The theme of oaths, oathbreaking, and the traditional rules of Westeros is one of my favorite themes in the series
i've been thinking about the oaths and vows for a while now. well, since i started thinking r + l = j and hoping for j to become king. (i don't want to spoil anything!) and then the vows jaime and the kingsguard.
so i wonder if all the vow-making and oath taking in westeros isn't folly. i'm trying to figure out what grrm wants to tell us with all the oaths and oath breaking. i probably won't know until the series is done (well i hope i will know by then!) but for now, i think he is trying to say that we are human and these absolute vows (having no love/family, following orders blindly) are distinctly contrary to human nature.
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Date: 2011-07-05 05:31 pm (UTC)i've been thinking about the oaths and vows for a while now. well, since i started thinking r + l = j and hoping for j to become king. (i don't want to spoil anything!) and then the vows jaime and the kingsguard.
so i wonder if all the vow-making and oath taking in westeros isn't folly. i'm trying to figure out what grrm wants to tell us with all the oaths and oath breaking. i probably won't know until the series is done (well i hope i will know by then!) but for now, i think he is trying to say that we are human and these absolute vows (having no love/family, following orders blindly) are distinctly contrary to human nature.
all my speculation of grrm's mind, mind you :)