Since Game of Thrones officially ended a year ago I have read or watched countless reviews of the series as a whole, most of which followed a similar trajectory: “It started out great and stayed good for four or five seasons, but then it jumped the shark, and the end was so bad that it […]
Category: Song of Ice and Fire
Vengeance, Vindictiveness, and Valar Morghulis
In George R. R. Martin’s epic series A Song of Ice and Fire (on which the Game of Thrones TV show is based) one character, Arya Stark, goes to sleep each night muttering the names of those on whom she vows to get revenge: Every night Arya would say their names. “Ser Gregor,” she’d whisper to her […]