However, the troubling truth underpinning it all was that neither was fully candid with the other.
Their distrust kept the other in the dark and set the stage for a misunderstanding that will bring war.
Like most of the characters, her utter obliviousness and arrogance clouded her judgment.
The inevitable death of a King need not have caused them to go for each other’s throats.
They could have come together with a simple conversation to clear up past wrongs.
Each, in their own way, has been swept up in their own overconfidence and subsequent carelessness.
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Each is the unknowing architect of their impending downfall.
Yet he did not fully appreciate the gravity of what was happening.
He did not act with the urgency the situation required and unwittingly has set his family against each other.
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The show has exposed how their greatest failings lie in the ignorance that they all share.
They could avert the coming calamity.
Every glimmer of understanding or hint that things could take a different path has been repeatedly dashed.
All are standing on the edge of their own oblivion, not because of the sickness that befell Viserys.
They each had years to prepare for his death and still could not bring themselves to come together.
Once they have fallen there will be no coming back.
Death does not pay a visit without those who falsely believe they are immune to its reach.
All of these moments are how suffering takes shape and form.
