The Real Varys | ASOIAF Animated

What's the true story of Lord Varys? How is the Spider different in the ASOIAF books compared to the Game of Thrones show?
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"A Song of Ice and Fire (commonly abbreviated as ASoIaF) is an ongoing series of epic fantasy novels by American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the series in 1991 and the first volume was published in 1996. The story of A Song of Ice and Fire takes place in a fictional world, primarily on a continent called Westeros but also on a large landmass to the east, known as Essos. Most of the characters are human but as the series progresses others are introduced, such as the cold and menacing supernatural Others from the far North and fire-breathing dragons from the East, both thought to be extinct by the humans of the story. There are three principal story lines in the series: the chronicling of a dynastic civil war for control of Westeros among several competing families; the rising threat of the Others, who dwell beyond an immense wall of ice that forms Westeros' northern border; and the ambition of Daenerys Targaryen, the exiled daughter of a king who was murdered in another civil war fifteen years before, to return to Westeros and claim her rightful throne. As the series progresses, the three story lines become increasingly interwoven and dependent upon each other."
"Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first of which is A Game of Thrones. Set on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos, Game of Thrones has a large ensemble cast and follows several story arcs throughout the course of the show. The first major arc concerns the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros through a web of political conflicts among the noble families either vying to claim the throne or fighting for independence from whoever sits on it. A second focuses on the last descendant of the realm's deposed ruling dynasty, who has been exiled to Essos and is plotting to return and reclaim the throne. The third follows the Night's Watch, a military order defending the realm against threats from beyond Westeros's northern border."
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[@fantasyhaven1]

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[@willrundle2]

Lord BAElish

[@josephbulkin9222]

Arya. The show went out of its way to girlboss her beyond recognition. Sansa as well.

[@willrundle2]

@@josephbulkin9222 boring

[@ryanvalderrama9413]

Keep going for the side characters. Sandor or Loras

[@user-ts9kx9kx5p]

Ser barristan selmy or garlan tyrel

[@QuinnTheGM]

Varys is a perfect example as to why cutting Aegon (and JonCon) was the biggest mistake the show made. Logic had to go out the window to create any opposition for Dany in Westeros, and then again to make her the villain.

[@aegorbittersteel2154]

The show should have had the lad YOUNG GRIFF🗡

[@josephbulkin9222]

​@@aegorbittersteel2154they would have ruined his character like they ruined Aegon II for the sake of the girlboss narrative

[@BenMedia7]

@@josephbulkin9222 Uh...Aegon II was a rapist in the books. And Rhaenyra was usurped because she was a woman. And the show went out of its way to make the Greens more likeable and sympathetic than they were in the books. You're just whining because most of the audience sides with the Blacks over the Greens.

[@aegorbittersteel2154]

@josephbulkin9222 very possibly but I must have hope.

[@OneFiction666]

Removing Young Griff worsened the show greatly from a continuity perspective and removing Lady Stoneheart worsened the show greatly from a thematic perspective. They could’ve always had a substitute for Stoneheart if they wanted Catalan to stay dead and still have the themes of self destruction in vengeance valid but then again D&D don’t really do themes, so…

[@justicedunham4088]

I like to think the verbal sparing between Littlefinger and Varys happened, but we don’t see it because neither are POV characters and they only do that in private

[@MrNinja543]

It honestly makes sense. And George never said it didn’t 🤷‍♂️

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

Tyrek with a horse face while riding a horse was absurd perfection!

[@robertfaucher3750]

He was last seen A Horse

[@janstraka8674]

A horse cinematic universe.

[@Levacque]

I'm sorry, I just don't understand what is absurd about a photorealistic image of Tyrek. (😋)

[@S0M3GUY778]

I lovr that Tyrek Lannister being an actual horse is now a community meme and widely accepted

[@mrloadinggame]

VEMBOY FARIS!!

[@williamtehan4028]

(caseoh voice) yea your banned

[@zankanotachi5894]

Banned 😂😂

[@TtotheCizzel]

I'M VEMBOY FARIS!

[@lurksnitchtongue8986]

🤮

[@sumeetmaity6252]

Reading the books after after watching the show, i have come to realise that Varys is FAR, FAR more dangerous that Littlefinger can ever hope to be. Petyr's game of chaos pales in comparison to how elaborate and deadly Varys' machinations are. In a way, Littlefinger's schemes ultimately serves Varys far more that they do him.

[@Bonkatsu12]

How do you come to that conclusion? They seem pretty equal to me.

[@davidlewis5312]

I would argue they work cross purpose Unless Griff/Sansa happens

[@MyCarnageExtreme]

Exactly this! The books have made clear that Varys and Baelish are playing completely different games. And it makes sense, because is the only way these two can coexist, if they had the same goal then both of them would definitly try to get rid of each other a long time ago.

[@15thobserver]

@@MyCarnageExtreme It seems pretty clear. Baelish wants the actual crown with authority and Sansa at his side. Vary's wants all the authority with none of the responsibility, thus he wants his own king to sit on the thrown. They are very different games and truthfully both could possibly win at the same time, given the correct writing and circumstance.

[@Levacque]

I think the biggest difference is that Littlefinger does things that Varys must respond to (like stirring up the war of five kings), but the things that Varys does are so far beyond Littlefinger's comprehension that he can't possibly respond to the Spider's schemes.

[@chadsummerchild1120]

Whenever I order a sorcerer off Amazon there’s always at least one missing piece.

[@Hugo-sx8iv]

The smoothest egg head

[@Phantom-ns4tq]

Targ confirmed

[@Azogan_the_elderlich]

3:36 the line when he tracked down the sorcerer who castrated him and he said that “Varys order him of Amazon” fucking sent me 🤣 😂

[@aegorbittersteel2154]

The number 1 schemer, best friend, and supporter of glorious future King Young Griff!! On a completely unrelated topic LONG LIVE HOUSE BLACKFYRE🗡

[@The_Wrath_of_Conn]

*Bloodraven would like to know your location*

[@aegorbittersteel2154]

@@The_Wrath_of_Conn tree monster can't do anything.

[@joshuabarnard5702]

Aegon of the House definitely-not-Blackfyre-he’s-100%-a-Targaryen-trust-me-bro, Sixth of His Name, One True King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm. Long may he reign!

[@aegorbittersteel2154]

@@joshuabarnard5702 exactly 💯

[@JJ-sq1fv]

Butter steak

[@ScholaroftheCitadel]

I love how you gave him purple eyes. Also varys sexyality before his castration wasnt applicable, he was prepubescent.

[@stevenhayes7910]

Tyrek being a horse ahorse is one of the best things I’ve ever seen. Love all the memes and references you put into your videos. It’s all good stuff!

[@zacmccollum7144]

I love Varys in the books. I liked him in the show too, but when I watched the show, I hadn't read the books yet.

[@RollMeAFat1]

While I do live Varys in the show as we get a lot of incredible scenes with him and some great development, the books - as ever - just have so much more going on with his scheming and plotting. Varys in the show has nothing to really do due to the lack of FAegon and JonCon. Also I do love Varys’s disguises and how good he is at blending in in the books

[@jessjess23brooks89]

I was so pissed we didn't get to see Varys scratching at walls and leaving presents around the Red Keep to drive Cersei mad. All my hopes were dashed when the episode aired and he crawled onto that ship with Tyrion... For reasons.

[@Levacque]

Ugh that was probably the first huge hint that they were abandoning the continuity they wrote into their own show. Season 5 gets rolling on that concept pretty hard, but watching Varys simply FORGET about the secret passages that would keep him safe indefinitely was like an evil premonition. Like a shadow passing over you on a sunny day and you know the weather is about to turn.

[@serobesehightower4041]

Varys' zoomer puppets, I laughed merrily, a fine jape

[@t8kabr8km85]

"Im living in your walls" - Varys probably

[@TheodorictheGoth-cc2jj]

Femboy varys Femboy varys Femboy varys Femboy varys Femboy varys!!!!!

[@juliannesl]

femboy varys.

[@RmsOceanic]

While Varys has cleared Kings Landing of competent Lannisters for the time being I'd love it if Genna came in with the steel chair.

[@Levacque]

I'm very, very worried that Genna is going to be collateral damage of the Frey purge (and it must be said that she IS still a Lannister and that the various factions in the Riverlands would prefer her dead).

[@inigo137]

The actor was so f good in the role

[@Ajvt-ux4ec]

I need Varys carnally.

[@myujmes]

I got bad news about the carnal ability of Varys

[@cob6259]

I have bad news about which end they were planning to use@@myujmes

[@mrloadinggame]

!!!! You uploading this video just made my day like 3789% more interesting. Thank you m'lord fantasy haven.

[@blackeyedlily]

I definitely prefer the storyline for Varys in the books. I really would have liked the JonCon and Young Griff plots added in. But I expect that Dan and Dave thought it would add too many more additional seasons than they had already decided they wanted to do. I know a fair amount of people just didn’t care for A Feast for Crows and A Dance of Dragons because of all the new characters and storylines that they added. And I wouldn’t be surprised if Dan and Dave were among those people. I think it would’ve been best if they had just handed off the show once it got to the point they no longer wanted to oversee, but I don’t think their egos would allow them to do that. I like the Varys of the show, but that has a lot to do with the actor who played the role. And I think it was pretty apparent that he was not very happy with how they handled his character in the final season. As far as the show making Varys asexual, I believe that he was supposed to have been castrated at a very young age in the books. I think it would have been perfectly logical to think that he may not have had the opportunity to develop any sexual inclinations by that time. I personally like the bit of the Varys Blackfyre theory that suggests that the man who castrated Varys wanted him in particular because of the potential of his bloodline for magical purposes.

[@JC-gn7lq]

Yeah, so much of sexual development is driven by hormones he can't produce in very large quantities

[@jasonmarusic5695]

femboy varys

[@sugarcombfilms3467]

One thing that I do have to say about show Varys saying he's never been attracted to anyone: he was a boy when it happened. He never even reached puberty, so it's no surprise that he didn't feel anything sexual for anyone. He probably would have if he were allowed to grow up with his genitals in tact.

[@jacedayne1535]

Fantastic video! I think you are getting smoother and smoother with the editing and makes your sense of humour shine more and more in the video. Keep it up!

[@mementomori771]

These are really well edited

[@diabloakland]

Book Varys doesn’t give a fuck about the realm. He is a chaos machine. Spinning his spiderweb

[@Levacque]

Nah he's just a Kissinger. He'll justify absolutely horrible things, including wars, as long as HIS candidate and HIS version of peace is achieved. Not chaos, but rather trading immense violence now for slightly less violence later.

[@t_hetty1758]

I’m in favor for Varys and his zoomertopia led by aegon vi.

[@Ace-cr9qt]

Finally, I love your videos. Can you make a video raking each kingdom strengths in your cool art style? I prefer book version

[@adamtideman4953]

It's a shame the showrunners couldn't find an actual spider to cast Varys.

[@phigu198]

This is probably your best video yet. Filled with analasys and great jokes at everyone's expense. And you're right, it was a really silent death scene and Varys WAS based all along!

[@memeaficionado]

The Tyrek horse jokes never get old. That was one of the first Glidus videos i ever watched. Good times

[@perjulianlundbergtande8956]

Amazing video as always! :D

[@TheStoneTargaryen]

Great video!! Would love to see more like this :)

[@maxwellwalker8050]

I adore the tyrek lannister is a horse theory lmao

[@lukasejnarsson797]

Thanks for another awesome video!

[@soumia117]

man the show really shot themselves in the foot by omitting young griff

[@PfyscheStyx]

I have played so much CK3AGOT at 2am so whenever I hear the music in your videos I start feeling tired. Great video though!

[@silverwolfe3636]

If you haven't played CK2AGOT, give it a shot. It is much much much better.

[@PfyscheStyx]

@@silverwolfe3636 unfortunately i dislike the way base ck2 works and the agot mod doesn't fix my issues with it.

[@silverwolfe3636]

@@PfyscheStyx Understandable. It is an older game so I can definitely see how people who didn't play it back in the day would have issue with how antiquated some UI and mechanics may be. Well if you ever change your mind, the original AGOT is still one of the best. Especially compared to the ck3agot mod and dev team, who are remarkably sub-par compared to both the ck2 team and other ck3 overhaul mod teams.

[@ellingsindre2485]

I do not think we as a community can ever forgive Glidus for the irreparable damage he did when he made the Tyrek Lannister horse theory.

[@garrys248]

I always imagined GOT Varys drank a potion to numb his nerves before he was summoned to die.

[@linzianna]

Varys and Ilyrio being the mom n dad of young griff seems like a plausible situation here. Many characters have disguised themselves as the opposite sex in this universe in order to further their own agendas or spy

[@Bengeance]

Is is by far the most underrated channer on KZbin.

[@lluewhyn]

One thing not mentioned in this video about Varys's "Perfect Prince" is that Aegon...really isn't perfect. He's no Joffrey or Viserys, but he doesn't seem terribly special either. Varys goes on a long monologue about his experiences and travails, and it's quite interesting that his descriptions seem more appropriate for *Dany* than for the possibly spoiled Young Griff"

[@pater2671]

very good video! keep it up!

[@movieloverfan18]

I Loved the little Easter Eggs of Weird Varys Theories. I remember the Varys is a Merman Theory and the Varys is Aegon's Mother theory

[@LusiaEyre]

I would like a theory video on Varys' motives with Aerys and sowing discord with Rhaegar. At that point Young Griff did not exist (and if he is of similar age to Elia's Aegon then he was born after Harrenhall). What was Varys' game? Was there a game or did the plan was hatched only when the fall of the Targs seemed inevitable? I have heard a theory that magic hating Varys disliked and distrusted Rhaegar because he was so into prophecy and magic adjacent stuff. But if he was trying to have Reg disinherited, what was the alternative?

[@DanielPSpace79]

The exchanges between Varys and Littlefinger in the show are NEXT level good - also, he's definitely described as "soft and effeminate" in the book, but I wouldn't call him so for the show. This was an AMAZING breakdown, really well done and great research done

[@jackochoko5469]

Mans got that CK3 music blasting

[@SeyhawksNow]

I read all the books in a row back in 2016, right before everything started down its spiral in the show. Varys is one of a few characters who I hear their show counterpart speak in my mind when I read, but I very much prefer the book version.

[@TheLastSoundNL]

""Tell me, Lord Varys, who do you truly serve?” Varys smiled thinly. “Why, the realm, my good lord, how ever could you doubt that? *I swear it by my lost manhood.* I serve the realm, and the realm needs peace.”" the totally honest man sarcastically swore on something he says doesn't have... The tiniest chance that he serves the realm if he still has his manhood somehow. and even then it's doubtful.

[@Levacque]

You're misunderstanding the phrase. If he said, "I swear it by my manhood," THAT would match your assumption. But what he's doing is the equivalent of swearing upon the memory of his dead mother or something like that. He's making an oath upon the memory of what he thinks somebody like Ned (is he taking to Ned?) would highly value, and manhood is obviously highly prized in Westeros.

[@TheLastSoundNL]

@@Levacque I don't think I am to be honest. What do his actions say? does he value oaths? does he value this memory of his manhood himself, like one would their dead mother? Is he a man with scruples. I don't think so. Maybe a few scruples, but also lacking quite a few... Even if I'm misunderstanding the phrase to begin with.

[@biraptor6205]

I feel bad for Conleth Hill

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

Same. He was perfectly cast and he played the role beautifully, only to be handed a steaming heap of a script at the end, with a completely senseless and meaningless death for his character. Btw, there's a rumour that he was the one responsible for the infamous Starbucks Cup. I can't say I entirely blame him.

[@laurashortill8623]

Conleth’s face during the read thru of the GOT ending is everything.

[@Paul_Caruana]

It’s the fe…whoa, that was close😃!

[@theresafisher4545]

Did he forget about Verys cutting the tongs out of very young children to be his little birds who could then only sing to him?

[@movieloverfan18]

In the show when they attack Davos hears the bells. He says that he never heard bells when it meant surrender.

[@DarkVeghetta]

Varys died in the show? I'm pretty sure I watched the last season but, truth be told, I had mentally checked out by that point due to disappointment after bloody disappointment, so it's not hugely surprising I didn't clock what happened. It doesn't matter anyway, the last season was clearly a fever dream we all shared.

[@john.jambek3695]

I'm crying over the tyrek animation hahahhahaha

[@GregOlden]

I hate how you made Tyrek a horse

[@richardtabor8686]

Yyyusss! I think he's "intact" so to speak. Wonder what the video has to say on the matter. Ty for the content!

[@KarlKarsnark]

"Scheming Enigma" is my new band name \m/

[@pantherpress1799]

“Chaojijaladda” 😂😂😂😂

[@laurashortill8623]

I much prefer book Varys because his motivations were obscure until they suddenly all clicked as a f/Aegon supporter. His character just makes more sense in the books. I loved Varys Seasons 1-3 because his arc followed the books much more closely. Conleth Hill’s performance is fantastic but the material he’s gets less and less dynamic. His face at the GOT Season 8 cast only read thru of the ending said it all. If the actor was more like the character he had been playing, I think he’d have been reaching for the cross bow himself at that table read. GRRM having Varys cross bow Kevan was true to Varys’ character but it probably has added difficulty for the Cersei/ Kings Landing plot line in WOW because having a competent Lannister around for Cerseis and Margaery’s trials might’ve helped move the plot along. But I speculate.

[@scoobydoo2587]

Great video as always. What I dont quite get is why Kings Landing is as far North as it is on the map you show relatively regularly, considering that at least in book lore, it lies further south at the mouth of the Blackwater

[@lorentz9682]

My explanation for Varys' strange allegiances is that he's not putting all his eggs in one basket. His intention was always to put YG on the throne but he cannot invest 2 decades of his life in to one plot only for it to fail because the boy dies of an illness. Anything could happen, so he keeps Viserys and Dany in his back pocket just in case. It could be that GRRM hadn't concocted the YG storyline until ACOK, so now he's having to craft an explanation. I do support the idea that YG is a Blackfyre, probably through Serra.

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

That's my thought too. Although he's either a Targ or Blackfyre loyalist, his main loyalty is to himself (though not to the same extent as Littlefinger!), so he's going to make sure that he's got a powerful ally or two on almost every side of the game.

[@benhayward2597]

He lives!

[@josepharmstrong6502]

Varys is one character who, in theory, i prefer the show version of. It would be interesting to have a master schemer who is genuinely out for the good of the realm instead of having their own agenda and being malicious

[@MyCarnageExtreme]

The only problem is that Varys in the show didn't had any real goals. The "good of the realm" is a vague idea that works at first, but once you need to go deeper there's nothing there. That's why his characters fell flat even before the ending.

[@josepharmstrong6502]

@@MyCarnageExtreme that's why I said in theory

[@randomnerd9088]

This is bloodraven's character.

[@Denjiman-qz9mi]

Honestly, in the books varys is a better example of how Chaos Is a Ladder than littlefinger

[@stefanieritzmann7624]

time to ask again for ,,what if the greens won the dance"

[@supermichael9857]

Hi, I’m new to this channel. Could you make a video about Maegor I Targaryen? He interests me the most!

[@PopCultureGian]

Where did you get the footage in beginning of video so cool

[@EmyN]

5:13 maybe it’s to show why he’s vying for the protection of the vulnerable, since he was defenseless himself once, in the show that is

[@Commanber]

Would have liked your video at horse Tyrek (again, gets me every time), but of course I like your videos the moment I click on them. Still waiting for every Frey explained lol, the Winds of Winter of the Late Lord Haven. (is joke)

[@DawudSandstorm2]

I liked Varys in the books, until he killed Kevin. I will never forgive him for the death of Kevin, he killed objectively the best character in ASOIAF. I'm glad George has not released TWOW, because reading one of those books with the thought of Kevin not being there would be unbearable.

[@samguarino6278]

Silky smooth baby

[@TheWhatMan80]

Why did Stannis promise to put Varys' head on a spike? I've watched a ton of GoT stuff but never actually read the books

[@aprilmae274]

Varys has 'dark, shiny, wet eyes' in text-EXACTLY like Quaithe and one other person. I can't remember exactly which one-but I think it is Griff-Aegon who is the only other person in text with this eye description in the books. It is a targaryen-it is only one sentence. Dark eyes-or almost black eyes-they are going to be purple pretty sure. The one who I THINK is Griff-THAT eye description leaves out the word 'dark' I believe. But we ALREADY know his eyes are dark before THIS other description comes into play. Tyrek-I can you tell where he ends up at. The Arya chapter where she is the Peach with Gendry? And she gives water to the men in cages? At the very end of that chapter, The Red Huntsman brings a young, male Lannister tied up on a horse into town. Check out the LAST 2 or 3 sentences in that chapter. THAT is Tyrek!!! For real-Tyrek is not missing. Facts. sidenote-Bywater is gona be a Strong lad. I never finished watching the show-I stopped in season 6. The thing is-in text it is lining up for Varys to in fact side with Jon after his Aegon-Griff plot falls through. And it is going to fail, ultimately. Dany has done some terrible shite in text-her time with Drogo changed her A LOT. For example-Dany did NOT trust Illyrio AT all UNTIL she comes out of that fire with her bebe dragons. After Dany BURNS, she becomes protective of Illyrio. The man who arranged her sale to Khal Drogo. The man who she thinks would sell his own mother/family for the right price/object. THAT is CRAZY. There is more happening in text than is obvious at first. The Illyrio/Varys ties are ALSO insane-when Arya 'catches' Illyrio and Varys in the Red Keep? Holy shit! LOOK at where she IS and HOW she got there! She goes into the Dragon Skull and finds a secret door or someshit and goes in it. Then she starts to follow THEM. She WAS chasing castle cat. The Cat. While she is following them, Arya can HEAR people BELOW her. WtF? Then she comes to a well/tunnel...JUST like how Bran did at the Wall's Black Gate. And how she SEES Varys? A 'eunuch' with a spiked cap/helmet on, like he used to be Unsullied. In text-Varys is backing Aegon-Griff and Baelish is backing Vis/Dany and then Dany. Illyrio though-HE is playing BOTH teams. I do sometimes doubt that Varys is truly a eunuch-he can grow that stubble. In text he should not be able to grow any facial hair/stubbles. But I also have doubts about the Unsullied in the SAME ways. One Unsullied gets killed while laying with a woman-and then there is that whole conversation about the different ways to 'cut' a man. And then there is the stuff regarding Unsullied Krazdak says to Dany {when she is 'buying' them}-that they/he no longer sell Unsullied in small numbers because they can be manipulated/develop free will. He refers to a 'bad' experience-wana bet THAT experience is going to have something to do with Varys/Illyrio? It's also a nod to Illyrio's personal Unsullied that Dany notes in her first chapter.

[@Levacque]

Paragraph breaks are your friend, man.

[@spadinnerxylaphone2622]

Tbf I think he was cut before puberty; so even though he COULD develop a non-ace sexuality, it's less likely. And the fact he's basically playing a character 99% of the time makes romance kinda difficult.

[@HaterOfReddit]

I love your channel and videos man, but you have got to turn up the receiving volume on your mic.

[@fantasyhaven1]

Thanks for the feedback 👍

[@Rhaenyssupporter]

We need a first law vid

[@hawkthehunter]

The one thing I never understood is if he is a Targaryen loyalist, why did he try to have her assassinated? He didn’t have to tell the small counsel about the dragons. He didn’t have to have her almost get killed. If it wasn’t for horny Jorah she would be dead from poisoning. Makes no sense

[@kennyhudson9201]

Book Varys remains a scheming enigma, because the books remain unfinished. His goal might be simple, and he might be a sympathetic man. We don't know because the book story, after decadeS, has no conclusion.

[@theveryworstluck1894]

So Everyone is gonna act like they don't know Varys is a secret Blackfyre?

[@dennisyoungblood7752]

Before watching, he's definitely a better character in the books

[@SarlesimpMikaelOre]

I was hoping someone would make a video about him in the books, I had hope he would be done better in the show, I still do

[@ariannevenancio8994]

3:46 That was an extremely dumb addition on the show that made Littlefinger seem stupid, he never visits Sansa in the books to avoid Varys, I don't understand why they had to that. Also, we need a Littlefinger video

[@carlrood4457]

The thing you have think about in terms of "the realm" is Louis XIV's statement "L'etat c'est moi" ("The state is me"). In other words, the "rightful king" IS the realm. If Varys serves Young Griff, whether he's really Aegon or a Blackfyre, and believes he's the rightful king, then that could be serving "the realm" in his mind. My main question about Varys is what was his goal when he first accepted the post from Aerys? Rhaegar's son wasn't even conceived yet and if Young Griff is that child or a Blackfyre who's close in age, he wouldn't exist at that time either. Was he just there collecting information and sowing unrest while he and Illyrio were coming up with a plan?

[@nathanblizzard5371]

It’s because he’s a blackfire. There is power in kings blood, that’s why his bits were chopped off. That’s why he supports young griff as that’s most likely his nephew and Illyrio is Yg’s father.

[@zeroisnine]

Fem-MAN Varys

[@mikelcatalan4421]

Loved the video, although i disagree with part regarding Varys's asexuality. I don't think him being a eunuch is important because he can't have sex the regular way, but rather because of how other people see him for being a eunuch and him not being interested in sex puts him in an interesting position in a story where sex plays a role in certain characters's motivations and downfalls

[@garrys248]

you get the like for the petyr chaos is a ladder impersonation

[@rodrigobueno8652]

It has nothin with the subject of the video, but i forgot the series made the high red priestress a Melisandre 2.0, suddenly the thing george sayed about her being one of the most missundersturd characters makes more sense

[@theriffwriter2194]

"So what fate awaits the spider in The Winds Of Winter and beyond?" Well we're safe to speculate anything we want. In fact fan fiction is all we're ever gonna get. I've never been more sure of anything in my life. Mainly due to Martin's work ethic (or the lack thereof) and the sad reality that there simply are no really old fat guys. Full stop. The news of that heat attack could be weeks away as far as we know. And is more likely than not. I pray I'm wrong but I'm not and knowing that what's one of the greatest works of fiction created by humans will never be finished saddens me beyond description. There's gotta be a poetic metaphor in there somewhere. Plus Martin doesn't seem to feel any obligation to the fans and has little interest in his legacy. That fact that such a brilliant writer can't wrap his mind around the concept of an IP he created being bigger than any one man, I must admit, I find endlessly amusing. Oh well. Life goes on, I guess.

[@johnlienhart2717]

13:17 He read the books and thought the iron swords would stop them.

[@Vanalovan]

Is there any character that confirms that Varys is from Lys? Seems like it could be a lie to explain his appearance

[@sankarkrishnan407]

Varys always want chaos and misruling in Kings Landing. He wants his nephew Aegon Blackfyre on the throne. But Dragons. What will he do to dragons. It will simply burn him, his friend and his nephew in a singule stroke. Tyrion is on his way to Dany. If he tames one dragon then the situation will be different.

[@FlaviusBrocephus]

They are never gonna find the lost Lannister cousin. They should be looking for ahorse and not a human, lol.

[@TheEmperorsChampion964]

Discount Joffrey 😂😂😂

[@justadjustor8993]

The Chien Po comparison 🤣🤣🤣

[@punkie6181]

Littlefinger video ?

[@matheusdemello2323]

What if Viserys only have daughters with Alicent, what would Otto Hightower do?