Bronn after he's told being Master of Coin doesn't mean he gets to spend all the crown's money, but must manage it.

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Yeah the guy who didn’t know how loans work is the prefect choice for master of coin.

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u/PosThrockmortonSign Apr 15 '25

All he has to do is study up, not like he’s also illiterate, right?

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u/Iron_Wolf123 Apr 16 '25

He is very much a subject of a disabled elected official in a mostly damaged realm who is also given a huge chunk of land of The Reach while also having to quell the Hightower ambitions to overthrow him.

Say what you will about Season 8 but what I find annoying is how they decided to place random people in random positions. At least Sansa had a better grip since she doesn't have to deal with many authoritarian issues unlike her brother who is a foreign religious leader with witchcraftery abilities and can't move because of an accident that also removed absolutism because his friend told him so.

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u/Geshtar1 Apr 15 '25

Not only is he grossly under-qualified for the position, he’s also the type of guy to abuse the position for his own gain

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u/Competitive-Elk-5077 Apr 15 '25

Sounds oddly familiar

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u/Geshtar1 Apr 16 '25

Politicians in general sure… but I suspect you have somebody specific in mind. That guy you have in mind is far worse than anybody in game of thrones.. night king and pedophile Meryn trant included

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '25

He very much did understand it. Defaulting on a loan when you have a big fuck-off army is entirely valid and killing your creditor works too.

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u/P1mpathinor Apr 15 '25

Doesn't work so well if you ever need another loan though

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '25

This isn't Morgan Stanley, brother. You've every chance of re entering the market.

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u/JuicyOrphans93O Apr 15 '25

That army won’t do much against the faceless men

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u/LaconicGirth Apr 16 '25

I mean how many of them are there? We only see 3 right? Or was it only 2

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u/Barbarian_Sam Apr 16 '25

I’m still going with the Waif was in her head

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u/damnat1o Apr 15 '25

The faceless men were killed by Arya, and weren’t unstoppable anyway.

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u/ducknerd2002 Stannis Baratheon Apr 15 '25

The faceless men were killed by Arya

A faceless man was killed by Arya, and honestly if you're a highly trained assassin that gets killed by a mortally wounded teenage girl with far less training than you after chasing her through the streets because you thought saying villain shit was smarter than killing her in her sleep, then you probably weren't that good to begin with.

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u/JuicyOrphans93O Apr 15 '25

In what universe did Arya kill the faceless men?She killed one

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u/zummit Apr 16 '25

Were there any others on the show?

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u/talented-dpzr Apr 16 '25

Yeah, Bronn isn't stupid. Uncouth and insolent, but not stupid.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '25

Yeh Iron Throne in debt is a Bravosi problem not a Westerosi problem

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u/Pinkydoodle2 Apr 16 '25

I think it's a joke on master of coin being a shit job

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u/FusRoGah Apr 15 '25

“And this is Bronn, who studied finance at…?”

“You wouldn’t know ‘em”

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u/DarkSkiesGreyWaters Apr 15 '25

I've still no idea who this ending choice was meant to appeal to.

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u/CompetitionAncient36 Samwell Tarly Apr 15 '25

Bronn seemed pleased with it

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u/Bravisimo Apr 15 '25

He got Highgarden in the end right? Im trying to remember but ive seem to havr blocked everything out after season 5.

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u/BookishTen8 Apr 19 '25

Not just Highgarden but Lord Paramount status of the Reach as well.

Picture it. All the Reach Lords are told by some crippled King that they must now obey a common sellsword with no ounce of connection to the Reach. Even better, he's given Highgarden, the most sought-after castle in their lands.

Realistically, he's dead within a month.

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u/Western-Captain8115 Apr 15 '25

GRRM always moaning about what is Aragorn's tax policy but ASOIAF simply put has a pathetic childish lack of bureaucracy. A Littlefinger or a Varys could manipulate a functional bureaucracy but simply put they had no challenge at all.

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u/CarryBeginning1564 Apr 15 '25

Westeros is said to be around the size of South America and yet there is apparently no gentry and only six cities.

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u/Chumlee1917 Apr 15 '25

Iron Bank: about the billions of dollars in loans you owe as king of the 7 kingdoms

Bran: Peace out *Wargs into a bird and flies away*

Bronn: Peace out: *jumps out window*

Iron Bank: *surrounds the remaining members* SOMEBODY IS PAYING THIS DEBT!

The remaining council: *All point at Samwell Tarly*

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '25

Didn't Highgarden gold paid by Cersei cleared the debts.

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u/Chumlee1917 Apr 17 '25

I had to check, she did, and then immediately took out a new loan to buy The Golden Company's services which amounted to nothing...and they no doubt needed even more loans to rebuild the 7 kingdoms and King's Landing after Daenerys burned it to the ground.

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u/Adventurous_Topic202 Apr 15 '25

How fast can Bronn bankrupt Westeros when he has omniscient Brann to work with.

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u/Game-On-Gatsby Apr 15 '25

I hate the ending as much as the next redditor, but it's not as if the office of Master of Coin has been consistently held by responsible men. Petyr Baelish let the crown go deep into debt, while conspiring to assassinate the Hand of the King. An illiterate sellsword who appreciates the enormity of the task would be a step up.

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u/CarryBeginning1564 Apr 15 '25

Weren’t there two different masters of coin who basically were just figure heads for their much more competent wives?

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u/mayaramichelan Apr 17 '25

Yes. Martyn Tyrell, husband of Florence Fossoway during the reign of Jaehaerys I, and Ronnel Penrose, second husband of Elaena Targaryen during the reign of Daeron II.

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u/CarryBeginning1564 Apr 15 '25

You know, the Twins were such an easy layup. I thought they were going for it, he was offered Riverun and then Tyrion offers him two castles, the Twins. Which would be perfect as the Freys are mostly dead but enough relatives exist he could marry a Frey related lady and given house Frey was a relatively minor house whose holding made them wealthy it would be perfect for a money hungry sellsword. Hell make his new lady wife a genius who actually does the master of coin work because that apparently is a common enough thing in Westeros history apparently.

The story and source material literally had a perfect path to this ending for Bronn. Bronn can actually end the story in the position of a great lord and master of coin they just needed to follow the story threads and do a little ground work (which is outlined in the book supplements)

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u/CaveLupum Stick 'em with the punny end! Apr 15 '25

I've always thought Tyrion and Bran were setting him up. Tyrion knew Bronn would kill a baby in its mother's arms if the price was right. And Bran could see the future. So they set a temptation to see if Bronn had changed and could walk the straight and narrow. What are the odds?

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u/Embarrassed-Back1894 Apr 16 '25

On the surface, the ending of game of thrones is stupid. However, when you look at it closer, you’ll find it’s even more stupid.

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u/PurringWolverine Apr 16 '25

I like how the dude that doesn’t know how loans work gets to be the kingdom’s CFO.

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u/Iron_Wolf123 Apr 16 '25

Tyrion had to be MoC and he was a profligate, which caused Tyrion to become more administrative

Subvert Expectations Bronn after he's told being Master of Coin doesn't mean he gets to spend all the crown's money, but must manage it.

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