I'm reminded of the following: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ffMnKoHPUKw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> How do you tell if someone is actually a god, and not some sort of really powerful, yet mortal, being? In a world where magic is real, how do you tell the difference between miracles and magic? And in practical terms, does it matter? Who cares if you are killed by an all-powerful imortal being, or one that is almost totally powerful and is so difficult to kill that he seems immortal, or even by an alien with technology so powerful that he seems all-powerful and immortal but isn't? And really, "where" does magic "come from"? There was a scene where Stanis was talking to Onion Knight, when he was locked up, and Stanis says (paraprhrasing), "I looked into the fire and saw s**t. Her god must be a real god." It seems to me that the point of that scene was to make the viewer think about and maybe question exactly what the "Lord of Light" is. I very much agree with your idea that Melisandre's "god" may be just magic. I mean, is what was attributed to the "Lord of Light" really that much more amazing than what the old crone did to turn Kahl Drogo into a zombie (which she attributed to her god, not the "one true god" of Melisandre but how can her's be real, and Melisandre's be the "one true"?), or what the White Walkers do with their zombies? How about what Dany did with spending the night in a burning fire, and resurrecting three petrified dragon eggs? I saw a film today called "Black Death" that came out right before Game of Thrones starring Sean Bean and, interestingly, it also had the actress who plays Melisandre. She played a witch who was pulling off fake miracles, convincing the people of a remote town to abandon Christianity. Seemed relevant, considering that it probably what the producers watched when they were casting the part.
Don't click unless you wanna be spoiled. Cool that they are going through with showing this, can't wait to see how it turns out in the episode. The reactions should be interesting Spoiler
I had my doubts if they'd do this but I guess that since they've already dug in the knife a little deeper, they might as well twist it a little.
Season finale should have the highest ratings following the buzz of the Red Wedding. I'm sure some were turned off on the show but the word of mouth should bring in more viewers imo. http://www.vulture.com/2013/06/game-of-thrones-huge-ratings-chart.html
Maybe you're right. But then again, thoros doesn't really do anything to bring Beric back, he just asks his god to bring him back the same way someone may go. He even says as much that he doesn't do much. In the show all we see him doing is desperately pleading for his lord to bring Beric back. Doesn't even seem like magic.
Um...no lol. The citizens of the town were murderers and torturers. There were no "good guys" in the main part of the story.
Depends on your point of view. Why did they murder and torture? Do your remember? The definitive bad guys, seemed to be the religious pestilence bringers, imo.
Thoros bringing back Ser Beric was an accident. He was a priest but had lost faith in the Red God. He was performing a burial ritual when he accidentally brought Ser Beric back to life. He doesn't know how or why it works, he just knows that it does.
Yes exactly. That's why I mentioned it, it's not really magic and it's proof that his god may be real.
Best reaction so far. Spoilers... <iframe width="853" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mq9LeaJQQ5g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Spoiler Sounds like book readers are pissed about no Lady Stoneheart, which is kind of ironic considering that she doesn't actually show up in the books until the epilogue of ASoS.
