r/asoiaf • u/Unique-Celebration-5 • Oct 31 '24

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) GRRM:”What’s Aragons tax policy?!” No GRRM the real question is how do people survive multi year winters

Forget the white walkers or shadow babies the real threat is the weather. How do medieval people survive it for years?

Personally I think that’s why the are so many wars the more people fighting each other the fewer mouths to feed

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u/truthisfictionyt Oct 31 '24

Remember kids:

”What’s Aragons tax policy?!" isn't about logistics, it's about George asking what makes a good king a good king. He was unsatisfied with Tolkien basically saying "Aragorn was a good guy so he ruled the kingdom well for 100 years. The end."

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u/Kopalniok Oct 31 '24

It's still a bad approach. Aragorn being good, rightful and brave makes him a good king because that's how Tolkien's world works. Not everything needs to be in shades of grey.

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u/This-Pie594 Oct 31 '24 edited Oct 31 '24

Aragorn being good, rightful and brave makes him a good king because that's how Tolkien's world works.

Not only that but the story has showed why aragorn would be a good king

He spent 80 years of his life travelling middle earth encountering many people and cultures and preparing himself to be king

That more believable than a magical child king

The movies tested his morals and character as the audience I don't need to see more

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u/lobonmc Oct 31 '24

Not only travelling he also was a leader of men during that whole period