Game of Thrones: Well, We're Talking About Rape Again
EntertainmentGame of Thrones! What a romp! Sorry, did I say “romp?” I meant rape. What a rape. That’s right! We’re talking about this again!
Whoever titled last night’s episode “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken” has a grim sense of humor and solid sense of irony. While many our beloved (and not so beloved) characters began the hour in positions of power, they finished it in absolute subjugation.
Margaery Tyrell, having so recently assumed that she had bested Cersei by becoming queen, gets outplayed by the wine-soaked Queen Mother and thrown in prison for lying under oath on behalf of her brother. (Tommen, the kitten king, does nothing to help her.) Ser Jorah goes from captor to captured when he and Tyrion are kidnapped by slavers who—wouldn’t you know it?—are headed to Meereen. Convenient, no? It’s like hitching a ride with friends! Kick back and relax, Jorah! All you have to do is chip in for gas/maybe lose your life in the fighting pits!
Fighting pits? More like snake pits! Snake pits? More like sand snake pits! Jaime and Bronn are in Dorne to rescue Jaime’s daughter/niece Myrcella, but they’re not the only ones looking to get a hold of her. There’s also a Dornish prince who’s getting veeeeery handsy (Myrcella, it’s worth noting, is getting veeeeery handsy back) and the three vengeful daughters of Oberyn Martell (better known as the Sand Snakes) who want to kidnap her and use her for revenge. The battle between the Sand Snakes, Jaime, and Bronn feels anticlimactic once it’s broken up by Dornish guards, but—BUT—Bronn did leave the fray with a scratch from a blade and we all know how those Martells like to tip their blades in poison. Pray 4 Bronn.