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aloT
England1042 Posts
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teapot
United Kingdom266 Posts
On January 28 2013 10:08 Blacktion wrote: Was anyone else seriously disappointed when the red viper died? I like the thinking behind his character, setting him up as a deus ex machina to save tyrion, so everyone expects him to win the duel, and even letting him get the uper hand in the duel, then having him die. Was pretty good story telling wise, i just get the feeling we missed the chance to see an incredible amount of interesting stuff, both past and future, from one of the most baller characters in the world. Oh well, at least The Mountain died in agony, off-screen (allegedly). Oberyn was cool. But that is one of Martin's tricks in his presentation of "gritty realism". Got a hero about to reign triumphantly? Get some sneak to hamstring him and then stamp on his face. Got a pretty girl? Rape her, cut her, knock out some teeth. It is because of this unrelenting unpleasantness running through ASOIAF that I do not like it all that much. | ||
yamato77
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Saw this picture, and it depressed the hell out of me. I don't know if I want to watch the third season just to relive that moment all over again. | ||
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Irrelevant Label
United States596 Posts
On February 06 2013 01:20 yamato77 wrote: http://fearofaghostplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Game-of-Thrones-2-590x331.jpg Saw this picture, and it depressed the hell out of me. I don't know if I want to watch the third season just to relive that moment all over again. Either I don't follow or you mean Rob. That is Jon and Ghost. | ||
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Ario
Canada73 Posts
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yamato77
11589 Posts
On February 06 2013 09:10 Irrelevant Label wrote: Either I don't follow or you mean Rob. That is Jon and Ghost. Holy shit, you're right! Now I can be happy about the picture instead of sad, haha. | ||
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PhoenixVoid
Canada32754 Posts
Stark: Ireland Lannisters: England Greyjoy: Vikings Baratheon: Holy Roman Empire Tyrell: France Arryn: Switzerland Dorne: Spain Targaryen: Rome | ||
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HardlyNever
United States1258 Posts
On January 28 2013 10:08 Blacktion wrote: Was anyone else seriously disappointed when the red viper died? I like the thinking behind his character, setting him up as a deus ex machina to save tyrion, so everyone expects him to win the duel, and even letting him get the uper hand in the duel, then having him die. Was pretty good story telling wise, i just get the feeling we missed the chance to see an incredible amount of interesting stuff, both past and future, from one of the most baller characters in the world. Yeah I was disappointed, but can't say I was surprised. Sees to almost be par for the course at this point. It would have been nice to have known a little more about what he knew and lived. Oh well, at least there are the Sand Snakes. | ||
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HardlyNever
United States1258 Posts
On February 07 2013 07:58 PhoenixVoid wrote: An interesting observation I've found from snooping around the Internet about how the great houses of Westeros mirror that of Europe. Stark: Ireland Lannisters: England Greyjoy: Vikings Baratheon: Holy Roman Empire Tyrell: France Arryn: Switzerland Dorne: Spain Targaryen: Rome I don't even really know what to make of this. Aside from the obvious fact that most of those regions/periods never co-existed (There were no vikings when there was a Holy Roman Empire, there is no "Rome (unless you mean just the Vatican)" when there is a Holy Roman Empire). I'm not really seeing the connection between the Stark house and Ireland except they are in the north... You have to paint with ridiculously broad strokes to make most of those comparisons work. | ||
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JumboJohnson
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On February 07 2013 07:58 PhoenixVoid wrote: An interesting observation I've found from snooping around the Internet about how the great houses of Westeros mirror that of Europe. Stark: Ireland Lannisters: England Greyjoy: Vikings Baratheon: Holy Roman Empire Tyrell: France Arryn: Switzerland Dorne: Spain Targaryen: Rome Do you happen to have a website for that that doesn't require a login? | ||
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PhoenixVoid
Canada32754 Posts
On February 07 2013 08:07 HardlyNever wrote: I don't even really know what to make of this. Aside from the obvious fact that most of those regions/periods never co-existed (There were no vikings when there was a Holy Roman Empire, there is no "Rome (unless you mean just the Vatican)" when there is a Holy Roman Empire). I'm not really seeing the connection between the Stark house and Ireland except they are in the north... You have to paint with ridiculously broad strokes to make most of those comparisons work. Never said they had to co-exist, they just resemble each other. | ||
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armada[sb]
United States432 Posts
On February 07 2013 07:58 PhoenixVoid wrote: An interesting observation I've found from snooping around the Internet about how the great houses of Westeros mirror that of Europe. Stark: Ireland Lannisters: England Greyjoy: Vikings Baratheon: Holy Roman Empire Tyrell: France Arryn: Switzerland Dorne: Spain Targaryen: Rome The wildlings are the Irish and the Starks are the Germanic people. The Wall = Hadrian's Wall. | ||
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HardlyNever
United States1258 Posts
The closest obvious real world comparison I made was the Dothraki to the Mongols, since they are both "horse" centered cultures that raid places. Even then, the mongols tended to stay and rule when they conquered a place, while the Dothraki just seem to loot and move on. There are a few similarities here and there; I guess I could kind of get the Iron Isles being "viking-like" because... they raid places on ships? I don't know. Most of those comparisons make no sense to me. | ||
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armada[sb]
United States432 Posts
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
On February 07 2013 08:44 DannyJ wrote: Well geographically it sure is Hadrians wall as well. Northern westeros is just England squished. No way, not squished. Westeros is the size of South America, and the North is half of that, so its more like England blown up by a ton. | ||
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
On February 07 2013 09:04 Sentenal wrote: No way, not squished. Westeros is the size of South America, and the North is half of that, so its more like England blown up by a ton. The shape of it is. Not the size. Similar to how southern westeros is Ireland upside down but like 30 times bigger. | ||
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Lobotomist
United States1541 Posts
On January 27 2013 21:47 DannyJ wrote: oh my god can't stop laughing.I'd pay the iron price for a Stannis and Davos sitcom... | ||
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Taru
France88 Posts
On February 07 2013 07:58 PhoenixVoid wrote: An interesting observation I've found from snooping around the Internet about how the great houses of Westeros mirror that of Europe. Stark: Ireland Lannisters: England Greyjoy: Vikings Baratheon: Holy Roman Empire Tyrell: France Arryn: Switzerland Dorne: Spain Targaryen: Rome I've got some comparisons in Essos: For exemple, the free cities are imo a reference to the medieval free cities in northern Italy like Florence, Venice, Genoa or even Ragusa. The cities using slavery as their main activity like Astapor, Meereen and Yunkai are a reference to north african cities like Alger and Tunis which where known for their slave trading, especially european ones. The dothraki are the mongols obviously. | ||
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PhoenixVoid
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