Even Gendry Thinks ThatGame of ThronesMarriage Proposal Was Idiotic

Game of Thrones has provided many examples of the “ wedlock of gadget . ” Right now , certain character are even endeavor to get Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen to link up the knot , even though Jon just retrieve out they ’re related and reallydoesn’t care for it . But the most recent instalment included a proposal that was so baffling , even one of the histrion thought it was a bad idea .

In an audience withEsquire , doer Joe Dempsie chatted about Gendry ’s ill - time and badly - fill out marriage marriage offer to Arya Stark ( Maisie Williams ) in “ The Last of the Starks . ” As Dempsie described it , Gendry had just been declared Robert Baratheon ’s lawful heir and Lord of Storm ’s death , so he was ride on a pretty upright high . So much so , he apparently think it was a good idea to confess his deathless beloved to Arya , like , a hebdomad after the two of them had had sex for the first time and almost died in a conflict against ice zombi . Arya ended up gracefully ferment him down , a alternative even Dempsie agree with .

“ Gendry just got a bit aroused , did n’t he ? ” Dempsie said . “ He just got a bit gas and asked someone to espouse him . And she quite rightly told him where to go . What a dazed question ! I recollect he knows deep down in his heart of hearts there is no way Arya will ever be anyone ’s peeress . “

Don’t do it, man.

Don’t do it, man.Photo: Helen Sloan (HBO)

Dempsie also commented on the reactions to Gendry ’s sexuality view with Arya . He noted how he was also uncomfortable with the scene at first , given how Williams was 14 years old when Game of Thrones premiered back in 2011 … and he was 23 . He said it was weird perform an intimate panorama like that , given how he ’d fuck her since she was much untested . However , upon mirror image , Dempsie found the “ subsequent conversation … quite interesting , ” as it represent on our own fears of ascertain children grow up into sexually active grownup ( something that tend to target women more than men ) .

“ What that scene terminate up doing was force multitude to face their own hypocrisy in a way , ” he say . “ I think the root cause of that unease and soreness in a lot of viewers is because they feel like they ’ve seen her grow up on silver screen . That ’s something that pass to us all : We all start off young , and then the majority of us start have gender and we ’re all absolutely open to finding that journey out for ourselves . But we still find it difficult to watch someone else take that journeying , say , on a television set cover . ”

Game of Thrones return with episode five on Sunday . Jury ’s out whether we ’ll see Gendry in action again , or if he ’s just going to return to Storm ’s terminal to rule and chill in peace treaty . But , at least he ’s not rowing anymore .

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