From the New York Times:
‘Game of Thrones’ Does Not Say What Donald Trump Thinks It Does
By James Poniewozik, Jan. 4, 2019
… Thursday, on his Instagram account, he rolled out the sequel: “The Wall Is Coming,” with the president giving an Ice King stare over a rendering of a spiky barrier.
It was, superficially, an apt use of imagery. HBO’s epic does feature a massive border wall, stretching across the border wastes of the fantasy realm of Westeros. The slight problem — spoiler alert for anyone who isn’t caught up, including, apparently, the entire White House staff — is that at the end of the most recent season that wall spectacularly collapsed, done in by the (blue) fire and fury of a zombie dragon.
So there.
All any migrant needs is a 51 foot ladder and a zombie dragon, and the wall won’t last more than 8,000 years. LOL, Drumph!
However, while Game of Thrones is all very fine, the truly decisive question is: What does Harry Potter have to say about walls?
Wrath of Gnon thinks he knows:
Walls are holy and boundaries matter, this is something thinking people instinctively understand. Even Hogwarts was surrounded by a wall. pic.twitter.com/bBlMWwhMQH
Dave Weigel has a broader point of view:
Sci-fi/fantasy stories in which a giant wall is ineffective at holding back a threat:
- Game of Thrones
- Attack on Titan
- The Passage
- Zone One
Stories in which a wall proves to be totally effective?
Real life countries in which a giant wall is effective at holding back a threat:
