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Official Opening Credits: Game of Thrones (HBO)

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The Season 6 of Game of Thrones recently ended last June 26 (June 27 here in the Philippines) and I am having some GOT withdrawal. The same thing happened the last 2 seasons which was when I started to watch the series in its airing period. I used to watch a whole season after all the episodes of it is finished because I can't stand the cliffhangers and waiting for the next episode to be aired. But as more people liked the series and more of my classmates become hooked on the brutal TV series, I started to really follow the series because spoilers are far worse than waiting. Several hours after an episode was aired and the spoilers came crashing down on my newsfeed and it's one of the worst things that can happen to a GOT fan.
So, to handle my GOT withdrawal, every post season I rewatch the past episodes especially the deaths of my most hated characters (Joffrey Baratheon, Ramsay and Roose Bolton, and Walder Frey) and my most loved characters (Ned, Catelyn and Robb Stark, Hodor, and Wun wun). Of course, I also loved watching my very handsome ex commander of the Night's Watch and now the King of the North Jon Snow. But why make a blog about it?
As my creative portfolio in my Philo (Logic) 11 class this midyear, I decided to spot the fallacies made in Game of Thrones since I'm rewatching the series. This is to apply what I've learned in my Logic class which I enjoyed very much. This blog is dedicated to reveal the fallacious arguments made in GOT by our beloved characters. Here, you will discover that even our wise Imp, Tyrion, commits fallacy once in a while. Warning: There are a lot of spoilers in this blog so read at your own risk. Valar Morghulis!

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1. Three rangers from the Night's Watch ( Ser Waymar Royce, Will, and Gared) went north beyond the wall to track the wildlings. Will saw a camp of dead wildlings arranged in some weird pattern and asked Ser Waymar Royce to head back to the Wall.

Ser Waymar Royce: "What do you expect? They're savages. One lot steals a goat from another lot, before you know it they're ripping each other to pieces."
Will: "I've never seen wildlings do a thing like this. I never seen a thing like this, not ever in my life."
Ser Waymar Royce: "How close did you get?"
Will: "Close as any man would."
Gared: "We should head back to the wall."
Ser Waymar Royce: " Do the dead frighten you?"
Gared: "Our orders were to track the wildlings. We tracked them. They won't trouble us no more."
Ser Waymar Royce: "You don't think he'll ask us how they died? Get back on your horse."

Ser Waymar Royce committed the fallacy of complex question. He asked question to presuppose his argument to not head back to The Wall.

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2. In the same scene, Ser Waymar Royce also threatened to kill Will if he'll go back south. Here, he committed the fallacy ad baculum.

Ser Waymar Royce: "You want to run away south, run away. Of course they will behead you as a deserter, if I don't catch you first. Get back on your horse. I won't say it again."

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3. When the deserter was caught by the guardsmen of Winterfell, Lord Ned Stark needed to sentence the deserter to death. After the deed, he explained to his son, Bran, why he had to do it. Curious as ever, little Bran asked his father if the deserter really saw a white walker. Instead of answering with either yes or no, Ned attacked the deserter saying "a madman sees what he sees." This is an example of ad hominem. Ned argued that the deserter was a mad man so his words hold no truth and credibility.

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4. On the way home of the Starks and their men, they saw a dead stag blocking the road. They went down to a nearby stream and saw a dead direwolf with her 5 alive pups. Ned decided to kill the direwolves since they don't belong in the south and their mother is dead so they won't survive anyway. But Jon Snow had a better idea.

Jon Snow: "Lord Stark? There are five pups. One for each of the Stark children. The direwolf is the sigil of your House. They were meant to have them."
Ned Stark: " You will train them yourselves. You will feed them yourselves. And if they die, you will bury them yourselves."

Jon Snow saved the direwolves (Yey!) but he commited a fallacy of hasty generalization. The sigil of the House Stark is not enough reason to adopt the direwolves.

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5. In Pentos, where Viserys and Daenerys stay, Viserys gave his sister a dress from their host. Daenerys was suppose to get married to the leader of the Dothraki so that Viserys will have his army to claim the throne. In this scene Viserys asked Daenerys to be perfect for the day since it will be the first time they will meet the Dothraki. Daenerys, having no answer to the request, was threatened by his brother. This is another example of ad baculum. Well, what do we expect from a TV show full of power play?

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6. Still in Pentos, Illyrio tells Viserys that he will soon get the Iron Throne and many people are yearning for him to be king. Viserys asked questions about the Dothraki to Illyrio and was not pleased with the answers. Illyrio committed the fallacy accident to convince Viserys that he sees Viserys as a king and not a fool.

Viserys: "Do you take me for a fool?"
Illyrio: "I take you for a king. Kings lack the caution of common men. My apologies if I've given offense."

Illyrio justified the lack of caution of Viserys as a trait of all kings.

7. Continuing the conversation, Viserys gave a fallacious argument which is called false cause.

Viserys: "I know how to play a man like Drogo. I give him a queen and he gives me an army."

Daenerys tried to refuse the marriage but she can't do anything

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8. Catelyn was fixing Sansa's hair when her daughter asked if Prince Joffrey will like her. King Robert decided to marry his first son to Ned's daughter so that their kingdom will be bound by blood. This news brought Sansa's desire to be queen someday and asked her mother to convince his father to accept the request of the king. In Sansa's argument, she appealed to her mom using her pleas more known as the ad misericordiam.

Sansa: "Do you think Joffrey will like me? What if he thinks I'm ugly?"
Catelyn: "Then he is the stupidest prince that ever lived."
Sansa: "He is so handsome. When would we be married? Soon? Or do we have to wait?"
Catelyn: "Hush now. Your father hasn't even said yes."
Sansa: "Why would he say no? He'd be the second most powerful man in the kingdoms."
Catelyn: "He'd have to leave home. He'd have to leave me. And so would you."
Sansa: "You left your home to come here. And I'd be queen someday. Please make father say yes!"
Catelyn: "Sansa..."
Sansa: "Please! Please, it's the only thing I ever wanted."

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9. A ryder from the Eyrie sent by Catelyn's sister delivered a message that warns Catelyn about the Lannisters. Lysa, Catelyn's sister, wrote in her letter that the Lannisters murdered her husband and the King is in danger. Shocked with the sudden news, Ned said that Lysa is fresh widowed and doesn't know what she is saying. This is an example of ad hominem. Ned argued that the state of being a widow clouds the actions of Lysa.

Ned: "What news?"
Catelyn: "She's fled the capital. She says Jon Arryn was murdered by the Lannisters. She says the King is in danger."
Ned: "She's fresh widowed, Cat. She doesn't know what she's saying."

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1. What's better than to start episode 2 of season 1 with Tyrion Lannister? Of course, Tyrion hitting Joffrey twice! Tyrion commited ad baculum when he hit Joffrey to make him pay his respect to Ned and Catelyn.

Joffrey: "My mother's been looking for you. We ride for King's Landing today."
Tyrion: "Before you go, you will call on Lord and Lady Stark and offer you sympathies."
Joffrey: "What good will my sympathies do them?"
Tyrion: "None but it is expected of you. Your absence has already been noted."
Joffrey: "The boy means nothing to me and I can't stand the wailing of women.
Tyrion: "(Slaps Joffrey) One word and I'll hit you again."
Joffrey: "I'm telling mother!"
Tyrion: "Go! Tell her but first you will get to Lord and Lady Stark and you will fall on your knees in front of them and tell them how very sorry you are, that you are at their service, and that all your prayers are with them. Do you understand?
Joffrey: "You can't..."
Tyrion: "(Slaps Joffrey again) Do you understand?"

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2. The Lannisters are having a breakfast when the fall of Bran was tackled in the dining room. Cersei and Jaime, caught by Bran while having sex and Jaime pushing him out the window of the tower, wanted the Boy dead. They committed the fallacy of ad misericordiam when they both agree that death is more merciful than letting the child suffer.

Myrcella: "Is Bran going to die?"
Tyrion: "Apparently not."
Cersei: "What do you mean?"
Tyrion: "The Maester says the boy may live."
Cersei: "It's no mercy, letting a child linger in such pain."
Tyrion: "Only the Gods know for certain. All the rest of us can do is pray.
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Jaime: "Even if the boy lives, he'll be a cripple, a grotesque. Give me a good clean death any day."
Tyrion: "Speaking for the grotesques, I'd have to disagree. Death is so final, whereas life. Ah, life is full of possibilities.

At least, Tyrion blessed us with his wisdom.

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3. Like her sister Sansa, Arya definitely knows what she wants and that does not include being a lady and being able to fold your clothes properly. In this fallacy, Arya missed the point of folding her clothes properly. This fallacy is called missing the point or Ignoratio Elenchi.

Arya: "Septa Mordane says I have to do it again. My things weren't properly folded, she says. Who cares how they're folded? They're going  to get all messed up anyway.

It's okay Arya, you still have Nymeria to help you. Or not.

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4. Since Bran is alive, the evil Lannister twin hired an assassin to kill Bran. Unfortunately, Catelyn is watching for Bran and she was bloodily manhandled by the assassin. Thank God, Summer, the direwolf of Bran, saved the day and killed the assassin. Just like the Lannisters, the assassin used ad misericordiam as he thinks that killing Bran is merciful. I guess committing a fallacy is a deadly sin.

Assassin: "You're not supposed to be here. No one is supposed to be here. It's a mercy. He's dead already."
Sorry for the bloody gif."

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5. To wrap up the second episode of season 1 is the fallacy committed by the two servants of Daenerys. Daenerys' servants was tending to her abused hands when they started to talk about the dragons. When Daenerys asked her three servants if they have ever seen a dragon, two of them answered that brave men killed all the dragons. It was followed by the saying "It is known". This is an example of ad ignorantiam. They don't really know if there are still dragons and if the brave men killed them.

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All the GIFs in this blog is made from video clips of Game of Thrones using GIPHY. Valar dohaeris!