@@S1rWakka Any competent military can defeat ISIS, they only lasted so long cause Syrias army was preoccupied with a civil war and Iraq's army deserted en mass
@@ObsidianKnight217 ah, gotcha. Spent some time in Managua almost a decade ago, the grandfather of the family whose place i stayed at had a machete set aside for any unwanted guests
No. He said it was boring. Some of the greatest minds are capable of recording information well and accurately but lack a poetic flare to keep even the most devoted reader interested.
Ohhh, this type of stuff was golden. Two intelletcuals and an experienced sellsword, engaging in conversation and battle planning. I could seriously watch an entire episode on just those three talking. It truly aches my heart to know what their characters are reduced to in the final seasons :(
Michael, Dwight and Kevin plan the defense of kings landing. Michael immeadately bails, Dwight comes up with a ridiculous and elaborate plan that fails the moment stannis lands and Kevin steals all the donuts and holes up in a remote part of the city.
I think any sort of "high council" needs an occams razor type person like Bronn. Someone to simplify and remind people not to overcomplicate things. He knew what the problems really were and would be.
Not just in feudal courts. Any corporate structure needs a straight talker who won’t spend thousands to figure out the obvious. The problem is that honesty and pragmatism don’t really push you up the food chain. If people like Bronn were allowed in board rooms, consultancy firms wouldn’t even exist 😂
@@jackzimmy8461 I've said it once before and I'll say it again... corporations are essentially just modern day aristocracies. Within corporate structures, flattery and bullshitting are usually rewarded. Not actually good leaders. And the shareholders making decisions in boardrooms are only there because they were able to buy their way in. They are literally not required to have any knowledge/skills... just a shit ton of money. Sounds like a nobility class to me. No wonder why private industry is so inefficient at everything tbh... and no wonder the few companies that are actually democratically run (Worker Co-Ops) tend to have better chances at long term success and be more resistant to economic crises.
Knowing Varys, I've no doubt he was standing in that doorway many sentences before he actually walked in. Quietly eavesdropping. Old habits probably die hard.
It's the small details that make the writing golden. Varys walking in and saying the name of the author correctly, only for Tyrion to give Bronn that "Fcking told you so!" glance. It's just easy, natural and economical storytelling.
I love how when Varys enters, Tyrion is still trying to figure out of how the spelling correlated to Bronns pronounciation. You can see his lips moving as he reads the name over and over again and don't really care Varys is entering.
@@mahdiahmed4717 Bronn did it when the city was about to be under siege and circunstances were dire, while Daemon did it in a time of peace and pulled a lot of random people from the streets (many of whom probably weren't guilty) and maimed them for fun.
"Have you ever been in a city under siege?" Look at Varys' face, he's already internally conceded the point, he's just waiting for Bronn to finish his point as he's the one who knows best.
I bet Tyrion felt at the time that it was the worst and most stressful time of his life. Being alone, with no previous military or siege or ruling experiences, and forced to figure out how to prepare a whole city and its defenses for an attack from a much higher force, commanded by a seasoned general. While all the inhabitants ungratefully and fully depended on him to save them from being in all likelihood sacked and raped and killed in masses. And all the while having to answer to a hateful sister and nephew. Who, along with their groveling followers and their Kingsguard, not only were oblivious and useless and incompetent, but were almost openly against him and could potentially at any moment find out about his secret lover and make him never know what was done with her, or use her in the worst ways against him. And yet... He was at the prime of his physical integrity, which he still had. At the sharpest, though perhaps not the wisest, of his witty political mind, which was still not weathered nor beaten by guilt and inner conflict and life. Empowered and trusted by a father who had never done so before. Missed by a brother who still loved him. Loved every night by a very "skillful" lover who was still totally devoted and loyal to him. Accompanied by the best and most reliable and most protective squire ever, as it would soon be proven, who he still had. Counselled and assisted by his most competent and arguably best friends in the world, who still fully had his back. And constantly having the upper hand on his haters, who still couldnt humiliate or destroy him. Oh my dear Tyrion, how could you have known that this was actually the best time of your life, and that it would all change so suddenly, and would unlikely ever come back...
Because the book Tyrion ends at the capture by the slavers. Everything else after that was made up by the show writers who are good at adapting from the source material, but can't write their own material for shit. The lack of book material explains why the show went rapidly downhill from season 6 onwards.
@@bigsmall246 Wrong, they know how the book series is planned to end. GRR Martin gave them all of his source matierial or enough that they knew the basic and 2ndary story points. They did what all transactional individuals do. They milked GOT for all it was worth then when they thought they had Star Wars lined up they dropped it like a burning sack of shit, they did this with Rome as well. The 2nd season while still good is at warp speed plays out just like the last 3 seasons of GOT.
@ 1:37 Varys slinking in from the dark, having dropped an eaves on the entire conversation, knowing his timing with perfection, a true player of the game.
When he said “it’s a shame Archmaester Ch’Vyalthan wasn’t a better writer.” Subtle intimidation that he hears everything and knows everything, he was such an OP character.
I love how when Varys concedes that Bronn's tactics have a point, he starts cutting his hands again as if to say "I won", but then Varys names the archmaester and Tyrion is like "yeah, well I won that one. Maybe my wildfire plan is going to work."
@@Cesare-Borgia They were talking about something else as Varys approached, then they again talked about the thieves, and then Varys looked at the open pages, said "aaah" and then mentioned the title and author. That looks EXACTLY like someone recognising something he just saw.
@@shyguy9102Well it’s sort of like Middle Earth isn’t it? A fictional what-if take on some ancient past of our planet, where the layout of the continents was so very different.
The small details of this show were so good, I loved that moment where Tyrion tried to pronounce the name of the author with Bronn “correcting” him then Varys coming in, saying it correctly, and Tyrion gesturing at Bronn. It all felt so real and natural like they’re actual people interacting, plus we’ve all been there
love the unspoken dialogues going on in these scenes "we could throw books at them" --> you lords dont seem to have much of a clue about fighting "we dont have that many books" --> i might be a desktop noble but im not stupid "we dont have that many men either" ---> either way we are screwed
1:52 This line is even funnier if you read the books because it says that Varys actually started out as a common thief in Essos before making his way to the Red Keep.
if i was varys i would have responded in a more sarcastic way like : "better ! we could throw men at their books" but then again, i would have not lived long in this universe for sure.
@@hydewhyte4364 or that certain name have multiple different yet accurate spellings and pronunciations. For example Hercules is Heracles but also valid are Heracle, Hercle and some other names that don't start with H.
@@toomanyaccounts so I just looked it up Hercules is the roman spelling Heracles is the greek spelling moral of the story: romans are pantheon-stealing cunts
its relevant in multiple societies due to how languages can change drastically in a hundred years. medieval Japanese is incomprehensible to modern Japanese@@MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD
Actually, keeping your hands clean is standard army training: th-cam.com/video/k4eMhddTPg4/w-d-xo.html Yes, now I get that although the video I linked you was from modern military standards, Bron has been shown time and time again to be much more knowledgeable than your average cutthroat. He could have known the value of good hygiene.
Bronn: “Me and the lads rounded up all the known thieves.” Tyrion: “For questioning?” Bronn: “Ah, no.” Varys: (well shit, I just lost a few little birds…)
Realistically, digging trenches, bringing seawater for boiling water and releasing all non combatants out of the city as much as possible should be priority. Less supply demands + delaying the siege means buying time for Tywin's relief force.
the problem was the roads were blocked by the Tyrells who at that moment were allied with Renly then Stannis. hence why supplies were low. refugees were poring into the city since the countryside was ablaze. the seawater was polluted with sewage. As Olenna noted you could smell the shit from ten miles away
Yeah good luck trying to convince a city of a million people to give up the safety of a walled city during a siege. They'd probably rebel and kill you themselves.
Bronn always maintained this presence as a clever man who always has the simplest, practical answers to every problem. The final seasons could have certianly held my attention longer if some turn of events broke even his cool.
@@logion567personally think he should have been eaten by Drogon in that episode when he was trying to shoot the Scorpion again. Would have been an old school death shocker.
You can tell that by the way Bronn describes it, he's no doubt lived through seige before in the past. My theory is that he was a kid during the war of the Ninepenny kings, and that he was lived in a city that was under seige and witnessed everything that he's describing happened with his own eyes.
"Me and the lads rounded up all the known thieves" Bronn understood the point of the gold cloaks with scary precision. I mean, Daemon's original gold cloaks' first act was... Exactly that...
Wait, so by rounded up, you mean he killed them all? I thought he merely arrested them. Also, the original goldcloaks as shown in House of the Dragon were, how do I put it shortly, BRUTAL. A hand cut off for robbing, another limb for treachery and your "nether parts" cut off for rape. I don;t think Bronn's goldcloaks would even do something close. You can rule by fear, but without respect and credibility, the minute the townsfolk find an alternative, they will rebel and throw you out with full force, severing all the goldcloaks limbs in the process and granting them ghastly deaths.
You know, despite Geoffrey and Cersei being thsee, this was peak King Landing politics. Both Varys and Little Finger on "the same page", Tyrion as hand, Bronn as the gold cloacks commander and The Hound as the personal bosyguard. That was Kings Lansing at the peak of strength in a post Robert Baratheon world. Imagine if it was Tommen who was crowned instead of Geoffrey. A fairer king, treating Sansa fair, having not executed Ned, and treating Tyrion with love and respect, etc. Kings Landing would have been impossible to succesfully invade. And that is without Selmy and Jamie.
3:02 George RR Martin knows GOT. He knows which storyline is the strongest, he knows which Season is the weakest. Season 8. Could destroy the fanbase in minutes and it's only 6 episodes long
Yea 6 feels like where it starts to really lose it.. recycled plot and lazy rushed dialogue. The whole thing is gradual decline after 1-2 really which are masterpieces, then just devolves into steaming poo by 7-8.
@@attiepollard7847 Varys was a Thief even if he dont use thieves, he thinks about himself getting kill in the Young LMAOOOO also maybe he knows about some thieves he was in Kings Landing in the Aerys 2 reign, all Robert and now Is like 30 years maybe ?
Not one of the best swordsmen. One of the best fighters. He didn't rely upon his sword. He fought dirty, and used whatever weapon gave him the best advantage. Sword, knife, crossbow...
"Tactics win battles, logistics win wars." Bronn understood that in a siege, basic supplies like food and water are far more important than strategies cooked up in battles from centuries ago.
How would Bronn's brilliant insights not be in any of those books? The whole concept of a siege is that it's a starvation fight. You surround the city so they can't get supplies, then you keep your own supply lines running until they run out of reserves.
Though being truly authentic you’d have a hard time reading any of them. Damaged pages, dirt or grime covering up text. T’would be exciting seeing the videos of people translating it though……early on till it became copy and pasted by others
@@TheKpa11 Real medieval books weren't like that. In fact, people who did own books treated them better than their own children. Books being "dirty" is just another Hollywood glamorization.
George RR Martin has released "Fire and Blood" and "The World Of Ice and Fire" which are written from the perspective of in-world authors trying to document history, they're both incredible reads I very much recommend picking them up if you haven't already. Fire and Blood is an awesome biographical work following the lives of Targaryen kings from Aegon's Conquest to Aegon III's ascension/end of his regency, whereas TWOIAF is more encyclopaedic in nature and covers literally the entire known history of the world, or rather the fragmentary myths that make up said history.
@@SergeantExtreme How is representing medieval books as dirty in any way, shape or form "glamorous"? Also, yes, books _would_ be overall dirtier in an age where cleanliness was difficult to maintain compared to nowadays.
That's because "pig shit" was their nickname for Wildfire. When Tyrion says "pig shit" he was referencing Wildfire to Bron. That's why he says it seriously.
It's hard to choose a favorite character in this show, but Varys is definitely one of them. He has worked himself up from the streets to where he is now. He's still able to feel empathy and his overall lfe goal is to contribute to a better world. And he's very subtly funny.
Varys wanted to talk about this in front of Tyrion and Bronn, no back talk, no secrecy, no "whisper", he was starting to trust both of them but he was still doing this little tests so he can see the nature of the actions of them
*puts on nerd glasses* Actually, a gate that close to water was a nightmare in the era before gunships. Being so close to the water, there was not enough room to assemble an army capable of assaulting a gate and holding it and siege weapons had to be constructed during a constant rain of deadly fire on a thin strip of land. Davos Seaworth notes that "Those walls have never been breached" for good reason. Taking a fortress or city on the water was nearly impossible before ships could unload a broadside of cannon at the walls. Constantinople fell to an assault from the sea after defeating over a dozen sieges in its time by the Crusaders, but their army was huge and very well-equipped, including with knights charging straight off ships onto the beaches D-Day stye. And the city was beset with internal struggles that hampered the defense. And of course the Byzantines had Greek fire, which is King's Landing's version of wildfire.
Sept. 6, 2018----First time I heard of this series was some time earlier this year when my aunt commented on how she watches every episode. My response was: yawn. But then I watched one, quickly followed by others. Which means I want to buy the tv series AND all the books just so I can compare the two. Thanks for the video clip.
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I love Varys’ face when Bronn said he rounded up all the known thieves, he most definitely killed some of his little birds
“😧”
Varys is so good at this shit
LOL his face was priceless, but he knew Bronn was right. No doubt already hearing those very things already.
"My birds..."
Completely missed this on first viewing …
Dialogues were gold in the first seasons.
Ariel Goldfarb Now look at season 8 🤧
well this is the second season
In season 8, the only dialogues I hear is "Mah Queen" and " I don't Wan it". Abit sad that all story boil down to.
@@perra7749 season*S*
@@therion8469 yes I stand corrected, my mistake, thank you for pointing it out
I love how practical Bronn is.
I'm sure he'd have ISIS defeated within a month.
"I'd trade all your books for a few good archers." Turns out a few wasn't required. Just one, Bronn
@@OneTrueWindfall and he wasn't paid in books...
@@S1rWakka Any competent military can defeat ISIS, they only lasted so long cause Syrias army was preoccupied with a civil war and Iraq's army deserted en mass
@@aronnemcsik so in the books he did everything out of loyalty to Tyrion?
“Me and the lads rounded up all the known thieves”
“For questioning?”
“Uh, no”
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Varys be like O_O
Kinda wish Bronn and his lads visited my city lol
@@ObsidianKnight217 I'm guessing you're somewhere in Cali?
@@magmat0585 No, but pretty much every city in latin america could use some help from Bronn lol
@@ObsidianKnight217 ah, gotcha. Spent some time in Managua almost a decade ago, the grandfather of the family whose place i stayed at had a machete set aside for any unwanted guests
Soldier: King Stannis, they're throwing books at us! What do we do!?
Stannis: Uh...
jamal Stannis: lets use them to burn sheeren......
Soldier: We have far less men after those books were catapulted into our men.
Stannis: Fewer.
IcedEarth426 Blackwater theme then plays
Let's read those books
Rahul Kashyap we finally know one of the ninjas cutting onions: Sir Davos.
Varys's face when Bronn talked about the thieves
CripTik Storm Varys was a thief himself so his reaction seems appropriate
Tbh he always makes tho weird background faces which are funny.
CripTik Storm the face of someone who just lost a few spies probably
@@187Ares "oh, so that's why Ralph hasn't been reporting in recently"
How many of them would have been his birds?
"GODS! THE WRITING WAS STRONG THEN!"
"THOSE WERE THE DAYS"
*THANK THE GODS FOR BETSY*
It was so strong it caved in rhaegars breastplate
I see what you did there LOLOLOLOL
Go get the dialogue stretcher!
2:47 Gotta love how Varys was able to say “That book is worthless.” In such a polite way.
Varys was the most polite a-hole ever.
No. He said it was boring. Some of the greatest minds are capable of recording information well and accurately but lack a poetic flare to keep even the most devoted reader interested.
@@Calekoflight Nope. Definitely wrong.
Not really he said,
I've read it, ask me for the good bits.
Saying its a hard book to read doesn’t mean its useless
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH, the great sieges of Westeros."
"The sieges of Westeros have always been celebrated for their excellence"
@@Mrkabrat lol
Ohhh, this type of stuff was golden. Two intelletcuals and an experienced sellsword, engaging in conversation and battle planning. I could seriously watch an entire episode on just those three talking. It truly aches my heart to know what their characters are reduced to in the final seasons :(
A "The Office" version of King's Landing would be funny af
Get over it.
@@monotech20.14 I´ve been trying
@@monotech20.14 Impossible, they just butchered the show
Michael, Dwight and Kevin plan the defense of kings landing. Michael immeadately bails, Dwight comes up with a ridiculous and elaborate plan that fails the moment stannis lands and Kevin steals all the donuts and holes up in a remote part of the city.
I think any sort of "high council" needs an occams razor type person like Bronn. Someone to simplify and remind people not to overcomplicate things. He knew what the problems really were and would be.
Every king who wishes to rule for a lengthy period should have at least one teller of truths
Not just in feudal courts. Any corporate structure needs a straight talker who won’t spend thousands to figure out the obvious. The problem is that honesty and pragmatism don’t really push you up the food chain. If people like Bronn were allowed in board rooms, consultancy firms wouldn’t even exist 😂
Underrated comment.
@@jackzimmy8461 I've said it once before and I'll say it again... corporations are essentially just modern day aristocracies. Within corporate structures, flattery and bullshitting are usually rewarded. Not actually good leaders. And the shareholders making decisions in boardrooms are only there because they were able to buy their way in. They are literally not required to have any knowledge/skills... just a shit ton of money. Sounds like a nobility class to me.
No wonder why private industry is so inefficient at everything tbh... and no wonder the few companies that are actually democratically run (Worker Co-Ops) tend to have better chances at long term success and be more resistant to economic crises.
I like how bronn is probably the cleverest person in the room with varus and tyrion
Knowing Varys, I've no doubt he was standing in that doorway many sentences before he actually walked in. Quietly eavesdropping. Old habits probably die hard.
This was before he wrote letters of open rebellion out in public… god I miss this show
Bruh
WHERES THE NEXT BULLSHITTERY SOVIET
It’s a 10 year old video, Womble.
Every old thrones vid i find i see a fresh comment from you lmao
It's the small details that make the writing golden. Varys walking in and saying the name of the author correctly, only for Tyrion to give Bronn that "Fcking told you so!" glance.
It's just easy, natural and economical storytelling.
I love how when Varys enters, Tyrion is still trying to figure out of how the spelling correlated to Bronns pronounciation. You can see his lips moving as he reads the name over and over again and don't really care Varys is entering.
It also implies that he was listening to their conversation before showing up. Classic Varys.
It's kind of shame though. It would have been so much better if Bron was right.
@@sylver76 nah
@@seniorchief6136 i thought it implied he recognized the book and he's read it before
Varys's face when he realises Bronn killed the thieves😂
But .. then again now I don't question daemons action hmmm..
Oh he knew already I’m sure. He just wanted Tyrion to know without telling him himself
Bronn didnt kill the thieves, he just gave him other jobs
@@mahdiahmed4717 Bronn did it when the city was about to be under siege and circunstances were dire, while Daemon did it in a time of peace and pulled a lot of random people from the streets (many of whom probably weren't guilty) and maimed them for fun.
Varys was probably pissed because he lost a good number of spies that day.
"Have you ever been in a city under siege?" Look at Varys' face, he's already internally conceded the point, he's just waiting for Bronn to finish his point as he's the one who knows best.
I bet Tyrion felt at the time that it was the worst and most stressful time of his life.
Being alone, with no previous military or siege or ruling experiences, and forced to figure out how to prepare a whole city and its defenses for an attack from a much higher force, commanded by a seasoned general. While all the inhabitants ungratefully and fully depended on him to save them from being in all likelihood sacked and raped and killed in masses. And all the while having to answer to a hateful sister and nephew. Who, along with their groveling followers and their Kingsguard, not only were oblivious and useless and incompetent, but were almost openly against him and could potentially at any moment find out about his secret lover and make him never know what was done with her, or use her in the worst ways against him.
And yet...
He was at the prime of his physical integrity, which he still had. At the sharpest, though perhaps not the wisest, of his witty political mind, which was still not weathered nor beaten by guilt and inner conflict and life. Empowered and trusted by a father who had never done so before. Missed by a brother who still loved him. Loved every night by a very "skillful" lover who was still totally devoted and loyal to him. Accompanied by the best and most reliable and most protective squire ever, as it would soon be proven, who he still had. Counselled and assisted by his most competent and arguably best friends in the world, who still fully had his back. And constantly having the upper hand on his haters, who still couldnt humiliate or destroy him.
Oh my dear Tyrion, how could you have known that this was actually the best time of your life, and that it would all change so suddenly, and would unlikely ever come back...
every dog has his day lol
This is beautifully written
@@randybell101190 **bows head humbly**
Because the book Tyrion ends at the capture by the slavers. Everything else after that was made up by the show writers who are good at adapting from the source material, but can't write their own material for shit. The lack of book material explains why the show went rapidly downhill from season 6 onwards.
@@bigsmall246 Wrong, they know how the book series is planned to end. GRR Martin gave them all of his source matierial or enough that they knew the basic and 2ndary story points. They did what all transactional individuals do. They milked GOT for all it was worth then when they thought they had Star Wars lined up they dropped it like a burning sack of shit, they did this with Rome as well. The 2nd season while still good is at warp speed plays out just like the last 3 seasons of GOT.
@ 1:37 Varys slinking in from the dark, having dropped an eaves on the entire conversation, knowing his timing with perfection, a true player of the game.
Also what does he say to Bronn after addressing Tyrion as "my lord Hand"? I can't make out what he's calling Bronn
@@hombrejose8164 commander
@@hombrejose8164 "Martha"
When he said “it’s a shame Archmaester Ch’Vyalthan wasn’t a better writer.” Subtle intimidation that he hears everything and knows everything, he was such an OP character.
A little late to be trimming the hedges!
I love how when Varys concedes that Bronn's tactics have a point, he starts cutting his hands again as if to say "I won", but then Varys names the archmaester and Tyrion is like "yeah, well I won that one. Maybe my wildfire plan is going to work."
Amazing writing
i love how there's a lot of sub text with high level players. But every scene with Bronn is STRAIGHT to the point
I love how they both silently agreed that however Varys pronounced the name was the correct way
Uncle knows
Dude recognised the book from two open pages and remembered the author. Trust him. :)
@@bindair_dundat He didn't recognized the book from the open pages, he just heard them talked about it.
@@Cesare-Borgia They were talking about something else as Varys approached, then they again talked about the thieves, and then Varys looked at the open pages, said "aaah" and then mentioned the title and author. That looks EXACTLY like someone recognising something he just saw.
"You don't want me cleaning m' nails. You don't want me looking at you? Why am I here?"
"See, this is why the children never visit!"
I don’t get it
@@rafiashraf2769 Arguing like an old married couple.
For a few moments I am transported to another place and time. Very grateful for the excellent writing/acting.
The interesting thing is that that place is not earth if you think about it, it might look like it but it's not our earth.
I had the same feeling.
@@shyguy9102Well it’s sort of like Middle Earth isn’t it? A fictional what-if take on some ancient past of our planet, where the layout of the continents was so very different.
The small details of this show were so good, I loved that moment where Tyrion tried to pronounce the name of the author with Bronn “correcting” him then Varys coming in, saying it correctly, and Tyrion gesturing at Bronn. It all felt so real and natural like they’re actual people interacting, plus we’ve all been there
love the unspoken dialogues going on in these scenes
"we could throw books at them" --> you lords dont seem to have much of a clue about fighting
"we dont have that many books" --> i might be a desktop noble but im not stupid
"we dont have that many men either" ---> either way we are screwed
i just thought he was being sarcastic when he said they didnt have enough books
@@QueueWithACapitalQ he was
?
@@QueueWithACapitalQ what do you think sarcasm is
During a siege there isn't much that you won't throw at the enemy. 'cept food. Cobble stone streets get pulled up for ammo.
Bronn and Tyrion. Secretly married.
Kia Maria shut up
K D
Bite me.
can i 😘
Bronn himself stated he would have married Tyrion if he wanted wits.
1:52 This line is even funnier if you read the books because it says that Varys actually started out as a common thief in Essos before making his way to the Red Keep.
Bronn -"We could throw books at his men!"
Varys -"We dont have that many books"
Bronn -"We dont have that many men, either"
This made me giggle.
if i was varys i would have responded in a more sarcastic way like : "better ! we could throw men at their books" but then again, i would have not lived long in this universe for sure.
I couldn't stop laughing 😂🤣
@@alilahmamssi78 yeah you woudve been killed on the spot for that one for sure
I love the face Varys makes when he learns something he doesn't already know, like at 2:03
I think Varys primarily wanted to find out why the birds stopped singing.
Plot twist: None of them know how to actually pronounce the maester‘s name.
It's actually a great joke by the author to address how many people when reading books deal with unpronounceable names.
@@hydewhyte4364 or that certain name have multiple different yet accurate spellings and pronunciations. For example Hercules is Heracles but also valid are Heracle, Hercle and some other names that don't start with H.
@@toomanyaccounts so I just looked it up
Hercules is the roman spelling
Heracles is the greek spelling
moral of the story: romans are pantheon-stealing cunts
@@toomanyaccounts That would be relevant if there was an equivalent Greece and Rome in Westeros.
its relevant in multiple societies due to how languages can change drastically in a hundred years. medieval Japanese is incomprehensible to modern Japanese@@MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD
A shame Archmaester Ch'Vyalthan wasn't a better author.
Theo T. Ch'Valtiesh?
Ch'Valteesh
Ch'evalatesh
Dan and David
@@LordLebu 😂
"I like to keep me hands clean." Ironic coming from a sell sword.
Actually, keeping your hands clean is standard army training: th-cam.com/video/k4eMhddTPg4/w-d-xo.html
Yes, now I get that although the video I linked you was from modern military standards, Bron has been shown time and time again to be much more knowledgeable than your average cutthroat. He could have known the value of good hygiene.
@@SergeantExtreme
I'll do your job for you.
He meant Bronn's hands are not clean in the figurative sense because of the nature of his work.
@@SergeantExtreme username checks out
2:06 Varys be like "glad this guy wasn't in charge when I was a kid"
The rivalry over how to pronounce Shovelthin was pure gold.
Archmaester ChV'yalthan.
Bronn cuts to the point of anything so well that's why I love him.
Boss: "You have to wear formal wear to work"
Me: "We had a contract, but wearing formal wasn't part of it"
Hahahah
Everytime i hear Varys response i burst out laughing its so funny 😂
Bronn: “Me and the lads rounded up all the known thieves.”
Tyrion: “For questioning?”
Bronn: “Ah, no.”
Varys: (well shit, I just lost a few little birds…)
Realistically, digging trenches, bringing seawater for boiling water and releasing all non combatants out of the city as much as possible should be priority. Less supply demands + delaying the siege means buying time for Tywin's relief force.
the problem was the roads were blocked by the Tyrells who at that moment were allied with Renly then Stannis. hence why supplies were low. refugees were poring into the city since the countryside was ablaze. the seawater was polluted with sewage. As Olenna noted you could smell the shit from ten miles away
And where do those non combatants go?
@@Bornst3ll3r doesn’t matter you need to save the food.
@@23Revan84 idiot you think they won’t fucking riot when they realise their king is sending them out into wastes to starve
Yeah good luck trying to convince a city of a million people to give up the safety of a walled city during a siege. They'd probably rebel and kill you themselves.
We could throw thieves at them!
Bronn: "We don't have many thieves, either."
Anymore.
Bronn brings the sort of wisdom the books leave out
Bronn always maintained this presence as a clever man who always has the simplest, practical answers to every problem. The final seasons could have certianly held my attention longer if some turn of events broke even his cool.
I dunno I think his rant to Jamie after Drogon burned the supply train was rather pointed
@@logion567personally think he should have been eaten by Drogon in that episode when he was trying to shoot the Scorpion again. Would have been an old school death shocker.
You can tell that by the way Bronn describes it, he's no doubt lived through seige before in the past. My theory is that he was a kid during the war of the Ninepenny kings, and that he was lived in a city that was under seige and witnessed everything that he's describing happened with his own eyes.
I love how Bronn refers to the Goldcloaks as "the boys" and "the lads" lmfao
2:10 Varys.exe. Has stopped working
"Me and the lads rounded up all the known thieves"
Bronn understood the point of the gold cloaks with scary precision. I mean, Daemon's original gold cloaks' first act was... Exactly that...
He could have kept some alive for interrogation in case he needed them later.
I know, ironic.
Wait, so by rounded up, you mean he killed them all? I thought he merely arrested them. Also, the original goldcloaks as shown in House of the Dragon were, how do I put it shortly, BRUTAL. A hand cut off for robbing, another limb for treachery and your "nether parts" cut off for rape. I don;t think Bronn's goldcloaks would even do something close. You can rule by fear, but without respect and credibility, the minute the townsfolk find an alternative, they will rebel and throw you out with full force, severing all the goldcloaks limbs in the process and granting them ghastly deaths.
@@muhammadeisa1459 or just interrogate them before killing them
Holy crap, Daemon and his Gold Cloaks were cold as frick.
The face Tyrion makes when he hears how the name is really pronounced is funny as hell
I like how Varys says 3:29 "We don't have that many books" as if that's a valid strategy
Bronn: Me and the lads rounded up all the known thieves.
Tyrion: For Questioning?
Bronn: No, hanging.
They're probably in a soup by now
Bronn is such a jewel
@@codibick I'd use him in a state of emergency.
2:56 That exchange between Tyrion and Bronn is priceless.
I never noticed Varys' expressions during the conversation, especially when Bron alludes to killing the thieves (2:00). Love it
You know, despite Geoffrey and Cersei being thsee, this was peak King Landing politics. Both Varys and Little Finger on "the same page", Tyrion as hand, Bronn as the gold cloacks commander and The Hound as the personal bosyguard. That was Kings Lansing at the peak of strength in a post Robert Baratheon world. Imagine if it was Tommen who was crowned instead of Geoffrey. A fairer king, treating Sansa fair, having not executed Ned, and treating Tyrion with love and respect, etc. Kings Landing would have been impossible to succesfully invade. And that is without Selmy and Jamie.
3:02 George RR Martin knows GOT. He knows which storyline is the strongest, he knows which Season is the weakest. Season 8. Could destroy the fanbase in minutes and it's only 6 episodes long
1:28 this doesn't even look like acting, feels like a legit reaction and I love it
1:33 How Bronn answers it wrong with such confidence🤣🤣
1:00 is hilarious 😂
“What?”
“What?”
“What?
The essential difference between 1-4/5-8
Even stupid dialogue was funny, meaningful.
@@asepheleleshabalala1352 5 and especially 6 were still good. Dont lump them in with the trash that was 7-8
Yea 6 feels like where it starts to really lose it.. recycled plot and lazy rushed dialogue. The whole thing is gradual decline after 1-2 really which are masterpieces, then just devolves into steaming poo by 7-8.
@@el34glo59 the dialouge in ss 5 was worse than the previous ones if u noticed
I’ve rewatched this scene more times than I’ve watched all of season 8
Well yeah, I mean, this was back when the show was great.
2:10 You can hear Varys saying inside: My birds!
He would not kill little kids
@@attiepollard7847 It's not just child spies working for Varys. See Jorah
@@attiepollard7847 Varys was a Thief even if he dont use thieves, he thinks about himself getting kill in the Young LMAOOOO
also maybe he knows about some thieves he was in Kings Landing in the Aerys 2 reign, all Robert and now
Is like 30 years maybe ?
I love how Bronn always kept wearing this obviously too long vest, like some beggar, but still one of best swordsmen there existed.
Not one of the best swordsmen. One of the best fighters. He didn't rely upon his sword. He fought dirty, and used whatever weapon gave him the best advantage. Sword, knife, crossbow...
The "what" "what" to me is such good acting, like genuine response whens someone annoys you lmao
I defy you to find 4 minutes of dialogue anywhere with more storytelling, character development, and motivation. Brilliant.
I love the way Bronn sounds like Blackadders Baldrick... (same view of life, I presume...) 😅
''For questioning?''
The way he asks that hahaha
Lol varys’ face when bronn says “uhhh no”. Makes sense considering he used to be a thief in his younger days to survive
"Tactics win battles, logistics win wars."
Bronn understood that in a siege, basic supplies like food and water are far more important than strategies cooked up in battles from centuries ago.
Why is that?
Ohh god after rewatching the whole series 7 times it was today i realized tyrion was referring to the wild fire pots when he said pigshit
The conversation about the thieves is so funny to me. Just how Tyrion reacts to Bronn's "uh, no..."
The little pronunciation bet they played and Tyrion's face when Varys confirmed Tyrion was (closer to) right is so good
The look on Vary's face at 2:10.😆
I like how Tyrion is completely stumped until Varys walked in. It was like Varys had a "+100 to instant ideas".
Bronn's finger tapping is pure asmr in my ears. 😂
The changes on Varys's face's expression while Bran is talking are just fantastic... womderful actor's play here!
“Ah, the great sieges of Westeros, thrilling subject. Shame D&D weren’t better writers”
Love how after Bronns rise in authority during this conversation, he goes back to cleaning his nails.
How would Bronn's brilliant insights not be in any of those books? The whole concept of a siege is that it's a starvation fight. You surround the city so they can't get supplies, then you keep your own supply lines running until they run out of reserves.
I really wish they published real copies of in-universe books like the one Tyrion read in the real world.
Though being truly authentic you’d have a hard time reading any of them. Damaged pages, dirt or grime covering up text. T’would be exciting seeing the videos of people translating it though……early on till it became copy and pasted by others
@@TheKpa11 Real medieval books weren't like that. In fact, people who did own books treated them better than their own children. Books being "dirty" is just another Hollywood glamorization.
George RR Martin has released "Fire and Blood" and "The World Of Ice and Fire" which are written from the perspective of in-world authors trying to document history, they're both incredible reads I very much recommend picking them up if you haven't already. Fire and Blood is an awesome biographical work following the lives of Targaryen kings from Aegon's Conquest to Aegon III's ascension/end of his regency, whereas TWOIAF is more encyclopaedic in nature and covers literally the entire known history of the world, or rather the fragmentary myths that make up said history.
@@TheKpa11 I was more referring to the books are about than the actual texture of the books.
@@SergeantExtreme How is representing medieval books as dirty in any way, shape or form "glamorous"? Also, yes, books _would_ be overall dirtier in an age where cleanliness was difficult to maintain compared to nowadays.
THe way Tyrion says "pig shit" with intention of humor while still looking as if he says it seriously cracks me up every time...
That's because "pig shit" was their nickname for Wildfire. When Tyrion says "pig shit" he was referencing Wildfire to Bron. That's why he says it seriously.
At the end
Tyrion: "Pig shit."
Varys: "..is that a reference? I just got here, what are you talking about?"
"Me and all the lads rounded up all the known thieves."
"For questioning?"
"Ah no..." LOL
Conleth Hill's facial expressions in the background were one of my favorite parts of the show. 😭
Tyrion Reading the book cover is the best part
Tyrion's tone of voice when he says "For questioning?" always makes me laugh
It's hard to choose a favorite character in this show, but Varys is definitely one of them. He has worked himself up from the streets to where he is now. He's still able to feel empathy and his overall lfe goal is to contribute to a better world. And he's very subtly funny.
Deamon would be proud
for questioning?
uh no
lololololol lmao
Varys wanted to talk about this in front of Tyrion and Bronn, no back talk, no secrecy, no "whisper", he was starting to trust both of them but he was still doing this little tests so he can see the nature of the actions of them
These guys don't let you blink
I think we all deep down want to be like Bronn; getting that bird's eye view and just seeing the world for what it is, no romanticism.
With all his intellect, he would rarely never get one over on Bronn. So entertaining, this duo.
I love the small hand gesture Tyrion makes to Bronn when they didn't learn the pronunciation of the author's name
*puts on nerd glasses*
Actually, a gate that close to water was a nightmare in the era before gunships. Being so close to the water, there was not enough room to assemble an army capable of assaulting a gate and holding it and siege weapons had to be constructed during a constant rain of deadly fire on a thin strip of land. Davos Seaworth notes that "Those walls have never been breached" for good reason.
Taking a fortress or city on the water was nearly impossible before ships could unload a broadside of cannon at the walls. Constantinople fell to an assault from the sea after defeating over a dozen sieges in its time by the Crusaders, but their army was huge and very well-equipped, including with knights charging straight off ships onto the beaches D-Day stye. And the city was beset with internal struggles that hampered the defense.
And of course the Byzantines had Greek fire, which is King's Landing's version of wildfire.
the gate is known properly as the River Gate. this gate and one other were kept open wheras the other six were sealed
Since when did Constantinople fall to knights? The ottomans took it
@@sarwatarannya8786 1204, the fourth crusade
Ah yes, because no one in known history ever thought of putting a catapult on a ship 🤪
Brilliant acting...pure gold
This Bronn guy know his stuff. I bet he'll end up as Master of War or in some position where his talents will shine.
I have some bad news… 😊
@@robertbusek30... he dies, doesn't he?
@@lesgalloiseries no, he survives…
The best pair of friends in series, loved their banter in the books
Love those small moments when Bronn reveals himself to be smarter than you expect, even if he screwed up the pronunciation
What..?
What?
Why you staring at me?
Lol that part had me 💀
Love how they all have a different pronunciation for that author. Seems like RR Martin was making fun of his profession.
I could listen to Varys voice alone for a whole day!
03:38 still cracks me up years later
Seasons 1-4 were perfection
Sept. 6, 2018----First time I heard of this series was some time earlier this year when my aunt commented on how she watches every episode. My response was: yawn. But then I watched one, quickly followed by others. Which means I want to buy the tv series AND all the books just so I can compare the two. Thanks for the video clip.