Loras is one of my favorite characters, so XD But I like characters who get shafted by the narrative. They have a wildly different interpretation of him than the one I got from the books, but making him a schemer isn't something I'm going to complain about, though I'm interested to see how they can manage to reconcile that with his later actions.

It's like they don't trust us to pay attention to backstory unless there are boobs? Which is insulting and weird. Good shows trust their audience, and so far, this show doesn't trust me one bit.