Imitshato ihlala isilila. (HBO) 1. Ngubani uMyranda, kwaye kutheni uRamsay Snow ebulala inenekazi lakhe?
Uyalikhumbula elo xesha uTheon Greyjoy waphulukana nentloko yakhe emva koko waphulukana nenye intloko? URamsay unamashweshwe akhe amabini (ezincwadini abizwa ngokuba ngabashushumbisi beebhedi) akhulule omnye komnye kwaye aqale ukurhwebesha uTheon, kanye ngaphambi kokuba uRamsay angene kwaye atyhoboze uTheon. UMyranda wayengomnye waba babini.
Intombazana abayizingelayo emahlathini ibizwa ngokuba nguTansy, kwaye ungomnye wabantu abafudumeleyo ebhedini kaRamsay. Uthi bayambulala ukuze anyange iMyranda, owayenomona wokuba uRamsay umjongile. Kodwa uRamsay luphawu olukhethekileyo lokuphambana, ngubani owaziyo ukuba kutheni besenza nyani? Mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba bacinga ukuba kumnandi. Umtsalane, akunjalo?
2. Wenza njani uRamsay ngaphandle kwemvume kaRoose? Kutheni le nto uReek / Theon engambulali uRamsay?
Hayi iiBoltons. Okanye, er, awkward… iBolton / iKhephu. Ngokwenene zizinto ezikhuthazayo ukuba ucinga ngako. Komnye umboniso, unyana okwishumi elivisayo onesiqholo ozama ngamandla ukubuyela kwiinceba zikatata wakhe obizwa ngokuba ngu-Surviving Jack kwaye ngekhe abonakale. Kodwa utshintsho lwefilial kwi Imidlalo yeethrone ziyafudumeza iintliziyo, kwaye ubumnandi bomboniso buchaza elona gazi libandayo lababulali ngenxa yemicimbi katata wabo.
URamsay, inkwenkwe entle enentloko ebusayo ene-sadistic streak (kwaye onokuthi umazi njengoSimon ovela kwimiboniso yaseBritane iMisfits), watyhilwa kwisizini ephelileyo ukuba abe ngunyana wobugqwirha (yiyo loo nto igama lokugqibela likaRamsay linguSnow, hayi kuba enxulumene kuJon) kaRoose Bolton, uMantla owangcatsha amaStark kuMtshato oBomvu kwaye wafumana umfazi otyebileyo uFrey kunye noMgcini wegama eliseMantla kule nkqubo. Njengo Roose chided, wayeyalele u-Ramsay ukuba abambe u-Theon ukuba asetyenziswe njengesixhobo sokurhweba ngama-Lannisters xa bezama ukudlula i-Moat Cailin, ephantsi kolawulo lukatata ka-Theon, u-Balon Greyjoy.
Ngoku ukuba u-Theon ukhutshiwe kwaye watyhobozwa (apho, kwi-sitcom, kuya kugunyazisa ukubanjwa kwentloko, ukuncwina, kunye nesiginesha yokubonisa: Oo, Ramsay, wena cray!), Akanantsingiselo kuyise, yiyo loo nto icinyiwe itafile. Cinga ngeMoat Cailin njengeNdlela yeFort Lee kwiGeorge Washington Bridge, kunye neBhaloni njengoChris Christie, kunye noTheon njengoBridget Kelly osetyenziswa ngokupheleleyo. Ngoku uRoose akasoze angene emantla ngexesha lesidlo sangokuhlwa! (Eso yayisesona sifaniso sibi kakhulu endakha ndasenza, ndiyaxolisa.)
Ungacinga ukuba xa u-Theon enesitshetshe esibukhali emqaleni womthimbi wakhe, wayeya kumbulala kwaye asikhuphe esihogweni. Okanye ubuncinci umsebenzise njengomthinjwa ngelixa u-sloooowly exhasa umnyango. Kodwa u-Theon-as-Reek ulithenwa elaphukileyo. Nokuba ukusweleka kuka-Robb-umntakwabo kunye no-Catelyn wakhe ongumama kungamenza ukuba athathe amanyathelo. Kwakhona, u-Theon wayehlala elungile malunga nokungcolisa izandla zakhe… kwafuneka ukuba abethelelwe u-Sir Rodrik Cassel kwisizini ezimbini ezidlulileyo. Inqaku likaRamsay kukuba ngoku u-Theon ngubitch weBoltons, banokumsebenzisa nangona befuna, mhlawumbi njengempimpi ukuba bakhetha ukumrhweba ngomsele. Ewe kunjalo, loo mpikiswano ayibambeki manzi okoko uRamsay wathumela uBhaloni unyana wakhe ebhokisini, ngokuqinisekileyo eqinisekisa ukuba i-Ironborn enetyiwa iya kumfumana u-Theon engenasizathu ngakumbi kunangaphambili.
3. Kutheni le nto uJoffrey ephindaphindeka ngendlela emasikizi kwiTyrion?
Kungenxa yokuba iTyrion kuphela komntu owakhe wambiza ukuba abe lilishwa elincinci. Ngelixa emhle kakhulu umntu ngamnye omngqongileyo, ukuya kuthi ga kubandakanywa nonina wokufota, uyazi ukuba uJoffrey sisidenge esithandwayo, ngandlela thile uye waziqinisekisa ukuba ufumene imbeko nembeko kubo. U-Tyrion, nangona kunjalo, ukwenze kwacaca gca ukuba uyambona uJoffrey womntwana okhohlakeleyo oyinyani. Uyikhumbule impama, eyona nto ibalaseleyo eyake yenzeka kumabonwakude? UJoffrey uyazi ukuba umalume wakhe akamhloniphi, kwaye ke, ngelixa ezonda wonke umntu nayo yonke into, unenzondo ekhethekileyo ebekelwe umalume wakhe.
Kodwa kutheni konke oku kuphuma ngoku? UJoffrey ebesoloko eyigcinile le ntiyo okwexeshana, kutheni le nto ebonisa ukuba woyike ngoku (ngokufanayo nje ngaphambi kokuba asweleke, kwaye ke ngoku ekrokrela iTyrion)?
UJoffrey ugcinwe ngandlela ithile kusapho lwakhe, owaziyo ukuba unamandla kakhulu. Kodwa ngomtshato wakhe, nangona esengaphantsi kobuchwephesha, umama wakhe akasenakuba ngu-Queen Regent, njengoko ngoku kukho indlovukazi endala. (Kungenxa yoko le nto u-Oberyn ezilungisa kwaye embiza njengo-Queen Regent Cersei Lannister.) Ngenxa yokuba umfazi wakhe omtsha ethanda ukuthotywa endaweni yokoyika, uJoffrey ukholelwa ukuba umtshato wakhe umbeka ngaphezulu kwengqwalaselo yosapho.
Ukongeza, ngokusesikweni, ngokusesikweni, iimeko zikawonke-wonke zibonelela ngo-Joffrey. Ngasese, umama wakhe okanye utat'omkhulu anganako ukumgxeka, kodwa esidlangalaleni abanobuganga bokuphikisana nokumkani, nto leyo elityala lokufa. Ngaphezu koko, uJoffrey ufuna ukuhlazisa iTyrion kangangoko kunokwenzeka, kwaye lo, ngowona msitho mkhulu wentlalontle iminyaka, ngabaphulaphuli abakhulu anokubathemba.
Okokugqibela, ayisiyiyo into yokuba iTyrion imsulwa ngokupheleleyo apha. Isipho sakhe somtshato, incwadi, ngokucacileyo yayenzelwe ukuba ibe yinto yokuxhokonxa inkosi engeyiyo le nto umntu angathi ngumfundi onomdla. Kwaye uyivelisa njengothotho lwezifundo zokumkani, ecebisa ukuba kungabikho-ngobuqhetseba ukuba uJoffrey kuninzi anokukufunda. Ukukhethwa kwesipho kwakuyimpazamo egwenxa kwicala likaTyrion, kuvutha intiyo yenkosi esele inamandla ngaye.
4. Yintoni ngoStannis otshisa abantu bephila? Ingaba ukubona usapho lukaStannis lusebenzisana njani noMelisandre kuyitshintsha njani indlela esicinga ngayo ngendima yakhe njengomntu othembekileyo kaStannis?
IiBaratheon, njengaye wonke umntu waseWesteros ngaphandle kweMantla, zalawula ngokholo lweZisixhenxe. UMelisandre, oligqwirha lomhlali kulo mboniso, uzifakile njengesandla sasekunene sikaStannis kwaye inkolo yakhe, ekhonza uThixo wokuKhanya ogama linguR'hllor, inoluvo olungenaluvelwano ngabawexuki. Akucaci nokuba ukutshisa abantu bephila – okanye ukuzincama kwedini- yinto kaThixo oBomvu (ewe, uR'hllor uneqela lamagama, naye), okanye ukuba yindlela kaMelisandre yobuqu yokujongana nokungavisisani kwizikhundla. Kodwa isigqebelo esigqibeleleyo sesokuba umfazi oligqwirha oza kubeka ilangatye kubahlambululi bemveli; ukujija okumnandi kwimbali yethu yeSalem.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, umboniso wawusenza ukuba sikholelwe ukuba ukuthanda kukaStannis nomfundisikazi waseR'hllor kwakuhambelana nento yokuba wayelele naye, ingekuba wayithenga ngokupheleleyo kuyo iNkosi yokuKhanya. Ngokwenene ube luhlobo lomntu oguqukayo, uhlobo lomntu ofuna ukubona ukuba uthixo wakhe omtsha angamsebenzela njani ngaphambi kokuba aqale ukwenza amadini abantu.
Kodwa ngoku siyabona ukuba uMelisandre unamakholwa angqongqo ngakumbi kwindlu yakhe. Umfazi wakhe we-moony u-Lady Selyse wayenomdla wokubona amalungu osapho lwakhe etshiswa ephila esibondeni ukuze umphefumlo wakhe uhlanjululwe okanye nantoni na. (Akanaye umntakwabo ezincwadini, ke sicinga ukuba lo mfana utyiwa ngamadangatye e-Dragonstone ngumahluko ka-Alester Florent, umalume.) Emva kokuba eshiye umbono wokuba enze okufanayo kwintombi yakhe, Utyhola uStannis ngokukhulisa umntwana, ekugqibeleni siyabona ukuba ingoyena mntu uphilileyo apha ekhaya. Umbono wokuba uStannis abe ngumbhali kwesi sibini yinto enkulu yokuba kukho into engalunganga kule ntsapho kwakude kudala ngaphambi kokuba kungene uMelisandre.
5. Zithini iinkolo apha? Kwaye leliphi eliphumelelayo?
Kukho iinkolo ezahlukeneyo kwihlabathi leMidlalo yeTrone (khumbula ukuba uThixo otyhafileyo otywiliselwe u-Theon wabhaptizwa?), Kodwa zintathu eziphambili eziza kudlala kwesi siqendu.
Okokuqala, sinokholo lwaBasixhenxe. Le yeyona nkolo iphambili, emiselweyo eWesteros. Abalandeli bayo bakholelwa kwizithixo ezisixhenxe, kodwa ziyinyani zonke okanye ubuso bothixo omnye. Uhlobo lobuthathu bobuKristu, kodwa olunemiba esixhenxe endaweni yesithathu, kunye nohlobo lwerhafu olunesini kunye nesinegunya. BanguYise (oyindoda, umela umgwebo nobulungisa), uMama (owasetyhini, umele ukuba ngumama, ukondla, inceba), iQhawe (indoda, imele amandla emfazweni), iMaiden (eyasetyhini, imele ubumsulwa nobunyulu ), uSmith (oyindoda, umele umsebenzi wezandla kunye nobugcisa), i-Crone (eyasetyhini, imele ubulumko) kunye ne-Stranger (engachazwanga, imele ukufa nokungaziwa). Abantu baya kuthandaza kwinto ethile yesixhenxe ngokuxhomekeke kwinto abayifunayo. Abo bafuna isikhokelo bathandaza kwiCron, njl.
Njengonqulo olusemthethweni, ubomi baseWesteros bunxibelelene kakhulu noKholo lwaBasixhenxe. UJoffrey kunye neMargaery batshata kwi-Great Sept yaseBaelor- iseti (ukusuka kwingcambu yesiLatin isixhenxe) yindlu yenkonzo yokholo eneendonga ezisixhenxe, enye inikezelwe kwisixhenxe ngasinye. Kwaye qaphela inkwenkwezi enkulu ekhombe isixhenxe ngaphezulu kwesibingelelo. . Bafanele ukuba ngabangatshatanga, kwaye ewe, ukuba ubunokuzibuza, uGeorge R.R. Martin usekele ngokupheleleyo le nkolo kubuRoma Katolika.
UMelisandre ngumfundisikazi wenkolo eyahlukileyo, ozinikele kuthixo owahlukileyo, owaziwa ngokwahlukeneyo njengeNkosi yokuKhanya, uThixo oBomvu noR'hllor. Le nkolo yeyomntu, apho iNkosi yokuKhanya, emele yonke into elungileyo, itshixelwe kumlo ongunaphakade ngokuchasene nothixo uthile, iNkosi yobumnyama okanye enye eNkulu. Abalandeli boThixo oBomvu bakholelwa ukuba lo mzabalazo uya kuqhubeka de kufike umesiya wabo aze aphule isikhubekiso.
Abalandeli beNkosi yokuKhanya konke malunga nomlilo. Bathandazela ukuvuka kwabafileyo, bajonge kuyo ukuze babone ukuba bakholelwa ukuba yimibono ngekamva, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha nokuba (ngakumbi ukuba bengoMelisandre) batshise iintshaba zabo kuyo. Kwaye kunye nomlilo, inkolo yabo ibotshelelwe kwiidragons. Umesiya kufanele ukuba abuyise iidragons, ke abanye abantu ngokuqinisekileyo baya kucinga ukuba uDany nguYesu. UMelisandre, nangona kunjalo, ucinga ukuba nguStannis.
Inkolo yesithathu enkulu kwiMidlalo yeTrone yaziwa ngokulula njengonqulo lukaThixo oDala, okwaziwa ngokuba zii-Old Gods zeHlathi. Lunqulo olwalukho eWesteros ukusukela ngaphambi kwexesha elibhaliweyo, kwaye luye lwaqhubeka ukubakho ecaleni koKholo lwaBasixhenxe njengoko inkolo leyo yabongayo kweli lizwekazi. Abanye abantu, enyanisweni, bakholelwa kwezi nkolo, zozibini njengamaKristu akwiBuddha. Oku kuyinyani ngokukodwa eMantla, apho inkolo yeeThixo eziDala isasasazeke kakhulu, nalapho ungakhe uve khona abalinganiswa bethandaza koothixo abadala nakwabatsha.
Inkolo yinto ye-animist, apho umhlaba wendalo ucinga ukuba uphiliswa ngoothixo abaninzi abangenamagama. Amagqirha okuqala enkolo aqabe ubuso kwimithi ye-weirwood, njengaleyo ichukunyiswa lisebe ngaphambi kokuba libe nombono. Le mithi, eyaziwa njengemithi yentliziyo, ziindawo zonqulo lwenkolo yakudala. Abalandeli benza izifungo phambi kwemithi enjalo-uJon Snow wenza isifungo sokuba lilungu leNight's Watch phaya, njengoko wenzayo uSam Tarly, owayengengowaseMantla kodwa waguqukela kakuhle kwinkolo yooThixo abadala ngeloxesha.
Ngokumalunga nokuba yeyiphi inkolo ephumelelayo, konke kuxhomekeke kwinto oyithethayo ngokuphumelela. Ngokucacileyo uKholo lwaBasixhenxe lusalawula uninzi lwelizwekazi kwaye luyinxalenye yemisebenzi yemihla ngemihla yabantu abaninzi apho. Yinkolo esekwe kwaye lonke uluntu luxhelekile ngayo. Oko kwathiwa, ayilulo unqulo olukhulayo. Abantu babonakala beziqhelanisa nokuzonwabisa. Inkolo yeNkosi yokuKhanya, kwelinye icala, iyafumana umhlaba. Abasebenzi bayo banenzondelelo yempambano, kwaye inenye yabasukumi bomlo wesithsaba ngokukodwa phantsi kwebhanile yayo. (Akunjalo ukuba iiLannisters zilwela ukukhusela imbeko yesiXhenxe, emva kwayo yonke loo nto - zizama nje ukugcina amandla.) Kwaye ngokubuya kweempungutye, umlingo wenkolo yabo uya usomelela ngokomelela.
Kodwa sukuyibala inkolo yooThixo abadala ngaphandle ngokupheleleyo. Ayisiyonkolo iqhelekileyo eyenziwa eMntla- ikwayinkqubo yenkolelo yabo bonke abo bangasentla kodonga. Kwaye kukho umkhosi omkhulu wamaxhosa amadala akholwa nguThixo kwindlela yawo emzantsi…
6. Ngubani oyena mbi kumtshato omncinci wentetho: uJaime okanye uCersei? Kwaye ngubani olungileyo, iMargaery okanye uKumkanikazi wameva? Incoko yomtshato ibonisa njani ukuba iLannisters ityibilika kwindawo ekuhlaleni?
Kwanangaphambi kokusweleka kukaJoffrey, kuyacaca ukuba iiLannisters ziqala ukuphulukana nendawo ephezulu kwisikhundla samandla seWesteros. Kuyabonakala ngalo lonke ixesha emtshatweni, ukusuka eCersei ezama ukubuyisa umoyana wamandla kwindlovukazi entsha uMargerie ngokufuna ukuba umthendeleko oshiyekileyo ungayi kwabahluphekileyo kodwa ezinjeni, kuLoras Tyrell ethetha ngokungafihlisiyo ngobudlelwane bukaJaime nodadewabo. … Ebusweni bakhe. Oku ngekhe kwahamba ngaphambili, kodwa uKnight weentyatyambo ukhuselwe kwingqumbo kaLannister kumacala amabini: udadewabo uMargaery uza kuba yikumkanikazi, kwaye ulungiselelwe ukutshata noCersei. Njengokuba kuqhele ukwenzeka kulo mboniso, umtshato ungowesivumelwano sokurhweba kunesenzo sothando: AbaseTyrell ngoku bangamaqabane athuleyo, asebenzisana netrone.
Oko kwathethi, eyona migca mihle isaya e-Oberyn, i-Inigo Montoya yaseDorne. Sibizwa ngokuba sisifo sendoda esisityebi, uxelela uTywin, ebhekisa kwi-gout yomntakwabo. Kuyamangalisa ukuba awunayo. Ukwalawula olona tshiso lukhulu lwakha lwatshiwo kwiLannister, umgca omnye kamva:
Abantu kuyo yonke indawo baneeyantlukwano zabo. Kwezinye iindawo, ukuzalwa okuphezulu kukufixiza kubantu bokuzalwa okuphantsi. Kwezinye iindawo, ukudlwengulwa nokubulawa kwamanina nabantwana kuthathwa njengokubi.
UNed Stark waphulukana nentloko yakhe esithi uJoffrey sisiphumo sombulo. Kodwa u-Oberyn kunye noMartell bangabaleka ngokutshiza izityholo ezifanayo (kunye nezinye ngaphezulu) kwiinyawo zosapho lwasebukhosini. Imfazwe inokuthi iphumelele ngabakwaLannisters, kodwa ibabize kakhulu kangangokuba nosolusapho owayesoyikeka uTywin wancitshiswa ekuthatheni ikaka kumakhulu kaMargaery malunga nendlela awaphule ngayo.
7. Kutheni le nto umntu enokuthi azikhathaze ngokutshata eWesteros okwangoku?
Kunene?? Imidlalo yeTrone ayiyipeyinti imitshato kwelona thuba lihle, kodwa njengomntu oza kuba ngumtshakazi, ndiyaqonda ukuba isixa sokulungiselela kunye noxinzelelo oluya kwezi ziganeko zihlala ziluncedo ekuphalazeni igazi kunepati. Phakathi koMtshato oBomvu kunye nokufa kobusuku bokugqibela, khawufane ucinge nje ukuba zinokuhluka njani izinto ukuba besinokuqala ukuphatha abantu abatshatileyo njengokuba besenza Imidlalo yeethrone : onke amadoda ayakube enxibe ibhiliyoni yempahla enzima, enexhala lokuba bayakuphulukana nomculo wabo, bala ukutya okanye ukusela nantoni na. Bebeya kuba ngabatshakazi.
Ayisiyomifanekiso njengophalazo-gazi lwangexesha elidlulileyo ezantsi, kodwa inani lokufa kwisiqendu sangokuhlwa sisenguqu lomdlalo. Onke amadoda kufuneka afe, ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa ngaba bonke kufuneka babhubhe emtshatweni?
