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Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by Sebb767 on Monday March 08, 2021 @12:43AM (#26382620)
Game of Thrones is/was very popular despite featuring all of these (maybe except pedophilia)
Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by dTal on Monday March 08, 2021 @05:28AM (#26384189)
Because it featured all of those. People would justify it as "a gritty and realistic portrayal of historical attitudes", but any historian will tell you that's a load of bull; it was basically just porn. A good partial deconstruction of GoT's shallow relationship with reality can be found here:

https://acoup.blog/2020/12/04/collections-that-dothraki-hord...

Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by dopidop on Monday March 08, 2021 @07:29PM (#26393653)
True true. I stand corrected. GoT had the « super heroes » treatment when it come to merchandising. And yes it display all of that.

I still think Disney is the culprit. ( vs HBO on TV, but still, I would not be surprised if a happy meal with GoT theme existed )

Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by Sebb767 on Monday March 08, 2021 @07:52PM (#26393841)
You're probably not totally off. GoT was special in quite a few aspects, but I would not be surprised if it was true in the general case - in fact, I think GoT was popular exactly for breaking that mold, but this gives diminishing returns.
Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by ulucs on Monday March 08, 2021 @01:36AM (#26382820)
How old was Danearys at the start?
Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by dmoy on Monday March 08, 2021 @01:57AM (#26382930)
13 in the books. I guess they probably bumped that age up in the tv show?
Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by tinco on Monday March 08, 2021 @03:57AM (#26383562)
Hell yes they did, the Drogo sex scene would be hilariously uncomfortably outrageous if they even hinted at her being underage.

Game of Thrones was lauded for it's gritty shocking approach to sex and death, at least in the first couple seasons, but I don't think a TV show could ever touch the harshness of the world as described in books.

Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by MereInterest on Monday March 08, 2021 @10:15AM (#26386583)
> Hell yes they did, the Drogo sex scene would be hilariously uncomfortably outrageous if they even hinted at her being underage.

I think it would have been outrageous for a different reason, but the show's scene was still uncomfortable for its lack of consent. One of the key points of that scene in the book was how cautious Drogo was to respect boundaries. In the show, the repetition of "no" was used as a command, as a denial of Daenerys' choices, and to state that her choices do not matter. In the book, the repetition of "no" was used as a question, not a command, in order to ask for consent despite a language barrier. This was used to draw a contrast between Daenerys in Westerosi society, where she had no choices of her own, and Daenerys in Dothraki society, where her choices were respected.

Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by neltnerb on Monday March 08, 2021 @04:08AM (#26383618)
There are a lot of other children in that television show. They did not seem to shy away from implying they had sex with people for all kinds of horrific reasons.
Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by onorton on Monday March 08, 2021 @05:33AM (#26384230)
Not explicit but Ser Meryn comes to mind.