Tyrion's journey with Illyrio has offered up some tasty morsels for us to digest. Granted...none of it sounds as tasty as the food that Illyrio manages to stuff into his fat face. Tyrion, too, manages to gorge himself on many fine dishes as they make their way to some mysterious destination.
It's clear that Illyrio is sending Tyrion to Dany. The thought of this excites me very, very much. These are two of my favorite characters and they are finally going to meet! Joy! Tyrion is so sarcastic and snappy and Dany is so serious and queen-like. I cannot wait for their first meeting.
I imagine we will eventually learn of Illyrio's true reasons for supporting Dany. He claims that it is merely because he wants to do something good, but I think we all know that's a lie. He does mention how he would love to be the Master of Coin. I can't help but picture a fat Illyrio wearing a dark blue coat and a top hat diving through his mountains of coins. (And, yes, that was a reference to Duck Tales) Obviously, Tyrion doesn't buy it either and if Tyrion doesn't believe something, then we, as readers, probably shouldn't either.
I liked that Tyrion used to dream about riding a dragon. I wonder if this is a bit of foreshadowing. Will Tyrion be one of the three who rides a dragon back to Westeros destroying everything in his path? Or maybe he'll end up a bag of charred bones in a bag...
Another interesting thing about the two Tyrion chapters is how focused he is on a few specific things: murdering his father, murdering his sister, murdering his brother, and Tysha. He consistently rolls these four things around in his head over and over again. We have never seen Tyrion quite so obsessed. This can't be good for any of them (well, except for Tysha perhaps).
I was enthralled, for whatever reason, to hear about Illyrio and Varys’ connection. I had been wondering why they were scheming and what had brought them together. I am also excited about Dany and Tyrion meeting. BUT I think that she is going to rage at the audacity of him coming to join her. She is not going to trust him one little bit and I bet she will want him taken prisoner or worse until he wins her over. BUT he’s Tyrion; he will win her over.
ReplyDeleteThe most important thing in this chapter, to me, was when Illyrio was telling Tyrion about Dany and he says (paraphrasing) she was a meek child and she was REBORN in the Dothraki sea. I think Martin is pointing to Dany being the Price that was Promised (and/or Azor Ahai reborn – not sure if they are the same or not) or either he wants us to think she is. Maester Aemon told us himself that the prophecy may have been misunderstood because dragons are not male or female.