On Fictional Violence and Naming Children
Note: Contains Game of Thrones Season 8 spoilers (Note 2: I never thought I would be doing a post on Game of Thrones , but here I am. Never say never.) When I first heard about this book/TV franchise, it was years ago, still in the early days of the TV series. At first I was interested, because a lot of people were comparing it to The Lord of the Rings , and aesthetically there is some similarity. I read some Amazon reviews of the books (as I usually do) and was a bit disturbed to hear the series is full of heinous, macabre scenes, including frequent sexual violence. I always pass on that kind of content and decided not to read it. Frankly, I also expected the hype would fizzle out sooner rather than later. Well, hindsight being 20/20, I was completely wrong, and enthusiasm for the series catapulted into eight TV seasons. I've been observing the franchise's progress from afar and, thanks to the media, wasn't allowed to not know the fact that...