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aunt_zeldaSo last summer I tried and then got too busy to keep up with the reading. I just marathoned the first two seasons with my boyfriend over a weekend instead. Which was great fun!
Now I'm finally reading the books. Having watched the show. And looked up some of the spoilers. So ... this will be interesting.
Overall I'm enjoying it. It's addictive. I like the style of each chapter not only advancing the story, but being from a different character's POV.
The first surprise was finally reading the first Dany/Drogo sex scene. I'd read excerpts online and read about the controversy from its depiction in the show. And now I know why. Because Khal Drogo 1) establishes that he understands the word 'no' 2) engages in lengthy foreplay with his virginal wife and 3) asks for explicit consent before continuing. ALL THE LOVE. (Where was this on HBO? Screw you HBO. ARRRRRRGGGHH.)
Unfortunately this very hot sex scene was undercut by the fact that Dany is, at the time, thirteen. EEEEEEEeeeeeeeeewwwwww. I know she's physically mature, very intelligent, and that was common in Medieval times. But still. It squicks me.
Sansa is, to me, even more insufferable in the books.
I loathed her in Season 1 (until, y'know, I started feeling sorry for her because she's a kid dealing with all that horrible stuff, and then of course I started to really like her and worry for her) but her chapters in A Game of Thrones are just awful. She's just so ... dumb and shallow. There's being sheltered and there's being stupid. Sansa should not be stupid, GRRM should not be forcing the "tomboys are smart and cool and girly-girls are stupid and useless" stereotype with Arya and Sansa. I want to love both of them. But his writing is making me hate Sansa for being feminine. Which isn't ok. Belittling traditional femininity is not ok. (I learned that from MLP:FiM.)
Also I'm getting so mad at Catelyn. I know I wasn't this angry at her when I was watching Season 1. Sure she bugged me a bit, she's not very nice to Jon Snow, but she's SO MUCH WORSE in the books. So frustrating. So cruel. To a fourteen-year-old KID. "I'll call the guards!" when Jon wants to say goodbye to Bran: what a bitch. I was so happy when Jon stood up to her and said goodbye to Bran. What a bitter lady. I mean really, Ned Stark "supposedly" had a bastard one time with one lady when they were young and hardly knew each other. He proceeded to have five children with Catelyn and probably a lot of super hot northern sex in piles of furs for like fifteen years. I'm pretty sure you've got that man by the balls now, Catelyn. Stop being a dick to a fourteen-year-old.
Oh yeah, and I'm loving that Jon is so young and idealistic and getting really tough lessons. It makes more sense that he's young in these situations. In the show, considering his age, he seems a bit dense at times. In the books him being 14 makes a lot more sense to me, at least. He's got his pride and he's still learning stuff. I like that a lot. More of a coming of age story for him.
Also I love Arya. So so much. But that shouldn't surprise anyone. I love her on the show, in the books, everything.
What surprised me is that I'm digging Littlefinger. On the show I'm not really sure how I feel about him. He's such a slimy git. He's responsible for so much of the stupid and distracting sexposition in Season 1. I'm fascinated by him but I'm not sure I like him exactly.
Whereas in the books, suddenly I'm very interested in him. He's still totally got the hots for Catelyn and is a huge creep, but without the voice and the face onscreen, just me reading the book, I can put up with him a lot better.
Very strange backtracking mentally to hating Jaime for being an attempted child-killer whereas at this point on the show I'm loving him because there is MAJOR whump going on with him and I actually really love him. Once a guy loses his status and is left tied up and dirty with only his snark ... I suddenly love him. Sometimes I am a little shallow, ok? My kinks are my kinks.
Anyways, more updates to follow perhaps. I wanna catch up on the books this summer if possible.
Now I'm finally reading the books. Having watched the show. And looked up some of the spoilers. So ... this will be interesting.
Overall I'm enjoying it. It's addictive. I like the style of each chapter not only advancing the story, but being from a different character's POV.
The first surprise was finally reading the first Dany/Drogo sex scene. I'd read excerpts online and read about the controversy from its depiction in the show. And now I know why. Because Khal Drogo 1) establishes that he understands the word 'no' 2) engages in lengthy foreplay with his virginal wife and 3) asks for explicit consent before continuing. ALL THE LOVE. (Where was this on HBO? Screw you HBO. ARRRRRRGGGHH.)
Unfortunately this very hot sex scene was undercut by the fact that Dany is, at the time, thirteen. EEEEEEEeeeeeeeeewwwwww. I know she's physically mature, very intelligent, and that was common in Medieval times. But still. It squicks me.
Sansa is, to me, even more insufferable in the books.
I loathed her in Season 1 (until, y'know, I started feeling sorry for her because she's a kid dealing with all that horrible stuff, and then of course I started to really like her and worry for her) but her chapters in A Game of Thrones are just awful. She's just so ... dumb and shallow. There's being sheltered and there's being stupid. Sansa should not be stupid, GRRM should not be forcing the "tomboys are smart and cool and girly-girls are stupid and useless" stereotype with Arya and Sansa. I want to love both of them. But his writing is making me hate Sansa for being feminine. Which isn't ok. Belittling traditional femininity is not ok. (I learned that from MLP:FiM.)
Also I'm getting so mad at Catelyn. I know I wasn't this angry at her when I was watching Season 1. Sure she bugged me a bit, she's not very nice to Jon Snow, but she's SO MUCH WORSE in the books. So frustrating. So cruel. To a fourteen-year-old KID. "I'll call the guards!" when Jon wants to say goodbye to Bran: what a bitch. I was so happy when Jon stood up to her and said goodbye to Bran. What a bitter lady. I mean really, Ned Stark "supposedly" had a bastard one time with one lady when they were young and hardly knew each other. He proceeded to have five children with Catelyn and probably a lot of super hot northern sex in piles of furs for like fifteen years. I'm pretty sure you've got that man by the balls now, Catelyn. Stop being a dick to a fourteen-year-old.
Oh yeah, and I'm loving that Jon is so young and idealistic and getting really tough lessons. It makes more sense that he's young in these situations. In the show, considering his age, he seems a bit dense at times. In the books him being 14 makes a lot more sense to me, at least. He's got his pride and he's still learning stuff. I like that a lot. More of a coming of age story for him.
Also I love Arya. So so much. But that shouldn't surprise anyone. I love her on the show, in the books, everything.
What surprised me is that I'm digging Littlefinger. On the show I'm not really sure how I feel about him. He's such a slimy git. He's responsible for so much of the stupid and distracting sexposition in Season 1. I'm fascinated by him but I'm not sure I like him exactly.
Whereas in the books, suddenly I'm very interested in him. He's still totally got the hots for Catelyn and is a huge creep, but without the voice and the face onscreen, just me reading the book, I can put up with him a lot better.
Very strange backtracking mentally to hating Jaime for being an attempted child-killer whereas at this point on the show I'm loving him because there is MAJOR whump going on with him and I actually really love him. Once a guy loses his status and is left tied up and dirty with only his snark ... I suddenly love him. Sometimes I am a little shallow, ok? My kinks are my kinks.
Anyways, more updates to follow perhaps. I wanna catch up on the books this summer if possible.
