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What do you say to readers who are upset about the scene?

It depends on what they say. What can you say to someone who says they’ll never read your book again? People read books for different reasons. I respect that. Some read for comfort. And some of my former readers have said their life is hard, their mother is sick, their dog died, and they read fiction to escape. They don’t want to get hit in the mouth with something horrible. And you read that certain kind of fiction where the guy will always get the girl and the good guys win and it reaffirms to you that life is fair. We all want that at times. There’s a certain vicarious release to that. So I’m not dismissive of people who want that. But that’s not the kind of fiction I write, in most cases. It’s certainly not what Ice and Fire is. It tries to be more realistic about what life is. It has joy, but it also had pain and fear. I think the best fiction captures life in all its light and darkness.

— ‘Game of Thrones’ author George R.R. Martin: Why he wrote The Red Wedding | Inside TV | EW.com (via lixstormbornx)

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stfusexists: stfueverything: knowledgeequalsblackpower: thenapturalone: diemeowderkatze: I AM SORRY BUT THIS IS WHY I AM EMBARRASSED TO BE AN AMERICAN. IF A HIJAB THAT DORNS THE AMERICAN FLAG PATTERN IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BUT SKIMPY ASS BIKINIS OR WEARING THE FUCKING ACTUAL FLAG IS ACCEPTABLE, JUST BECAUSE THE PERSON IS WHITE, I WANT TO FUCKING THROW UP. (I don’t have a thing against Audrey Kitching, she was just merely and example).  But this fucking disgusts me right here. It makes me want to say, fuck this country and its racism and double standards.  I LITERALLY FUCKING CAN NOT Give her a bullet to the head for walking down the street, minding her own business??  And they think SHE’S the terrorist.  ^bolding for emphasis.  I want someone to force Bill Maher to read all of these comments 100 times the next time he goes on and on about how the US treats women sooo much better than those evil Muslim countries. Because it seems to me that we have plenty of people foaming at the mouth to treat Muslim women like shit here in the good ol’ US of A.stfusexists: stfueverything: knowledgeequalsblackpower: thenapturalone: diemeowderkatze: I AM SORRY BUT THIS IS WHY I AM EMBARRASSED TO BE AN AMERICAN. IF A HIJAB THAT DORNS THE AMERICAN FLAG PATTERN IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BUT SKIMPY ASS BIKINIS OR WEARING THE FUCKING ACTUAL FLAG IS ACCEPTABLE, JUST BECAUSE THE PERSON IS WHITE, I WANT TO FUCKING THROW UP. (I don’t have a thing against Audrey Kitching, she was just merely and example).  But this fucking disgusts me right here. It makes me want to say, fuck this country and its racism and double standards.  I LITERALLY FUCKING CAN NOT Give her a bullet to the head for walking down the street, minding her own business??  And they think SHE’S the terrorist.  ^bolding for emphasis.  I want someone to force Bill Maher to read all of these comments 100 times the next time he goes on and on about how the US treats women sooo much better than those evil Muslim countries. Because it seems to me that we have plenty of people foaming at the mouth to treat Muslim women like shit here in the good ol’ US of A.stfusexists: stfueverything: knowledgeequalsblackpower: thenapturalone: diemeowderkatze: I AM SORRY BUT THIS IS WHY I AM EMBARRASSED TO BE AN AMERICAN. IF A HIJAB THAT DORNS THE AMERICAN FLAG PATTERN IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BUT SKIMPY ASS BIKINIS OR WEARING THE FUCKING ACTUAL FLAG IS ACCEPTABLE, JUST BECAUSE THE PERSON IS WHITE, I WANT TO FUCKING THROW UP. (I don’t have a thing against Audrey Kitching, she was just merely and example).  But this fucking disgusts me right here. It makes me want to say, fuck this country and its racism and double standards.  I LITERALLY FUCKING CAN NOT Give her a bullet to the head for walking down the street, minding her own business??  And they think SHE’S the terrorist.  ^bolding for emphasis.  I want someone to force Bill Maher to read all of these comments 100 times the next time he goes on and on about how the US treats women sooo much better than those evil Muslim countries. Because it seems to me that we have plenty of people foaming at the mouth to treat Muslim women like shit here in the good ol’ US of A.stfusexists: stfueverything: knowledgeequalsblackpower: thenapturalone: diemeowderkatze: I AM SORRY BUT THIS IS WHY I AM EMBARRASSED TO BE AN AMERICAN. IF A HIJAB THAT DORNS THE AMERICAN FLAG PATTERN IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BUT SKIMPY ASS BIKINIS OR WEARING THE FUCKING ACTUAL FLAG IS ACCEPTABLE, JUST BECAUSE THE PERSON IS WHITE, I WANT TO FUCKING THROW UP. (I don’t have a thing against Audrey Kitching, she was just merely and example).  But this fucking disgusts me right here. It makes me want to say, fuck this country and its racism and double standards.  I LITERALLY FUCKING CAN NOT Give her a bullet to the head for walking down the street, minding her own business??  And they think SHE’S the terrorist.  ^bolding for emphasis.  I want someone to force Bill Maher to read all of these comments 100 times the next time he goes on and on about how the US treats women sooo much better than those evil Muslim countries. Because it seems to me that we have plenty of people foaming at the mouth to treat Muslim women like shit here in the good ol’ US of A.stfusexists: stfueverything: knowledgeequalsblackpower: thenapturalone: diemeowderkatze: I AM SORRY BUT THIS IS WHY I AM EMBARRASSED TO BE AN AMERICAN. IF A HIJAB THAT DORNS THE AMERICAN FLAG PATTERN IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BUT SKIMPY ASS BIKINIS OR WEARING THE FUCKING ACTUAL FLAG IS ACCEPTABLE, JUST BECAUSE THE PERSON IS WHITE, I WANT TO FUCKING THROW UP. (I don’t have a thing against Audrey Kitching, she was just merely and example).  But this fucking disgusts me right here. It makes me want to say, fuck this country and its racism and double standards.  I LITERALLY FUCKING CAN NOT Give her a bullet to the head for walking down the street, minding her own business??  And they think SHE’S the terrorist.  ^bolding for emphasis.  I want someone to force Bill Maher to read all of these comments 100 times the next time he goes on and on about how the US treats women sooo much better than those evil Muslim countries. Because it seems to me that we have plenty of people foaming at the mouth to treat Muslim women like shit here in the good ol’ US of A.stfusexists: stfueverything: knowledgeequalsblackpower: thenapturalone: diemeowderkatze: I AM SORRY BUT THIS IS WHY I AM EMBARRASSED TO BE AN AMERICAN. IF A HIJAB THAT DORNS THE AMERICAN FLAG PATTERN IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BUT SKIMPY ASS BIKINIS OR WEARING THE FUCKING ACTUAL FLAG IS ACCEPTABLE, JUST BECAUSE THE PERSON IS WHITE, I WANT TO FUCKING THROW UP. (I don’t have a thing against Audrey Kitching, she was just merely and example).  But this fucking disgusts me right here. It makes me want to say, fuck this country and its racism and double standards.  I LITERALLY FUCKING CAN NOT Give her a bullet to the head for walking down the street, minding her own business??  And they think SHE’S the terrorist.  ^bolding for emphasis.  I want someone to force Bill Maher to read all of these comments 100 times the next time he goes on and on about how the US treats women sooo much better than those evil Muslim countries. Because it seems to me that we have plenty of people foaming at the mouth to treat Muslim women like shit here in the good ol’ US of A.stfusexists: stfueverything: knowledgeequalsblackpower: thenapturalone: diemeowderkatze: I AM SORRY BUT THIS IS WHY I AM EMBARRASSED TO BE AN AMERICAN. IF A HIJAB THAT DORNS THE AMERICAN FLAG PATTERN IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BUT SKIMPY ASS BIKINIS OR WEARING THE FUCKING ACTUAL FLAG IS ACCEPTABLE, JUST BECAUSE THE PERSON IS WHITE, I WANT TO FUCKING THROW UP. (I don’t have a thing against Audrey Kitching, she was just merely and example).  But this fucking disgusts me right here. It makes me want to say, fuck this country and its racism and double standards.  I LITERALLY FUCKING CAN NOT Give her a bullet to the head for walking down the street, minding her own business??  And they think SHE’S the terrorist.  ^bolding for emphasis.  I want someone to force Bill Maher to read all of these comments 100 times the next time he goes on and on about how the US treats women sooo much better than those evil Muslim countries. Because it seems to me that we have plenty of people foaming at the mouth to treat Muslim women like shit here in the good ol’ US of A.

stfusexists:

stfueverything:

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

thenapturalone:

diemeowderkatze:

I AM SORRY BUT THIS IS WHY I AM EMBARRASSED TO BE AN AMERICAN. IF A HIJAB THAT DORNS THE AMERICAN FLAG PATTERN IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BUT SKIMPY ASS BIKINIS OR WEARING THE FUCKING ACTUAL FLAG IS ACCEPTABLE, JUST BECAUSE THE PERSON IS WHITE, I WANT TO FUCKING THROW UP.

(I don’t have a thing against Audrey Kitching, she was just merely and example). 

But this fucking disgusts me right here. It makes me want to say, fuck this country and its racism and double standards. 

I LITERALLY FUCKING CAN NOT

Give her a bullet to the head for walking down the street, minding her own business??  And they think SHE’S the terrorist. 

^bolding for emphasis. 

I want someone to force Bill Maher to read all of these comments 100 times the next time he goes on and on about how the US treats women sooo much better than those evil Muslim countries. Because it seems to me that we have plenty of people foaming at the mouth to treat Muslim women like shit here in the good ol’ US of A.

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