This post contains frank discussion of a scene from last night’s episode of Game of Thrones. Please proceed with caution.

The internet has been a-blaze with discussion about that scene from the episode “Breaker of Chains.” You know, the one where Jaime Lannister rapes his sister against the corpse of their dead son. Yes, that one. While I wrote briefly last night about the myth and death of “Nice Jaime Lannister,” there are many who view his participation in a rape scene as nothing short of character assassination. The biggest concern, aside from episode director Alex Graves’ controversial statement on his intentions of the scene, are the differences between the way the scene played in the book and the less ambiguous way it played out on the screen. This afternoon, in the comments section of his blog, of all places, George R.R. Martin himself entered the fray. Martin divorces himself a bit from the decision-making process in this episode but does make effort to divorce “book” Jaime from “show” Jaime.