Talk:Lives of Four Kings

I'm mildly annoyed that the TV series left out the lines explaining that the original copy of Lives of Four Kings that Joffrey destroyed was one of only four surviving original copies left in existence, and incalculably rare.

What I hold out hope for...if they're smart...is that they moved the dialogue around to a later scene, that someone in a later episode will remark on how crude that was. I mean, it was funny enough that I can't see why Martin himself would leave it out of the script (other than time reasons...but they sure had enough time for Shae in that episode!)

The point is I remembered the point in the books that unlike Cersei, once Stannis realized that Shireen is his only heir and will (hopefully) be a Ruling Queen after him someday, he had her instructors focus on matters of good governance (geography, history, relgion, and classical literature), the kind of education normally give only to noble boys, not girls.

So this is what I would do myself if I were able to influence things, though I doubt they'll do it: my hope is that when in coming episodes we see the Dragonstone characters reacting to news of Joffrey's death, that they have Shireen of all people be most aghast at the "tragedy"...not that Joffrey died, but that he destroyed an original copy of Lives of Four Kings. And have this little girl point out "The fool - that was one of only four original copies left in the entire world!".

This would A - be a clever way to have other characters give exposition, instead of just heaping it all on Tyrion, and more importantly B - be good character building, as this short reference would emphasize that Shireen is this little girl, and she's better educated than Joffrey ever was, specifically having already read a book which every good monarch should read.--The Dragon Demands (talk) 03:14, April 17, 2014 (UTC)