#asoiaf vs got

[selkiewife]

She would kill herself rather than go on, she decided one night … Yet when she slept that night, she dreamt THE DRAGON DREAM again. 

Imagining a different fate for Dany based on GRRM'S QUOTE that "Not all of the characters who died on GAME OF THRONES will die in A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE." || THEON VERSION

#daenerys targaryen #daenerystargaryenedit #gotdaenerystargaryen #a song of ice and fire #game of thrones #asoiaf #gotedit #asoiafedit #grrm #asoiaf vs got #george r. r. martin #op

[she-wolf-of-highgarden]

I know this is somewhat unpopular, but I think Arya doesn’t necessarily fight in the Battle for the Dawn in the way we see her in the show. a) She is like 18 at the point in the show where she will be 13/14 in the books and b) she learns a much different lesson at the House of Black and White. Show!Arya fights with a spear because she learns to do that while blind, but Book!Arya never fights with a staff. 

As the Blind Girl she gets hits, but doesn’t learn to fight back in the same way. She learns instead to warg. How much she learns and does willingly is questionable, but we know she wargs into a cat in the rafters.

“Yes. I know that you're the one who has been hitting me." Her stick flashed out, and cracked against his fingers, sending his own stick clattering to the floor.

The priest winced and snatched his hand back. "And how could a blind girl know that?"

I saw you. "I gave you three. I don't need to give you four." Maybge on the morrow she would tell him about the cat that had followed her home last night from Pynto's, the cat that was hiding in the rafters, looking down on them. Or maybe not. If he could have secrets, so could she.” - The Blind Girl, ADwD

They aren’t teaching her to fight, not really, they are teaching her to gather information and kill as quietly as possible. If her time at HoBaW is any indication of her part in the things to come, I think she is much more likely to be warging than using a spear or something. 

#Arya Stark #book arya vs show arya #A Song of Ice and Fire #asoiaf #game of thrones #got #asoiaf vs got

[mysticalprincesskitten]

“Tell Khal Drogo he has given me the wind”

Vs

“Ser Jorah, I don’t how to say thank you in Dothraki.”

“There is no word for thank you in Dothraki.”

They were removing all Daenerys’ best quotes from the books and giving them to other characters from the very beginning

#pro daenerys #asoiaf vs got #game of thrones

[asoiaf-vs-got]

The books will be different from the show.

Some may be the same. A lot will be different.

#ASOIAF vs GOT #GRRM Quotes #Youtube #GOT Critical

[sorrydetka]

me, a veteran game of thrones stan, looking at team green and team black supporters going at each others throats

#some of yall weren’t there for s8 of game of thrones #those were the trenches #bro i was fighting for my LIFEEEE #nothing will reach the level of insanity that was jonerys vs jonsa #you had to be there… #team black #team green #alicent hightower #emma darcy #milly alcock #matt smith #olivia cooke #daemyra #daemon x rhaenyra #daemon targaryen #rhaenyra targaryen #got #asoiaf #game of thrones #hotd #house of the dragon #i’m team black obviously #alicent hotd #aemond targaryen #got stan twitter was in shambles #jonerys #jon x dany

[visenyaism]

ASOIAF terrible fathers bracket round 3: Walder Frey vs. Unwin Peake

unwin: pretty much everything otto did but for less political gain and less successfully. his eldest daughter died in childbirth at age TWELVE and then tried and failed to make his daughter a child bride and the queen, something he murdered a 10 year old to accomplish.

walder: actively despises his 28 trueborn and at least 9 bastard children and hopes they all die. will forcibly marry off his teenage daughters to literally whoever walks in the door. only sees his children as political bargaining chips and not very useful ones at that. let catelyn murder his son in front of him because he was disabled. maybe the most father of all time but not the greatest. have been instructed to remind you people that he did pay his child support

#asoiaf #terrible dad bracket #now i think this would’ve been more interesting if this was walder vs otto but i got overruled. i hate democracy

[rainhadaenerys]

So apparently they made Rhaenyra say "dracarys" to her dragon. It's the first episode of the show and they're already disrespecting Dany. To make things more clear, this is the origin of the command "dracarys":

"I was not sleeping, ser. Come and watch." She took a chunk of salt pork out of the bowl in her lap and held it up for her dragons to see. All three of them eyed it hungrily. Rhaegal spread green wings and stirred the air, and Viserion's neck swayed back and forth like a long pale snake's as he followed the movement of her hand. "Drogon," Dany said softly, "dracarys." And she tossed the pork in the air.

Drogon moved quicker than a striking cobra. Flame roared from his mouth, orange and scarlet and black, searing the meat before it began to fall. As his sharp black teeth snapped shut around it, Rhaegal's head darted close, as if to steal the prize from his brother's jaws, but Drogon swallowed and screamed, and the smaller green dragon could only hiss in frustration.

"Stop that, Rhaegal," Dany said in annoyance, giving his head a swat. "You had the last one. I'll have no greedy dragons." She smiled at Ser Jorah. "I won't need to char their meat over a brazier any longer."

"So I see. Dracarys?"

All three dragons turned their heads at the sound of that word, and Viserion let loose with a blast of pale gold flame that made Ser Jorah take a hasty step backward. Dany giggled. "Be careful with that word, ser, or they're like to singe your beard off. It means 'dragonfire' in High Valyrian. I wanted to choose a command that no one was like to utter by chance." - Daenerys I ASOS

Dracarys is not a word that every Targaryen used to command their dragons. It was a word specifically chosen by Daenerys to train her dragons, because it's not a word that it's likely to be said by people in their daily lives (people only really speak bastard Valyrian in their daily lives, not High Valyrian), so her dragons won't be breathing fire every time a stranger says something. It's also not some magic word that makes dragons in general breathe fire: Dany has to train the dragons herself to make them respond to the word. So it's a word that shows Dany's intelligence and resourcefulness when training her dragons, it's something that she came up with herself, despite the fact that she had no knowledge of how to train a dragon, it's not something anyone has taught her.

No other Targaryen has used dracarys. It's a word that Daenerys herself chose, it's a way to train dragons that Dany came up with. Making Rhaenyra say it cheapens it, both because it takes away the fact that using dracarys was something Dany came up with, and also because it makes it look like dracarys is just some magic word that makes dragons breathe fire, which takes away from the hard work that Dany must have had to train her dragons to respond and breath fire when they heard the word.

#daenerys targaryen #asoiaf meta #got meta #books vs show #my meta #anti got #anti hotd #this show barely started and i already have things to complain ugh

[witchthewriter]

who do u think is faster? meleys or quicksilver?

Oooh I love these types of questions!

Before fulling answering (because even I don't know straight off the bat) -

Neither were forced into the Dragonpit; meaning they had freedom, fresh air, room to grow and food to hunt when they pleased. If one had been in the dragonpit longer than the other, then the scales definitely wouldn't be balanced.

Although Quicksilver was always a bit of a small dragon, her size gave her great benefits. Sometimes being quicker is better as you're a smaller target.

However, Meleys does hold the title of fastest dragon (in her prime) in Westeros.

Ultimately, I think it comes down to the rider. Who is the most skilled? Who is bonded with their dragon so well that they can maneuver as one?

The answer has to be Meleys. Her riders were always fierce and committed.

With a rider who upheld the title of dragon rider with ferocious responsibility, Quicksilver would easily be my answer. But she never got the chance to be with someone for a long time.

If anyone has other opinions, I'd be happy to hear them!

#quicksilver vs meleys #dragon dictionary #witchthewriter #headcanons #dragons #got #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #meleys #meleys the red queen #quicksilver #quicksilver dragon #house of the dragon #hotd #dragon directory #house targaryen #house velaryon #dragon riders

[hotcupofdragons]

Elliot Grihault talking about his initial reaction when first reading about Luke’s death!

#house of the dragon #elliot grihault #Harry Collett #game of thrones #lucerys velaryon #Jacaerys Velaryon #aemond targaryen #Ewan Mitchell #aemond vs lucerys #ASoIaF #A Song of Ice and Fire #got #hotd

[ladystarksneedle]

Bracken | Blackwood

#house of the dragon #asoiaf #fire and blood #house blackwood #house bracken #blackwood vs bracken #outfit aesthetic #got house aesthetic

[adaptationsvs-polls]

Which version of this do you prefer?

#a song of ice and fire #a song of ice and fire books #asoiaf #GOT #game of thrones #game of thrones show #house of the dragon #HOTD #grr martin #george rr martin #tv series #tv shows #books #fantasy #dark fantasy #a game of thrones #for now counting the entire book series as one thing #and got/hotd as one thing #since i think they share a continuity? #but perhaps ill also do a separate specific fire & blood vs hotd poll at some point #polls #adaptation polls

[marsconer]

#daenerys targeryan #first of her name #queen of the andals the first man #protector of the seven kingdoms #mother of dragons #khaleesi of the great grass sea #the unburnt #the breaker of chains #hiccup horrendous haddock iii #drogon #viserion #rhaegal #vs #toothless #httyd #how to train your dragon #asoiaf #got #i say this as if the whole dance of the dragons wouldn’t put my boy in a comma #rip hiccup you would have HATED the valyrians

[chasingthedragons]

The Black Council

THE QUEEN & THE ROYAL FAMILY

ALLIES

HOUSE VELARYON of Driftmark [Lord Corlys Velaryon]

HOUSE CELTIGAR of Claw Isle [Lord Bartimos Celtigar]

HOUSE STAUNTON of Rook’s Rest [Lord Simon Staunton]

HOUSE DARKLYN of Duskendale [Ser Steffon Darklyn]

HOUSE MASSEY of Stonedance [Lady Ellinda Massey] [Lord Gormon Massey, mentioned]

HOUSE BAR EMMON of Sharp Point [mentioned]

QUEENSGUARD [Ser Steffon Darklyn, Ser Lorent Marbrand & Ser Erryk Cargyll]

MAESTER GERARDYS

DRAGONS

CARAXES SYRAX MELEYS VERMAX ARRAX TYRAXES MOONDANCER

WAR TABLE

from north to south | at the tip we found CLAW ISLAND home of HOUSE CELTIGAR [one of the three houses that came to WESTEROS escaping the curse of VALYRIA.] | on land and among the hills we find ROOK'S REST, seat of HOUSE STAUNTON. | In the waters of the NARROW SEA we find the island of DRAGONSTONE, ancestral home of HOUSE TARGARYEN in WESTEROS and base of operations of THE BLACKS. | Next to DRAGONSTONE we have the island of DRIFTMARK [with the castles of DRIFTMARK and the seat of HOUSE VELARYON, HIGH TIDE.] | On the coast of BLACKWATER BAY, northwest of KING'S LANDING we find the city of DUSKENDALE ruled by HOUSE DARKLYN. | across the KINGSWOOD and at the tip of MASSEY'S HOOK peninsula, just below THE GULLET is SHARP POINT home of HOUSE BAR EMMON and a little further south we find STONEDANCE seat of HOUSE MASSEY.

STRATEGY

The army of THE BLACKS and their allies is abysmally inferior to THE GREEN forces, unable to match even the HOUSE HIGHTOWER. The strategies proposed by the Queen's allies included the use of dragons to take the capital, KING'S LANDING, an idea discarded by Queen Rhaenyra as the civilian casualties would be too great.

It is then that Lord Corlys Velaryon [Lord of DRIFTMARK] proposes a different strategy, after six years of war the Velaryon fleet finally took full control of the STEPSTONES, securing one of the most important sea trade routes not only for WESTEROS but also for the FREE CITIES of ESSOS. Lord Corlys' plan is to make a sea blockade of KING'S LANDING, blocking not only the STEPSTONES but also the BLACKWATER BAY, the only sea entrance to the capital.

In addition to this, the Prince Consort Daemon proposes to cut the roads on the north side that reach the capital, seeking to ally with the great houses of that sector, which are; HOUSE TULLY of RIVERRUN, HOUSE ARRYN of the EYRIE. To the south the HOUSE BARATHEON that surround the CROWNLANDS and the great army of the north with HOUSE STARK of WINTERFELL.

#hotd #house of the dragon #asoiaf #got #game of thrones #house targaryen #blacks #black #team black #the blacks vs the greens #queen rhaenyra targaryen #queen rhaenyra #prince daemon targaryen #prince daemon #rhaenyra targaryen #daemon targaryen #the blacks #the black council #dragonstone #driftmark #house velaryon #velaryon #targaryen #dance of the dragons