Easter Bunny got eaten by a Direwolf!

[evil_rodent]

Two months? Again?
Well, I was busy hunting White Walkers behind the Great Wall. Or something.

So yeah, watched the Game of Thrones pilot. And wow, that really felt like two hours...

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[mareen]

I only read half of Game of thrones, but from what I read, my favorites were Tyrion (the dwarf) because he's so damn smart, and Daenerys especially because she comes from a shitty situation with a shitty human being as a brother who marries her off to some guy she doesn't know and whose language she doesn't speakt...and then she grows and she finds herself.

I haven't read the books, so I can't tell how it is described there, but from what I heard, I can see why they changed it.

huh. It's been a while, but as far as I remember Daenerys felt something between fear and fascination all through the wedding ceremony, and when it came to the wedding night Khal Drogo didn't rape her but took care to have her enjoy it, too. Which she did.

I think in the book the point was to show the difference between Daenarys' crazy and violent brother (see his comment about "the Dragon" which is nothing but his excuse to beat her up repeatedly) who has nothing but disdain for the "savages", when it is actually the savages (including Daenerys' new husband) who treat her with respect and love even.

eta: What surprised me was how little we've so far seen of the wolves. They actually played a large part in the book, and we've so far only seen Bran's following him around. But all the children have their own wolf, and the point was always that each wolf is very attached to "his" child and vice versa.

[evil_rodent]

and when it came to the wedding night Khal Drogo didn't rape her but took care to have her enjoy it, too. Which she did.
That's what I heard, but they would have really had to sell it (with screen-time they didn't have) or otherwise it would have been a real WTF-moment, considering how scared she was before.

I expect(!) that the point 'horrible brother' / 'decent "savages"' will be made clearer in later episodes, but for me it was already pretty obvious.

The wolves-storyline indeed felt a little strange, since it looked like an important part of the story but didn't get mentioned afterwards. Guess that will be addressed later.

[mareen]

That's what I heard, but they would have really had to sell it (with screen-time they didn't have) or otherwise it would have been a real WTF-moment, considering how scared she was before.

Yeah. I was thinking about how they could have done that scene and still show us that Khal Drogo is quite careful and tender with her, but I'm not sure there could have been a way. The book shows us Daenearys enjoying her new freedoms more and more (especially riding her white horse, Khal's wedding present to her), I'm pretty sure the show will use those parts to show that other side of Khal Drogo and their marriage.