Game of Thrones Symbolism: The Dothraki 

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Please do Cersei!

House Reed! Please and thank you?

Amazing job like always, thank you!!!

Please do a video on The Unsullied.

Robert has a Stannis.

@Juanderful autocorrect is the instance that grammar error wouldn't be ignorant. Ignorance isn't stupidity. Refusing to change is stupidity.

Juanderful lol, read the book series, only uneducated people use “of” instead of “have,” and Martin reflects this by having the peasants use “of” instead of “have.” Haha!

@@Bell_Matt He did, and he did...

George Prchal had* a Stannis.

Indeed, he has a deep knowledge about our own history, symbolism and archetypes.

Didn’t come out His mind. He’s incredibly good at looking for inspiration and merging different cultures together. Dothraki are basically mongols and Latin American Lanceros merged into one.

@zouni grrm blows a mind more due to spectacular writing that goes deep, has so many great lines and throwbacks. Characters are deep. Tolkien only has more expansive history and world building even that barely. But thats quantity. Quality over quantity.

4 easy steps Step1: know a bit about mideaval Europe Step2: know a little bit about the mongols Step 3: know a little bit about Vikings and Norse mythology Step4: let your imagination take over BOOM game of thrones

Deepika Parya RIGHTS

Yeah man, the raw strength of the Dothraki and the unbreakable discipline of the Unsullied together? Oh and don't forget dragons.

And they’re all gonna get smoked by the white walkers

Steven Lopez too bad they’ll all be massacred by Winter

@Jedi Temple Guard George Martin says different.

@Jedi Temple Guard considering who they are based off the Khans and Huns. Who had the 2nd or 3rd largest empire in history since it expanded from the whole of Asia and half of Europe. I feel kinda bad for westros even if I hate most of the lords.

🤣🤣🤣 That's a good one Levi. I love that quote. Classic like, "Who day woman Harpo?"

😂

Also, as Dany's victories grow in number and scale, so does the intricacy of her braids. Like each bundle of braid signifies a victory.

I also never clued into that

There was an actual meme of her braided hair lol pretty cool though

In the novels, the Dothraki suggest she braid her hair after Drogon kills the Undying(largely because her hair was growing back, it burned off in the books when she went into the fire, the show didn't bother to do that)and she begins to grow the braid to signify her victories and use it to remember her husband(but again, sexposition scenes were more important, right?)

@@phousefilms she is bald now where I'm reading. She just found out about Qarth. They're staying in an abandoned/demolished city

Heavy infantry beats light calvary 9/10.

Unsullied would have a thing to say about that. Or a proper Westerosi army,in a realistic scenario.

@@matepavic6929 its hopeless. "mongols huns 1111eleven". the tide of ppl who dont know what theyre talking about cannot be stemmed.

@@Nutellafuerst true

Mate Pavić except they are teaming together

*They're

That canbe said of any army in Westeros. Cersei is pretty frank about what she thinks of her subjects, a means to an end. It can also be said of any army that isn't part of a republican system of governance and it will also apply to a degree to them. Volunteers or conscripts, military decisions are the prerogative of an elite, thus soldiers are always a means to an end for some political establishment. You can see that, in the default militarized responses to crisis by the US political elite more to show they are "tough and decisive" than to solve the problem @ hand. All men become soldiers partly due to the innate need for security and dominance to evade or forestall death or protect their privileges. It only takes a wily demagogue to use these needs to his advantage or clever nobles to secure their privileges under a veil of honor and duty from the common folk like in the North by the Starks.

@@treadstone176 Most of the heroic characters of the show fight alongside their men, are generally beloved & respected by their forces and visibly upset when their men die. Jon Snow is probably the best example of this. Contrast this with somebody like Tywin Lannister, who despite being a military man, doesn't go into battle with his men. He strategizes from a comfortable position, orders his forces to do his bidding & doesn't seem particularly shaken up with his troops dying. When he does ride with his men, he simply shows up when the battle is over (Blackwater, Sack of Kings Landing). I understand that in the Medieval social structure of the show women don't fight in wars, but the show has shown prominent female characters breaking that mold (Brienne, Arya). I think the fact that Daenyrs only "understands" Dothraki culture as a way of using them to take the Iron Throne actually makes her a lot like Cesei. She has no notable interactions with the Dothraki (that aren't war related) after season 1.

@@theOnyFUFU Hmm... You think fighting alongside your men in combat is the distinguishing mark of nobility? More probably its just showmanship or vain glory of being a distinguished killer. I understand the appeal of the Starks or the Baratheons , but there is more to leadership than being Patton or Rommel. Except the frugal Starks, there is little egalitarianism in the Seven Kingdoms, the nobles live in excess while the masses live in poverty and die for the vanities of ambitious nobles. The most important function of royals, is the social order, they build and the laws they decree, that bind and underpin that social order. The Dothraki were nomadic barbarians who lived off the spoils of warfare. Their internal dynamics were based off, endless bloodshed and the rule of might, wild West kind of life. Now that is all but outlawed, as is the piracy of the Greyjoys and the Slavery in the Eastern realm. Daenerys has tamed VIOLENCE and institutionalized it, in the rule of the sovereign, the greatest achievement of any monarch to conquer the Hobbesian existence with institutionalized order. The greatness of John Snow was HARDHOME, changing long standing policy of the realm and Night's Watch by saving the Wildlings and uniting them with the North. Leaders that restore or reform the organising principle of a society are the only leaders worth their salt. What makes a leader in war, great, is strategy ie the political objectives they pursue, the alliances they make, the resources they mobilize, the concessions they are willing to make and most importantly how they institute peace when the war on the battlefield is won. WW1 may have been won on the battlefield but was lost in Versailles. WW2 was won by the Marshall plan, the establishment of the UN and the Berlin airlift. The ability to be magnanimous and make great peace treaties is what made Cyrus the Great, Scipio Africanus and George HW Bush, great statesman. War is an instrument of politics, thus the political acumen and objectives of a leader are more important than their Valor on the battlefield ie Abraham Lincoln. In politics, loving the masses will always appear nothing but just acts of subterfuge played on the masses by cynical elites who are only interested in preserving their power and privileges. Few will ever acknowledge the obligations, pragmatism and audacious will, it takes a to fashion order out of chaos of existence. We will always love to hate politicians and politics because it will always remain murky and difficult to abide to the simplistic morals we hold in high esteem while hiding our self interest in shrouds of sanctimonious ideals and righteous needs.

@@theOnyFUFU It's very rich to insinuate Dany didn't fight alongside her men considering she rides Drogon into battle every time. And before you come at me that having a dragon is unfair, she continued to fight even after she was shot down by Bron and after she lost two of her dragons.

@@theOnyFUFU Wasn't Tywin in the Battle of the Blackwater together with the Tyrells? I remember him entering the Throne Room all bloody from the battle at the end of 2x09... Anyway, I agree about Daenerys and her relationship with the Dothraki and I think the same can be said about her and the Unsullied.

More like mongols

@@NickolaUniverse You could say both. But the location of The Spoils of War gave it a Native American vibe imo.

@@toneriggz yup.. by their hairstyle.

Lol, you must be a pocho.

Tone Riggz --Wasn’t that just the coolest fighting scene? Then here comes the dragon--awesome!

Interesting!! Thanks for the info! Here's your horse 🐴

@Terria Hexxor Thank you.

In German "kahl" means bald which would be the biggest nightmare of the dothraki. 👨🏽‍🦲

In my country khal means penis 🤭

same here. greyjoy's semi-mythical forefather grey king killed craken called " naga" which is kind of snake nd mythical creatures lives in sea just like crakens.

A Random Brotherhood of Steel Paladin khal=khan? Both groups value strength and promote on the basis of merit.

Other than the mongals has armor, good weapons and tactics. Which the dothraki lack

And The Mongols had a blatant disregard for slavery in their homeland, and they valued artisans, intellectuals, scholars and other religions because it was culture which could be traded.

Ad victoriam!

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Yes Viserys deserved better ✊😔💯

Viserys is like the Loki of GoT to me. A misunderstood character that would've been good if it wasn't for his sad life.

I feel like the Free Folk would bond much more easily with the Dothrakis than the rest of the Westeros does. They share a lot of similarities with their honesty, bravery and spontaneity.

Now I'm sad there wasn't a Dothraki that spoke the common tounge in the room during e2 for Tormund's story. I think whoever the Dothraki was, they would have made a friend for life.

Now I wish they had made room for a scene there. Sad, really.

They do have alcohol at least, also I'm pretty sure Mirri Maz Duur intentionally infected his wound.

@@saljpal3 that and in the books he got cut deep enough to lose a nipple

🤣🤣🤣🤣 thank goodness for HP. Use it everyday.

@@saljpal3 Didn't khal drogo rub mud into his wound and that was what got it infected?

It was the witch who killed him i think.The wound was worse than first time

Half of us weren't.

I was. I even suggested it in their House Arryn video.

A suprise, to be sure, but a welcome one

This is amazing.

Todd Bollinger was the

I don't find this impressive. Any knight in armour could have done that.

Ricardo Conde 15-20 thousand dothraki hopelessly outnumbered against a hundred thousand wights. Charging against an enemy they have little knowledge of, that too in complete darkness. Not even sure if they were given dragonglass to begin with.

@@Amityt0791 F

Even being outnumbered, I think the force of Dothraki should have lasted a few minutes more, and taken down a chunk of the Walkers before being overcome. Not snuffed out in the first instant of contact. And, with Dany having SEEN that horde beyond the wall, I'm certain she told them exactly what they were facing. That said, they probably didn't believe her...

They respawned in the end

They also are split into different kingdoms, fighting for different purposes. Especially the north

the lannisters are very honest about the fact that they are all about gold and power

@Christopher Yu the boltons pretend to be a house filled with northern honor, but we know that untrue

@Christopher Yu the boltons are very deceptive if they weren't Roose Bolton would have never gone along with the red wedding!

The Tully are the least honest people with exception to the Black Fish. The Martell's are duplicitous to Borgia levels, in the BOOKS ONLY. The Arryn and Dothraki live more off reputation than tangible prowess. The Tyrell's are a curious case as most of their power comes from Randyll Tarly being the best general in Westeros. The Manderly's also obfuscate weaknesses yet clearly are anything but. Strong Belwas is probably the best example of a character who is honest to a fault.

@RheyaRu!z besides cersi who's not honest with themselves. and that characteristic of cersi make her at odds with the rest of her family

YES!!!

Hell yeah!!

Yes!! And the philosophies of the Korra villains!

Ooooh I love this but the Martells are Scorpios for sure👏🏻👌🏼

Doran's actor Alexander Sidig is a scorpio while Oberyn's actor Pedro Pascal is an Aries. Perhaps it's a mix of the two. But I see the Greyjoys as more water-like/maleSociety scorpios while the Martells as hot-headed but faire Aries capable of resisting Targaryens. The Greyjoys/scorpios don´t care about faireness.

Why do you spell libra like that

@@kaylamordelle361 Idk. Is it with a y or i? I'm portuguese, I call it balança (balance/scales).

Starks are libras fasho they keep the balance in the north and south when they took ned all the balance went to shit

marvel096 Why? The Dothraki are horrible, evil, cruel and savage.

Only to see them brought back 2 episodes later

Tom Dp Not all of them died at Winterfell

Aaron Landry So I see. Only the writers said "what we see here is, essentially, the end of the Dothraki", when speaking about that episode. So it was all very confusing.

Tom Dp I guess he meant in terms of importance to the story. They were there for King’s Landing, but didn’t really do much in terms of story, because Dragon’s Fire is more destructive

To be fair it looked more like one "regiment" of riders instead of the entire army. But it was still moronic battle tactics to just ride straight on. In fact the whole battle was moronic.

But at least the Westerosi and the Free Cities *try* (and fail) to maintain peace. The Dothraki, on the other hand, wage war continuously since they consider war to be a goal in itself.

I agree completely, except the fact that you would only love to be there if you were as strong as achilles or hercules, after all no place on planetos is made for a good life unless you are strong enough to be respected, depending on what kind of strength is needed.

Yes the Dothraki are very brutal in war, but not more so than Westerosi at war.

They don't need to stay in Westeros after helping Dany

@@forgetfulstranger so they are going to ditch their Khaleesi to sail back across the poison waters during the long Winter?

@Play it out EXACTLY! They would no longer be Dothraki. well, some would say they were, some would not. An ideological battle within the Dothraki would probably be the best hope for Westeros. that and Pikemen.

@@tyrant-den884 Nah, but isnt Dorne like the GOT version of Miami. Go down there.

@@MeaghanTamara it's more like: if Ireland was really sandy.

I mean The Take is not at fault here. We know who are.

Matchington 1 True Detective season 3 was sooooo good!

Chris's C Indeed! I really liked it. Not as good as S1 but imo nothing can be as good as S1

Chris Mason totally agree man, I am surprised no one realises this.

I dont think they would follow the night king; too evil for them, too strange. I could see them following jon