Why We Love Game Of Thrones by Faith

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Why We Love Game Of Thrones by Faith Swick

It’s the best “world-building” there is • Adult audience: it is meant to keep you on your toes to follow all the plot lines and innuendos • The show is complex meaning it engages you cognitively • Wether you like it or not you are emotionally invested in what happens next

It’s ridiculously smart: Your brain has no choice but to stay engaged • It is arguably superior to all other shows in both plot and language • So smart, that it can be hard to follow • Basically it works our brains, and your brain likes that

Other organs get a workout too… • There’s sex, violence, jack-inthe-box moments, and gushing internal organs • sexposition has become a hallmark for the show. Basically this supposedly forces people to pay attention to essential plot explanation through the nakedness.

You can’t bank on what’s to come • The simultaneously best and worst part about the show is that just when you think you see a thread, the show proves you wrong. • Central characters are killed, psychopaths claim power, and weddings become bloodbaths • These twists and turns give us awesome dopamine rushes that keep us coming back for more

The concept of “good” and “bad" become blurred • Except for a handful of truly wicked people -Joffrey Baratheon- even the best characters are flawed and even the worst have something redeeming • the characters’ actions can be so unpredictable that it forces us to give up trying to decide who’s a good guy and who’s a bad guy • These grey, unknowable characters are maybe more accurate representations of the world today

Archetypes used wisely • conniving queens, ruthless kings, valiant knights… • the show sets up a number of classic archetypes, and plays with them in extremely clever ways • Called “The Imp” or “The Half Man, ” Tyrion is supremely intelligent and possessing of a quick, biting wit. He is very much an embodiment of the Trickster archetype seen in mythic storytelling throughout history around the world.

The Women • Female characters might be even more diverse than the male characters • They must all learn to use their wits to maneuver and manipulate the more powerful men around them • the tomboy, the spoiled princess, the conniving queen, the loving mother, the witch, the warrior, prostitutes, and lots of others

The show uses “medieval” fantasy to point out modern-day reality • One of the best examples of modern -day metaphor in the show is the Wall • It’s designed to keep out others. It’s an effective metaphor for the United States’ own undocumented immigrant issue. Just like Westeros, the U. S. is debating whether its southern borders should be sealed by larger and ever more restrictive walls as more and more foreigners are attempting to breach it • This is just one of many modern day connections

Works Cited • http: //www. forbes. com/sites/alicegwalton/2014/07/08/dee per-than-swords-10 -reasons-were-so-addicted-to-gameof-thrones/ • images from google • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=F 9 Bo 89 m 2 f 6 g

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