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** It's also strongly implied that {{spoiler|Rhaegar and Lyanna had one of these, and a common fan theory is that they are Jon Snow's actual parents}}.
* [[Secretly Dying]]: {{spoiler|Jon Connington, of greyscale.}}
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* [[Sergeant Rock]]: Jeor Mormont is a quite gruff man who doesn't sugar-coat his words, but is shown to be a good leader who has all the qualities that a member of the Night's Watch is supposed to have.
* [[Sex Is Violence]]: In ''A Storm of Swords'', Jaime and Brienne have a fight that Jaime's POV describes in very sexual terms, particularly afterward where he focuses on her clothing being disarranged and heavy breathing and "looking like they had been fucking, not fighting".
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* [[Six-Student Clique]]: A clique of this type is introduced in the prologue of ''A Feast for Crows''.
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: The series is noted for its cynical take on many tropes popular in [[High Fantasy]], such as the [[Distressed Damsel]] and the [[Knight in Shining Armor]]; [[Plot Armor]] is almost entirely absent at the beginning of the series, though once the magic starts coming back there's more and more [[Back From the Dead]]. [[Hope Spot|Hope Spots]] are usually a very bad sign something horrible is about to happen. However, the overall bleakness tends to be a bit overstated on the internet.
* [[Smart People Play Chess]] : No world so overflowing with [[The Chessmaster|Chessmasters]] would be complete without its own [[Variant Chess]], after all. In this case it's Cyvasse, a kind of [
* [[Smug Snake]]:
** Cersei Lannister is constantly gloating to herself about what a good job she's doing as ruler. Her success does not match her smugness.
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* [[Virgin Tension]]: When {{spoiler|Jaime rescues Brienne from the Bloody Mummers}}, there's some concern that she may have been gang raped, so {{spoiler|Jaime}} checks on the status of her maidenhood by joking about how he only rescues maidens. Possibly subverted, as it had been demonstrated that his concern was less about her virginity and more about her wellbeing.
* [[The Virus]]: People killed by the Others or their wights will become wights in turn. Jon becomes concerned that leaving wildlings to die beyond the wall will only add to the Others' power.
* [[Visual Pun]]: Longclaw, the ancestral blade that Jeor Mormont gives to Jon Snow, is a [
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: {{spoiler|The Faceless Men can change their faces. They apparently do this with skin masks. Although the kindly man claims that it is not a glamour, Arya still feels her real face after he puts one on her, so it's ambiguous as to whether her face actually changes shape. Jaqen H'ghar also changes his facial appearance simply by passing a hand over his face}}.
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** In a ''very'' twisted sense, Joffrey Baratheon is like this towards Robert, irritating Tywin immensely as he had been given to understand Joffrey did not care for Robert and is pissed the little brat shows some pride at being a Baratheon rather than a Lannister.
** [[Knight in Sour Armor|Jon Snow]] seems to greatly desire [[The Stoic|Eddard Stark's]] approval, to the point that he has a few dreams about being [[So Proud of You|accepted as a true Stark]] and given the rights to Winterfell. He suffers a lot of guilt over that last part though, given [[Heroic Bastard|his status]]. {{spoiler|While Ned did love and respect him and wanted to tell him so, Joffrey's interference meant he would never get the chance. Made more complex by recent hints that Ned might not actually be Jon's father at all}}
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Most of the books have at least one toward the end.
** ''A Game of Thrones'': {{spoiler|Ned's execution and the hatching of Dany's dragons}}.
** ''A Clash of Kings'': {{spoiler|The sacking of Winterfell}}.
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** In ''A Dance With Dragons'', {{spoiler|Theon}} gets the successful variant. A spearwife becomes angry with him and threatens his life. For the first time in about a year, he outright grins and tells her that she needs him to get past the guards. She disgustedly lets him go.
* [[Yubitsume]]: When the smuggler Davos breaks the siege of Storm's End he gets a knighthood, but has the fingertips of one hand cut off. Stannis believes that good deeds don't make up for bad; if you do him a favour he'll reward your for it ''and'' punish you for your previous sins.
* [[Zero
** House Frey is utterly despised by other noble houses for not only {{spoiler|backstabbing the Starks and Tullys}}, but also violating the cardinal rule of hospitality in Westerosi culture. The only crime higher than kingslaying, the septons say, is kinslaying, but guest right seems to be held by many to be above even that.
** When Cersei and Joffrey take the Iron Throne, both of them become extremely unpopular. Joffrey is hated due to his petty cruelty and lack of concern for his subjects, and Cersei quickly alienates herself due to her inability to consolidate her power. Nevertheless, Joffrey gets a little sympathy and people believe he has ''evil counselors'': the eunuch Varys and the ''evil monkey demon'' Tyrion.
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