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Question about Game of Thrones- Spoilers
Posted on 11/11/13 at 10:32 pm
Posted on 11/11/13 at 10:32 pm
Why isnt Jeoffry Barethoen disfigured or disabled. He looks fine to me even though he is inbred.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 10:33 pm to WhoDats10
I don't understand the question.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 10:41 pm to WhoDats10
There is a ton of inbreeding in the story. The Targaryens strictly did it. It doesn't really have outward negative effects in that world.
This post was edited on 11/11/13 at 10:58 pm
Posted on 11/11/13 at 10:49 pm to WhoDats10
He's disfigured psychologically. He's sadistic, demented, and cruel. He may be normal on the surface, but the gods flipped a coin when he was born and old Joff rotted to the core. As was common among the Targaryens, inbreeding can cause many ill effects both physical and mental.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 10:52 pm to PezzMonkey8
The mental defects of inbreeding definitely play a significant role.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 11:31 pm to WhoDats10
He's not physically disabled, but he's definitely mentally fricked up.
There are also some theories that he is impotent but it's not a fact.
Also, the Targaryens were inbred and most of them were mentally screwed up rather than physically disabled. According to Barristan in the books and Cersei in the show, "Every time a new Targaryen is born, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land." (This can apply to the Targs and Cersei and Jaime's children for that matter.) Some Targs were crazy, like Aerys and Baelor the Blessed, and others were the opposite, i.e. Rhaegar, Maester Aemon, Egg, etc.
Joffrey is the only child of Jaime and Cersei's who is mad. Myrcella and Tommen are the opposite and are very sweet.
There are also some theories that he is impotent but it's not a fact.
Also, the Targaryens were inbred and most of them were mentally screwed up rather than physically disabled. According to Barristan in the books and Cersei in the show, "Every time a new Targaryen is born, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land." (This can apply to the Targs and Cersei and Jaime's children for that matter.) Some Targs were crazy, like Aerys and Baelor the Blessed, and others were the opposite, i.e. Rhaegar, Maester Aemon, Egg, etc.
Joffrey is the only child of Jaime and Cersei's who is mad. Myrcella and Tommen are the opposite and are very sweet.
This post was edited on 11/11/13 at 11:32 pm
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