In a very dark world, it’s just about the only bright spot, as Tyrion would happily tell you while drunkenly nuzzling several prostitutes.Īs an admirer of Game of Thrones’s more primal pleasures, I rewatched every moment of nudity and sex (including more incest than anyone asked for)* on the show so far-all 79 of them-and ranked them based on narrative value. You need something to break up all the beheading, impaling, and disemboweling. The oh-so-fine blacksmith and bastard son of Robert Baratheon. And sex is often a relief-for the characters and the viewers. 42 Game Of Thrones Characters, Ranked By Dateability Oh, Gendry. The showrunners are not above giving us some Emilia Clarke fan service to keep our attention while guy-whose-name-we-can’t-remember rambles about a subplot we’ll quickly forget. Jon Snow and Ygritte sex scene (Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 5)A secret grotto, lots of cozy fur, a hot spring for a postcoital dipthis has to be the best setting for a GoT love scene. (Though if the power-sex turns into sadism, à la Joffrey or Ramsay, you might be headed for a precipitous downfall.) Of course, sometimes bare boobs are just bare boobs. Gendry Has A Better Claim to the Iron Throne Than Jon & Dany Put Together. If you're demanding it the way Daenerys tells her bearded underling to strip, it's a good sign you're in charge.
Sex is wielded in Westeros, like everything else, as a form of power. Sure, the HBO fantasy drama has (not unfairly) developed a reputation for gratuitous violence and sexual relations of all configurations-man on woman, man on man, sorceress on man, brother on sister-but some of that stuff matters. Not all sex on Game of Thrones is created equal.