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主播：雲昊-就读于德克萨斯大学

地点：美国 达拉斯

Eulogy to Hodor – The best man in Westeros

致Hodor悼词-维斯特洛大陆最好的人

By Meghan O’Keefe

On season 6 episode 5 of Game of Thrones, a true hero fell and a great light went out in the world. Willis 威利斯, the stable boy马童 (aka又称Hodor), sacrificed himself so Meera Reed could cart Bran Stark 主人公布兰away into the great white cold. He stood his ground and held the door against the White Walkers异鬼 and their army of others. He was massive and beautiful and lovely and, like a flying unicorn 独角兽made out of gold, chocolate, and dreams, too special for this world. We will love him always. He was the best man in Westeros.

Hodor, as he was affectionately 亲切地known, lost his life in two ways. Not only did he die so that our younger, higher-born heroes could live, but he also surrendered his sense of self. In the moment of his death, Bran was simultaneously 同时地in the past and inside Hodor’s brain. Through this strange magic, the young Willis experienced his death decades before it took place. His body was ripped apart by shock and his psyche was forever fixed on one moment, one command, one phrase: “Hodor.”

Hodor was noble in a way that few characters in Game of Thrones could ever be; He may have been the only person in Westeros who acted completely out of selflessness. He wasn’t cruel or avaricious 贪得无厌的. He wasn’t bitter 充满仇恨的or mean. Despite his size, he was easily frightened and he was not prone 不易to acts of violence. It would be simple to write off this purity of heart as a side effect of Hodor’s mental condition, but that isn’t the case. When Bran sees the younger version of Willis, he discovers that he was still a sweetheart before he went full “Hodor.”

Hodor was fun. He was good for a giggle 傻笑. He was cool with carrying a tween around like a backpack. He could lift spirits with his smile and seemed completely unconcerned that he was introduced as comic relief(严肃戏剧中的)轻松场面，戏剧、电影中的滑稽场. In the end, Hodor’s story is a meditation 沉思 on the tragedies hidden all around us. He is an emblem of how innocents are often the first to be sacrificed in the name of some higher idealistic purpose 某种更崇高的理想主义. He, not Bran, is a true hero.

Farewell, Hodor! You made us smile, you’ve made us cheer, and now you’ve made us shed many a tear. You did a good job. You were the best. Thank you, Hodor.