#got parallels

[weirwoodsea]

Sansa & Theon + Not trusting rescue  GAME OF THRONES- S2E4, S4E6 S2E9

[atopcat]

[greenqueenhightower]

𝙶𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚃𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚂𝟼 𝙴𝟷𝟶 || 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝟸 𝙴𝟸

[danielslaw]

HBO'S GAME OF THRONES NED STARK, ROBB STARK AND JON SNOW. 1.09 / 3.09 / 5.10 and 6.03

the one who died for honor

the one who died for love

the one who came back

[eruherdiriel]

A few arcs in Game of Thrones climax with a character burning people (or one person), and what happens next for the character that commits the act is never good. There's the obvious ones: D burns King's Landing, and then she gets shivved; Stannis burns Shireen, and then he loses the battle and dies; Cersei blows up the Sept of Baelor, and then Tommen kills himself and eventually Cersei dies (I expect she will die sooner in the books and only died later in GoT because there was no Aegon/fAegon). But there's at least one more that I didn't connect to this pattern until rewatching the episode the other day: Theon.

Early in season 2 Theon betrays Robb and joins his father's rebellion. After that, he attacks Winterfell and forces Bran to surrender to him, beheads Rodrik Cassel (violently and poorly), and then kills and burns the farm boys. Yes, he burns them to cover the fact that they're not Bran and Rickon, who have escaped, but he kills innocent children and desecrates their bodies. The terrible things he does build and build until that moment. What's next for Theon after that? His men betray him, he is captured by Ramsay, and his torture and transformation into Reek begin.

Similarly, D, Stannis, and Cersei exhibit escalating behavior. In brief, leaving a lot out:

D: Watches Viserys be burned with molten gold, burns Mirri Maz Duur, crucifies people, burns the Tarlys, and burns KL, an entire city of people.

Stannis: Burns the idols of the Seven, kills Renly via shadow baby, plans on killing Gendry for his king's blood, burns Mance, and burns his own daughter alive.

Cersei (she's more erratic, but still): Conspires to kill her husband, takes Ros captive to use against Tyrion oops wrong person, orders dwarves to be killed in a search for Tyrion, installs the High Sparrow and orchestrates Margaery and Loras Tyrell's imprisonment and then herself oops, and then wipes out her opposition and citizens with the Sept explosion.

Interestingly, Theon's arc is the only one completely told in the books thus far--at least in terms of the villainous journey that climaxes with burning people before the character experiences a downfall or violent repercussions. I wonder if there are others beyond these four.

[pinkeoni]

Thinking about the comment from the Duffs where they said “This is Hawkins, not Westeros” so I know that they watched GoT

And then actually watching GoT and seeing if there could have possibly been any inspiration taken from it even if, like they said, the two are very different

And then learning that on GoT there is a coat of arms with a heart on it, similar to the coat of arms Will painted for Mike.

The Lord of Light being a god of “light and love and joy” whose enemy is a god of “darkness, evil and fear.” The Lord of Light is also the god of fire, “which provides light, heat and life, who struggles against darkness, cold and death.”

The Lord of Light also has a chosen warrior who is meant to wield a sword against the darkness, which he pulls from fire.

So basically, a god who is associated with fire, light, love and light (Will) who has a chosen warrior who wields a sword (Mike) that is enemies with a god associated with coldness, death and darkness (Vecna)

[highonsedatives]

Nicely done

[grantyort]

Jace’s character is giving off mad Robb Stark vibes

This is quite concerning...