The Others Side Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 game of thrones be real..i just want to grab a horse, a sword, and some adventure. slugging thru malls and botanical gardens don't interest me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 You do realize that in Westeros the huge majority of the population is too poor to own a horse, grab a sword, and go "adventuring", don't you? Not to mention that the characters in Westeros who do go "adventuring" sure don't seem to enjoy it much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiDisaster Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Not to mention the horrible diseases and lack of modern medicine, rampant sexism and classism and constant warfare. I'll keep my malls and botanical gardens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all swedes are racist Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Oh zing.Also, you may be seriously underestimating the number of botanical gardens in Westeros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all swedes are racist Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Alternatively: why can't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Others Side Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 Not to mention the horrible diseases and lack of modern medicine, rampant sexism and classism and constant warfare. I'll keep my malls and botanical gardens. good.we don't need you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north of the wall Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I'll join you in Westeros but swap a sword for a pretty dress. Horse and adventuring for me too please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I love how these nostalgic reactionary types always imagine they're gonna be the ones riding the horse and swinging the sword. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawkcabi Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 In before the thread is locked! :P Even if I had complete immunity from all diseases I wouldn't want to set foot in Westeros. That's what's good about having the books, I can live the adventure and not worry about where my next meal is coming from, raiders burning down my hut, lack of clean running water, electricity, no phone, no lights, no motor cars, not a single luxury! ETA: I love how these nostalgic reactionary types always imagine they're gonna be the ones riding the horse and swinging the sword. I'd say "nostalgic reactionary" is giving too much credit. It's more youthful naivety, or you know, just plain brainless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all swedes are racist Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I love how these nostalgic reactionary types always imagine they're gonna be the ones riding the horse and swinging the sword. Pfft, we don't need you, either, spoilsport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1918me Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 If a fictional universe had to be real, it would Pokemon. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawkcabi Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Wait...Pokémon isn't real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tellus Explorer Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I say this in chat whenever the subject comes up and I'll say it here. I would own every brothel in Westeros! (harlots includes) B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1918me Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Wait...Pokémon isn't real? Oh, I see you haven't had "The Talk" yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 why cant i have a pony a pretty pony with rainbow hair who sings songs and flies that wood be grate we dont not wants any1 that sez i cant have pretty ponies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all swedes are racist Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Ponies and swords and me and the Other Side and a VW bus and the open road and adventure and sparkles and burritos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiDisaster Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Ponies and swords and me and the Other Side and a VW bus and the open road and adventure and sparkles and burritos We ain't in the 60's anymore, hippie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wise Fool Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 The thing is, sure they all had problems back in medieval-land fun-type world, but they were different problems. Specifically, different problems than the ones that I face. Thus, escape, and escapism. This is also why I like the Bakkerverse. I'm sure I'd be a caste-menial, a slave, living a life of degradation and suffering... but I could accept it, because I wouldn't live in a culture with upwards mobility or the American Dream or this obligation to improve yourself by your own bootstraps and acquire wealth and fit in and be happy. There was no expectation of any of that crap, so you just accepted the hand you were dealt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all swedes are racist Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 We ain't in the 60's anymore, hippie.Man, you're just brainwashed by the shopping mall/botanical garden/fluoride/pasteurized milk industrial complex fat cat overlords, square! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 The thing is, sure they all had problems back in medieval-land fun-type world, but they were different problems. Specifically, different problems than the ones that I face. Thus, escape, and escapism. This is also why I like the Bakkerverse. I'm sure I'd be a caste-menial, a slave, living a life of degradation and suffering... but I could accept it, because I wouldn't live in a culture with upwards mobility or the American Dream or this obligation to improve yourself by your own bootstraps and acquire wealth and fit in and be happy. There was no expectation of any of that crap, so you just accepted the hand you were dealt. You are crazy. We haven't been explicitly told that suicide is a sin in Bakkerverse, and it seems like pretty much everything else is, so first thing I'd be doing there is offing myself and hoping like hell I figured it out. If I'm wrong, I don't really see the difference in 20 years in an utter shithole then an eternity of torment vs an eternity of torment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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