there's a certain security in believing no one reads your posts any more

[nny]

I think one reason - of OH SO MANY - I like game of thrones is that it makes you question loyalty. It reminds you of the risk of saying This Is My Belief, This Is My King. It's like Dogma,the idea that an idea will always be better than a belief because an idea can change. I texted people to ask what is better, a bought man or one who believes they share your ideals, and I believe - if you can afford it - the former, because I believe that there are entirely too many people in the world who believe they are in complete agreement, without any conjunction at all.

Comments

[in_the_blue]

I read your posts. I kind of like that you've been infiltrated by GoT.

I'm not sure I agree about the bought man, but I see your point. The problem - for me - with bought men is that they have their asking price, and as soon as someone else bids higher, you're fucked.

[nny]

totally agree with where you're coming from with this; however, a difference in beliefs, which would be so much easier to prove/convince, is harder to reconcile. The underlying idea, here, is that no one quite believes the same as the person they purport to follow, which is something I very much think is true; my experience with fiction would suggest that money and debt is safer than belief, any day. Not morally superior, or ideologically preferable, but (if you can afford it) safer.

[in_the_blue]

Money is definitely a universal currency. And when you're talking GoT, then no amount of belief is sacred from one person to the next. Belief is a malleable thing, and that makes its value equally malleable. But coin is always coin.

[la_rainette]

I read your posts. I read every single one EVEN WHEN I have no idea what you're talking about. :D

(So yeah, I have nothing to contribute really. I did not even know what GoT stood for until I clicked the clicky thing...)

[nny]

This is why I like Bronn! Who reminds me of Jayne, though brighter. :D

[in_the_blue]

Bronn! ♥

[vivien]

I read your posts, silly!!!

Eee, I;m glad you're enjoying GoT! I read the books like a FIEND, and I enjoy the series on its own merit.