History Analysis / GameOfThrones

[[WMG: Each season's ending scene is symbolic of either fire or ice, alternating between seasons.]]

Euron's story actually hits every vital note for a classic Hero's Journey. He leaves his homeland, he has adventures in foreign lands that grant him knowledge and power, he overthrows his people's evil king and is crowned in his place, he slays a dragon, and he beds a queen. These are all the things Heroes do, only Euron is as far from heroic as could be. Every single classic Hero's accomplishment is turned on its ear and made into a bad thing. Many reviewers have pointed out that Euron is the only character in the story who gets everything he wanted, and he does it by hitting every note in a mythic story arc. In a thousand years, when storytellers tell the tale of the fall of the Seven Kingdoms, Euron will be the hero. And considering that the dragon he killed belonged to Daenerys, who went on to burn King's Landing and will likely be remembered as nothing more than a mad tyrant like her father (hated by most of Westeros), Euron will preassembly be remembered as one of the greats for his part in bringing down a tyrant, similar to Robert Baratheon.

Euron's story actually hits every vital note for a classic Hero's Journey. He leaves his homeland, he has adventures in foreign lands that grant him knowledge and power, he overthrows his people's evil king and is crowned in his place, he slays a dragon, and he beds a queen. These are all the things Heroes do, only Euron is as far from heroic as could be. Every single classic Hero's accomplishment is turned on its ear and made into a bad thing. Many reviewers have pointed out that Euron is the only character in the story who gets everything he wanted, and he does it by hitting every note in a mythic story arc. In a thousand years, when storytellers tell the tale of the fall of the Seven Kingdoms, Euron will be the hero.

Euron's story actually hits every vital note for a classic Hero's Journey. He leaves his homeland, he has adventures in foreign lands that grant him knowledge and power, he becomes a renowned warrior through his own achievements, he slays a dragon, and he beds a queen. These are all the things Heroes do, only Euron is as far from heroic as could be. Every single classic Hero's accomplishment is turned on its ear and made into a bad thing. Many reviewers have pointed out that Euron is the only character in the story who gets everything he wanted, and he does it by hitting every note in a mythic story arc. In a thousand years, when storytellers tell the tale of the fall of the Seven Kingdoms, Euron will be the hero.

* Season 8 ends with [[spoiler:the Iron Throne melted by dragonfire, and the first signs of spring emerging from winter.]]

* Season 8 ends with [[spoiler:the Iron throne melted by dragonfire, and the first signs of spring emerging from winter.]]

* And Season 7 ends with [[spoiler: the icy White Walkers bringing down a portion of the Wall and crossing into Westeros proper]]

The name of the TV Series as opposed to ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' or perhaps some of the other book tiltes - ''A Storm of Swords'' and ''A Clash of Kings''. For one thing those titles are too "fantasy" or too "medieval", they suggest something suited to a special genre and associated theme. The TV series is a fantasy series but at the same time it is less fantastic than the books(which was less fantastic than other fantasies). The title ''Game of Thrones'' sounds like a fantasy but it also has something timeless to it, it's exotic without being medieval and fantastic. This also suits the series which has a different dimension than the books. The books is about the fantastical elements interacting with a world of {{Realpolitik}} and the tension between ideals, medieval chivalry and political necessities. The TV show is largely about debunking fantasy and medievalism altogether, its mostly about politics and living in a feudal world, which pegs it to other genres like The West Wing while retaining an exotic element.

* The pattern continues in Season 5,with Jon Snow. His last name is literally Snow, and he is a member of the house of Stark who is closely associated with Winter and Ice. Doubly so since as a member of the the Nightswatch he has in fact actually not only travelled further North than any other character, but he has actually fought the ice-monsters that live in the farthest North. And even more with the fan theory that is confirmed next season [[spoiler:that Jon is also a Targaryen (a house associated with dragons and fire) and he will be resurrected by the fire priestess Melisandre]]

* The pattern is broken in Season 5, unless you take certain fan theories into consideration. [[spoiler:More specifically, Jon is a Targaryen (a house associated with dragons and fire) and he will be resurrected by the fire priestess Melisandre]]

The name of the TV Series as opposed to ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' or perhaps some of the other book tiltes - ''A Storm of Swords'' and ''A Clash of Kings''. For one thing those titles are too "fantasy" or too "medieval", they suggest something suited to a special genre and associated theme. The TV series is a fantasy series but at the same time it is less fantastic than the books(which was less fantastic than other fantasies). The title ''Game of Thrones'' sounds like a fantasy but it also has something timeless to it, it's exotic without being medieval and fantastic. This also suits the series which has a different dimension than the books. The books is about the fantastical elements interacting with a world of {{Realpolitik}} and the tension between ideals, medieval chivalry and political necessities. The TV show is largely about debunking fantasy and medievalism altogether, its mostly about politics and living in a feudal world, which pegs it to other genres like The West Wing while retaining an exotic element.

• It's possibly unintentional, but Tyrion states, "All dwarfs are bastards in their father's eyes," in the first season. Jon Snow has established that Bastards are considered to have flippped the colors of their father's sigil: to Tywin, Tyrion isn's a true golden lion, he's a red one. "A coat of gold, and coat of red, a lion still has claws..." This becomes apparent when the leitmotif plays in the credits after Tyrion's trial in The Laws of Gods and Men the moment where he has officially declared himself an enemy of his father and sister and glares them in utter hatred and fury.

* The Title Game of Thrones...

•It's possibly unintentional, but Tyrion states, "All dwarfs are bastards in their father's eyes," in the first season. Jon Snow has established that Bastards are considered to have flippped the colors of their father's sigil: to Tywin, Tyrion isn's a true golden lion, he's a red one. "A coat of gold, and coat of red, a lion still has claws..." This becomes apparent when the leitmotif plays in the credits after Tyrion's trial in The Laws of Gods and Men the moment where he has officially declared himself an enemy of his father and sister and glares them in utter hatred and fury.