Originally posted by ArtificialGlory
Who the hell can afford to kill people with gold?
Well, the one that did it was a massively powerful warlord - basically a king - and they were in a city where no blood could be shed. The one who was killed in that manner was a prince-in-exile, and was insisting that he be helped to regain his crown.
Well, he was crowned in gold, in the end...
And frankly, Viserys was a douchebag of the highest degree. The way he behaved, it was pretty obvious that he was going to fall, and hard.
Also, I would say that a lot of the viciousness of Game of Thrones is subverting how in most fantasy novels in a medieval time period, they either gloss over how terrible a lot of things in that time period were, or act like things were all happiness and sparkles. Which isn't true at all. Good guys died, bad guys won, and life was complete hell for almost everyone.
Originally posted by Peach
Well, the one that did it was a massively powerful warlord - basically a king - and they were in a city where no blood could be shed. The one who was killed in that manner was a prince-in-exile, and was insisting that he be helped to regain his crown.Well, he was crowned in gold, in the end...
Oh damn, he must have really pissed someone off. Though I could think of a few ways to kill someone without drawing blood. Far less expensive ways.
Originally posted by ArtificialGlory
Oh damn, he must have really pissed someone off. Though I could think of a few ways to kill someone without drawing blood. Far less expensive ways.
He managed to stand out as a massive scumbag amongst a cast of despicable characters, so yeah.
And sure, but as GK said, it was also symbolic. He got a crown...just not as he wanted.
Also, I would say that a lot of the viciousness of Game of Thrones is subverting how in most fantasy novels in a medieval time period, they either gloss over how terrible a lot of things in that time period were, or act like things were all happiness and sparkles. Which isn't true at all. Good guys died, bad guys won, and life was complete hell for almost everyone.
The whole country seems like its going down the shitter. King dead. The Houses fighting. Winter coming. Crazy barbarian people attacking the wall. Horselords looking like they'll invade.
Next thing those dragon eggs will hatch and ****ing dragons'll have a shit on Starks head.
Originally posted by Nephthys
The whole country seems like its going down the shitter. King dead. The Houses fighting. Winter coming. Crazy barbarian people attacking the wall. Horselords looking like they'll invade.Next thing those dragon eggs will hatch and ****ing dragons'll have a shit on Starks head.
Shit ain't got nothing on 40K, I say.
Btw, by the power of YouTube, I think I've found your favourite death-scene. Pretty boy sure kicked it in a nasty way.
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