Whipsy Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 I'm not sure if this has been done before but I haven't really seen it on the boards so perhaps not. I was wondering, throughout the series of ASOIAF, what have been moments while reading that have really pushed your personal boundaries? Have there been times where you've been so disgusted or off-put that you have to wonder if you can stomach through it? Or are you hardened and ready to punch whatever GRRM throws at you in the face? For me it's the heaps of rape in the series. Especially the rape of children or borderline children, like that tavern girl the Mountain got a hold of or the mass gang-rape of Lollys. I also get a little squeamish and sometimes have to put the book down when they talk about killing babies. Care to share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angmar Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Tysha's rape, very disturbing. The rape and flaying and other disgusting things Ramsay does up in the North. And yeah, I agree with the baby killing. Especially in the tv show, for some reason it's much more gruesome to me. ? Also, eye gore. Normally I can withstand gore but whenever eyes are involved I have to pause a minute to compose myself. Oberyn's death was the worst for me then. Watching it this season will be hard... :ack: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TepidHands Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Lady's fate at Cersei's order. I hate both animal abuse and bitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 tbh, I read worst things on the news... #thirdworldproblems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holy Goat Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 The only time I actually got unpleasant goosebumbs were when Arya changed her face for the first time. I'm very concerned about my own welfare, and I dislike the thought of being wounded, so the thought of blood rushing down my face like that, and then the thought of wearing another humans face over it, without cleaning up the blood and fixing the wound first... Messes with my sensibilities. As for the rapes and mutilations and deaths and such... I've got a very strong stomach towards such things, and though I'm disgusted by it, it doesn't upset me in the least. It happens all the time, all over the place, be it in the real world or a fictional one. The thing the Kindly Man did to Arya though, that's not something one comes across often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargarineBumps Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 All of Ramsay's torture, particularly the smputation of body parts... ugh. Even though much of this happens "off-screen" it still makes me want to barf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bittersteel Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 All the incest is pretty gross... A lot of the violent stuff I've seen before in the real world and films books etc and I know there's a historical basis for it but I still find it revolting. My main argument against any Dany/Jon ending will always be this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Meera Reed Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 The Sack of Saltpans, esp. the things Rorge & Biter did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Nothing yet, but we've still 2 books to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whipsy Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 tbh, I read worst things on the news... #thirdworldproblems.So very sad and true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter's Knight Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Dany/Drogo. Tbh, I tend not to think about it because doing so leads to the My God, what am I reading road and that ends in a hangover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoffeeThatWasPromised Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Joffrey and the kittens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assjfjgjsgjljljglgjfjsduar Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Stuff done to children, women and animals. Some incredibly brutal events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fresh PtwP Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Saltpans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.O.Edwards Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Gregor's man I think it was Chiswyk at Harrenhall bragging of the gang rape.Good use of one of the 3 lives J'aqen owed I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisyalesounds Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 None of the violence has balked me. I don't say that to sound tough, I say it to put into clear perspective what *has* freaked me out so deeply: Jamie's lie about Tyrion's first love, and that it caused his little brother, who, remember, he is quite fond of, to have his wife raped by over twenty men and then Tyrion, and then sent away. I still think about it sometimes. He had to live with that lie for such a long time. And it totally destroyed Tyrion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisyalesounds Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Gregor's man I think it was Chiswyk at Harrenhall bragging of the gang rape. Good use of one of the 3 lives J'aqen owed I think. Oh god. I'm re-reading it and I just reached that part...that conversation was so disturbing. I bet GRRM died a little inside while writing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Not Appearing Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 All of the sex. Fantasy novels have violence and I'm OK with that. The sex and sexuality make this at times feel like a romance novel and, until the HBO show, I hesitated to tell anyone about the series for that reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Grumpy Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Basically, torture and rape. Baby/child murders. Saltpans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles765 Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Flaying. Since the first time I ever heard about flaying in my High School World History class, the act and even the thought of being put through that remains just about the only thing that really bothers me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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