Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25266931-20161109142908/@comment-25936766-20161114231023

KNN005 wrote: I can't get into GoT. Everyone's selfish. There's almost no characters who actually want to help people. It's just a bunch of fucked up people vying for more power even though they have plenty. That's the whole point. It's not the Idealistic "Good guys vs Evil" fantasy like, say, Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. It's a deconstruction, of many things.

98% of the world is fucked up one way or another, and the remaining 2% that are loyal/honest/brave/honorable don't last, sometimes because of their loyalty/honesty/bravery/honor, as was the case with Ned Stark.

And unlike in more typical fantasy works, when someone fucks up, there are indeed grave consequences.