A Song of Ice and Fire/Tropes J To R: Difference between revisions

* [[Never Say That Again]]: Tyrion does ''warn'' {{spoiler|Tywin}} to stop throwing the word "whore" in his face. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't listen.

* [[Never Split the Party]]: played with. Jaime is criticised for splitting his siege of Riverrun into three camps, allowing them to be overrun separately. Tywin immediately shoots down the criticism, pointing out that the [[Genre Savvy]] Tullys have sited their castle precisely to ''enforce'' this trope, making defense that much easier.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Herod]]: Subverted. The maegi Mirri Maz Duur {{spoiler|magically kills Daenerys Stormborn's unborn son in utero, both for revenge against the father and because the unborn child is prophesied to be the Stallion That Mounts the World, an unstoppable city-smashing warlord. While it doesn't exactly turn out well for Mirri in the end, she DOES successfully prevent the boy from being born and fulfilling whatever his Super Special Destiny was supposed to be.}}

** {{spoiler|Of course, Mirri's actions do wind up resulting in the rebirth of dragons into the world, and it's entirely possibly that they'll mount the world or whatever. So possibly played straight, with a helping of prophecy?}}

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