Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Game of Thrones Spoiler

Don't read this unless you already read Storm of Swords or have seen Game of Thrones S3E10.


















I made mention of "next week" (the last episode of Season 3/Storm of Swords) being "even more fun" than the Red Wedding. I was referring to Joffrey and Margaery's wedding and Joffrey's untimely demise. Recently, however, I have seen some reports that the wedding will not occur in Season 3. We shall see on June 9.

I had a discussion concerning this and whether or not Melissandre's sacrifice of royal blood actually led to Rob's death or if it would have happened anyway. What about Joffrey and Balon Greyjoy? Would they have died anyway?

1 comment:

Dan said...

Again, spoilers.











Joffrey's wedding definitely won't be until next season. If it is, that will be my shock for the season. Beyond Stannis' leech killing, they haven't really alluded to it as strongly in the show as they did in the books. The way they're making him out to be on the show, I feel like Joffrey's going to harm Margery in some way, and she will confess it in front of a bunch of characters, including Tyrion, Sansa, and Olenna. The show will probably use Tyrion as a red herring to make it seem like he's the one who killed Joffrey, when, of course, it's Olenna because she doesn't want her granddaughter married to a monster.

What I'm curious to see is how they do Balon Greyjoy's death, because even in the books it's just passed around as news. I have a feeling there's going to be more of the Ironborn in the next season, and they might even introduce Euron, Victarion, and Aeron earlier; otherwise, people might not remember who Balon is beyond Theon's weird dad. I also hope there's less of Theon next season, because I don't really see how there can be more of a story from him just yet, beyond continuing torture scenes.

I do think it was Melisandre's Red God who ultimately killed the three kings, though it is by the intervention of people. Pretty much anytime she's involved with any of Stannis' ventures, they're successful. Same with Thoros and the priest that restores Victarion's arm--the Red God is the one with power. The only fault lies with those fallible priests of his--Melisandre falsely believes Stannis to be the savior, though her more recent preoccupation with Jon Snow is probably swaying her in his direction. Also falls in line with the theory that Jon Snow is not Ned's son, but the son Ned's sister Lyanna and Rhagar Targaryen (Daenarys' not crazy brother who Robert killed), that he can be the "prince that was promised" and the one to save them all.