In the series, whenever a character puts their feelings before reason, they have a tendency to pay a heavy price. Whether they're the good guys or the bad guys, whether their motivation is mercy, cruelty, lust for vengeance or a personal sense of honor, when they listen to their hearts rather than their heads, they get fucked for it.
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Ned gave Cersei a warning out of pity for her children. It got him killed.
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Joffrey indulged in his vicious tendencies left and right and hardly listened to any advice. As a result, he got eliminated by supposed allies who deemed him to hard to control.
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Oberyn, drunk on his victory, dragged it out with an almost defeated Mountain instead of finishing him off as soon as he could. He indulged his sadistic desire to draw it out and lost his vigillance. That got him killed.
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Dany trusted Mirri Maz Duur, a person who had every reason to hate the Dothraki and Khal Drogo. It cost her the life of her child.
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Robb, on the show, broke a promise given to his allies for love. In repayment, they turned on him and killed him.
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Dany's campaign in Slaver's Bay is essentially a one, big chain of well-meaning, compassionate choices, ending in foreseeable, negative consequences for the people she was trying to help.
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Cersei empowered the High Sparrow to use him against her opponents, having no way of stopping him from turning on her, which is exactly what he did.
And those are just some examples. GoT consistently punishes those who fail to be pragmatic and reasonable. The message is deeply intellectual - aimed at the head, not the heart.
Submitted September 16, 2021 at 10:01AM by TrollHumper https://ift.tt/3AkRWA2
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