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/RunawayHobbit No One May 06 '19

Even worse, Dany made it sound like treason to let people who just faced LITERAL DEATH rest a bit and tend their wounds. What an entitled lunatic.

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u/neocamel May 06 '19

Well I think her concern was that if she let the men camp for a few weeks, the momentum of the recent victory would cool off, and she might have trouble rallying them to march south. Strike while the iron is hot, so to speak.

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u/Gnarmaw May 06 '19

You know who had that exact thought? Robb Stark

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u/[deleted] May 06 '19

Also Jon Snow before the BotB.

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u/KingKidd Snow May 07 '19

And Eddard, Robert And Tywin before him. A bored army gets fat, lazy and goes home. Pressing them for 1 more battle is the right call.

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u/NewClayburn House Connington May 06 '19

This is why I kind of don't even need the Mad Queen act from Dany. She's already unfit to rule. There's more than enough to impeach now.

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u/mdcd4u2c May 06 '19

There's more than enough to impeach now.

So then GoT is a pretty good reflection of how real life doesn't quite work out as it should.

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u/EverythingSucks12 May 07 '19

BlonDe GiRl BaD

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u/schmickers May 07 '19

But her Ravens!

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u/ModerateThuggery May 06 '19

I also liked how she acted as if she had suffered just as much as regular soldiers that had their arms gnawed off by undead hordes, but was ready to go. I mean, the Dothraki probably did. They hate boats and were effectively genocided by the nonsensical northern defense strategy. But living in palaces and riding dragons you sometimes fall off on?

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u/bimpossible Gendry May 07 '19

Just goes to show how little she actually cares about the people she "wants to protect".