You've seen this Saturday Night Live spoof, right? SO ACCURATE, at least from what I've seen so if it gets worse. Just hearing that the gratuitousness got worse makes me more secure in my continuing decision not to get sucked in by the squeeeeee that's everywhere.
Though I will say that I think you (and I!) were one of the relatively few readers who felt anything but hatred for Cersei in the books by the time you're supposed to, if you're supposed to. :/ So I kind of understand why they'd do some of what they did, but it seems to me that a lot of that sort of sympathy would come from her just having a POINT OF VIEW, and doesn't need to be overplayed. Because the internet is made of Game of Thrones, I know a fair amount about it wthout even watching, so I think I understand that the show changed it so Joffrey ordered Robert's bastards killed because of Cersei and just...why? And it sounded like they'd given some of Cat's decisions to Robb. And those sorts of things would grate.
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Though I will say that I think you (and I!) were one of the relatively few readers who felt anything but hatred for Cersei in the books by the time you're supposed to, if you're supposed to. :/ So I kind of understand why they'd do some of what they did, but it seems to me that a lot of that sort of sympathy would come from her just having a POINT OF VIEW, and doesn't need to be overplayed. Because the internet is made of Game of Thrones, I know a fair amount about it wthout even watching, so I think I understand that the show changed it so Joffrey ordered Robert's bastards killed because of Cersei and just...why? And it sounded like they'd given some of Cat's decisions to Robb. And those sorts of things would grate.