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Originally Posted by fill23ca
So tonight we had our first big difference from the books. Renley and Ser Loras are gay lovers (unless I missed something from the books and not that there's anything wrong with it  ). Maybe this is a forewarner to some other changes that I would like. I don't know why they added this twist as it just seemed to take away screen time from the other characters. |
I had to look this up.
Spoiler:
Apparently it becomes evident in Clash of Kings that Renly secures the support of the Tyrells though a romantic affair with Loras and a marriage to his sister, Margaery.
It kind of surprised me too. Either I had forgotten about it or maybe it was a bit forward to put actual scenes addressing this.
I suppose much of this is merely implied. I'd have to reread the text to see for myself. It makes for an interested discussion, I'm sure.
After going through this, it now becomes clearer (though not crystal):
Are Loras and Renly Gay? (Multi-book SPOILER warning!)
More generally, we're starting to get scenes that convey information that don't exist in the book....because it's information that was originally relayed in standard narrative, outside of scenes. Therein lies the major challenge of filming literature.