There are a lot of bastards in Game Of Thrones, including Jon Snow, the biggest bastard of them all, whose surname literally translates as a bastard of the north.
With so many bastards wandering the Seven Kingdoms, the word bastard is bandied around so many times it ceases to have any powerful meaning.
This video shows all of the bastards in Game Of Thrones. Not in person, mind, but in audio form, with each instance when a character uses the word bastard preserved for posterity.
Bastard is a strange word, especially when you hear it so many times in quick succession. Let’s hope Game Of Thrones Season 5 carries on this bastard tradition.
