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Originally Posted by Teger Wait wait wait, I know Loras might be close to his sister but I seriously doubt there's incest. He was definitly in love with Renly, but I definitely agree that he'll pop up to save his sister and let Cersei rot. I really don't like the whole new religion plotline/fanaticism thing, it seemed out of the blue and almot forced, especially becuase it was told from the POVs of my least favorite characters. |
I'm not sure I like the religion angle, but I can't say it's forced. It's been on a slow broil since book2, with the red priests and melisandre openly challenging the accepted faith of the septons. The rise of the new religious militant order was a setup from early book three, with that dwarvish monk who was mistaken for tyrion and murdered by Cersei's thugs.
With coldhands, the Reed kids and Bran representing the old weirwood faith, Melisandre and stannis representing the fire god of Braavos, I'd gotten the feeling that religion was gonna be a bigger and bigger component of the story eventually, I just never suspected it would blindside Cersei like that
I bet not even littlefinger wouldve suspected that :P Although I agree with an earlier poster and suspect that Varys had a hand it the whole thing.
The best religious angle is in aFfC, with Arya's POV among the Faceless Men, who apparently are the multi-denominational clergy of universal destruction.
Loras loved Renly as much as anyone else, and Brienne mentioned that Loras was just another worshipper, and like I said, I don't doubt that Loras might even swing both ways. But there's no doubt he has an unhealthy attachment to Margaery, beyond the political dimension of her marriage.