Tag: got meta

Shireen Baratheon was sacrificed to the flames so R’hllor got his due. Whether Melisandre was doing it in her mind for the sake Stannis’ victory against House Bolton instead of Jon Snow’s resurrection (who was still alive at the time) a side point. Actions the main thing. Is R’hllor that bothered by motives?

No. A thousand times no. 

The sacrifice of Shireen Baratheon has absolutely nothing to do with Jon Snow. 

Hell, in the show, Jon hasn’t been attacked yet when that happens!

Another Spoilery Season 6 Ask

Again, below the cut:

how can Mel bring Jon back to life without a sacrifice? is this the show just being lazy do u think?

R’hlloric resurrection doesn’t require a sacrifice, just the prayer for the dead. Hence Thoror of Myr not needing a sacrifice to bring back Beric Dondarrion. 

This seems to me to be a bit of fanon, where people are conflating different magical systems and over-generalizing rules about how magics work. 

Season 6 Spoiler Asks

Ok, I got a bunch of questions that are themselves spoilery and figured I’ll answer them all at once under the cut to be super-careful about spoiling any of my followers who have gone no-show:

Given that the show said Bran will need meera outside the cave do you think it confims for the books as well and won’t stay their for the rest of the seies?

Confirms? No. Is it a good indication that I was right that Bran doesn’t stay in a tree forever? Yes.

Do you think Ramsay kills Roose in the books?

I could definitely see it happening, given the way that Ramsay has been behaving lately in the books. However, I’d like it to happen in a way that’s more engaging and thematically appropriate to the whole old king/young king dynamic – say, a duel to the death with flensing knives.

Do you think Game of thrones’ writers have forgotten that kinslaying is a major taboo in Westeros? In the first two episodes they’ve had kinslayers usurp power in plain view, and it looks like they are going to get away with it scot free. In episode 2 I’m talking about Ramsay killing his brother more then Ramsay killing Roose.

Well, the writers aren’t terribly good with any taboos – there was a lot of weirdness last season with them having Myrcella be pro-incest, for example. But I don’t think Ramsay’s getting away with anything scot-free. This is just him Kicking the Dog to set up his downfall this season.