Anyone, and I do mean just about EVERYONE, who knows this line can mean only one thing.
Yep, GAME OF THRONES. You play to win or you end up having a horrifying and gruesome death.(Like stomach churning, bile inducing deaths).
The internet was flooded with memes from this show and I simply had to see what the hype was all about. I mean, what could have people quoting lines from the show that reached Gandhian status. So, I downloaded season one and was ready to sacrifice my entire night. My bedroom door was open and the entire screen of my PC was plastered with the absolutely captivating opening theme ( which is still a huge favorite). Also, no one thought to warn me about the kind of scenes that are -coughs- not suitable to watch with your bedroom door wide /OPEN/. So when one such scene suddenly popped on the screen, I sat there flabbergasted, eyes darting towards the door and back to the icky scene on the screen. The one noteworthy matter about GOT is that even the s@#$x scenes have the most important dialogues in the show. So there is simply no way of missing it at all. And who should stride in to my room at that very moment to tell me good night before heading to sleep?
My dad, of course. Nothing prepared me for that and some instinctive reflex kicked in which caused me to stab my toe against the restart button, causing the screen to turn black and my heart to skip a beat.
But, all lessons aside, the show really did live up to its name, atleast in my eyes. Even though it did start out slow with seemingly irrelevant scenes and unfamiliar faces showing up in every new scene, you eventually learn to distinguish the hoe from the bitch and the cheat from the ones who actually give a damn about the kingdom. Some of the scenes which involve violence and gore are simply too bloody for the weak-hearted but other than that, the story takes a sharp twist and interesting turn at every corner.
And the biggest lesson that I've learned from Game of Thrones is probably that the author R.R.Martin
hates everyone equally with a passion. You learn that, it is important to never have too much attachment to one single character because you never know which episode might be his last. I remember staying up till 4 am with a packet of tissues and sobbing my heart out after seeing the Red Wedding. To say that episode was depressing is probably an understatement. IT WILL RIP OUT YOUR HEART AND STEP ON IT BEFORE LETTING IT ROAST IN THE PITS OF HELL.
And the story does not end there. It goes on to other, more brutal murders, rape ,incest, abuse and every obscenity imaginable and still has you sitting on the edge of your seat, waiting for more. Book readers everywhere sounded outraged at the rape of the eldest Stark daughter, the burning of Shereen( which really did bring down Stannis' position but he died too, so yaay), beheading Rob stark and mounting the head of his dire wolf on his shoulders really have been some of the most outrageous scenes that sparked a hoard of wailing fangirls and guys to flood twitter with their opinions. Even the show probably has its characters going like..
Other good recommendations to you guys reading this would be : Once Upon a Time, Lie to me, Bones, Sherlock,Big Bang Theory (all random genres but they're all equally good in their own field).
So for now, this is me signing off,
L.O.L
~JabberEmi.
Yep, GAME OF THRONES. You play to win or you end up having a horrifying and gruesome death.(Like stomach churning, bile inducing deaths).
The internet was flooded with memes from this show and I simply had to see what the hype was all about. I mean, what could have people quoting lines from the show that reached Gandhian status. So, I downloaded season one and was ready to sacrifice my entire night. My bedroom door was open and the entire screen of my PC was plastered with the absolutely captivating opening theme ( which is still a huge favorite). Also, no one thought to warn me about the kind of scenes that are -coughs- not suitable to watch with your bedroom door wide /OPEN/. So when one such scene suddenly popped on the screen, I sat there flabbergasted, eyes darting towards the door and back to the icky scene on the screen. The one noteworthy matter about GOT is that even the s@#$x scenes have the most important dialogues in the show. So there is simply no way of missing it at all. And who should stride in to my room at that very moment to tell me good night before heading to sleep?
My dad, of course. Nothing prepared me for that and some instinctive reflex kicked in which caused me to stab my toe against the restart button, causing the screen to turn black and my heart to skip a beat.
But, all lessons aside, the show really did live up to its name, atleast in my eyes. Even though it did start out slow with seemingly irrelevant scenes and unfamiliar faces showing up in every new scene, you eventually learn to distinguish the hoe from the bitch and the cheat from the ones who actually give a damn about the kingdom. Some of the scenes which involve violence and gore are simply too bloody for the weak-hearted but other than that, the story takes a sharp twist and interesting turn at every corner.
And the biggest lesson that I've learned from Game of Thrones is probably that the author R.R.Martin
hates everyone equally with a passion. You learn that, it is important to never have too much attachment to one single character because you never know which episode might be his last. I remember staying up till 4 am with a packet of tissues and sobbing my heart out after seeing the Red Wedding. To say that episode was depressing is probably an understatement. IT WILL RIP OUT YOUR HEART AND STEP ON IT BEFORE LETTING IT ROAST IN THE PITS OF HELL.
And the story does not end there. It goes on to other, more brutal murders, rape ,incest, abuse and every obscenity imaginable and still has you sitting on the edge of your seat, waiting for more. Book readers everywhere sounded outraged at the rape of the eldest Stark daughter, the burning of Shereen( which really did bring down Stannis' position but he died too, so yaay), beheading Rob stark and mounting the head of his dire wolf on his shoulders really have been some of the most outrageous scenes that sparked a hoard of wailing fangirls and guys to flood twitter with their opinions. Even the show probably has its characters going like..
The final stab to the open wound was probably the death of Jon Snow, even though I'd heard about it, read about it and discussed it with book readers who hate the show to an extent. And also the multitude of theories that state that he will be revived in Season 6, but who knows. Time to wait and see if the luscious maned man makes his reappearance. So until then, I'll probably lie in wait and fan girl about some other show.
Other good recommendations to you guys reading this would be : Once Upon a Time, Lie to me, Bones, Sherlock,Big Bang Theory (all random genres but they're all equally good in their own field).
So for now, this is me signing off,
L.O.L
~JabberEmi.
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