That would explain Tyrion’s actions from S5-S8 pretty well actually, despite claiming the opposites was true, he was just drunk all the time leading him to make terrible decisions.
Agreed. Mord: Smallman, Who is Ginger with big, round, fat heed, with shape like moon door pie?? Tyrion: That'll be Ed Sheeran, Mord. He's a singing Man with tall ideas and friend's in lofty places.. Mord: Ed Sheeran need to fly from moon door ..then ginger head smol..very, very smol. Make Me happy.. :Me too, Mord, big happy. As big as Ed's head happy ....
Some of your most insightful work yet. The "Wall Big" segment really made me rethink how I compared the books and the show, and made me realize that oftentimes show also big. Me eat worm now :)
I dunno about this one, I think the connections you're drawing on are tenuous at best. I'm all for some speculation about larger themes drawn from things that were only alluded to, and yet, despite my adherence to the ideas of La mort de l'auteur, Martin's intent still has a substantial influence on what I see as "proper" means of interpretation. In conclusion, show small, book big.
I tend to strongly disagree with Roland and some of the ideals he outlined. I believe there is much to be said about the intrinsic link that any artist shares with their creations. John Donne comes to mind as a poetic author whose work can still be appreciated by anyone with complete ignorance as to who he actually was, but investigating the context of his life can lead to such a greater understanding of his work. I think whether or not the artist intended it to be viewed in such a lens is arbitrary; the audience should and can extrapolate some higher meaning that makes the art impactful or relatable to them, generally leading to a greater appreciation of said art. Art can always be related to the context of its creation, in whatever form that might take. The artist can often be our conduit into understanding the art, in attempting to take the artist out of the equation we are essentially placing the art in a void; free from all sociocultural, spiritual or environmental context. Maybe there is art that benefits from such an arguably pure interpretation, but if so it is a minority. Game Of Thrones is not an artwork that fits this category, as knowledge of GRRMs life and background gives an overarching understanding of the message he is trying to convey and what ideals he is trying to impart onto the audience. When comparing this to D&D, who simply adapted his original work, we can see that the passion of the artists are very different and have resulted in two creations with an incredible difference in quality. The main factor here being that GRRM cared about his writing and his message, D&D did not. In conclusion, D&D smol, George R. R. Martin big.
I know, right? I totally plan on snuggling up in a big blanket with my cats tonight, and playing this so Papa Schwift can read me the script as I drift off to sleep
Preston cannot see farther than his own feet. He is ignorant of the symbolical meaning of the books. Instead he just focuses on the literal word. One example would be his Quentyn lives theory, which makes no sense when you take the symbolical meaning into account.
@@larochejaquelein3680 You're just not enlightened enough to accept Preston into your heart. I'm sorry for your loss. In all seriousness, what'd you think of his latest Brienne series? I think his thematic analysis was excellent.
@@larochejaquelein3680 To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Preston Jacobs. The analysis is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of GRRM's wider œuvre most of the points will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Preston's existentialist outlook, which is deftly woven into his theorization- his personal philosophy draws heavily from continental idealist literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of this analysis, to realise that it's not just well-informed and insightful- it says something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Preston Jacobs truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Preston's existential catchphrase "I'm probably wrong about half of this," which itself is a cryptic reference to Essays by Michel de Montaigne. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Preston Jacobs' genius wit unfolds itself on their computer screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂 And yes, by the way, i DO have a Sweetrobin tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they've read through the books multiple times (preferably fewer times than me) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎
@@carlosandleon This is a spoiler from the books regarding Quentyn… The last thought to go through his mind before he gets burned alive by Danny’s dragons is “Oh”.
I had to crank my phone's brightness to its max to see Arya with the Night King, which just reminded me of how dark it all was, and how that scene made me sad
@@Wellshem Say what you want about Marvel movies, they pay much closer attention to detail than D&D did in the last couple of seasons. Their stories are much less complex, but better thought through
its this type deep analysis we are all here for, altough maybe you should consider dumbing it down a bit for those not that familiar with the source material. Keep up the great work Schwifti!
I love your ongoing in depth theories about Game of Thrones!! It's so amazing people are still caring about exploring all the complexities of the books and show!!
0:35 amazingly, the Wall in GoT was actually only rendered at like half the height. GRRM saw it and was like, "Wow, that's too big!" This man who grew up outside NYC never bothered to visualize what 700 ft looked like 😅
"In book, Citadel Small
In Show, Citadel fucking huge"
Top 10 Anime Plot Twist
#1 : In book, Wall Big. In show, Wall *big* "
@@nicholasleclerc1583 Top 10 Non Anime Non plot twists
This is a little too complicated for me, mate.
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@@tuulenkoti Two things can be true at once.
makes Preston Jacobs pale in comparison
man carry thing, he use big words. think he smart. think he is big movie man. i watch rock all day, make me go unga bunga
You forgot about the giant Ser Allister, featured in the scene where Jon Snow asks "Have you ever seen a giant Ser Allister?"
This took me out
Man I thought the Globalists took you to Brazil
bro please make more only way to play. I mean anna won a TI with your strat.
lmaooooooo
Hope your doing well, and thank you for your engaging and intelligent content over the years
_"That's what I do. I drink, and then I don't know things."_
*-Lyrion Tannister*
Nah he eats
LMAO
That would explain Tyrion’s actions from S5-S8 pretty well actually, despite claiming the opposites was true, he was just drunk all the time leading him to make terrible decisions.
In book, Tyrion smol. In show, Tyrion also smol.
*When the Shade of The Evening kicks in*
😳😳😳
When the warlock hits you with the dollar store Shade of the Evening
@@calebgoodfellowcg Yeah, it's definitely the synthetic Shade you buy from the gas station.
My guy over here has been to Euron's home brew.
@@Lunchbox224 don’t ever buy no shade of the evening from the gas station
“In book, patchface oh oh oh” You are a genius Schwift!
Yeah, that was a really smart transition , quality content
"In book Quentyn oh" was also smart
I know I know I know
I do not get it
@@johnwill4560 in the books, patchface is a fool and he wanders around saying pretty f*ed up shit but finishes whatever it is he said with “oh oh oh”
Renly big -> small, Missandei small -> big? Without this video's insight, I would be bereft of the clarity that now envelops me.
Honestly didn't notice how tall she was until he showed her towering over Dany lol
This confirms she is a faceless man and renly is a time travelling fetus
@@evilthecat13 She's actually only 1.7m. However, Emilia is only 1,57m. So basically Dany is really small.
@@legrandliseurtri7495 You mean in show, Danaerys smol.
Well a 9 year old would be smaller than a 15 year old in most cases, I think.
Shut up, Tyrion and Polly! Go back to your animals.
This is how I imagine Tyrion explaining the big and small things of the show and books to Mord the prisonmaster of the Eyrie
Agreed.
Mord: Smallman, Who is Ginger with big, round, fat heed, with shape like moon door pie??
Tyrion: That'll be Ed Sheeran, Mord. He's a singing Man with tall ideas and friend's in lofty places..
Mord: Ed Sheeran need to fly from moon door ..then ginger head smol..very, very smol. Make Me happy..
:Me too, Mord, big happy. As big as Ed's head happy
....
In books, Mord Big. In show, Mord... Oh...
This deserves more likes
It is known
This basically confirms that Ser Pounce is a time traveling foetus
Holy fuck I forgot about the time traveling fetus thing lmao
He is the pounce that was promised
Don't be stupid. How can ser pounce be a foetus when everyone knows he's the harpy?
@@blanketsquares7607 he is Howland Reed warged into Euron to marry Daenerys
Isn't Ser Pounce the Prince that was promised already? What a legend he is
*GRRM frantically making notes*
More than likely he's playing with his new train making choo-choo noises. 🚂💨😁
@@JohnFourtyTwo Money on him making the trains somehow arriving late to the station.
@@kiandocherty3589 Agreed 💯😁👍✨
@@JohnFourtyTwo Well tbf, trains are cool
"In book, Quentyn 'Oh.'" is not getting nearly enough love. Pick up the pace!
Some of your most insightful work yet. The "Wall Big" segment really made me rethink how I compared the books and the show, and made me realize that oftentimes show also big. Me eat worm now :)
Dirty worm, eat from earth, nutrition, big!1!1!
KUH KUH KUH
Are the books better? Cuz the show is pretty good. I feel like it has room for improvement. I haven’t finished it yet btw.
@@sprawlz6466 books are damn good. Go for 'em
@@sprawlz6466 show starts off amazing and is utter crap by the end. Books are great, bit slow at times, and wont ever be finished
This is the type of analysis I subscribed for
I dunno about this one, I think the connections you're drawing on are tenuous at best. I'm all for some speculation about larger themes drawn from things that were only alluded to, and yet, despite my adherence to the ideas of La mort de l'auteur, Martin's intent still has a substantial influence on what I see as "proper" means of interpretation. In conclusion, show small, book big.
I find your assessment both capricious and arbitrary.
Lmfaooo bruh
I tend to strongly disagree with Roland and some of the ideals he outlined. I believe there is much to be said about the intrinsic link that any artist shares with their creations. John Donne comes to mind as a poetic author whose work can still be appreciated by anyone with complete ignorance as to who he actually was, but investigating the context of his life can lead to such a greater understanding of his work. I think whether or not the artist intended it to be viewed in such a lens is arbitrary; the audience should and can extrapolate some higher meaning that makes the art impactful or relatable to them, generally leading to a greater appreciation of said art.
Art can always be related to the context of its creation, in whatever form that might take. The artist can often be our conduit into understanding the art, in attempting to take the artist out of the equation we are essentially placing the art in a void; free from all sociocultural, spiritual or environmental context. Maybe there is art that benefits from such an arguably pure interpretation, but if so it is a minority. Game Of Thrones is not an artwork that fits this category, as knowledge of GRRMs life and background gives an overarching understanding of the message he is trying to convey and what ideals he is trying to impart onto the audience. When comparing this to D&D, who simply adapted his original work, we can see that the passion of the artists are very different and have resulted in two creations with an incredible difference in quality. The main factor here being that GRRM cared about his writing and his message, D&D did not.
In conclusion, D&D smol, George R. R. Martin big.
in youtube comment words big
@@dingdongs5208
In video, words small!
This is the best video on RUclips. It reads like a children’s book.
I know, right? I totally plan on snuggling up in a big blanket with my cats tonight, and playing this so Papa Schwift can read me the script as I drift off to sleep
You are totally correct
then he makes a video comparing the book to the video
2 years of frustration let out in 2 minutes.
"In book, Patchface oh oh _oh_ " now THIS is the kind of in-depth analysis I'm here for
Damn, this really gamed my throne.
Every game has its throne
What if the real throne was the games we played along the way?
@@susansprague7304 it's always game before the throne
The throne was gamed from the beginning.
But did it clash your kings?
Preston Jacobs should just retire now honestly, I don't think he can hope to match this level of insight
He should retire anyway. Professional bullshitter
Preston cannot see farther than his own feet. He is ignorant of the symbolical meaning of the books. Instead he just focuses on the literal word. One example would be his Quentyn lives theory, which makes no sense when you take the symbolical meaning into account.
@@larochejaquelein3680 You're just not enlightened enough to accept Preston into your heart. I'm sorry for your loss.
In all seriousness, what'd you think of his latest Brienne series? I think his thematic analysis was excellent.
@@larochejaquelein3680 To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Preston Jacobs. The analysis is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of GRRM's wider œuvre most of the points will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Preston's existentialist outlook, which is deftly woven into his theorization- his personal philosophy draws heavily from continental idealist literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of this analysis, to realise that it's not just well-informed and insightful- it says something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Preston Jacobs truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Preston's existential catchphrase "I'm probably wrong about half of this," which itself is a cryptic reference to Essays by Michel de Montaigne. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Preston Jacobs' genius wit unfolds itself on their computer screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂
And yes, by the way, i DO have a Sweetrobin tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they've read through the books multiple times (preferably fewer times than me) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎
@@tokevarvaspolvi8999 what a classic
I wasn't expecting all these twists and turns. Consider my expectations thoroughly subverted.
great.nothing more important than that
In the book, story big.
In the show, story smol.
"In book, Quentyn "oh" ". I'm fucking dead lmao
i don't get it
@@carlosandleon This is a spoiler from the books regarding Quentyn…
The last thought to go through his mind before he gets burned alive by Danny’s dragons is “Oh”.
the ending was bittersweet and Arya is the night king
:))
Someone should've told her suicide is never the answer.
But it was so great, no one expected it!!! So great.
why is ed sheeren not night king 😭😭😭
why is ed sheeren not night king 😭😭😭
Game of Thrones pulled a Game of Thrones, by killing something that nobody thought would be killed off: the show itself.
Woah ... too meta for me!
"Only death can pay for life"
insightful
- Alt Schwift X is Prince that was promised, it is known
- it is known.
It is known
It is known
It is known
I love how, while this is very much in a shit post format, the art has the artists names in the filenames.
I love that slow but steady spiral into depression
George keeps talking about football and Wild Cards. “Life is meaningless and full of pain.”
And when he was forced to mention the books he didn’t even tag it as Game of Thrones
Thing big? But also smol?
Instructions not clear
Sword stuck in ice.
"In show, oh no" is the perfect summary of GOT
In book: quality big
In show: ...
oh
@@sniffles8672 oh no...
Oh oh oh
Alt Shift X: Very well articulated, well paced, professional and insightful videos about Westerosi and Essosi lore.
Alt Schwift X: *B I G*
that transition to Darth Vader was one of the funniest things I've ever seen
Theres a weirdly calming effect to this analysis
In book: Writer brain big.
In show: Writer brain smol.
I've watched this masterpiece more times than I would like to admit
As an American, thanks for putting this on our intellectual level!
+
🤣
This was the Game of Thrones critique of all time
Alt schwift coming in hot with the deep analysis I see.
Alt Shift is true king!
I had to crank my phone's brightness to its max to see Arya with the Night King, which just reminded me of how dark it all was, and how that scene made me sad
How will D&D recover!?
That's the neat thing! They won't ;D
The world needs you back
Their writing was pretty good
For a marvel movie
@@Wellshem Say what you want about Marvel movies, they pay much closer attention to detail than D&D did in the last couple of seasons. Their stories are much less complex, but better thought through
they will never recover at least i hope they dont
In book, Tyrion drink and know - in show, Tyrion drink and... oh.
the depth of this analysis is too deep for me to properly understand
I come back to this video every two months or so just to get a good chuckle going.
in the books, Wyman Manderly BIG
Season 7: "oh no"
Season 8: oOh NoOooőœ!
its like poetry
@@sniffles8672 If You like this, I've got a "box fresh' bop of a Haiku, inspired by ALTs "Hodor" video... ;)
In Book: Quentyn "Oh". That's very clever because that's his last word.
King Bobby B said it best:
*"Give me something for the pain and let me die"*
"Patchface tsundere power" i am dying xDDDD
The end is just me every time I look at the notablog.
If I see another big cooter post I might just break.
yeah, me too.
"In book, Quentin 'oh'." That hurt
Moat Cailin in the show looked like the worst fucking place to live in the entire 7 kingdoms
In show Alt shift X smoll, in book Alt schwift X BIG.
This is like the fifth time I come back to watch this video because fooni
This is peak komedy
In book, writing good
In show......ohhh noo
This is like some nightmare version of a Dr Seuss story 😂
Love the strong belwas shout out!! I really wish they had him in the show.
They cut Strong Belwas from show? Is okay Strong Belwas always lets them cut him once before he kills them :)
“In book, Quentyn... oh.” wtf Schwifty?!?!
I haven’t read the books or watched the show, how the fuck did I find this entertaining
Gonna tell my kids this was Dr.Seuss
This is the best ASOIAF content ever made
After *_YEARS_* of watching *AltShiftX,* imagine the look on my face when this _autoplayed_ after a sincere GoT lore breakdown.
its this type deep analysis we are all here for, altough maybe you should consider dumbing it down a bit for those not that familiar with the source material. Keep up the great work Schwifti!
This is one of the more intelligent pieces of criticism I can remember.
My fabourite thing in game of thrones the throne says: "its throning time" and proceedes to win the game
I watched this again today at 3am. This is absolute comedy genius
1:40 “Patchface Tsundere-power.jpg”
That's some overly political content from you shwifty. Did not expect that from you
It began as a comparison but ended as a roast.
Now I'm imagining Patchface played by Ed Sheeran
in show, wait small
in book...
Kevin from The Office after watching GOT and reading the books:
This was thoroughly enjoyable, and then the Vader Nooooo!!! at the end had me rolling 🤣🤣
And the writing of this video is still so much better than fckin season 8 maaan
my appreciation for this video: BIG
My understanding of the ending: smol
@@JoseMolina-jz9hh his mental state by the end: bad
@@hulk7861 state of the art: fantastic
Schwifty you're amazing, excellent delivery and sense of timing as always. Thank you!
In “icebergs”, his brain BIG
in here, his brain small
In book, distance big. In show, distance smol.
The citadel was one of the more fantasy seeming places in the show, which is kinda ironic seeing as it’s a place mostly devoted to the mundane.
That Victarion 'oh'
I love your ongoing in depth theories about Game of Thrones!! It's so amazing people are still caring about exploring all the complexities of the books and show!!
I too know what it’s like to doom scroll through Not a Blog and not see the update we’re all waiting for.
I thought GOT was a medieval sex drama series but this videos makes it look like the Witcher
If Kevin from the Office talked about Game of Thrones 😂💀
Gonna need an iceberg on this one
Well, you can’t argue with his math
This started out really funny and by the end I was just really sad, but also laughing
0:35 amazingly, the Wall in GoT was actually only rendered at like half the height. GRRM saw it and was like, "Wow, that's too big!" This man who grew up outside NYC never bothered to visualize what 700 ft looked like 😅
The final no was perfection.
The contrast between all your content is so fucking big, I'm laughing so much
Soon our hunger for TWOW faster will be replaced by the need for more ASOIAF Abridged. It's all we can count on.
Me: Ooh! A new ACOK Abridged!
Schwifto: Missandei BIG
grug feel great sadness as book no release yet
Me think, why waste time say lot word, when few word do trick
Word do!
By the time you go to Arya Stark killing the night king I was saying oh no along with you! Keep it up Schwifty, your content is hilarious
smol missandei 🥺
Thank you, this sums it all up very nicely.
In book, Mountain big
In show, Mountain 3 different (big) people