Shit pictures . Quit wasting our time . <| sep |> 10 in a row ! <| sep |> No , I ' ve had tons of GREAT sex . Just pointing out that my interactions with anyone even related to being important has been subpar <| sep |> Well 44 of those games were played on last year ' s Oiler team , so I don ' t think that ' s an important note at all , actually . <| sep |> John Candy trumps HP . Every time . Sorry I ' m the one who had to break it to you . <| sep |> In what ways has magic ever been a power for good in the world of ASOIAF . Blood magic ? Dragons who burn people alive ? Necromancy ? Bran mindraping Hodor . Human sacrifice . Apocalyptic natural events . Even who ' s good or evil in the dragons vs ice zombies comparison isn ' t so cut and dry . We presume that the White Walkers are evil because they control hordes of undead . but what is there to actually substantiate that ? Fans act as though they ' re the pure embodiment of evil , but their only acts of aggression thus far haven ' t been particularly more heinous than acts committed by living armies throughout the story . The worst we have from them is the massacre at Hardhome , but again the attack against Hardhome came only after a long period where they basically just nibbled at the edges of Mance Rayder ' s enormous horde whilst harrying them down towards the Wall . No . if anything , Magic in ASOIAF is allegorical for the power of technology and its capacity for creating weapons of war that result in enormous human suffering . GRRM has specifically referred to dragons being like nuclear weapons , which should really indicate where he stands on the issue . There ' s a strong indication in AFFCADWDTWOIAF that there still exist magicallyempowered factions throughout the world , who continue to exert some largely indirect political influence . We have a Faceless Man forcing regime change in the Iron Islands , then showing up in Old Town under the noses of the Hightowers who are said to be sorcerers not to mention their pointed recruitment of a scion of the Stark family . We have a Shadowbinder from Asshai ' i manipulating Danaerys plus some very persuasive evidence that Missandei is not what she seems . We have a Red Priest manipulating a pretender to the Iron Throne . A centuriesold exiled Targaryen Mage luring the heir of Winterfell and Kingdom of the North out beyond the Wall to train in the art of green seeing . If there is a bittersweet ending to this story , it won ' t be magic receding from the world . Much more likely it will be magical factions causing cataclysmic destruction for fickle political ambitions , but perhaps catalyzing positive political reformation in Westeros and Essos . The Sparrow Uprising , for instance , seems poised to agitate for increased rights for the common folk in Westeros , perhaps some sort of allegory to the Magna Carta or something .