The dusk before night is far longer than the darkness before dawn. I would rather face the blood of midnight directly. The second episode of the eighth season, so much friendship and love, across the screen, I seem to be standing on the eve of the decisive battle to the death. I don't think the inability of the soldiers to live in peace after the war was so called ptsd (post traumatic stress disorder) but more likely it was the intense love and courage of war that made the ordinary life seem unbearable. From this point of view, I may be born with ptsd.
Now there are only three forces left in Game of Thrones: Long Ma + Jon, Queen Se, and the White Walkers. This is actually a three-legged arrangement of people, ghosts and gods.
Needless to say, the White Walkers are naturally ghosts from appearance to heart. There is no purpose other than destruction.
After Se, it should be said that she is a person, with divine and demonic nature. When she was a girl, she also had a pink princess dream. And now the children of Sehou have already received their lunch boxes. The only remaining brother and child, his father, James, also said: If you don't support my decision, then you are a stranger to me. There are no eternal relatives, only eternal interests. At this point, what is the difference between the Queen with a heart and the White Walker without a heart?
The White Walkers are ghosts, and Empress Se is a human, so what are Jon and Long Ma? Obviously God. The god of the dragon mother is obvious to all, the unburnt who hatched three dragons. In contrast, Jon only once used the resurrection experience of the old witch to show that he is not an ordinary person. In my opinion, Long Ma represents the material civilization heritage (divine power) of the Protoss, while Jon En represents the spiritual civilization heritage (divine nature) of the Protoss. Mother Long executed her lord and son who were unwilling to be loyal to her, and even the little devil felt that it was a bit too much. It can be said that Long Ma's beauty and divine power are unquestionable, but in terms of right and wrong, Long Ma's thinking is not so clear. And Jon En is very talented in this regard. In the last episode of the seventh season, the conversation between Theon and Jon has already pointed out why Jon is qualified to be the emperor.
Theon is very envious of Jon, because every step of Jon's growth is like a god's help, and he chose the right choice. What is Jon's correctness? This is not reflected in the maximization of results, but in the justice of motivation. If Jon gave up this kind of justice and pursued more interests, how far would he be from Empress Se? Furthermore, if there are only people like Sehou left, do you need to care who wins and who loses in the war between humans and the White Walkers?
In fact, whether Jon En chooses to remain neutral between Sehou and Long Ma does not change the result. With Empress Se's character, even if Jonen doesn't stand still and signs on the spot, there is no binding force at all. The little devil in the back persuaded Sehou to send troops, but in fact, Sehou agreed to send troops according to the original plan. So, whether or not you bring the real White Walkers to meet the Queen, the result is the same.
This negotiation between Long Ma Jonen and Sehou actually has no effect on the trend of the plot. The main purpose of setting up this scene is for comparison. Jonen told the unnecessarily truth to the queen, but the queen promised the alliance that she shouldn't lie. Jon's seemingly meaningless choice actually points out the differences in the positions of the three forces. It is pointed out that Jon and Se, although they are both human, are fundamentally different. Thus, the choice itself is meaning. It is precisely because there are still people who make such a choice that we can conclude that the divinity of human beings still exists. Only then can we recognize that we are humans, not ghosts. This meaningless choice proves that Jon is a worthy human emperor, even if there is no confirmation from Bran the Three-Eyed Raven, even if there is no record found by Fat Sam.
The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones are always compared. Let's take a look at Jon in The Lord of the Rings, Emperor Aragorn. The emperor looks good, but in the entire 12-hour trilogy, not a few minutes are clean. At first I thought it was a beggar because. . It was so dirty. . In fact, when I was a child, I didn't understand, why not let Orlando Bloom, the handsome elf prince from beginning to end, lead the three armies? Aragorn was just a mortal with a slightly longer lifespan.
The answer is yes, the road of pilgrimage must be taken by people of flesh and blood.
Aragorn's experience is quite similar to Jon's. In the opening scene, Aragorn (Jon) is a northern ranger (illegitimate child) who seems like a little guy who doesn't really matter. Working hard all the way, relying on his own courage and sense of justice, he became the leader of mankind (the king of the north) in the melee situation of the crowd. At the same time, he got the favor of the fairy princess (Long Ma). Finally, the king's robe is added, and he is not only the leader of the people's hearts, but also the de facto legitimate heir of Gondor (the Iron Throne).
So, what is the essence of the similarity between Aragorn and Jon? What kind of man is Aragorn? Let's look at the final battle of the last part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, battle in the Black gate. Aragorn led the children of Gondor and Rohan, standing in front of the black gate of the magic capital, and launched a campaign against the army of the demon king Sauron. attack. Before the war, Aragorn gave a very famous speech, which I think is the best of all battle speeches I've ever seen:
Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers.
Brothers of Gondor and Rohan,
I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me.
I see fear in your eyes, like the fear that hovers in me now,
A day may come when the courage of Men fails,
One day, human beings may lose courage, be inhumane, be insensitive.
when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship.
But not today,
But it is not this day.
An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the Age of Men comes crashing down.
For a moment, the jackal beast will break through the last line of defense, and mankind will face doomsday,
But it is not this day.
But not today,
This day we fight!
Today, we will fight to the death!
By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!
For everything we hold dear in the world!
There are two types of demise. The latter is physical annihilation, and the beasts have broken through the last line of defense; the first is spiritual annihilation, and human beings have completely fallen and lost their courage and friendship.
Here, too, comes fear. Facing the demon army, Aragorn was not without fear, on the contrary, his heart was full of fear. How can you not be afraid? In fact, judging from the picture above, the strength of the Demon Lord is far greater than that of humans, and victory is out of reach. However, Human Sovereign Aragorn still pointed straight at the sky with arrogance, and was the first to charge towards the Demon Army. Isn't this the same as Jon? Unprofitable, just to demonstrate justice, absurd choice.
In Tolkien's original work, elves and humans are both children of Eru (God) and are equal. In fact, I didn't understand this setting before, why aren't elves a more advanced species? It now seems that, like Game of Thrones, beautiful and powerful elves are the heirs of divine power, and human beings are the heirs of divinity. What is the most intuitive manifestation of divinity? It's not a dazzling appearance, it's not a prominent family background, it's not an invincible superpower, it's a divine choice. Hardships are the touchstones of divinity. Because in order to be called God's character, it must be, might not be submissive, rich and noble cannot be promiscuous, and poverty and lowly cannot be moved. Courage is not the belief of winning, but the courage to move forward even if the road ahead is bleak. Fighting is the meaning. Elves have divine power to protect their bodies. In fact, they can't understand this kind of fear, and they don't need so much courage to choose to rush forward. To choose to move forward is to choose divinity and choose to be human.
There's a place in The Lord of the Rings that I didn't like when I was a kid watching movies. Erwin (Aragorn's wife, the Elf Princess) had planned to leave Middle-earth to go overseas to Wonderland, because she had a premonition that Aragorn would die. As a result, halfway through, she suddenly saw the future, and she and Aragorn had a big fat boy. So, I don't plan to leave.
I am quite puzzled by this scene, Aragorn is such a man: he knows that courage and fraternity are the cornerstones of what makes human beings, so he does not retreat before death. Such courage and wisdom are at the heart of Aragon. How could the elf princess who loves Aragon so much be an opportunist who leaves when she knows she's defeated, and stays behind when she senses victory? However, when I read the original book later, there was actually no episode where Erwin stayed after seeing his son. This section was added by Hollywood directors and screenwriters. Maybe it shows the power of the princess, but I don't think it's brilliant.
Now the second episode of the eighth season, it is the manifestation of this human spirit. It is all that I want: honor friends love courage faith, fight towards the end. I don't want to watch the third episode, the third episode is how dark it will be, how many people who will live to the eighth season. I don't want to watch it, I just want to stand in the front row.
PS: Everyone cares about who gets the lunch next. I don't want to make such predictions. I wish Martin had a place in the world of magical epics and not just a screenwriter. Screenwriters care about ratings, click-through rates, eyeballs and interests. And the really ambitious writers care about digging, following, and presenting their inner ideas.
Everyone dies, and the most important thing is how and why.
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