Other shows set in either fantasy worlds or historical periods like to do this thing where they’ll deliberately make a big point of having a character saying or doing something outrageous by our standards without it bothering them, Rome (another HBO show) for example would frequently have lines like Lucius Vorenus calling his daughter “my property” or Atia complaining at her son that he hadn’t had sex yet or learned to kill people, Game Of Thrones does not do this, for example in the second episode of season one when John Snow is comforting the unconscious Bran one of the things he mentions is that they could go beyond the wall together which despite being an extremely dangerous thing to take a ten year old to do him saying that wasn’t the entire point of the scene nor was there even a big point made of it.
Another thing other shows set in either fantasy worlds or historical periods often do is have the character’s outdated values constantly cause them to do bad things and make bad choices in their personal life, like for example again in Rome Lucius Vorenus’s sense of honour and belief in the superiority of Rome leads him to have no problem with crucifying people, then ruins his personal life by making him enter in to a loveless marriage at the age of like 15 and make his own children hate by forcing him to kill their mother for adultery, again Game Of Thrones does not do this, for example Eddard Stark’s sense of honour leads him to be a far fairer and just leader then many of the other nobleman in the series and he’s perfectly happy with his arranged marriage wife. Although that’s not to say it fully endorses the old fashioned values like for example Ed wouldn’t have let the seven kingdoms fall into the hands of a sadistic teenage boy if he hadn't been so obsessed with saving the kingdom honourably, or Sansa wouldn’t have ended up in an abusive marriage with said same boy before she’s even had her first period…… basically the series is more subtle and ambiguous then others
Another thing other shows set in either fantasy worlds or historical periods often do is have the character’s outdated values constantly cause them to do bad things and make bad choices in their personal life, like for example again in Rome Lucius Vorenus’s sense of honour and belief in the superiority of Rome leads him to have no problem with crucifying people, then ruins his personal life by making him enter in to a loveless marriage at the age of like 15 and make his own children hate by forcing him to kill their mother for adultery, again Game Of Thrones does not do this, for example Eddard Stark’s sense of honour leads him to be a far fairer and just leader then many of the other nobleman in the series and he’s perfectly happy with his arranged marriage wife. Although that’s not to say it fully endorses the old fashioned values like for example Ed wouldn’t have let the seven kingdoms fall into the hands of a sadistic teenage boy if he hadn't been so obsessed with saving the kingdom honourably, or Sansa wouldn’t have ended up in an abusive marriage with said same boy before she’s even had her first period…… basically the series is more subtle and ambiguous then others
(I'm only kidding)
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