George R.R. Martin on 'Game of Thrones' Rape Scene: Book Had 'Different Dynamic'

George R.R. Martin had heard enough chatter about the Game of Thrones sex scene between Jaime and Cersei Lannister — the showrunners changed what he had written as a consensual tryst into a rape. So he decided to address it in writing, suggesting that his version of the dynamic between brother and sister was significantly different from the dynamic on HBO.

In the comments section of an unrelated blog post, Martin wrote at length about the scene from Sunday night's show, in which Jaime Lannister, fed up with his sister's rejection of their long sexual history, forces himself on her in the chamber where their dead son — the murdered King Joffrey — is lying in state. Read more...