I just watched the first episode of season four of Game of Thrones.
It was intense.
This was the first episode I’ve watched properly, without
skipping bits and acting like a know it all. I started the books last year in
July and finished them in December. Also, the reason the readers of the series
are frowned upon is simple, we know too much. It’s too hard to keep all of it
in. It should be considered a real skill keeping our mouths shut, given that we
won’t know more till 2015 (if we’re lucky).
I’m having the worst hangover ever. I’m living in more
denial about this series than I’d like to admit, and I can blame the watchers
for that with all your “NO SPOILERS PLEASE” bullshit. My own aunt told me she’ll
disown me. I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t trying to get over anything, but when
I watched this episode it reignited emotions I had forgotten and now I feel the
need to share them.
Like my love- hate relationship with all the normal sized
Lannisters. They’re all so smart, except Jaime. He’s just conflicted and
attractive.
Tywin, Oh, where do I begin? Maybe at the Rains of Castamere
(Get it? And no I don’t mean the red wedding episode)? I consider him one of the most powerful
characters of the series, but he gets power drunk, hungry and turns a blind eye
to his very own, very smart, imp of a son, Tyrion. That is why, with great
success Tyrion kills him. No, don’t be surprised. With kingslaying, incest, and
deceit running through their veins how is kinslaying a shock right?
Another normal-sized, much hated Lannister is Cersei. She’s
brilliant. You want to slap her, but she’s brilliant in all her conceited glory.
Lena Heady has done a fabulous job as Cersei. Martin, however is such a good
writer, when you read the chapters that he writes from her point of view, you
begin to understand her more and hate her less. It’s tormenting. All of a
sudden you question your morality and values, and all your life decisions. Also,
if you’re easily influenced and have a fairly attractive twin brother…well, ew.
She too, like most characters in the series is power hungry
and has a voracious libido. All in all, she’s playing the Game of Thrones with
too much emotion. After all, her children are her weakness. I have a feeling
that it won’t bode well for her, but she will never go down without a fight.
She strong like that...or to say it Martin’s words, “She never forgets a
slight, real or imagined. She takes caution for cowardice and dissent for
defiance. And she is greedy. Greedy for power, for honour, for love.”
Joffrey Baratheon,
insult to the Baratheons (Because he’s not really a Baratheon), but the most
accurate outcome of Lannister mating with Lannister. Don’t worry, he will die.
He’s more stupid, than cruel. No one like that survives, especially if Petyr
Baelish aka. Littlefinger can help it.
Petyr Baelish goes from being the Lord of the Littlest finger
of the fingers (Look at the map of Westeros), to being an underlying bad-ass in
the Game of Thrones. He doesn’t only play to survive, he lives and thrives.
Everyone loves him and if they don’t, they need him. His weaknesses, but also
his strengths are the daughters and granddaughter of Hoster Tully, Catelyn’s
father. He realizes their potential and
uses it to his advantage in a way that even I wouldn’t want to spoil for the
watchers. Keep an eye out for him.
Jon Snow grows up, not only because his cherry pops but
because he has to make some hard choices, and he does it in a way any true
Stark would have. Ladies, brace yourselves he gets sexier by the page and
probably by the episode, and he survives the season. That’s more important than
anything. Also, Kit Harrington is awesome because he’s read the books up to A
Feast for Crows.
Oberyn Martell aka. Red Viper, is a new character introduced
this season, he’s mysterious and dangerous and he fights Gregor Cleagane, the
Mountain. What they show of him in this season is only the tip of the ice berg
with regard to the relevance of Dorne. For those that don’t know, Dorne wasn’t
originally part of the Seven Kingdoms, and the Targaryens allied with them
through marriage, and didn’t actually successfully conquer them even though they had
dragons. So just imagine….
Speaking of Targaryens, Daenerys needs to get her shit
together. It’s just embarrassing now.
I don't like Stannis but boy, does he do the right thing for once.
I’m not saying anything about Tyrion or Arya. I respect
those two way too much to speak of their feats so shabbily.
Now that it is all off my chest, my most sincere apologies to
everyone who reads this. To those who have read the books, this is so funny,
watch it.
Copyright © Kanika Chopra. 2014. All Rights Reserved. Images from Google.
