the magic that carries us through..or not

[furius]

Whatever criticism I have for Harry Potter or her rendition of Tonks or CS Lewis' view of feminism etc fades when I realise that the theme of GRRM's deconstructing high-fantasy is that women are unfit to rule. It seems as if in A Dance with Dragons, we are being given a list, just in narrative form

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[paraxdisepink]

I still haven't finished. It's hard.

But GRRM is really showing some unfortunate colors later in the series. I haven't gotten to Cersei's new chapters yet, but I've read some of Dany's, and the basic mention is, yes, both women are too emotional (in different ways) to rule. Both women reject the sound advice of others around them because they're too emotional to rule. The same is true in his portrayal of Catelyn to an extent. And even Arianne. The only woman who doesn't seem over emotional, to the point of clouding her judgment is Asha - who's loosely a ruler in the sense of being king on her own deck

I'll bet at the end he'll put creepy, rapey Tyrion on the throne, who's big problem with Cersei if you ask me is that she had sex with Jaime and not him too. Because he feels entitled to the love of beautiful women, and when he doesn't get it, or believes he hasn't got it (Tysha, prior to aSoS) he reacts violently.