HBO adaptation of Game of Thrones - will this be just for nerds? (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

who r 'the maesters'

Didn't Luwin say he'd studied magic?

careful max this is nonspoiler thread, not that that's written as a big deal in the books or anything

and yeah a small handful of maesters study magic and have a special valyrian steel link in their chain to signify it

oh whoops i thought this was the spoiler thread!!!! my mistake

joe you dont have to http://i32.tinypic.com/33upd14.jpg

jeez just want to know who the maesters r w/o reading some stupid nerd books *joins nights watch*

lol xp

i don't recall if the show mentions it, but the warlocks have some blue plant that they chew, some shamanistic hallucinogen thing, and they might not be any more magical than that, since they most they achieve is dany's altered perception in the House.

seemed pretty clear from the assassination of the city council that warlock dude did have the ability to work some pretty substantial magic, that his powers weren't limited to just messin' with people's minds or w/e. hard to say, though. (i'm speaking only of the show's reality. shit in the books that isn't made clear in the show does not exist in the show afaic.)

i don't remember the scene well enough. what did he do?

multiple versions of him appeared behind every council member and slit all of their throats at the same time

well it was the dragons that allowed that, right?

no reason to think so

(no reason in-show i mean)

well the warlocks said so m/l

did they? if so, i missed or forgot about it. what did he/they say?

they said their power was increased w/dragons around

"when your dragons were born, our magic was born again. it is strongest in their presence, and theirs is strongest in yours."

are we sure there is just one dude and not multiple identical looking dudes? they do talk about warlocks plural

but it decreased our intelligence and we forgot they can shoot fire :(

xp

xp: I like the ambiguity tbh; usually Dani is all "omg MAGIC" and everyone else in the scene is practically rolling their eyes going "argh jeez, just ignore him and he'll go away"

i don't think the warlocks figured that the dragons were that powerful that little (even Dany could just barely get them to shoot a little bit of fire earlier in the season). That said, their "y'all gonna be here for eternity lolz" plan did seem pretty flawed as one imagines the dragons would grow.

"when your dragons were born, our magic was born again. it is strongest in their presence, and theirs is strongest in yours."

oop, i stand corrected. now that you mention it, i remember that line very clearly. anyway, point is that the warlock dude does have real magical abilities, though yeah, they may have seemed trivial w/out dani and her dragons around to amp the magic up.

been looking to redecorate tbh

http://store.hbo.com/game-of-thrones-life-size-replica-iron-throne/detail.php?p=373634&v=hbo_shows_game-of-thrones

that would be perfect for my throne room

I want it for my front porch

TO SURVEY MY LANDS

hey - i got to sit in one of those a few months back!

what ho? are you dragon-born sir?

sword of.

sorry. Couldn't help myself.

I am so running you through for that.

Totally fair. I get your point.

Sorry.

Drawn. And quartered.

However you slice it, I was wrong.

Doh! Sorry.

would love to sit on that and be like "Talk to the Hand... of the King!!!"

they had a GoT exhibit at the Tiff building by my office. you could sit in the iron throne and they'd take a few pics and send you on your way with a contact sheet and a DVD of the first episode. not bad for a free dealy!

I would never get out of it once I sat down.

"Come see the throne [with unremovable VG] today at Westfield Mall"

this broke my brain
http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/545148_307704782647277_1349063132_n.jpg

Fkin Jean M Auel has to get her porny self in there...

who is the dude on the right?

the bastard

took me a minute too

jesus

dude playing theon is like a lifesize personification of feckless; great job casting director.

Even with the glasses and the haircut I could tell it was Jon Snow because he is always making that same face.

http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/snow.jpg

is that a recent photo? they all look very young, maybe from lack of beards?

It's from before the first season

yeah, i was thinking it was maybe from a book release party for Feast of Crows maybe.

that would make the pic about 6 1/2 years old... maybe?

This might not be common knowledge in the US but the dude who plays Theon is Lily Allen's brother (and Keith Allen's son obviously), he's basically a professional feckless tabloid twat. I quite like watching him as Theon because you know that only unpleasant things are going to happen to him.