Two weeks ago, “Game of Thrones” did something very unusual: It showed two characters having a sex scene.
OK, characters on the notoriously adults-only HBO fantasy series getting naked together is fairly common. What made this moment different is that the two characters — the ex-slave translator Missandei (Nathalie Emmanuel) and the Unsullied warrior Grey Worm (Jacob Anderson) — got naked for a round of pleasant, loving, consensual sex.
For a series that has been criticized for its many rape scenes, and for casting many women in subservient roles — prostitutes, maids, serving wenches and so on — this romantic pairing of was a cause for celebration.