HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]

[BlindGuy]

I fucking hate the names. WHY do all mediocre fantasists (and let's be honest, George R.R. Martin is an average writer at best) have to give their characters stupid fucking names? George, Carl, Frank, Tom, these are great names. So is Bob. I think in the entire story there are about 4 characters with normal names (and even then Peter is spelled Petyr or some shit), and this is a ridiculous tool used by desperatly uninspired and untalented writers to make their universes seem more mystical, fantastical or someshit. Enough.



Sam, thats another good name. And Frederick. And John. Fuck Daenerys Targaryen, wtf is that, a fucking anagram of a village in Wales or something? Bugger that.

[Ninja_Khorin]

Yeah. I want Bob to slay the crocodiles in Edinburgh Zoo and wage war against the Glasgow Pimps.

Realism bitches.

If anything, Martin keeps it pretty low key with the names apart from the Targaryen names which are foreign to Westeros.

Of course you could have Lisa Humperdink instead of Daenerys Targaryen but that might not reflect that the Humperdinks came from old Valyria with dragons.

Ned(Eddard), Robb, Theon, Jaime, Sansa, Aria, Bronn, Brann, Asha, Osha, Catelyn. They're not that impossible. I'm surprised you're not complaining about the "Ser" instead of "Sir" and "Maester" instead of "Master".

Anyway, I agree Tolkien and practically all fantasists are mediocre fantasists because their characters have silly names.

[The_Bloody_Nine]

I'm more set back by his obsession to describe the families with metaphoric animals (which are their sigils as well) all the time. Also some of the family "words" are stupid "Hear me roar" wtf?

I wonder at the names sometimes, too, especially of places and such. But then again I walk through the streets of some german towns and look at the names of the streets or the names of the towns or the names of the people who live there, ridiculous.

And you can say many things of martin's writing style, but the one thing which is brilliant and makes this fantasy-drama outstanding IMO is the sharpness, depth and realistic description of the characters, their actions and their interaction with other characters and their character-development. Lasts episodes prime example: The Hound. (Or Cersei?)

[Earthdforce]

Humperdink

Someone's been watching the Princess Bride ;)

[Ninja_Khorin]

More like Eurovision unfortunately.

[BlindGuy]

Someone's been watching the Princess Bride ;)

As it happens Humperdink is a name dating back 400 years... dont know about the Princess Bride tho, not seen it.

[B3RS3RK]

And Frederick

That´s my actual fucking name Oo

btw. I think fantasy names are ok.Sure, they seem weird sometimes...But in a fantasy world, Culture will have developed differently to ours, with different languages.It´s not unlikely that they will have found other names than the ones we grew used to over centuries.

[Aleskander]

I don't see why it matters, pay attention to the story and not the names, they are really immaterial.

[Beauchamp]

i hope they kill that fatty hiding behind a rock just at the start of the next episode. i hate that illogical character and his annoying voice. but im quite afraid he will again illogically survieve and i will have to listen to his gibberish until the end of my days.

[The_Bloody_Nine]

i hope they kill that fatty hiding behind a rock just at the start of the next episode. i hate that illogical character and his annoying voice. but im quite afraid he will again illogically survieve and i will have to listen to his gibberish until the end of my days.

one of my favourite characters!

[ThePoopy]

zombies 

[Xant]

I'm more set back by his obsession to describe the families with metaphoric animals (which are their sigils as well) all the time. Also some of the family "words" are stupid "Hear me roar" wtf?

Why are those stupid? Historic noble families had similar mottos in their Coat of Arms. Modern military units have them as well. Have you noticed that countries nowadays also use animals metaphorically all the time, in their coat of arms and otherwise?

[The_Bloody_Nine]

Why are those stupid? Historic noble families had similar mottos in their Coat of Arms. Modern military units have them as well. Have you noticed that countries nowadays also use animals metaphorically all the time, in their coat of arms and otherwise?

To my ears some of these words sound strangely modern-american, not fitting into the rest. Maybe I'm wrong, perhaps I'll go check some example devices in the libabry... (unlikely, and what will it proof?) And I think some of the mottos are quite good (like "we do not sow")

I don't remember exactly where it was, but I think there were often sentences where people talked or thought about lions and wolves and stags and actually meant the houses of course. No big deal, though. Simply didn't liked it that much.

zombies 

yes, and even the classic slow-type

[Anal Bleeding]

the names Stark and Lannister are based on York and Lancaster of the War of the Roses.

[Beauchamp]

one of my favourite characters!

Wtf how sbdy can ever like that one? All parts with him are the most boring and illogical ones, I can't imagine that in "reality" that fat clumsy pig would survive any march on a Night's Watch. I doubt he'd ever make any friends there. He just doesn't fit there at all and he should die, the sooner the better! I'd like to see him as a wildling zombie or what you turn into if you die there though...