Two Swords editionprev >>217662065
Need it or keep it
Cute and canon!
>>217680780People go on about the Tullys being weaker compared to their vassals, the Targaryens are basically the same without dragons. The Crownlands in its entirety does not have huge numbers of men to call upon, and the numbers with the Crownlands assumes the Crownland fully backs the Iron Throne with its total numbers if called upon. The main strength of the Crown is in the navy - and even then the Redwyne fleet is seemingly larger, and the Royal fleet has only specific applications. Even if Egg is doing fine (I doubt a mass rebellion is going to happen under him) you are very much rolling the dice with each monarch, and the issue is the Iron Thrones has structural problems that mean it lacks the ability to assert its will easily. Robert's Rebellion and the speculation that Rickard Stark and Jon Arryn were trying to build some sort of bloc shows how fragile Targaryen rule is if and when the regions recognise the structural weakness and see reason to rebel or at least leverage the imbalance. The Targaryens rule an entire continent, but they are not compared to the likes of the Roman Empire of Chinese dynasties given the Westeros does not have the centralisation/bureaucracy or culture for it. I understand Egg's wanting to do reform for the smallfolk and maybe he would have had a better time at it without his children, but if Egg was going to antagonise the nobility over anything then, if this is even possible, for him to try to develop some level of actual bureaucracy. It is said that the reforms done by Egg go undone during Aerys II which shows how institutionally they were not embedded.
Do great series have generals that host the same posts like TAOOBA and Mario Naharis again and again and live whole days before next bake?i think not/got//hotd/ wasn't gifted with writing or restraint, /got/ was arrogant, lazy/hotd/ whored and pandered, it was a hard series not to hate by the end, ruled the catalog for nigh on 16 years and it was still forgottenwhat chance do i have, truly?/got/ was good to me, /hotd/ weren't family to me but it kept me like we werethey raised me be an honorable general and all these other generals still can't even remember his namehis name was /got/hotd/, and i am his legacy (/dunk/)on the morrow (Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT)we will show the catalog what his hand has wrought
>>217677130>>217676997
This has yet to be refuted.
>>217681637This show is going to piss me off cuz the eastern lands won’t match my headcanons and all of the story will be OC shit from people that aren’t George, also house of the dragons ruined corlys. But gendy might to the impossible and make a kino
so the dragon bond is a very important part of understanding a targayen character's mind, what does that say about Viserys I and Balerion?
>season 4 of Dunk n Egg>Dunk meets a female knight
>>217681687the speech was easily the best part of the episode
>>217681763Viserys inherited the realm at its most powerful and let it wither and die in his care
You're big and stupid!
GROWING STRONG NIGGAAA
>>217681613
>>217681806so did Balerion also want it all to wither and die?
>>217681763Balerion was a chud dragon that agreed with Jaehaerys' no girls rule and wanted to prevent the Velaryons getting the throne. He could not risk the Great Council not voting for Viserys and knew that endorsing Viserys would eliminate whatever small risk they would not.
>>217681680Daemon and Viserys are 100% heterosexual.
>>217681771I like how if they do that they cuckquean Brienne out of being the first female knight.
>>217681862>Balerion was a chud dragon that agreed with Jaehaeryslol Balerion hated that nigga
>>217681818
Show for men: a good hearted but low status male seeks to honor the legacy of his father figure by being the best knight he can, using only his iron will and guided by his moral code he rises high In the world and makes a name for himself Show for women: Your daddy raped you? Kiss me!!!!
>>217681941Show for men who want something to jerk off too:
>>217681613>Ser Arthur Dayne, welding the greatsword, Dawn, and... Some other sword
Is magic actually evil? Aren’t the little forest people supposed to be good magic?
>>217681763i saw this in a yt comment but i like th eidea that Viserys's love for old Valyria and history grew even stronger after his brief bond with Balerion, i think he may have also gain insight and pessimism with the Targaryen dynasty after seeing how weak and old and tired Balerion was, he never bothered trying to bond with another dragon again and ended up believing man should not have meddled with dragons
>>217681613>Hmm, I'm not sure how can we show that this guy was the greatest swordsman alive>Starts playing Halo 2
>>217682000oh now it makes sense to me
>>217681976LMAO no they hung the entrails of humans on the branches of their weirwoods. Their old gods force lives of suck so their chosen can become green seers.
>>217681976The little Forrest people split into two groups after the first men came, those who opposed humans and wanted war with them and those who knew the only way to survive was to try to live with them. The good group became the green men and fought men their weirwood magics and religion. The opposing faction went north and eventually the leader of that faction poured all his hate and vengeance into weirwood which amplified the winters and created the others to “save” them from men and from fire
>>217682084Taught men weirwood magic*
>>217681976>Is magic actually evil?Yes>Aren’t the little forest people supposed to be good magic?No
>>217681941or, maybe, JUST MAYBE, they just had an easier source material to adapt + less egotistical production staff?
>>217681976>is performing human sacrifice to demons really evil?
>>217681976literally all the evil characters are involved with the tree magic anon
>>217682039https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biZwR6CzVzs>*casually mogs you're "hype moment awaited for 5 seasons* in you're path with a little back alley brawl*
>>217681739General Veers speaks truth at all times
>>217681613Was this really necessary? Who did they think actually wanted to see some wrinkled old man taking a piss?
....semoc eH
>>217682333Trip get says the target audience was (You)
DO NOT POST ARLAN BWC
>>217682039This only makes sense if the weapons are weightless and no one swings with any strength.
>>217682333It was to show BWC superiority
>>217682333Are you talking about it?Then you have your answer.
>>217682333Ser Arlan Penistree
>>217682333They jokingly said that he had a calm serenity about him and they wanted to show why he might be unbothered by people talking shit about him all the time.
>>217682333Fuck man I wish I could be some old hung sex pest looks comfy
>>217682225hotd season 2 needs to be lower
favorite weaponfavorite armorfavorite castlefavorite kingdomfavorite sigilGO
>>217682593>favorite weaponShit covered arrows.>favorite armorMud.>favorite castleGreywater Watch>favorite kingdomNorf>favorite sigil
>>217682333I hate being circumcized bros
>>217682333The highlight of episode
>>217682593>favorite weaponOne that keeeeeels>favorite armorLeather and chain>favorite castleRiverrun>favorite kingdomThe Riverlands>favorite sigilPic related, fuck Brackens
>>217682593>favorite weaponSandoq's big ass valyrian steel blade>favorite armorkingsguard armor>favorite castlethe rock>favorite kingdomthe norf>favorite sigilBaratheon
>>217682593>favorite weaponIce but the show version. I don't like the smokey black description of Valyrian steel>favorite armorBrienne's set>favorite castleThe Twins>favorite kingdomRiverlands>favorite sigilTully
>>217682593>favorite weaponBlackfyre>favorite armorred/black plate>favorite castlethe red keep>favorite kingdomwesteros>favorite sigil
>>217682714>>favorite sigil>Tully
TAOOBA
>>217682714>>favorite castle>The Twinsbased
>>217682766with haste!
>>217682593>favorite weaponLady Forlorn >favorite armorVictarion>favorite castleHellholt>favorite kingdomDorne>favorite sigilBook Velaryon
>>217682593>favorite weaponred rain>favorite armorbobby b's>favorite castlesunspear>favorite kingdomthe reach>favorite sigilhouse targaryen
>>217681637Ok HBO you need to chill.
>>217682815>>favorite castle>Hellholt
>>217681730Goddamn, that's fucking gay.
>>217682866Tbh only two spinoffs when GoT was the biggest tv show in the world is pretty restrained by modern standards.
>>217681730She's so cute.
>>217683020If you don’t think it’s going to get worse, you’re kidding yourself.
>>217682039Dawn and Dawner.
>>217683102Part of me thinks that it's actually George in some way that's holding back the tidal wave of slop series and a full-blown "GoT Cinematic Universe". Not sure what rights he has left to greenlight adaptations. But I worry that once he's gone WB-Netflix is gonna open the floodgates.
>>217682796
>>217682593favorite weaponRed Rainfavorite armorDaeron I'sfavorite castleHellholtfavorite kingdomThe Valefavorite sigilConnington
>>217682593>weaponDawn>armorJon Arryn's armor>castleStorm's End or Casterly Rock>kingdomStormlands (the dornish marches)>sigilMallister
>>217683171
>>217682593>favorite weaponblackfyre>favorite armorrhaegars>favorite castlewinterfell>favorite kingdomyTI>favorite sigilblackwood
>without you i'm a silhouette
>>217682866No
>>217682593>favorite weaponBrightRoar>favorite armorTywin's >favorite castleCasterly Rock>favorite kingdomThe Westerlands>favorite sigilCargyll
>>217682593>favorite weaponlady forlorn>favorite armordunc's basic hedge knight armor>favorite castlestarfall>favorite kingdomthe stormlands>favorite sigil
>>217683639>when the tier 1 common fit looks better than the endgame gear
>>217682593>favorite weaponShow Red Viper's spear>favorite armorBook Euron's>favorite castleEvenfall Hall>favorite kingdomStormlands>favorite sigilHouse Connington
>>217683639Someone please get this man a proper belt
>>217683826keeps him humble
>>217683639this look with the helmet is unironically top 5 best armors in the series
>>217681730She looks so frenchI love it
>>217681637I have african fatigue
>>217682593>favorite weaponheartsbane>favorite armordaemon blackfyre (red grass field red plate edition)>favorite castleOldtown>favorite kingdomthe Reach>favorite sigilPEAKE
>>217682593>mfw a showonlyfag
>>217683369>EbonyAYO WE WUZ RHOYNARS AN SHEEIT
>>217683369this will bomb spetacularly
>>217683945this was one of the best looks in the series that actually works as armor and no one cared
>>217684044We barely got to see it, which is a shame
>>217683945if this had more color it would be top tier, too grey for tyrell
>>217682593>weaponHeartsbane>armorpic related>Castlethe rock>kingdomWesterlands>sigilBaratheon and Bolton go hard
>>217681822so this old fuck is the one doing all the equestrian acrobatics ?
>>217684192i didn't like this armor until i saw the side profile
>>217684224he was known as the greatest jouster in the countries history but doing all that while in plate armor at his age is some anime bullshit
>>217684228Face helmets are always kino
>>217681822i do like how the show is not shying away from showing why these guys were legends, even if it's borderline goofy unrealistic
so Lyonels whole thing is that he likes to break off the ornaments of his oppnents helmets? based if true
>>217684308not just break them off, toss them to he audience and they love that shit because its always made of silver and gold
>>217684308
>>217681976Magic is like throwing a piece of raw meat to a dangerous animal. Hoping for its favour. That animal also hates you. Or it likes to see you suffer. There is some real sinister shit going in on the primeval past. Magic is bright and colorful but dark and black underneath.
So is it actually worth watching?I had assumed this was sloppa as a book only chad
>>217682039So kind of those gentlemen not to attack him in the back and wait their turn.
>>217682593>weaponBrightroar.>armourLoras Tyrell’s season 1 armour.>castleHigh Garden.>kingdomThe Reach.>sigilManderly.
>>217684341House Baratheon proving once again that there are no lame members of this house, whether you are a bastard, a fag, depressed, zealot, you will always be chad
>>217684458It's short but sweet, an easy catch-up if you start now.
>>217684458so far its actually goodthey messed up how Dunk finds the princes but thats just a small thing
>>217684507
>>217684606they fucked up with Renly in the show. He's supposed to be a buff gigachad. Robert reborn. the actor looks like a bottom
>>217681976There were scenes related to magic? Can a get a qrd?
>>217684606renly was pretty based for a sword swallower wasn't he, shame grrm cheated him
is another timeline this would have been the show made after game of thrones ended
>>217684640>the actor looks like a bottomwhich is funny cause in the show he's the top
>>217684733no he isntMarg tells him she can lay on her stomach and renly can pretend she's loras
>>217684782are you retarded or a virgin?
>>217684782>pretend she's lorasthis would imply loras is the one taking the dick anon
>>217684192>>217684264>>217684586>Aerion BRIGHTflame>dresses all in black like every other Targ???
Rizz game
>>217682593>favorite weaponThe Long Axe that Areo Hotah uses trained by the Bearded priests>favorite armorBoltons Armor>favorite castleThe Dread Fort>favorite kingdomLys>favorite sigilHouse Harlaw
>>217684858>>217684879I mixed them up, my bad
>>217685036lol i almost did the same thing
>>217682593>weaponLightbringer>armorEuron's Valyrian Steel armor from the books. From the show, i guess Kingsguard one from last episode is cool.>castleTough choice. Many cool ones, but probably Harrenhall or Dragonstone.>kingdomStormlands>SigilThe one Euron has in the books, Pic related.
>>217685029Rizz is out. Unc game is in.
>>217685609>>217682593 (You)>>weapon>Lightbringerthis has been debunked
>>217683808>>favorite sigil>House Connington A man of taste.
>>217685684Debunked how? The sword shines with light and it looks cool. I don't care that's illusion, It still can blind the enemy or give signal to your troops.
>>217685745>The sword shines with light and it looks coolthis has been debunked
FUCK NIGGERSOR AS I LIKE TO CALL THEM FILTHY FUCKING BLACKFYRES
>>217685759Read the books and the Nightlamp theory, showfag. Stannis draws it multiple times and the effect is real, even if he mentions the sword itself is normal and gives no warmth. It's an effective illusion that still looks cool and can be used in certain way.
Daeron the falseborn and his line of retards, balds, and incompetents need not reply
>>217685867you are literally proving why it's debunked
>>217685853Based and show accurate
>>217685900BASED
>>217685900DAEMON BLACKFYRE IS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES
>>217685914This retard can't read.
>>217686004
>>217683020It's "restrained" because GoT completely shat the landing
a toast to Dunk, for bringing back the GOT generals
>>217686249he sure is strong
so samurai jack guy is making a show for hbo?
>>217683639That shield seems too detailed
>>217686249*coughs*
>>217686303People will complain about anything
>>217686303heraldry can be super detailed or super minimal
>>217686266Waste of talent on a shit show idea
>>217681833It's only a dream in the books, we don't know if it's real.
>>217681958Literally what the F**K were they thinking?!
>>217686406whats the show about?
>>217686303It looks like AI slop.
>>217681998Visery is in this?Cool. I will watch it. Or at least think about it. I saved that image. It had a good backstory before association with Viseryies, but happy endings or bad not being ending are my pussy. Or pussy fucked untill achieving that.Hard done by is hard to fault. Is entitled. Especially when it was good prior.Denerys has no merit. Her brother was better. Higher standards than people have is good leadership. He would have made a good king. The Hound was the star of the show. Would be interesting to see how Viserys remains _______ (forgot the word, like meant for better, being less in less as a reminder that is the case, like put into a parody or enemy, giving them nothing, dragging them down, like Nick Cave in that prison movie, pointing out they are pedophiles etc bad around him. Little girls maybe ok. But not boys. Never. Passing on what is bad is bad. But understandable for a King to have no respect for what around him is trying to make him nothing, not going along pretending they are of help.)Vain, and to be honest without merit, looking better defined by being done bad by. Like separate from the presentation you're an answer to prayers. Actually being that through empathy. Knowing what it is like to lose everything. And hate what does it. Because that better world was normal. Was right. All against it had honour they didn't deserve. Seeking to make it all niggers.Like the start of a spark for a dream they snuffed out for themselves and now only lights better.Likely further abused. Others taking their turn after his sister. All the way down to hell. The least of the enemy above him. Said a match by all else. All opposing only himself.
>>217681833>war is over>ned just wants to see his sister>kingsguard decide to fight to the death to prevent thisbunch of clowns, even if they had managed to win what the fuck was their plan for Jon? 1-2 of them at best would survive and soon Bobby B would be even more enraged when he sends people to look for Ned and finds Lyanna and Ned's corpses and the KG missing. Retards should have pulled Ned to the side to talk in private>>217683369>warrior-queen>did nothing but marry a Martell>>217685867Stannis is a brainlet in the books, the only reason he doesn't get rekt trying to siege the Dreadfort is thanks to Jon. And even then he fucks up because he doesn't march for Winterfell after beating the Ironborn. If he'd listened to Jon completely he would have beaten the Boltons to Winterfell instead of freezing to death in the snow
>>217681998Maby Viserys like Atlas holding up all like he always did. Just a pained face and pose more palletable to them. Saying standards through a strained voice or silence.Even the worst who did it worst to him. Like he meant to be their head and understandable they are monsters without.
>>217681613DAYNE?
>>217682593>favorite weaponoriginal version of Ice(white walker ice blade, not gay valyrian steel)>favorite armorOthers armor in the books basically has active camo built in>favorite castlebanefort>favorite kingdomNorf>favorite sigilschizo flint's
>>217686772>I looked for you in Ashara's bed chambers...Ned married Ashara at Harrenhal's godswood in secret, hence why she let herself get pregnant in the first place despite having easy access to moon tea. And why Ned married Catelyn in a sept despite riverrun having a goodswood. Ironically, all of Catelyn's kids are bastards
>>217682388Is he the only King in the Wot5K without any real fans?He must be the worst Greyjoy brother of the bunch
>>217685900>7 kingdoms fought 5 wars over which inbred targshit should rule, the choice being between dornish degenerates or bastards>after they lost their dragonsthe Vale and North should have declared independence way earlier desu. Nobody can touch them without dragons and they gain nothing from the iron throne
I drank the Arbor Gold. I'm actually drunk rn.
>>217687450the funniest part is when you consider that the vale and the north barely fight in any of the countries wars, the vale just got unlucky with the first blackfyre rebellion and got their shit rocked
>>217687662ser drunk the fall
>>217687306There are Greyjoyfags aplenty, just not Balonfags. Greyjoyfags tend to care more about his brothers and kids.
>>217687664>the vale just got unlucky with the first blackfyre rebellion and got their shit rockedforget Baelor and Maekar, if not for Bloodraven the targs would've lost
>>217686511The boring black guy from hotd goes to china and brings back some spices
>>217681613Im starting to think Preston might genuinely be autistic
>>217687726Simply the bestBetter than all the restBetter than BittersteelHe's just a Bracken pest
>>217687793I couldn’t have done it without you bro. Thank you for slaughtering your family so that I may have the best story
>>217687768That’s the worst idea for a spinoff ever wtf
>>217687852They had it coming
>>217687768would be funny if the cartoon version is book accurate
>albino>red eyes>greenseer and a dragon spawn >missing eye >birthmark >is an archer but also has dark sister >political schemer but also magic and becomes an undead tree manI find the character a tad over designed desu. It’s just too much going on
>>217687726not to glaze the most overly glazed character outside of the main line books, but Daemon Blackfyre had no business doing that good and smashing the Vale and their vanguard, like everythign was going wrong for the Blackfyres up until that point, he had to mobilize with less men, his allies were late, Bittersteel was late, if anyone can name what else hilariously went wrong for the Blackfyre side of the battle i'd appreciate it cause i know it was more than what i said, and Daemon fell for most braind dead muh honor bait ever after his duel
>>217688029guess you could say he pulled a game of throws
>>217688029>not to glaze the most overly glazed character outside of the main line booksthat would be Bloodraven
>>217687983GRRM needed a vehicle to clear the table with and be what was needed when and where, and as much as I love Bloodraven he really is the lazy path of his maker given form and life to be all of that and it's SO MUCH. He's like if Tolkien had taken Turin, Glorfindel, and Elendil and mashed them into being one being that did all their shit by himself.
>>217687983daemon and brynden are both overly designed, they feel closer to tolkien characters actually just like what this anon said >>217688152 lol
>I trust they won't be found dead.
>>217688270
>>217688287Maekar's actor had THE BEST "The fuck you say?" expression, holy shit
>>217688226Bittersteel is the only decent character out of the bastard bunch. Just a guy with a grudge on his shoulders who is too angry to die. Simple, rustic, delicious. He doesn’t need a thousand quirks and bells and whistles and plot armor and fan service to be interesting, he just works
-ACK
>>217688339I give Brackens a lot of shit, because it's well deserved, but if Bloodraven didn't exist I'd probably be a Bittersteel stan. He's still neat.
>>217688226>they feel closer to tolkien charactersYeah the tone is so out of place. He would have worked better as an obscure lore character. “The dragons are all gone, the children of the Forrest forgotten, magic might have existed once but not anymore. Oh and also 90 years ago there was this all seeing sorcerer lord who ruled the kingdom with his magical powers”
a thousand eyes and on-ACK
>>217688480>Oh and also 90 years ago there was this all seeing sorcerer lord who ruled the kingdom with his magical powers”and his magical mysterious super sexy sister and super handsome honorable warrior brother with an 8 pack and magical sword
>>217687793>>217688152>>217688364>>217688560what the fuck was up with Aegon IV's ballsack cause all of his kids were somewhere between freaks and high fantasy characters
>>217688594>seers and dreamers are super rare>aegon iv births a line of several of them and a mutantok man
>>217688594Aegon was not Daeron and Daemon’s father
>>217688692Bastard pretenders have many fathers, and none.
>>217688692lmao imagine if bittersteel and bloodraven were the only true sons of the king
>>217681637>Genndy Tartakovsky GOT animationHype!>The Adventures of Sea SnakeFuuuuuuuck...
/ourking/
>>217689375
>>217687768>goes on a few trading voyages>this apparently makes him the richest man in Westeros>more than the Lannisters, who live on a literal mountain of goldGRRM worldbuilding....
>>217689481Peppercorn used to be worth its weight in gold.
how much of it are we seeing in season 2?
https://youtu.be/pq4CMUIdcSgRelevant video by a great channel.
>>217689082Kek
>>217689578why would we see this in the second season?
>>217689687If they keep up flashbacks then Sworn Sword is like 90% talking about the past Rebellion.
>>217689687ser eustace has a long ass monologue about the battle of the redgrass field. and rohanne's whole deal with hating eustace is because his son, who she loved, died in that battle. would be kinda weird to not do at least a couple flashbacks about it.
>>217688480>bloodraven dominates the realm due to being a skinchanger and spying on everyone>the North should have literally thousands of them at any time based on the 1 in 1000 number First Men being skinchangers, along with multiple greenseers>North apparently does nothing with themGRRM is a hack
>>217689578i'd rather see george expand on it in another novella or fire and blood 2 and then give us a whole show leading to it
With any luck we'll get an adaptation of The She-Wolves of Winterfell
>>217688029fireball died right before the battle too lol
>>217689922If/when (f)Aegon gets revealed to be a Blackfyre I'm sure we'll get more details.
>>217690011is there anyone who still argues Aegon isn't a blackfyre?
>>217681637got works better as animation but it should be fortiche or mappa.
>>217690070With how starved the community is for content during the eternal wait for Winds schizo theories are gaining more traction. Some folks are convinced it'll be a fake out where Faegon turns out to be the real deal to give Dany burning Kingslanding more impact. The only real arguments for him being a targ is Varys telling a dying Kevan he was legitimate and an answer from a Q&A back in Aug 2000 where GRRM only confirmed that Aegon's sister died but not him. And I guess you could count of the comments from a few of the Golden Company characters saying they'll follow any dragon at this point.
>>217682593>favorite weaponThe Arakh. Probably the best designed fantasy weapon I've seen that's not just a 1-1 copy of a historical weapon.>favorite armorWhatever Aegon wore. Red and black plate, no helmet, and a crown.>favorite castleThe Eyrie. The idea of a long winding path up a steep mountain with fortifications all along the way just seems absolutely impossible to besiege.>favorite kingdomHow can you say anything but the North? They have all the coolest shit.>favorite sigilTargaryen sigil is too iconic to pick anything else.
>>217690563why is daemon letting himself be shot with arrows here, is he stupid?
How sad was the realm when Balerion died? He was the only living thing to have any memory of Valyria before the Doom. A grumpy old fart, no doubt, but he was nonetheless a living treasure, or artifact.
>>217690626>The Eyrie. The idea of a long winding path up a steep mountain with fortifications all along the way just seems absolutely impossible to besiege.it's actually insane that Eyrie so hard to besiege with years worth of supplies and food in there while also having a great army and really good knights, it's a wonder why they are so slept on as a kingdom
>>217690693you could argue house targaryen died the moment Balerion did
>>217690695the vale is op af, george nerfed them by making them introverted and very unlucky
>>217681637>Genndy wasted on a Niggaryon show
>>217685853
>>217690693no one gave a shit, don't think taxation (theft) got lower
>>217690693>sadThey drank and fucked and celebrated that a titanic evil demon that enslaved them died of vizzy t cringe
>>217684264Is that the Static-X guy?
>As hand of the king, I order my nephew to shut the fuck up and stop being a bitch. Also he's being placed in the stockades for a night because he humiliated the house with his bullshit.Was it really that hard?
I was looking for you in the catalog.
>>217689611tl;dw?
>>217690847>New... Nowy Tends
>>217690709Grim.
>>217689375I'm guessing this is Joffrey but by the Seven anon do you know how little you are limiting the list by showing off a vague execution, specifically without hair colour.
>>217690865Kinda sorta but not really.Medieval knights were part of the nobility, it was a noble title, so most held land or had some other regular income. Some would end up dispossessed or unemployed and travel around but they'd soon find employment with another lord and stay in their service. ASOIAF has these as landed knights.The idea of permanent hedgeknights in the ASOIAF sense didn't really exist.
>NO NED.. YOU CANNOT SEE YOUR SISTER
>>217681613>Oof, look at this guy, T, it’s like a blender with hair! He’s got the two swords goin’ at once, like some kind of medieval John Wick or somethin'!>I’m tellin’ ya, Chrissy, the coordination on this prick... it’s underminey. Most guys can’t even use their left hand to fork a piece of gabagool, and this mental case is out here carvin' up a whole zip code without breakin' a sweat. It’s gotta be a gift from God, or he’s on some serious speed.
the dragon ought not lose
>>217681637
Aerion's look has grown on me, I know it's diff than the books/comics and I generally like long hair, but, HOTD has enough long hair targ autism as it is, and the short hair look is different, stands out, and looks pretty cool actuallyMy problem is, he looks like a chad. He's too much of a chad to come across as an autistic loser. I don't buy him being autistic about dragons. Mayhaps the actor will yet convince me, I'm going purely on aura from one episode and previews.I like the way Viserys II does it in the audiobook, he sounds like such a dweeb>>217691280
>>217681637He could have done Aegon's conquest instead.
>George RR Martin will not be working on HOTD Season 3So is this gonna be the great experiment? If HOTD recovers, Martin is no longer needed. If it flops, Martin will gain power. Or are they gonna give Martin one show as a distraction (note that Dunk is by far the cheapest show) while they keep going further away from the books
Be honest with me /got/ am I going to have to categorize my Got folder into regular Got, HotD and Dunk? Or are there even going to be many Dunk memes with the episodes only being 30 minutes?
>>217691469I have a dedicated bran rape memes folder
>>217691476Fucking based. Yeah I've let my folder run abit too wild after HotD. It's gonna get too full if the Dunk memes start coming in. But 2 episodes in and we don't even have many.
I'm glad they made Alicent a cringe family betraying retarded dyke insteadThat's a lot better than the hilarious book Alicent who loved her family and put them firstI'm glad they made her an overt hypocrite instead of a subtle one. That's great. Awesome changes.We better at least get some dyke 69ing out of it
LORD ASHFORD FUCKS HIS SHEEP
>>217682039You can tell he's the best swordsman by how he twirls his swords
>>217691330It works because the actor is like 5’6.
>>217682039This is somehow worse than I remember.
>>217691476Wut?
>>217691574BASED SER ANON BASED
>>217689481>>217689552Spices are historically a big deal. You could buy slaves with pepper; early Rome conquered a neighboring city just for possession of its salt mine. Salt, in fact, was so prized in the Middle Ages that Piedmont outlawed exporting it outside its borders without written authorization, so smugglers would fill casks of the stuff, then layer over it with fish to make it look legit, take the casks over the border, give the (now salted) fish away to regular folks out of prying eyes, and continue on to sell the salt throughout central Europe's nobility for silver. That salted fish would end up in a communal post-harvest sort of seasonal fondue you might know as bagna cauda.
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>>217682766I will never not laugh at this.
>>217690695>montainous valley kingdom>renown for its cavalry
>>217690990>The idea of permanent hedgeknights in the ASOIAF sense didn't really exist.They were an archetype in medieval chivalry novels which were popular for centuries and from which GRRM draws heavily, directly or indirectly. Obssesing about historical accuracy on a fantasy setting is reddit-tier level of midwittery. Not talking about (You), mind you.
>>217692684like i said, broken op
>>217688594Make no mistake, ASOIAF is high fantasy, regardless of the gritty, grounded tone.One thing the show inadverterly did was destroying the awe the fantasy elements would have both in the audience and in the world's characters.Targariens are almost elves. Imagine you were a sometning like an uneducated medieval peasany and all of a sudden a race of people who are pale-skinned with platinum hair and purple eyes who ride fucking dragons appeared. Wouldn't you consider them god-like creatures?
>>217692736The video just uses D&E as an excuse to discuss real history.Ironically getting upset about others using pop culture as an opportunity to educate is itself massively midwit.
>>217690990>>217692736It's that universe's ronin/wandering cowboy no need to think about it that much.
>>217681637>grown up people>watching animationsgrow up
i like the new show except it didnt need the shitting scene, it didnt need the cock scene, it didnt need the hocking a loogie scene, it didn't need every random townsfolk saying cunt
>>217692837"high/low" fantasy was always a bad categorization.high fantasy = magical creatures + wizards integrated into society, magic systemslow fantasy = realistically depicted world, acts or tries to act like it, magic is rooted in mystery, folk lore, superstition, the occultthat's it. curses or dark ancient power is just visual shorthand for folklore and superstition, something which was normal for medieval societies. it's only when you have hard magic systems brought into it and fantastical elements integrated into the society when it becomes high fantasy.
>>217682333It was funny
>>217693014>it didn't need every random townsfolk saying cuntThey're called "smallfolk", you dumb cunt
The new show reminds me of slice of life anime
DO YOU YIELD BLACKFYRE BASTARDS?
>>217693766Why does he even know about any of that? Isn't he like 8?It's not very responsible to talk about nuanced conflicts like succession crises to a child that views everything as moral absolutes.Poor Egg is going to become a zealot.
>>217693951Why would he know about the evil bastard branch of his family who tried to usurp the throne and delegitimise them all? What nuance is there?
>>217694145That line of thinking is how you get retards like Aerion who in turn fuck up the whole timeline over a puppet show.
>>217694216This is a weird prudish line of argument, the Blackfyres plunged the realm into a civil war and tried to usurp his family. Why would he be sympathetic to them at all?
>You you wouldn't dare you fucking CUNT>Fuck you cunt>Pic related happensWhat the fuck was their problem?
>>217694265There is nuance though. The Blackfyre had an argument and many supporters.If all you do is give one side of things then your child is going to end up retarded.In general you want to avoid real world examples to teach these complex ideas until the child is mature enough to handle them.If you just teach a kid "Blackfyres bad" then you end up with accusations of treason over a heavily interpreted puppet show that didn't actually mean anything.
>>217694402They did not have an argument. Daemon decided to start a civil war over a decade into his brother’s reign for no reason. Why would an eight year old Targaryen be at all sympathetic to a Blackfyre? What exactly should he be taught? Aerion is butthurt that the dragons died out and took offence at the puppet show because of that. The two aren’t related at all.
Why did George complain about Tolkien not writing down Aragorn's tax policy when he himself cannot world-build? He either just copies real history 1:1 (Braavos map is an exact copy of medieval Venice) or just writes boring family trees populated with anime characters. Shit, the prize money for winning the archery contest in the Hand's tourney was 50.000 gold dragons, how the fuck are they giving away that much gold to begin with?
>>217694630good bait
would be good without the """"""""""humour"""""""""" and cuntfuckshitpiss every 3 seconds
>>217681613This was the first scene where the costumes seemed cheap to me. The only realistic looking thing about that costume is the distressing on the breast plate. And that doesn't even make sense logically, since no knight, especially a prestigious one like him, would let their armor get rusty or just walk around that dirty. On top of that the rest of his outfit looks absolutely spotless, brand new, literally like fresh from the costume department. Also really cheaply made. The gloves look too thin, the belt looks flimsy and like some shit from a cheap store. The design of the torso armor and the helmets is alright, but the shoulder pauldrons look flimsy and not connected to anything. Why couldn't they give him a full suit of armor? The actor wasn't right for the part, either. The swords look unremarkable. Everything looks SO cheap. And Ned's line "No. This is where it ends" or whatever it was, are you fucking kidding me...terrible. Season 5 was plain bad compared to 1&2, and 4 had already been a noticeable downgrade. The worst part about all the season 8 hate was that all the braindead retards were apparently fine with everything up until that point.
>>217683369If they want to make a Rhoynar show so much why not make Conquest of Dorne from Martell perspective? It takes place pretty much directly after HOTD too.
>>217683369Her name is ENOBI prepz!!!!1
>>217684157Colors didn't exist in medieval times you filthy goy
>>217681613I hate the costuming in these showsNobody is allowed to have color. Even high lords dress like peasants. Everything is just dull.
>>217694721This is what the Trial of Seven looks like in the book btw
All I can imagine when people complain about costume design is that australian youtuber
>>217694288Riverlords and their underlings are the niggers of Westeros.
>>217695439wait I just realized there are only 2 kingsguard at ashford in the show, whos going to be the 7th?
>>217695457The canon three who did it were >Willem Wylde>Donnel of Duskendale(no, he’s not a Darklyn)>Roland Crakehall
>>217695301Rhoynar War show, because that means we get to see Water Magic used as anti aircraft guns to kill dragons. Canonically the Rhoynar did pretty well and destroyed several Valyrian armies before the Freehold pushed the red button and sent hundreds of dragons at once to the big final battle.
>>217695500I must have missed something then I didn't see willem
>>217695619It wouldn’t shock me if the show changed the teams up a little. It’s changed a couple other details. I do hope they keep the Fossoway thing though. This event is what causes the family to split into Red Apple and Green Apple branches.
>>217686303I could be remembering wrong but Brienne describes the shield as looking more like a picture than a coat of arms in AFFC
Dunk is the Mountain if the Mountain was a true knight and not a psycho. I don’t think the show really captures how big he’s supposed to be unfortunately. He was chokeslamming men in full plate
>>217695718the actor is like 6'6" the problem is they're putting him next to 6' actors
>>217695652I think thats pretty much garenteed, they woldn't be spending so much time setting it up if they weren't going to follow through, and we know from the preview their is another show only scene where dunk discusses challenging aerion with raymun
>>217695756They’re not even competent enough to make him appear taller with camera tricks.
>>217695822You wouldn’t be happy with anything
>>217695860It’s such an easy thing to do they just couldn’t be bothered, I like dunkin egg so far though
>>217695457the third is off looking for the princes, he'll be there for the trial
>>217695934ok I hope so, don't remember that from the book but it would make sense
>>217695394What the fuck are you talking about?
>>217681637I’d be hyped if it wasn’t about the Sea Snake. What a misfire.
I’ll have you know that the Cute and Canon poster is but the son of a janitor.
very delusional isnt it
>>217696421Her family makes half the ritualposts in /got/hotd/dunk/!
>>217696435Not at all
>>217693014The toilet humor feels out of place but I guess it's there way of trying to make the show feel grounded. Everyone constantly shitting on Dunk is still pretty funny
>>217695457There were 3 of them. The two that spoke to Dunc and a third guy with long black hair in the background.
>>217693951Why wouldn't he? Timeline wise the first Blackfyre rebellion was only 13 years ago. At this point in time the Blackfyres are still seen as a threat to Targ legitimacy. They didn't start becoming a joke till after the Third Blackfyre Rebellion
>>217696435If they keep the 6 episodes with them only being 30mins each I could easily see it running that long the same say British/Canadian series are done. HBO doesn't have alot of cash cows left so they'll be milking GOT till the well runs dry.
>>217697260guess I'll watch it again before next ep I was actively looking for willem and didn't see him, eh maybe I had to may drinks
>>217697431*too many drinksffs
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