I know it's been done to death but Game of Thrones

[ASAS]

Please consider this a potential trigger warning if pregnant...

Stopped watching when I was pregnant because they killed a baby. My DS is now 4. It's on in the background while I potter about but I've just noticed a pregnant woman being stabbed in the stomach. Has it been 4 years of this level of violence? How does this even manage to get on TV?

Remember Oshas legs? Not a hair in sight. Ygritte, also wilding woman, sex scene, not a screg of hair and her eyebrows are nice.

Osha wasn't supposed to be a sex symbol so they could give her bushy eyebrows. Legs though.. a step too far clearly

The world of fiction would be far poorer if people couldn't tell whatever stories they wanted, how they wanted. That's kind of the point I think. It's up to readers to decide whether or not they want to read it.

The problem is that readers cannot really decide that for ourselves. It is the publishers who decide. And I'll guess most of the big ones are dominated by men.

(I read mostly fanfic these days.)

I cannot understand how someone could read ASOIAF for escapism. Isn't escapism about, you know, escaping the real world?

I don't need rape culture in fantasy. Rape culture is, in fact, very boring. The other aspects of the lawlessness might be interesting, but rape culture? It is nothing new or revolutionary, though maybe it is revolting.

Am glad I watched two episodes and could not take the sexism and racism. I have a choice whether I watch game of thrones or not. I choose not too. The first two episode I watched was just too uncomfortable and it had nothing to do with blood and gore. Am ok with that.

I absolutely see why it's very popular. I don't think it's the storyline either.

I absolutely see why it's very popular. I don't think it's the storyline either.

Why do you think it is then??
I watch for the storylines and I'm sure many others do - it's gripping.
Likewise the books.