#kampen om jerntronen

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A strictly metaphorical post. 🙂

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Game of Thrones sesong syv

Game of Thrones sesong syv

Official Game of Thrones Season 7 trailer!!!!! pic.twitter.com/U9PijAFb8F — Tyrion Lannister (@GoT_Tyrion) March 30, 2017 Kampen om jerntronen tilspisser seg. 16. juli 2017, vil du få vite veldig mye mer enn du noen gang har visst – om verdens mest suksessrike TV-serie. TV-serien Game of Thrones trollbinder publikum med vold, sex og spill om makt. Handlingen foregår i De sju kongerikene på de…

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« I mean, it would have to be the exact same cast and the exact same crew otherwise I wouldn’t go back and that would just be Season 9, and I don’t think we’re going to do a Season 9, but, I mean, I loved playing Sansa, and I do wonder often what would she be doing now. Where would she be five years later, what would she be doing? Would she still be queen in the North? Would she be a good ruler? Would there be some other kind of terrible war that’s happened? I’d love to see it. »

— Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) on ever returning to the Game of Thrones universe. At Variety.

Queen Sansa's rule would be influenced by the rate of recovery The North was making from the various conflicts since the death of Jon Arryn as well as the severity of the winter which Westeros was experiencing.

Westeros as a whole was not in great shape by the end of the series. They managed to avoid complete annihilation by the Night King but at great cost.

It takes a while to rebuild and to restore resources. But Sansa has talents as a manager as well as political skills she developed through her various associations. So with help from a stretch of peace and a mild winter, she might be doing reasonably well.

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« Trump was the worst president in American history, and if he gets in again, he will be worse, judging from the remarks he keeps making about retribution and bloodbaths and the like. »

— George R.R. Martin at Not a Blog.

GRRM created Joffrey Baratheon, Ramsay Bolton, and Walder Frey. So when he calls Trump the "worst" it has added weight. George knows a thing or two about villains.

This reminds me that the post which got the largest number of notes for this blog was this one from 2017 where GRRM compared Trump to Joffrey.

For some fun, go to your favorite image search engine and type in "Joffrey" AND "Trump".

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Fan art of Ned Stark by @artfruitz

We're still waiting for news as to who will portray Cregan Stark in House of the Dragon.

If I navigated the Stark genealogical charts correctly, Ned is the great-great-great-great-grandson of Cregan. Add one additional great- for Ned's offspring and also for Jon Snow whose mother is Ned's sister.

I drew Ned Stark!

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Jaime Lannister knighting Brienne of Tarth in S08E02. By UK artist blackbirdrose at DeviantArt.

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Normally you wouldn't want to run into Ramsay Bolton at a pub. But this particular association went well.

The Hand in Hand in Brighton's Kemp Town has created a Red Welsh Ale called Robin Goch in honour of the actor Iwan Rheon, who is a regular there. Iwan is best known for playing the villainous Ramsay Bolton in Game of Thrones and Simon Bellamy in Misfits. The new Robin Goch beer is part of the pub's “Art You Can Drink” series. As part of the range, the pub is working with artists from different disciplines to produce a “unique personalised beer in a style of their choice”, with a percentage of the profits going to a charity close to them. [ ... ] To celebrate the actor’s Welsh heritage, the pub was decorated like a cosy Welsh tavern, with a performance from the Brighton Welsh Male Voice Choir. Iwan said: “With this project, I'm supporting WWF Cymru who are fighting to restore vital habitats and species

Iwan has supported the World Wildlife Federation for some time. So Robin Goch beer represents a continuation of that assistance.

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It's Halloween. 🎃 In ASoIaF there's a plethora of character inspirations for costumes.

Don't know who the fan is dressed as Olenna Tyrell, but the image comes from Threads.

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No hurry, @jaspersboy! It's only been 13 years since that was posted and book 6 has yet to arrive.

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Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarke MBE b. 23 October 1986 London, England, UK

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« He played a horrible human being but he's one of my favorite human beings. Um, and it was a shame how that one ended – on the toilet. »

— Peter Dinklage on his Game of Thrones father, Charles Dance, during an appearance on Hot Ones with Sean Evans.

It's great hearing from Peter Dinklage. Of course he always has witty and interesting things to say. But I actually learned a few things in passing about acting in between salsas. That's impressive considering I'm not an actor and often have difficulty even keeping a straight face when telling a joke.

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The expression "bend the knee" certainly existed long before ASoIaF. But since the first book was published on 06 August 1996 its use in English has soared.

Google Books Ngram Viewer, of course, only covers books. So there was a dip after the publication of A Dance of Dragons in 2011. Though because of the HBO series the expression has entered the general lexicon and is being used by people who've neither read ASoIaF nor seen GoT. So as of 2019, the current end date of Ngram searching, it was moderately trending upwards again.

The mass worldwide web, at least Net 1.0, began around 1995. That's slightly before the time A Game of Thrones was published. So there's not much data prior to its publication to compare online use of "bend the knee" before its release and after. But use of the phrase is now extremely common – particularly in political discussions. Mainstream legit news media use it unselfconsciously.

It seems to be used particularly often in connection with a certain US political figure.

However, with several criminal cases facing him this year, another GoT phrase may apply to him: Winter is Coming for Donald Trump.

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^^^ Yes, that’s Carice van Houten, AKA: Melisandre, taking part in a demonstration against a fossil fuel company in the Netherlands. It’s a shame that she can’t just recite an incantation in Valyrian that would turn all the oil in the world into seltzer. BTW, great sign!

The onetime Red Priestess was arrested for blocking a major highway with other climate activists.

Extinction Rebellion protest in Netherlands ends with 1,500 arrested

During the protest, organised by Extinction Rebellion, activists walked onto the A12 highway demanding an end to fossil fuel subsidies.

Police fired water cannon to try to disperse the crowds - but many came prepared in raincoats and swimsuits.

Most arrested protesters were released, but police said 40 would be prosecuted.

Among those at Saturday's protest were several Dutch celebrities, including actress Carice van Houten, known for playing Melisandre in TV series Game of Thrones. She was arrested but later allowed to return home, Dutch news agency ANP said.

So cheers to Ms. van Houten for her efforts at keeping Earth’s climate from getting worse.

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The ASoIaF universe has its Shakespearean moments. One of those is Oberyn Martell's hamartia at his trial by combat.

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Daenerys Targaryen ruminates on Targaryen family history at the Dragonpit with Jon Snow.

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^^^ That quote made me think that Littlefinger would be a perfect broligarch if he actually existed in contemporary society.

That's exactly the mindset of people who are rich enough to buy a Pacific island but who keep lusting after more wealth and power.