movieobsessive

Edited by me. Major spoilers ahead.

Gone Girl (2014) trailer promo posters

walter white per season appreciation

the ironic thing about hbo choosing not to name their show a song of ice and fire is that by titling it game of thrones they’ve proven exactly how fucking much they’re missing the point. because that’s the thing. the books are not about the game of thrones and the characters…

The game of thrones itself, the struggle for the Iron Throne, actually does have weight in the story. It’s a HUGE part of the series. And if you’re right, if the whole thing does come down to just dragons vs ice zombies (which I hope to God it doesn’t, a battle would be cool but to bring the entire, complicated, beautiful story down to just that?) then the person who sits the Iron Throne will affect the outcome. Would Stannis have ever gone north to respond to the Night’s watch calls for help if he didn’t give a shit about the Iron Throne? Would Dany and her dragons ever bother going back to Westeros if she didn’t give a shit about the Iron Throne? What about the armies and their strategy if they come to fight The Others? Who’s going to command them? The person who sits the Iron fucking Throne and their delegates. If Dorne, the Iron Islands or the North secedes from the rest of the seven kingdoms then again, it’s still those involved with the power struggle who will be heavily involved in the defence of their kingdoms should they come under attack from, I don’t know, a horde of ice zombies or dragonfire.