Post by whitewolfstark on Mar 27, 2016 2:34:51 GMT
Continuing my thought experiment on how I'd insert Jeyne Poole into the show (how I'd add her to Season One can be found in the Past Seasons discussion thread), I now address how she'd be added to Season 2.
Jeyne Poole in Season 2 would replace Daisy here and have a "complicated" relationship with Ros. Ros initially liking the fact that she's ordering around one of the former highborns who's now meek as a mouse (for reasons Ros doesn't know), but as they witness Barra's death, Jeyne freaks out (reminded of witnessing the murder of the Stark household last season--including her father), Ros comforts the mother and takes note of Jeyne's freakout.
Post by whitewolfstark on Mar 27, 2016 2:38:40 GMT
When Janus enters, suddenly Jeyne would back up into a corner of the room, seeking to make herself small and hidden. Ros like here would challenge Janus.
As Janus kills the bastard we see Jeyne curled up in the corner, see the distraught mother crying for Barra's life, and see Ros notice everything.
So ends Jeyne Poole's involvement in this episode.
And would this then serve narrative purpose? Jeyne would see what Ros does. . . so. . . is there a reason for her to have seen this when she goes north?
And yes, my apologies--I do realize I'm arguing with a thought experiment.
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Oscar Wilde.
And would this then serve narrative purpose? Jeyne would see what Ros does. . . so. . . is there a reason for her to have seen this when she goes north?
And yes, my apologies--I do realize I'm arguing with a thought experiment.
I'm trying to fill in the gap where Jeyne simply falls off the page. Also the fact that Jeyne goes from being Sansa's best friend to "just another whore" casts LF into a whole different light for the audience and perhaps brings a question to just how LF got all those whores in the first place--as we get a contrast between how Ros arrived last season and Jeyne arrived this season.
However the idea would be that LF instead of making Ros his #2 immediately decided to test Ros by having her teach a "new girl" (and if she does well with her he might rely on Ros in other matters). This could be explained in place of the "you're from Haystack Hall" dialogue that LF told her that she's to train Jeyne. If HBO gets squeamish about Jeyne being thought to be having sex immediately upon arrival--Ros can throw in a bit of dialogue which calls back the dialogue from last season when Jeyne is told she has a lot to learn before she'll be considered for a job.
As for Ros, my aim is that she sees Jeyne's reaction now and becomes an unexpected friend to Jeyne in a later episode--and Ros gets a bit more development as she overcomes some resentment of the northern nobles, and Jeyne recovers from having seen her father murdered in front of her eyes.
However the idea would be that LF instead of making Ros his #2 immediately decided to test Ros by having her teach a "new girl" (and if she does well with her he might rely on Ros in other matters). This could be explained in place of the "you're from Haystack Hall" dialogue that LF told her that she's to train Jeyne. If HBO gets squeamish about Jeyne being thought to be having sex immediately upon arrival--Ros can throw in a bit of dialogue which calls back the dialogue from last season when Jeyne is told she has a lot to learn before she'll be considered for a job.
As for Ros, my aim is that she sees Jeyne's reaction now and becomes an unexpected friend to Jeyne in a later episode--and Ros gets a bit more development as she overcomes some resentment of the northern nobles, and Jeyne recovers from having seen her father murdered in front of her eyes.
Further motivation for what she does, giving info to Varys? She seems motivated by Sansa in the show as is. . . .
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Oscar Wilde.
Post by whitewolfstark on Mar 27, 2016 3:33:08 GMT
Also it might be good to show prostitution in conflicting lights on the show. On the one hand you have those like Ros who use it as a means to garner power in a proto Mrs. Warren's Profession manner.
The aim of Season 2 would be to give commentary on underage girl sex trafficking, and how prostitution isn't as glamorous as it might appear to be (which is already a theme this season--this just amplifies it and makes it a bit more obvious)--that's what I'd see Jeyne's arc in Season 2 being about, or at least what I'd try to make it about in this thought experiment.
Rather difficult to do on a show that has a boob, butts and pecs quota to fill, but one can imagine, can't they?