#89 Greyworm’s talent
A recap of a single scene from Game of Thrones

So I’m finally all caught up on Game of Thrones after swearing off the show many moons ago out of fear that I’d spoil George R.R. Martin’s upcoming book. Less than two weeks ago, I came to terms with the fact that I’m never getting another book, and, now, here I am.
I’m not going to write paragraphs about Jon believing in honor — the very thing that got his father and brother killed — and doing a thing that will probably get him killed, too. Arya? Oh, she did some walking and was briefly reunited with Nymeria. Daenerys stood around in her war room, I guess. Then, villain ex machina himself, Euron Greyjoy, who we’ve been told is a kickass sea captain, kicked ass on the sea. The Sand Snakes? Going nowhere, fast.
Yawn.
Honestly, the most interesting moment in the entire episode, for me, was whatever happened between Greyworm and Missandei. That scene is burrowing a hole in my brain and building a little house — not because Nathalie Emmanuel has a slamming body (it is known) or because it went on for an uncomfortably long time (that is also known). But, like, how did things, um, work?
The unsullied are castrated, right? So is Greyworm flat in the front, like a Ken doll? The writers tried to address his lack of equipment by showing him taking a trip, erm, downtown. But this just raises more questions. Wasn’t he bred from birth to be a warrior, “unsullied” by the pleasures of the flesh? If so, wouldn’t lady parts be as confusing to him as algebra to a Labrador Retriever?
And if Greyworm was castrated, wouldn’t the sight of a naked woman, albeit one with a slamming body (did I say that already?) do absolutely nothing for him?
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills here. Am I the only one who can internet — yes, I’m using it as a verb — how things work? And, once again, why did the scene seem to drag on? If I had directed that bad boy, it would have been more succinct. Girl disrobes. Man disrobes. Shot of Missandei from the front. Shot of her from the back (because I’m a giver). Shot of Greyworm from the back (for the ladies). And scene.
Okay, I did kind of lie at the beginning. Interesting things happened. I am intrigued by Samwell Tarly’s quest to heal Jorah Mormont. As a reader of the books, I initially assumed that Jorah’s first exile would be curtains for his character. The show countered this notion by revealing that he’s Dany’s version of bedbugs — really hard to shake. And now Jorah’s holed up with the maesters, getting greyscale scraped off his flesh. Color me perplexed. Clearly, he has a part to play in the final conflict.
Theon continues to be a non-starter for me. While I get that he didn’t want to end up in another medieval Guantanamo-type situation, I’m going to be mildly annoyed if this turns out to be part of some grand plan Theon has for redemption. That road is well worn. I’m also mad that the appearance of Victarion’s armor confirms we’re not getting one of the coolest sequences from A Dance with Dragons. But whatever. Let me be bitter.
