We Are Running Out of Dispicable Titles to Bestow Upon Joffrey Baratheon (Warning, here be Game of T
We Are Running Out of Dispicable Titles to Bestow Upon Joffrey Baratheon (Warning, here be Game of Thrones spoilers) So there is little doubt that Joffrey is probably the worst possible king the realm could possibly have. Even the Mad King deposed by Robert Baratheon couldn’t have been this awful, could he? When another character gives birth to an actual shadow demon from hell, yet you still come off as the most wretched figure in the same episode, you know it’s bad. And the titular throne game that all of the other factions are embroiled in, that just heightens Joffrey’s awfulness because it invites so many options for comparison. Now that we’re close to halfway through season two, we have a good idea of what most of the hopefuls to the crown might be like in power, but pretty much no idea who will ultimately end up with it (at least those of you like me who haven’t read the books have no idea). As of now, Renly Baratheon seems the best suited for governing with his populist persona yet pragmatic outlook, but Robb Stark has proven much more adept at war and battle strategy. Renly’s brother Stannis seems like a capable guy but he is weak enough to have handcuffed himself to the satanic shadow demon’s mommy. Daenerys Targaryan has mastered the Don Draper strategy of “act like you belong there and you probably will,” plus she has dragons, but her naivete has proven troublesome at times. And Lord Greyjoy, well, he seems more suited to yelling at kids to get off his lawn. Or more accurately, his desolate rock. But for the casual observer - meaning: the millions of citizens who don’t have a personal grudge against the Lannister clan - what matters less than who wins is that somebody wins. The best case scenario might actually be a slightly adjusted status quo - the Lannisters keep power, just not with Joffrey. All it would take is for Tyrion to realize that Joffrey in power simply can’t be managed, and you know that is going to happen eventually. Tywin Lannister will likely realize the same thing as well soon enough, and just a few drops of poison in Joffrey’s sippy cup would be enough to put him on the throne, either in person or through his eventually released and much more controllable son Jaime. And while that’s hardly a romantic ending to the tale, putting Tywin in power would be placing authority in one of the show’s most capable and competent characters. But of course, we still have five and half more (eventual) books of material to get through. And we have three baby dragons that need to reach adulthood. So simple explanations like my presidential primary style thought process simply aren’t going to cut it for Westeros. -- source link
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