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Was something special. It was written by George R.R. Martin himself, author of the original books, and it contained some key turning points in the saga. But most of all, it asked an important question.Is there any room for mercy in the cruel world of Westeros and the lands across the Narrow Sea?
Over the course of eight episodes, this world has been built up as an absolute Hobbesian nightmare, where the strong prey on the weak and the victors destroy the vanquished. So if you show mercy to someone, are you just asking for them to slit your throat later? Or is mercy the only way to bring a glimmer of civilization into this dreadful place?
As with everything else in Game of Thrones
The phrase "the madness of mercy" comes from the lips of Ned Stark himself, who explains himself to Lord Varys. Ned is locked in the dungeon, as a result of his treason of failing to recognize Joffrey Bieber as the true King. Ned explains that it wasn't honor that made him tell Queen Cersei that he knew the truth about her sons' parentage — it was mercy. Because Ned knew that if he told King Robert that his sons were all bastards born of incest, King Robert would have lopped their heads off. So he wanted to give Cersei a chance to save her children.
And as Varys observes, Ned's mercy killed the King. Because now that Cersei knew that Ned knew the truth and she couldn't stop Ned from telling the King, she had no choice but to have the King killed, via some really strong wine and a wild boar.
Rule #1 of mercy: Don't show any until you've actually beaten someone.
The Lannisters, of course, are showing precious little mercy in return, slaughtering Ned's men and attempting to capture his daughters. (I love the way they draw back and hesitate a bit when Septa Mordane advances on them.) It's a pretty brutal scene, in which everybody gets cut down.
So is mercy always a mistake? Maybe not. Consider the case of two different women: Mirri Maz Duur and Osha. Both of these are women who are spoils of battle, who get spared.
In the case of Mirri Maz Duur, she's one of the "sheep people" who are in a town that Khal Drogo captures in battle. Drogo wants to sell the townspeople as slaves, to raise money to invade Westeros. But when Daenerys sees one of Drogo's men raping Mirri Maz Duur, she puts a stop to it and puts Mirri and the other women under her protection. Unfortunately, Daenerys' act of mercy causes some dissent among Drogo's men, and Drogo gets injured putting them in their place. (And who among us does not now long to see Jason Momoa play Conan? Holy crap, what a great scene.Savage Sword Of Conan - News
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