Game of Thrones

Malicious Wraith · Post by **Malicious Wraith** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:53 am

Frooster wrote:QUOTE (Frooster @ Jun 21 2011, 06:33 PM) Game of Thrones is basically the wars of the roses in a fantasy world. House of Lannesters/Lancasters fights House of York/Stark for the crown of England/Westeros south of the big icey/Hadrian's wall. I am only in book 3 now so I can only guess who the Tudors will be.

A lot of spoiler related things (even in season 1) are entirely at odds with this analysis.

Dorjan · Post by **Dorjan** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:11 am

Malicious Wraith wrote:QUOTE (Malicious Wraith @ Jun 22 2011, 01:53 AM) A lot of spoiler related things (even in season 1) are entirely at odds with this analysis.

+1

Adept · Post by **Adept** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:07 pm

Malicious Wraith wrote:QUOTE (Malicious Wraith @ Jun 22 2011, 04:53 AM) A lot of spoiler related things (even in season 1) are entirely at odds with this analysis.

Except that the main point is correct. It really is the War of the Roses, and Westros is fantacy Britain.

Malicious Wraith · Post by **Malicious Wraith** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:41 pm

I wouldn't even say its close at all. Its the War of five kings, not two. Plus, many claimants to be aren't even fighting over the Iron Throne.

Sure, there might be some passing similarities. But any war where anyone fought over a throne of any kind would be just as like to have the same.

Adept · Post by **Adept** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:12 pm

MW, Martin has explicitly referred to the War of the Roses as inspiration. The most powerful man in England at the time was a kingmaker, not one of the pretenders. It was much more complex than just two families struggling for diminance.

Hellsyng · Post by **Hellsyng** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 4:39 am

Adept wrote:QUOTE (Adept @ Jun 21 2011, 02:07 PM) I also have to agree with Dorjan in that they really, really should have dyed Danerys' eyebrows as well

I think the roots of her hair were weird at times also. But the eyebrows were a twitch for me every time I saw them.

Malicious Wraith · Post by **Malicious Wraith** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:00 am

Adept wrote:QUOTE (Adept @ Jun 22 2011, 06:12 PM) MW, Martin has explicitly referred to the War of the Roses as inspiration. The most powerful man in England at the time was a kingmaker, not one of the pretenders. It was much more complex than just two families struggling for diminance.

I was inspired by a burrito to take a big @#(!. That does not mean whats in my toilet is something that would end up on your plate.

Or does it.

tsubaki_sanjuro · Post by **tsubaki_sanjuro** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:15 pm

lolololololol etc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playe...p;v=NvfDqF0-2yg

MrChaos · Post by **MrChaos** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:13 pm

Duckwarrior wrote:QUOTE (Duckwarrior @ Jun 16 2011, 04:20 PM) I don't get it at all.

Wife watches it, kids watch it, I go and tinker with my old car in the garage.

I may be Tim Allen.

You're old now and find stories about "youth with potential who challenge the elderly" disurbing.

This make you stroke your manopeen using the hand of "esotric encyclopedic knowledge". *sigh* Sorry Mrs Elderly Down Pillow Contributor. The empty feeling is sad tbs but at least he is still aware that, while a tad pathhetic, the grilling skills = sexual healing

tl;dr

Your old, fat, and less attractive deal with it like Spidey has... after all he was Miss Wales 1991... and look at the poor bastard now

TheSerb says Duckie

edit: If I didn't know better I'd guess there was some good-o-sense filter that kept one from angrying the Allegiance gods

edit2: Sue me, I $#@!ed up the first post, YOU try stirring up Her Duckness by invoking The Eight Legged One <--- (Note: After the Mufatu Incident Spideylicious may in fact be an eight legged version but unable to reproduce.... the world awaits breathlessly)