This month, the biggest TV show in the world returns for one final dragon-slaying, wall-toppling, throne-nabbing season. It was clear then that showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss envisioned their world as a white one. “There are no black people on Game of Thrones,” he said. Photograph: HBOAlthough fans with a shaky understanding of medieval Europe have often claimed otherwise, Game of Thrones is fantasy, not history. “Fantasy is created from the depths of a creative’s imagination … It is a very vulnerable thing to do and, thus, fantasy writers are protective of their creations.

Source: The Guardian April 06, 2019 06:00 UTC