OH FANDOM YOU NEVER DISAPPOINT: Game of Thrones edition
So about five months ago, I had every intention of writing about at least one narrative decision which I love and which fandom hates. And then I got sidetracked from the meme (not sure why, since opening up this document I see that I had several of them either planned or done???) but also, which decision? I've already talked about plenty of roundly
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like the Rhoynish prince in the Turtle Wars with the Valyrians, Doran will live long enough to see Dorne burn in dragonfire
I did not catch that parallel but I think it's totally on point.
Doran evinces a strong, strong desire to put his people's safety before his own personal feelings--and yet, he's chessmastering all over the place precisely because he can't let go of his grief (and who can blame him, really).
Yeah, it's a complicated thing in a totally believable way. I've come to think that Doran's foot-dragging on his plotting and scheming was really about him knowing his plan was a terrible idea. Because the plan being to marry Arianne to a Targaryen so that she could become queen does nothing but put Arianne in the same position Elia was in. And to his credit, he really doesn't want to use his daughter as a replacement for his sister, he knows that the whole tragedy wasn't about the fact that Elia was never crowned queen. And I kind of think his overripe plotting was actually about, part of him never intended to go through with it, he was more scheming for the sake of scheming, for feeling like he was resisting somehow without actually putting any more lives at risk. Which, you know, not the healthiest coping mechanism in the world, but hardly the worst one, either. Until Oberyn dies, and now Doran is grieving and isn't The Reasonable Brother who pushes back against Oberyn's hotheadedness anymore, and so he sends Quentyn off to do what Oberyn would do. (I think that's the chronology?)
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