“We do not sow” Paraphrasing Olenna Tyrell, those are words that strike fear in the heart, because violence is implicit in them. These aren’t farmers who work the fields nor traders who will come to negotiate with you. When the Ironborn arrive to some place, it is to take everything they can by force, and […]
Continue reading →When people talk about Game of Thrones, they often leave off the “s” in thrones. They think only of the Iron Throne in King’s Landing, the King of the Andals, Rhoynar, and First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm. There is more than one throne in their world and more […]
Continue reading →The highly anticipated release of Season 7 of Game of Thrones on Blu-Ray and DVD is today, but if you can’t make a shopping trip until the workday is done, you can make the interminable hours pass at least a little more quickly by perusing some more clips of some of the special features your box […]
Continue reading →The world of Game of Thrones is rich with detail, from the high-flying dragons to the elaborate costuming to the hundreds of blades that form the Iron Throne. Paper company Lovepop has recreated some of that detail with stunning handiwork, releasing a collection of their signature pop-up cards that depict Thrones characters and scenery.
Continue reading →We all expected Theon Greyjoy to be dead by now, didn’t we? After Theon’s Darth Vader moment at the end of season 5 of Game of Thrones, in which he pushed Myranda to her death and rescued Sansa, it seemed a foregone conclusion to many that Theon’s death was imminent. His redemptive arc was complete, […]
Continue reading →With plenty of time to kill between now and Season 8 of Game Of Thrones (sob), people are coming up with lots of ways to keep the fandom occupied — up to and including blacksmithing. The YouTube series “Man at Arms: Reforged,” hosted by Baltimore Knife and Sword, recently filled 20 minutes of the interminable wait by […]
Continue reading →Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you. Identity means everything in societies that encompass our world, and the societies within the traumatic realm of Game Of Thrones are no different. Identities are what societies use to define […]
Continue reading →Another day, another round of interviews with the Game of Thrones cast. Pilou Asbaek speaks to Entertainment Weekly about Euron Greyjoy’s prominent role in this season, Sophie Turner discusses Sansa’s struggles and strength with Parade and Marie Claire, and the Daily Mail has a chat with Jacob Anderson about the question he’s asked constantly because […]
Continue reading →Filming for the seventh season of Game of Thrones may have wrapped up by now, but that doesn’t mean news have stopped coming our way: New photographs have surfaced from the sets at Corbet-Banbridge, Wolf Hill Quarry and perhaps Moneyglass as well. If you are completely unaware of any narrative developments in season seven, much […]
Continue reading →Yesterday, Game of Thrones began the Cáceres shoot with a big season seven sequence; So elaborate, in fact, that elements of the scene continued being filmed this morning. Yet that’s not all: John Bradley has been sighted preparing for an Oldtown-set scene, appropriately enough at another of their locations in the Old Town of Cáceres.
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