- Can you tell us why you have made these choices?
To follow the myriad characters around for about 5000 pages of text and then a lot of hours on the show is an incredible experience. It's like being transported to a different time with different customs, different traditions, a different way of life.
As commentary, I think that is a fairly relevant. Especially considering things like Joffrey becoming king before his younger brother because of tradition even though Tommen is obviously a better ruler because of his quite demeanour and the way he doesn't like to torture people.
There might be more references in the commentary side if you really go searching for it, but I chose not to do that because I really want to enjoy ASOIAF as a work of fiction and art, rather than make it political.
- Is there one debate or controversy that has particularly stood out for you? What were your views on it?