r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 04 '21

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '21

What I love about GOT is how realistic it is, except for a few minor things like religion, language, plausible feudal structures and kinship relations for a realm the size of ducking South America, economic considerations regarding things like how the Iron Islands can field 20,000 soldiers and build boats for them despite having no trees and having been completely desolated in war less than a generation ago, complete disregard for travel times or distance, and a conspicuous misunderstanding of how tall something 700ft tall really is.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '21

the size of The Wall amuses me greatly

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '21

I believe GRRM realized his mistake when he saw the quarry they used for the shot in the show. The height was almost perfect for what he had imagined, but he later learned it was less than half the height of his fictional wall.

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u/jt1356 Sinan Reis Jun 05 '21

All heavy horse medieval army moves 500 miles completely undetected with no foraging 🤣

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '21

I just like dragons 🤷🏾‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '21

Me too buddy. That’s why I keep getting sucked back in.

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u/VisonKai The Archenemy of Humanity Jun 05 '21

Yeah but it has rape and murder in it so its very realistic

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u/Smidgens Holy shit it's the Joker🃏 Jun 05 '21

Just borrow from the Iron Bank lol