Comfy medieval manor editionOld thread:>>219063416
>>219116828>What is the "tragedy of the commons"?
>>219117278a scary story invented by a writer to justify bankrupt Scottish lords trying to fix their finances by robbing their tenants
>>219117330Are you alluding to the highland clearances?
Will HotD S3 save us?
>>219117525No.
>>219109813Last night, a Thenn stabbed a Hornfoot over a sausage. Three Thenns seized the Hornfoot and opened his throat. Edd managed to keep a Thenn from chopping off the dead man's cock, which was fortunate, but even still
Since none of you have the build nor skills to become a knight, how would you get rich if you were to be transported to Westeros?
>>219117862Double-entry bookkeeping.
>>219117862Raping and raving
>>219117862Invent printing press. Sell books to high born faggots.
>>219117862>how would you get rich if you were to be transported to Westeros?Convince King Robert to pass legislation allowing for and legally protecting joint stock companies and patent rights, then form a company to license the production of cast iron stoves.
>>219117862Whore myself
>>219117862mechanical and chemical knowledge.
>>219117862I'm almost 35 I'm basically ancient by medieval standards and would probably die within a year
>>219120507A true knight just makes up the ending if he doesn't have one
>>219116828>/dunc/That series is only for white people, I'm afraid. We'll start a thread when we feel it's prudent.Until then please refrain from discussing Dunk & Egg - it's not made for your kind
>diarrhea>old man dick>vomiting white people humor
>>219121959having your media completely infiltrated by jews and inundated by their talmudic nonsense is extremely white.
For me, it's King's Mountain.
>>219116828egg is icsh
>>219117862Id invent different foods like pizza and become the personal chef of a king
>>219117862I assembled a steam engine kit once, I believe i absorbed enough principle understanding to construct one from scratch and kick off the industrial age.
take a lance to the heart beesbury
>>219117562Jon, Edd's dead. It's not your fault, man.
>>219119880Not true. You see this parroted all the time but the data is skewed because infant and child mortality rate was extremely high. You'd be fine.
>>219128097The Hive Remembers
>>219128366If you somehow made it past like age 9 you typically lived to be 60+ yeah
>>219128097
>>219122005The hightowers are the jews of the asoiaf universe
>>219117862uplift fanfics are my guilty pleasure. some low hanging fruit that a lot of authors go for:>Double-entry bookkeeping >>219117978>cement for buildings/roads/bridges>four field crop rotation>seed drill>lodestones to make a North Compass>import rice from Yi Ti to grow in water/swamp>somehow discover the mythical POTATO that is foreign to Westeros>spinning jenny>glassmaking, glass houses for da norf>caravel sails>copper sheath for ships>distilling hard liquors>high proof alcohol to disinfect wounds>train medics and midwives>educate smallfolk to read/write/count>Don't Be An Asshole
>>219129611Ok (((targ))), back into extinction with you
>>219117862work in the brothel
>>219129616also printing press is too advanced to be easy, you need specialty paper and ink that Westeros doesnt have yet
>>219129616What are the best fanfics in that genre?
>>219129663ill recommend these two, both are Houses of newly upjumped hedge knights with small holdings, both have some magic elementsDread Our Wrath by Abramus5250 - 560k words>Modern male SI into Stormlands under Daeron I, Conquest of DorneThe Winter of Widows by laughingnell - 591k words>Modern female SI into Riverlands under Aegon III, right after the Dance and during a six year winter
A bear there was, a bear, a bear!All black and brown, and covered with hair.The bear! The bear!Oh come they said, oh come to the fair!The fair? Said he, but I'm a bear!All black and brown, and covered with hair!And down the road from here to there.From here! To there!Three boys, a goat and a dancing bear!They danced and spun, all the way to the fair!The fair! The fair!Oh, sweet she was, and pure and fair!The maid with honey in her hair!Her hair! Her hair!The maid with honey in her hair!The bear smelled the scent on the summer air.The bear! The bear!All black and brown and covered with hair!He smelled the scent on the summer air!He sniffed and roared and smelled it there!Honey on the summer air!Oh, I'm a maid, and I'm pure and fair!I'll never dance with a hairy bear!A bear! A bear!I'll never dance with a hairy bear!The bear, the bear!Lifted her high into the air!The bear! The bear!I called for a knight, but you're a bear!A bear, a bear!All black and brown and covered with hairShe kicked and wailed, the maid so fair,But he licked the honey from her hair.Her hair! Her hair!He licked the honey from her hair!Then she sighed and squealed and kicked the air!My bear! She sang. My bear so fair!And off they went, from here to there,The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair
"And who are you?" The proud Lord said"That I must bow so low"Only a cat of a different coatThat's all the truth I knowIn a coat of gold or a coat of redA lion still has clawsMine are long and sharp, my lordAs long and sharp as yoursAnd so he spoke, and so he spokeThat Lord of CastamereBut now the rains weep o'er his hallAnd not a soul to hear"And who are you?" The proud Lord said"That I must bow so low"Only a cat of a different coatThat's all the truth I knowAnd so he spoke, and so he spokeThat Lord of CastamereBut now the rains weep o'er his hallAnd not a soul to hearAnd so he spoke, and so he spokeThat Lord of CastamereBut now the rains weep o'er his hallAnd not a soul to hearand so he spoke(That Lord of Castamere) Lord of Castamere(But now the rains) weep o'er his hall(And not a soul to hear)And not a soul to hear
What's the comfiest kingdom and why is it the North?
>>219128374>>219128097Revenge for Saera's virginity
>>219130297North *bollocks*.
>>219129771>Modern male SI into Stormlands under Daeron I
>>219130553THERE'S A REASON FOR THE SUN-SHINING SKYAND THERE'S A REASON WHY I'M FEELING SO HIGHMUST BE THE SEASON WHEN THAT LOVE LIGHT SHINES ALL AROUND USSO, LET THAT FEELING GRAB YOU DEEP INSIDEAND SEND YOU REELING WHERE YOUR LOVE CAN'T HIDEAND THEN GO STEALING THROUGH THE MOONLIT NIGHTS WITH YOUR LOVERJUST LET YOUR LOVE FLOW LIKE A MOUNTAIN STREAMAND LET YOUR LOVE GROW WITH THE SMALLEST OF DREAMSAND LET YOUR LOVE SHOW, AND YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I MEANIT'S THE SEASON
>>219130297It's literally the least comfy Kingdom. Frozen depopulated shithole, culturally backward and doesn't even have Knighthood so no flashy fun tournaments. Absolutely miserable place and people.
>>219116828TAOOBA!
>>219130297no
I was re-reading the leaked script for S8 and it''s still bad but it makes so much more sense than the mad queen bs we gotdid they give up on this because everyone figured out dany would be pregnant (since they foreshadow it way too much in s7) or they just really hated her character and wanted to give her the worst ending possible ?
>>219127878The issue with steam engines is that you can only make small and weak ones or else you blow youraelf up. Steelmaking had to have been improved to allow proper steam engines with enough power to be useful.Funnily enough the metallurgical part almost happened because we have some archeological evidence that Cistercian monks (who were big into metallurgy in entire Europe) Rievaulx Abbey were making cast iron and steel of quality that approached more modern methods that would allow for making strong pressure vessels for steam engines but their monastery was unfortunately in England, so Henry the VIIIth told them to fuck off and die because they weren't into worshipping the king instead of God.
....semoc eH
>>219117862I'd make a good jester I reckon like Ser Dontos
>>219130297
>>219130927TAOOBA poster, second of his name.
I love FemTheon so much
>>219130297Every other kingdom is better except the Iron Islands.
>>219131060What says the leaks were real?
>>219131964Why? She's an horrible person
>>219132211Why would you say that?Also, I have horrible tastes in woman
>>219132191theres this official art where dany is pregnant and have the sword the leaks says varys would use to kill her
I am rewatching House of the Dragon and wow the rot was really always there already in S1, it's very obvious in retrospect. Show had some early red flags but it takes an insane nosedive after the timeskip. I also don't get all the "OMG THE CASTING IS AMAZING RHAENYRA AND ALICENT ARE THE SAME I NEVER NOTICED" wtf were people babbling about? The differences between preskip and postskip characters are immediate and obvious, both in appearance and behavior.
>>219129616One of the most usefull and easily reproducible technologies to teach a medieval society is the wheelbarrow. It's a massive boost to labor efficiency.
>>219117862uhhh..
>>219132313Yes. People were just willing to look over the rot because it had couple of characters and actors that carried the show on their backs + people were thinking it'll get better and cooler when the actual war starts.As for the timeskip, I still think Monke was infinitely better than They/them but I cannot even recall pre-timeskip Alicent.
>>219132260Cruel, vain, lustful, put down others to feel better about herself, unable to communicate properly, sounds like a recipe for a disastrous relationship especially since she's described as looking like Balon, so she's not really even worth the trouble of putting up with the attitude
>>219117862>can read and writeLiterally any of us would be at least decent maesters just by how intelligent and autistic we are.Anyway I'd get a blacksmith to make kettlebells and teach them about weightlifting.
>>219132581Shit I forgot I'd also try to invent bicycles
>>219132323You mean something that was a known idea in Europe since ancient Greece? Like sure, there was a period between fall of Rome and about year 1000 where we don't see them that much but absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.Also, Westeros is much closer to a high Middle Ages period than the "Dark Ages", so you'd think they have wheelbarrows anyway. I actually wonder if they're ever mentioned in books now.
>>219131964>she stole his horse, and killed his fucking dog
>>219132630They're in the show, and wasn't there some wheelbarrow mentionned in the Quiet Isle chapter with Brienne and the grave digger?
>>219132630Wheelbarrows reappear in europe around 1200.According to asearchoficeandfire.com/ there are two mentions of the word "wheelbarrow" in the series: One in an Arya chapter for westeros, and one in a Tyrion chapter for essos.
>>219132630according to ASearchOIAF, wheelbarrows are mentioned exactly twice in the books, once in an Arya chapter in Clash, and in a Tyrion chapter in Dance. Searching for just "barrow" brings up a bunch more but I cbf to separate the references to wheelbarrows from the references to barrows as a geographic feature (barrowmen, barrow kings, etc.)
Great minds think alike
almost every single reference to wheelbarrows in the franchise comes from the Free Cities, outside of that there are a handful in Kings Landing and 1 in a Davos chapter in Sistertonvery interesting
>>219132933She's really destined to hobomax alongside Gendry throughout Planetos.
>>219133134acutally it's White Harbor, I forgot how many chapters Davos was there forso every single mention of wheelbarrows in the franchise comes from a Real City™, and they appear to be completely unknown in the parts of Westeros that aren't in constant contact with the Free Cities via trademayhaps they're a recent innovation from Braavos or Volantis that only started to catch on in Westeros a bit before they series started
>>219132550I can fix her.
the (((Blackwoods))) were expelled from the Northkicked out of 109 woods, went on to steal land from the Riverlandsand they worship evil gods and idols and practise witchcraft
>>219132933
>>219117862>how would you get rich if you were to be transported to Westeros?
>>219134111
>>219129647>you need specialty paper and ink that Westeros doesnt have yetThere are multiple references to paper and ink in ASOIAF, the maesters use it all the time.
If I were thrown back into the past, I would teach women about vaginal hygiene. Always swipe down, never up. Otherwise you push shit into your pussy.
>>219131240>Steelmaking had to have been improved to allow proper steam engines with enough power to be useful.Westeros already has excellent steel making, Tobho Mott even reforges Valyrian steel. The issue is standardization and production in quantity.
>>219130553BAELOR FYRESTORMBAELOR FYRESTORMBAELOR FYRESTORM
THE WHORE IS INJURED, I WARNED YOU
>>219132308I do remember Varys actor being infamously pissed at his death I wonder if it was because him killing Dany was originally on the table then?
>>219135165Why are they talking about her like she's a football player>Sophie Turner benched with torn ACL
>>219135514Whoever Sophia's trainer is retarded, having girls do flat barbell bench is dumb asf.
>>219135165Who has a better story than Sansa the Shattered?
>>219130297>North>comfyAbsolutely not
>Dead things in the woods>Dead things in the waterBut what does it meannnnnnnnnn Georgeeeeee
>>219136840Buck the Broken
>>219137805The Others were making a move. He had to get it on.
>>219125748luke is icsh
How is season 2 of K7k even supposed to work? Most of the story is dialog and exposition and not much actually happens untill the fight at the end?
>>219140047Dream sequence about Daemon Blackfyre fucking Osgrey for an entire episode.
>>219140047Constant flashbacks to the BF rebellion if gods be good
>>219140153>read that as Daena's clam at first
>>219117862eat my on turds for a silver piece
>>219140047Hopefully the first episode(s) will be about the stuff they skip over in the books: Dorne, pirates, and partying with Maester Aemon.
>>219140153>Bittersteel and his sidekick, Bittersilver>Maekar remember that annoying day having fun with Aegor>in his autism he supports the Blackfyre rebellion only for that one day>they win>Blackfyre on the Iron Throne>Bittersteel and Bittersilver conquering Essos in their heroic quest to destroy the SUN>they achieve world peace at least becoming kings of Asshai-by-the-SHADOW>no more Sun
>>219140153kek
>>219140338same but Daena is too hot to have stale clam
>>219140153>daemon and baelor just having a good timeblackfyre rebellion show starting when they were all kids would've been kino
>>219140153Maekar never changed
OFFICIAL BASTARD POWER RANKINGS:1.Edric Storm 2. Aurane Waters 3. Mya Stone 4. Jon Snow 5. Sarella Sand 9001. Ramsay Snow9002. All of Rhaenyra's strong boys 9003. All of Cersei's abominations
>>219141058where's Gendry
>>219141058Ramsay is legitimate, posthumous son of that miller.
>>219141178He's a bastard from a basket.
>>219141058You left off Dany
>tfw noone is Lyonel posting in this thread
>nooneIt's "no one" or "none".
>>219143407Noone likes you.
>>219143407that actually makes sense
>>219139131season 1 bran is icsh
>>219143197I'm torn on this guy, on one hand he's great, on the other it feels almost forced how you're supposed to like him. It's effortless to like the Hound or old Robert fat man.
>>219145002i hate him. i hate you.
>>219145002fuck thatand fuck you>>219146425
>>219143407>tfw none is posting Retard
>>219131240Imagine crossing the sea in Valyrian steamboats
>>219129771Started the first one, pretty good so far, even though the author doesnt know how to write dialogue that fits the setting. Will keep reading
>>219131964Is that from a smut fanfic? Have some self-respect anon
>>219146938i hate you too.
>>219134434Not all steels are made equally. Also size is a consideration - you cannot get the type of large rolled pressure vessels with medieval techniques not only because that steel is weaker but also because yoi cannot make steel plates large enough without having to make them out of multiple pieces (which will weaken it significantly).The big reason why plate armor only took off after 13th century was that advances in metallurgy finally allowed for steel blooms large enough to be fashioned into a single unbroken plate. Similarly even before you see this with composite helmets in early medieval era where the helmet as a whole uses enough metal that you couls make them out of one piece but all they have are very small ones that have to be riveted and welded together.
What exactly was his problem?
>>219148795He saw the ending
>>219148795Dusk(endale) Broken
>>219148795the targ dynasty might as well end with a bang, a time for sowing and a time for reaping
What if Robert married Dany
>>219149301The WIFE is pregnant
>>219130643brown hands typed this
>>219131453
>>219141058Daily reminder than Rhaenyra's sons by Laenor were never proven to be bastards
>COLD ROLLED STEEL
We deserved "The Adventures of Arya and Gendry: Emperors of Essos" instead we got hotdoodoo
>>219150440man that line triggered my friend so hard
>>219132933Not as disgusting as they were described in the books
Alyn Oakenfist before HBO nigged him
Are there any houses that use a rabbit or hare as a sigil?
>>219150639I remember the line that was like “some of the lice had been with her all the way from King’s Landing and it seemed like it would be wrong to evict then”
>>219150676who?
Season 1-2 Sansa cunny is best
>>219150084Sydney Sweeney should’ve played her
>>219151199okay Littlefinger
>>219151199hag
how will their romance play out in the books ? how will their sex scenes be ?
>>219151591Jon Snow accidentally breaks her arm with his canonical super-strength.
>>219151591>how will their romance play out in the books ? how will their sex scenes be ?So pic not related, Griff's the one who'll fuck her.
>>219151591whose?
what happened to the Velaryons?
>>219151242Syd will have another chance if Ira is based enough to deliver lots of blackfyre rebellion scenes.
>>219151649Delusional Even if yg is still alive when Dany arrives, tyrion will tell her of his suspicions about yg being a blackfyre and Dany will not believe him at all
>>219151591>how will their sex scenes beDany once sees in her visions two naked lovers kissing while the world around them is on fire, I always assumed that was a foreshadow to her and Jon's romance happening amidst the apocalypse So I think they'll bang in some mountain with dragons watching and long night happening
>>219152015Griff will put a crown on her head and give her Kingslanding, why would she care, a blackfyre is still a targaryen.And she can always order Drogon to roast Griff, JC and Varys if she wants anyways(which will end up happening knowing Varys' show ending and JC being a maniac).
>>219152166I like how absolutely far behind George actually is in his OWN story. Jon has to come back to life, romance Dany, fight the White Walkers and take the Throne back. With his writing that would take like 3 books lmao
>>219150906Corlys' bastardthe bald one, with no dragon
>>219151815fucked so many Andal men they're white now
>>219130297Dorne is literally the best because nothing ever happens to them. You just sit on the beach and take siestas all day
Martell pussy is the most overpowered thing on Westeros
>>219152288No, yg won't be willing to give her the throne at all, there's no way dany would accept to be someone else's consort queenPlus do you actually believe dany would be ok with some random dude claiming to be the true heir of her throne after all she went through ? Kek
>>219152393>>219152436i wonder what life in Dorne is like
>>219152015lmao she's a street urchin from Lys and she's going to find out soon, as if she can be picky with a Blackfyre
>>219152302Dany and Jon romance is actually pretty easy>I once saw you as my lover in my dreams>me too>I feel a weird connection to you, wanna fuck ?>you're hot, sure, why notThis is most likely how it will go
The Greyjoy's have way to many POV chapters to end up as pointless as they do in the show. If I remember right, every living Greyjoy has POV chapters
>>219140482>Hopefully we get OC stories in our novella series.Fuck no anon did you learn nothing from HoTD or EVERY unnecessary prequel ever?We don't need to remove every mystery or explain every detail in every story.
The Rhoynar are the most irrelevant ethnicity in Westeros. No one ever talks about them. The Martells are probably mostly Andal and Targ by now
>sir bennis the brown >repeatedly described as brown >smelly gross scoundrel piece of shit nobody likes>gets race swapped to a niggerWhat did HBO mean by this
>>219152815HBO clearly has a mandatory requirement to race swap atleast one character and some smart smartass in the K7K crew chose it to be bennis
>>219152815>literally addicted to in-universe khat
>>219152809t. Doran
>>219152166Grrms ultimate twist will be the reveal that all the essos rumors about Dany fucking her dragons like Catherine the Great have been true the whole time
books>touching the water gives you a connection to the Drowned Godshow>touching the water turns you black
>>219152815>chewing a wad of sourleaf that made it look as if his mouth were full of blood
>>219152742And its funny because people keep acting like they’re gonna have trouble filling 6 30 minute episodes like it was a whole 20 hour season of GoT. They’re not even gonna have to a blackfyre flashback desu
>>219148795Why didn't Tywin wait until he had access to the throne room to ensure Jaime's safety before ordering his troops to sack the city?
>>219154384Cuz then once the attack doesn’t begin immediately like a hundred guards go back to the red keep which is very defensible
>>219153779Winds of Winter will have a co writer credit for shadman.
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>>219151520fug...
>>219148266>The big reason why plate armor only took off after 13th century was that advances in metallurgy finally allowed for steel blooms large enough to be fashioned into a single unbroken plate.Westeros already has top-of-the-line full plate armor, it's just a case of putting in a bit of work and time to make larger and larger plates and you don't need start with a steam locomotive or dreadnought battleship on Day #1, you start with smaller steam engines turning pulleys to do more and more advanced manufacturing.
>>219144329i used to be icsh but now i'm just vh
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>>219117862Become the personal tutor to some high lord's kid. Do some side hustle improving agriculture. When I got enough money I'm gonna find me some dragon eggs and do some blood magic.
>Skalgarim gives his approvalHuh, I may actually watch this now.
>>219159445the fight was unironically some of the best "medieval" fighting we have gotten on film
>>219130927THAT'S TAOOBA!
>>219151815They apparently became a fairly irrelevant house for some reason, despite being pretty important for a long time and their decline never being explained iirc. It's a result of GRRM writing the history of Westeros backwards as he expands the universe. In ASOIAF, the Velaryons are just unimportant vassals of Stannis and rarely mentioned. Aurane Waters conning Cersei is their greatest deed. Then in Fire and Blood they're close allies of the Targaryens, extremely rich, have a huge fleet, constantly intermarry with royalty and serve in the small council.
>>219162026>GRRM writing the history of Westeros backwards as he expands the universeTo be fair to the man, if he wants to write about shit in year 100 and has to write "this is because of some fags 80 years ago" I think he's allowed a cutoff point, otherwise he's going to have to go all the way back to the beginning of time.
>>219162344Sure, I'm not blaming him too much for this specific thing, it's mostly inevitable unless you plan exhaustively in advance. But some explanation would be good.
>>219159445wow I didn't know that guy was still around.
why do characters in got/hotd/dunk have their hands on their hilts all the time? It makes me nervous in some scenes, like the one where duncan walks into the room full of targaryen princes and goes up to baelor gripping his sword hilt. I knew he wouldn't attack, but how would they interpret that from a hedge knight stranger? Seems everyone does it at every time though so maybe it doesn't alarm people like it should. I'm just imagining in real life how it would feel if everyone had their hands on their holsters all the time and it's weird...
>>219162715because they don't have pockets, doofus.
>>219162715Was his right hand on the sword or his left?
>>219116828team black bros...
>>219162876i wanna die
>>219162952why
So what did Arthur "the sword of the morning" Dayne do besides kill the joke-err-the smiling knight? Why does everyone glaze him so hard?
>>219117862I know r+l=j, I'll sell the information to someone.
>>219163268he also had a losing record against Rhaegar Targaryen and then went on to die like a dog. Truly a legendary figure.
I think show watchers might glaze him because of his 1v4 performance against Ned and co. which sort of gets exacerbated by People glazing Ned because they think he was actually giving Jaime a hard time even though he wasn't.
>>219163468Do show watchers even care about Dayne? He's in one scene and it's shit.
>>219162537He had some medical things that lead to a hiatus, but he seems to be doing better now.
>>219159445Isn't he nailing a tranny?
>>219163468>think show watchers might glaze him because of his 1v4 performance against Ned and co.I meant the characters.
>>219163268>>219163391I got recommended that video too, I've had to block like 4 game of thrones dudes on youtube, buy a fucking better mic and learn to enunciate, ya fucks
>>219152815>>219152954>bennis of the brownshieldalso known as:>bennis the brown>bennis of the brownstench>actor playing him is actually brownbad optics. they'll have to white-wash his character.
>>219163580Does it matter?
>>219163602I was bitching about him before it was cool
>>219163391jousting is its own thing and Rhaegar was exceptionally good at it. Arthur gets his reputation by being considered the best by Jaime and I think grrm put Arthur and Barristan on the same power level. Ranking who's the best warrior is kinda stupid desu because there's more to it than just your ability to kill people, especially in this series where anyone can die due to just bad luck regardless of your abilities
>>219163632I wanna know if I should take him seriously. Fucking other men in the ass is a warrior tradition. Women are for serfs
>>219162715unironically it's because they're actors.it's a comfy place to rest your hand and it feels nice and reassuring to grip it.a person who would've carried a sword their whole life wouldn't bother with gripping it anymore, and like you said would not touch it out of courtesy to signal their good intents etc.you see this in modern day militaries, recruits given a sidearm will constantly have their hand on the holster. it just feels nice.
>>219163268wasn't the kingswood brotherhood like a cartel-tier menace. dayne led the entire campaign against them, not just a duel with the jokah.
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>>219163602I didn't get that from a video tho
>>219163850Did you make a video about it and use blood magic to get it in my algorithm?
>>219162876he's really ugly
>>219162876>Transgender day of visibility >Always post the top 0.000001% of non-botched casesHmmm
>>219163268Rumor has it that when Arthur Dayne stood guard not even a fly could disturb Aerys when he was burning innocents or sexually abusing his wife in bed.
>>219147996Its not smut, there's like 3-4 sex scenes in the whole thing
>>219163268he's one of George's pet characters
>>219163268>So what did Arthur "the sword of the morning" Dayne do besides kill the joke-err-the smiling knight? Why does everyone glaze him so hard?"Arthur Dayne was a fraud, actually" is one of those retard clickbait memes going around right now, just because his accomplishments were never listed anywhere doesn't mean he doesn't have them, we have people like Ned and Jaime who are in awe of him to signal us that he was a great knight.
>>219164940lmao you probably think dany is an actual Targaryen too how are you into this series without knowing every character is an unreliable narrator
>>219164997>double reddit spaced reply
>>219162876that's an awful lot of trannies in the show's main cast
>>219162876>young Alicentshe has to be faking it
>>219165175being nonbinary is just a way for women to pretend to be interesting these days, it's a way for them to be "queer" without actually committing to being a lesbian, and they can just grow out of it later
How would things be different if Tyrion was trans instead of a dwarf
>>219165175God I wish I had a dutiful wife like that.
>>219165539>tranny king>actually one of the worstwhat did GRRM mean by this
>>219131060>>219132308>>219135422Best ending for Varys and Dany: He's about to assassinate her from behind, but Drogon spots him and unleashes dragonfire. Dany and Varys both get tumbled but survive (the rest of the entourage is toast), and V-dog says>fire cannot kill a dragon Dany is momentarily shocked but then says to Drogon >eat this motherfucker and Drogon devours Varys.
>>219162026They had to have some punishment for being on the wrong side of the war, otherwise the velaryons would be the ultimate Mary sues. Corlys being allowed to live by Cregan stark was already enough bullshit
>>219162026Did you miss the part where they lost most of their power and influence in the Dance?
>>219117862work for the iron bank and become a medieval hedge fund manager. Hedge fund > Hedge knight
The thing about the Westerosi nobility is that they're a semi-literate martial class of warrior thugs that doesn't understand the first thing about finance or banking or bureaucratic administration, and is fundamentally uninterested in trying to understanding those things. On an economic level, they're medieval manorialists, not rennaissance bankers.Littlefinger's genius was realizing that the entire political hierarchy above him was incapable of and disinterested in understanding what was actually going on with the Crown's finances beyond what he told them, which was that he was a financial wizard who was the only one who could keep Robert's extravagant spending from bankrupting the realm.So as long as he could bullshit them and also bribe and control everyone below him on the totem pole who might actually be able to understand what was happening, he could completely cook the books and run the Seven Kingdoms as a Ponzi scheme, while also embezzling massive amounts for himself.
>>219166691I recall thinking when the total sum of the debt is discovered by Ned that it seemed way too extravagant, even if Robert was organizing tourneys every other week.Was it just a case of George fucking up the numbers, or implying that Littlefinger was embezzling funds?
>>219166848it's supposed to be a combination of Robert being an extravagant spendthrift who's constantly throwing parties to keep himself amused, and Littlefinger is also embezzling everything he thinks he can get away with and investing it in his own businesses
>>219166848>>219166892I think it's implied that Littlefinger's original plan was to steal as much as he could and then to collapse the realm into a war brought on by a financial crises once the Ponzi scheme imploded, at which point he would hole up in the Vale and emerge in the aftermath to buy the ruins. Of course, the actual war happened earlier than this.
The thing about whatever Littlefingers planning is that even if he were hypothetically being 100% honest about everything if the crown ends up insolvent on his watch he’s taking the blame regardless and they’ll just say he stole while the confiscate all his shit if only to get whatever money he has. Like he’s basically setting himself up to be the fall guy
>>219167301>Littlefinger was no threat to anyone. A clever, smiling, genial man, everyone's friend, always able to find whatever gold the king or his Hand required, and yet of such undistinguished birth, one step up from a hedge knight, he was not a man to fear. He had no banners to call, no army of retainers, no great stronghold, no holdings to speak of, no prospects of a great marriage.[11]>—Tyrion Lannister's thoughtsNot much you can confiscate from him apart from the brothel at Kingslanding if you don't know where he hides the gold.
Are Westerosi nobles bigoted like in the modern sense, or is it more a cultural superiority bigotry?Like if a Targaryen came home with a bride from Yi Ti, would it be seen as a simple curiosity or negatively?
>>219167668I feel like its a general dislike of foreigners who get too uppity. Like they have no problems with Braavosi or Summer Islanders but if they started having actual power over the nobility there would be problems really quick
>>219150553Any fan novellas about Gendry and Arya going on adventures?
whats a good House name and Words if the sigil is a shadowcat? location would be riverlands between the green fork and the mountains of the moon
>>219168097No
>>219168104I already have a fan made house from the north that uses the shadowcat sigil so too lateUse a fish or something appropriately gay for the riverlands
>>219168117>No
>>219168139nah, joffrey hunts a shadowcat with sansa on the green fork, tyrion gets a shadowcat cloak from the mountain clans. its a prime spot for shadowcatsyou could even larp that house grey was descended from greystark and are wargs. but Grey is a super lame name
>>219168104>whats a good House name and Words if the sigil is a shadowcat?"We Slay Pussy"
For a second I thought maybe Dany was going to remind Jon of Val and Jon was going to remind Dany of Daario Naharis but apparently Daario looks like a huge fag >His curly hair reaches his collar, and he keeps his beard cut in three prongs. Daario dyes his hair and trident beard, sometimes in blue and other times in deep purple. His fingernails are also enameled blue. Daario's mustachios are painted gold, and he has a large, curving nose.He just needs eyeliner
>>219168272I wasn’t asking, riverfag
>>219168272>Nutt
>>219168272What about Fangrey? House of hunters, words could be "We see. We hear".
>>219168104Our Claws are Sharp (rips off the Boltons)We HuntThe Quiet HunterWe Run Down Our PreySilent and DeadlyFrom the ShadowsDarkness ComesThey're all pretty edgy but I don't think there's any way to have a shadowcat sigil and not be edgy.
>>219168805>we smell
>>219168698>The light of the half-moon turned Val’s honey-blond hair a pale silver and left her cheeks white as snow. She took a deep breath. “The air tastes sweet.”well, Jon did see Dany through Val for a split moment because of this magical connection they shareIf Jon is going to remind Dany of anyone, it'll be of Drogo, Dany's feelings for daario are mostly based on lust so I doubt she'll have a hard time moving on from him but she still haven't moved on from drogo
>>219168303Lions logo is kino>>219168845>Our Claws are Sharpthats what i was going to go with originally>>219168859lol
>>219168272>Ser Gregor, you are accused of raiding a village on the banks of the blue fork.>Ay, I didn't do Nutten.
>>219168104On the Prowl
>House: Moonclaw>Sigil: Shadowcat pawing at the moon>Words: Our Claws are Sharpgood enough
>>219169352That's a good one.
>>219169352>On the Prowlthat ones not bad
>>219168104We can has curds & meat as a treat.
>>219169362>House: Umbra>Sigil: Shadowcat (like Lions logo) in front of the moon>Words: On the Prowl
>>219163524No one ACTUALLY cares about Ser Arthur Dayne except for performative book purists who want to complain that their anime swordsman wasn't epic enough in the TV show
>>219168717okay describe your house mr northman
>>219163524>>219169632>the strongest swordsman in the land got btfo by a frogman?
>>219169757Yes, being a good swordsman doesn't mean you can't get stabbed in the back in a sneak attack, this isn't Dragon Ball Z where Dayne built up his battle power enough to the point he's invincible against attacks from weaker opponents. Grow up
>>219169859People get shot in the back all the time in DBZ though
>>219165620>Loreon V was fond of dressing in his wife's clothing and wandering the docks of Lannisport in the guise of a common whoreSeven forbid a man has a hobby.
ive been reading thru AKOTSK.is it a consensus that the stuff later than the show so far adapted is better? im at the part with the dunk's peasant levy and dare i say it's the best part yet
>>219170421Second book is best imo but most people seem to hate it. A lot of people seem to like the third book best though i think its weakest
>>219164499Emma is a (beautiful)biological woman who likes to dress in man's clothes. If they ever take the Elliot Page route I would be sad.
>>219170448Third one is weak but its got Maynard Plumm, that's why people like it so much.
>>219167668it doesn't really seem like racism against anyone other than the Dornish actually exists in Westeros, and even that is mostly limited to the Marches. Foreigners are seen as a bit queer, maybe kind of suspicious depending on the context, but outside of major cities there just aren't enough of them for anyone to give a fuck, and the ones *in* major cities don't give anyone a reason to have a problem with them
>>219165175how does viserys dick still work?
>>219117862I would invent Morse code and signal towers to make communication across the 7 kingdoms take hours instead of weeks.Then I would go to the citadel and teach them about logarithms and navigation so they can start calculating and mass producing look up tables for sailors.Then I would teach them about vectors and differential equations so they begin designing more effective machine labor.At some point Tywin will fund a conquest of the Summer Isles where we can force them to grow cotton for the factories in Lannisport.
>>219169362shit card
>>219169362cards look like trash nowadays
>Aaaaiiiieeeee please save me Rhaegar
Rate my house.Region: StormlandsWords: Watch the Road.
>>21917339910/10
>>219171244 Unironically this. Third one is like 70% hedge knight filler and then GRRM dangles a smug wizard spymaster in a funny hat in front of you and suddenly it’s peak fiction.Maynard hard-carries because every reread you’re just watching him go >hmm yes very interesting Dunk, tell me more knowing damn well he’s playing 4D cyvasse with the entire realm.It’s basically the Bloodraven cameo book. Without him it’d just be dudes getting drunk in tents and Egg malding in the background.
>>219173399>>219168104I made a custom house for the Iron Islands that's a snake but I can't think of any words that aren't a parody of the Gadsen flag with "Tread not on Us"
>>219162715good place to rest your hand
>>219163268Dayne is this universes "Statements Man", it all rest entirely on Jaime and Barristan's word and credibility and George,I don't even think he beats Daemon Blackfyre and i say that as a staunch loyalist, let alone beat the Dragonknight
>>219162715Not littlefinger
>>219173701Also reading Mystery Knight right after Egg bullshits the reader in Sworn Sword with the rumors of Shiera bathing in blood to keep her beauty and both of them being sorcerers already puts readers into the mood for that.
>>219163642Why is Ashara a mexican?
>>219174798that's what Stoney Dornish look like
>>219168877Mel also says the moon has kissed jon and jon dreams with the moon calling his namewhen dany sense his death the moon is also rising upwhat will the moon have to do with their relationship ?
>>219163642Jaime seems like Dayne's biggest fanboy and probably idolized him even before he was knighted (by Dayne), so I'd say his opinion is less credible. But a lot of other characters say he's good, I think Barristan included (proven good fighter with impressive feats) so it changes nothing.
>>219175407When did Dany sense Jon’s death?
>>219158305i wish i could be icsh again
>>219175429>Off in the distance, a wolf howled. The sound made her feel sad and lonelyher last chapter on adwd
Arya's story is thematically nonsensical. There is nothing to be learned, she just mary sue's through to the end with no repercussions or regrets. Multiple times throughout her story, "cost" is emphasised, that to gain something you must lose something but she never loses anything to achieve her goals. It seems like her identity would be the cost for her ambitions but she is miraculously able to embrace er family as if nothing had happened, have a love story, etc.She's the worst show character by far
>>219174924Ashara's nephew Edric literally looks Valyrian though
If Yi Ti is China, where is Japan?
>>219177635>expectations: subverted
>>219174040If it’s water snakes“Below the Surface”If it’s land snakes“So We Lurk”If it’s desert snakes“You need the bad poosay”
>>219173399House ClifftonWords: ROCKS
>>219178483I don't know when I don't know where, but it's coming
people mock on Arthur Dayne not because he isn't a good knight (he is obviously supposed to be the most awesome dude ever)in fact, that's precisely the reason, because he is the epitome of a character being awesome just because the author says so, not because of his actions or his personality or anythingyou are told "this is the best dude ever" but none of that is in the textwhen you are told a character is cruel you read about the cruel things he does, when you are told he is honorable you read about his decisions, but here its just "because GRRM said so"
>>219180822But he's objectively a bad knight. He's a good swordfighter, but a bad knight.
>>219169362>>219173399House WhitfootRegion: The NorthWords: Hare and Now
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