poorquentyn:

Hey everyone who thinks the Others are misunderstood good guys who react to humans invading their territory or breaking a treaty or something…did that bear at the Fist of the First Men break a treaty? Did that bear stumble beyond the curtain of light at the end of the world and the Others all paused and looked up from their coffee spiced with the hot blood of infants and the bear was all “aww, shit, I went through the wrong metaphysical wormhole again, didn’t I? I’m looking for the Elder Gods!” and then the Others laughed and turned its eyes blue? 

Naw but seriously, the Others are eldritch slavers. It’s not just humanity; they consider all other forms of life to be subordinate to them. 

Excellent point. Seriously folks, they’re “prepar[ing] to ride down on the winds of winter to extinguish everything we would consider life,” and they “hated iron and fire and the touch of the sun, and every creature with hot blood in its veins.”

These aren’t the misunderstood “Other” who are victims of xenophobia and bigotry (that would be the wildlings), they’re omnicidal demons. Emphasis on the omni-cidal – the giants, the Children, humans both adult and baby, bears, horses, sheep, etc. They might be ok with snakes, spiders, frogs, and fish, but that’s about it. 

They might as well be Yrsenia Pestis walking around in ice armor.