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Question about Game of Thrones- Spoilers

Posted on 11/11/13 at 10:32 pm
Posted by WhoDats10
Member since Dec 2012
1580 posts
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 by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
128218 posts
Posted on 11/11/13 at 10:33 pm to
I don't understand the question.
Posted by DestrehanTiger
Houston, TX by way of Louisiana
Member since Nov 2005
13198 posts
Posted on 11/11/13 at 10:41 pm to
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 by PezzMonkey8
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2009
6 posts
Posted on 11/11/13 at 10:49 pm to
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 by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
38126 posts
Posted on 11/11/13 at 10:52 pm to
The mental defects of inbreeding definitely play a significant role.
Posted by ladytiger118
Member since Aug 2009
20922 posts
Posted on 11/11/13 at 11:31 pm to
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.
This post was edited on 11/11/13 at 11:32 pm
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