Like Armor

       If you haven't been living under a rock the past 2 years, you've probably heard about the not so recent HBO hit series, Game of Thrones. I'm not to keen about the television show, but I adore the books. The character development is so much more in depth and thorough. It's like you can actually imagine having a real conversation with them and actually predict what they would say.

My favourite character though is Tyrion Lannister. The brilliant, sarcastic, filthy rich, whore monger of the Lannister family. An imp of a man. He is shunned by his golden-haired siblings for his deformed face and lack of their family's signature cruelty. Yet he still strives hard for their approval. I won't go much into detail about his life since I'd rather you read the book to do him justice. But my point is we're all Tyrions in the inside. We don't fit in, we get judged, we get ridiculed, we're "different" but Tyrion teaches us that being different just means fate is challenging you to do a little something different. He shows us that being different means you are unique and that people who criticise you are just too blind to see it.

“Never forget who you are, for surely the world won’t. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” -Tyrion Lannister