Game Of Thrones – When it comes to fiction, there’s a certain set of rules that writers tend to follow, rules set long ago by the writers who wrote before them. Basic stuff, like how your main character should always want something even if it’s a glass of water, or how if a gun is shown in a story it must eventually be fired. These rules and a multitude of others have helped fiction come to whatever twisted, amorphous state it’s in now.
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The twisted part is interesting, since it originated from writers breaking those sacred rules. Storytellers’ constant play between honouring and shattering the traditional rules of storytelling is the source of all suspense and surprise in fiction, and we’re thankful for it…
… unless we’re talking about one particular agent of fiction by the name of Mister George R.R. Martin. This man does not stop at breaking the rules: he chops their heads off after saying he’d spare their lives; he makes their father burn them at the stake and doesn’t wince as their screams pierce the night; he kills them and their entire family at their damned wedding. In Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin breaks our hearts over and over again, and we the addicted masses keep coming back for more. What on Earth are we supposed to do but think about all the precious faces we’ve lost over the years as we wait to see how he’ll crucify our souls next.
SPOILER WARNING! (You have been spoiler warned.)
12. When Ramsay Killed Rickon
Oh, Rickon… all he had to do was run in a zig-zag pattern. Maybe his decision to run from Ramsay’s arrows in a perfectly straight line down a super visible field of battle is natural selection at work, in which case we can’t feel all that bad for him. Besides, let’s face it, Rickon is the one and only Stark no one gives a peach’s pit about. It’s just so maddening that Ramsay managed to commit this final act of murderous douchebaggery before meeting his gruesome (re: delicious, extremely satisfying) end. The sense of heartbreak we feel during this scene is more for Jon Snow than Rickon; Jon was running so damn fast, and was so close to saving his brother before the arrow got him. The fact that we’re more bothered by Jon being sad than by Rickon being dead would be weird if the boy wasn’t essentially a filler character throughout the series, especially when compared to literally every other Stark. R.I.P., Rickon and f*** you, Ramsay.
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