[ SECRET POST #4473 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4473 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Note from OP: All images obtained without creepy family stalking: James & Sullivan Marsters' from a promo shot for their band, Jensen & JJ Ackles' from Jensen's public Instagram]


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[Queer Eye]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #640.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[feotakahari]

Post I just saw on Tumblr:

“Yo, Martin has killed off a grand total of two (2) POV characters who stayed dead over the course 5000 odd pages of text. Most people don’t realize this, because they only watch the show, and therefore don’t get “I am a POV character”/“I am not a POV character” labels, but still. The main proponent of the cynical realpolitic world view that the series is known for literally died while shitting himself, Martin’s way of telling us that everything he stood for is full of shit. The main antagonist force in the series is literally the embodiment of grimdarkness itself. (The show changed this, because in the show all problems are resolved by punching things in the face, so the show needed a villain with a face that could be punched.) The world is almost certainly going to be saved due to Ned Stark having been a decent person 20 years ago. “Men’s lives have meanings, not their deaths.” Etc.”

[soldatsasha]

That's a great comment, and one I totally agree with. I avoided GoT for a long time because of it's supposed cynicism, but when I actually watched it I found it's 110% NOT that. It appears that way on the surface, and if you just listen to what the characters say then you might be fooled. The world might be grimdark and horrible, but the story itself subverts those tropes all over the place.

Westeros doesn't reward the good and kind people immediately. But their goodness has lasting positive effects. Good people humanize even the greatest of villains. Cersei with her kids. Tywin with Arya. Sandor with Sansa and Arya. Theon with Sansa. Jaime with Brienne. etc. etc. etc. And for a lot of those matchups, it leads to redemption. Bad people becoming something better, because there's something better for them to believe in.

That's pretty much the opposite of cynical.