The absolute best thing to happen in the latest episode of the most popular TV show in history was watching an aunt and her brooding nephew bang. What fucked up people Game of Thrones has turned us all into.
The stars in question, Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke, were a little less into the whole incest thing than the rest of us.
Here’s how you reacted:
And here’s how they reacted:
Those disgusted reactions may also come from the very idea of filming nakey sex scenes with someone you’ve known and grown up with for almost a decade. In which case, RUDE. Do you know how many people would like to be having pretend-sex with the person you’re having pretend-sex with? Be grateful.
These faces come courtesy of the HBO behind-the-scenes cast commentary vid. Isaac Hempstead-Wright (Bran) and Peter Dinklage (Tyrion) also gave their thoughts on this scene, but it’s not what you’d expect. Isaac was all about the Rhaegar / Lyanna reveal, and Peter was more into “oh nooooo, it’s dangerous, the fucking they’re doing.”
We paraphrased slightly.
“You don’t even get the relief of how beautiful it could be or should be,” he actually says. “It’s… nooo, it’s not good. But it should be! But it’s not.”
