#mixing show and book canon here but i truly love the men tithing thing they did i actually think that was an excellent change to lore | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

tweedfrog · 5 months ago

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Thinking abt human sacrifice in westeros in ASOIAF I rlly rlly do love the idea that it was practiced openly in the north but died out (except on skagos allegedly) when the Andals came and now people view it as barbaric but it just happens en masse but they call it something else....Northerners tithing men before the beginning of winter and giving them to the Nights Watch based on luck of the draw....Southerners setting up whole tourney circuits and melee battles where men die brutally for entertainment. It's all still there you just call it a different thing!!!!

#i think theres also the argument that the norths human sacrifice serves a purpose whereas the souths doesnt #and that is true to a certain extent #eXCEPT those tourney circuits and melee battles keep the knights in practice for war with actual opponents #as opposed to just practicing in the tiltyard #so its useful for the capacity of feudal lords to keep their retainers practiced for war #BUT ALSO leading back into the bigger point that overall most of the wars these knights are fighting and dying for are pointless wars #-of expansion or rivalry #the true enemy is to the north etc etc #so theyre both hypocrites but the northerners (at least back in cregans time) knew where the real danger was #asoiaf #mixing show and book canon here but i truly love the men tithing thing they did i actually think that was an excellent change to lore

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