What annoyed me was how quickly and easily he fell to her charms. I felt that could've been played out at least over one more episode.
Boobs. Duh.
What annoyed me was how quickly and easily he fell to her charms. I felt that could've been played out at least over one more episode.
Yes, because in Game of Thrones, if you can tell the story with nudity, you must. Always.
Selyse Baratheon - Game of Thrones Wiki
She's in it, but only briefly; blink and you'll miss her.
As for her being sick, gotta understand the mentality of the setting rather than applying modern logic and mores. She can't bear healthy children so she's 'sickly'. Given how tied royals are to their progeny, and given Melisandre's hotness, it's only logical Stannis would go for it. What annoyed me was how quickly and easily he fell to her charms. I felt that could've been played out at least over one more episode.
And here I thought the episode had been outsourced to SkinamaxIt is known.
But, I think nudity is a hallmark of HBO, not just Game of Thrones.
And here I thought the episode had been outsourced to Skinamax.
I think the books don't have her as somebody who had just lured Stannis into temptation, and "bang", she was his mistress. She had been there for a while (I think she was mentioned in passing in the first book) as Stannis' "advisor". I think her "in" was through Selyse, but even that wasn't overnight. Mel had gotten several other converts among local lords and ladies as well...
The writing has been pretty good so far, so I am guessing that they will use some expository scene between Stannis and Selyse that will outline how long Melisandre has been there and that Selyse may regret bringing her into the fold (so to speak). This seems to be the way they have explained things that were written or took place off screen in the books. Ten episodes isn't a lot of time to cram all this information in.Yeah, I'm just talking about the TV show. There was nothing indicating that Melisandre had been there very long. From a viewer's perspective, she could've been there all of a day or ten years, we don't know. So all we've seen is some cranky old lord who bangs some slutty little court whore. Without having read the books, the audience has no idea of Melisandre's motives or her cunning manipulation of Lord Stannis. It's all a bit... sudden.
Because of that, I felt it lost any impact it could've had. It really needed some more exposition on their relationship and how she's insinuated herself into his court. Without that it just fell flat and had virtually no meaning beyond, "Hot chick gets boinked on table."
Kzach said:Without that it just fell flat and had virtually no meaning beyond, "Hot chick gets boinked on table."