Game Of Thrones Season 5, Episode 10 Review: Mother’s Mercy

Game Of Thrones Season 5, Episode 10 Review: Mother’s Mercy.Spoilers through Season 5 of ‘Game of Thrones’ follow, as well as discussion of the books.

“My duty is to the realm. How many boys dwell in Westeros? How many girls? How many men, how many women? The darkness will devour them all, she says. The night that never ends. She talks of prophecies . . . a hero reborn in the sea, living dragons hatched from dead stone . . . she speaks of signs and swears they point to me. I never asked for this, no more than I asked to be king. Yet dare I disregard her? We do not choose our destinies. Yet we must . . . we must do our duty, no? Great or small, we must do our duty.”

~ Stannis Baratheon, from A Song of Ice and Fire, speaking of Melisandre and her prophecies.

Jon Snow is dead. Long live Jon Snow.

This was the same feeling I had at the end of the fifth book of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire. Jon Snow is dead, but really…he can’t be. Not entirely.

Because Jon Snow is the song of ice and fire. Some book thoughts/spoilers here, though it’s all theoretical now that the show and books are neck-and-neck, and viewers and readers are equals.

Jon Snow, I believe, is the son of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen, not of Ned Stark though Ned claimed him to protect him for all those years.

This makes Jon Dany’s nephew (though they’re about the same age, since she was so much younger than her eldest brother Rhaegar) and a slayer of White Walkers. He wields one of the last remaining Valyrian steel blades. Jon Snow is one of the chosen heroes of this saga. Azor Ahai, maybe.

In the shadow of Winterfell

I was prepared for Jon Snow’s death, or whatever it is. His death and possible resurrection. I have had years to dwell on it and stew over it and wonder. I was not prepared for Stannis to die.

I’m still not happy about it. Until last week, Stannis remained one of the more complicated, interesting characters in HBO’s fantasy drama. He was ruthless and utilitarian in his quest to become king, but he was never wicked in the same sense that Joffrey or Ramsay are wicked. His burning of Shireen was wicked, though, and foolish and out of character I think, still. It doomed him, but in the books his doom remains uncertain, as does his daughter’s fate. I’m not sure what to think now that we’ve come to the end of both books and TV show. The paths diverge, and yet here I am at the end of each. How strange.

The girl took a life that was not hers to take.

Another gratifying, gory scene takes place in a Braavosi brothel, where the pedophile/sadist Meryn Trant is caning three young girls because, well, Trant is an awful human being and we really need another example of this I guess.

Fortunately it serves a bit more of a purpose than just that. The third girl doesn’t react at all to the beating. It’s Arya, naturally, though she’s wearing one of the magic faces from the Faceless Mens’ sanctuary.

She kills Trant with gusto, stabbing out both his eyes, slashing him wildly, stabbing him over and over in the chest, all while monologuing impressively. Then she cuts his throat, which is more than he deserved. Ah well, these “good” moments in Game of Thrones are so rare, let’s just enjoy them. Arya needed a kill, needed to whittle away at that long death list of hers.

“What have we become, when kings and high lords must dance to the twittering of Sparrows?” ~ Lord Randyll Tarly

In King’s Landing, Cersei confesses to her crimes—though not all of them.

For this, the High Sparrow, now the most powerful man in the capital city, allows Cersei to return to the castle and to her son, King Tommen. She just has to do a walk of atonement first, naked and barefoot from the High Sept to the Red Keep.

Her hair cut short, her robe discarded, Cersei walks. She walks to the taunts of a jeering crowd, to horrible insults and hurled food and filth. The Sparrows protect her as she shambles along, not breaking down, her feet bloodied.

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Dear Daddy Playlist

Dear Daddy Playlist : Songs for Fathers Day

With Father’s Day just around the corner, now is the time to think of the man that stood tall in your life from day one. Of course, not all us us are so lucky to have had ones. So from Jay Z and Stevie Wonder showing love to their newborn daughters to Tupac Shakur giving his pops the finger and Madonna cursing hers as well, here are some daddy-related cuts to let ring this Sunday.

Madonna, “Papa Don’t Preach“

In the pop stars’ iconic song, Madonna tells her father about her pregnancy and though it’s probably not what one would want to hear on Father’s Day from their young daughter, the defiant song is a highlight on Madonna’s 1986 album “True Blue.” Singing “What I need right now is some good advice,” she reaches out to her dad for guidance. Madonna’s single was No. 1 on the Hot 100 for two weeks in 1986.

The Game, “Like Father, Like Son“

Closing out The Game’s debut album, this emotional song chronicles the birth of the Compton rapper’s son. Busta Rhymes sings the sentimental chorus: “But in the end I hope you only turn out better than me / I hope you know I love you young’n, like father, like son.”

Eric Clapton, “My Father’s Eyes”

Clapton wrote this song to parallel looking in the eyes of his son, who died at age four, and the eyes of his father, who he never met. The heartbreaking song shows the singer longing for the experience of a father-song relationship: “Bit by bit, I’ve realized,” he sings, “That’s when I need them / That’s when I need my father’s eyes.” The single made it to No. 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1998.

The Temptations, “Papa Was a Rolling Stone“

From the 1972 album “All Directions,” this classic single is about an absent father. They sing, “Papa was a rollin’ stone /Wherever he laid his head was his home / And when he died, all he left us was alone.” It was a No. 1 Hot 100 single in 1972.

Bruce Springsteen, “My Father’s House”

Springsteen had an uneasy relationship with his father, but this song talks about overcoming these difficulties and embracing him. The Boss sings, “I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart / Will never again, sir, tear us from each other’s hearts.”

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