Varys has always been in King’s Landing, but he’s never been exactly loyal to the Lannisters, or anyone but himself, for that matter. Varys has proven himself to be the least impulsive character on this show. Not as a leader, necessarily, but as a hand to move the pieces.
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In the finale of last season, Varys saved Tyrion from certain death, then carted him around in a crate for a however long it takes to grow a full beard, because he knew Tyrion would be useful. (Arguably, a very strategic move was made when Joffrey was poisoned, but it’s pretty clear he was just a dick so he needed to go.) With the field of competition thinned out, the most strategic moves are now being plotted. Jon Arryn’s murder dropped the board and Robert’s death set the pieces. Ever more, Game of Thrones feels like exactly what it is: a game. The pool of Iron Throne competitors is thinning, and “The Wars to Come” made me realize it has been for some time. But the premiere of season five shows us it is the opposite. Once you start remembering everyone’s name, shit is about to get real in Westeros. You’d figure with more people fighting to get their tushes on the most uncomfortable chair ever, the more complicated everything would be. The death of Robert Baratheon was the catalyst for a dozen would-be rulers whose names I hardly remember to vie for their “rightful” place on the Iron Throne and kill a lot of other people whose names I hardly remember in the process.
That’s what I tried to do when I started watching Game of Thrones, but it didn’t take long for me to realize that was utterly pointless once I learned someone’s name they’d die. When one becomes invested in a television show, one needs to remember names.
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