A look at Barristan the Bold a.k.a Ser Grandfather, the sworn sword of Queen Daenerys Targaryen and a lifelong badass. The Season 5 - Episode 5 "Kill the Boy" Rewind.
In my opinion, the biggest mistake the show producers make is kill off Ser Barristan. He's like literally the most shitwrecking badass in the world in the book, even though advanced in age. And I love how he is portrayed. The face, the voice, the attitude, everything is perfect. As Kevin says, he really is Obi Wan Kenobi-ish.
The actor for barristan actually had read the books and thought it was wrong for his character to be killed off so early so he wrote a letter to D&D about it and there’s an interview of them talking about the letter and laughing about how it made them want to kill him off even more.
@@DontGoogleDinosaurWith500Teeth in the books, his statement is even closer to what you say. "Here, boy. Melt it down and add it to the others, if you like. It will do you more good than the swords in the hands of these five. Perhaps Lord Stannis will chance to sit on it when he takes your throne."
9:13 Watch the Hound when Ser Barristan draws his sword. The Hound lays his hand on the hilt of his own weapon even though there's four kingsguards between the throne and Ser Barristan. *That's* how dangerous the man is.
he deserved so much better than getting cut down by the dumb ass sons of the harpy. He is one of my favorite book characters. i was so pissed when he died
Escape From Camel i agree with that. If I was him, I would take Cerseis offer and live my life like I never did before, would marry a good wife and make my house and name great by buying land, and recruiting soldiers and banner man. House Barristan would be the new warden of the storms end and someday King of westeros in future. But nah, Selmy rather liked kissing asses of some noble fools instead of making his house great.
Mr. Soprano It's called taking pride & honor in the vow he took, to become the Kingsguard. Two things which were considered of utmost importance in the time period to which Thrones is based upon. To do what you say, would go against everything he stood for. And his record still stood, even after death, he never lost a bout of single combat.
O.G.H Cerci offered her son Tommen to Margery look what she did to their entire family.. She makes many promises but can't keep one.. "Only a fool would trust her!" Selmy was no fool..
I think the show are overdoing the fact that they kill off everyone. Barristan was supposed to be a fucking legend and we barely got to see that. Shame. The actor was great playing him too really wish we got to see more of him
***** exactly! If they kill off characters which are lets say not as legendary i.e. mance rayder, I didn't care so much. But killing off barristan selmy was very fucking annoying
In the books whenever Joffrey kicks him out of the King's guard, Selmy kills two City Watch on his way out of King's Landing - without a damn sword. lol
The one caracter that should NEVER have died. I would have love to see him to the shows conclusion if a new king of queen would be crowned. A rightious and careing one, Befitting a Kingsguard who holds the same values.
if he would've stayed alive, he would've kept Dany kind, he was one of the few ones who treated her gently, without being afraid of her. She would've listened to him and Jorah, and would've become an amazing queen
I agree, he took a lot of them out, given his surroundings. The music, the fight choreography ... I personally felt it all worked and he did indeed die a knight
he should've championed for daenarys instead of daario, and should've gotten some good fighting action in the pit once the harpies came out. unfortunately they killed him off in an absolutely useless scene.
He's a cool character but he's not very interesting. He's a master swordsman in a show about political intrigue. He's kinda boring, the interesting bits about him happen around him, not to him.
I would've loved to see Sir barriston cut down the king's guard members in the throne room when daenerys takes the 7 kingdoms, would be such justice to see him destroy them, even at his age
9:14 I like how Ser Barriston look at Janos and realise he was laughing and immediately pull the sword after that. Like "This bloody coward of all people dare to laugh at me"
“Each time your father killed someone it made him feel powerful and right, until the very end.” - Why do I feel like this is foreshadowing for all of Dany’s smugness we’ve been seeing lately?
I've not yet read all the books, but on learning of Selmy's continued survival there (and reading his *epic* battle speech in the latest book) I both understood why his death in the show felt so pointless (five years building the guy up and then that?!) and empty. Such a shame, as Ian did an amazing job and I kept waiting for the episode when we'd finally pay off all the hype around Selmy! :( Still, at least he was treated with more respect than Stannis.
Ever heard of Muslim general Khalid ibn al Walid. Fought dozens of pitched battles against the Persians and Romans, never losing one, but died in his sleep in his bed.
Darian Safiran ever heard about Tormund Giantsbane? At 10 he killed a giant, and suckled a giants tits milk and in one night, a bear attacked him when he slept, but he opened his eyes and fooked the bear. He still lives.
Really like your videos man. Minimal commentation, Maximum re-watch/reminder value. Very handy for getting into the depth and breadth of each characters arc .
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As good as Greyworm is with a spear, it can be a liability in confined spaces. Even the Greek hoplites, expert spearmen, carried short stabbing swords for close work.
That’s how a man like that should go down ... fighting for what he believes in, for who he believes in. He didn’t have to like it, but I bet he entered his house justified.
I've spent my life studying military and martial arts in the hope of becoming a man like Ser Bariston. He's just a character but a great character. I still hope to be like him some day.
I always thought Ser Barristan was a bit of a coward for not siding with Eddard Stark when Cercei clearly usurped the throne by ignoring Robert's final decree. If Barristan had sided with Stark that day then we could've potentially had a different outcome to the whole story, provided the other Kingsguard followed him.
You are both being a bit ignorant here... when Barristan didn't side with Ned it wasn't because he was a coward... he did it because his only fault was being too loyal. He refused to break his vow under any circumstances. He was bound to the king and he took his vows VERY seriously.
He had already vowed to Joffrey so he had to uphold his vow The situation would have changed if littlefinger didn’t set Ned up or Janos dodnt betray Ned. Bariston likely wouldn’t have been killed by neds orders and if all went to plan Ned would become king, likely handing the throne to stannis after Joffrey was killed
@@petesthename1588 Since the vow to Joffrey was illegal he indeed broke the vow he gave to Robert. If the former king declared wishes regarding his successor, it doesn't matter what the heir says to that. Barristan had to follow Robert's last order in that matter, but he was afraid to do it.
If only Ser Barristan had been at her side in the final season. We would have seen a different Danaerys. He seemed to know how to tame the Targaryen madness. I loved their relationship. Two fantastic actors 👏🏻 👏🏻
This is still my greatest beef with the show. All the other small changes I shrugged off for sake of time, but this one just still boils me, ser barristan is in charge of meeren and preparing to fight in the books as we speak. I mean it’s taken forever to get another book but we have gotten more chapters from him so he’s still alive. They did him so wrong!
They didn't know how to write his character arc so they axed him, same with Baelish & Varys. They axed tons of characters they didn't know how to write right after the source material ended... Jon, Dany, Tyrion, Cersei, Jaime, all the Stark pups, etc.
I have seen a couple of your video already and they are pretty good. My sincere compliments. I hope you dont mind when I say this: Please fix your mic, it is extremely bad and I can just understand enough of what you are saying while the video is on. Image how good your videos will be when you get a better mic. Thanks for the upload.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Barristan Selmy was a part of the small council in the books. He backed up Ned Stark in regards to the Targaryen siblings being killed and therefore knew Ser Jorah was involved.
He was only killed in the show because the actor was fighting cancer and couldn’t continue filming. The fact he did as much as he did to give the character an ending shows how badass he was. He is currently in remission
@@harvey7288 Apparently he tried to get them to not kill Barristan, because he knew he was still around in the books, but that just made them even more eager to kill him off.
4:03 first time I’ve noticed that this scene is an early hint that Rhaegar didn’t rape Lyanna. Barristan didn’t make that story up, and a man willing to sing to the poor wouldn’t rape a women.
I have a feeling Ser Barristan was meant to be the "final boss" of the series. Being a man of honor who refused to ever break his oath under any circumstances, he still would've defended Daenerys to the end even after she went mad and genocidal, meaning that whoever the stories final hero is (presumably Jon Snow) would have to first go through him to stop her.
Idk why I always end up watching things related to ser barristan selmy as his death always brings a tear to my eye as imo it perfectly portrays the type of man/knight he was that he was able to take out as many SOH as he did before succumbing to his wounds once grey worm stabs the last one
@ 16:55 when he tells her about her father, the truth even now as she's becoming less predictable and more stubborn (the perhaps TOO subtle descent to madness), is not only one of the best short dialogues in terms of timing and tide shifting, but this is why his death was a far more massive loss (than her buddy who talks about massages and translates (eg she'd be replaced with an iphone, which finally begins her cray) than the show made it, or the viewer made of it. He never gave bad advice and was arguably the greatest fighter on the planet. He'd have sliced Jorah and Dario at the same time, this dude is Sir Arthur Dayne for 6 decades, and he warned her. He knew HER family, AND her enemy's family and their respective histories (Tywin to the Starks) and respect. If Barriston lived and creepy Jorah would get a little bootie, perhaps the entire "Game" would change.
I'm kind of new to your channel, but I would say now in season 8 and even before that the two people who I think are the very definition of what it is to be a true Knight, who are wise and who are very honorable are Barristan Selmy and Brienne of Tarth. Both are bad asses and both will speak truth even if it is not what a person wants to hear.
She'd have took kings landing episode 1 of season 7 if Barristan was still alive. She went from having the greatest ever knight and military genius, as well as Jorah an ex knight, a war veteran who had a great mind for strategy and politics in Westeros. To having brean dead (post season 4) Tyrion and treacherous Varys. They cost her everything. As well as Jon Snow.
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In my opinion, the biggest mistake the show producers make is kill off Ser Barristan. He's like literally the most shitwrecking badass in the world in the book, even though advanced in age. And I love how he is portrayed. The face, the voice, the attitude, everything is perfect. As Kevin says, he really is Obi Wan Kenobi-ish.
t moore well he’ll probably die off in following book
He succumbed to the disease of bored writing.
@@DaSquareful as stannis
The actor for barristan actually had read the books and thought it was wrong for his character to be killed off so early so he wrote a letter to D&D about it and there’s an interview of them talking about the letter and laughing about how it made them want to kill him off even more.
@@ChickenJoe12 that is f***ed up
"here boy" the man who talked down a king and lived.
What about tyrion?
@@manuraariyathilake3106 only because he was family barristan was an exception
The throne is made of swords of the king's enemies. He's opening telling him he is the crowns enemy and walks right out. What a badass.
Also Tywin...and Ned if you count his various jabs at Robert Baratheon
@@DontGoogleDinosaurWith500Teeth in the books, his statement is even closer to what you say.
"Here, boy. Melt it down and add it to the others, if you like. It will do you more good than the swords in the hands of these five. Perhaps Lord Stannis will chance to sit on it when he takes your throne."
"He was a painter, a painter who only used red."
If people knew he chose her as queen , I think wester would've surrendered more quickly
And that's period :-P
Not dead in the books.
John Simms New book yet NOT released
Only dead in the show because the actor was fighting cancer and couldn’t continue filming
@@CloudslnMyCoffee I think you're speaking about Ilyn Payne. Barristan Selmy got killed because D&D are fucking jerks
Yet !!
@@CloudslnMyCoffee No, he actually is angry that they killed his character. He wanted to play his role longer, as it is in the books
9:13 Watch the Hound when Ser Barristan draws his sword. The Hound lays his hand on the hilt of his own weapon even though there's four kingsguards between the throne and Ser Barristan. *That's* how dangerous the man is.
+Ellen Lee "was
+Zac Sells He's alive in the books.
+Joker0002710 with a whole battle before him
+Ellen Lee Literally everyone in the throne roomed tensed up!
Ellen Lee
Little finger pissed his pants after Selmy drew his weapon... Suddenly, NOBODY was laughing anymore.. Amazing what FEAR can do to people...
He may not be one of the main characters, but Ser Barristan Selmy will always be one of my favorite characters.
Thank you, thank you!
+Ser Barristan Selmy you the man
+Brandon Troia Thank you! I do appreciate that!
Him, Jorah, Ned, Blackfish, men who could hold their own & fight with honour!
he deserved so much better than getting cut down by the dumb ass sons of the harpy. He is one of my favorite book characters. i was so pissed when he died
sir barristan cut down 14 harpies like craving a cake.
+tness93 Then the cake killed him.
+tness93 Craving a cake. Lmao.
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diabetus
I have a sudden urge for cake
honestly, Barristan died like he predicted: like a goddamn badass knight
+Michael Kenis
That's what he wanted, to die fighting while he had strenght, instead of passing away in castle out of old age.
"in halls to die in, with men to bury me" - he definitly wanted this type of badass death, yes! :)
Escape From Camel i agree with that. If I was him, I would take Cerseis offer and live my life like I never did before, would marry a good wife and make my house and name great by buying land, and recruiting soldiers and banner man. House Barristan would be the new warden of the storms end and someday King of westeros in future. But nah, Selmy rather liked kissing asses of some noble fools instead of making his house great.
Mr. Soprano
It's called taking pride & honor in the vow he took, to become the Kingsguard.
Two things which were considered of utmost importance in the time period to which Thrones is based upon.
To do what you say, would go against everything he stood for.
And his record still stood, even after death, he never lost a bout of single combat.
O.G.H Cerci offered her son Tommen to Margery look what she did to their entire family.. She makes many promises but can't keep one.. "Only a fool would trust her!" Selmy was no fool..
The fact that we never actually see Ser Barristan Selmy in true action makes it more intense as to imagining how good he was.
I think the show are overdoing the fact that they kill off everyone. Barristan was supposed to be a fucking legend and we barely got to see that. Shame. The actor was great playing him too really wish we got to see more of him
yeah....which I's doubly sad because in the books he ain't dead
***** exactly! If they kill off characters which are lets say not as legendary i.e. mance rayder, I didn't care so much. But killing off barristan selmy was very fucking annoying
Mance WAS legendary though. In the books he is not dead.
We're due a badass battle in the next book at least, he's meant to lead all the forces out of Mereen in a last charge
Ace Diamond couldn't agree more
In the books whenever Joffrey kicks him out of the King's guard, Selmy kills two City Watch on his way out of King's Landing - without a damn sword. lol
You said ”whenever” as if it’s a weekly thing or something. 😄
Johannes Askehov lol I meant at the moment in which
A staff and a knife vs two city watch who are pretty good. Fucks them up.
The one caracter that should NEVER have died. I would have love to see him to the shows conclusion if a new king of queen would be crowned. A rightious and careing one, Befitting a Kingsguard who holds the same values.
At least he died before the writing got extremely stale and didnt die offscreen like some of the good characters
if he would've stayed alive, he would've kept Dany kind, he was one of the few ones who treated her gently, without being afraid of her. She would've listened to him and Jorah, and would've become an amazing queen
Barristan Selmy.
The obi wan Kenobi of Game of Thrones.
Hmm..
But he didn't have the high ground
@@Lizzy-olivan lol, best comment
Hello chief
well in the end./..he cut through the five of them and them some. like carving a cake XD
I always thought Selmy's death was badly done but re-watching he did take out at least 12 of them 1 after the other. Few fighters could do that.
Especially considering his age. Imagine the man in his prime.
I agree, he took a lot of them out, given his surroundings. The music, the fight choreography ... I personally felt it all worked and he did indeed die a knight
Good point but he’s also supposed to be one of, if not the greatest killer alive.
Didn't even have his armor on.. Beastmode activated
@@darth856 Especially considering he had no armor or any kind of protective gear on
9:09 little finger: hahahahahahah
9:25 little finger: wtf did I just say
9:25 varys: you fucking idiot
Warriors rarely grow old , only the great ones do ...
the great ones die young. The shit ones die young. The ones in the middle tend to live the longest
Ser Barristan had honor at every step of his life. We should all be so bold.
Except when he caved into Cersei's pressure when she ripped up Robert's decree.
@@spendingtimetogether8428 he’s sworn to defend the king’s family (and Joffrey was made the new king) so he would’ve had to obey them.
The fact that a badass character like Ser Barristan Selmy only got 20 minutes of screentime reflects poorly on the directors.
he should've championed for daenarys instead of daario, and should've gotten some good fighting action in the pit once the harpies came out. unfortunately they killed him off in an absolutely useless scene.
Tacitus1990 Not the directors, the writers. The writers write the senario for each episode.
Some of his screen time is missing from the video.
He's a cool character but he's not very interesting. He's a master swordsman in a show about political intrigue. He's kinda boring, the interesting bits about him happen around him, not to him.
Barristan, Ned and John the most honorable men in Westeros.
I would've loved to see Sir barriston cut down the king's guard members in the throne room when daenerys takes the 7 kingdoms, would be such justice to see him destroy them, even at his age
Adam bailie got some bad news bud
Adam bailie yeah Sandor got there first mate
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Not sure of the outcome but that scene would've been wicked!
9:14
I like how Ser Barriston look at Janos and realise he was laughing and immediately pull the sword after that. Like "This bloody coward of all people dare to laugh at me"
Stannis may be the Mannis but BarriSTAN is the MAN.
***** Yes and alive and well in the books :-(
***** I think so as well. Of course in both cases it will be in very different circumstances.
Show Stannis is an idiot who burns his own daughter.. Who also has his own brother killed.. Who with her mother is at the wall in the book..
@T Sing he was good but D&D fucked his storyline in season 5!
@T Sing lol stannis is the good king you moron .
The way Ser Barristan's sword rings out when he pulls it to 'carve through you like a cake' is freakin awesome.
Barriston made his sword SING!
You’ve got to be a true badass to have lived as long as Barristan in Game of Thrones as a knight, warrior, or soldier.
Respect your elders!
Beware the old man in profession where men die young, literally the oldest knight there is for reason
"He died in an alley, butchered by D&D the cowards!"
Damn, he deserved so much better :(
Sir Barriston and Sir Jorah were the Dragon Queen's best advisors.
It's a damn shame we didn't get to see Jamie and Ser Barristan show off they real fighting skills.
Hearing Barristan reminisce on Rhaegar's singing days was sooooooo awesome.
Only 20 minutes of screen time??? He was too epic and badass, he should have survived!
Everyone in that room shat themselves when he drew his blade lol
“Each time your father killed someone it made him feel powerful and right, until the very end.” - Why do I feel like this is foreshadowing for all of Dany’s smugness we’ve been seeing lately?
Anyone else notice the incredibly dignified way he walked out of the throne room after being relieved? That's swagger.
Barristan is still alive in the books y'all. Better start readin'
Selmy: Lawfully Good. Danny: Chaotically neutral.
I've not yet read all the books, but on learning of Selmy's continued survival there (and reading his *epic* battle speech in the latest book) I both understood why his death in the show felt so pointless (five years building the guy up and then that?!) and empty. Such a shame, as Ian did an amazing job and I kept waiting for the episode when we'd finally pay off all the hype around Selmy! :( Still, at least he was treated with more respect than Stannis.
Stannis had his killed his own brother for power.. Show Stannis burns his daughter alive.. Yet some people like him..
Stannis actor hated the show too
Great warriors never die in their beds
Yani Stefanov nor in stupid shows
Barristan still lives in the books
Yani Stefanov That is not true, I want to die at 80 fucking a woman who is 20, So I can cum and go at the same time.
Ever heard of Muslim general Khalid ibn al Walid. Fought dozens of pitched battles against the Persians and Romans, never losing one, but died in his sleep in his bed.
Darian Safiran ever heard about Tormund Giantsbane? At 10 he killed a giant, and suckled a giants tits milk and in one night, a bear attacked him when he slept, but he opened his eyes and fooked the bear. He still lives.
@@frederickace LMFAO YO YOU WIN THE INTERNET😂🤣
"Ive won more single combats than any man alive" Thats a bold statement
He went out like a G
Damn straight.
biggest letdown off the show that they killed off this guy, hands down what a shame
and in a bloody alley robbing us of his speech!
rebaz olai yeah your neo agget
King Robert and ser Barriston’s relationship is so wholesome ❤❤❤😂😂😂.. best actually
Credit to you man for putting all these together, I cannot Imagine how long these take to do lol.
Barristan Selmy was one of the few decent men in Game of Thrones.
Really like your videos man. Minimal commentation, Maximum re-watch/reminder value. Very handy for getting into the depth and breadth of each characters arc .
You put it perfectly!
Agreed. Well said
Barristans death made me like him and greyworm alot both are epic
Very scary to see an old man playing a young man's game where young men die. Think that's says enough about his skill
Truth
If I could bring back a character in Game of Thrones it would be definitely Ser Barristan Selmy and Eddard stark but thats a different story.
This is great. I love these rewinds
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I liked sir baristan until he sat there an ignored the last wish of the king he failed and let Ned be captured
It was Barristan's only real fault... he upheld his vows under all circumstances.
I agree. That would've have never happened with the Kingsguard. They would've never went against the Kings Sealed word.
Kevin GT; I've been looking for scenes of particular characters lately (like not wanting to do a full-blown re-watch right now and still wanting to see a lot of my favorite moments) and if I see your video as an option, I always choose it.
Thank you!
Kevin, well done with all the rewinds!!
One of my favourite characters, up there with Ayra and The Hound... shame he got killed off, would have liked to have seen him back in kings landing.
I cried when he died. He was amazing
Total letdown.
The two characters that i wish would have lived up to the books the most are Euron and Selmy.
That was tragic as fuck.
Jorah wasn’t wrong when he said she’s fighting to be Queen if Westeros and not Kings Landing.
As good as Greyworm is with a spear, it can be a liability in confined spaces. Even the Greek hoplites, expert spearmen, carried short stabbing swords for close work.
great compilation video
10:05 *The obi-wan Kenobi look* hahaha
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That’s how a man like that should go down ... fighting for what he believes in, for who he believes in. He didn’t have to like it, but I bet he entered his house justified.
He was probably my favorite character in the show, next to Ser Jorah, John Snow and Olenna Tyrell
Man, the musical score during Ser Barristan's fight to the death was so epic. I can only hope my death will have such a bomb track.
when i look back Varys is a dangerous man in the seven kingdom and till now...
Excellent video
★★★★★ Outstanding, thank you so much for sharing
thx bud. happy new year
I've spent my life studying military and martial arts in the hope of becoming a man like Ser Bariston. He's just a character but a great character. I still hope to be like him some day.
Shows how they value a man of honor. Just like my boy Ned Stark smh.
0:57
Robert: Do you remember your first kill? Who was it?
Selmy: Master Roshi. Never liked the name.
He's such a daddy too!
I always thought Ser Barristan was a bit of a coward for not siding with Eddard Stark when Cercei clearly usurped the throne by ignoring Robert's final decree. If Barristan had sided with Stark that day then we could've potentially had a different outcome to the whole story, provided the other Kingsguard followed him.
You are both being a bit ignorant here... when Barristan didn't side with Ned it wasn't because he was a coward... he did it because his only fault was being too loyal. He refused to break his vow under any circumstances. He was bound to the king and he took his vows VERY seriously.
He had already vowed to Joffrey so he had to uphold his vow
The situation would have changed if littlefinger didn’t set Ned up or Janos dodnt betray Ned. Bariston likely wouldn’t have been killed by neds orders and if all went to plan Ned would become king, likely handing the throne to stannis after Joffrey was killed
@@petesthename1588 Since the vow to Joffrey was illegal he indeed broke the vow he gave to Robert. If the former king declared wishes regarding his successor, it doesn't matter what the heir says to that. Barristan had to follow Robert's last order in that matter, but he was afraid to do it.
@@OhmeinGottVIIC I'd never call Barristan a coward, the man literally tried to fight a dragon in book 5, but I agree he failed in his duty there.
9:20 I would very much have liked to see that.
If only Ser Barristan had been at her side in the final season. We would have seen a different Danaerys. He seemed to know how to tame the Targaryen madness.
I loved their relationship. Two fantastic actors 👏🏻 👏🏻
This is still my greatest beef with the show. All the other small changes I shrugged off for sake of time, but this one just still boils me, ser barristan is in charge of meeren and preparing to fight in the books as we speak. I mean it’s taken forever to get another book but we have gotten more chapters from him so he’s still alive. They did him so wrong!
They didn't know how to write his character arc so they axed him, same with Baelish & Varys. They axed tons of characters they didn't know how to write right after the source material ended... Jon, Dany, Tyrion, Cersei, Jaime, all the Stark pups, etc.
Ace of bad asses right here great one KEVIN GT
One of the best characters. I would love to see a prequel about his story and friendship with Rheagar.
I have seen a couple of your video already and they are pretty good. My sincere compliments. I hope you dont mind when I say this: Please fix your mic, it is extremely bad and I can just understand enough of what you are saying while the video is on. Image how good your videos will be when you get a better mic.
Thanks for the upload.
What happened to the rest of the rewinds? I can't seem to find the journey series anymore
breaks my heart that you cant monetize these Kevin... i saw you had a Patreon going - cant contribute, but i wish all the best.
Here boy! Melt it down and add it to the others! Barristan the Badass
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Barristan Selmy was a part of the small council in the books. He backed up Ned Stark in regards to the Targaryen siblings being killed and therefore knew Ser Jorah was involved.
Jorah was informing to Varys. I don't think anyone in the small council was aware that it was Jorah doing the informing.
Yeah, I distinctly remember Selmy being there when Ned and Robert were argueing about the Targaryen siblings. They had a vote.
Robert didn’t permit Ser Barristan to attend the majority of small council meetings
In the series he didn't, but he was in the meetings throughout the first book.
Despite being heavily armored as a King's Guard, Barristan's talents made him one of the most talented Rogues in fiction to date.
HOLY SH*T! This man went out like 2021 Duncan Idaho 😮😮
He was only killed in the show because the actor was fighting cancer and couldn’t continue filming. The fact he did as much as he did to give the character an ending shows how badass he was. He is currently in remission
I think Your thinking of Ilyn Payne. Ian McElhinney (ser barristan) has said how annoyed he was about being killed off so early
@@harvey7288 Apparently he tried to get them to not kill Barristan, because he knew he was still around in the books, but that just made them even more eager to kill him off.
Kevin GT here doing Selmy an honour!
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Barristan and Jorah pairing is the same classic duo cop couple we all love from Pod and Brienne, Clegane and Arya and Bronn and Jaime.
4:03 first time I’ve noticed that this scene is an early hint that Rhaegar didn’t rape Lyanna. Barristan didn’t make that story up, and a man willing to sing to the poor wouldn’t rape a women.
Selmy went down like a boss
My favorite character. Loved his work so much. I believed he was a badass, honorably KNIGHT!!! Like Brienne, my second favorite character.
I have a feeling Ser Barristan was meant to be the "final boss" of the series. Being a man of honor who refused to ever break his oath under any circumstances, he still would've defended Daenerys to the end even after she went mad and genocidal, meaning that whoever the stories final hero is (presumably Jon Snow) would have to first go through him to stop her.
Idk why I always end up watching things related to ser barristan selmy as his death always brings a tear to my eye as imo it perfectly portrays the type of man/knight he was that he was able to take out as many SOH as he did before succumbing to his wounds once grey worm stabs the last one
What happened to all your other videos ? Struck?
I love this character so much
@ 16:55 when he tells her about her father, the truth even now as she's becoming less predictable and more stubborn (the perhaps TOO subtle descent to madness), is not only one of the best short dialogues in terms of timing and tide shifting, but this is why his death was a far more massive loss (than her buddy who talks about massages and translates (eg she'd be replaced with an iphone, which finally begins her cray) than the show made it, or the viewer made of it.
He never gave bad advice and was arguably the greatest fighter on the planet. He'd have sliced Jorah and Dario at the same time, this dude is Sir Arthur Dayne for 6 decades, and he warned her. He knew HER family, AND her enemy's family and their respective histories (Tywin to the Starks) and respect. If Barriston lived and creepy Jorah would get a little bootie, perhaps the entire "Game" would change.
nice video kevin
I'm kind of new to your channel, but I would say now in season 8 and even before that the two people who I think are the very definition of what it is to be a true Knight, who are wise and who are very honorable are Barristan Selmy and Brienne of Tarth. Both are bad asses and both will speak truth even if it is not what a person wants to hear.
Is it correct to say real feast of the story is in prequel of GoT, HoTD? I'm waiting to see wars by Sir Barristan, Robert Barathion and Ned Stark....
She'd have took kings landing episode 1 of season 7 if Barristan was still alive. She went from having the greatest ever knight and military genius, as well as Jorah an ex knight, a war veteran who had a great mind for strategy and politics in Westeros. To having brean dead (post season 4) Tyrion and treacherous Varys. They cost her everything. As well as Jon Snow.
went out like a champ.
Ser Barristan was like a modern day google, very wise and full of stories