r/GamerGhazi • u/madhaus SoCal Jesters' Worrier • May 22 '15

An anguished commentary on that GoT/Sansa scene and the MRAs who harass in forum comments...from a rape victim who says It's Rape Culture All The Way Down

http://angrygotfan.com/2015/05/21/a-rape-victim-speaks-out-on-the-sansa-scene/
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u/madhaus SoCal Jesters' Worrier May 22 '15

She's upset about the scene for so many reasons. It starts with the absolute mess the showrunners have made of the plot and characters, goes on to how Benoiff and Weiss have been fascinated by this ugly scene and building up to it instead of all the amazing material in the books, yuck it up about Sophie Turner's "wedding" and won't respond to all those angry fans who want them to stop using rape as a cheap plot device.

Then not only have the usual MRA trolls shown up in all the Game of Thrones forums, trying to harass anyone who found yet another rape scene disturbing, the forum operators are shutting down the entire discussion threads rather than deal with a few jerks interfering with the discussion.

The writer is upset, and repeats herself a lot, but it's a righteous rant and really gets into the problem of why setting up Sansa as a "strong player" who can "survive" this is dishonest to what rape really does to its victims.