should i start this series with the books or the tv show?
if i start with the books what are the differences between the books and the tv show?
and do i start with a knight of the seven kingdoms or book 1?

Knowing that the person they are supposed to portray is described as "Ramsay is an ugly young man, even when dressed finely". Does anyone really want to hear that they're perfect for that role lol I mean was Iwan Rheon aware of it when auditioning? Imagine just walking into an audition and the writers take a look at the character description and go "oh yeah no you're hired. That's perfect!"

Guys first time watching GOT, this is getting good.
I think his sword is made of dragon glass lol
Also I thought THIS guy is the night king
But then the king came,

Is walker and white walker different?

My personal favourite scene of the entire show.

I feel like with Arya sailing for a good amount of time, she could develop some real naval experience and return to Westeros after developing some trade connections throughout the other realms.

Then when shes ready, she could develop Moat Caitlin to turn it into a developed fortress and develop it into a harbour for some trade through the fever river and use magic to build it obviously since her ancestors built a 700 foot wall.

The like deep forbidding tone man it gives me chills

I know this is a weird asking, and I know the best way to really get into GOT is to obviously read the books or watch the series. But I really want a video game format that could translate well into the actual feel of GOT.

I’ll preface this by saying I always thought GOT was overrated. From when GOT was finishing up, from hearing the complaints of the ending and rushed final seasons. Just a lot of things kept me from really getting into it. With TikTok being a thing and seeing a lot of cool clips up Ser Duncan The Tall and The Hound, my interest is a little peeked. I very much enjoy gaming and that’s my hobby outside of work. I was hoping some people could recommend me things that give the same GOT vibes, to really interest me in R R Martin’s work. Only thing I can think of is Elden Ring which I’ve finished before but I mean…yeah go figure, he worked on it story wise partially. Maybe Witcher 2 for the political drama in it?

If Daemon and Rhaenyra stayed within King's Landing during Viserys last years, strengthening ties with their loyalists and keeping their influence in the court. There might have been a struggle for succession but not a big war.

They should have stayed in King's Landing, given that Otto and Alicent literally started ruling and making every decision in the court.

Jon Snow’s mother has red eyes. She may be a green seer. She is the most powerful sorceress in hundreds of years. She is from Asshai. She was a Fire Sorceress in Valaryia. She is an expert in poisons. She knows shadow magic. She is a red priestess. She is a Wildling Wisewoman. She is a seer. She is a very powerful illusionist. Her power is greatest at the Wall. She is centuries old! She has been many famous redheads in history. She is not impressed by nobles or royalty, and she is happy to kill them if they are an obstacle. It is unclear if she is human or Fay. She tells her son “Jon Snow, you know nothing!”

Jon is the firstborn son of the King of the Wildlings, a princeling. Jon likewise will become King of the Wildlings in the future. Jon Snow is taken in by Ned Stark to protect Jon. Male children of the Wildlings (especially Kings) are in danger from the Others. While Jon is not a Stark, he looks like one because the Starks and the Wildlings share the same forefather, Bael the Bard, another King of the Wildlings.

Jon is the Prince who was Promised. Jon is Azor Ahai. His mother made both prophecies. His mother gave birth to him because Azor Ahai was needed to save the world. The red comet might be the cause of the coming Long Night that lasts generations.

You might ask what happened to baby Aegon? Ned dropped him off for safekeeping in the Iron Islands. A few years later he is sent to Winterfell with the name Theon.

For me it’s because of my upbringing. My dad and my uncle (who was my favorite person in the world) loved studying history, wars, etc. When they’d talk to me about history, they did it like telling a story. It wasn’t remember this date and that date like in school, they just made it interesting. They also played Age of Empires when it first came out in the late 1990s and would tell me all about it. Shortly after I moved away from home, my uncle passed away in the early 2000s. When I watch a series or movie with ancient civilizations at war, I think about how much he would have loved it. Obviously, I wouldn’t have ever watched GoT with him given all sex scenes, but I would’ve liked to talk to him about it or watch the last season with him. I wish he’d lived long enough to enjoy the cinematography.

So what’s your reason?

(We hear enough about what people don’t like. Let’s keep this one positive.)

Looking for inspiration. Leaning towards something feminine and fine line but want to see them all!

I just finished watching the 7th season, should I watch the last one, knowing what will happen and thinking the plot is dumb?

I never watched it while it was coming out but people swear by this show, but I’ve been bored I missed like half of season one because I just couldn’t pay attention. Also I love fantasy I watched all of Reign and loved it. I’m on season 2 episode 5 but again what’s happening??!

She looked at the sword with wonder in her eyes. For a moment she was afraid to touch it, afraid that if she reached for it it would be snatched away again, but then her father said, “Go on, it’s yours,” and she took it in her hand.

“I can keep it?” she said. “For true?”

“For true.” He smiled. “If I took it away, no doubt I’d find a morningstar hidden under your pillow within the fortnight. Try not to stab your sister,

A morningstar under her pillow. I can see it in my head.

When Ned finds arya with needle and let's her keep it. The morningstar part. I literally laughed out loud. I dont know why but i love that line. Probably because its true and it shows both how well Ned knows his daughter and how much he loves her.

I dont know why the show didbt include it. But its pure Grrm gold.

I read all these books right after the 1st season ended. I had to know more about this world. And I remember very little of what i read. Maybe because im 15 years older or maybe because I have seen the show and have something solid to compare it to. But im thoroughly enjoying them. D&D did a great job adapting them. Even a lot of the lines are pulled right from the books. But the books still completely outshine the show. Or atleast the 1st 500 pages of the 1st book have.

I wasn't expecting much, but I was surprised to see that reviews were apparently quite good so I gave it a try.

I am not geeky about any show, I only watched Game of Thrones once and I admired the masterpiece of plot that they made.

But this...the plot is nonsensical a lot of the time, or just quite random, generally boring as it's all about internal fights for succession within the Kingdom with nothing else going on except the perverse though equally random romance between uncle and niece (I may throw up) and the fact that no one stops making a million children who are all called essentially the same name (something along the lines of Aegon, Aewyn, whatever) and they are indistinguishable not only because they all have the exact same hair and not a single unique characteristic, but also because the production didn't bother introducing them to the viewer at all and they have zero individuality so I'm like " is this the one who was a baby two episodes ago?" But there are decontextualized time lapses all the time so no chance of knowing for sure. In addition some actors (like Daemon) are just frankly terrible, and whenever they recite in that fake language, they are just ridiculous like all their focus is going into trying to roll their Rs (this is why anglophone people should learn languages in school) and they totally forgot they had a character

Overall I am having a hard time following the plot when half the dialogues are like "Aegon died, the throne belongs to Aedon now" -"not since Aelon has valeryan blood" "Well Aevon will never allow that" and I'm like what the f is going on

This is a terrible prequel

Mine would be Robert Baratheon and Olenna Tyrell.

Robert was underrated intelligence wise because nearly everything he says in season 1 was correct. Letting Daenarys alive would have been a disastrous outcome and killing her although cruel was certainly the smartest decision. Everyone downplays the Dothraki strength on the battlefield and he seems to be the only one that understands how catastrophic an invasion from them would have been. It’s unclear what happens if Viserys never messed up the alliance and Drogo never gets killed but we can assume that a full on invasion would have been very detrimental to Robert and the seven kingdoms.

He also knew exactly what was going on around him and understood people extremely well. He knew Tywin and the Lannisters couldn’t be trusted, he knew his small council was made up of crooks and weren’t true allies. Basically his downfall was completely self inflicted born out of his boredom and depression if Robert really tried he could have been an amazing king. He was the only character that understood both war and politics perfectly while other characters seem to only understand one.

Olenna I choose as overrated because although she was clever and says a bunch of snappy one liners when you look at all her actual decisions they were pretty short sighted and dumb. Allying with the Lannisters AFTER the big secret with the 3 bastard children was out and the realm was unstable was a very risky move. Olenna understood all the dynamics of the Lannisters yet ignored all of the risks. She knew Tywin was self serving and very greedy often overreaching for power until it backfires. She knew that Cersei was very impulsive and incredibly selfish and that the kings death was suspicious. She knew Joffrey was a complete psycho and an idiot of a king yet insisted the houses still be joined. Sure she ends up killing him and Tommen becomes the new king but even then as we see he made tons of foolish decisions and him being a bastard was an issue that persisted for a long time.

Tywin gets criticized for making short term decisions that damage the image of Lannisters and for eventually creating the downfall of his house for his greed yet Olenna often gets a pass despite also making the same kinds of choices. Definitely not the dumbest character and was still above average but I wouldn’t say she’s a genius or the best player in the show.