-hated Cersei being punished, and ignore Jamie's basic despicableness.

I'm not against depicting rape on television as long as it serves the story and treats the victims with a modicum of dignity

This is why I can't watch this show. I watched the first or maybe first two episodes and there was so much sexual violence. I can't understand how this is entertainment, even if the show is otherwise good.

I think the "no white" rule is okay as long as it's unspoken. But the moment a bride or groom try to actually tell their guests what to wear, it becomes against etiquette. (The only real exception to this is for black tie weddings, I think?)

I went to my first lesbian wedding last fall. The brides wore long, not matching, cream-colored gowns, and asked everyone to dress in bright colors. That, plus the fall foliage inside the church and outside it, made for a gloriously beautiful event, and kept the brides in focus.

No.

No. It's still a wedding isn't it?