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Who will win the Iron Throne? If it’s a raffle, one hopes Ben Wyatt from “Parks and Rec,” who was so thrilled to receive even a not-cheap imitation.
Seriously, it’s difficult to imagine that the Iron Throne will survive the final season of “Game of Thrones.” If you’re going to introduce a dragon in Act 1, it had better go off in Act 3 — and A Lot Has Been Made of the fact that dragon fire built the throne, ergo, dragon fire should unbuild it. (Though, honestly, dragon fire doesn’t seem an ideal artisanal power source; did craftsmen somehow set the dragon on “medium” and just run in with their hammers and tongs after?)
The throne itself is hideous and fairly ineffectual. It is a symbol of fear and, if the past 64 hours of television have proved nothing else, it has illustrated, in sinew-hewing, skull-exploding, skin-flaying detail, that rule-by-fear always backfires.
Battle for the Throne:Daenerys Targaryen| Cersei Lannister| Jon Snow| Sansa Stark| Arya Stark| Tyrion Lannister| Bran Stark| Viserion and others
The only person who still considers this a “game” that can be “won” is Cersei, who is clearly off her rocker. (Has any woman ever loved her children less? What did she think to would happen to Myrcella when she pitted the Mountain against Oberyn? Or Tommen when she blew up his wife and all his friends?) For Cersei to “win” or even survive, D.
