<em>Game of Thrones</em>’s Epidemic of Kid-Killing
The violent death of a cooing infant suggests the extremes to which the show will go to question the nature of childhood.
Warning: Season 6 spoilers abound.
It was the most shocking scene in an episode that otherwise played out . Walda Frey, the wife of Roose Bolton, gave birth to a son. (This was not the surprising part: The existence of another Bolton heir had been heavily hinted at last season.) The birth of a healthy baby—a boy, no less—was good news to everyone save for Ramsay Bolton, who “would prefer to be an only child.” So Ramsay, having murdered his father to ensure his accession to the throne, called for Walda and his new baby brother. He met the child, a cooing infant, and led them, casually, to
