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| Rocks fall and everyone dies...EVERYONE! Your party, your parties horses outside, the king that sent you on the quest, the princess in the castle even the big bad you were fighting they all die. EVERYONE DIES!
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| That basically sums up Game of Thrones in s nut shell, a show who's popularity can be boiled down to one factor that while you could argue is a show gimic, has very rarely ever been done before...They don't play the rules of usual stories. If there's one thing all stories that aren't romance or drama share in common is the protagonist wins and the antagonist loses, or sometimes the other way around. In this story the protagonist dies at the end of the first season and whoever had a chance to be the new one dies very quickly. How this works is quite simple. Since a lot of these characters are well rounded (though some argue that a few mains are Mary Sues)you get attached to them but as everyone's on the murder table your always worried about them. A good example is Helms Deep from lord of the rings. Even seeing it for the first time you know Rohan was going to win, you knew Aragon was going to be king and you know the metaphor for Jesus was going to swoop in and save the day. When a big battle is about to happen in Game of Thrones, and someone says that their all going to die there's a good chance that he's right. You hold onto your breath begging your favorite character doesn't get the can or that they all get slaughtered, you know, like the characters would be hoping.
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| But to the show itself. Game of Thrones, if you've been living in a cave for the last few years, is practically the most successful show ever put on television. Its set in a sub fantasy world which is Viking land (Think Skyrim, mainly cause people say Skyrim stole Game of Thrones shit anyway) but instead of focusing on some epic quest or huge battles most of the show is about the politics and the leaders involved during a civil war (They are playing a game of thrones, hence the title) which, thanks to most of the characters all being magnificent bastards, is far more entertaining then it should be. Well, that and making a girls life a living hell. Its based on a series of books but only rabid fans get into them cause they are so long, complex and apparently they put the amount of people the show kills to shame.
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| This would seem right up the ally for this site but there are issues that makes Game of Thrones taste off in a tabletop gamers mouth. First off, while there are fantasy stuff like dragons, giants and skeletons their mostly considered myth, all of them hiding behind a giant ice wall and dragons being killed off before the show starts. As such the majority of the locations are basic medieval lands so unless you want to stop bandits or kill Joffrey over and over in more and more painful ways you'll find your choices of settings and goals limited. Second, neckbeards adore big climatic battles where a small elite groups slaughters tons and tons of primitives (Much like imperial England) but while a few are in there, most of the time its people talking. Finally, unless your a big fan of the show there are alternatives for other Viking settings which are full of possibilities. Still, that does not mean its not an amazing show, it is, usually mixing just as planned with equal amount of grimdark, although earlier seasons were drenched in gore and sex latter seasons fixed it up so it became more appealing to watched. The factions fighting for the crown, and warning MAJOR spoilers, include:
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| House Targaryen: Got their assed kicked out of the country to middle east land as the last king was their pop and he was batshit insane. Now comprises of one Mary Sue who is became less and less Mary Sue as the show goes on so she get better. Has an army of freed space marine esc mercenaries, freed slaves and three dragons that Mary hatched, although they have been put into the timeout corner for BBQing a kid. Was going to come back and kick all the asses with fire lizards but decided to stay and help the people rebuild.
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| House Stark: Fan favorite and closest thing to the good faction. All gone now. Something to do with a wedding...
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| House Tully: Super best pony friends with Stark. Went the same way the wolves did.
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| House Arryn: Neutral at the moment but just got a new power hungry leader and hated the current guys in charge from the get go. Known for having one of the coolest castles in the world, so cool it changed its looks between seasons!
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| House Lannister: Currently in charge with a kid on the throne. Is generally considered the bad guys, having both the most popular and the most hated characters in the show. Not in a good place as they are short on cash, the last kid they put on the throne was a psycho who everyone hated and now they have to lick the boots of another house to get by. Recently lost most of its leaders, unknown how they will cope.
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| House Greyjoy: A house of Iron Snake space marines, they are some of the most kick ass people in the show, although the member we get the most time with is turned into a slave though torture. Seems one of the writers REALLY likes seeing teen girls and guys being tortured and broken. They are raiding starks old land and are fighting the new people in charge.
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| House Tyrell: Bankers who has da bling. Got a girl in good with both kid Lannister kings and seem to be trying to turn the Lannisters into puppets, though considering they are gonna pay back said houses debts and provide men to tip the balance they can't do shit about it. Has the most awesome grandma ever.
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| House Baratheon: Used to be in charge when the show starts. When the king dies they get split in three, those who support his supposed brat who is a Lannister, A hard man who was his younger brother and a decent guy who was the youngest. Youngest got raped by a Necron wraith summoned by the younger. Brother now leads the rest with the help of a new faith and a red chick who has sexual feelings about fire. The only house that has magic on their side, though it is frickly as shit.
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| House Martell: A part of the kingdom but would rather fuck off and do its own shit. Allies with Lannisters cause of marriage. There's blood between them but hey, marriage fixes everything right?
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