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Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic
I don't care that the characters are gay, either. What bothers me is the fact that the characters are not being portrayed as they are in the books. Gay men don't have to be slightly built, androgynous looking men. The actor they chose to play Loras is completely unbelievable as a Knight. His arms look like noodles, and there is no definition in his muscles.
A Knight that practiced swordsplay every day, with the heavy swords that the Knights of Westeros use, would have strong muscular arms.
In the books Renly isn't really a fleshed out character, but one thing is clear: He is a charismatic leader. The way he is being portrayed in the show makes him out to be a whiny, insecure effeminate sissy that needs to be convinced by his gay lover to stake a claim to the throne.
They might as well have made Tyrion 5'5" tall.
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Yeah, that's a good point. One problem is that these characters are sort of flat in the book and are just described by other people and mainly on the periphery of the books. As such, they don't translate well into being featured characters.
I agree that they could have done a much better job with Loras, though. He's not convincing as a badass fighter. The episode makes it seem more like he got lucky against the Mountain than had any skill.