Loveless Ties, Loveless World.

As you saw in my last post, I'm currently obsessed with 'A Song of Ice and Fire'. One thing I've really noticed in the books, is that none of the characters really have a happy ending, especially when it comes to love. Robb Stark died because he married the girl he fell in love with. Cersei was made to marry Robert Baratheon, whom she didn't love (she loved her brother Jaime, so that would never have a happy ending).

The war was fought due to Rhaegar Targaryen's abduction of Lyanna Stark. No one really knows what happened there. Whether she was abducted, or went willingly. But that was the reason for  Robert Baratheon and Ned Stark to take up arms against the Mad King, Aerys Targaryen. I'm getting too much into the unnecessary details, I know.

What I'm trying to say is, royalty isn't all that it's cranked up to be. What is the point of being powerful when you can't even be with the person you want to be with? What is the point of all that wealth when you don't have someone you love to share it with? Sure, you have the world at your fingertips, but wouldn't it be fruitless when you're stuck in a loveless marriage that took place for the sole purpose of increasing power and continuing the royal bloodline? I would much rather be a commoner. Free to do as I pleased. Not be a pawn in the games that are played. As a young girl, I dreamed of being a princess and having my own palace. After watching 'Game of Thrones' and reading 'A Song of Ice and Fire', I'll settle for being just a city girl. If not for anything else, at least I won't have people gunning to kill me. Or even marry me. 

Marriage is meant to be a sacred union. Game of Thrones renders it almost sacrilegious. The most horrifying things happen mainly at weddings. Death, treachery, barbarism. While I love the stories, I'm glad that Westeros is just a fictional place. I don't know what I'd have done in such a world, where everyone is deliberating their next move in this very complicated game of chess. Where one's actions are motivated by power, not love. Where honourable men are mocked and love is considered a weakness. It sounds absolutely frightening and nightmarish. Definitely not my cup of tea.