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...

Comments

[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

[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.

[bennet_7]

Yes, women (especially Daenerys) are treated badly in some situations in the pilot. But I don't see any indication that the authors think that's a good thing

I agree. I think the text encourages us to criticise the perpetrators, not the victims.

Also, there's a dark(-er) skinned tribe of savages, who has some barbaric rituals. OMG! Again, we haven't found out much about their culture, so we don't know about their motivations and how they will be presented over the course of the series. So, let's just wait and see, okay?!I have more of a problem with this because I do think that to some extent the Dothraki are being othered. As I've started reading the books I know that their representation improves but the first novel (and thus the TV show) still starts with this dichotomy of dark skinned barbarians vs. more cultured white people and while individual Dothraki become more sympathetic, their culture still seems quite savage

[evil_rodent]

then it would have appeared: "It's ok if you get sold like a slave, the guy you're forced to marry will treat you right. Why did you complain in the first place?"
That's exactly what I got from (the descriptions of) how it was in the books.

So that moment to improve the Dothraki representation was lost
I expect that we will get more on this. Otherwise I'll take everything back and be pissed, too.