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I just realized something about this scene in Game of Thrones, I don't know if someone's pointed it out, but let me have this. Spoilers ahead.
Maggy the Frog's prophecy for Cersei.
Maggy the Frog's prophecy for Cersei.
Cersei and her friend go to see Maggy the Frog in the swamp. Cersei's friend doesn't want to go, she just has a bad feeling. Cersei ignores her.
They accidentally wake Maggy, who wakes and commands them, "GET OUT." Cersei's friend says, "Let's go."
Cersei is indignant, she says, "No."
Maggy looks at Cersei with slight irritation, warns her, "Listen to your friend."
Maggy knew from the jump.
Cersei is indignant, she says, "No."
Maggy looks at Cersei with slight irritation, warns her, "Listen to your friend."
Maggy knew from the jump.
Here is Cersei's first strike. She insults her. "They said you were terrifying, with cat's teeth and three eyes. You're not terrifying. You're boring."
Maggy warns again, "You don't know what I am."
Maggy warns again, "You don't know what I am."
Cersei is arrogant, "I know you're a witch and you can see the future. Tell me mine," she demands. Such an ugly personality.
This is Cersei's second strike.
Maggy warns again slyly—"Everyone wants to know their future until they know their future."
This is Cersei's second strike.
Maggy warns again slyly—"Everyone wants to know their future until they know their future."
"This is my father's land—MY land. Tell me my future or I'll have your two boring eyes gouged out of your head," Cersei threatens.
Maggy laughs. This is the third strike.
Maggy grabs the knife, looks at it with a short moment of focus. "Your blood—Give me a taste."
Maggy laughs. This is the third strike.
Maggy grabs the knife, looks at it with a short moment of focus. "Your blood—Give me a taste."
Cersei takes the knife, cuts herself and Maggy drags her, takes her bleeding thumb in her mouth. No going back. Maggy stares at Cersei and it's unsettling.
"Three questions you get. You won't like the answers." Maggy stares intently.
"Three questions you get. You won't like the answers." Maggy stares intently.
"I've been promised to the Prince [Rhaegar]. When will we marry?"
"You'll never wed the Prince. You'll wed the King [Robert Baratheon]."
"You'll never wed the Prince. You'll wed the King [Robert Baratheon]."
"But I will be Queen?"
"Oh yes, you'll be Queen... for a time, then comes another—Younger, more beautiful to cast you down and take all you hold dear."
"Oh yes, you'll be Queen... for a time, then comes another—Younger, more beautiful to cast you down and take all you hold dear."
"Will the King and I have children?"
"No, the King will have twenty and you will have three—"
Cersei is dismissive, "That doesn't make any sense."
"No, the King will have twenty and you will have three—"
Cersei is dismissive, "That doesn't make any sense."
"Gold will be their crowns," Maggy says. "Gold, their shrouds." Maggy laughs hysterically.
Cersei's blood drips onto the ground, but why would they draw attention to it after Maggy divined for Cersei?
Because Maggy didn't.
Every word she spoke foretelling to Cersei was a curse.
A poisonous Frog by touch.
Maggy the Frog cursed Cersei with blood magic.
Because Maggy didn't.
Every word she spoke foretelling to Cersei was a curse.
A poisonous Frog by touch.
Maggy the Frog cursed Cersei with blood magic.
Rewatch the scene here! I forgot to link!
