So I can't quite remember, but weren't Dany's dragons the only reason Drogo's khalasar stayed with Dany in the first place? From what I remember, people left to form their own khalasars largely because they thought she was a witch and had killed Drogo somehow or at least had done something that Mirri had suggested. So they felt no duty to her. When she was talking with them, the ones who had stayed said that they would see her safely to Vaes Dothrak and then they would join the Khal in death. Then Dany burns Drogo and her dragons are born and it's implied that the khalasar is now hers, and she is the first Khaleesi to ever command an army like a Khal.
I also thought that when they found Dany she had her dragon with her (in the book anyways) and the implication was that she was a silver haired, purple eyed woman with a fucking black dragon in the middle of the Dothraki sea, so who the fuck else would she be?
I don't know if that's really important as it is, because while the army she has found is not one that would know her history, they still follow their ways, and a widow has to go to Vaes Dothrak. So now we're going to figure out where the book would likely take us - how she finds a way to convince them to become her new army and march on the kingdoms instead of escorting her to the city.
And I know we sort of got off of this topic, but the biggest thing for me show vs book, is that the show isn't really what the book is about. I've long ago accepted that they are two different things, but it's not in keeping with the spirit either.
GoT is largely about political intrigues, and scheming, and subtle manipulation, and the strongest people often being the most underestimated. In the show, they've largely cut the legs out from under most of those themes. Sometimes it's necessary, but for example, Littlefinger in the show has kind of become a bit of a bitch and he's a god damn genius in the books.
That's really the only issue I have. Yea there are dragons, and lots of killing and naked women, but all of that is just there to cement the shit that the book is actually about.
HBO kind of supported the "most base" aspects of the books because that is what is drawing tv watchers - but for book readers, most of us are staying around to figure out how these motherfuckers are going to save the world.
The issue isn't so much what is canon, book or tv, or even which is the more correct canon, the issue is that one is A Song of Ice and Fire series, and the other is Game of Thrones. And that the latter has gone from being "based on" , to being "inspired by".
Similar to my rant in the Batman thread; this is a show for people who aren't already fans or who became fans by watching the tv show. That's fine, but they relied on the book fans to begin with to get this show into high gear. It's sort of shitty that now that it's taken off, book fans are sort of the red headed step child.
#MakeLittlefingerGreatAgain
I also thought that when they found Dany she had her dragon with her (in the book anyways) and the implication was that she was a silver haired, purple eyed woman with a fucking black dragon in the middle of the Dothraki sea, so who the fuck else would she be?
I don't know if that's really important as it is, because while the army she has found is not one that would know her history, they still follow their ways, and a widow has to go to Vaes Dothrak. So now we're going to figure out where the book would likely take us - how she finds a way to convince them to become her new army and march on the kingdoms instead of escorting her to the city.
And I know we sort of got off of this topic, but the biggest thing for me show vs book, is that the show isn't really what the book is about. I've long ago accepted that they are two different things, but it's not in keeping with the spirit either.
GoT is largely about political intrigues, and scheming, and subtle manipulation, and the strongest people often being the most underestimated. In the show, they've largely cut the legs out from under most of those themes. Sometimes it's necessary, but for example, Littlefinger in the show has kind of become a bit of a bitch and he's a god damn genius in the books.
That's really the only issue I have. Yea there are dragons, and lots of killing and naked women, but all of that is just there to cement the shit that the book is actually about.
HBO kind of supported the "most base" aspects of the books because that is what is drawing tv watchers - but for book readers, most of us are staying around to figure out how these motherfuckers are going to save the world.
The issue isn't so much what is canon, book or tv, or even which is the more correct canon, the issue is that one is A Song of Ice and Fire series, and the other is Game of Thrones. And that the latter has gone from being "based on" , to being "inspired by".
Similar to my rant in the Batman thread; this is a show for people who aren't already fans or who became fans by watching the tv show. That's fine, but they relied on the book fans to begin with to get this show into high gear. It's sort of shitty that now that it's taken off, book fans are sort of the red headed step child.
#MakeLittlefingerGreatAgain
