Yeah, I find the sex in Martin's series kind of interesting, actually, but not in the "oooh, sex-ay" kind of way, because really, generally the sex is not written to be romance-y and in the next scene, someone's brain gets bashed out their ear or something and that would kill whatever mood might have been set. However, the way that Tyrion experiences sex and the language Martin uses is totally different than when Cersei is having sex or Dany is having sex, etc., which is definitely deliberate and reveals something about the character.
I just watched the first installment, since my free HBO runs through the end of the month, and there were like two sex scenes... one is necessary to Dany's plot and one is necessary to, well, the plot in general (poor Bran!). Not sure how that leads to the conclusion that the sex must have been put in just for the ladies who are oh so bored by fantasy otherwise, or whatever.
BTW, Sean Bean is really good as Eddard, but I can't help resenting that once again he's a doomed character. ;)
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Date: 2011-04-18 05:19 am (UTC)I just watched the first installment, since my free HBO runs through the end of the month, and there were like two sex scenes... one is necessary to Dany's plot and one is necessary to, well, the plot in general (poor Bran!). Not sure how that leads to the conclusion that the sex must have been put in just for the ladies who are oh so bored by fantasy otherwise, or whatever.
BTW, Sean Bean is really good as Eddard, but I can't help resenting that once again he's a doomed character. ;)