#sry to break it to u but society naturally structures itself
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when the long night inevitably ends and the previous social structure has crumbled and both westeros and essos are in chaos, do you want characters who genuinely care about creating meaningful change to be in power, or do you want them to die/not be in power because “feudalism is bad” and therefore these characters who derive some of their authority from the class they belong to cannot hold any power after the long night bc that somehow contradicts one of asoiafs most prominent messages. (despite the fact that many of our main characters suffer due to the current social systems in place)
personally, i’d prefer it if the characters who are able to see the good in the undesirables of society (and protect/empower these undesirables) are able to live on in order to restructure society in a way that protects all people.
to be frank, i don’t think it’d even be possible for the world of asoiaf to return to feudalism after something like the long night occurs.
but the thing is, society needs structure and humanity will naturally restructure itself whether people like it or not. so when spring comes, i want the characters who wish for a better tomorrow for all people to be in power in order to create a better world.
so to everyone who thinks that certain characters being in power only perpetuates the cycle of class violence and oppression, i’d like to ask you what you think is a better alternative way for asoiaf to end.
#people are forgetting that the main five of asoiaf are all marginalized characters in some way#feudalism isn’t even the only way westerosi society is structured#the patriarchy is also there and the best way to combat this is to have a woman in power who sets new precedents/makes laws protecting women#sry to break it to u but society naturally structures itself#if jon and dany don’t do it then who will? who can us readers trust to rebuild society besides these two (and tyrion. i believe in him)#you want a rando or a child who’s never ruled before do it? you want a democracy? well who’s gonna set that democracy up???#y’all want either a bleak ending with ur favs in feudal positions of power or u want asoiaf to end in democracy (how would this even work?)#sry that i want characters who are trying to better society/actually have rulership arcs be in power while humanity recovers from a disaster#i personally think asoiaf will end with a lot of ppl dead and unimaginable damage caused by the long night#but our heroes will use their new god like statuses to create a new and better order :)#it’s always the dany antis saying this shit#who besides dany has the balls & the power to bring down & rebuild society? she’s the one who has dragons#asoiaf#asoiaf fandom critical
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