These two blessed series are often compared to one another. I’ve heard arguments claiming that GOT would not exist without LOTR. However, I actually find them to be very different. Fantasy Elements GOT is what you would call ‘low fantasy’ whereas LOTR is ‘high fantasy.’ GOT operates in a medieval […]
Continue ReadingI love Daenerys; she is my Queen, my Khaleesi, my babe. I think she’s one of the best women in Westeros, along with Arya Stark and Brienne of Tarth. But whilst she can be viewed as a feisty badass who climbs from zero to hero, she takes some pretty ruthless […]
Continue ReadingI watched a video on YouTube about mental illness in this wonderful epic fantasy which inspired me to write my own post. Westeros is clearly not the place of emotional and mental stability and utopian joy.Psychopathy. Ramsay Bolton, Joffrey Lannister and Euron Greyjoy are the most obvious characters that spring […]
Continue ReadingIn Game of Thrones, Martin gave an extensive back-story onto the creation of his world. He didn’t quite go into how it all began (no Big Bang or evolution) but frankly he did so much on the history of the world that the sciency-stuff would have been a giant bonus! […]
Continue Reading(Note: this post contains spoilers). How can a show make you laugh, cry, scream in terror, smile in delight, and have you in constant suspense? It twists and turns every cliché, every character arch, interweaving plots and pulling them up and back down again. Game of Thrones is a truly […]
Continue Reading(Contains spoilers.) One of the many things I love about GOT is its honest portrayal of human behaviour. The show really expresses the dangers of religious extremism and taking things too far. Even in this make-believe world, everyone believes that ‘their’ God; be it the Seven Gods, the Lord of […]
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