There’s death everywhere in Game of Thrones. Blink, and perhaps you won’t get blood in your eye. From a rat in a hot bucket that burrows into a human body to avoid being turned to charred ember, to the mass slaughter on what was intended to be the best day of a person’s life – their wedding. The show’s non-apologetic stance, “Valar Morghulis” (translation: “All men must die”), has left viewers both awed and disgusted.
In an open letter explaining the abundance of death in Game of Thrones, a George RR Martin fan writes:
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