There's a number of things we never see in the TV show, but are in the books. And then there are a number of things we never see or read. If we were to sit and watch every second of backstory and teaching of fighting, magic or otherwise, we'd still probably be waiting for Ned to lose his head.
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There's a number of things we never see in the TV show, but are in the books. And then there are a number of things we never see or read. If we were to sit and watch every second of backstory and teaching of fighting, magic or otherwise, we'd still probably be waiting for Ned to lose his head.
The dragons etc are all your words, I'm just talking about the disguising.
When I say I would rather the disguising was tricks and skill than "magic" you're just going to have to live with it cos differing opinions.
But that is rather different - you weren't originally saying that you'd rather some part of the story was something different, you were questioning the 'magic' explanation of the face changing/disguise - and I was questioning why you were being selectively skeptical about that as a reason and not all the other 'magic' involved in the series.
If you're now saying that you'd simply rather the story was a bit different (contained a bit less magic etc..) then that isn't the same argument. But it is a 'fantasy' story that contains magic so I'm not really seeing the big issue with the disguises.
Annoyed at Aryas scene being unrealistic
Forgets that there's dragons, giants and walking dead
Cute, about half a dozen people jumping on the train thinking that because I don't like one moment of a scene it's ok to bash me for unrealistic matters in the rest of the series.
I was always talking specifically about arya, that scene and the disguise.
It's been creative interpretation from other people to stretch my words across other things. Usual forum stuff.
I was always talking specifically about arya, that scene and the disguise.
It's been creative interpretation from other people to stretch my words across other things. Usual forum stuff.
Everyone knows you were talking specifically about Arya, they are just pointing out all the other stuff that backs up the fact that it's magical and not BS...
If they are having their own pop stars, does Bron represent himself?
If they are having their own pop stars, does Bron represent himself?
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What ever happened to the black vapour demnon?
I know you were always talking about Arya, that is what I was questioning - why the selective skepticism etc... though I don't really want to go round in circles over it - if your position is now simply that you'd prefer the story to be something different then cool, difference of opinion etc..
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So sat at work listening to radio 6, they just played The Rains Of Castemere.
Also didn't realise until my second watch through of the entire series that it's about a family called the Rains, not actually rain
Mind blown.
So sat at work listening to radio 6, they just played The Rains Of Castemere.
Also didn't realise until my second watch through of the entire series that it's about a family called the Rains, not actually rain
The family were the 'Reyne's, but it's a bit of wordplay
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Why did he say that? Daenerys's main military man (grey worm) is played by a black actor.
You can be a black actor complaining about a lack of black actors in a show and still be biased and wrong and doing it for the attention.
Also the story has been established in an exaggerated west european middle ages setting in the main area which could also be described as an inflated GB with the top an actual frozen waste, the yeah-but-not-really-Hadrian's wall blowing the budget and the bottom being mediterranean.
Just like a middle ages GB the black people live across the water in very distant countries where the story is not.
An ethnically diverse melting pot with high speed modern transport links across the world it isn't.
Having established that setting you now need to get real creative to have multiple primary characters with authority in a country they are very definitely not from.
Nowhere near as hard to stuff in the odd secondary or tertiary character as the token ethnics... which they have done.
Also the story has been established in an exaggerated west european middle ages setting in the main area which could also be described as an inflated GB with the top an actual frozen waste, the yeah-but-not-really-Hadrian's wall blowing the budget and the bottom being mediterranean.
Just like a middle ages GB the black people live across the water in very distant countries where the story is not.
An ethnically diverse melting pot with high speed modern transport links across the world it isn't.
Having established that setting you now need to get real creative to have multiple primary characters with authority in a country they are very definitely not from.
Nowhere near as hard to stuff in the odd secondary or tertiary character as the token ethnics... which they have done.
Massandei is black? Nathalie Emmanual is 3/4s Latino or so, isn't she?. But in any case, they're definitely supporting cast rather than lead characters.