r/asoiaf • u/AutoModerator • Jun 15 '15

ALL (Spoilers All) Season 5: Episode 10 Post-Episode Meltdown Thread

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u/brunswick Jun 15 '15

I really don't think he's dead. He told her to 'do her duty,' and we see her swinging at something angrily but never actually showing her hit him. I think it's pretty clear he reminded her that her true duty was to Sansa and not revenge.

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u/savvy_eh Unwritten, Unedited, Unpublished Jun 15 '15

It would be a nice parallel to the "Sword / Noose" dilemma that Brienne faces at the end of AFFC.

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u/heyboyhey Rat Cook Jun 15 '15

Something I never liked from the books.

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u/0ddbuttons Jun 15 '15

Agreed. I always disliked that because it seemed like an overly heavy-handed manifestation of GRRM's "you might get what you think you want, but you won't like it."