One of the most obtrusive deviation between George R.R. Martin ’s rule book and the Game of Thrones television adaptation was the fact that the latter features passably expressed homosexuality , particularly between Loras and Renly . verbalise to the Edinburgh Book Festival , Martin explained why he left that out of the books .
Basically , it boils down to the fact that Martin ’s books are write with tight third - mortal narration , and that means Martin can only show scene that one of his viewpoint role personally find .
As the Guardiangoes on to excuse :
Because none of the stand characters are gay , there are no explicit gay sex scenes in the early books . “ A television system show does n’t have those limitations , ” he sound out . “ Will that change ? It might . I ’ve had missive from fans who need me to give specially an explicit male sex scene – most of the letters come from women . ”
But he added : “ I ’m not going to do it just for the sake of doing it . If the plot loan itself to that , if one of my viewpoint role is in a situation , then I ’m not going to shy away from it , but you ca n’t just put in things because everyone want to see them .
“ It is not a republic . If it was a republic , then Joffrey [ the sadistic boy king ] would have died much earlier than he did . ”
At least he ’s leaving the door undefendable for having one of the viewpoint characters in the last couple novels be someone who ’s either gay or witnesses some activity . mayhap Loras will at last get his moment in the sun ? [ viaThe Guardian ]
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