Viewers Are Quitting 'Game Of Thrones' After That Controversial Scene

[Warren DeMontague]

17. Maybe. Or maybe the writers were actually trying to be sensitive about the nature of the scene by

focusing on Theon, rather than watching Sansa be traumatized the whole time or focusing on creepy Ramsay Bolton as he goes "moo-mua-hahahahaha" like the evil demented Frodo Baggins they've deliberately made him resemble.

My hunch is that Theon - while clearly upset here - probably had more "sads" when Ramsay cut his dingus off, but oddly enough that particular scene didn't cause internet shit-losing like this one. I wonder why?

But your interpretation is the one which the bloggers who WILL NEVER WATCH THIS SHOW AGAIN are pushing, sort of how they would NEVER WATCH THIS SHOW AGAIN after the Cersei/Jamie Sept scene got all Wester-rapey.

To which I say, I guess, there's only so many times someone can swear off something, aren't there? I think what has some people really cheesed off is, they lodged their complaints after the last "problematic" scene, the media-savvy writers must have heard them, and here they are ... well, hell, it would appear they don't give a shit, they aren't going to let tumblr decide how they should write their show.

(I'll tell you what's "problematic" in the writing right now- stuff like the extremely weak and cheesy Bronn/Jamie/Sand Snakes "let's just walk into the water gardens and find myrcella doop-de-doop-de-doop, oh, hi, there you are, hi who are you". It played like bad community theater. That scene was glaringly NOT based off of anything GRRM ever wrote, I think)

And also, why assume that it "fucks up Sansa's development arc"? There's no law that says she can't emerge from this even more of an ass-kicker.