GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

Furry_sl said:

Yea, that picture looks wrong. What I had in my head was something in between the two. I always imagine a couple steps up and a thousand swords that were mostly pointed down, and sharp edges just showing in places of the chaos.

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A thousand swords is a lot of fucking swords. I don't even think there's quite a thousand in that picture.

how GRR Martin pictured the iron throne:

Was little finger's speech about counting the swords not in the book?

Jait_sl said:

A thousand swords is a lot of fucking swords. I don't even think there's quite a thousand in that picture.

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837, to be exact.

Wouldn't have had this awesome speech if the throne was that big

Certainly more imposing but I like the TV show's take on the throne. Without having such a grand scale the throne has become iconic and almost a symbol of the franchise.

To account for volume that thing must have a shit ton of swords.

Some book people are so awesome about this series. Read a spoiler in the comments of some random article that had nothing to do with GoT the other day. Listening to a fucking metal song on youtube right now and guess what's in the comments? Same spoiler. Guess that's what I get for actually reading the comments section though.

Should be happy you only got a GoT spoiler reading youtube comments instead of the usual brain cancer

Was the spoiler that someone died? Cause that's not really a spoiler.

Everyone is already dead, they just don't know it. Like LOST.

I have not read the books yet, but I heard they were amazing

I have not read the books yet, but I heard they were amazing

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I'd stay out of this thread then!

Jait_sl said:

A thousand swords is a lot of fucking swords. I don't even think there's quite a thousand in that picture.

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A swerd is like 10 pounds of metal or so at least? So you're looking at a significant amount of metal.

Iron throne should be about the size of a dumptruck.

Iannis_sl said:

A swerd is like 10 pounds of metal or so at least? So you're looking at a significant amount of metal.

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Wiki says 2.4-3.3lb for a longsword. About double that for a claymore.

It is decidedly lacking on stats for Valyrian Steel weapons for some reason.


edit: I also had an inflated idea of what they weighed, but thinking about what I've read about them before that's stupid. Swords in general got smaller as time went on, not bigger. Easier to wield etc. Makes sense they'd make them as light as possible.

Furry_sl said:

Every sensible person used a one handed sword, so the weight of two handed swords is inconsequential.

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Keep in mind Westeros is NOT actually medieval Europe. While the smaller and lighter swords were more effective in reality, Westeros seems to have a lot ofbig motherfuckerswho might have used something larger.

Some of whom use 2H swords with 1H.




edit: Speaking of big motherfuckers, I hope they find a way to do Left and Right, but I guess we're beyond where they'd have been introduced. You wouldn't even need actors really, hire the Lopez twins from the NBA. Not like the characters talk or anything=P