Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice & Fire - Thug Notes Summary and Analysis
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A Game of Thrones (1996)
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"Joffrey whines like a little bitch."
The Game of Thrones series summed up in six words. :p
TheNN Ends up getting Ned killed, Rob wants revenge, causes the Red Wedding, causes the Boltons to take the North. Holy fuck it really does
*Song of Ice and Fire
please do the rest of the series .
Seconded.
+All that matters is 6b6e6f776c65646765 Farted.
I agree
yessss!!!
He'll have to wait for GRR Martin.
I appreciate the fact that you used different heads for all the characters instead of the actors from the show, since the books really are their own separate thing.
+FourthDerivative Definitely appreciate it, but it does annoy me that Jaime isn't blonde. That's kind of a plot point.
+FourthDerivative Although it is a little distracting that Bron is apparently being played by Oliver Cromwell.
FourthDerivative
He used historical portraits of real life people instead.
f.ex. he used gustavus adolphus's portrait for petyr
Sauces on the other portraits?
The pictures don’t look how the book describes them tho lol
This channel is criminally underrated.
no doubt. I've never heard of this channel but he has a subscriber for life
No sweets is seriously UNDERRATED
Agreed! I love this “show?” Give me great recommends and helps me get my kids interested in great lit.!
YES IT REALLY IS!!! I LOVE THEM!!!
@@ironforged2329 This has 800k views. The original comment only made sense five years ago.
Thug Notes reminds me of this English lit teacher I had sophomore year.
Sounds like a dope teacher.
+Wisecrack In your Julius Caesar episode you failed to mention that Julius Caesar never said 'and you to Brutus' in Latin 'et tu Brute'. Most Historians claim that he didn't say anything but as soon as he saw Brutus and began to weep, covered his eyes and gave up (he was fighting like a mad dog until he saw Brutus). Those who differ claim that he said 'and you to my child' there is reason to speculate that Brutus was a illegitimate child of Caesar, because there isn't really any other reason to explain why Julius was so nice to Brutus his entire life even intervening to save the life of Brutus after the battle of philippi.
+Jackson Crook why are you bringing that up here
sounds lit
i pray this will make them listen or read the original. i love it!
Can you do a series where a proper English gentleman hangs out in a ghetto barber shop and offers literary analysis for rap lyrics?
today i will explain the lyrics behing mysticals famous ballad about the female gender moving their buttocks in an up and down motion
And it was then in that lyric, Sir John of Lil uttered forth to the masses "To the casement, to the wall! Until the sweat drop down one's plums", encouraging the 'totty', goodness me, to dance here, there and everywhere!
That's not a bad idea for the channel at all!
That's actually a really good idea.
No that's private.
"Jon snow, you know, the pretty one."
*HOLY SHIT I CANT BREATE*
Inbreeding is weird...
Word.
DNews usually makes for good tv ratings tho...just ask springer. xD
Targayrens historically birthed children with each other, making that line the most inbred of them all.
It's happened historically, such as with the Ptolmeiac dynasty in egypt, which was to keep their blood 'pure' as they were ethnically macedonian, not egyptian. The rate of birth defects increases with each successive generation that is inbred, but at first the chance for negative consequences is rather low (I forget the percentile) even if between brother and sister, and is much smaller between first cousins. In many places marrying first cousins is still a tradition, like in certain places in the middle east.
Holy shit
Who is this guy...
A freaking legend???
I didn't think it was possible to sum up a book in 6 minutes that took me... oh 38 hours to read, back in 2008 and then to top it off he analyzes it in 4 minutes, guy has some skill!... Still waiting for book 6 GRRM, please don't die. Take all the time you want, but please don't die before finishing 6/7.
This is great. Honestly, it takes the stigma against reading and makes it a light and silly affair with the "thug" angle while still teaching people the deep and subtle angles of an amazing story. Good job, man.
I love it, but you missed one of the best themes in the story, the theme of protagonist hating. Hear me out.
Robert thought himself a protagonist when he conquered the seven kingdoms. He figured his story ended when the war did. But in reality, the story doesn't even start until his best days are behind him. Now he thinks he's living happily ever after enjoying all that's entitled to victorious protagonists, when the people around him are conspiring to kill him. But that's not all. He's also bankrupting the kingdom with his excessive living. Turns out that the protagonist conquering the known world, doesn't make a great king. It's not a good storybook, but reality isn't one.
The next Protagonist is Vysaries. He thinks that being "born" into Royalty makes him the protagonist. He deserves the throne and his story to claim it begins with selling his sister to Kahl Drogo. But Drogo doesn't care about his throne or kingdom, so he doesn't move quickly. But because Vysaries thinks that he's the protagonist, any delay is simply ignoring the story. So he gets mad and Drogho finally puts him down ending the story before it begins.
John Snow goes to the Night's Watch in hopes of finding a noble brotherhood, but instead finds thieves and rapists. He's not chosen to be a ranger, and his duty is to fetch water and food. John sees his protagon-ism fade quickly. Jaime thinks being a knight will make him happy, but one king is crazy and burns people, and the next one is cheating on Jaime's sister. Sansa thinks she's gonna marry a handsome prince and be happy, but the prince is an asshole.
Most people see themselves that way but perhaps the biggest one is Ned himself. and the best part is, that we, the reader get convinced that he's the protagonist too. the joke's not just on him, it's also on us. He thinks he's won his ending to his story. Now they just have to keep doing what they're doing and avoid being characters in anyone's story. But when he finds out about John Arryn, he goes off and tracks down the cause, but instead of conquering the odds or dying a martyr, he just dies, and it isn't victorious nor meaningful. And for insult, it's done with his own sword, Ice, seconds after he basically admits that Joffrey IS the real king, so his own goals aren't even achieved by his death.
A lot of this comes from the stories they've heard. People like "Nan" have been telling the Stark Kids stories. Stories of things up north, stories about kings and knights. Even most of the songs they sing throughout the series tell stories. And stories typically have protagonist driven narratives, and end with that protagonist meeting goals. But none of that's real. And the one dude who gets it is the one who reads the most stories.
Tyrion knows he's not the protagonist because protagonists, aren't third born. They're not dwarfs. and they're not readers. Tyrion was born when his mother died, it's not a solid origin story, but he always wanted to be better. He read books, and one day he met a girl and thought he rescued her. He then married her and thought he was a protagonist getting his happy ending. But it turned out, according to his father, she was a prostitute and didn't love him at all, as he thought. So after that, the guy stops thinking of himself as a protagonist, and adopts a much more practical approach to his own life. Because of this, he isn't worried about being king, because he knows that he's not the protagonist, and him ending up on the thrown isn't really in his cards. And he also knows that people who dream big, suffer big.
Another theme along these lines is the power of names. Names are everything to these people but in reality offer nothing to the person who has them. John wants to be a Stark, but instead gives up the bad name he has. Little Finger's biggest problem with himself is that he wasn't born with a name and is trying to make one. Lannisters think they're special because of their name and Vysaries thinks he should rule because he's the only one with the right name. Ned only doesn't think Joffrey should rule because he shouldn't have the right name and not because he's an asshole who would be a terrible ruler. That's why when pressed, he suggests giving the thrown to Stanis, Robert's brother, because Stanis has the right name.
During one scene, Caitlyn Stark is taking a bath, but the water is so cold she can't stand it. She complains that being a Stark didn't come with the ability to tolerate the cold. And Danerys can't stop expanding her name everytime she goes to a new place. Everyone who declares themselves king comes up with elaborate names for themselves and names others give them. Until their name is so large that they have to get someone else to say it. And they think the name gives them power, but it rains shit on those with big names and those with short ones.
And speaking of names. Notice that everyone's naming swords. Ice, Fang, Needle, and if you go further in the books. there's also Oathkeeper, Longclaw, And a whole bunch of other ones. But none of the swords really give the wielder power, named or not. Fang, Joffrey's first sword winds up in a river having never been used. Aria's first kill with her sword isn't a soldier, or an attacker, it's a little kid. And Ice is only used a couple of times in the story. Once to kill a deserter to the watch, and once to kill Ned himself. There's another time, but it doesn't really do anything in that scene. This shows that the sword isn't powerful, it's just how it's used. Lots of people die by unnamed swords, and swordsmen with named swords are just as unlikely to win with them as those with unnamed swords.
Probably the best example of this is Cerio Ferrel, he doesn't use a named sword. In fact, he only ever uses a training sword, because it's literally just as good as any named blade. Swords are just objects, like Names or Gods. None of them give anyone any power. None of them make anyone any better. But these fool characters just keep putting their faith in names, swords, gods and thinking that being the main character of thier story is gonna work out for them. But reality hits you hard, bro. And most of them die because of it.
Hope you liked the alternative analysis. I like books with themes. And SoIaF has a ton of them.
Chad Tindale "Throne" in all the above places. Speech to text makes my spelling suffer.
Chad Tindale Damn. I read all the books, and at the end of it all I wasn't impressed. But, after reading your take, I have to admit I appreciate the books a lot more. I might need to re-read them all. Thanks.
Chad Tindale
Digging into the backstory, we can even see that the whole rebellion and the problems that came with it, spring from Rhaegar thinking himself the hero of his own story.
Chad Tindale Great Analysis. *SPOILER ASOIAF AHEAD* In later books, the "name" thing comes more down to people losing something upon which they based their identity. Martin loves to play with the subversion of identity, so for example Sansa Stark becomes Alayne Stone, and Arya literally becomes no one. Jaime Lannister, loses his hand which is what gave him the identity of Kingslayer. Dany is forced to lock up her dragons. Most viscerally, Theon loses his penis and is mockingly renamed as Reek.
That theme reminds me of the game borderlands. Not sure if you played it before, but basically the villian proclaims he the protaganist of the story bc he trys to bring order to a chaotic world. While you the player trys to stop him by killing people, stealing and joining gangs. But I guess you could say the same about almost every hero verses villian story.
I should note that after Mirri Maz Durr (the healer) treated Khal Drogo's wound, Drogo removed the poultice, and rubbed mud in it.
Drogo killed himself.
at least someone remembers...
Im not sure. The healer was in fact a sorcerer, but the books never say that she killed Khal Drogo or that he killed himself.
+Fenmio She wasn't poisioning kahl Drogo, an why would she? She was trying to heal him to gain Danys trust, concidering that she is an associate of Maester Marvin, who is working with house Martell, she probably wanted to steal one of the dragon eggs maybe all of them for house Martell. A possible ride to Dorne for her was in Quarth after all.
Drogo only took the bandage off because it hurt too much, even though the healer expressly told him to always keep it on.
Nope. He was brain dead as a result of Mirri Maz Durr's "blood magic" and Danny had to smother him.
And his bastard-love child Jon Snow...
You know, the pretty one!
Looking back at ASOIAF and even just GOT it honestly baffles me the complexity and the story telling. I mean the man was setting up a plot twist in the half of the first book that wouldn’t be revealed until two books later. Tiny lies that turn out to be massive plot points. Sorry to gush, but it honestly floors me
Please continue with these books
"Man this is gonna be a bitch." Thug Notes 2015
Stannis Baratheon is the One True King of Westeros, bend the knee or be destroyed.
SergeantMatt13 The Iron Throne is his by right! All hail the MANNIS!!!
STANNIS! STANNIS! STANNIS!
Stannis the MANNIS!!
His 3 legit sons Rob, Bran and Rickon. His 2 daughters Arya and Sansa. And his bastard love child Jon Snow. ...Y'know the pretty one.
4:42 No, those were wights, the undead ones. The Others are the other ones, you know the White Walkers.
In the show they are wights, in the book (which this video follows) they are others
Riley Nicholas No, not only in this book in all five of them wights are undead zombies, the Others and the White Walkers are the same entity. Check your facts. In Game of Thrones(book 1) old Nan tells Bran a story about the long night: "[The Others] hunted the maids through the frozen forests, and fed their *dead* *servants*(wights) on the flesh of human children."
Yes, but in the book it's not undead who attack the rangers, it's the others / white walkers
Riley Nicholas And yet he says in the video that the dead brothers of the watch rose to become Others, when they actually became wights. I haven't included that 4:42 time tag for nothing in my op.
Yeah, it's my mistake I didn't realise that in the video he's talking about the rangers being attacked by wights, not white walkers
This channel is F@#&%*6 awesome, ever since a friend recommend this channel I have not stopped watching it.
Love to hear it, man
This officially became my favorite channel on RUclips.
Having Bronn's portrait be Oliver Cromwell was a nice touch.
How about diving into the Discworld? Maybe Small Gods or Eric?
b1merio Or a double bill of Colour of Magic and Light Fantastic?
b1merio Guards! Guards!
I second guards guards
bolognaman67 My vote is for either Guards Guards or Small Gods.
Oh God, yes! Discworld books would be amazing!
R+L=J amirite?
Josh Lilly SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Spoiler
Well that's no longer relevant since he's dead...sad but true.
***** Except that revival is a thing. And he might not be dead in the first place. But if he is no more keeping his oath. Perfect plot setup don't you think?
Josh Lilly I haven't read the books, but i don't think revival is a thing in the show. But yea that would be perfect plot setup. Hopefully it happens. When is the next book coming out anyway? Because the sooner the next book comes out, the sooner they can start on season 6.
***** Remember Brotherhood Without Banners and lord Beric Dondarion, who kept dying and coming back?
You Do realize you have to do every book in the soiaf series now don't you ?
I don't think he did...
I spent a month reading this book and he summerized it in 6 minutes
The paper sound at the beginning is very satisfying
This review and analysis of the book are spot on. Please do the rest of the series!
I understand this and at the same time....I don't......what?!?!?
Hey, sparky, the dead night's watchmen don't become Others, they become wights. Others are the tall, icy, White Walkers. Wights are undead corpses of people killed by Others.
That fang is mesmerizing.
It's been a year...second book, maybe, please, yes now?
I can't thank you enough for this one. I've tried to start reading it a few times and have dreaded trying to watch the series, but now I feel like I should be able to delve into one of them.
Glad to help, Ara
Wisecrack The resurrected men who attacked the Lord Commander are called Wights, which are basically zombies. The Others are ice demons who appeared in the prologue
I love these. You're doing a great job, can't wait to see what you have for this year!
Oh my gosh thank you so much. Jumping back into the series after a long break and I couldn't find a decent recap on the books-- just opinion. This is so helpful bringing the plot back to mind.
I've read the books and watched the show, but this is by far the best interpretation.
This is how high school subjects should be delivered. I would've never skipped class 🤜
man i have a written exam on song of ice and fire in less than a week you're saving me! great video, aged well!!
I miss these.
Yes, I've been waiting for this!
A few little errors.
1- Cersei was planning Robert's murder long before Ned Stark found out about Joffrey's true parentage.
2- Roberts death was caused by a hunting accident with a boar, but that was probably caused by Cersei's cousin Lancel keeping him really, really drunk.
3- Robb started the war before Ned was killed, it began as an attempt to get Ned back.
+Firecracker119 Actually, it was Bloodraven that killed old Bobby B.
For the second one that's why he said "accident"
@@mrdefaultynoob damn bruh its been 7 years.
@@mrdefaultynoob in the seven years its been since i made this comment i have started playing world of warcraft, escaped an abusive home, got my drivers license, gained 10kg, got a boyfriend, bought a pet fish, studied a childcare degree, got a job in childcare, quit world of warcraft, started learning russian, broke up with my boyfriend, moved house, taught myself how to crochet, mourned the loss of my pet fish, finished my childcare degree, gave up on russian and switched to german, bought a cat, developed an eating disorder and lost 30kg, quit my job after 5 years, and re-read the books 4 times.
I love the use of old portraits. Very clever.
so awesome! subscribed
WE really need to get some Pratchett done up in here. You should do Wyrd Sisters.It will go well with all the Shakespeare you cover.
Even though you guys mainly do classic literature, I always like it when you do recent books. The next time you do a recent book. could you do The Martian by Andy Weir? That book is a masterpiece.
Really like the Gustavus Adolphus head picture on Petyr Baelish .
Lol this is great "bunch of virgins guarding the wall"
Speaking of shows what happened to the Character Psych Evaluation show? I haven't seen a new episode of that in a good while.
Khal Drago --> Khal Drogo
Boratheon --> Baratheon
Khal*
Cersi -> Cersei
temperedskinflint he says the wights are Others which is SOOOO WRONG.
Thanks so much for listening to my suggestion! This was awesome!
Love this! Do the rest of the series!
Great episode, I'm impressed you managed to recap that much of the book in such a short video. However there is a slight typo, at 1:49 it should be Cersei, not Cersi.
MrRainbowization There are quite a few typos in the names such as Boratheon and not Baratheon to name one.
MrRainbowization Obviously inspired by the Circe in the"Odyssey''...
Please do the rest of the series : D
Great review, hope you make the others books. BTW, i loved the faces that you put them
This was beautiful. I shed a single tear.
Will you be doing Clash of kings?
The Freys are not among the Great Houses of Westeros though, at least not during the first book. The Martells should be on that list instead of the Freys.
A Thug Notes book?! Damn, I don't think I've been so excited over a book in years!
OMG, I soooo love this, can you please do one for each season!! This is Awesome
That image of Gustavus Adolphus was really distracting, mostly because I know who he is and I am a fan
Swag King of The North.
i think you mean Khal Drogo not Drago
Great summary!
So many good lines in this one. "Hunting accident!"
I just want to say thank you, for saying "homegirl" instead of the usual "homeboy", being inclusive is just 1 of the many ways that you fckin ROCK!
Thank you for making every single one of us smile :)
The brothers don't become others, they become wights.
TheAshenNamedJerry In the books they're referred to as Others
luv it!!!! keep it comin' !!!!
Oui oui! Loved this breakdown of the first book. Hope we get to see the whole series eventually! #Peace!
I like how they all the male above puberty had beard
Beards are terrible. Clean shaven is the way!
When can you do book 2?
I miss these. Home boy did a great job.
Great video! Glad GOT gets a long vid
Will there be a video on A Clash Of Kings?
please do A Clash of Kings and the others =]
Great as always! Thank you!
I never truly lived until I found this video series
Hey, have you considered the "Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan or the "Myth Adventures" books by Robert Asprin?
So wait, now we have pornstars hosting Wisecrack... YEEAAAAHH!!!!!!!
Pimp Notes!
Joakim1400 I thought you were just being rude, but damn they actually are porn stars. I wonder what their show is going to be about.
Boss Bitches of History.
***** Hoars of History
No, I mean that's the title of their show. Boss Bitches of History is the actual title.
Awesome game of thromes summary. Wisecrack
The thumbnail images for all of the characters were so perfect in their own way.
I appreciate all the work that went into this, so believe me when I say it isn't you, but if I hadn't read the book myself and watched the show, I'd have no idea wtf was going on.
Game of Thrones is just a thug ass show
Thanks for the summary I enjoyed this, I haven't read or watch got and this helped
I love this!! 😂💯💯 please do the whole series 🙏🏽
ever considered analyzing Journey to the West?
Those u dead where not Others but wrights, undead thrills to the Others
Amazing! Thank you for doing my favorite story.
Great stuff.
Please review Watership Down.
+Jack3Beans Yes! One of the greatest books ever to introduce children to the horrors of life and society!
Well, since you're are talking about the books, it's worth noting that the undead are not the Others, they are the White Walkers. The Other is another mystical crazy shit, that hasn't appeared in the show yet, event tough they were in the first chapter of the first book.
Ewertton Tadeu No White Walkers are an alias for the Others. The people worshiping R'hollor such as Mellisandre believe in a great Other and R'hollor. The White Walkers or Others are sentient and have unknown goals unlike wights. The zombies that Jon saved Jeor Mormont from were known as wights.
Ok. Well, the center of my comment stants. White Walkers are not Zombies in the book. There is a crazy mystical shit there.
They're called Wights
Awesome video.
Yes!!! I just thought about how great would a video about game of thrones be. Please do more videos about the rest of the series
I'd love to see Harry Potter on this channel as well :-D
Sarah Jasmin Same here!
Do 'The Alchemist' pls
I call myself winding down cause I just got home from work and thought I'd check out this channel...Now im wide awake!
awesome dude, keep it up
Bronn is Oliver Cromwell? Damn.
That book has waaayy too many characters
x97sfinest Got that right
x97sfinest Especially for somebody with attention deficit disorder...me (;>
x97sfinest And all with the same names too! I always read the family trees before I even start the books anymore.
This one and the next couple are okay, but the last two go overboard with the pointless sideshows
Timothy Connor they are just structured differently than the first 3, and FYI Martin had only intended for the series to be a trilogy when he first started writing. After all of the huge events on book 3, 4 and 5 had to be a bit more quiet and contemplative for the contrast. They build up parts of the world that are still foreign to the reader, introduce new characters, and sew intrigue for the climatic finale that we're all waiting for. Book 4 (A Feast For Crows) is my favorite because of this, I think it's the most underrated book in the series.
This was absolutely amazing.
This is so well-made!