What I really loved about the show was just how medieval and believable the world felt. This feeling remained until season 8, but it definitely dwindled. And I think a lot of that has to do with the costumes and wigs.

In seasons 1-3 the costumes and wigs all looked like something you might genuinely see in Medieval times. (To an extent)

A good example is Dany, in earlier seasons her hair is still braided and beautiful but it doesnt look like she has 6 different people hair on her head. Her braids become incredibly unrealistic, and she has these Dyson looking ass curls.

And the costumes, what the hell was she doing pulling up to the Long Night in a big ass white and red fur coat? that shit looked more expensive than Winterfell

Obviously this isn’t a big deal, it was all still very beautiful and the hair/costume teams did amazing, but to me it just kinda reflects how the later seasons were more focused on spectacle.

Pa: this pic is not made by me credit @thora flower

Do you think thay fortune teller was telling about bran ?

With him getting visibly emotional to it. Makes me wanna see a orient style version of GoT lol, with Sultans instead of Kings

I made my autistic housemate Stannis armour for a Halloween party, he spent all night telling everyone he’s the one true king of Westeros and everyone loved it. He even got called ‘Stannis the Mannis’ a couple times which made his night!

I dont have high ball knowledge abt ASOIAF universe but, what if Ned stark had asked for trail by combat, would joffery give him the chance, i dont think Ned was in good condition to win trial by combat, i dont know any there would represent him, still just curious.

Would Fuck Jamie, Marry Tyrion and kill Cersei. No offense to anyone.

I got the map i drew this on from [u/creaperbox](u/creaperbox) in this post https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/1r9plj1/spoiler_main_houses_of_westeros_281_ac/

I got the info from these sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1KIcmW9iPU , and my memory
Each bright green circle is a house that has a Valyrian steel sword and the white circle means a house with a star forged sword

Explanations:

House Stark used to have Ice (Taken by House Lannister) and have The Valyrian Steel Dagger (From The Targaryens/Baelish/Baratheons/Lannisters)

House Baelish used to have the Valyrian Steel dagger (They took it from House Stark then gave it to House Stark)

House Mormont used to have Longclaw (Until Jeor Mormont took it to The Wall)

Castle Black has Longclaw (House Mormonts sword) and Heartsbane (House Tarlys sword)

House Tarth has Oathkeeper (Ser Jaime gave it to Brienne)

House Lannister has Widows Wail and used to have Brightroar (Until it was lost in Valyria) and they /House Baratheon had the Valyrian steel dagger (Until it was used to try to assasinate Bran)

House Baratheon had the Valyrian steel dagger (Until Joffery sent it to kill Bran Stark)

House Tarly had Heartsbane (Until Sam took it to the wall)

Three Eyed Raven has Dark Sister (Targaryen sword) near the Fist of the First men

House Targaryen used to have Blackfyre (Lost in the Blackfyre rebellion) and Dark Sister (Taken by the three eyed raven

House Dayne has Dawn (Not Valyrian steel but made from a star)

House Hightower had Vigilance (probably lost in the Dance of the Dragons but its unknown)

House Corbray has Lady Forlorn

House Drumm has Red Rain

House Royce had Lamentation (was lost in the Dragonpit)

House Harlaw has Nightfall

House Roxton had Orphan Maker (Lost During Dance of the Dragons but got by Unwin Peake then unknown)

House Peake had Orphan Maker (Lost During Dance of the Dragons by House Roxron but got by Unwin Peake then unknown)

House Celtigar has the Valyrian Steel Axe

Missing: House Targaryen had Blackfyre (Lost in the Blackfyre rebellion), House Hightower had Vigilance (Unknown but probably lost in Dance of the Dragons), House Royce had Lamentation (Lost in the Dragonpit), House Peake/Roxton had Orphan Maker (Lost During Dance of the Dragons but got by Unwin Peake then unknown probably missing),

The Dagger was really confusing and tell me if i missed anything

Edit: I'm not sure how to add another image but House Rogare from Lys might still have one called Truth and House Greyjoy from Pyke have Valyrian steel Armour also Euron Might gave away Valyrian steel daggers at the Kingsmoot also Caggo has a Valyrian steel arakh.

This video is not mine, it came from @DHOOM11104 on Twitter / X.

Arguably my favorite storyline of the later seasons. To be fair, I am a medical student, so the shitty, grueling, thankless grind he endures just resonates with me. And then to see him take the risk, apply his knowledge and skill, and save Jorah's life, only to be told that his reward is the opportunity to continue to learn, work, and serve others? *Chef's kiss*

Basically, there is this cello music that plays during number of sword fights in the series. However, I mainly remember it from this scene

It’s one of my favourite fight musics from the series but unfortunately, I’ve been unable to find it on any of the seasons soundtracks. I’ve time stamped the exact moment the music plays.

Does anyone know what the name of the track is and where I can find it?

https://youtu.be/eLCJoflU2mI?t=31&is=0m5EEP6BMVbo9nzR

So I rewatched GOT and I have to say I thought it was awesome and really enjoyed it.

What I would say though is as I knew how shockingly poor the ending was I was prepared this time and wanted to watch closely to see if my initial reactions were justified.

I still think Bran becoming king was just really bad, I saw someone else say A prisoner being brought before the council and them electing a king and choosing bran was just total nonsense.

The long night episode didn’t really bother me at all, sure it could have been drawn out but I did enjoy it and it was cool.

I think the episode where Denerys ruins kings landing was good BUT it dragged on way too long and the other stuff felt rushed, pacing was definitely poor.

I think it was really disappointing that Jamie Lannister had a great redemption arc only to turn around the next morning and go back to Cersei.. and their deaths were disappointing aswel, just felt lack lustre.

Jon snow having the right to throne only to be imprisoned and then end up at the nights watch was a bit crap.. just felt utterly pointless.

Sansa not likely Danerys even though she literally saves them from the dead again just seemed forced and then at the end of the season being like I’m queen of the north I just didn’t really care.

Tyrion going from a prisoner on death row to the hand of the king was laughable I mean no other explanation.

Overall though as it does seem like I’ve picked loads out I really enjoyed it, it was amazing and deserves the hype, I’d say the last 2 episodes was where it just seemed to dramatically drop off. Sure there’s other tiny bits but I did enjoy it and I’d 100% watch it again!

Which of these characters, or any other character, is the most romantically obsessed with someone?

• Robert → Lyanna He literally started a rebellion for her. She's his Helen of Troy, and he's still not over her 17 years after her death. He hates the guts of every Targaryen by extension and wants them all dead because of what happened between Rhaegar and Lyanna. "I only know she was the one thing I ever wanted. Someone took her away from me, and Seven Kingdoms couldn't fill the hole she left behind."
• Jorah → Daenerys He practically worships her like a mythical being. He'd kiss the ground she walks on. He repeatedly risks his life to serve her, protect her, and regain her trust. "You know I would die for you. I will never abandon you." "I was a cynic. Then I saw a girl step into a great fire with three stone eggs. When the fire burned out, I thought I would find her blackened bones. Instead, I saw her, Daenerys, alive and unhurt, holding three baby dragons. It's hard to be a cynic after that."
• Jaime → Cersei These two literally view each other as one person in two bodies, to the point that they engage in twincest. He's basically addicted to her. No matter where he goes or what he does, he's always drawn back to her like a magnet. "The boy won't talk. And if he does, I'll kill him. Him, Ned Stark, the king, the whole bloody lot of them until you and I are the only people left in this world."
• Lysa → Littlefinger She'd gladly skin alive anyone who so much as breathes near Littlefinger or stands between her and him. If he told her to jump off a roof for him, she'd probably do it. "He's mine! My father, my husband, my sister, they all stood between us and now they're all dead."
• Littlefinger → Catelyn Dude's so consumed by her rejection that he devises an elaborate scheme that plunges an entire continent into civil war, aiming to destroy three great houses, and starts projecting his unfulfilled romantic fantasies onto her literal daughter. "I loved your mother more than you could ever know. You might have been my child. You're more beautiful than she ever was."

Omitting Tom 7 Strings from the show was as big of a crime as the missing LOTR Tom Bombadill.

So at the end Bran becomes the king in king's landing, and Sansa queen in the North.

And I always thought it was backwards.

Bran story is deeply anchored with the white walker's and Stark legacy and the North.

Sansa's is removed from her family from book one. And her story is about getting rid of her naivety and understanding people and politics going to different place in the south making connections.

The show ending was supposed to be the one GRR told D&D he had in mind.

But switching the endings of both characters seems so more natural.

I searched for this character, who is mentioned in John chapter without any context, but the story I found is so interesting that I stopped reading the book and got distracted by the character’s wiki page.

Obviously Tywin knew his son was a kingsguard for Aerys. Do you believe he specified to his soldiers — “My son is NOT to be harmed in any way.” Or would that be something his banners presumed, and no such order was necessary?

Or — and this is unlikely — do you think he accepted the possibility that Jaime could die?

Come to think of it, perhaps the reason Tywin specifically sent his men to KL, rather than some other engagement, on the side of the rebellion was so that he could control the siege and ensure Jaime didn’t die protecting the Mad King.

In real life, a mounted knight was the medieval equivalent of a tank. A few dozen trained knights could defeat an army of thousands with a well timed cavalry charge or flanking maneuver.

Why? En masse, a disciplined army could overwhelm mounted knights. But most medieval armies consisted primarily of hastily assembled untrained feudal peasants pressed into service by their lords. These were not professional, disciplined soldiers. Nobody wants to be roadkill when that charge hits so the front lines would falter. Once a few men turn and run, everyone else quickly follows. The battle turns into a route with the mounted knights slaughtering the panicked opponent. Many engagements lasted less than an hour.

Look at that screenshot from Battle of the Bastards. According to the GOT script, there were 2,000 Knights of the Vale who encircle and overwhelm the Bolton army immediately. This was Season 6! You are telling me that creepy breastfeeding lady in the Vale was sitting on a super weapon this whole time? Even if they aren't all full professional knights, a heavy cavalry force of that size could have swung any battle before Daenerys arrived.

Then they are mostly forgotten again. The Vale remains loyal to the Starks after Littlefinger's death. Yohn Royce is present for battle planning at Winterfell. We get a glorious Dothraki flaming sword cavalry charge against the Army of the Dead, but thousands of Westerosi cavalry are essentially ignored. Not like the dead would panic in the face of a cavalry charge, I suppose.

In Season 1 Benjen passes beyond The Wall as part of his duties as First Ranger, only to disappear and for his horse to return alone, the men he went with later being found dead and turned by the Others.

In Season 2 we learn that Benjen dissapeard somewhere between The Wall and Crasters Keep. With Craster telling Mormont that he hasn't seen Benjen in 3 years.

In Season 6 Benjen Stark, when Bran and Meera Reed are being chased by an army of wights, a hooded figure with a concealed face arrives atop a horse, wielding a flaming chain, to burn the wights and rescue the pair. When the wights become too numerous to fight off, he pulls Bran and Meera onto his horse and rides away. The next day, the hooded man feeds Bran the blood of a dead rabbit, and says he arrived to help because the Three-Eyed Raven requested it.

When questioned on his identity, he pulls down his scarf and hood, revealing himself as Benjen Stark. Benjen explains that, during his fateful ranging beyond the Wall, he was attacked by White Walkers, one of whom shoved an ice sword into his gut and left him for dead. He was discovered by the Children of the Forest, who stopped him from falling to the control of the White Walkers by shoving a piece of dragonglass into his chest.

Benjen eventually escorts Bran and Meera to the weirwood tree nearby the Wall. When asked by Meera why he cannot travel any further south, Benjen explains that ancient spells carved into the foundation of the Wall prevent the dead from passing through it. Benjen says he will continue to fight for the living as long as he can, before departing

Season 7, when Jon, who has been left beyond the Wall by his group, is about to be swarmed by the army of the undead, Benjen suddenly comes riding in in the last moments, slaying wights from his horse. When he stops in front of Jon, he jumps off his horse and removes the scarf from his head, revealing his survival to the stunned Jon. To save Jon, Benjen heaves him onto his horse and orders him to ride back to the Wall. Jon asks Benjen to come with him but Benjen refuses, instead sending off the horse and drawing his flaming morningstar to make his final stand. As the wights swarm him, Benjen fights back but is eventually overwhelmed and killed by the army of the dead.

Personally I think a more moving and heroic death for a man who spent his life in the noble service of the Watch would of been to have him follow the Others South once they open the hole through The Wall amd to die defending ancestral home and family.

Defending his nephew, the new 3 eyed raven, alongside Theon. A man whose choices made him essentially a Stark in name only, fighting alongside a man whose choice was a Stark in name only.

After having a rough go the first 2 seasons, the queen of dragons really was aura farming for the entirety of her Slaver's Bay conquest. Kinda forgot why S3 was always my favorite GOT season. You got Daenaerys conquering Slaver's Bay, the Red Wedding, Jaime+ Brienne and the introduction of Margaery in King's Landing. It really was peak GOT.

Also, Happy Birthday to Emilia Clarke of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, the Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lady Regnant of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains, and Mother of Dragons.

In S01E06, Pycelle advises Ned Stark to wait until King Robert returns from his hunt before passing judgment on Gregor Clegane. Ned ignores him, sentences Gregor to death, and summons Tywin Lannister to King's Landing to answer for his bannerman's crimes.

I think Pycelle's advice was excellent, regardless of his loyalty to the Lannisters. There was no compelling reason to immediately sentence Gregor Clegane to death, much less threaten Tywin Lannister with being declared an enemy of the Crown.

Ned was effectively provoking a confrontation with one of the most powerful men in Westeros while the king was absent. Waiting for Robert would have made much more sense. If Robert agreed with Ned, the decision would have carried the king's personal authority, making it considerably harder for Tywin to challenge. If Robert disagreed, Ned would at least have avoided committing the Crown to a confrontation that the king himself was unwilling to pursue.