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  1. Tho they often screw up character arcs I gotta say GoT has always been super clear on theme. All plots push the characters to test their convictions along a scale, will they always do the: right thing, right way right thing, wrong way wrong thing, right way wrong thing, wrong way
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      When you really divide up the characters along these axis the fact that the night king gets kicked in the ass quickly makes more sense, because he isn't really interesting to the GoT show themes, he's just a tool to test them along the axis the writers are interested in.
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        I'm not saying this is good or bad, but it is the consistent thing that the writers have pushed this basically from season 1, and as a lens for understanding show decisions it usually works.
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          So Jamie is always wrong thing, right way. Varys: right thing, wrong way. Cerci: wrong thing, wrong way. Ned Stark: right thing, right way. Etc... The main interest is testing these characters convictions to the extreme. Even when such extremes are suicide or awful to the world
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            Characters are usually given the chance to slide along these axes, these are the interesting part of the show, but usually only one way at once. Jamie gets an opportunity to serve the right purpose. Daenerys to do the right thing, the right way, John the wrong purpose, and so on.
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              Anyway this is my master class in not being surprised or disappointed by Game of Thrones. I mean, they can still screw up the individual characterization, but at the end it all becomes about having them move on one axes or the other...
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                B/c the core question is: will the wrong thing, the wrong way tempt the characters to be bad or will the right thing, the right way prove its virtue and win out in the end. Once again, not saying this is a good way to write the show, but it is consistent.
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                  The downside of all this is that it tends to rob the individual characters of their agency. Which, as a viewer who has invested in these characters, can feel cheap.
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