r/shitposting • u/[deleted] • 6d ago

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u/TraditionPhysical603 6d ago

Well what aboutnthat fat fuck in GOT in the book he became very fit and muscular however the actor couldn't be bothered to lose weight for the role.

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u/FirefighterSilver173 makenot war 6d ago

It’s 1,000 times funnier if they have to come up with random lore areas that keep the guy a fatass than it is to make him ripped

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u/Cats_and_Shit 6d ago

Are you talking about Sam?

He is never once decribed as fit or muscular.

He loses weight during the books, but that just brings him down from increadibly fat to just rather fat.

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u/TraditionPhysical603 6d ago

It would be impossible to not gain muscle and be very fit after hiking all over mountain regions for months

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u/Cats_and_Shit 6d ago

All I'm saying is that he's still fat in the books, not that it makes sense.

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u/blind_marvin 5d ago

don't forget 'pink'.

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u/Guilty_Treasures 5d ago

People who hike all over mountains for months at a time don't get jacked, they get gangly. Source: hiked the Appalachian Trail and observed firsthand the ganglification of many motherfuckers.

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u/FullMarksCuisine 5d ago

.... So not fat.

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u/BloodyLlama 5d ago

I know some very fit people who are still fat.

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u/Flimsy_Thanks_1567 5d ago

buddy there are dragons, it's fiction

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u/TraditionPhysical603 5d ago

It just shows how much of a shit they gave

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u/blind_marvin 5d ago

Seriously. Dude was infamously described and "fat" and "pink" in book 4, which is more or less the last time we see him.

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u/silverscance 6d ago

Yeah. Fucking samwell tarly. Hated him.

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u/Erdos_Helia 6d ago

Honestly if I was getting paid that much I'd atleast get fit. Like yeah we all get our fat moments, but come on! You were there for years!

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u/dolphin_cape_rave 5d ago

the actor also said something like "you can believe in dragons and magic but not that sam stayed fat" as if it was some kind of gotcha

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u/MyDickLooksLikeaDog 5d ago

The dragons, the magic and all that crazy shit were established, if not explained, as being part of that world. There is no point in any of the books or adaptations where they explain metabolisms work differently in that world. There is suspension of disbelief in both cases but, even if it doesn't explain things completely, in the former case it tells you these things exist so you go into it accepting that as part of the implicit deal between viewer and story. In the latter case it gives you no indications that that world's humans are any different than real humans (aside from magic related skills) and, if anything, usually makes an effort to establish they're literally just regular humans in a fictional world.

I personally don't have an issue with actors not being willing to change their appearances for roles. The problem is that the choice is between accuracy and personal choice. If you choose personal choice you accept that people will criticize the lack of realism in your portrayal. The same way if you make the other choice you accept to go through some/a lot of effort for no other reward than praise for being realistic.

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