pervocracy:

Person rushing in from offscreen: Wow, what an action-packed and decisive battle just happened!  It sure was amazing to see!  Take my word for it!

Naked woman: Please don’t enjoy seeing my breasts, because I am only naked to show how Adult and Serious this show is.

Rargaeriaeys Dorfmondtorthop: I sure hope the audience doesn’t confuse me with my nearly-identical friend, Rargaeyriaeis Dorfmundsothorp, last seen 53 hours ago!  I don’t know how anyone could mix us up, though.  I’m a 20-something white man with a scruffy beard and curly dark brown hair, and he’s… okay, yeah, huh.  I guess I see the problem.

Violence against men: gritty and dark

Violence against women: gritty and dark, but sometimes kiiiinda shot like a sex scene and I think we all feel weird about that

Wait: am I just thinking “this is shot like a sex scene” because I’ve internalized the idea that violence against women is sexual and I’m blaming the show for my own preconceptions about such things?

Sansa Stark: No, no, you were right the first time.

Dragons: We’re a metaphor for nuclear weapons!