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Originally Posted by TMagic |
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1. Kind of besides the point. But why would we assume that no one else would find out even if we are assuming Varys never got the word out?
When Tyrion spoke to Varys, the first thing he asks is who else knows. Then he says, well it's not a secret then. Hundreds will know soon. Hell we saw how quickly Jon let the cat out the bag, then Sansa, then Tyrion. And those were after they promised not to tell. So why would we believe that would be kept secret now?
Based on what we've seen, it would make more sense to assume that the people would find out.
2. Mad King did a lot of ****ed up things before he decided to wildfire the city. Part of the reason why he was given the name. I'm not saying Jamie did it for those reasons. But only Jamie knew what the King was about to do before he killed them. So even with people knowing how ****ty the Mad King was, Jamie was still vilified throughout the kingdom. It's not a reach that Jon could get similar treatment.
Just pointing out again, Tyrion in this episode said half the people hate him for being with the Queen and the other half hate him for betraying her. Why would Jon be treated any differently?
3) Agreed that in retrospect the decisions he made were the right decisions. The problem is in the moments leading up to them, he alienated his subordinates and the people he was supposed to be leading. The Nights Watch wanted no part of the wildlings and he brings them across the wall. The North have sought out their independence from season one and then, once he becomes king in the north, he bends the knee to a foreigner.
He doesn't know how to manage people or play "the game". He just does what he feels is right. And in the show we see how it has negatively affected the people he is supposed to be leading, whether it winds up being the right thing in the future or not. As King, he couldn't continue doing that. He would have to be smarter, which he hasn't shown that he's able to do to this point.
Bran on the other hand is "the three eyed Raven". He knows all of history. How each decision has played out throughout each reign. He can see or predict the future (I think... maybe...who knows? Lol). He's best equipped to make decisions more than anyone with the "powers" he has. And more than anything else, he wouldn't make any decisions out of personal gain or let emotions cloud his judgement like the other characters would.
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1. Well my reasoning is if they really wanted people to know, then when they were all sitting around deciding who would rule would have been the perfect time for someone in the "know" to say something and nobody did. It was as if Jon was a complete after thought other then Sansa asking where he was, to which she put up zero fight about when told. The people aren't the brightest, I mean Jon rode a dragon and nobody outside of Tyrion or Dany seemed to even take notice to how unusual that was. Tormund saw it and didn't seem to put it together, **** anyone at Winterfell saw it during the fight with the dead and nobody apparently put it together then either. I refuse to give the common folk or even the so called "Lords" any benefit of the doubt as they don't seem too bright.
2. That whole spiel by Tyrion was over dramatic. The worst he did was take off his badge and toss it down the stairs, nobody knew about him letting Jaime free and probably never would have since very few really knew it seems. Logically he distanced himself from the Queen after she decided to go all ballistic on the civilians for no reason, he didn't kill her, so I doubt anyone would have hated him for that. I get it, it was said, but imo it was complete over dramatization.
3. I get what you're saying to a degree regarding Bran but if he can see the future then that means he knew Dany would torch the city and Jon would kill her leaving the throne open for the taking. If he did then he definitely let things play out the way they did for his own personal gain. I just don't see how Bran who accomplished very little and the powers of being the three eyed raven were never really put on full display is somehow a better option then Jon and having strong advisors around him. I feel like I'm arguing points that make no difference and are based on things that didn't happen anyways so I'll leave it alone.