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Say what you will about the #GameOfThronesFinale, the John Hughes homage was a bold choice to end on.
I just need Benioff and Weiss to see this and I'll officially be "the Game of Thrones meme guy" instead of "the Suicide Squad video guy"
I know the text goes by a bit fast, but like my heroes D&D I started from the need to end on "nothing ever lasts forever/everybody wants to rule the world" and worked haphazardly backwards from there.
I doubt many subjected to the Milgram experiment were pleased to discover they could be inhuman.
Similarly, #GOT fans are angry to discover they were backing a privileged monster, even though she’s been using a weapon of mass destruction to roast her enemies alive for years.
Similarly, #GOT fans are angry to discover they were backing a privileged monster, even though she’s been using a weapon of mass destruction to roast her enemies alive for years.
All that nonsense about “sure, but the character arc was too sudden”: what was the character arc like for Churchill when he ordered the firebombing of 200,000 civilians in Dresden, or of Henry Truman when he ordered a second city destroyed by an atomic bomb?
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No lengthening of the story would have eased the shock here or made indiscriminate slaughter seem narratively “more natural,” “believable,” or “correct.”
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Do the Geneva Conventions apply in Westeros?
For the #GameOfThronesFinale the @RedCrossAU analysed every violation of international humanitarian law.
Over 70 #GameOfThrones episodes, over 100 war crimes.
Let’s go.
For the #GameOfThronesFinale the @RedCrossAU analysed every violation of international humanitarian law.
Over 70 #GameOfThrones episodes, over 100 war crimes.
Let’s go.
Joffrey. Tywin. Cersei. Ramsay Bolton. Walder Frey. Euron Greyjoy. Masters of the Harpy.
They have all killed sick or wounded soldiers.
Even if they are the enemy, all sick or wounded on land they are protected under the first Geneva Convention and its Additional Protocols.
They have all killed sick or wounded soldiers.
Even if they are the enemy, all sick or wounded on land they are protected under the first Geneva Convention and its Additional Protocols.
Remember the Battle of Blackwater?
Any of Stannis’ soldiers who survived the wildfire would have been protected by the second Geneva Convention and its Additional Protocols, which covers the wounded, sick and shipwrecked at sea during war.
Any of Stannis’ soldiers who survived the wildfire would have been protected by the second Geneva Convention and its Additional Protocols, which covers the wounded, sick and shipwrecked at sea during war.
I wrote about why the downturn of storytelling in #GameofThrones also explains why it's hard for us to deal with Facebook, YouTube, AI, etc. The show was a rare beast: a sociological narrative in a world dominated by psychological/individualized ones. blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/t… 
Hear me out, it's same reason why "if there was time travel, should you kill baby Hitler" is neither an important question nor a real dilemma. It may seem like a stretch from fantasy dragons to history, but it's not. The implicit structure with which we tell our stories matters.
I resisted making the title “Why Game of Thrones Explains Baby Hitler.” 😬 Barely. But that is what it’s about! Also Facebook. 🤷♀️
