<em>Game of Thrones</em>: That Girl Was Poison
In a show deeply concerned with the morality of its killings, toxic potions have been weapons of last resort.
Warning: Spoilers ahead through Season 7, Episode 3 of Game of Thrones.
“Your daughter will die here in this cell,” the one mother, Cersei, informs Ellaria, the other. “And you will be here watching when she does. You will be here for the rest of your days .... You will live to watch your daughter rot, to watch that beautiful face collapse to bone and dust. All the while contemplating the choices you’ve made.”
Tyene, murdered—with agonizing slowness—before her mother’s eyes: It’s yet another circular story in an episode (and, indeed, a show) that is full of them. Here is Cersei, getting her revenge for the death of her daughter by forcing the woman who murdered Myrcella to endure roughly the same fate Cersei had: the loss of a child.
