Cold Crashing Waves Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Where were the dragons flying behind he banner is what I want to know... They're off with the direwolves and the rest of the unsullied army storming Meereen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywolf2375 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Where were the dragons flying behind he banner is what I want to know... they were taken up by the sighting of two direwolves and some Others. I'm not convinced you didn't just copy that last second from my own post. My only quell with it is that the flag was never seen before (not that it really should have been) and she's not really anywhere where she can just ask for a big fancy flag. More pressingly, I mean how the hell did she get that flag where it is. The flag is sitting on the harpy before Dany even has the city. Well, she does have dragons which I suppose could be instructed to fly and drop. More likely I'm sure they have some means to have some, say, rope shot over the edge of the statue and then have it lifted up like a curtain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lone_Direwolf Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Where were the dragons flying behind he banner is what I want to know...Instantly watching it I thought it would have been more powerful to have Drogon on the top of the pyramid (where he likes to chill in the books) instead of some perfect flag.As it pans out from Dany have Drogon stretch his wings and eclipse the Harpy, essentially visually replacing it.How did the flag even get up there? Daario ninja'd it up there?The whole take over was so glossed over and cheap, as least have a quick montage of Slave Masters being killed around the city so you got a better idea that it was large scale and synchronized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boojam Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Where were the dragons flying behind he banner is what I want to know... The CGI-VFX for those dragons must be freaking expensive. Episodes where would think they would make a small showing, but apparently didn't fit in the budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf in Hallowed Places Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 The Targaryans are/were a very well known house even in Essos. I have no doubt that she could have just asked for a Targaryan flag to be made and people would comply. It may have even been a gift to her from Qarth or even Illyrio. Do you think Dany had to draw out the stencil for the flag herself? I think the more questionable issue is where the hell did she get that flag. Same place she got the Catapults? Ebay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion1991 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 In the books it is never mentioned or discussed whether Dany or any of Danys army has flags with her house sigil on. To some extent, this might just be that GRRM assumes that the reader can assume that Danys army has this. The only instance I can think of is in the preview of the Winds chapter where one banner is specifically mentioned as being carried by her Queensguard. In answer to your question. In the second book after the house of undying, Dany mentions the prophecies of dragon has three heads and Jorah tells her that the Targ sigil is a three headed dragon; to which she replies "I know that". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandleWisps Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Instantly watching it I thought it would have been more powerful to have Drogon on the top of the pyramid (where he likes to chill in the books) instead of some perfect flag.As it pans out from Dany have Drogon stretch his wings and eclipse the Harpy, essentially visually replacing it. Agreed, the visual would have had a much greater impact than the flag. As much as I adore the dragons though, it was worth the CGI cut to see some White Walkers and the direwolves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ground_control Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Tall Tyrion Lannister!, on 28 Apr 2014 - 10:19 PM, said: Ebay? eSlaversBay? Rhaeg's List? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmholt Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Maybe Viserys kept a sigil. Barristan and Jorah would know what it looked like. Viserys might have even had a banner but harder to imagine it would stay intact and with Dany all this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmholt Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 This is a great opportunity to learn what a trebuchet is. Especially for Dave Barry fans. http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Siege_of_MeereenPeople who make them and film them firing apparently need to give a little spiel first. Here's one video http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=06P_RNGP8LUHere's the Monty Python esque versionhttp://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hZxCEkGk6HIClearly the catapults in a Breaker of Chains use a counterweight on the short arm and a sling containing the projectile on the long arm of the throwing lever, therefore trebuchet.ETA after re watching it don't know how the he** Dany's catapults/ trebuchets are fired. The axis is so low set I can't imagine where they are hiding the counterweight. It appears the artillery crew is releasing the throwing arm from some opposing force and I wonder what I am missing. Perhaps the mechanism is underground.It's sad they didn't have flaming pianos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joachim Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Coats of arms have detailed blazons that would allow anyone to reproduce them very easily. Doubtless, house sigils have something like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boojam Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Same place she got the Catapults? The Roman army built their siege machines 'on site', sort of standard operational procedure until gunpowder. George wanted to have the catapults he had a KL for Blackwater , but they ran out of budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 The Roman army built their siege machines 'on site', sort of standard operational procedure until gunpowder. That's what Daven Lannister was doing in Riverrun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7th-key Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 This may be a silly question but how does Dany even know what her house sigil looks like (to the exact detail)? HBO merchandise shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmholt Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 The Roman army built their siege machines 'on site', sort of standard operational procedure until gunpowder.George wanted to have the catapults he had a KL for Blackwater , but they ran out of budget.That's why Dany couldn't use seige engines for Meereen...oh wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandleWisps Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 HBO merchandise shop? Makes me wonder if she has any other Targ paraphanelia lying about. A Targaryen mug to sip coffee out of would go over well at late night Council meetings I'm sure :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7th-key Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 ^ I can totally see Daario, Grey Worm, Selmy and Mormont trying to outdrink each other, thusly taking advantage of the Targaryen shot glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florina Laufeyson Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Makes me wonder if she has any other Targ paraphanelia lying about. A Targaryen mug to sip coffee out of would go over well at late night Council meetings I'm sure :thumbsup: I totally have one of those. lel Seriously this OP has me in stitches. Cuz Dany cant know her own house sigil? :lmao: Of course she does! Viserys probably made her draw it in the sand a million times. "Its missing a head...BETTER FIX IT OR YOU'LL WAKE THE DRAGON!" Not only that, Barristan sure knows that sigil. Come on. Suspend your disbelief to enjoy yourself for once. I liked how it looked like a fascist dictator flag. hueeee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandleWisps Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 ^ I can totally see Daario, Grey Worm, Selmy and Mormont trying to outdrink each other, thusly taking advantage of the Targaryen shot glasses. I wonder if the Take the Black Stout Beer has found its way across the Narrow Sea yet.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandleWisps Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 I totally have one of those. lel Seriously this OP has me in stitches. Cuz Dany cant know her own house sigil? :lmao: Of course she does! Viserys probably made her draw it in the sand a million times. "Its missing a head...BETTER FIX IT OR YOU'LL WAKE THE DRAGON!" Not only that, Barristan sure knows that sigil. I can totally see Dany doing something bad, and instead of forcing her to write lines repeatedly Viserys had her do that ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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