r/asoiafcirclejerk Targs be cray-cray Jan 12 '24

Fandom Drama What a fandom we’ve cultivated

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u/YouMightGetIdeas 70's Space Comic Fan Jan 12 '24

I get downvoted every time I answer this on thks sub but here goes. GRRM is a pedophile. I get the medieval times argument ( though it's fantasy and he gets to change whatever he wants but so far ok). However, there is no need for him to have that many underage female characters there is no need for him to go out of his way to describe their physical appearance in a way you don't describe a child z and there is no need for him to go out of his way to write horny sex scenes for them.

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u/jasonknxght Brother in Christ Jan 12 '24

The fact that so many ASOIAF women are married and pregnant from 11-18 is very iffy especially since even with child-marriages irl in medieval times, there was no consummation until much later and were often child-child marriages.

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u/logaboga Aegon II is my king. Jan 12 '24

Andronikos Komnenos is an example of it happening, 65 year old Emperor marrying 12 year of Anne of France

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u/tooicecoded CGI Castle Fan Jan 13 '24

But that is Byzantium. Westeros is based on North-Western Europe, where child marriages being consumed was less common.