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SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: KNN005 wrote: I can't get into GoT. Everyone's selfish. There's almost no characters who actually want to help people. It's just a bunch of fucked up people vying for more power even though they have plenty. That's the whole point. It's not the Idealistic "Good guys vs Evil" fantasy like, say, Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. It's a deconstruction, of many things.

98% of the world is fucked up one way or another, and the remaining 2% that are loyal/honest/brave/honorable don't last, sometimes because of their loyalty/honesty/bravery/honor, as was the case with Ned Stark. And even those that are fucked up can have good traits in some sense, and at the same time some honorable people can do despicable things. It's not blue and red, it's just Grey.

And unlike in more typical fantasy works, when someone fucks up, there are indeed grave consequences. Depressing. But I guess it's no worst than the constant rape and dick refs they make in Sparticus.

Call me old fashion. But I like a show that has cool guys and girls in equal shares and a small cast of heros and another small casts of villains. And they try to stop each other until one side wins. I don't want to watch something that's gonna make me more depressed or cynical. I want to watch something up-lifting.

My roommate's wife tried to make me watch Speed Grapher. I get 6 episodes in and stopped. SMH No. Just...no.