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Redox
Germany24794 Posts
On May 23 2013 00:15 TheFish7 wrote: Does a stache grow on a eunuch? I am really wondering about this now. Not if his testicles were removed before puberty, which I think was the case here. In any case the lack of hair is trademark eunuch. | ||
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Nomzter
Sweden2802 Posts
On May 23 2013 00:15 TheFish7 wrote: Does a stache grow on a eunuch? I am really wondering about this now. So I am perhaps violating the no book talk rule here, please dont ban me  In the books, Melisandre is said to have a great rack. So you could say that they are being very true to the books in that respect  wow man... thanks you've spoiled the books for all of us.... | ||
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MiX
United States109 Posts
On May 23 2013 00:22 Redox wrote: Not if his testicles were removed before puberty, which I think was the case here. In any case the lack of hair is trademark eunuch. You are correct. If someone is castrated before puberty they generally lose the ability to grow facial and body hair. They also keep the same high pitched voice they had as boys among other things. On May 22 2013 22:36 sigma_x wrote: I was just watching some old episodes of Game of Thrones and i noticed that Rickon Stark appears to missing this season. I thought he was supposed to be travelling with Bran and Osha? There has been a scene where you could see him sleeping and another when he just woke up. He hasn't actually spoken any lines and has had less than 10 seconds of screen time so I can see why you wouldn't have noticed him lol. | ||
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ToT)OjKa(
Korea (South)2437 Posts
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oGoZenob
France1503 Posts
On May 23 2013 03:40 ToT)OjKa( wrote: I think I'm now going to start reading this thread in Varys' voice. that's going to take a long time ^^ | ||
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jinorazi
Korea (South)4948 Posts
On May 23 2013 03:39 MiX wrote: People who like Natalie Dormer (Margaery) should check out The Tudors series where she played Anne Boleyn. She was super hot in that series as well (and a brunette!). You are correct. If someone is castrated before puberty they generally lose the ability to grow facial and body hair. They also keep the same high pitched voice they had as boys among other things. There has been a scene where you could see him sleeping and another when he just woke up. He hasn't actually spoken any lines and has had less than 10 seconds of screen time so I can see why you wouldn't have noticed him lol. she is also in elementary (usa version of sherlock holmes) for the final episode, she does both english and american accent. i was like YAY~ | ||
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CatfooD
United States203 Posts
Toward the end of episode 7, Jaime leaves Brianne in her cell to return to King's Landing. Jaime says something along the lines of being in debt to Brianne for something, and she says as long as you keep your word, consider the debt paid. He says that he promises to return Arya and Sansa to Catelyn Stark (his promise I guess). But why is Jaime in debt to Brianne? What did she do for him that I can't remember? Jaime saved her from being raped before getting his hand cut off by saying her father would pay for her in sapphires, but I can't remember why Jaime would be in debt to Brianne and needing to keep his promise to return the Stark girls to Catelyn. Somebody help. Thanks  | ||
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dudeman001
United States2412 Posts
On May 23 2013 15:22 CatfooD wrote: Question regarding Brianne and Jaime. Toward the end of episode 7, Jaime leaves Brianne in her cell to return to King's Landing. Jaime says something along the lines of being in debt to Brianne for something, and she says as long as you keep your word, consider the debt paid. He says that he promises to return Arya and Sansa to Catelyn Stark (his promise I guess). But why is Jaime in debt to Brianne? What did she do for him that I can't remember? Jaime saved her from being raped before getting his hand cut off by saying her father would pay for her in sapphires, but I can't remember why Jaime would be in debt to Brianne and needing to keep his promise to return the Stark girls to Catelyn. Somebody help. Thanks In a way, Brianne saved Jaime from getting murdered by Robb's bannermen. I think Brianne's argued she's just doing her duty to Catelyn, but Jaime sees it as a debt for saving his life. | ||
Live2Win
United States6657 Posts
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RoyW
Ireland270 Posts
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Zooper31
United States5713 Posts
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armada[sb]
United States432 Posts
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Fenrax
United States5018 Posts
- Translating telling names is necessary for non English speakers so I don't mind that they did that, but they did an awful job at it. For example Hot Pie becomes "Heiße Pastete" (Hot Pastry), Highgarden becomes Rosengarten (Rose Garden) and King's Landing becomes Königsmund (King's Mouth). Every second name either sounds awful in German or makes no sense or both. - Also they randomly made the maps in the book not show 2/3 of the locations for no reason, they only show the very big castles. You can't follow the characters along their path like in the English versions. - To make it even worse they split up the books into 10 parts (just cut each book in half and let the books end randomly in the middle) so they can sell twice as many books. The German book price binding makes the books more expensive, too. So for the whole series in English you pay 40€ (8€ x 5) and for the whole series in German you pay 155€ (15.5€ x 10). If you are German and want to read the books, do yourself a favor, buy the English books. They are far better and cost you 1/4 of the money. | ||
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Taru
France88 Posts
And they also split the books into many parts 2,3 and sometimes 4. Each book costs approximatly 19 euros in normal size, and 8 in pocket size. I also recommend to read it in english if you can ^^. | ||
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MarCoon
Germany493 Posts
On May 23 2013 17:37 Fenrax wrote: So I am reading the books now (not finished yet but I will be soon) so I can't discuss the series anymore. What other Germans need to about the books is that the German translation is fucking awful: - Translating telling names is necessary for non English speakers so I don't mind that they did that, but they did an awful job at it. For example Hot Pie becomes "Heiße Pastete" (Hot Pastry), Highgarden becomes Rosengarten (Rose Garden) and King's Landing becomes Königsmund (King's Mouth). Every second name either sounds awful in German or makes no sense or both. - Also they randomly made the maps in the book not show 2/3 of the locations for no reason, they only show the very big castles. You can't follow the characters along their path like in the English versions. - To make it even worse they split up the books into 10 parts (just cut each book in half and let the books end randomly in the middle) so they can sell twice as many books. The German book price binding makes the books more expensive, too. So for the whole series in English you pay 40€ (8€ x 5) and for the whole series in German you pay 155€ (15.5€ x 10). If you are German and want to read the books, do yourself a favor, buy the English books. They are far better and cost you 1/4 of the money. I read all the books in English because of the above reasons. Way better experience | ||
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Ctesias
4595 Posts
On May 23 2013 17:37 Fenrax wrote: So I am reading the books now (not finished yet but I will be soon) so I can't discuss the series anymore. What other Germans need to about the books is that the German translation is fucking awful: - Translating telling names is necessary for non English speakers so I don't mind that they did that, but they did an awful job at it. For example Hot Pie becomes "Heiße Pastete" (Hot Pastry), Highgarden becomes Rosengarten (Rose Garden) and King's Landing becomes Königsmund (King's Mouth). Every second name either sounds awful in German or makes no sense or both. - Also they randomly made the maps in the book not show 2/3 of the locations for no reason, they only show the very big castles. You can't follow the characters along their path like in the English versions. - To make it even worse they split up the books into 10 parts (just cut each book in half and let the books end randomly in the middle) so they can sell twice as many books. The German book price binding makes the books more expensive, too. So for the whole series in English you pay 40€ (8€ x 5) and for the whole series in German you pay 155€ (15.5€ x 10). If you are German and want to read the books, do yourself a favor, buy the English books. They are far better and cost you 1/4 of the money. These are the reasons I always try to read books in their original language (of course, the options are somewhat limited when you only speak two languages, but still...). I looked over a copy of the Swedish version of book three, and even the translated title (A Storm of Swords became 'Svärdets makt', or '(The) Power of the Sword', ugh) put me off completely. You're always bound to miss some things from a translated version, so sticking with the original is always better, I'd say. Especially if they split the books, like they did in your example. | ||
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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
On May 23 2013 17:37 Fenrax wrote: So I am reading the books now (not finished yet but I will be soon) so I can't discuss the series anymore. What other Germans need to about the books is that the German translation is fucking awful: - Translating telling names is necessary for non English speakers so I don't mind that they did that, but they did an awful job at it. For example Hot Pie becomes "Heiße Pastete" (Hot Pastry), Highgarden becomes Rosengarten (Rose Garden) and King's Landing becomes Königsmund (King's Mouth). Every second name either sounds awful in German or makes no sense or both. - Also they randomly made the maps in the book not show 2/3 of the locations for no reason, they only show the very big castles. You can't follow the characters along their path like in the English versions. - To make it even worse they split up the books into 10 parts (just cut each book in half and let the books end randomly in the middle) so they can sell twice as many books. The German book price binding makes the books more expensive, too. So for the whole series in English you pay 40€ (8€ x 5) and for the whole series in German you pay 155€ (15.5€ x 10). If you are German and want to read the books, do yourself a favor, buy the English books. They are far better and cost you 1/4 of the money. Same with Dutch translations. Hooggaarden instead of Highgarden and shit like that. I don't understand why translators translate names. If they didn't I would read their work, now I don't. | ||
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Doctorbeat
Netherlands13241 Posts
On May 23 2013 17:37 Fenrax wrote: So I am reading the books now (not finished yet but I will be soon) so I can't discuss the series anymore. What other Germans need to about the books is that the German translation is fucking awful: - Translating telling names is necessary for non English speakers so I don't mind that they did that, but they did an awful job at it. For example Hot Pie becomes "Heiße Pastete" (Hot Pastry), Highgarden becomes Rosengarten (Rose Garden) and King's Landing becomes Königsmund (King's Mouth). Every second name either sounds awful in German or makes no sense or both. - Also they randomly made the maps in the book not show 2/3 of the locations for no reason, they only show the very big castles. You can't follow the characters along their path like in the English versions. - To make it even worse they split up the books into 10 parts (just cut each book in half and let the books end randomly in the middle) so they can sell twice as many books. The German book price binding makes the books more expensive, too. So for the whole series in English you pay 40€ (8€ x 5) and for the whole series in German you pay 155€ (15.5€ x 10). If you are German and want to read the books, do yourself a favor, buy the English books. They are far better and cost you 1/4 of the money. I can't read anything fantasy related in my own language, it all sounds so horrible. (Spel der Tronen? Ugh) | ||
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EleanorRIgby
Canada3923 Posts
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EpiK
Korea (South)5757 Posts
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