Hey, guess what? This is my fourth recap of this show, and I've been misspelling the title the whole time. It's Game of Thrones, not A Game of Thrones (which is the title of the book). D'oh!
So much for the Internet's amazing powers of self-correction.
But on to the episode in question...
I’ve mentioned before in these recaps that I really love the fantasy genre, but I confess: one fantasy trope that really, really bugs me is the idea that a character is so often (a) a king or (b) a humble peasant who is secretly the king but just doesn’t know it yet.
I just flat-out passionately hate the entire idea of royalty – the idea that certain people and families are simply born “special,” chosen by "God" to be better and more powerful and richer than everyone else. It’s obviously a relic of a completely ignorant,...
So much for the Internet's amazing powers of self-correction.
But on to the episode in question...
I’ve mentioned before in these recaps that I really love the fantasy genre, but I confess: one fantasy trope that really, really bugs me is the idea that a character is so often (a) a king or (b) a humble peasant who is secretly the king but just doesn’t know it yet.
I just flat-out passionately hate the entire idea of royalty – the idea that certain people and families are simply born “special,” chosen by "God" to be better and more powerful and richer than everyone else. It’s obviously a relic of a completely ignorant,...
- 5/9/2011
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
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