I only ever read the first book so no idea how it went in the books t compare it, but her helping him rip her dress off and leaning in to kiss him and wrapping her legs around him to pull him into her led me to believe she wanted it. I was surprised afterward when people were saying he raped her.
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I don't recall that, but maybe it was there. The scene certainly played pretty rapey in terms of him forcing her. But I gather the director thought it looked mostly consensual enough, so they're just moving past it. Which seems a shame because it makes the violence of the act look casual and purely there for creating a watercooler moment. Not good. If you're gonna use rape in a story, you'd better use it to good purpose. I thought its use in showing the awfulness of the guys at Craster's was acceptable if perhaps belaboring the point, for example.
Anyway, disappointing that they aren't really dealing with it and are, instead, just saying "Whatevs. It was mutual," and moving on.
They went pretty off the rails at this point!
Locke at castle black?
Bran and the others captured by mutinous night's watchmen?
Jon heading to Craster's keep?
the white walker stuff at the end. Interesting to see where they might be heading.
Also even in the books we haven't had a glimpse of the white walker's like that
What I've come to believe is that the 2nd half of Book 3 has
just enough big stuff in it that it requires its own season to tell, but not enough action to keep things moving during the whole season. I think Book 4 is pretty similar in that regard. So much of both of those are setup, discussion, and internal monologue. As a result, I think they're having to create "active filler." So, stuff that doesn't appear at all in the books, but which won't (hopefully) undermine what's in the books. So, Bran gets captured, along with Summer and Ghost, but they'll all escape before the Nights Watch guys get there, or they won't be seen in the confusion of the attack, and will escape.
As for the White Walkers...CREEPY. But not entirely unforseen. I kinda figured they were turning the babies. The questions, though, are why and how. But I like that we're being given a bit of a glimpse at them.
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