“When you play a game of thrones you win or die”
Yes, your guess is right this blog is about famous television series game of thrones which is an adaptation of George R.R.Martin’s A song of Ice and Fire, a series of fantasy novels from which A game of thrones is the first novel. This Series got humongous fame from all around the world. This series had created whirlpool of different emotions in me. What is most captivating about this series is cinematography dialogue and characters. When I say cinematography I mean to say it is splendid until season 6 (that doesn’t mean other two seasons were bad, but not as satisfying as earlier seasons) When it comes to dialogue I would say that dialogues are the soul of this series when dialogue is being said it lefts deep effect on viewer.
(This series has 8 season and 73 episodes, each episode is about 1 hour and 30 minutes long, there is plenty character out which I have selected few of them to discuss here, Trust me this series has many more interesting character and Dialogues apart from which are discussed below)
Dialogues were never a common communication between two people rather it indicates what is coming next. Dialogue between Varys and Tyrion were always indirect yet direct plus interesting:
Varys: Power is a curious thing, my lord. Are you fond of riddles?
Tyrion: Why? Am I about to hear one?
Varys: Three great men it in a room, a king, a priest and a rich man. Between them stand a common sellsword. Each great man bids the sellsword kill the other two. Who lives, who Dies?
Tyrion: Depends upon sellsword.
Varys: does it? He has neither crown, nor gold, nor sword, nor favor with the gods.
Tyrion: he’s got the sword, the power of life and death!
Varys: But if it’s swordsmen who rules, why do we pretend king hold all the power? When Ned stark lost his head, who was truly responsible- Joffrey, the executioner, or something else?
Tyrion: I have decided I don’t like riddles.
Varys: Power resides where men believe it resides. It’s a trick, a shadow on the wall and a very small man can cast a very large shadow
Varys: Power resides where men believe it resides. It’s a trick, a shadow on the wall and a very small man can cast a very large shadow
When a lie being told again and again it becomes truth, We have another interesting conversation between Varys and Lord Baelish (Littlefinger) where this two are talking about their differing views: Varys on peace of realm, and littlefinger about embracing chaos, both acknowledging that, like in chess, the king are the weakest pieces.
Varys: I did what I did for the good of the realm.
Bealish: The realm. Do you know what the realm is? It’s the thousand blades of Aegon’s enemies- a story we agree to tell each other over and over, until we forgot that it’s a lie.
Varys: But what do we have left’ once we abandon the lie? Chaos? A gasping pit waiting to swallow us all.
Bealish: Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fails, and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some, given a chance to climb, they refuse. They cling to the realm, or gods, or love. Illusions, only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is.
Male Characters:
Dialogues always lefts character with two choices and there will always rest a question “to be or not to be” it can be seen at very first episode of first season where Catelyn warns Ned stark about arrival of Robert Baratheon and his intention about this sudden arrival from all the way Kings landing. It was all in his hand and he had to make a choice. Further about Ned Bran stark is that his first impression was decent until we came to know about his bastered son John Snow. We couldn’t believe it to be possible because of his decent character and it was a moment we knew that there is something odd about the existence of John snow himself as a bastered of Ned Stark. HE KNEW NOTHING, The boy had long way to go.
It always happens when director or writer kills the person we root for. Ned’s elder son Robb Stark was talented and in every way was capable of becoming a good king but soon was killed which was second shocking scene after the death of Ned stark and shock was doubled with the death of Catelyn stark where we lost three strong characters of the series.(The death of three Starks left audience in tears)
Bran stark was also left with choices were his decision of becoming Three eyed Raven led us to the reality of John snow. One reason behind Robb’s character was killed very soon so that John’s character can emerge. But John had his own limit like he was the person, who can sway away by emotions; his emotions will always come in his way of making decisions. Besides the fact the he was true heir of the Iron throne he decided to support Daenerys.
Tyrion was an imp and was disgusted by his own sister calling him monster, she believed that he killed their mother because she died giving birth to him and which arouse pity in viewer for him. He was always successful in making himself safe with his wordplay; his character development is impressive along with Sansa Stark. His wordplay led him to become hand of king for the rest of his life, where first it was for his survival while in the end of the series it was a punishment for him.
Lord Varys’s character was perplexed from the beginning where I couldn’t really know his intention of doing and saying. He was revealed to be person who wants good for the people of realm. I find his character very similar to professor Snape from Harry potter where he was believed to be a villain but in reality he was trying to protect harry in every possible way. Whereas Varys wanted to protect realm. Even if he didn’t know about John being a Targaryen he still would have chosen John over Daenerys as a king of Iron throne.
Female Characters:
When it comes to the female characters of the series on one hand director successfully did justice to female characters that we can see from characters like Catelyn Stark, Arya Stark, Sansa Stark, Daenerys Targaryen, Cersei Lannister, Lady Olenna( Trust me this old lady was Badass even till her death) but on another hand he didn’t failed to show how women are being used as mere an object with such characters like women in whore house named Rose and Shae.
Catelyn was a loving mother to her children and wife to her husband, her character was a combination of wise and fierce. She knew from the beginning that what will be the result when Ned will accept the proposal of Robert Baratheon which will bring a storm upon their family and will destroy their nest.
On the other hand Cersei was also Mother but the difference is that she can go to any extent for her children. I find her character very selfish because she never drops her weapon no matter what happen. This attitude of her led Daenerys lost her one dragon to a Night King and almost all kings landing was burned down. Thousand innocents were turned in to ashes.
Arya is most loved character in whole series. From childhood she wanted to learn sword. After knowing about the death of her parents and brother she goes Braavos and uses her new skill to bring those who have wronged her family to justice. She left everyone in awe when she killed Night king.
Human can grown only when they walk on a way full of thorns- Sansa’s journey in whole series tells the same thing, her Journey from being innocent little dove to being Queen in the North is very satisfying to watch.
Daenerys rules the whole series, her ambitions of being queen leads to her own end. Her belief of being right in every situation becomes the reason of her own death. Her character was really feeding my woman ego until last season, the way her character was twisted in last episode blew audiences mind. But again what we root for never happens because there will be no thrill if there is no twisted end right?
Ending:
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