How The Red Wedding Ruined Our Lives 

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The entire sequence with Catelyn at the wedding is a hauntingly beautiful direction. We see her feeling uneasy at first as the doors are locked and the music starts to play, then worried after sitting down with Roose, you can see her breathing getting heavier and faster, and then the final moment, panic as she discovers the armor under his clothes. Michelle Fairley is criminally underrated. It's outrageous she was never even nominated.

A shame the show didn’t stick to these principles. The last season was some of the most predictable storytelling I have seen.

Shout out to Ramin Djawadi though. He's been a stalwart for Game of Thrones and the scenes wouldn't be the same without his fantastic music.

Lady Catelyn is the most tragic character in the entire series in my opinion. She died believing all her children are dead, and the only “Stark” left is Jon Snow, a bastard boy from Ned who betrayed her love, with another woman. She literally saw her entire heritage die before her, and she was the last to die. It’s an incredibly disturbing and depressing story.

Benioff and Weiss are getting too much credit for the story and structure of this show. They literally just copied what Martin wrote. The last season proved they are not nearly as good without Martin's writings to copy. - It do think they deserve credit for excellence in interpretation of source material.

Same thing with oberyn, that’s the first time I’ve ever heard a story where the character gets his revenge denied, not only that but in such a brutal way too. I couldn’t sleep after I watched that episode

S1-6: You were the chosen one You were supposed to destroy clichés not add them S7: It’s for FANSERVICE!!!!

Five years after... I'm still crying...

Game Of Thrones is very easy to explain. Its a show about families fighting over control of a kingdom while unbeknownst to them a magical force is looming threatening to destroy the world as they know it.

I still remember the feeling of watching the dead quiet ending credits of that episode. Just in shock from the amazing script and acting that brought that final scene together

Game of Thrones soundtrack... it's not only good by itself, but it's so heavy, you can feel the weight of what happened so far, a thousand images fly by your head so fast, like you've just watched all of it's seasons in less than one second, Ygrette's death, Jon and Thormund's friendship, the Red Wedding, king Tommen's suicide, Robert Baratheon's death, the Hound with Arya Stark, "I wish i had enough poison for the whole pack of you !", Eddard Stark. All of those feelings coming back at the same time...

Ned would've never married another girl if he was already compromised to marry a Frey girl. Robb lost the war the moment he married Talissa...I believe it's a line of a character of the show

GOT season 1234: good people die because that's reality. season 5678: the heroes get their revenge and win because magic.

Very, very soon you´ll be able to make: " how season 8, episode 3 ruined our lives" video.

I was haunted by Catelyn Stark's scream :c

The Red wedding is the most brutal moment in scripted history since the literal 'overthrowing' of Mufasa in The Lion King movie. It's like fine kill the main protagonist yet again, but Jesus H. Christ why did you guys also added this pregnant woman death in such a viscous way?! Well...i might add seeing Arya Stark feeding Wolder Frey his own young as good-dammed apple pie made me sick yet satisfied at the same time; this girl sense of humor is dark as pitch black tar.

...but now the rains weep o'er his hall, and not a soul to hear...

"Benioff and Weiss value the logical consequences of the game" Well, they used to...

And so he spoke, and so he spoke That Lord of Castamere And now the rains weep o'er his halls With no one there to hear...

First time I watched the Red Wedding I couldn't sleep afterwards, it really shocked me.

What got me the most was the brutality to Talisa and her unborn child. If they had at least kept her alive with the child it would’ve kept a bit of hope alive, but by killing her and the baby first before killing Rob it solidified the finality of it all.

Red Wedding - ruins your life and makes you fall in love with the show even more Battle for Winterfell - ruins your life and makes you hate the show Bravo

I could still remember how my heart drummed inside my chest as I watched Talisa being stabbed multiple times. And Catelyn's scream of agony and the way she just stood there, with eyes open but already dead inside made my skin crawl. I have to watch the closing theme just staring at my laptop's black screen in an extreme level of shock.

I had to laugh at the idea that Benioff and Weiss "value the logical consequences of the game". They quite freely suspend the "logical consequences", particularly the more they're asked to make up stuff on their own, particularly in order to cheat and help the villains stick around. Look at, well, everything that happens with Cersei in Season 7, or Ramsay in Season 6.

This deserves more views! Must have taken a lot of work to edit all those scenes together.

Game of thrones is a must watch if you love a good story line or lines.

I got the Red Wedding spoiled in advance. I will never be able to know how it felt when you weren't expecting it.

That’s excactly why it’s so sad that seasons 5-7 are so bad compared to seasons 1-4

2:48 David Benioff and Dan Weiss, the creators of this show, ... value the logical consequences of the game. This didn't age well.

In other words, the world doesn't need Superman. It needs the Punisher.

Oddly enough, The Red Wedding was the first scene I ever saw of this show because of the reactions to it. I read the books recently and though I knew it was coming, the scene still pained me. It was the most visceral thing I had ever read.

I remember the day I saw this episode. I had binged up to that point over the past one week, loving the story line and of course rooting for the good guy. This sequence though, wrecked my mood. It was the first time that a narrative of a show or movie was so immense that it had visible impact on me. I stopped watching it for a week or so, trying to overcome that shock. I now realize what a treasure that emotion was. That, for me, was entertainment at it's peak. In the truest sense of the word. I loved your essay on it. I kind of felt what I felt, but I had not fully relished it yet. Than you for that. Subbed, liked, waiting for more quality content.

Well Rob didn't keep his word and lost his head. And how in the hell do you trust a guy with a flayed man as his banner?

I gasped so loud when I first saw this scene...then I had to take a break from binge watching. This is my favorite episode because it’s so shocking.

That last monologue was fuckin brutal. Good job.

I think it's a shame that GOTs seasons 6 and 7 turned into pure fan service...

At least it ruined our lives in a good way. Now look at what they've done in season 8

I still remember how much shocked, terrified and emotionally wrecked I was when I watched the red wedding episode ... too bad GOT never had that again in the last season of it. That truly was a masterpiece.

I was on alone on Christmas day, in bed ill, with diarrhea. 'But it's okay' I thought, 'I have the next episode of Game Of Thrones to watch'.... :D Well, I never forgot that Christmas.

yay I new video, I just found you recently. But I love your videos so much. The editing is so good!!

Technically the promise to marry Walder’s daughter came from Catelyn. Granted she had no way of conveying that agreement to Robb until it had already been made. While the Starks are all about honor, I think love has an equally important place within them as well. Robb loved Talisa, and he loved her long before the promise was ever made. Catelyn tried to play the game by striking that deal with Walder, the problem being that it was inevitably going to backfire from the moment she made it. Blaming Robb is giving him a responsibility and expectation that he was never beholden to. Blaming Catelyn is unfortunately not misguided, though she never could have imagined in her worst nightmare this outcome; she clearly trusted Walder more than she should’ve. Is it right to burden her with the events of the Red Wedding given what she meant to accomplish and went through? House Frey was won over by the lion, and the lion doesn’t play fair. Don’t blame Robb or Catelyn. Blame the ones who orchestrated it and gave the order, Walder Frey, Roose Bolton, and Tywin Lannister.

I think this series really has lost its way, the first four seasons are great, I think the fifth is pretty good, and season six is also great imo, despite having more predictable moments, season 7 however is a different story, it stopped focusing on the characters and more on the big fights, and fanservice

I remember feeling so uneasy whenever Arya showed happiness and or anticipation to be reunited with Rob and her mom...it felt like oh no...she is going to be let down again...

It was done so well that it still stirs emotions. I can remember just looking at the credits trying to comprehend what I had just watched.

Excellent video. Not just informative, but you succeeded in letting me dive back into the feelings I had when watching the show. The perfect choice of soundtrack definitely helped. Thanks!!

season 1-6 were great, too bad 7 felt so simple. Its still entertaining but its not nearly as great as the earlier seasons.

Great analysis, perfect editing. Loved this video, hope you get to do more on the show, even if you look at other themes from earlier seasons - not necessarily season 8.

A couple of more clues from the book. Frey didn't offer guest right until Catelyn asked for the salt and bread. Also, she made a note of how bad the musicians were. She didn't realize they weren't actually musicians. And at least one of the Freys was in such a bad mood he rudely rebuked an offer to dance and stalked off before crap went down. The girl that asked him was one of the Bear Island warrior daughters and she ended up getting an axe in the belly. It was pretty shocking. It's been awhile since I read the book, so take this with a grain of salt... and bread.

In real life, there are moments where breaking an oath or the law has a huge payoff. And prisons and history are full of people who misjudged that moment and suffered the rest of their (often short) lives for it. They keep trying because those who chose the right moment became wealthy and powerful enough to avoid the costs.

Its crazy this is still the same show runners... with shit like "Beyond the Wall" and cringey scenes ripped right out of Disney's "How to train your Dragon"

EXCELLENT VIDEO!!! More please! Yes and thank you!

I have already made plans to freak out half my guests at my wedding. Rains of Castamere playing at the reception, me and my hubby leaving and my uncle closing the door and sitting next to my mom. She's gonna shit herself 😂

I love the show because it basically broke every plot law. Since GoT killed off half the cast, other shows try to copy it just for drama reasons while misunderstanding why GRRM did it. You got only one thing wrong; "In the end, the good guys always win" Not on this show.... I have a feeling on what's coming and you won't like it^^

Fantastic editing!!! Excellent video and analysis

just hearing the rains of castamere, and reading the title has me wanting to break down into tears.

Keep up the excellent work guys. Great essay on GoT!

"Show creators value the logical consequences of the game." No, they don't. It was George, now he's not involved in the show production and seasons 5, 6, 7 prove that they don't care about anything making a lick of sense.

This was beautifully done! Thank you so much!

Wow... this still gives me chills. Great video! Subbed!

"value the logical consequences of the game", D&D kinda forgot about it

Great essay, it's a shame that GOT is a Hollywood fanfic now

Just watching this video months later. Powerful, well explained and well done.

Just watched this for the first time yesterday with no prep, never had any spoilers and didn’t read the books. I was screaming at the tv and it turned into a full on emotional breakdown.

Subbed. Brilliant video. Please make more. PS: Large part of the credit should go to GRRM. His writing is pristine, and D&D only fed off it till they passed the books, and thus the decline of the show.

I have already accepted end of season 4 as a finale of the show.

Can't/won't wait for more! Keep up the great work.

Awesome video man I'm glad I discovered you you just earned a new subscriber

Welp, time to go rewatch GoT again..

this scene is more bloodier than the show itself and books

Great, well-written and clear video essay!

This video was so well put together

In hindsight Robb's death should have been seen a mile away. Every non-military choice he made was wrong and there was a clear trajectory of his decline prior to his death.

"The writers of the show value the logical consequences of the game." Funny thing to say in 2018

This editing is perfect. You earned a sub

All your videos are fantastic.. great stuff xoxo

that is very lazy interpretation. 'Honor gets you killed and leaving morals aside leads to survival' literally every person that watches the show thinks this way and they start doing similar things in life also. The reason Rob was killed was because HE DID NOT FOLLOW THE HONOR OF HIS FATHER and did not marry Frey girl as promised, the outcome would be vastly different IF ROB FOLLOWED THE HONOR CODE. When you say Tywin was not Honorable, that is also incorrect statement. Lannister always pays their debt is the key to their honor, they stick with it and people know that and ally with them and that is why they are successful. Infact, pretty much every character in the show suffered cause they failed to follow their honor code.

"Explain to me why it is more noble to kill 10,000 men in battle than just a dozen at dinner." - Tywin Lannister after the Red Wedding

Video is amazingly edited❤️

"If you think this story has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention." So fucking cool.

Red wedding didn't ruin my life rather than it shocked me and fascinated me as i had never seen that before. It was brutally real as well as heart braking and made the show ground braking.

The battle of winterfell should've been like this, but alas, D&D are not GRRM

Door closes a little too loud... You know SOMETHING is up.... then you see his chain-mail sleeve, her reaction, and his reaction to her reaction.

Really well made video. Smashed that like button!

Why is this video making my eyes sweat?

A few days ago I read that part in the third volume and I think that both versions the show, and the words of Martin have their own perspectives and both are so fucking good and so fucking sad and ominous

I remember being in shock watching this scene...like it was abrupt and no raging music score to build it..it was literally like flipping a coin.

Very well put together. Got me all emotional

Wow that really was awesome.

Sigh. We miss this. RIP Game of Thrones.

Good point about the change in narrative after tRW--I would have liked to hear more about an analysis of the narratives that followed, though.

This is why it's so good. You actually fear for the characters lives. In other TV shows you know the main characters are not going to die, at least not until the end, but this show is unpredictable

beautiful video, man.

Remember when GOT used to be this great? (Yeah season 8 just aired, how can you tell?)

This was an amazing video, I'm going to subscribe :)

What a great video! gave me goosebumps

I think you're forgetting the Stark complicity in the War of the Five Kings. Firstly, it was the Catelyn and Ned who ordered Tyrion's arrest on little evidence, outside of Baelish's word. Catelyn knew her sister wasn't the most mentally stable person and when she sees how far her sister's mind has degraded, she made no attempt to insist on a fair trial. She was happy to let Tyrion be murdered for no other reason than.. because Lannister. Ned gave Catelyn permission to handle the situation and and made no attempt to seek the truth beyond his own prejudices. When Tywin responds to the kidnapping and attempt at judicial murder of his son (regardless of his feelings for Tyrion that was a rational response), Ned STILL makes no attempt to look beyond his assumptions and prejudices. Yes, Tywin upped the anty by having the Mountain burn the Riverlands, but Ned made no attempts to defuse anything or investigate anything beyond Jon Arryn's murder, a subject that mattered to him personally. Ned antagonizes the Lannisters and then plays the innocent, morally pure victim when the Lannisters push back. The same thing happened in the street fight with Jaime. Ned gloats over his taking of Tyrion to a brother who obviously cares about his younger sibling's safety. This follows a pattern of making no attempt to seek the truth of why Jaime killed Aerys Targaryen, but instead falling back on.. because Lannister. When Ned had a chance to stand up to Tywin and the Mountain after little Reynes and Aegon were slaughtered along with their mother, Elia Martell, by demanding justice from Robert, all he did was throw a tantrum and head back to Winterfell without taking any action. Robb called the banners and moved on Kings Landing before Ned was even executed. Remember, Robb knew very little of Joffrey, Cersei, or anything that was going on in Kings Landing. He acted out of fear and arrogance and got his people into a war. He could have bottled up the North at the harbors and ordered the Reeds and the Crannogment to not let large numbers of Southerners through. He could have ensured his own people were safe, then sought a peaceful resolution. He chose to attack, and Tywin chose to defend himself. Once that happened there was no going back. The Starks are not a family that values justice, only the appearance of it and the appearance of moral behavior. They are perfectly happy to be as pragmatic as the Lannisters, they just have a better reputation. There was near equal fault on both sides, but the storyline and the way the scenes were shot encourage us to root for the Starks. That was the choice of GRRM and the producers of the show, but it doesn't tell the whole story.

Game of thrones is one of my favorite TV series of all time, if you haven't seen Hannibal you should watch and if you have you should make a video on it, it is a masterpiece.

I have to say I feel like the books heavily implied that the tactics of Tywin and the Freys were a short term gain that cost them in the long term. No-one would ever trust a Frey, ever again. No-one would ever put their faith in a Lannister. It was honestly an idiotic tactic which showed how afraid Tywin was of Robb's skill on the battlefield, and would have been what led to his defeat.

Excellent. Look forward to more Game of Thrones content from this channel