UCersei uya eNorma Bates ngokupheleleyo. (HBO)
1. Ngubani lo f * ck ngukumkani omtsha? Kwaye sasiphi isihogo uTywin kunye nezifundo zembali xa umzukulwana wakhe wokugqibela wayekhula esiba ngukumkani ophambeneyo ???
Ewe, inkosi entsha nguTommen Baratheon, kunjalo! Uyazi, umninawa kaJoffrey omncinci? Enye into e-blond uberbaby evela kuhenyuzo lukaCersei noJaime? Hayi, ungakhali naziphi na iintsimbi?
Ewe, ungakhathazeki ngayo. Cinga nje ngaye njengoRickon Stark, okanye ngokuchanekileyo, ungacingi ngaye njengoRickon Stark, kuba akukho mntu uhlala ecinga ngoRickon Stark. Ngoku ekubeni uTommen engukumkani omtsha weLannister (nangona ngobuchwephesha itrone kufuneka ibe ye ... jeez, iCrone yazi kuphela okwangoku… Ndicinga ukuba uStannis unelona bango lilungileyo, ngaphandle kokuba ufuna ukubiza bonke abantu baseBaratheon, UDaenerys,) uya kubonakala ebalasele kancinane kunomlinganiswa omncinci kunabo bonke uStark, kodwa yinto efanayo phakathi kweentsapho ezimbini ezilwayo ukuba umntwana omncinci uhlala efumana indawo yokugqibela. Kulungile, okwesibini ukuya kwelokugqibela: iwadi izokugqibela. Kwaye ke, umntakwethu onesiqingatha. Ke owesithathu-wokugqibela. Nangona phambi kwamantombazana.
Njani: oyena nyana mncinci kulo naliphi na usapho olunikiweyo uya kuba ngowoyena mntu uzalwa ngqo oyindoda. Ngaphandle kokuba kukho into ekhubazekileyo phambi kwakho.
Akuzange kube njalo kum ukuba kutheni uTywin evumela uJoffrey ukubaleka ejikeleza esenza njenge-goddamn sociopath ngaphandle kwe-G.E.D, kodwa aqale ngezifundo zembali zomntakwabo omncinci ngaphambi kokuba umzimba wenkwenkwe yenkosi ubande etafileni. Kodwa ngelixa sasibukele isiqephu, uNoam wakhankanya ukuba uTywin wayengekho ngokwenene ekukhuliseni uJoffrey… wayeseCasterly Rock. URobert noCersei bawuphakamisa lo mkhwa mncinci, kwaye nangona uTywin wayenokufumana iindlela zabo zokukhulisa abantwana… ezingathandekiyo… wayengenawo nomlenze omninzi wokuma kumngeni kuKing Robert malunga nokuba ngumzali ongekhoyo emsebenzini. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, lo mfo ngandlel 'ithile waphoswa yinto yokuba abantwana bakhe abadala babenza amehlo ngaphandle kwesango lesibeleko.
Kodwa ngoTommen, uTywin unethuba lokubumba ingqondo yenkwenkwana encinci enomdla, esenokuba isenokuba luphuculo ngaphezulu kokutshitshiswa kukaCersei nguNorma Bates ngendlela yesithsaba. Njengokuba simthiyile uTywin ngokuba ngumntu obandayo, obala i-pragmatist, akanguye idummy, kwaye isifundo sakhe sokuqala kuTommen sisandi: ukuba kuphela iiKumkani zaseWesteros zazimamele iiHands zazo, ngebengengabo bonke uyaphila?
Ityala elingelilo apho elingasebenziyo likwiKing Aerys II Targaryen, osandla sakhe samngcatshayo. Elo Sandla igama? UTywin Lannister.
2. Ulele njani u-Joffrey kwireferensi yelizwe kwaye uguqula njani okokuqala sidibana noCersei noJaime?
Kwisiqendu sokuqala somboniso, kwindawo yokuqala apho sibona khona uKing's Landing, sibona uJon Arryn osandula ukubulawa ebekwe ngokuchanekileyo njengoJoffrey elapha, ngamatye afanayo e-esile emehlweni akhe. Kwaye lo mboniso ukwaziswa kwethu kuCersei noJaime: ukumkanikazi ujonge nje ngokuba oDade Abathuleyo bathambekele kumzimba kaJon Arryn, kwaye uJaime uza emva kwakhe ukuba amxelele ukuba ukhathazekile kakhulu.
Oku kukuphinda ubuye ngobukrelekrele kwinxalenye yomboniso, kuba ayisikhumbuzi nje kuphela ukuba uCersei noJaime bafika kude kangakanani ukusukela kuloo ndawo (okanye ngokuchaseneyo, ukuba bakhule kancinane kangakanani), kodwa umzuzu wangoku ubuyisela umva phantse kuyo yonke into kuloo ndawo. Apho uCersei wayexhalabile ukuba indawo yakhe ekubulaweni kukaJon Arryn iza kufunyanwa, kwaye ngoku unqwenela ukufumanisa ukuba ngubani owabulala unyana wakhe. Ngoku u-Joffrey owayebulewe wayeyimveliso yomanyano wabo, eyona mfihlelo bambulala uArynn ukukhusela. Kwaye nangokunjalo.
Kodwa ngaphezulu koku, ukubhekiswa kuloo ndawo kusilungiselela-kangangoko umntu enokulungela-ngenxa yenkohlakalo embi yesini esiza kuyibona. Emva phayaa, uCersei wayethetha encoma ukungoyiki nokungakhathali kukaJaime, ezona mpawu zimenza ukuba amthiye ngoku, kwaye zona kanye ezo zimvumelayo ukuba zimophule kunye nobungcwele bendawo yokuphumla konyana wakhe ngokungenalusini. Kwaye nangona ebonakala ekhathazekile yile nto ihloniphayo ngoku, ukuma kwakhe konke kunye nesimo sakhe sengqondo ngomzimba kaJon Arryn kwimeko yangaphambili wayegqibe ngokungabi nantlonelo. Ngokuqinisekileyo asenzelwanga ukuba sicinge ukuba uCersei ufanelwe koku, kodwa kananjalo asivumelekanga ukuba silibale uthotho lweziganeko ezamkhokelela apha.
3. Esi siqendu sisenza ukuba sifune ukubathiya abantu esikhule sibathanda: UJaime, uHound, iiWildlings. Ngaba ubugqwetha beHound busenza ukuba simthiye okanye simthande ngakumbi? Ngaba u-Arya akanalwazi okanye uhloniphekile? Ngaba sinobukrelekrele ngokuziva singcatshiwe?
Esi siqendu sichitha iinzame ezininzi zisenza sikhumbule ukuba yeyiphi indawo enobubi, eyoyikisayo iWesteros: iqala ngeemfesane zikaLittlefinger's Machiavellian ngenzuzo yeSansa, kwaye isibonisa abantu abaninzi abamsulwa babulawa ngokungacwangciswanga ngamatye asendle (loo ndawo, enobungozi bayo, Umama wakho wenza iitapile ezibilisiweyo kwakhona zivula, iyothusa ngokupheleleyo nakwisihlandlo sesithathu). Kuphantse ukuba umboniso uthi, Hei nonke, ndiyazi ukuba nonke beninamaqela kwiveki ephelileyo xa uJoffrey waswelekayo, kodwa musa ukubhiyozela okwangoku. Ihlabathi lisabambe kakhulu. I-Westeros ayizange iqhume kwiintyatyambo kunye neengoma emva kokubhubha kokumkani okhohlakeleyo. Iingxaki zayo zi-systemic, azisekelwanga nakweyiphi na imithetho ye-sociopath.
IHound mhlawumbi iyakuqonda oku kunye naye nabani na. Uya ngaphandle kokuncamathiselwa okanye ukunyaniseka kuba uyazi ukuba ziyadlula, kwaye ke ziziphazamiso zobuyatha. Uyakholelwa ukuba ezi nkqubo zehlabathi azinakuphepheka njengomjikelo wamaxesha onyaka - umfama onobubele abayo kuye akasayi kuphila ebusika nokuba kwenzeka ntoni, kwaye ke ukuphakamisa isilivere yakhe kungaphezulu kokufanelekileyo; iyavakala.
UArya mncinci, kodwa ukrelekrele, ulumke kakhulu kuneHound. Uqala nje ukubona indlela yakhe engena kwaye ijikeleze iinkqubo ezilawula umhlaba, kwaye apho iqabane lakhe libona ukungaphepheki, kubonakala ngathi linokwenzeka utshintsho. Ubuqhetseba obabanika isidlo esishushu kunye nebhedi yayiliqhinga lovelwano-u-Arya wabona imeko awayeyiqonda kwaye wayisebenzisa ukuba ibe luncedo kuye, kodwa yayingekokubala kubanda nje. Wayeyiqonda into ayibonayo kuba naye wayelahlekelwe ngumzali. Wayebasizela aba bantu, kwaye babuya beziva belungile. Kwaye uqala ukubona ukuba oku kunokuba yindlela ejikeleze iinkqubo ezibandayo nezikhohlakeleyo ezilawula umhlaba wakhe.
Oku kungamampunge kuphela ukuba sicinga ukuba uArya ngenene akayazi indlela elibi ngayo ilizwe-kwaye le yintombazana eyabona utata wakhe enqunyulwa intloko phambi kwakhe. IHound, isixhobo esingacacanga, inokubona uvelwano njengokubona kufutshane komntwana okhuselweyo, kodwa eneneni akakhuselekanga.
Ufuna ukukholelwa, njengoyise, ukuba umhlaba ungatshintshwa ngokusesikweni: wenze okulungileyo kokulungileyo ukohlwaya okubi. Kodwa wabona apho kwafika khona uNed, kwaye ukude kwisidenge. Ekuzameni ukuqonda ukuba kutheni ekholelwa nje ukuba uMlutha akalunganga, usebenza ukuqonda kwakhe iinkqubo zehlabathi-kwaye siyazisebenza kunye naye.
4. Ingaba umzuzu kaSer Davos kaEureka uyangqinelana noko kwakuthethwa nguTywin malunga nendlela ookumkani abalawula ngayo? Zifana njani izandla zombini kule meko?
Uhluphekile Ser Davos! Konke afuna ukukwenza kukufunda kwaye uthembeke kukumkani wakhe ongekhoyo. Uluhlobo lwe-bromance lwento uSer Jorah ayiyo kuDany: ukuzinikela ngokungathembekiyo, ukungahoywa ngokungaguquguqukiyo, uyolo lwendawo yomhlobo. (Ngokukodwa ukuba uyakholelwa, njengoko ndenzayo, loo ndawo yabahlobo iya kuba ligama eligqibeleleyo lasemhadini e-Dragonstone.)
Kodwa uDavos kunye noTywin ongenanceba banokuvumelana ngento enye ubuncinci, njengoko sifundile esi siqendu. Oko kukuthi, ukuze ube nobulumko kufuneka uqonde ukuba awunguye umntu okrelekrele egumbini. Ukuba ulungile, ungcwele, kwaye womelele ngekhe kukufikise kude ukuba awukwazi ukufumana ukuba loluphi ukhetho olumkileyo nolungelulo. Amaxesha ngamaxesha (ke… kabini) uDavos ukwazile ukuthintela into embi ngokuzithoba phambi kwentombi ejongene nocikilishe kaStannis uShireen. Ebemfundisa indlela yokufunda, kwaye ekugqibeleni uyabhatala, njengoko ekhunjuzwa ngexesha lokuhamba kwakhe rhoqo ezantsi kwimemori yeendlela ngexesha lencwadi apho abaLannista basaphule umthetho ngoku, kwaye enye i-Savings & Loan edolophini, i-Iron Bank I-Braavos, ayizukuthanda isimemo sokumkani esihlaziyiweyo: AbakwaLannisters bahlala behlawula amatyala abo… ekugqibeleni.
UDavos uyaqonda ukuba anganakho ukucenga iBhanki ukuba ixhase iStannis endaweni yeLannisters, kwimeko apho banokuthi baphume baye kuthenga iinqanawa ezininzi zobambiso lweprprime. Nangona emva kweqamza lezindlu lokungqingwa kweKing Landing, ungacinga ukuba uDavos angazama elinye iqhinga, endaweni yokuphinda abambise indlu yakhe ngokuthenga izikhephe ezininzi. (IiAnalogies!)
Kodwa uTywin angazingca ngoDavos, ukuba bebengekho macala aphambene ngokupheleleyo alo mlo: nasemva komzuzu wakhe wobukrelekrele, iOnion Knight iyazigcina ngokujonga uShireen ukuba abhalele ileta leya ebhankini. Yeyiphi eyona ilungileyo, kuba akukho mntu ufuna ukuyokuboleka uCharlie Kelly. 
Inguqulelo? Ufuna iimali ezingaphezulu.
5. UGilly umele ntoni kuSam, ngaphandle komdla wothando? Umele ntoni uSam kuGilly?
Owu, Sam. Ukungena kwakhe kuthando lwasendle kungakhange kube yimpumelelo okanye kuphumelele ngaphezu kukaJon Snow, kuxhomekeke kwindlela ojongeka ngayo. Kwelinye icala, uGilly akadubuli ngeentolo emilenzeni yakhe kwaye uhlala ezama ukumbulala. Kwelinye icala, ii-Sam's zaqala ukumhlophe-ukunitha intombazana enemicimbi ephambili katata (utata wakhe naye ngutata womntwana wakhe, ke… ewe) abo uya kusoloko esoyika kakhulu ukuba aqhubeke.
Into ngo-Sam kukuba uxhomekeke ngokupheleleyo: nguye kuphela umlinganiswa Imidlalo yeethrone okhangeleka kwaye enze ngathi angathanda ngokwenene ukufunda iincwadi zikaGeorge R. R. Martin. Ungoyena dweeb ukhuselayo wokugqibela we-Dungeon Master, kwaye kuyamangalisa ukuba uhlala ixesha elide. Kodwa kuGilly, uSam akayena nje umntu ophefumula ngomlomo kunye ne-perma-crush kwi-BFF Jon yakhe, uyinxalenye yomkhosi owoyisayo owamkhulula ebukhobokeni bukayise waza wamsindisa ekufeni unyana wakhe. Kananjalo, engaqondanga wabulala abanye abaHamba kwabaMhlophe, ngexabiso elingakanani na Imidlalo yeethrone Ukulingana nokutyibilika kwixolo lebhanana kwaye ngempazamo unkqonkqoze kwibala lesikolo ukungcungcutheka.
Asikuko nokuba uSam unamehlo acace gca: ubeka ipanyany ephezulu kakhulu kumgangatho wentsingiselo kangangokuba Molo uM'Lady -ing her xa sele eyi-DTF.
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KuSam, uGilly kufuneka abe yintombazana ekubandezelekeni ukuze azibone njengegorha. Kungenxa yoko le nto efuna ukumkhupha ngaphandle kweCastle Black kodwa akonwabanga ngokulinganayo xa ephela kuloo dolophu yoonongqongo ekufutshane. Uyamdinga ukuba amdinge, kunye nengqondo yakhe imfutshane-ejikelezayo nakweyiphi na inkling yokuba angangumntu omdala oneemfuno zakhe zesondo okanye umntu onokuthi azithathele. Ngethamsanqa kuye, akanguye… kwaye olo hlobo lwesizathu sokuba aba babini benze umdlalo ogqibeleleyo.
6. Kwakutheni ukuze uTywin alinde de usapho lwakhe lube buthathaka kakhulu ukuzama ukwenza isivumelwano noDorne? Luhlobo lwamakhonkco angenanto, ngakumbi kuba u-Oberyn kunokwenzeka ukuba ukwilenqe lokubulala uJoffrey.
Ukubeka phambili kukaTywin, kunzima. Into yokuba ade athabathe olu luvo e-Oberyn ikubonisa ukuba unzulu kangakanani lo mbandela, kuba ayisiyiyo kuphela ithuba le-snowball esihogweni sokuba u-Oberyn angamkela isihlalo kwibhunga eliphezulu ngaphandle kokuba ngabom ukungcatsha ii-Lannisters, kodwa kuba abakwaDornish bathe tye kuye ngalo lonke ixesha lomtshato, owaziyo ukuba uyamcaphukisa uTywin kunombono wokuba banokuba nesandla ekubulaweni kukaJoffrey. Kuya kufuneka uthethathethane no-Oberyn kufuneka umtye ephila.
Kodwa iiLannisters zibuhlungu. Ngoku usapho luqhekeke ngokusisiseko, kunye nomzukulwana wakhe obulewe kwisikweleti etroneni, iindawo zabo ezibuthathaka zikhona ukuba zibonwe lihlabathi. Yonke into yomntu oza kuzirhintyela kuya kufuneka ayenze kukungqongqoza oneminyaka eli-12 ubudala kwaye isihlalo sobukhosi se-Iron siza kulungiswa. Kwaye emva kwawo wonke loo msebenzi unzima!
