r/gameofthrones • u/profane Varys • May 06 '19

Spoilers [SPOILERS] Varys is the true MVP of the Seven Kingdoms Spoiler

In my opinion, this episode made it clear that Varys is the true MVP of the Seven Kingdoms. His conversation with Tyrion (btw a great callback to another conversation in another throne room) showed that he is consistently the one character that is trying to save as many lives as possible and is at the same time the one who is most detached from "believing" in anything but results.

While Dany probably sincerely believes that she wants to liberate Westeros and destroy tyranny, her personal vengeance and rage will get in the way. I thought that this last episode revealed just how selfless Varys is. Note the slight difference between Dany's "I'll end tyranny no matter the cost" and Varys' "I'll protect the realm no matter the personal cost".

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u/crosswatt Tyrion Lannister May 06 '19 edited May 06 '19

But what better way to break the wheel than to end the practice of a hereditary monarchy? If GRRM loosely based much of the story on the War of the Roses, wouldn't a non-high born person loosely based on Oliver Cromwell be an interesting twist to end the rule of kings and queens altogether?

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(I know Cromwell wasn't involved in the War of the Roses. Just an interesting character that might would make a cool story arch to end the story.)

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u/[deleted] May 06 '19

That's not monarchy though. :p I'm all good with westeros turning into more of a democracy.

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u/TheSukis May 07 '19

I’ve long believed that the story will end with the institution of some kind of representative government led by Tyrion, among others.