Women of Game of Thrones are going to war - winter is coming this summer
In the forthcoming seventh season of HBO’s wildly popular fantasy series, we can expect the female characters to be the ones in charge of the narrative
The great war is here. At least, it will be when Game of Thrones returns in July and the show enters the final stages of the battle for Westeros.
A formidable list of contenders are circling from all directions – something that hasn’t escaped the notice of the current occupant of the Iron Throne.
“Enemies to the East. Enemies to the West. Enemies to the South. Enemies to the North,” says Cersei Lannister in the latest trailer. “Whatever stands in our way, we will defeat it.”
What stands in her way are the armies of at least two women with a claim to the throne and several more who would kill to see anyone but a Lannister ruling the realm from King’s Landing. All, however, have the chance to rule the show’s forthcoming narrative.
What started as a classic male-dominated adventure six seasons ago has become an unlikely tale of female empowerment.
The surviving women of Game of Thrones have been endlessly brutalised by the men of Westeros and Essos, but now they have the upper hand … and there’ll be hell to pay.
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Based on author George R. R. Martin’s fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones has since outpaced the novels. Though Martin is reportedly writing the sixth volume for what is intended to be a seven-book series, HBO’s new season (like the one before) follows a largely rogue story line. (Martin has provided some outlines to show creators D.B. Weiss and David Benioff from the forthcoming The Winds of Winter.)