Do you think that if Wheel of Time had been made pre woke era then it could’ve reached the GOT early season popularity? Or close to it? I was going through my books and wondering what if someone who wasn’t a typical Hollywood douchebag had been the showrunner and no race swaps or changing the story to make the women look even stronger.
And speaking of GOT, that should be a prime example along with Westworld about what happens when you inject stuff like unnecessary girl power themes
westworld season 1 was plenty of "girl empowerment", the whole thing was "innocent girl who is abused and oppressed overcomes her circumstances and takes revenge"
season 2 was a repeat of 1 with smug superpowered negress as the hero
Never thought of it that way. But I have to say I was entertained with season one. Granted that was before I was fed up with the “female who is better than any man” trope