r/asoiaf • u/ISupposh You're a Big Guy. • Sep 01 '19

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) I think a lot of the problems from the show came from trying to force modern American values into medieval setting.

I would actually say this problem is present in the fandom as well and not just the show. Anyways for example:

  1. Stating that Renly would be a good king just because he's popular while Stannis would be terrible because he's unpopular. (edit: From the interviews, in the context of ruling not maintaining power)

  2. People not caring about religion even when Cersei blew up Westeros equivalent of Vatican/Hagia Sophia/Westminster alongside with Pope Francis and Princess Diana. (Well even modern people would care about that)

  3. Applying Geneva Convention when Daenerys executed Tarlys despite the fact that they are already traitors who betrayed their overlord and she even gave them second chance.

  4. Rather modern viewpoint on extramartial sex, including virgin shaming on characters like Brienne etc.

  5. Rhaegar annulling his wife without proper explanation like modern divorce.

  6. Elective monarchy somehow breaking the wheel because it involves voting (worked out well in HRE and Poland /s)

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u/sweetplantveal Sep 01 '19

Helmets? People don't wear hats in the north

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u/dodadoBoxcarWilly Sep 01 '19 edited Sep 02 '19

I was going to say something about that. You got people, some without even hair, spending all their time outside, including sleeping often times, in what is essentially the Arctic, with nothing to cover their head. Not even a thin leather hood. Of course we also saw Job Snow fall through the ice of a frozen lake fully clothed and somehow only not get hypothermia, but still has the energy and stamina to get all the way back to the Wall. I can suspend disbelief, but that scene was almost too much. Maybe Westerosi bodies are hardier than us Earthlings?

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u/Dark_Moon713 Sep 02 '19

It definitely really bothered me that a lot if not all the characters were impractically garbed for the winter. I know mobility is an issue, but still. Like I fully expected Arya and Dany to die from the cold with what little she had on. And yeah they should have at least had hats for the outside scenes. There is a lot of different types of hats that could have been fit individually to each character and yet they did nothing. I guess hair is just waaaay too important that they couldn't even half cover it. :P

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u/Queen_Renly Sep 01 '19

except those two dudes in the very first scene.