People are killing me with the OTT reaction the Arya/Gendry scene. Let me lay down some cold hard facts here:
- Maisie Williams and Joe Dempsie are only 9/10 years apart in age.
- Yes, when they first worked together, she was in her early teens, but as Joe said himself–because he is near-perfection among men and stan-worthy beyond compare:
It’s obviously slightly strange for me because I’ve known Maisie since she was 11, 12 years old. At the same time, I don’t want to be patronizing toward Maisie — she’s a 20-year-old woman. *
- Let’s repeat that again… Maisie Williams was 20 years old when she filmed this scene. Like, she was LITERALLY out of her teens when she filmed this not even at all sexually graphic sex scene.
- Maisie Williams was given COMPLETE agency in how much nudity she wanted to show of herself.
Williams says the showrunners let her decide precisely how much to show. “David and Dan were like: ‘You can show as much or as little as you want…’“ *
- Everyone on set worked to make her comfortable. Maisie was in control.
[Per producer/writer Bryan Cogman] “ We were very careful to make sure Maisie [Williams] was comfortable and everything was on her terms. “ **
- Arya Stark is 18 years old on the show. HBO made sure to make that pretty clear. At least HBO_UK did per this tweet. Note the time and date.
- Arya made the decision to have sex.
- Arya, just like Maisie, was in complete control.
- Oh, and by the way, since Gendry had been a victim of sexual assault himself–because, yeah, Melisandre did rape him–the show also gave him his own agency by specifically having Arya tell him to take off his own damn pants… which he did willingly. Full consent by both parties.
This sex scene was a completely legal, mutual, consensual sexual experience between two characters–played by two perfectly legal (and hot) actors–who were friends first with a foundation built on trust and a strong bond who have a healthy, sexual attraction now that they have reunited as adults.
So pretty please, do kindly get the fuck over it, people.
o k … can joe dempsie explain something to me real quick?
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this.
what the fuck is htis dude. what are u doing. why the fuck would u do this. there was no need for this. what were the directions given to you? did they tell u to look wild/feral/horny? like u were going to eat her alive? because if not this is way over the fucking top. and u need to calm the fck down and tone it down. why this? why was this more explicit than their actual sex scene?..what fgsthe fu ck. why. s ir. whata r u doing. wh y
