A Song of Ice and Fire/Tropes S to Z: Difference between revisions

** The title of ''A Feast for Crows'' is dropped by Ironborn discussing how the war of the five kings has dramatically weakened every army in the land, and a cunning opportunist could amass immeasurable spoils.

** The title of ''A Dance with Dragons'' is dropped in by Barristan Selmy {{spoiler|when referring to Quentyn's failed attempt to capture a dragon, which ended in his excruciating death}}.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: A few people over the course of various plotlines.

** Rhaegar did this according to legend. An artist and scholar as a youth, he one day realized that he had to become a warrior, so he went on to became one of the strongest knights in Westeros.

* [[The Wall Around the World]]: The Wall serves double trope duty, both as the edge of the world to the North for the Westerosi, and the edge of the world to the South for the Wildlings.

* [[War Is Hell]]: Enough to make you root for the return of the dynasty that used to hold the whole continent in thrall, because they at least kept the peace; even Aerys' rule seems preferable to the bloody civil war it was replaced with.

'''Robb''': But the dead will not hear them. }}

** In ''A Feast For Crows'', Septon Meribald delivers a speech on "broken men", peasants driven to become outlaws by the horrors of war. How he describes the plight of these desperate men really drives home the "[[War Is Hell]]" message of the story.

* [[Warrior Monk]]: Thoros of Myr.

* [[Warrior Poet]]: Denzo D’han, Rhaegar Targaryen, Mance Rayder.

* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]:

** Sansa, who is very naive about people. She does get smarter, though.

** Brienne, at first, very much believes in honor and chivalry, and that the other people believe in it too. She is possibly getting smarter.

** Melisandre. She considers R'hllor the one true god and the one benevolent supernatural force when it's indicated the Red God is not really any better than the other gods and demons we've seen so far, and other gods have been demonstrating real power recently. She believes the world works by [[Black and White Morality]] in a series ''full'' of [[Gray and Grey Morality]]. She believes Stannis is the [[Chosen One]] to lead the fight against the Other, {{spoiler|but everything indicates she's misinterpreting her visions, and Dany and possibly Jon Snow are better candidates}}.

** Tyrion Lannister is likewise unwelcome most anywhere in Westeros. Jorah Mormont is officially an exile. Ditto for most of the Golden Company, who were on the wrong side of the First Blackfyre Rebellion.

* [[You Just Told Me]]: Jon Snow and Qhorin Halfhand manage to pull this trope off in an impressive three syllables, regarding Ygritte's fate:

'''Qhorin:''' Now. }}

* [[Your Days Are Numbered]]: While this happens to a handful of characters, it's actually a plot point for {{spoiler|Jojen Reed and Jon Connington.}}