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[mors-amor.livejournal.com]

I have a lot of thoughts but in no position to be coherent tonight (it was too sexy)... but I just love how Renly went from the horny confident bossy scene with Loras to the puppy scared virgin scene with Margaery. It was sooo good.

Every character was at their best. A+

[mercurios]

i think hbo wanted to fool us with that scene (it was so hot omg, ass grabbing and everything), so they could get away with it without showing any actual sex lol

it was a really good scene though, and margaery was flawless. it was perfect.

[peripety]

margaery was flawless. I agree! Natalie Dormer was fantastic in bringing Margaery to life.

[cattiechaos.livejournal.com]

My thoughts exactly! I wonder if they'll get an actual sex scene later on...?

Margaery is wonderful *___*

[peripety]

Much as I am not a fan of Catelyn Stark, she did seem to have the right of it in that Renly and his army are only playing at war. That isn't to say they couldn't shape up to be formidable, but at the moment it is only the size of the army that seems impressive. I think in that, the episode was faithful to the spirit of the books.

But as cute as Finn Jones is when he is being bested/jealous/petulant, I always imagined Loras as having a kind of hero-worship for Renly, a feeling of deeper purpose in what was between them, which makes the jealousy as the episode portrayed seem a bit out of sorts with what I'd read into his character. That could just be me, though.

I did get a grin out of Loras offering up Margaery and then Margaery offering up Loras in much the same way. Poor Renly, he didn't seem to know how to cope with the intrigues and machinations of the wily and very practical Tyrells.

Overall, Margaery, Brienne, and Arya ruled the episode and I loved it - and them :)

[cheryl-tunt.livejournal.com]

idk I just thought the jealousy was just Loras A. being a baby that he was beaten, B. in front of Renly and C. by a girl, and also Renly wasn't ~doing his duty~ by putting a baby in Margaery. But I agree, I always felt like their relationship was really deep and Loras suddenly being all pouty about it felt a bit out of place.

[lcacbc.livejournal.com]

About your first point, I always maintain that Renly actually knew what he was doing in the war. Tyrion says something later on in ACOK, I can't remember the wording exactly, but something like Renly is waiting for the Lannisters and Starks to destroy each other by taking his sweet time to travel, so he can simply march into Kingslanding 'without having lost a single man'.

Seems like a good idea to me.

[julietislimited.livejournal.com]

loved it but where are the sexy time livejournal icons!

[cheryl-tunt.livejournal.com]

oh man it was parfait, Gethin was on point and Renly was so fantastic. He was so kind to everyone - Cat, Brienne, Margaery and of course Loras and even when he asked some stranger dude about his foot. And I loved how he went from being a confident ~sex god~ with Loras to a freaked out kid when Margaery started trying to seduce him.

[cattiechaos.livejournal.com]

I think I may be a dissenting opinion here but Loras pouting was simply adorable to me :3 The bedroom scene reminded me of a typical "I'm mad at you but you're going to have to figure out why" and Renly is just so lost and "wat" and is left there with his legs sprawled apart and alone and just...wat. /incoherent thoughts

Edit: Also, Gethin Anthony's happy clapping after the Loras/Brienne fight. Oh R'hllor XD

[stupidefleurk.livejournal.com]

mte ! I don't think it made their relationship less deep,on the contrary.It kind of felt like watching a typical married couple,which was really weird because we never really saw that in the other ships of the series.Overall,it was just really really sweet.Am I the only one who died at the "don't make me laugh" line ?

[cattiechaos.livejournal.com]

Ha, you're right, they totally were giving off the miffed married couple vibe! (Or at least Loras was xD) Oh no, I was lol'ing all through that and "uh, must be the wine" during Margaery's seduction~~

[stupidefleurk.livejournal.com]

oh yes the scene with Margaery was hilarious XD

[relic-yuy.livejournal.com]

Loved the scene. Absolutely loved the kissing, Renly was perfect, Finn was gorgeous but...

To stir the pot, I do have to say that I wasn't very pleased with the writing of this scene. Loras was such a girl. He was completely into it until Renly found his bruise then he was all jealous and upset and cockblocky. That's something a woman would do, let his emotions overrule his desire. Men dont change their mind about sex that easy. It just seemed to me that they wrote the scene from a straight perspective borrowing from experiences from a straight relationship and handed it over to 2 guys to pull off as best as they could. And don't get me wrong, Gethin and Finn did fantastically with what they were given. It just felt like a discrepancy to me.

[stupidefleurk.livejournal.com]

That's a pretty sexist thing to say haha
Both men and women can be rule by their desires.I can tell you by experience that men are not robots starving for sex 24h/24h.I don't know why everyone is so upset with the cockblocking.I was like 'aw don't be like that' one second and then move on.
You're right,men don't change their minds that easily but Loras stops Renly pretty fast (and with a tight grip on his hands) so that could show that Loras is really trying to control himself.

[relic-yuy.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's sexist at all. And I never said that women cannot be ruled by their desires or that men are always and purely about sex but in the moment it is unlikely that 2 men will stop over some festering bother. As I said Finn and Gethin did a great job with what they were given. Loras' tight grip a prime example but it still feels like this scene was written from a straight mind and given to a gay pairing with the assumption that they work the same way. It's not the cockblocking itself that bothers just the manner in which it was written.

[stupidefleurk.livejournal.com]

Yeah it was pretty clumsy,they shouldn't have made Loras so enthusiastic at the beginning :/ and really,he could have let Renly give him a blowjob and then send him to margaery.It wasn't even because he was angry,I forgot that at this point he had already begun to calm down.Let's just say that Loras is bipolar or something lol