tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post498816018846243192..comments2024-03-08T13:21:43.158-05:00Comments on Saideman's Semi-Spew: Secession in Westeros: It Ain't OverSteve Saidemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-84152123652116801762019-05-29T13:46:00.173-04:002019-05-29T13:46:00.173-04:005 kingdoms not four. The Vale, The Riverlands, The...5 kingdoms not four. The Vale, The Riverlands, The Reach, The Stormlands, and the Lannister lands makes 5. And who controls the Lannister Kingdom? Tyrion?Horacecohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02272782245074379504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-67188471485400837052019-05-20T13:21:26.018-04:002019-05-20T13:21:26.018-04:00Note that Dread Pirate Araya is headed west. Who k...Note that Dread Pirate Araya is headed west. Who knows what civilization lies that way and how it will interact with the known kingdoms?Doug Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-59435730686229754602019-05-20T11:41:38.224-04:002019-05-20T11:41:38.224-04:00Continuing the Night's Watch means continuing ...Continuing the Night's Watch means continuing the war against the wildlings/Free Folk.<br /><br />The Dothraki will be slaughtered, as convenience and occasion permit. <br /><br />In the new Westeros, Sansa has de facto rule of the Vale and the Riverlands because of the astonishing incompetence of their rulers, both of whom are her relatives. In addition to Samwell Tarly, basically an old family retainer/client casting the Reach's vote at the decisive moment, and her personal bodyguard Brienne doing the same, even Gendry Baratheon was a Stark employee in the smithy and a suitor for Arya. There is something wrong her brother, who officially holds the title. There is no reason whatsoever to think this new monarchy won't be correctly perceived as a sloppy arrangement where the North exercises decisive power over the rest of the continent without taking any responsibility to provide any services whatsoever, including, or especially, peace. <br /><br />And in the long run, the way that a single negative vote can derail an election means the elective monarchy is much, much more like Poland before its disappearance from the map. <br /><br />There will be no peace.But the show thinks this is a happy ending because revolution is slaughtered.S Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610068751705809284noreply@blogger.com