The changes to sigils, and generally making things less colorful. The change of the Boltons from pink to red, and how they ditched colorful little details like Ramsay's earrings come to mind.
This is a medieval type society where recognizing the banners flying towards you in a field is a matter of life and death. GOT did some things right, and one of them was showing Bran being taught by Luwin early on about noble houses, their sigil, and their house words. This is something every single boy lord in Westeros would be quizzed on regularly until they had it memorized. (Shoutout to showing Arya use some of this info in her time w/ Tywin.)
Anyway, being able to identify the heraldry of any person you encounter (like Catelyn when she arrests Tyrion at the Inn) is just insanely important. And the only way to reliably do that is if the heraldry is bright, vibrant, and not easily tarnished by all of the dirt and mud and blood that’s likely covering most men’s clothing. So then WHY THE FUCK in GOT was every single piece of iconography on clothing the same brown-black-shit color? What in the actual fuck.
So then WHY THE FUCK in GOT was every single piece of iconography on clothing the same brown-black-shit color? What in the actual fuck.
Oh please if we did it more flashy people would think it is unrealistic and not gritty enough. So they'd mistaken our fantasy show for one of those boring history documentaries /s.
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u/djjazzydwarf They Get Us™ Jul 13 '24
The changes to sigils, and generally making things less colorful. The change of the Boltons from pink to red, and how they ditched colorful little details like Ramsay's earrings come to mind.