Game of Thrones 5.7 "The Gift" (spoiler alert)

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16. Gee whiz, there's a HUGE thread in GD about the Sansa rape scene

People are really freaking out over that scene. I'm thinking it's not so much the depiction of rape as it is about the character of Sansa and how they keep heaping abuse on her, and just when you think she might be getting away from her tormentors, they put her in the hands of the most sadistic surviving character on the show. And no one rides in to save her before he does something awful to her (in typical GOT fashion). But I think we're setting up for some massive retribution (and obviously the redemption of Theon). Guess I'm kind of stating the obvious there.

I think if they let Sansa have her revenge, they'll win people back. If they just keep making her a victim, I think the audience will say, fuck it, this isn't fun for me anymore.

My biggest issue from last week was that awful scene of Jaime and Bronn's ridiculous rescue attempt of Mircella, and the utterly shit battle with the now officially disappointing Sand Snakes. Talk about a squandered opportunity. By the by, are we to assume Bronn is poisoned because he got sliced by the blade of one of the Sand Snakes? Bronn was one of my favorites, but this pairing of Jaime and Bronn isn't panning out the way I'd hoped (so far). I really miss Jaime and Brienne together. Btw, I saw some speculation that when Jaime tells Bronn he wants to die in the arms of the woman he loves, he's talking about Brienne, not Cersei. Any thoughts on that?

Hoping for a great episode tonight! (I thought last week was very good, Sand Snakes notwithstanding)