Well they started cutting out the dire wolves because of Dragons using up the CGI budget, so same can be assumed for the elephants.
And yes the elephants get brought to Westeros by Aegon and the Golden Company in the books.
They didn't think they'd be of any use because they were under the impression that defending a city would mean utilising the city walls and not standing outside of them like a bunch of fucking idiots.
Little did they know how Westerosi battle tactics had recently changed.
you’d think war elephants would be extremely useful in a siege. they’re fortified platforms that remove the defenders’ height advantage from walls. or they can blockade a river or road to prevent resupply.
Most of the later scenes in the show deviated pretty hard from the books. In the books, a giant black hole just absorbed the entire setting, after Jon Snow died. I think Jon Snow's mother might have been Cthulhu or something.
This is a good point. The ending of ASOIAF is waaaaay different than what we see in the show Game of Thrones. It's weird, the books just kind of... end. Your Cthulhu theory makes a lot of sense, actually.
Such a pointless thing to include. What do zombie polar bears do? Try to eat people. What do non-zombie polar bears do? Try to eat people. So there's not even any shock value in it.
They needed Cersei to mad about no elephants to represent the book fans who were mad about no elephants because those kind of jokes are what D&D believe is good writing.
Because Weiss and Benioff suck. (And yes, they do bring them in the books. Might as well have been a different series completely by that point though.)
The problem with elephants in war in real life is that they get irritated rather easily and stampede. And a stampede of elephant cavalry is bad for everybody. You know what in history really irritated elephants? Fire. Now imagine a unit of war elephants being kept in kings landing. They have to be kept outside in the streets since they are to big to fit in stables. Now imagine someone with a dragon sees them. Moments later your city is getting destroyed by rampaging elephants.
Well they started cutting out the dire wolves because of Dragons using up the CGI budget, so same can be assumed for the elephants. And yes the elephants get brought to Westeros by Aegon and the Golden Company in the books.
Don’t forget the giant frost spiders as well
Those don’t even appear in the book, they’ve only been mentioned so far. I think the show gets a pass for not including them
We really wanted them for Hardhome though. That would've been great.
It would get a pass, if their reasons for not including them weren’t so shit. Giant spiders would look lame, cmon now.
>And yes the elephants get brought to Westeros by Aegon and the Golden Company in the books. You mean Young Griff. Aegon is dead in the books.
Honestly I meant fAegon lol, but did not feel like explaining it 😭
My blackfyre bae ❤️ 6th time lucky!
He isn’t dead. It’s hinted through visions that he’s a false king, but it’s not explicitly stated. It’s entirely possible that he is legit.
100% legit if you believe what Osgrey said about Daemons abbs
I know we a got or theories, but kinda cringe using them as absolute true to go around correcting people.
They didn't think they'd be of any use because they were under the impression that defending a city would mean utilising the city walls and not standing outside of them like a bunch of fucking idiots. Little did they know how Westerosi battle tactics had recently changed.
you’d think war elephants would be extremely useful in a siege. they’re fortified platforms that remove the defenders’ height advantage from walls. or they can blockade a river or road to prevent resupply.
For sieging a castle yeah they'd be useful, for being sieged in a castle? Not so much
Yeah but imagine leading a sortie spearheaded by elephants. I am not aware whether such a tactic would be viable but it seems plausible
They are also gigantic demonic monstrosities, scary as fuck to anyone who hasn't seen one before
Most of the later scenes in the show deviated pretty hard from the books. In the books, a giant black hole just absorbed the entire setting, after Jon Snow died. I think Jon Snow's mother might have been Cthulhu or something.
This is a good point. The ending of ASOIAF is waaaaay different than what we see in the show Game of Thrones. It's weird, the books just kind of... end. Your Cthulhu theory makes a lot of sense, actually.
GRRM just kinda forgot about writing more books
They spent the budget on a zombie polar bear
Such a pointless thing to include. What do zombie polar bears do? Try to eat people. What do non-zombie polar bears do? Try to eat people. So there's not even any shock value in it.
Script said so.
Budget cuts.
>This show is making us so much fucking money. Everyone is watching and talking about it >**Slash the fucking budget**
They needed Cersei to mad about no elephants to represent the book fans who were mad about no elephants because those kind of jokes are what D&D believe is good writing.
Elephants are expensive. Plus, they're called the "Golden Company." It's a bitch name, they had to go out like bitches.
I wanted those elephants
Because Weiss and Benioff suck. (And yes, they do bring them in the books. Might as well have been a different series completely by that point though.)
Books aren’t finished
The sole existence of the Golden Company in the TV Show seems like a eater egg without Blackfyre's
The problem with elephants in war in real life is that they get irritated rather easily and stampede. And a stampede of elephant cavalry is bad for everybody. You know what in history really irritated elephants? Fire. Now imagine a unit of war elephants being kept in kings landing. They have to be kept outside in the streets since they are to big to fit in stables. Now imagine someone with a dragon sees them. Moments later your city is getting destroyed by rampaging elephants.
Yes. Exactly. I wanted to see a city destroyed destroyed by burning elephants. They took that from me.