game of thrones

[lostincalifornia]

7. You are asking a question about how people are brought up. I don't have to tell you what people

used to consider entertainment, from killings in an arena in Rome, to boxing, and animal fights.

Since you are asking me if I am being "entertained" by such things the answer is no. However, the book does have characters, and a story line, and though there is rape and incest in the books, it sometimes is for the plot. The incest between Jamie and sister gave us Joffrey, who readers would link his cruelty and sadism to that, which is part of the story. Danny was abused, and treated badly, but arose from that cruelty to become a leader, also part of the story.

So your extrapolation that the rape is put in there for "entertainment" is a distortion. Those are incidents are part of the story. Cersie verses Danny is a perfect example of how two characters evolve. One is cruel, and the other is trying to do what is best for her people.

I disagree with your interpretation that the rape and sex are what this story is all about. It is about power, and the means the different characters use to attain it. If the only thing you take away from the books is that it is about "rape and child abuse", then you have missed the whole point of the books.

Putting distasteful things in a story line is NOT to glorify it, not in this case, and I suspect you are too single focused on that, which is part of a story of fiction, when real incidents need to be addressed, not works of fiction