Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Literature / AGameOfThrones

Go To

OR

Added: 1490

Changed: 3

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** Ned mentions that Jaime is the heir to Casterly Rock, but the Kingsguard are later said to forswear all titles as the Night's Watch do — indeed, this becomes a major plot point for Jaime himself.

to:

** Ned mentions that Jaime is the heir to Casterly Rock, but the Kingsguard are later said to forswear all titles as the Night's Watch do -- indeed, this becomes a major plot point for Jaime himself.


Added DiffLines:

** In Jon I, Jon thinks about how younger Stark sons are given lands of their own to rule and, as such, Bran and Rickon will have holdfasts of their own to rule one day while he has nothing, which implies that there would be plenty of minor Stark cadet branches formed from all the younger sons of past generations. One would expect that these minor branches would be introduced in later books, especially during Robb's looming succession crisis in Book 3, but as it turns out, the Starks have absolutely no cadet branches outside of the very distantly related Karstarks and the extinct Greystarks; the closest kin that they have left are through their great grandaunt's marriage to a Vale house.
** In one of the first Daenerys chapters, grasses of many colors are described by Jorah Mormont. These aren't mentioned again, nor seen by the characters who cross almost the whole Dothraki Sea.
** At one point, Catelyn states that there are no weirwoods left south of the Neck besides the ones on the Isle of Faces. This claim is contradicted a number of times in later material. While the weirwood in the Blackwoods' keep can be assumed to not have been counted due to being long dead, the series has also described living specimens such as the one in the Dragonstone godswood that was cut and burned alongside the statues of the Seven after Stannis' conversion to the red faith. The preview chapters of ''The Winds of Winter'' outright mentions the presence of wild weirwoods in the Rainwood.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Crow in the books, Raven in the show.


* DramaticSpineInjury: [[WildChild Bran Stark]], while climbing up an old tower, sees [[SmugSnake Jaime]] and [[EvilMatriarch Cersei Lannister]] [[{{Twincest}} having fun]]. At Cersei's urging, Jaime pushes Bran out of the window. The fall doesn't kill him, but it does leave him comatose for a few weeks, and when he finally awakens, he learns that his back has been broken and he can no longer walk. Shortly afterward, he begins to have odd dreams which are the first steps to his becoming [[{{Seers}} the Three-Eyed Raven]].

to:

* DramaticSpineInjury: [[WildChild Bran Stark]], while climbing up an old tower, sees [[SmugSnake Jaime]] and [[EvilMatriarch Cersei Lannister]] [[{{Twincest}} having fun]]. At Cersei's urging, Jaime pushes Bran out of the window. The fall doesn't kill him, but it does leave him comatose for a few weeks, and when he finally awakens, he learns that his back has been broken and he can no longer walk. Shortly afterward, he begins to have odd dreams which are the first steps to his becoming [[{{Seers}} the Three-Eyed Raven]].Crow]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** Sansa's admiration of Cersei crumbles when she sees what a cruel, manipulative woman [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen she]] is. Joffrey is another example, though it takes longer; Sansa is so enamored with him that even as he's framing Arya for attacking him without provocation and had the Hound murder her friend, she can't think of him as evil;

to:

** Sansa's admiration of Cersei crumbles when she sees what a cruel, manipulative woman [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen she]] is. is, but it takes for a while to hit her; she did witness Cersei forcing her pet direwolf be killed yet blamed it entirely on Arya. Joffrey is another example, though it takes even longer; Sansa is so enamored with him that even as he's framing Arya for attacking him without provocation and had the Hound murder her friend, she can't think of him as evil;evil.
Willbyr MOD

Added: 530

Changed: 2

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
crosswicking a new trope



to:

%%








Added DiffLines:



Added DiffLines:

* DramaticSpineInjury: [[WildChild Bran Stark]], while climbing up an old tower, sees [[SmugSnake Jaime]] and [[EvilMatriarch Cersei Lannister]] [[{{Twincest}} having fun]]. At Cersei's urging, Jaime pushes Bran out of the window. The fall doesn't kill him, but it does leave him comatose for a few weeks, and when he finally awakens, he learns that his back has been broken and he can no longer walk. Shortly afterward, he begins to have odd dreams which are the first steps to his becoming [[{{Seers}} the Three-Eyed Raven]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Edited an example


** He strongly protests Dany's assassination attempt and is called an honorable fool for it, but if they had followed his advice [[spoiler:Drogo wouldn't have had any reason to care about invading Westeros, never would have run afoul of Mirri Maz Duur, and Dany never would have hatched the dragon eggs in his pyre.]] Dany and Drogo would probably have just led a simple life of horsemeat and the occasional raiding, raising their kids.

to:

** He strongly protests Dany's assassination attempt and is called an honorable fool for it, but if they had followed his advice [[spoiler:Drogo wouldn't have had any reason to care about invading Westeros, never would have run afoul of Mirri Maz Duur, and Dany never would have hatched the dragon eggs in his pyre.]] Dany and Drogo would probably have just led a simple life of horsemeat and the occasional raiding, raising their kids. Also, Ned points out the CripplingOverspecialization of the Dothraki as an all-cavalry force with no ships, meaning they'd only be a threat "the day they teach their horses to run on water."

Added: 477

Changed: 127

Removed: 294

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** And the House Stark words: "winter is coming". They basically mean don't get comfortable because things will go wrong. At the beginning of the book, the decade-long summer is wrapping up, the kingdom is prosperous and at peace and the autumn harvests are just starting. [[spoiler:At the end the kingdom is ear deep in debt, a massive civil war is starting, the king is a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk, the fields are burning and ''winter is coming''.]]

to:

** And the House Stark words: "winter is coming". They basically mean don't "don't get comfortable because things will go wrong. wrong." At the beginning of the book, the decade-long summer is wrapping up, the kingdom is prosperous and at peace and the autumn harvests are just starting. [[spoiler:At the end the kingdom is ear deep in debt, a massive civil war is starting, the king is a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk, the fields are burning and ''winter is coming''.]]



* ImpoverishedPatrician: Viserys Targaryen.

to:

* ImpoverishedPatrician: Viserys Targaryen.Targaryen is one of the last Targaryens, but he's basically penniless and living with Magister Illyrio at the start of the series.



* SiblingYinYang: [[AlwaysSecondBest Ned and Brandon]], [[RedOniBlueOni Robb and Jon, Jaime and Tyrion]], [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling Robert and Stannis]], [[TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry Catelyn and Lysa]], [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Sansa and Arya]], [[CainAndAbel Viserys and Daenerys]].



* SherlockScan: Sansa, at Renly's invitation, identifies him as a Baratheon based on the stag on his armor, and concludes based on his age that he's the youngest of Robert's brothers.



* SiblingYinYang: [[AlwaysSecondBest Ned and Brandon]], [[RedOniBlueOni Robb and Jon, Jaime and Tyrion]], [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling Robert and Stannis]], [[TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry Catelyn and Lysa]], [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Sansa and Arya]], [[CainAndAbel Viserys and Daenerys]].



* ThoseTwoGuys: Sansa's BFF's Jeyne Poole & Beth Cassel.

to:

* ThoseTwoGuys: Sansa's BFF's BFFs Jeyne Poole & and Beth Cassel.

Added: 540

Changed: 540

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Jon Snow, [[HeroicBastard bastard]] son of Ned Stark, decides to join the Night's Watch after his father leaves Winterfell, and defend the realms of men against whatever foes lie Beyond the Wall. For some eight thousand years, the answer to that question has been, "Not much," but today things are different: rangers are lost, dead men begin walking the land and creatures known as "The Others" have been sighted. And the Night's Watch, once a noble order but now mostly an ArmyOfThievesAndWhores, is only marginally ready to stop them...



* Jon Snow, [[HeroicBastard bastard]] son of Ned Stark, decides to join the Night's Watch after his father leaves Winterfell, and defend the realms of men against whatever foes lie Beyond the Wall. For some eight thousand years, the answer to that question has been, "Not much," but today things are different: rangers are lost, dead men begin walking the land and creatures known as "The Others" have been sighted. And the Night's Watch, once a noble order but now mostly an ArmyOfThievesAndWhores, is only marginally ready to stop them...

to:

* Jon Snow, [[HeroicBastard bastard]] son of Ned Stark, decides to join the Night's Watch after his father leaves Winterfell, and defend the realms of men against whatever foes lie Beyond the Wall. For some eight thousand years, the answer to that question has been, "Not much," but today things are different: rangers are lost, dead men begin walking the land and creatures known as "The Others" have been sighted. And the Night's Watch, once a noble order but now mostly an ArmyOfThievesAndWhores, is only marginally ready to stop them...
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* FearIsNormal: Early in the opening chapter, young Bran has the following conversation with his father Ned:
-->'''Bran:''' Robb says the man died bravely, but Jon says he was afraid.
-->'''Ned:''' What do you think?
-->'''Bran:''' Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?
-->'''Ned:''' That is the only time a man can be brave.

Added: 459

Changed: 46

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* KickTheDog: When her son Joffrey, gets mauled by Arya’s pet direwolf, Nymeria, who was in defense of her master, Cersei believes his lies over his role in the fight and demands Nymeria’s pelt. Arya forced her to run away, but Cersei spitefully forces Sansa’s pet direwolf, Lady, to be the one killed in her place. Eddard forces himself to be the one to do this, knowing Cersei will relish in his family’s sorrow by making Lady’s pelt as some sort of trophy.



** Sansa says it to Arya, telling her that they should have cut off her head instead of Lady's.

to:

** Sansa says it to Arya, telling her that they she, and at one point Nymeria, should have cut off her head died instead of Lady's.Lady.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* KarmicNod: After being mortally wounded by the boar, Robert regrets ordering the assassination of Daenerys and tells Ned: "that's why, the girl... the gods sent the boar... sent to punish me...".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Dewicking Stockholm Syndrome per TRS


* QuestionableConsent: Considering Dany has been married off against her will to the huge, powerful warlord Drogo, their marriage night is surprisingly tender, with Drogo softly caressing her and at least trying to gain her consent despite the language barrier. However, keep in mind all the circumstances, and also that he begins roughly raping her in a more stereotypical manner the nights afterward. Eventually Dany decides to learn some techniques from her handmaidens so she can exert some control in the bedroom, and her marriage with Drogo progresses into StockholmSyndrome.

to:

* QuestionableConsent: Considering Dany has been married off against her will to the huge, powerful warlord Drogo, their marriage night is surprisingly tender, with Drogo softly caressing her and at least trying to gain her consent despite the language barrier. However, keep in mind all the circumstances, and also that he begins roughly raping her in a more stereotypical manner the nights afterward. Eventually Dany decides to learn some techniques from her handmaidens so she can exert some control in the bedroom, and her marriage with Drogo progresses into StockholmSyndrome.increasing fondness.

Changed: 41

Removed: 246

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Removal of malformed wicks created during cleanup of GCPTR


* FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler: Catelyn Stark's beloved child apparently falls from a tower. ''Then'' someone is sent to kill him because he could have seen something he shouldn't, and ''then'' your husband is allegedly framed for treason, executed and your daughter held captive in a DecadentCourt]]. And it gets worse.

to:

* FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler: Catelyn Stark's beloved child apparently falls from a tower. ''Then'' someone is sent to kill him because he could have seen something he shouldn't, and ''then'' your her husband is allegedly framed for treason, executed and your daughter one of her daughters is held captive in a DecadentCourt]].DecadentCourt; the other is missing]]. And it gets worse.



%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

Top