Earlier this week I Tweeted about how my upcoming fantasy series has no sexual violence because I didn’t want it in the world. A couple of guys were demanding explanations and accusing me of bad writing. “There has to be a fundamental reason why it doesn’t happen!”
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Replying to @MikeBrooks668
Yep. I don’t remember any sexual violence in The Lord of The Rings. Also don’t recall Tolkien having to justify that. Also don’t recall Peter Jackson not making the movie regardless. Also don’t recall Peter Jackson adding it in, for realism. Also don’t recall noticing.
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Replying to @WallersOxford @MikeBrooks668
All good points. So why was there so much in
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Comes across as a cheerful old duffer in interviews but he writes a real lotta rape scenes Reeeeeeal lotta rape scenes Something’s Not Right there
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Replying to @kayorchison @MikeBrooks668 and
He justifies it by saying it was common in medieval Europe. And I mean...that is a massive oversimplication and frankly inaccurate summation of sexual violence in the Middle Ages. Yes, rape happened but it was not endemic.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @kayorchison and
Yet (as Mike points out) that was GRRMs choice. I hadn’t thought about it before, but he couod have chosen not to take the rape/incest route to adding conflict.
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Absolutely.
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