![]() Look where that desire for vengeance got him.īut Oberyn's lover, Ellaria Sand ( Indira Varma) - and, if we believe her, the people of Dorne - doesn't want to hear this. What's more, Oberyn did this because he wanted revenge for some even older murders - that of his sister Elia and her children. He volunteered to fight the Mountain, perhaps the most formidable and dangerous combatant in Westeros, in a trial by combat - and he lost, fair and square. ![]() It's worth pausing to remember - as Doran points out - that Oberyn really did get himself killed. This is evident in the show's first brief scene set in Dorne, where Prince Doran Martell ( Alexander Siddig) weighs how to respond to his brother Oberyn's death in King's Landing. Instead, it explores just how difficult it is for even a well-meaning ruler to tamp down those impulses. But this episode doesn't have a simple, moralistic message that vengeance is simply wrong and bad and that avoiding it is good. Martin and Game of Thrones critique vengeance as leading to an endless cycle of more and more vengeance. Come back throughout the week for entries.Īndrew Prokop: Todd, I think you're spot-on that both George R. This week, Todd is joined by culture writer Kelsey McKinney and politics writer Andrew Prokop. Check out the recap for this episode here, and follow the whole discussion here. Every week, Todd VanDerWerff will be joined by two of Vox's other writers to discuss the latest episode of Game of Thrones over the course of that week.
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