Cersei wins again, but she must lose because she has nothing left. Behind Cersei's tragedy is a set of icy iron-blooded laws designed by Uncle George Martin for the Iron Throne.
George Martin was a very good historian with an in-depth study of medieval European history. Western histories are often written in a very real and specific manner, without oriental moral preaching, nor do they put on hypocritical sacred cloaks for big figures. Western history worships the strong and never tells the lie that "the virtuous live in them".
Julius Caesar always said: "A soldier's vote is a sword." "A Song of Ice and Fire" truly embodies this law. Therefore, in the "rules of the game" formulated by Uncle George Martin, he always faces the sinister life nakedly and faces the dripping blood.
The status of "A Song of Ice and Fire" is a bit like the Western version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Don't complain first, let's listen to the decomposition: First of all, both books are "alternative historical novels" to some extent, and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Three Kingdoms" are very different. Second, both novels are mythological. Zhuge Liang in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has also done it himself many times, thinking about plots such as borrowing Dongfeng to continue his life. In the end, both books have been "popular".
Captain Iron believes that works such as "The Lord of the Rings", "Harry Potter", "A Song of Ice and Fire" and "The Wheel of Time" can be called the "Four Magical Classics" of modern Western literature.
The American drama "Game of Thrones" is basically completely faithful to the original "A Song of Ice and Fire", which can almost be confused. The protagonists of "Game of Thrones" are the Stark family, the Lannister family and the little dragon girl Daenerys. In terms of the power struggle pattern, they are similar to Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Sun Quan in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
Let's combine the plot to interpret the iron laws on the Iron Throne.
1. Sword is the foundation of power. 2.
Resourcefulness is always greater than force . 3. Unscrupulous
means have extra points . Although Littlefinger and Varys, who have no combat skills, are good at conspiracy, they are actually just supporting roles, and they have no independent power. And Cersei is based on violence. She is a group of men from the Lannister family behind her as the queen, Duke Tywin, Ser Jaime, and even King Robert, who has a different dream. In addition to the real dragon blood, the little dragon girl Daenerys has the horse king Khal Drogo first. Later, he had his own dragon instead of the knight. And Ser Jorah the Bear has only spiritual adoration for him. And the Grey Worm fantasizing about him being totally asexual. Another special character is the little devil. In fact, the little devil is quite powerful. He once took the lead in the defense of King's Landing and killed Duke Tywin himself. Really "less than four feet tall, but ambitious". It's a pity that his appearance is too lacking in charm to convince the public, otherwise he is the heir to the Lannister family. Needless to say about other families. In conclusion, there is no qualification to play this game of thrones without military violence as a basis.
Ingenuity is greater than force
. This ingenuity is not an Eastern-style intrigue or some kind of palace fight. It is more similar to a grand strategy of political diplomacy at the national level. For example, the young wolf master Robb can be said to be invincible. He captured Sir James alive, but misjudged the role of the Alliance, but finally died of the betrayal of the Frey family. As the text says: sometimes the pen and the dove are more powerful than the sword.
Littlefinger's force value is almost zero, but jumping up and down has planned many conspiracies, adding a lot of variables to the situation. The kind-hearted father-in-law, Varys, had many little birds and mastered many secret passages. In the end, the little devil used this secret passage to kill Duke Tywin. The betrayal of the Frey family nearly made the Starks withdraw from the stage of history. However, Erya, the "level 80 assassin", took revenge on her own, but wiped out the family army. No one can do these things on the battlefield.
Therefore, it is said that "the upper armies are attacked, the second is attacked, and the second is attacked." The top-level design of the grand strategy in terms of resourcefulness is stronger than the local individual campaigns and battles. The "dimension" of resourcefulness is higher than that of pure force.
In the face of unscrupulous
power with extra points, honor morality is a little fresh meat that is not useful. "Game of Thrones" is full of plots, incest, betrayal and other plots throughout, but this does not affect the success of the criminals. On the contrary, there are "moral cleanliness addicts" often do not end well. For example, Eddard Stark, who sticks to the right path with one heart, never stops, and finally goes to the guillotine. Another example is Stannis, Duke of Dragonstone, who is harsh by nature and must act "justly" in everything.
This shows that in the struggle for power, warmth and hypocrisy cannot be tolerated, and these things cannot be used to trap one's hands and feet. As Martin Luther said: "In order to achieve the highest morality, any means can be used."
"A Song of Ice and Fire
" can be regarded as an alternate historical novel, but it is also a fantasy novel, and naturally it is deeply influenced by ancient Greek mythology. All the prophecies in the play have come true. Like the irresistible fate of the heroes in Homer.
If it's just a power struggle between humans, this will come to an end. But Uncle Martin has superimposed "dimensions" on it, which are magic and prophecy. The power of these two is to kill everything in seconds. The first time magic appeared on Dragonstone Island, the red-robed witch used her magic power to achieve "long-distance quantum communication" and saw many illusions. Then she used her magic power to assassinate Renly, Duke of Storm's End, and what was even more bizarre was that she simply used magic to resurrect Lord Snow with blood. See how powerful the magic is, it's simply "King Blow"!
Regardless of force or conspiracy, they were all instantly killed in front of magic and prophecy. When the mighty army faces the dragon of the little dragon girl, and the army of the White Walkers in the north, what is it? According to Uncle Martin's settings, magic and prophecy are the highest dimensions.
Now let's go back and analyze Cersei
. Why do you say she's finished? Because she has nothing. "Game of Thrones" has four chips, violence, intrigue, unscrupulous and magic. Who is left of the horde of men Cersei once relied on? Tywin is dead, James is disabled, and the little devil becomes an antagonist. Littlefinger and Varys also deserted her.
Although Cersei has been victorious many times, if you analyze it carefully, she is not good at conspiracy. Her character is a violent woman, and her way of doing things is basically simple and rude. Once the pillar of violence falls, she is nothing. The only thing Cersei is her own is unscrupulous.
And the prophecy of magic fire-breathing dragons and the like in higher dimensions is no match for her. On the chessboard of power, she has become an "abandoned child". So I think Cersei is done. It's not because she's morally corrupted and full of evil, but because she has no cards to play.
Uncle Martin was a long time chess coach. I teach others to play chess on Saturdays and Sundays, and I spend my usual time creating. So the Game of Thrones he wrote was like a big chess game. But Captain Tie felt that the chess game designed by Uncle Martin was more like our Chinese Go than chess.
Hierarchical positions in chess are innate, the role of each piece is almost the same, and it becomes less and less with the battle. In Go, every stone is equal at the beginning, but whoever can play a role at a critical time is called a good player, and vice versa. And as time goes by, there will be more and more sub-powers, and both sides have to keep pouring resources into it, just like a hundred-year war.
A particularly important concept in Go is called "big game view". Sometimes a partial victory leads to a global defeat. Sometimes temporary patience can turn into future outbreaks. I don't know if Master Martin can play Go, but in "Game of Thrones", there are ideas in common with our ancient Chinese culture of Go.
Finally, let's take a look at the iron laws of these Iron Thrones designed by Uncle Martin.
Uncle Martin actually has dimensions in the setting of the rules of "Game of Thrones". High-dimensional means can always suppress low-dimensional ones, like a "dimension reduction attack". This is what I said, magic can overcome conspiracy, and conspiracy can overcome mere force. In this regard, it is the same as Liu Cixin's "Three-Body Problem".
Cersei's tragedy has begun, all power fans move the small bench and wait for the update
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