How Old Was Tommen When He Slept with Margaery? Talking about relationships and interactions between the characters is generally undertaken in Game of Thrones world. A very controversial and uncomfortable marriage came in the name of Tommen Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell and their disparity in age became even more evident in the course of the series.
Many viewers are asking how mature Tommen was at the time when in real life he physically consummated his marriage with Margaery especially since he was very young and the nature of their relationship is highly debatable.
To find the answers let’s see who Tommen and Margaery are what their relationship was like on the show and how old Tommen was when he hooked up with Margaery.
Who Were Tommen and Margaery?
The central character of Game of Thrones is Tommen Baratheon the youngest of his siblings although he really isn’t a Baratheon since his real parents are Cersei Lannister and her brother Jaime. Tommen learns this later on as still the youngest son of King Robert Baratheon.
He becomes the king when his elder brother Joffrey dies. Tommen is exhibited as being gentle and naive with respect to his siblings particularly with his sadistic big brother Joffrey. Throughout the show his role is about an early rise in power despite the fact that he is a child and the various factions plot against him to gain power from him.
Margaery Tyrell is a main character within House Tyrell – one of the richest and most powerful families in Westeros. Margaery is a highly ambitious and skilled player in the political arena known for her beauty and charm and in holding people and situations in her control.
So throughout the series she is described as such a woman who tries to get through to attain power amidst the complex playing field of Westeros. She gets married to Tommen based on political grounds not love that becomes one of the important strategies for her to hold her ground and influence.
How Old Was Tommen When He Slept with Margaery?
Maybe the most debated aspect of Tommen and Margaery’s relationship is his age. After Joffrey his brother dies Tommen takes over as king at 12 years of age. With this Tommen now becomes the center of a power game among the Tyrells Lannisters and High Sparrow.
Tommen marries Margaery in Season 5 when she is considerably older than him. Although there is no explicit statement of how old Tommen was it’s quite evident that he is very young when he marries Margaery. For all intents and purposes consummation occurs at some point after the marriage in Season 5.
In this light the show seems to establish that Tommen is still merely a boy much younger than what viewers consider to be the minimum age acceptable for marriage much less consummation. Tommen is probably 12 or 13 years old when this happens.
Of course this is rather appalling to most viewers but again in the world of Game of Thrones the customs and expectations regarding marriage and sexuality are much more fluid and based on political considerations rather than on personal or moral grounds.
George R.R. Tommen is also a young boy in Martin’s books although his exact age is not always clearly stated. Like the series his age when he marries Margaery is close to 12 or 13 years. Time passing in the books and show might be slightly different from each other.
That being said the idea of placing a young boy in this very powerful yet intimate situation is part of the dark and complex themes with which Game of Thrones grapples while both in the series and books.
How Does Their Relationship Impact Political Dynamics?
Tommen and Margaery’s marriage had nothing in common with the love story. Instead it was one of the marriage treaties played by the Tyrell house wherein Margaery would have to marry Tommen thus making House Tyrell one of the most powerful houses in Westeros.
But both parties will benefit from this as the marriage lets Margaery become queen and gain more control over the throne and the Tyrells in turn consolidated their political position. It is a marriage where Tommen has no role at all but that of law-why? It is because he is just a child with no prowess or maturity to take his own decisions.
Marriage with Tommen was necessary for Margaery. She had previously been married to Joffrey whose death was very brutal. Her tying her fate to Tommen’s is just the survival technique in a world ruled by constant power and influence fluctuations.
It’s obvious that Margaery values Tommen as an individual in not much value but considers his status as king much more important as a tool she can use to get as much as possible. Tommen is shown as an innocent child impressionable and still at the mercy of adults. Thus choice-making seems to happen according to adult advice and influence.
His relationship with Margaery is apparently based on love yet the age and little experience both imply that he really doesn’t understand what he’s getting himself into because of his desires or not. His relationship with Margaery is one in which he is more on the receiving end of her manipulations and also the victim of a system that stoops so low as to use children for gain.
Conclusion
The question of how old Tommen was when he finally slept with Margaery which suggests that what’s really disturbing about the Game of Thrones power dynamic is precisely its troubled nature. And here since Tommen marries and consummates with Margaery at 12 or 13 years of age this age difference coupled with the political context of their union would add layers of discomfort and complexity to their interactions.
Love or consent for that matter; at the very least is really about survival and the play for power in a more or less morally grey world as Westeros. It’s just yet another example of how Game of Thrones upsets societal mores surrounding matters like age marriage and authority.
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