2025-04-18 3:49:11 ¶ ● ⬈

martinblackwoodhaterfan:

> There’s this misconception that in s5 Martin was bloodthirsty and wanted to kill. No, he didn’t. He just wanted these people dead. He didn’t want to do the killing himself. He used Jon to kill for him, so that he wouldn’t have to feel guilty about it. And I’m sure that if he was the one with the power to kill, he wouldn’t have been as eager to abuse it. Because then he would have to take responsibility for his own actions for once.

## “BECAUSE THEN HE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS OWN ACTIONS FOR ONCE”

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Not only that, but him calling Jon monstrous is just another layer in that, cause if it’s in Jon’s nature, then neither of them can be held culpable! WHICH JON RECOGNIZES. AND IN TURN REFUSES TO BE PART OF. BECAUSE IT WAS BEAT INTO HIM OVER THE COURSE OF THE ENTIRE GODDAMN PODCAST.

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