
Shiera Seastar
History of Westeros (Game of Thrones)
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Dario on the Good Episode in Our Blackfire Brilliant Series
I don't think we spin Barristan negatively. It's just the filter he has. He lived his whole life with this idea that like people in these key positions of power and responsibility can't get too mixed up in emotional romantic relationships because it gets in a way. Even if his specific examples are a little exaggerated, even if he's pushing the point a little far, he's right. Personal relationships can really screw things up and cause great turmoil within a realm. Just two people's falling out can cause a civil war or two people fighting over a lover or being jilted. Dario agrees that Damon Blackfire represented a truly different political position from that of Dario on the
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