Examining grasshoppers

uneasy post-trial brunch.

they'll never make me hate you modern uni au

wip

“I don’t think he’s evil at all, I think he’s a really good guy and misunderstood! He’s also a bit of an arsehole with all kinds of unattractive traits.” - Bertie Carvel, on Finn

Art by Ackerbangbang

Bertie Carvel as Baelor Targaryen A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms 1.04

I love that the show spends time asking these questions and almost settles on the conclusion that it doesn't actually matter. Deciding whether Maekar or Dunk are truly to blame will not bring Baelor back. And though Dunk feels great regret, he cannot be expected to waste the life he was given wishing he were dead instead. When Maekar reacts to Dunk's words by saying that the kingdom has hundreds of knights (as opposed to a handful of princes and only one Baelor), the show does a wonderful job of demonstrating the primary difference in their worldviews. Maekar believes that knights (and people) exist to protect the nobility. They are bodies to be thrown onto the pyre so that the Targaryens can remain in power. Dunk believes that knights exist to help people. And though the nobles are included in that, they cannot come before everyone else. So he must live. Because if he doesn't protect the people, then who will?

It isn't eithers fault for being educated or uneducated, but its just interesting to see from Dunks uneducated perspective, just how hard it is to come out on top when you lack it.