- OUTLANDER GREAT DUMPS ON STUPID GAME OF THRONES SERIES
- OUTLANDER GREAT DUMPS ON STUPID GAME OF THRONES TV
Orange Is The New Black, while extremely different to Game of Thrones and Outlander, does an excellent job of this with Pensatucky's storyline, when she confuses assault and romance when she is raped by a guard who had previously been kind to her.
OUTLANDER GREAT DUMPS ON STUPID GAME OF THRONES SERIES
Other series have also raised the bar when it comes to showing attacks that are more complicated than "evil stranger" - where victims are complex, well-developed characters, and where issues of drinking or drug use, or of manipulation and power dynamics come into play. Any gender can be perpetrator or victim, and Jamie's scenes, of a strong and heroic man being attacked, are important when it comes to raising awareness that it's not only small, helpless women who can be attacked. This kind of violence should be shown for what it is - violent - rather than sexualizing the victims, even in a small way.įinally, shows can do better by exploring all dynamics of sexual assault, rather than simply portraying it as a two-dimensional villainous man (probably a stranger), physically attacking a two-dimensional good girl, alone, while she calls for help. The audience sees Sansa's dress being ripped off, and sees her naked back, but there is no similar bodice-ripping or nudity in Brianna's scene. Furthermore, the inclusion of "sexy" elements in rape scenes is deeply problematic comparing Brianna and Sansa's scenes throws this into sharp relief. The most important element is that sexual assault should not be used as a plot device - it doesn't make weak women stronger it doesn't make boring women interesting, and it doesn't serve as an inspiration for positive change - at least not in the span of a few episodes. These scenes should be focused on the victim - it's not about the perpetrator or the people (especially the men) in their lives, and shifting focus can be an extremely problematic way to further dehumanize and minimize victims.
OUTLANDER GREAT DUMPS ON STUPID GAME OF THRONES TV
Instead, TV shows need to be taking the Outlander route, rather than the Game of Thrones approach, in order to ensure that they are treating these scenes with sensitivity and respect.
In addition, of course, suggesting that no series should include rape would be to suggest that creators sanitize stories, removing real-world problems because they are unpleasant. The point of drawing these comparisons is to show that there isn't necessarily an issue with including sexual violence on television in fact, it's important to be able to explore the topic, and hopefully help to raise awareness of the ways in which this can happen, how it can affect survivors, and potentially even help to decrease the stigma and help encourage survivors to come forward.
This scene also makes a point about bystander apathy, a very real problem when it comes to real-world sexual assault. And because these patrons are unknowns, the viewer's focus is still very much on Brianna, even when the camera isn't. The scene is not designed to elicit sympathy for them, for suffering through it, but instead to showcase how much more horrifying it was for Brianna to know that no one was willing to help her. These are not characters that the audience is invested in, like Theon was. While, like Sansa's scene, this puts the focus on the bystanders, there is a major difference here. In this situation, Outlander chose not to go for the graphic, instead showing Brianna being dragged into the back room of a tavern while the patrons ignore the situation, and then ignore her screams. Instead, Jamie is clearly struggling for a long time after this event he is often seen as triggered, he struggles with touch, and in the most recent season, his past informs his response to discovering that his daughter was raped by Stephen Bonnet.īrianna's rape at Bonnet's hands is the second major instance of sexual violence in the show, and is also dealt with appropriately - and extremely differently.
This is not a one-and-done episode, where Claire magically fixed both his hand and his psyche with the power of love (and medical training), leaving him a stronger man. Finally, and potentially most importantly of all, the repercussions of Jamie's trauma are seen throughout the rest of the series. The focus is also entirely on Jamie himself, his recollections, his injuries, and his trauma Sansa's scene is as much about Theon's anguish as it is Sansa's.
While women being raped on-screen is wildly overused, male rape is rarely depicted - and often not treated with enough gravity off-screen. However, there are some key differences between these not least of which is the gender of the victim.
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