I was watching HOTD S2 E1 and in the small council scene I became fixated on the smoke from the sconces/candles (not sure what the proper term is). Obviously that room is aerated and much of the smaller light sources are wax candles so I imagine it would not smell too strongly of smoke, but some less aerated rooms have been shown to have small wood burning fires in addition to the fire places. Did the rooms just smell like smoke and stone? I’ve been in castles in Europe where they’ve described the smell and I’ve been able to smell the stone and whatnot, but none of the castles I’ve been in from that period had as many wood burning fires as many rooms do in GOT and HOTD. Did the upper class and royalty have any specific methods of clearing smoke and its smell or are we just to assume most of the rooms smelled like smoke and stone?

Who actually lives at Winterfell? I know that the starks are there off course.....but who else lives there ? Also where are the villagers and other people living?

Did they really include basically the same line twice in a short conversation??

This is why I recommend S01-04. The rest of the show is written like how an AI would write episodes for Game of Thrones (altough there are still good episodes and moments that stand on their own).

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I'm disturbed.

My boyfriend (m24) just got me to watch one of his favorite tv shows, house of the dragon. We watched the first episode, and I am genuinely shocked at this piece of popular media people consume. How do you people watch a child get groomed by her uncle? It actually made me sick to my stomach to watch. My boyfriend told me they get married and have children?? That's actually horrifying. Also the father sending his daughter to seduce the king when she is also a child? What father would do that to his daughter?

I've read online game of thrones is worse with the instest and child marriages. I acknowledge the storyline is good but I just can't get past the blatant pedophilia. How do you look past the abuse and enjoy the show?

Hello, before I lay down my question just to give a heads up that I have just watched the series but not read the books.

It is my understanding that the folks at nightswatch are on the lookout with horns and the number of times the horns are blown, it signifies something.

So when the horn is blown 3 times, it means whitewalkers have been spotted. So if the whitewalkers have been spotted by someone scouting from the wall, why did it take them so long to reach the wall? Like not even a stray wight was seen around the wall.

Thanks in advance.

Watching S7E2 currently, and the part where Sam cutting the greyscale off Jorah’s skin transitions to the bar audience eating a pie, is easily one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever witnessed lol. Like fucking A that was gross as shit 😂

Jamie did the right thing, why does he get hate for it? Why do other characters scorn him? Why does Ned not thank for him for killing a King that just burned his father and brother.

Sure, you could say he broke his oath. But isn’t it better to act then sit back and just letting bad things continue to happen.

Does it get easier?

Its 2024 and I still find it hard to process and accept what happened in the last season. With Daenarys dying, Night King got killed by a brat, not to mention they did it in a melodramatic way as if it was epic, IT WASNT! Death of Cersei was boring asf, and hey, we all thought Jamie had some sort of redemption, he did not. And all other things etc, Oh, fuck Jon Snow!!

I’ve seen this mentioned a few times before and I notice it as well, especially during rewatches.

What stands out to me is the use of the word “fuck” in the later seasons. Not the fact that they use it (they always did), but the way it was used at times definitely felt more modern. You could tell the other writers couldn’t quite nail that medieval way of speaking like George did. Would love to hear other examples of this.

Every time I consider hypotheticals with Stannis I literally cannot think of a way he can win by the end of the show. Him losing the Game of Thrones wasn't any fault of bad luck or personal mistakes, the odds are just so continuously and overwhelmingly against him

Firstly, once the Tyrells and Lannisters allied, he was already in an untenable position. Stannis has roughly 20,000 men to march on King's landing, compared to Tywin's 60,000 and the Tyrell's 80,000. Even with Tywin being distracted by Robb Stark, that gulf in odds is just unwinnable.

And then. even if Joffrey and Tommen were killed, Robb Stark and Balon Greyjoy is still in open rebellion for independence, with a combined army larger than Stannis' personal bannermen, so he'd need the Tyrells and Lannisters to not only bend the knee, but also help fight the war for him.

Even if he does (by some miracle) win the war, virtually all the nobles, especially the most politically ambitious, all hate him. Stannis will not tolerate any moves to advance their power that nobles previously enjoyed, and also greatly prefers rewarding people on merit rather than nobility,. They certainly won't like the Hand of the King to be a low-born smuggler, rather than a Lord. As a result, they'll all find any way to seat almost anyone else onto that throne, (Myrcella will still be in Dorne, and honour may prevent him from killing Tommen, so they'd be the obvious choices). Instantly, that's the 4 most powerful families in direct opposition. Additionally, with the Vale under Littlefinger's influence, they're also likely to be in this camp.

So unless Dorne is on his side (unlikely, Doran is very politically intelligent, and still hates the Baratheons), the only region not likely to be instantly trying to overthrow him is his own.

And then once Dany comes across the Narrow sea with 3 dragons, several thousand highly trained soldiers, a Dothraki horde, and an incredibly strong claim, to the conquer a Kingdom he already is holding little grasp to, his reign is all but over. Best bet is to make an alliance with the Starks, Greyjoys and Tullys in exchange for their independence, but I don't see Stannis ever doing that.

Even if Stannis wins the 1v6, and THEN somehow stops Dany, he still has to stop the White walkers, with significantly worse odds than Dany and Jon faced in s8.

I want you to know I love this scene

i know robert and joffrey didnt give a fuck but whats tommen's excuse? does he also not give a fuck? also i didnt understand if all the things cersei says tommen did (like making mance master of coin) he actually did or if cersei is just doing what she wants and saying it was her son's orders

What would have happened to each of the Stark kids if the world remained peaceful?

So rewatching season 3 now and remembering who some of my favorite characters have been.

1. Tyrion
2. Lord Commander Mormont
3. Bron
4. The Hound
5. Barriston Selmy
6. Tormund Giantsbane

How about you guys?

There is this scene where jamie and tyrion are talking about cerci and tyrion is telling jamie how she didnt fool him and he always knew the truth!!!!

Can someone plzzz gove me the background for the scene…