... well, sort of.
It has come to my attention that a number of television viewers (mostly those who had not read my books and did not know what was coming)were shocked and upset by what befell Sansa's direwolf Lady at the end of the second episode of HBO's GAME OF THRONES.
Good. I mean, that was kind of the point.
But some people were reportedly so shocked and upset that they wrote angry blogs about it, and even declared that they would not continue watching the show.
Not so good. Obviously, I'm sorry to hear that.
I don't know if any of those people are reading my Not A Blog. But in case they are, perhaps it will make you feel a little better to know that Zunni, the Northern Inuit who played Lady, is alive and well, and has been adopted by Sophie Turner, the lovely young actress who plays Sansa in the show. We didn't really kill her.
(Rhodri Hosking, the young actor who played the butcher's boy Mycah, was not actually killed either, though oddly, no one seems quite so upset about him).
Real wolves and wolf-hybrids are being killed every day in the real world, however. If you love wolves, and were upset at Lady's death, why not try to help some real wolves?
There's some great folks right in Candy Kitchen, New Mexico who do just that (yes, New Mexico has a Candy Kitchen. We also have a Pietown and a Truth Or Consequences. Three reasons I love this state).
They're called the Wild Spirit Wolf Sancturary, and they rescue wolves and wolf-hybrids. You can learn all about them from their website, here:
http://www.wildspiritwolfsanctuary.org/
Years ago, for Christmas, the fans of the Brotherhood Without Banners sponsored a wolf in Parris's name, and made her a "wolf mother."
So shed no tears for Lady... but if you have a spare buck or two, send it to Wild Spirit in her name, and you might help save a real wolf or three.
It has come to my attention that a number of television viewers (mostly those who had not read my books and did not know what was coming)were shocked and upset by what befell Sansa's direwolf Lady at the end of the second episode of HBO's GAME OF THRONES.
Good. I mean, that was kind of the point.
But some people were reportedly so shocked and upset that they wrote angry blogs about it, and even declared that they would not continue watching the show.
Not so good. Obviously, I'm sorry to hear that.
I don't know if any of those people are reading my Not A Blog. But in case they are, perhaps it will make you feel a little better to know that Zunni, the Northern Inuit who played Lady, is alive and well, and has been adopted by Sophie Turner, the lovely young actress who plays Sansa in the show. We didn't really kill her.
(Rhodri Hosking, the young actor who played the butcher's boy Mycah, was not actually killed either, though oddly, no one seems quite so upset about him).
Real wolves and wolf-hybrids are being killed every day in the real world, however. If you love wolves, and were upset at Lady's death, why not try to help some real wolves?
There's some great folks right in Candy Kitchen, New Mexico who do just that (yes, New Mexico has a Candy Kitchen. We also have a Pietown and a Truth Or Consequences. Three reasons I love this state).
They're called the Wild Spirit Wolf Sancturary, and they rescue wolves and wolf-hybrids. You can learn all about them from their website, here:
http://www.wildspiritwolfsanctuary.org/
Years ago, for Christmas, the fans of the Brotherhood Without Banners sponsored a wolf in Parris's name, and made her a "wolf mother."
So shed no tears for Lady... but if you have a spare buck or two, send it to Wild Spirit in her name, and you might help save a real wolf or three.
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- 5 Mar 2018, 19:17Still working on that. When we have a final, I will share it.
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My wife and I recently sponsored a young husky who happened to be born with underdeveloped eyes and completely deaf.
I will give these folks a visit as well!
Thank you, sir.
Sadly, I will miss your Indianapolis visit. I am glad we caught you last time on your AFFC tour. We fly out that evening to France for a much-delayed honeymoon in the South and Paris. I already warned my wife I could be found sitting in a cafe pouring over Dance. "F$*k the Louvre" I believe was how I summed it up. ;) We will see how that pans out.
While what happened to Lady was ugly, it was a singular act of capriciousness. Mycah's death is one that highlights the systemic injustice of the entire society, and I remember while reading the book having the conflicting feelings of "that's really awful" and "that's really honest."
Thanks for that.
However, it didn't make me upset with you or the show so much as it made me seethe with hatred for Cersei Lannister.
To many healthy, happy, long-lived wolves!
Cheers!
I've been a supporter for many years of wolf causes in the UK and elsewhere, setting up
I too was upset at Lady's death when I read it in the book and also did cry at Mychah's death. Seems irrational to stop watching a show that is being gaithful to its source material.
Glad to hear the cainine actor has been adopted.
It's clear that there should be a word that would start out similar to "faithful" in such contexts, but that would carry something further, in denotation and/or connotation, as well.
But I'm having trouble determining just what the additional meaning(s) might be, that such a term would need to represent.
And I wonder whether the antonym should be "ungaithful," "ingaithful," "gaithless," or what.
Suggestions?
I never quite believed the premise, that an audience would care more about a dog than a human. But I guess it really is a quirk in American culture.
But if these people made it to that point in the show and were unbothered by the things that happened, but refuse to continue watching it because a fictional animal was fictionally killed in a fictional setting, then that is terrifying to me. =(
If you are so sensitive that you can't bear to see an animal pretend-killed in a movie or show, but feel nothing for the pretend-people, then what does that say about you?
People never cease to amaze me. Getting upset at a television show for depicting a fictional situation is such a lazy way to express your love for animals. If you care that much get off your lazy butts and get upset about some real animals being harmed.
Yikes. Anyway, I applaud you for handling that with more tact than I probably would have in your position. But let's be honest here, it is a tiny vocal minority of people.
Keep everyone alive, do not shock anyone and you would just get another sticky chocholate-fantasy.