Many obsessive “Game of Thrones” fans have apparently become so lost in trees — not to mention a misplaced Starbucks cup and water bottle in…
Many obsessive “Game of Thrones” fans have apparently become so lost in trees — not to mention a misplaced Starbucks cup and water bottle in recent episodes — that they can’t see the forest.
But what a forest they’re missing: a spectacularly filmed story that ennobles wisdom over physical strength, cooperation over power lust, and peace over endless cycles of violence and revenge.
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For eight seasons, the sprawling, intricate plot revolved around a simple age-old question: Who will get and/or keep the throne? Will it be one of the conniving, win-at-all-costs Lannisters? One of the stubbornly principled but unsophisticated Starks? Daenerys Targaryen, she of messianic principle, vast armies and an awesome dragon that can reduce human beings to ash and castle walls to rubble?
The answer: No one. In fact, that spiky, evil-looking throne no longer exists by series’ end. It has been melted to the ground by Drogon the dragon in a plot twist that I, for one, will remember for a long time. Grieving for his murdered mother, Daenerys, the dragon directs his wrath at the throne rather than her assassin, correctly recognizing that it was this alluring iron chair, and its ability to warp its pursuers, that was truly to blame for her demise.
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All stand for the king who can’t stand — «Bran the Broken,” paralyzed since the series’ opening episode. All raise a glass to a story about violence and power that ends with symbolism not of a mighty metal throne but a simple wooden wheelchair.
