A Game of Thrones - take three
Mar. 26th, 2012 12:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartOr, if you want a more matching subtitle, The Evolution Of The Evil B*tch. Meaning sweet little Danaerys, of course. You think I'm too harsh to her? Well, let's see.
First, she would do everything to return home, regardless of what a war with the Dothraki would mean for the common folk. She actually believes that people would pray for her return (or her brother's), until her faithful doormat sets her stupid, selfish little head straight.
She argues with her hubby, who's clearly too stupid to survive, because when King Robert tries (and fails, thanks aforementioned faithful doormat) to assassinate her, he decides to cross the sea after all, and butcher an entire country. And what does she do? She looks stupid and doesn't say a word against the plan of destroying temples, massacring people and raping women. Bravo!
Then she, again, looks stupid when it turns out that the Dothraki actually mean what they've said. She keeps looking stupidly, and then tries to save a handful of women, including the wise-woman of the temple; never mind that she already had been violated, lil' Dany is very proud of her. And is surprised and insulted (!) when she realizes that the wise-woman is *not* grateful.
Wise-woman does blood magic to save Khal Doro who allows himself to be wounded by dirty blade, out of stupid pride (the whole thing provoked by Dany trying to tell the extremely mysogynic Dothraki what to do). She warns lil' Dany that there will be a price. Lil' Dany doesn't even try to consider what the price might be, what she'll get for it and whether the whole thing is worth paying it. Nooo, she demands the ritual.
Then, when things go horribly wrong, she blames the wise-woman, whose entire village has been eradicated just because lil' Princess wanted to go home, and lets her be burned alive on the pyre of Doro - whom, by the way, she killed with her own hands.
Then she takes her dragon eggs, steps onto the pyre and burns... unfortunately, not for good. In the next morning, she's there again, looking like the pitiful survivor of some labour camp, bare-arsed naked to warn young girls what anorexia can do to them... erm, wrong context, sorry. Apparently, her clothes are not fire-proof. And she was wearing three newly hatched dragons, after all. If that counts as clothes?
Other than that, one of my two favourite characters was killed off, the other one - the dwarf - got promoted (although I had the impression he'd rather be dead), and there was much gratutious nakedness again. I found particularly disgusting the Grand Maester in translucent nightgown. Oh, please! The only thing even more disgusting than that was King Hrotgar in Beowulf, clad in a piece of bedlinen only. But at least that was not the actor himself. I still wonder how they talked Anthony Hopkins into that role.
Oh, and the Lannisters were being evil, of course. Both the legitimate and the illegitimate ones. Or insane. Or both. So, why should I care, unless waiting for them to meet accordingly brutal and evil ends? Unfortunately, considering Martin's nihilistic worldview, they may even live happily ever after.
First, she would do everything to return home, regardless of what a war with the Dothraki would mean for the common folk. She actually believes that people would pray for her return (or her brother's), until her faithful doormat sets her stupid, selfish little head straight.
She argues with her hubby, who's clearly too stupid to survive, because when King Robert tries (and fails, thanks aforementioned faithful doormat) to assassinate her, he decides to cross the sea after all, and butcher an entire country. And what does she do? She looks stupid and doesn't say a word against the plan of destroying temples, massacring people and raping women. Bravo!
Then she, again, looks stupid when it turns out that the Dothraki actually mean what they've said. She keeps looking stupidly, and then tries to save a handful of women, including the wise-woman of the temple; never mind that she already had been violated, lil' Dany is very proud of her. And is surprised and insulted (!) when she realizes that the wise-woman is *not* grateful.
Wise-woman does blood magic to save Khal Doro who allows himself to be wounded by dirty blade, out of stupid pride (the whole thing provoked by Dany trying to tell the extremely mysogynic Dothraki what to do). She warns lil' Dany that there will be a price. Lil' Dany doesn't even try to consider what the price might be, what she'll get for it and whether the whole thing is worth paying it. Nooo, she demands the ritual.
Then, when things go horribly wrong, she blames the wise-woman, whose entire village has been eradicated just because lil' Princess wanted to go home, and lets her be burned alive on the pyre of Doro - whom, by the way, she killed with her own hands.
Then she takes her dragon eggs, steps onto the pyre and burns... unfortunately, not for good. In the next morning, she's there again, looking like the pitiful survivor of some labour camp, bare-arsed naked to warn young girls what anorexia can do to them... erm, wrong context, sorry. Apparently, her clothes are not fire-proof. And she was wearing three newly hatched dragons, after all. If that counts as clothes?
Other than that, one of my two favourite characters was killed off, the other one - the dwarf - got promoted (although I had the impression he'd rather be dead), and there was much gratutious nakedness again. I found particularly disgusting the Grand Maester in translucent nightgown. Oh, please! The only thing even more disgusting than that was King Hrotgar in Beowulf, clad in a piece of bedlinen only. But at least that was not the actor himself. I still wonder how they talked Anthony Hopkins into that role.
Oh, and the Lannisters were being evil, of course. Both the legitimate and the illegitimate ones. Or insane. Or both. So, why should I care, unless waiting for them to meet accordingly brutal and evil ends? Unfortunately, considering Martin's nihilistic worldview, they may even live happily ever after.
