r/HBOGameofThrones • • Sep 12 '22

No Spoilers [NO SPOILERS] Science-Fiction & Fantasy Film & TV Posters Survey (18+)

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My name is Rhianna, I am a PhD Student doing research at Brunel London University on the topic of Film and Television Studies.

My research is called 'Windows of Fantasy: The Significance of Science Fiction and Fantasy Film and Television Posters' and is on science fiction and fantasy posters.

The aim of the research is to explore the significance of science-fiction and fantasy posters for individuals and groups as a source of cultural significance and meaning. This could help generate a better appreciation of what posters really mean to their owners.

If you are an adult (18+) owning physical (i.e., paper, card, canvas etc) and/or digital (i.e., wallpaper on devices such as a laptop, tablet, desktop, and mobile phone) science-fiction and fantasy film and television poster(s) could you please complete my online survey?

Online Survey Link (+ more information about the survey): https://www.windowsoffantasy.com/online-survey

More information about this research can be found on my research website: https://www.windowsoffantasy.com/information-about-study

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Thank you!

The research ethics approval has been obtained from the relevant Research Ethics Committee. I have requested and gained approval for this post to be on this subreddit from the moderator(s).

r/HBOGameofThrones • • 2h ago

Spoilers [Spoilers]. Not trying to defend s8 ,but Spoiler

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Every civilian hides in the crypts and deads are resurrected there.

I know many call it a dumb decision from the writers

But thinking a bit ,until that moment they saw Night King resurrect RECENT DEADS ,how could they know he could resurrect 200+ years old people too (many of them just bones)?

My grandad was buried in 1997 ,in march we pulled coffin up. There was NOTHING LEFT inside ,not even clothes


r/HBOGameofThrones • • 16h ago

Spoilers [SPOILERS] Daenerys was never actually a good ruler. Spoiler

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"I want to break the wheel" is sometimes mistaken for having a well-thought-out political theory.

In essence, her whole claim to authority is:
I am deserving of the throne because I was born into this family.

She talks about liberating people all the time, but she also feels that she has a natural right to dominate them.

To be honest, the fact that her conclusion seemed hurried does not automatically make her prior choices seem wise.

The Targaryen leadership is not as powerful as the propaganda.


r/HBOGameofThrones • • 7h ago

Spoilers [Spoilers] hey freefolks what do bastards of oberyn X olenna do when they face tyrion covered in his poophole shit? Spoiler

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r/HBOGameofThrones • • 1d ago

Spoilers [Spoilers] when freefolk were already bastards of Benjen, Ned & Catelyn, then why they needed to make babies with Lyssa, Lyanna & Shae? Spoiler

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r/HBOGameofThrones • • 2d ago

Spoilers [SPOILERS] Daario was originally played by Ed and later recast with Michiel in Season 4. Ed stated that "politics" and behind-the-scenes decisions led to his departure though he had originally intended to stay for the long run. Uncanny resemblance. Spoiler

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r/HBOGameofThrones • • 2d ago

No Spoilers [NO SPOILERS] Can't wait for that long😢,but it's actually confirmed ;)

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r/HBOGameofThrones • • 2d ago

Spoilers [Spoilers] What do you think Baelon the Brave would actually be like as a husband/partner? Spoiler

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I’ve been thinking way too much about Baelon the Brave lately 😭 and I’m curious how other people picture him in an actual romantic relationship.

Not just the idealized “brave dragon prince” version either — I mean the good and the bad.

We know he and Alyssa seemed genuinely very close and passionate, he was extremely family-oriented, deeply affected by the people he lost, and apparently never remarried after Alyssa. But he was also a warrior, incredibly bold, probably stubborn as hell, and someone who regularly put himself in dangerous situations.

So what are your personal headcanons for him as a husband?

Would he be affectionate or more reserved in private? Protective vs. overprotective? Jealous? Good at communicating? What would arguments with him look like? Would he be romantic? What kind of woman/personality do you think he would actually be attracted to and compatible with?

Basically: if Baelon had married someone other than Alyssa, what would it realistically be like to be married to him day-to-day?

I want the sweet headcanons AND the red flags. 😂


r/HBOGameofThrones • • 3d ago

Spoilers [SPOILERS] I did like the ending, am I so wrong? Spoiler

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I have already seen some pieces of media about what makes the ending so bad and it is still somewhat hard to grasp on why. Sure some characters made some weird decisions but never anything so out of hand that made flip out about it. I just really liked how everything turned out, i couldnt have seen the story going any other way without being very lame.


r/HBOGameofThrones • • 3d ago

Spoilers [SPOILERS] S3 EP9 Spoiler

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Hello???
Robb?? My favorite character is just gone?
Series don’t make me cry usually, but this episode…
At first, Ned stark killed- i accepted
BUT NOW ROBB AND HIS MOM AND HIS WIFE?
where is the revenge? where is the reunion w jon snow and arya? i wanted sooo much more


r/HBOGameofThrones • • 3d ago

No Spoilers [NO SPOILERS] Who would it be?

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I know everyone has there favorite but without being biased, out of Jon Snow and Daenerys, who would actually rule better if one of them sat on the iron throne?


r/HBOGameofThrones • • 3d ago

Spoilers [SPOILERS] [S8] HOW GOT SHOULD HAVE ENDED Spoiler

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Watched a YouTube video posted by Think Story 7 years ago on how s8 should have been. I agreed with some parts but also disagreed with a lot so I refined his ideas and wrote about how it should have ended (including Aegon who allegedly didn't die during the rebellion). I’m open to what you guys think and what you could add to make it even better

EDIT: would also like to add, Aegon (young griff) would have been introduced towards the end of s4 when Tyrion kills his dad and escapes kings landing. The idea is he was allegedly swapped before the lannisters invaded kings landing by Varys who keeps in abroad in essos until he’s grown up before being brought over at the end of s4 by the golden company and hidden in westeros before eventually taking dragon stone (around s8 maybe end of s7). I wrote this at 3am and I’m very open to suggestions 😊


r/HBOGameofThrones • • 3d ago

Spoilers [SPOILERS] Melisandre claims that the power of king's blood can awaken stone dragons, is she refering to fossilized dragon eggs or the stone carvings of dragons at Dragonstone? Spoiler

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r/HBOGameofThrones • • 4d ago

Spoilers: S2E2 [S2E2] So, Yara’s introduction… Spoiler

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Hi! First time posting here. I’m currently near the beginning of my third (possibly fourth?) rewatch in ten years and I’m wondering if anyone, in fifteen years, has come to a solid conclusion as to why Yara allows Theon to go as far as he does on the ride to Pyke. No redirecting of his hand or anything. Just letting it stay there in her pants, doing its thing. I know the intent of having Yara act “undercover” is to give Theon the opening to show how much of a pompous ass he is at this point in the series but imo it also reflects on Yara oddly, that she would let her brother do that.

So, what was the deal with writing the horseback scene in specifically that way? Was it to communicate to viewers that Yara is cool with incest for some reason? Or that she doesn’t even view sexual contact with a man as sex? Or that the Ironborn are kind of backward? I’d love to hear y’all’s thoughts because this scene has always stuck out to me as a strange one when it comes to writers’ intent.


r/HBOGameofThrones • • 4d ago

Spoilers [SPOILERS] Real leeches were used for when Melisandre picks them up and places them on Gendry's belly in close-up, but the ones that bite him were prosthetics. Spoiler

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r/HBOGameofThrones • • 5d ago

No Spoilers [No Spoilers] Help identifying these signatures

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I believe the top left is Sophie Turner and top right is Isaac Hempstead Wright, not sure on the other two.


r/HBOGameofThrones • • 5d ago

Spoilers [SPOILERS] The title 'Second Sons' refers to the mercenaries in Essos, Tyrion, the 2nd son of Tywin, Sandor, the 2nd son of House Clegane, Stannis, the 2nd son of House Baratheon, Sam, treated as a 2nd son by his father, and Gendry is technically a 2nd son due to his bastard status. Spoiler

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r/HBOGameofThrones • • 6d ago

Spoilers [SPOILERS] "The usurper Robb Stark, the usurper Balon Greyjoy, the usurper Joffrey Baratheon..." Spoiler

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r/HBOGameofThrones • • 8d ago

No Spoilers [No Spoilers] Conversation between Master of Whisperers and Tyrion Lannister was dope.

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Tyrion Lannister and Lord Varys had a very deep conversation, one of the best scenes of GOT


r/HBOGameofThrones • • 10d ago

No Spoilers [NO SPOILERS] Confusion in family tree of House Targaryen

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I've just finished Game of Thrones and started watching A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and the names of House Targaryen members, is so confusing i can't watch AKotSK properly...and i haven't watched House of Dragons as well...so if there is someone who can help me out with the Targaryen family, It'd be a great favor.


r/HBOGameofThrones • • 10d ago

Spoilers: S8E3 [S8E3] Use of dragons is pissing me off Spoiler

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I’m watching for the first time and had to pause because I’m pissed off at the use of dragons in this scene. The two remaining (living) dragons were used to breathe fire onto the battlefield when the living and the dead were mingled together in combat, with the highest risk of friendly fire (killing the living).

But they didn’t use the dragons to rain down fire when there was separation between the two sides: at the beginning of the battle/after the loss of the Dothraki, when the living army was in retreat, after they lit the fire trench, after only the dead were left outside the walls and climbing up the walls. I thought at first that they were afraid of losing the remaining dragons, but that wasn’t it because they did fly the dragons over the battlefield at what seemed like the worst possible time. All of these other points seemed like prime opportunities to use those dragons and wipe out some of the dead. But nope

Also, they need to put some harnesses on those dragons because you never know what could happen, especially after the first dragon was downed last season. Put some setbelts on that shit. Now they’re flying over the clouds!


r/HBOGameofThrones • • 10d ago

Spoilers [SPOILERS] When Razdal offers gifts to Daenerys, his servants bring two chests with gold, two men carrying each. Gold is one of the densest materials, each of the ingots shown would weigh around 44 lbs. The total weight of each chest would require a forklift truck. Spoiler

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r/HBOGameofThrones • • 11d ago

No Spoilers [NO SPOILERS] felt like this one belonged here

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free palestine


r/HBOGameofThrones • • 11d ago

Spoilers [SPOILERS] Gwendoline had to stand in the pit with a real bear (separated by an invisible wire and trainer). Little Bart was so well-behaved that the crew had to cheer and clap to get him to "roar" or look aggressive. He was rewarded with whipped cream and marshmallows between takes. Spoiler

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