10 things we GOT from Game Of Thrones!!

I would like to thank Aayesha Rai Gurung for editing this piece. Thank you all for such awesome support. Please enjoy.
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1.       Habit of Watching series

I remember a time when people used to say- “Series? What are these? Some kind of a candy?” Yeah right! Candies that you can’t stop eating and talking about now. Game of Thrones changed all that. Girls are now talking about and eagerly waiting for the Imp and the badass Khaleesi instead of Komallika or whatever. Man, I could write a book about the absurdity of the Hindi serials (and Nepali too. But it’s still an infant so I won’t go into that).

2.       A taste of Hollywood

More and more people are shifting from star-driven Bollywood to the story and good direction driven Hollywood. They are feeling what quality entertainment really is and I’m all for it. Bring it on! Soon, everyone will be ditching the ever flaunting 6 packs and move on to Hugh and Johnny Depp’s incredible acting ability! Hollywood is where the best entertainment is produced. If we are wasting time, why don’t we do it in epic fashion? Why settle in something less?

3.       EPICness redefined

GOT is EPIC. It literally is epic (Epic high fantasy). George RR Martin redefined the word ‘scale’. 6 million dollars per episode is hot! Damn that’s just burning dragon fire hot! Talk about grand!

4.       Books are cool

Face it! Books are cool. Don’t tell me that you hate books. Don’t give me that crap. Think about it this way- If George R. R. Martin hadn’t written those badass books, would you still be enjoying this saga of awesomeness? Now think about how many such amazing stories that are not being adapted into films or series and you are missing. And trust me when I say books are just way cooler than their screen adaptation. Every freaking time!

5.       Solid Reality check

All of us need a reality check once in a while. This fictional series has given us just that. There is no happily ever after, there is no prince charming to rescue you. You’ve got to survive on your own in this world. Even if there were a prince charming, he would probably have his own scheme and a catch. (Think of Littlefinger here. He is not all good and honest now because he saved Sansa. He has his own agenda). Only one thing is true in the Westeros world- “Valar Morghulis”.

6.       The king of death

Any main character can die at any point in the show. All the realms of men know this by now. That’s one of the reasons it is so popular. The series has a LOT of deaths but the king of death is not George RR Martin here. Its Sean Bean (Ned Stark)! He has kept his legacy of dying in every film/series alive! (Oh, the irony!) He has been torn apart, beheaded, squashed, blown up, shot down with orc arrows and has died in many other creative ways and the souls of these Sean Bean characters now lie with the old gods in old heaven. Good for you, Sean. GOT world is just way too nasty to live in. And with that many family members, someone is bound to die now and again.

7.   Pen is the strongest weapon and GRRM is the nastiest sumufwitch alive

GRRM is really the master of death (and heartbreaks). He has proved that pen is the strongest weapon. Rather than the director being the heart and soul: here, the writer is the main guy. GRRM is the man! He is the badass 65 year old fat guy who does whatever the hell he wants. No one can dare killing his story’s main characters like Mr. Martin can. Not until now anyway. You are the man, George! We salute you!

8.       Women can be badass

GRRM has showed us how strong women can be. Women can be just as cunning, despicable, powerful, wise and wicked as men. They are not always damsels that need saving. The women in westeros are a wild lot. Did I mention hot? Anyway they are just too badass. (Cersei, Daenerys, Arya, The red woman, Catlyn Stark, the Tyrell women and soon to be introduced Red Viper’s bastard daughters: The Sand Snakes). Seriously, men of westeros, please grow a set of balls and stand up!

9.       One more reason to hate Facebook

Scene: You can’t wait to watch the new episode and its downloading at a turtle’s pace. You decide to check Facebook and it is all ruined. The spoilers are there waiting for you to come online. It’s damn frustrating. I know the feels man! Feels everywhere!

10.   The Incest and Sex

And yeah! GOT has taught us about all these types of sex without being termed “porn”. I bet 90% of the Middle Eastern country’s viewers didn’t know what the word ‘incest’ meant. Incest among brother and sister, father and daughter; what else is left now for imagination? I’m sure other writers had thought about this one time or the other but no one had the guts until this chubby, hat-wearing guy did it all. And boy, did he do it! And yeah the nudity! Every single episode has a mini section of soft porn. GRRM has introduced everyone to voyeurism, group sex, bisexual relations and what not. You know it all don’t you, old man? You sly fox, I would love to meet the GRRM of his thirties!

But really George, thank you for this amazing saga. And just to be clear, if you die off on us before completing the remaining two books, millions of angry souls will haunt you even after death till the end of time. Valar Morghullis.