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Originally Posted by Hitch
Vis-a-vis the series, generally--people tell me to read the books, but I'm pretty much at the giving-up-on-the-series stage, too (not over the TWITS). It seems to me that the author really hates anyone who was born beautiful, attractive, or who is successful, or not horribly damaged in some way. He seems fond of psychos and deranged folks. Generally, he feels pretty broken. It's not easy to get past his obvious jealousy and resentment of anyone he thinks was born with "an advantage" over him. That's all well and good, but I'm not really that interested in reading thousands of pages of seething resentment, disguised as entertainment, and the way the plot has gone thus far ain't really floating my boat.
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Wow. I love ya, Hitch, you know I do but, seriously, that is your takeaway? I'm not saying old G.R.R. doesn't have some kind of personality disorder. I'm sure he does. Many writers do but that is one of the things I love about the series, that the imperfect are given key roles. Haven't we had enough of fairy tales where the good are always hyper-beautiful and the physically ugly are also always evil?
Anyway, as I said, that is kind of what keeps me coming to this story. Martin is great at creating complex characters. Not a bland beauty among them.
I agree with everyone that the sex scenes and nudity are really egregious on the show, though. It does bug me. A witty friend, who, to my surprise (this is a middle-aged lady who plays piano for the ballet), loves the show said, "Its HBO. Of course they're hanging from the chandeliers."
/Soft spot for "cripples, bastards, and broken things."
//Tyrion forever!