Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-74.71.241.53-20150625040137

Needless to say, the season 5 finale left us with a hell of a lot of cliffhangers, many of them involving major characters. Hopefully they will all be resolved in season 6, but after some critical thinking, the storyline that sticks out for me is- perhaps surprisingly- Melisandre's. I think she could play an extremely vital role in upcoming seasons.

Here's my reasoning: the cliffhangers for other charcters were fairly straightforward (Arya was blinded for stealing from the Many-Faced God, Jon was murdered by the Watch, and Myrcella was poisoned by Ellaria Sand), but Melisandre's case seems much more enigmatic. For four straight seasons, she has been unwavering in her support for Stannis Baratheon, even when he was at his lowest. This is also a woman who can burn people alive without flinching, so she's clearly not squeamish or easily intimidated. What could have caused her to abandon her king without even a word? Well, I see two possibilities: on the one hand, her integrity could have all been a facade, which to me seems like a very unrealistic character shift. On the other hand, she seemed genuinely spooked, and given her personality that wouldn't be easy to do. Perhaps there's more going on here than deserting soldiers and suicidal Florents? Maybe she saw or felt something that caused her to do a 180 and retreat back to Castle Black? Time will tell, but what do you think?

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