In Westeros, the soul outweighs the body

One mocking fart directed at Duncan the Tall in the fifth episode of “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” reveals two truths: that Lord Bracken and many of his mirthful peers view their knightly vows as no more sacred than a cloud of smelly gas, and that the flatulence of a highborn noble sounds just as unimpressive as that of a commoner. The novella the HBO show is based on has Bracken blow wind through his mouth rather than his backside, but the point remains the same, and so does Dunk’s response...