Beyond Selidor

I read somewhere (I might be wrong on this) that GRRM actually takes suggestions or compiles votes online about who gets raped next. Since I've only actually watched the HBO series, I mentioned this to Tree, who has read the books, and he says it makes a lot of sense if it's true. I want to want to read the books, but after reading that, I just can't really bring myself to read the works of an author who condones and even encourages rape culture.

Apart from that, the only thing I've heard about the fandom is mostly about westeros.org, and the grossly offensive things I've seen from there have made me never want to touch the fandom from twenty miles in a hazmat suit. That is the only part of the fandom I criticize, because I know there are perfectly decent people out there who like those books, and that's fine. But man, I judge that whole site and everyone in it. I can definitely see them converging to tear apart anybody who says "mean things" about their precious books. Uhg.