{"id":32830,"date":"2016-05-16T23:56:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T03:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=32830"},"modified":"2016-05-17T00:04:07","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T04:04:07","slug":"that-game-of-thrones-episode-was-hot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/that-game-of-thrones-episode-was-hot\/","title":{"rendered":"That &#8220;Game of Thrones&#8221; Episode Was Hot!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re one of those people who hate spoilers &#8230; too bad! Because the big boat sank in <em>Titanic<\/em>, &#8220;Rosebud&#8221; was a sled in <em>Citizen Kane<\/em>, and a naked Khaleesi (aka Daenerys Targaryen) reminded us why one of her many nicknames is &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/gameofthrones.wikia.com\/wiki\/Daenerys_Targaryen\" target=\"_blank\">the Unburnt<\/a>&#8221; by walking through flames again at the end of last night&#8217;s <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A look back at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emiliaclarke\">@emiliaclarke<\/a>&#39;s hottest moments on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GameOfThrones?src=hash\">#GameOfThrones<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SR6WNbd0N5\">https:\/\/t.co\/SR6WNbd0N5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J9N7haY14U\">pic.twitter.com\/J9N7haY14U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; VMAN Magazine (@VMAN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VMAN\/status\/732304095286046721\">May 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always wondered whether Season One&#8217;s fire scene &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oHfrWfzEtJU\" target=\"_blank\">the one that also led to Khaleesi&#8217;s &#8220;Mother of Dragons&#8221; moniker<\/a> &#8212; was a one-off magical moment or proof that Daenerys was made of flame-retardant material. I&#8217;ve never read <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire\" target=\"_blank\">A Song of Fire and Ice<\/a><\/em>, the George R.R. Martin books on which <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> is based, but readers are stressed out because <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techinsider.io\/game-of-thrones-daenerys-targaryen-not-immune-to-fire-2016-5\" target=\"_blank\">Daenerys isn&#8217;t necessarily immune to fire in the source material<\/a>. As those people point out, Martin wrote to a fan in 1999 that Daenerys would &#8220;probably not&#8221; repeat her original fire-repelling feat. Of course, that was 17 years ago and not a totally definitive answer, so let the show keep doing its own thing! <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I loved the scene, especially how powerful Daenerys looked in her nudity.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sUl5el-2JGo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The only drawback was Daenerys is so very white, and the Dothraki who knelt before her in awe after she burned up their rape-y leaders all have darker complexions. Awkward, but at least the Dothraki are strong people and she ruled over a group of them before, so it was a homecoming of sorts. It was definitely less cringe-y than Daenerys&#8217;s white-savior crowdsurfing atop a mass of adoring, freed and very brown slaves at the end of Season Three. The second-hand embarrassment was strong with that scene.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32842\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HmtzsWR9-Kc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32842\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/khaleesi.jpg\" alt=\"Click for the whole awful clip.\" width=\"498\" height=\"281\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/khaleesi.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/khaleesi-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for the whole awful clip.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Anyway, watching Daenerys kick ass reminded me that I&#8217;ve been meaning to share a kickass interview that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ew.com\/article\/2016\/04\/04\/game-thrones-maisie-williams-interview\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment Weekly did with 18-year-old Maisie Williams, who plays Arya Stark on the show<\/a>. While answering a question on feminism and <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>, she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230;I also feel like we should stop calling feminists &#8216;feminists&#8217; and just start calling people who aren\u2019t feminist &#8216;sexist&#8217; \u2013 and then everyone else is just a human. You are either a normal person or a sexist. People get a label when they\u2019re bad.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I fucking love that! Out of the mouths of babes, right?<\/p>\n<p>Finally, props to the person who put this together for Brienne of Tarth, another one of the show&#8217;s strong ladies. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/brianne-and-tormund-romance-game-of-thrones_us_5739cb2ee4b08f96c1839172\" target=\"_blank\">We all noticed how the Wildling Tormund checked her out<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Because, we all heard it, right? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GameofThrones?src=hash\">#GameofThrones<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoTs6?src=hash\">#GoTs6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LJxgwxedJw\">pic.twitter.com\/LJxgwxedJw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lyanna Stark (@LadyLyanna_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LadyLyanna_\/status\/732251286532325376\">May 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Who could blame him? After all &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">when a girl rides in with a 6 foot frame and Valyrian steel in your face, YOU GET SPRUNG  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GameOfThrones?src=hash\">#GameOfThrones<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FFitAKkamk\">pic.twitter.com\/FFitAKkamk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Victoria Aveyard (@VictoriaAveyard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VictoriaAveyard\/status\/732047967830446080\">May 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re one of those people who hate spoilers &#8230; too bad! Because the big boat sank in Titanic, &#8220;Rosebud&#8221; was a sled in Citizen Kane, and a naked Khaleesi (aka Daenerys Targaryen) reminded us why one of her many nicknames is &#8220;the Unburnt&#8221; by walking through flames again at the end of last night&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/that-game-of-thrones-episode-was-hot\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32830"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32847,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32830\/revisions\/32847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}