Discussion GameOfThrones / TropesCToD

Removed most of the below, on account of them not applying to the immediate danger nature of the trope. If anyone disagrees about any of them, deliberation will ensue.

• Cliffhanger:
  • Season 1: Tyrion is sent to becomes Hand. Sansa is held captive at court. Arya joins a caravan for the Wall disguised as a boy. Robb is acclaimed King in the North. Jon joins a great ranging beyond the Wall. Daenerys hatches three dragons.
  • Season 2: Tyrion his power position. Littlefinger offers to help Sansa escape. Arya flees Harrenhal to find her family. Robb breaks his marriage pact. Jon joins the wildlings as a Fake Defector. Daenerys plunders and departs Qarth. Theon is betrayed. Winterfell is razed and Bran and Rickon flee north. The White Walkers move to attack the Fist of the First Men.
  • Season 3: Sansa remains a captive with no hope of escape. Arya goes on the run with the Hound. Jon returns to Castle Black barely alive. Roose Bolton and Walder Frey assume power. Theon breaks under Ramsay's torture. Yara Greyjoy sets out to rescue her brother. Bran passes beyond the Wall. Daenerys gains a horde of freemen followers.
  • Season 4: Tyrion plunges House Lannister into chaos before fleeing. Stannis arrives at the Wall. Arya departs Westeros. Sansa joins with Littlefinger. Bran meets the Three-eyed Raven. Daenerys confines her dragons.

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• Distaff Counterpart/Spear Counterpart:
  • Brienne and Loras. Both are knights in shining armor who are introduced as winners of a tourney event, earning their victory with the aid of Combat Pragmatism. They are heirs to their respective Houses, but they love Renly so much that they would rather dedicate their whole lives to serving him as a member of his Kingsguard. They are completely devastated after Renly is slain, becoming knights in sour armor, and both swear vengeance against Stannis. Although they end up with different masters, Loras and Brienne remain devoted to Renly in their own way, and have performed at least one act of Undying Loyalty.
  • Margaery and Renly. They both believe that the Machiavelli Was Wrong approach to ruling is best, and as a consequence, they have earned a Hundred Percent Adoration Rating among the smallfolk (the Stormlands for Renly and King's Landing for Margaery). Renly's desire to be The Good King and the effort he puts into being A Father to His Men mirrors Margaery's ambition to be The High Queen and her Friend to All Children charity work. They are both well-suited for court life, intelligent, responsible, good-looking and charming. Margaery isn't at all bothered by the fact that Renly is sleeping with her brother, and unlike most Westerosi noblemen, Renly doesn't mind that his bride may not be a virgin. They both love Loras very much (in different ways, of course!).
  • Sansa and Loras. Although neither of them are fully aware of the other's suffering in "The Climb," Sansa (an aspiring Princess Classic) and Loras (an aspiring Knight In Shining Armour) have learned the hard way that life isn't a fairy tale. Both of them carried romantic ideals, believing that they would "live Happily Ever After" with their beloved Baratheon ("Prince Charming" Joffrey for Sansa, "The Good King" Renly for Loras). Both have been crushed emotionally when their dreams transformed into nightmares (Joffrey turned out to be a sadistic psychopath and executed Sansa's father, while Renly was murdered not long after Loras pushed him to become king). Both have called Joffrey a monster.

Distaff Counterpart is supposed to be two characters that are basically the same, only with the gender swapped. It's usually a trope for spin-offs. Some examples from the page are Superman and Supergirl, He-Man and She-Ra, Hercules and Xena. The GOT examples, however, are just characters of the opposite sex with arguable similarities. They're not examples of the trope.