Well, red pills at their most basic form just mean "stone-cold reality" right? If you want to have a red-pilled story, you want to stay far away from the usual rainbows and unicorns in fantasies. You have to show how harsh and unforgiving real life actually is (hero doesn't always win, people actually die, people are always sefish, etc.). It's red pills like these which makes the A Song of Ice & Fire series so refreshing.
Well, red pills at their most basic form just mean "stone-cold reality" right? If you want to have a red-pilled story, you want to stay far away from the usual rainbows and unicorns in fantasies. You have to show how harsh and unforgiving real life actually is (hero doesn't always win, people actually die, people are always sefish, etc.). It's red pills like these which makes the A Song of Ice & Fire series so refreshing.