Qyburn - A Character Study

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@InDeepGeek 3 месяца назад

This is a revised and updated version of a video first published in March 2018

@archmage_of_the_aether 3 месяца назад

Sir. I suppose it would be a whole extra channel to speak about the AD&D sources in Game of Thrones,* but for me Qyburn is a perfect 2nd edition AD&D true Neutral Necromancer. 17 intelligence and 16 wisdom typical minimums. He wouldn't be able to create a Ghoul or anything, but Raise Dead, sure. Has he the Art to Animate Dead, bringing soulless Zombie bodies to the fray? Only the DM knows. * I imagine Mr Martin like myself, beginning with 1st edition, blossoming into 2nd edition, building my own house rules, and then subsequent editions just feed the 2+e I got going.

@evaguess2313 3 месяца назад

Omg I thought I was having the longest episode of deja-vu ever

@RYwoodview 3 месяца назад

I was having trouble understanding why Robert was not carrying out the story of Qyburn to his end in the Red Keep at the hands of his creation, the Mountain. I hope with the next revision of this he will do that. There was plenty more to learn about Qyburn from subsequent events.

@tolowokere 3 месяца назад

Qyburn should borrow the catch-phrase from the Hills Pet's commercial: _"Robert Strong? Science did that!"_

@baruchgoldberg6280 3 месяца назад

Ok I thought I’ve seen this already lol.. let’s see if the revision is better

@noriyakigumble3011 3 месяца назад

Tfw you realize that Cerseis relationship with Qyburn is probably the healthiest relationship she’s ever exhibited with anyone in the books, even if only professional.

@KingKong11730 3 месяца назад

That's very true lmao. I remember when I first watched the scene in the show where Cersei tells Jaime she's pregnant, my first thought was that she and Qyburn were knockin boots. Kinda sad we didn't get to see some sort of zombie baby, that would have been a sight to behold.

@somebodynowhere2895 3 месяца назад

And to be fair that is her (and Tywin's for raising her like that) fault a lot of the time. She's just kind of a massive asshole to literally everyone around her so it's not really a big surprise why she hasn't had any. Cersei is my top 3 ASOIAF characters, but she's usually the problem in every interaction she has. Antagonizing literally every single person that doesn't owe her complete and utter reverence.

@davidross2004 3 месяца назад

@@somebodynowhere2895Tywin made his family’s life a living hell because he only values his idea of his family, not who his family actually is. He never got over his father’s weakness; consequently, now all he can see in those around him is their weakness, which he despises. However, that attitude makes him weak because it turns his family against him. If Tywin were kinder to his family, he would be unstoppable and incredibly dangerous.

@vontosmagicmurderbag2611 3 месяца назад

Cersei gives him women to "experiment" on, both prisoners and people Cersei just wants out of the way. I hardly consider feeding Cersei's cruelest impulses to be healthy.

@noriyakigumble3011 3 месяца назад

@@vontosmagicmurderbag2611 Don’t get me wrong, Cersei and Qyburn are both HORRIBLE people. But in terms of mutual cooperation and respect for one another, Cersei is actually insanely accommodating towards Qyburn, and Qyburn so far is insanely loyal to Cersei. Yes, they’re both selfish and would betray eachother if they saw it fit. But Qyburn gets stuff done, and Cersei respects that. She doesn’t actively belittle him like she does with Pycelle, or manipulate him like the kettleblacks, or actively hovers over him like she does with Tommen. There’s a pretty clear transactional dynamic here. They both get something from this and support eachother; for all their scheming and conniving about wanting to betray eachother, they honestly don’t really have a reason to. They’re a perfect storm of two horrible people getting together in a mutually beneficial bid to make the world miserable

@awesomehpt8938 3 месяца назад

What’s interesting about Qyburn is that he’s one of the few people in Westeros actually willing and able to discover new knowledge and advance science. Whereas most maesters these days are content to just learn and repeat only what has already been discovered. Although his pursuit is a bit macabre

@T.GLongstaff 3 месяца назад

Yeah it’s really weird how stagnant Westeros has been. They’ve used the same form of government and technology for thousands of years. That’s depressing. They need a dude like Qyburn but not Qyburn

@hamishsewell5990 3 месяца назад

Yeah, as he says in one of the History and Lore vids, he says the Maesters “study without learning”, passing down what was passed down to them, with no addition.

@kai_plays_khomus 3 месяца назад

@@T.GLongstaffIt's pretty realistic though - our species is over 300.000 years old, but what we like to call civilisation arose only some six to ten thousand years ago. Technology progressing as fast as it does recently is anything but the rule - it took only 66 years from the first powered flight to landing on the moon, but for the longest time people lived and died without ever experiencing any technological innovation at all, and more than once technology regressed hundreds of years just because some centralized empire collapsed. Of course our developement since and during the medival era war pretty fast as well in comparison, a mere 1000 years with plenty of innovation in comparison to Westeros where things remained relativly stagnant for ten times this duration - but I don't think the rapid progression of our reality isn't necessarily a given. Small differences in culture and factors such as the unpredictable seasons could lead to centuries of stagnation if the agraic economy of Westeros couldn't sustain the same growth of population which drove our need for innovation during and since the middle ages.

@jeffseidl 3 месяца назад

At the expense of living, innocent people? Pretty easy to see why that shouldn’t be allowed.

@Ed-zp2xo 3 месяца назад

He's basically the GOT equivalent of a nazi death camp scientist

@alexmc7798 3 месяца назад

“Warm eyes, with laughter lines around them”, - Palpatine had those too, once upon a time …

@victoriagill1588 3 месяца назад

GRRM is certainly laying down all the the hints. A very unsettling descriptor, when aligned with his ambition, motivation...and utter lack of moral compass.

@Kubinda12345 3 месяца назад

It's interesting that the GoT show made the same mistakes with both Qyburn and Littlefinger which is making them creepy and disturbing while in the books they are very friendly, charming and likeable which is why no one suspect their sinister motives.

@carmina-solis 3 месяца назад

MMMMM I MEAN. Littlefinger kissing Sansa did not make him seem charming or friendly! But i agree about Qyburn-he’s genuinely kind, and I’d argue he’s kind in the show too. He’s the one who gives Cersei a blanket after her repentance walk and his actor plays that genuinely, not as a power play but because he really cares for Cersei and doesn’t want to see her shamed in front of her guards. No one else even offers. And he’s sort of inherently creepy to most because he’s interested in “necromancy” and live experiments, though not everyone thinks all that is super creepy.

@leroy7246 3 месяца назад

Eh, Littlefinger is still pretty clearly slimey in the books, imo

@eli8286 3 месяца назад

@@leroy7246 to us as readers yes, but in the eyes of most characters and in the courts theyre very very trusted and seen as little brother/grandpa respectfully

@baruchgoldberg6280 3 месяца назад

totally agree. I literally LOLed when read GOT (book 1 not show) & Littlefinger(chewing mint so had good breath, an obvious lady's man) tells Ned things like "dont fall & break ur neck or Cat will never forgive), & "try to fondle a breast or 2 so u blend in" LMAO.. the dude is funny, good hygiene, etc, not creepy when we meet him in the books.The show totally made him creepy from go

@zagdyo9115 3 месяца назад

Littlefinger was presented that way until he betrays Ned. After that, it wouldn't be possible to sell a "nice guy" Peter. Visual mediums are very different in that sense.

@nicodemusedwards6931 3 месяца назад

He’s like a bizarre chimera of Frankenstein and Rasputin and I love him. He’s one of my favorite characters.

@ThommyofThenn 3 месяца назад

What a terrific comparison. This really stands out to me because I have just read about Rasputin in depth. I wish I could like this comment twice!

@purplexninjamom 3 месяца назад

I want someone to write a fanfic on Qyburn traveling to the modern times and resurrecting evil people.

@MrClickity 3 месяца назад

With a dash of Mengele thrown in for good measure

@GaiusMarius65 3 месяца назад

You need to throw in a splash of Josef Mengele

@eoinmurphy7893 3 месяца назад

Given George R Martins fondness for Lovecraft I think you have to add Herbert West into that chimera

@Bishop1664 3 месяца назад

Qyburn was my favourite character in GoT. "If it please your grace he has taken a Holy vow of silence. He has sworn that he will not speak, until all his graces enemies are dead, and evil is driven from the realm" love how he delivers that line

@cherylbaxter8986 2 месяца назад

How could he possibly be your favourite character he's a sickafant Cruel a puppet for cersie

@R.R.R.465 2 месяца назад

@@cherylbaxter8986 Did you not watch the video all the way through, he's a butcher and an opportunist, not a sycophant.

@JimRFF 3 месяца назад

I don't think it's quite right to read Qyburn as an "anti-magic, pro-science" character, because that's Marwyn's major complaint with the Citadel and the rest of the Maesters as a whole, and it seems as though Qyburn and Marwyn got along very well if we take Qyburn at his word... it would be very strange for Qyburn to also call the Maesters "grey sheep" if he was doing the exact thing that Marwyn called the others "grey sheep" for doing... rather, I think Qyburn is trying to use science to *understand* magic, which the rest of the Citadel is vehemently opposed to because that means *acknowledging magic exists*

@korganrocks3995 3 месяца назад

He might also be using magic to augment science, to overcome hurdles that are impossible for science alone.

@c.w.simpsonproductions1230 3 месяца назад

It’s easy to miss, but I really like the bit in Season 7 where Qyburn picks up and examines the still moving hand of the wight that the Hound has just cut off. It’s a little detail that works great with the book version. One of the only positives that I’ll give from those seasons.

@michaelbayer5094 3 месяца назад

What book?

@Powergenetic 3 месяца назад

missed opportunity though. the show was already being butchered at that point and it only got worse. in hindsight it would have been merciful for us all if when picking that hand up he yelled "its clobbering tims" and proceeded to beat everyone to death.

@mcgruff7355 3 месяца назад

I'll take the religion version of resurrection with Baeric over the science abomination of the Mountain anyday

@Darkness-ie2yl 3 месяца назад

most of you judge the final seasons too harshly and entirely inaccurately. and i must add ungratefully. what that team accomplished is remarkable and deserving of praise.

@TheVideoNorm 3 месяца назад

Could just rename Season 7 to Season Suck.

@lordkonzilla7890 3 месяца назад

I really like the architype of the "true scientist"; someone utterly devouted to the advancement of knowledge; completly unconcerned with any kind of moral considerations

@MCAPrince 3 месяца назад

Also important regarding Qyburn's loyatly. He was dismissed from the Small Council after Cersei was arrested. Ser Harys Swyft and Grand Maester Pycelle offered the regency to Kevan Lannister. Pycelle seems to have been the leading man of the two before Kevan arrived. Pycelle dislikes Qyburn and likely advised Kevan to dismiss him. Or he dismissed him while he and Ser Harys were still in charge. It seems that if Qyburn would've wanted to abandon Cersei to switch to the new man in power, Kevan, he was blocked from doing so by Pycelle. He needs Cersei as a shield from Pycelle (and by extension Kevan) in order to safely continue his research. He couldn't switch sides to the new power (Kevan), so he remains 'loyal' to Cersei.

@BlazingOwnager 3 месяца назад

I think the channel misread the show version. I honestly believe he was truly loyal to Cersei. She respected him, she respected his talents, and she fed his studies. All the people he was 'disloyal' to discouraged and looked down on him.

@LadyOfShaIott 3 месяца назад

Intriguing character wonderfully portrayed by the excellent Anton Lesser. The scene in ‘The Light of the Seven’, when Qyburn tells Grand Maester Pycelle that the old must die to make way for the new, before unleashing his ‘little birds’ on the old man, is quite brilliant.

@awesomehpt8938 3 месяца назад

Qyburns discovery on how to bring people like the mountain back from the brink of death would most likely be lost forever with his death. Unless someone discovers any surviving notes after the destruction of kings landing. the history books probably won’t even mention Qyburn. Just like they didn’t mention Tyrion. Qyburns efforts will most likely all be for nought.

@Oblivisci........ 3 месяца назад

I can imagine that he has the forethought enough to have his scientific pursuits copied and shared amongst others that were like-minded. Because there has to be more just like him. Not necessarily that they share the same interests, but Samwell Tarly was also a huge proponent of the collecting and dissemination of knowledge of every kind. I, for one, would like to believe that Qyburn was intelligent enough to see beyond the afternoon.

@thing_under_the_stairs 3 месяца назад

@@Oblivisci........ Agreed. He's got stacks of carefully compiled notes stashed in a variety of places, with a variety of like-minded people. He's not going to let his hard work and brilliance go to waste.

@christophergirardi8145 3 месяца назад

Not if the current order of the Maesters was done away with😊

@Kriskazam 3 месяца назад

He should sell this information to the Boltons or Ironborn. I feel like Euron would love Qyburn

@morsumbra9692 3 месяца назад

Cept it'll probably be a core component in understanding "necromancy" which is the big evil in this story. maybe even Nuke comparisons. After the Night King uses it. And humans "understand it" do we use it and risk destruction or put it away? Do we use it against the night king? And obviously the cat is already out of the bag. Science and Qyburn are amoral so the necro nuke science will proliferate depending on resources needed to fuel it.

@gathenhielm9977 3 месяца назад

Qyburn gives one of the creepiest lines in the whole series: "Alas," said Qyburn, "I fear Lady Falyse is no longer capable of ruling Stokeworth. Or, indeed, of feeding herself." We know Qyburn has been doing... something to lady Falyse, but what the hell does that even mean? Has he ruined her mouth? Her hands? Her brain? All of the above? Why is he even doing this? The fact that we never get an answer to any of these questions makes it so much more harrowing because it forces our minds to fill in the blanks. The only other thing we learn about Falyse's fate is that she dies screaming. Jesus Christ.

@WumpiniFuseini 3 месяца назад

When discussing/ranking the most evil people in ASOIAF. Qyburn is usually skipped but he's genuinely up there with the very worst of them

@GBfanatic15 3 месяца назад

I've never been this early to a video! I'm not even sure Qyburn is sadistic, he doesn't get enjoyment out of torturing his victims he's just endlessly fascinated

@Jen7867 3 месяца назад

I agree. 🙂 While watching the show, I didn't get the sense that he was sadistic (getting enjoyment from his ability to inflict pain). He just seemed fascinated and curious. However, I'm comfortable in saying he must either completely lack empathy or have extremely low levels of it. Otherwise, he would not be able to carry out his experiments.

@andrewward5891 3 месяца назад

Yes Qyburn is obsessed with his quest for knowledge. He doesn’t enjoy the suffering his experiments cause living things but it doesn’t bother him either.

@Grandmaster-Kush 3 месяца назад

That's how modern medicine advanced, cruel, inhumane indifference in pursuit of knowledge

@PhilJonesIII 3 месяца назад

He was certainly focused. As for not being sadistic, little is said about what happens to the people that get sent to him in the black cells save one particular, healthy lady who, after his 'ministrations' could do little more that eat, with assistance. She had knowledge that could compromise Cerci, and Qyburn had no qualms helping. A certain musician, with a reputation for seduction was also 'persuaded' to adjust the truth concerning Margaery. That persuasion with the help of Qyburn who seemed to be enjoying himself. Brilliant individual though I wouldn't trust him, especially if it involved a general anesthetic.

@Chinchilla2310 3 месяца назад

Even Descartes liked experimenting on live animals and his philosophy greatly advanced medical science.

@justindavies6012 3 месяца назад

He is every D&D groups rules lawyer who has figured out the mechanics. Great video

@ingloriuspumpkinpie9367 3 месяца назад

Peak Internet geek content, your videos give me an itch to re read the books and make me wish I was more observant the first time.

@prgx52 3 месяца назад

do it! it is impossible to know what sort of tidbit is important your first go around. I listen to the audio books atleast once a year and I still hear something new each time, or some little foreshadow I had missed. I have listened to them all at least 9 times now, lost count haha. Some times Roy Detrice narrates my dreams, those audio books are PEAK content.

@sammckay542 3 месяца назад

Im about to re read for 3rd time I haven't watched the shows in years now so hopefully I can read with a fresh mind with not so vivid images of the show,,,, which I came to dislike.

@jasonjohnson9072 3 месяца назад

I’ve re read all of them about 4-5 times. I’m not even close to seeing it all. I’m not reading again until winds now. In deep geek is the best saiid RU-vidr. He doesn’t make stuff up from lose links and leaps in logic.

@cernunnos_lives Месяц назад

Quburn is loyal to his studies and his work. All else is mercenary to his understanding.

@loganwallace101 3 месяца назад

In the show especially his rise to power was incredible, it honestly became a bit crazy how clever he was basically doing everything for cersei. He was hand, maester, spymaster, necromancer, alchemist and inventor, just wow.

@caseyp5665 3 месяца назад

Qyburn was always one of the most interesting characters to me, it seems like he has almost created his own version of "wights" or zombie like "others" that feel no pain and can obey orders, perhaps made more with a mix of science and magic

@athab8256 3 месяца назад

I really enjoy the studies and commentary by this channel.

@BlazingOwnager 3 месяца назад

Show Qyburn is my favorite Alchemist-Necromancer hybrid class.

@SpottedHares 3 месяца назад

Or maybe more specifically looking at the Zombies ad Wargs. In the Song of Ice and Fire universe the living body and the living soul do not explicitly need each other to endure. As the Wights show the body can continue with out its soul so to do the Wargs show that the souls can continue with out it's body. But as you put out with your examples it's appears to be much easier to preserve the body then it is to preserve the soul.

@Adones09 3 месяца назад

I wonder if Qyburn got his Valyrian Steel link, at the Citadel, studying magic and this might of peaked his interest? Maybe the Elder Maesters "found something", early on and were scared, so they put a halt to any study on that subject. Deny, deny, deny. Maye scared that a Mad King/Queen having an army like the Mountain?

@SanguineQuest 3 месяца назад

I think it's kind of interesting how you phrased that thing at the end about how Qyburn is at the forefront of the maester's mission even though they expelled him in disgrace. It brings to mind how Brienne and Sandor are two of the characters most worthy of the title of knight even though they don't have it/want it

@majormoron605 3 месяца назад

One of the things I love about ASOIAF is that most of the really interesting characters are brainiacs, schemers, not the great fighters or warriors. Varys, Tyrion and Littlefinger are the prime examples, but Qyburn definitely belongs to the same group.

@MiljaHahto 3 месяца назад

Unlife is definitely one theme in the series. Red priestess revives more than one person (in the books even Catelyn Stark is revived) and Daenerys also orders black magic be used to revive Khal Drogo.

@olliefoxx7165 Месяц назад

Qyburn is a fascinating character amongst many. I found the chatacters like him, a mix of darkness, beinign at times, likeable at times yet capable of terrible things to be captivating. Those witb their honors and duties certainly play their part to make GOT what it was. Robert the Bruce, Ramsay, The Greyjoy' the Wildlings...such interesting characters.

@carlrood4457 3 месяца назад

You can extend some of this to the magic users (or so-called). You don't need to understand the intricacies of the internal combustion engine to drive a car. Some ancient knowledge has probably been lost, but some people still learn how to operate the "machinery" of what they call magic.

@MrClickity 3 месяца назад

The Science of Discworld books explore that topic vis a vis the famous Arthur C Clarke's "Sufficiently advanced technology" quote.

@green_dragon_knight 3 месяца назад

I dread to think what might happen if / when Cersei and Qyburn join up with Euron. Mixing Qyburn’s talent for creating zombies with Euron’s magic and cruelty and madness is a horrible thought

@raipe125 3 месяца назад

mutual aniquilation...sweet

@purplexninjamom 3 месяца назад

"Some of the worst things have been done with the best intentions"

@biggybrolunch3809 3 месяца назад

"I sniffed a woman's chair after she left, and it was awesome."

@ThommyofThenn 3 месяца назад

That would be really interesting if Qyburn had some higher goal to benefit humanity but it seems to me the work itself is the driving force for him. He wants to see if it can be done and it might be a product of ego meeting resentment at being low born. What an interesting character!

@Wolfeson28 3 месяца назад

@@ThommyofThenn So then..."He's so preoccupied with whether he could that he didn’t stop to think if he should."

@ThommyofThenn 3 месяца назад

@@Wolfeson28 well quoted :0)

@purplexninjamom 3 месяца назад

that is probably also true. He just seems like a curious mind to me, who knows why he does what he does @@ThommyofThenn

@Raye938 3 месяца назад

When I read that quote from Qyburn I had wondered if that was a hint about a woman being at the citadel due to previous statements about them being barred form the citadel.

@mementomori771 3 месяца назад

Barred from learning they probably work thier as helpers though

@Raye938 3 месяца назад

@@mementomori771 She had a distinct smell, sat on a chair and drew the ire of his superior for mentioning it to him. Doesn't sound too much like a worker.

@RoryChristie 3 месяца назад

Qyburn is GRRM's thoughts on 'the banality of evil': evilness can lurk in any person, and any character. He's basically Dr Mengele: the pursuit of knowledge at any cost, amorally.

@zebulonshiffert5617 3 месяца назад

Really enjoyed this and the in depth deep dive of the character. Thank you for the fantastic content! Love this sort of stuff on the lesser “main” characters.

@carter358 3 месяца назад

@10:00 exactly!! I've always seen him as a parallel for Dr. Frankenstein.

@jayphillips4167 3 месяца назад

Great video. Qyburn was always interesting to me but I couldn't place my finger on it and now I can. Sinister but not necessarily evil, working in the shadows and jumping ship to suit his agenda. Anton Lesser played this character excellently in the show and I actually prefer this portrayal of him, I only wished they had more time to showcase his story.

@ryanjohnson3615 3 месяца назад

Awesome. I was just wondering about Qyburn a bunch while re-reading parts of the books a few days ago. I appreciate your content!

@bradwood556 2 дня назад

The way you describe his want to learn at any cost reminds me alot of Orochimaru.

@psychkosys 3 месяца назад

One of the better characters in ASOIAF.. I admire his dedication to knowledge.

@Jen7867 3 месяца назад

So excited to watch this and then read other people's comments. I'm sure it is going to be great! Thank you, IDG. You always give us great work. 👍

@inthefade 3 месяца назад

I propose that we start considering Men of Stone are likely Earth Wights.

@IbexGundyr 3 месяца назад

Your videos are usually about the same length as my drive home from work so I appreciate you being a consistent companion to this lonely traveler, and with interesting content to boot!

@DeezMatterz День назад

A brilliant analysis, of an especially enigmatic shrouded individual

@richardtabor8686 3 месяца назад

Love this. ty for the content. Very interested to see what you think about him.

@deutschesvolk8216 12 дней назад

his motivations make him my favorite character in the series.

@Thurstan-du8mj 3 месяца назад

The books talk a lot about magic in general, ramping up in the world. I'm curious if Qyburn could have even pulled off his 'the mountain resurrection' say ten years prior to the story taking place.

@Unown-mg1fj 3 месяца назад

These keep me going until the winds of winter 🥲

@michaelbayer5094 3 месяца назад

Better yet. Call George and write the last 2 together. After years of delay, time George got a co-author. Finish the books George! Boycott the new shows until we get the books.

@SFTaYZa 3 месяца назад

Never coming out.

@prgx52 3 месяца назад

Regarding the thought thAt something lingers when you die, Beric Dondarrion talks about how each time he comes back he feels "less" and is losing his memories but not his conviction, he needs a reminder on how many times he had died from Thoros

@stevengarcia7223 3 месяца назад

I’m not sure you can say for 100 percent certainty that Qyburn only relied on his scientific skills to create Robert Strong. He also dabbled in the dark arts as well. Thus his ties to Marwyn

@AndrewK23777 3 месяца назад

I always felt Qyburn was somewhat a cautionary tale from GRRM of the dangers of science without humanism or morality , hence the Frankenstein / Promethean echoes with Q. With Qyburn's likely endgame and what he is building towards i suspect that will become even clearer. And given Q's always on the rise path without any shred of loyalty or morality i think also plays into that. Though will give Q his credit he used people and did well for himself by often attaching himself to the right people at the right time to get into his ideal niche ; the time and resources to get back to his studies / endeavors. And doing so he's certainly made clear discoveries. Also commendable to find a scientific route to achieve and partly explain the same we've seen through magical means. Qyburn was proved quite correct that "something lingers" and he's figured a scientific way how to utilize it. Perhaps keeping more morality and humanism in the approach there is for sure some value in what Qyburn is learning if channeled the right way. And when you think about more fringe elements like Qyburn's and the Alchemists' Guild etc, actually being more embraced and accepted (by the Citadel especially) ; perhaps we would have seen much more overall advancement , especially from technological and medial standpoints.

@kinesta 3 месяца назад

Great Video! Just a show watcher so this gave some needed depth !

@thelasonj 3 месяца назад

Excellent summary, Geekster. I love your analysis. Have a wonderful day. 😊

@Mathemagical55 3 месяца назад

Qyburn is extremely intelligent. His design for a giant crossbow was certainly capable of downing a dragon.

@DJSockmonkeyMusic 3 месяца назад

This was great. I love your ASOIAF videos.

@kenchin77777 3 месяца назад

My favorite Asoiaf content creator. Keep up the great work!

@HtorneDK 3 месяца назад

❤❤❤ Love your work. Thanks

@yvettes5179 6 дней назад

I loved this character, I see him as a mad scientist I wish GRRM would have expanded on.

@JuliahistoryLover 2 месяца назад

Your soft consistent voice mixed with the interesting nature of your videos is perfect to help draw my brain away from every day life troubles, draws me into another world giving me the ability to sleep without sleeping pills. Thank you!!

@samclontsii3548 3 месяца назад

These Friday videos are all bangers!!!

@Stormborn1991 3 месяца назад

Hi Robert i find this character fascinating. I can see the paralel now between the Mad King's court and Cersei's. They both soround themselves with "peculiar" people , and dismiss those Who can help them and are more suitable for the job actually(Tywin/ Kevan ). I think that we Will see Qyburn becoming Hand of the Queen. How Will he use that new source of power?

@ThommyofThenn 3 месяца назад

11:15 imagine if we get to see them feign an intellectual battle on behalf of each queen, while the reader is privvy to the fact they are in truth, working together towards...something. Fascinating as always @IDG

@TihetrisWeathersby 3 месяца назад

He's a snake in the grass, That's all you need to know, Characters who are willing to do evil are not misunderstood

@deecawford 3 месяца назад

I enjoyed this so much. I know the books are so different than the show and he is not their for Cersei but for his own understanding and she allows him to practice

@Epic_BostonMobTales 3 месяца назад

Awesome bro great content as always huge fan bro!!

@jeffcordova9633 3 месяца назад

Robert I can’t thank you enough for the content !!!

@kathleenwalsh3556 3 месяца назад

A brilliant essay, as usual.

@murraythemiser8358 3 месяца назад

I love your content. Please keep it up.

@quaderex3420 Месяц назад

My fav detail about Qyburn is that his eyes changed colour to blue in AFFC as opposed to brown is ASOS. Idk if it's an error on George's side since it's a small detail mentioned only twice in his descriptions or a purposeful hint about his necromantic practices. It would be an interesting plot point in either case if Qyburn with his actions accidentally or deliberatelly recreated/turned himself into an Other. Maybe he will be a rival of Marwyn - one tries to stop the Long Night while another wants to embrace it.

@Stormborn1991 3 месяца назад

I really like your youtube channel, I enjoy this character studies . I would suggest you to make one about Queen Visenya, alone and also why not Catelyn Stark and Olenna Tyrell . Great job as always 😊

@Nick-rs5if 3 месяца назад

The depth of the characters in R.R.M's world is astonishing! 😮

@Grancigul 3 месяца назад

Qyburn is the kind of man science doesnt like to talk about, but owes a lot to

@therunningman_ 3 месяца назад

fantastic!!

@shara1979 2 месяца назад

How fitting, that Cersei, lover if wildfire, has an associate, named QyBURN.

@Queequeg71 3 месяца назад

Good argument. Well done!

@jeremywilliams5107 3 месяца назад

I'd like to see Qyburn decide that now he knows everything about life and death, he wants to search out the secrets of the original Valyrians.

@HeatherHolt 3 месяца назад

I always liked ole Q. He’s just a curious little Frankenstein.

@matthewbentley9905 2 месяца назад

Well said on all fronts

@WeirwoodNet 3 месяца назад

What amazing video Again

@rockycampbell6027 3 месяца назад

Oh hello In Deep Geek, my old friend. You dont know me, but your videos got me through some lonely periods in my life. Its been awhile, since I've watched your videos on the regular, but the algos reminded me!

@wordbearer0815 3 месяца назад

A living example of the G factor & why potential is nothing more than a synonym for capability to prosper under various circumstances.

@cusaum 4 дня назад

Qyburn is studying what lingers of the soul after death and Bloodraven explains how the warg's soul linger after death. I hope this connects in some way in the future

@Kaledarkwind6151 3 месяца назад

I always found his character interesting, but i never thougtht this dudes a necromancer! Or at least grr martins version of one. Great video!

@knad7365 3 месяца назад

Amazing.

@michaelbuckley8977 3 месяца назад

Very well, carry on

@ThatElfTorunn 3 месяца назад

Aaaaah Qyburn. Proof or the old adage that just because you CAN, doesn't mean you SHOULD.

@robertsmiley2207 3 месяца назад

I really loved his character he spiced things up in King's landing he was a mad scientist

@conundrum2u 3 месяца назад

I think it's interesting that Martin would put a character into his story that would serve to undo the mystery that he tries very hard to bake into the fantasy. Qyburn was a very fascinating character. We'll see if the books retell his death in the same way, destroyed by his own creation like Dr. Frankenstein (most movie versions, not the literary version).

@TimelordPrime 18 часов назад

Qyburn : Reanimates a dead body as a Guardian, and it's not Necromancy. In Deep Geek : Science!

@TheElochai 3 месяца назад

Think he will figure out how to make a dragon? I'd love to see him analyze Danny's corpse.

@Waltham1892 3 месяца назад

Baron VON Frankenstein, thank you...

@mayasej 3 месяца назад

I just came here to talk about the egyptian. in that book, the main character is a doctor and he willingly choose to go where he can learn about healing. Qyburn joined the sellsword because he would have access to people for torture and for people to heal all the while traveling an learning different methods from abroad and setting up a large network of spies. he built his empire from learning.

@user-xu6ox2rq4p 3 месяца назад

He is also interesting character from storytelling point because George RR Martin only uses subjective viewpoints. But because Qyburn is a scientist we can kind of assume that he has a love of knowledge and a curious and objective personality. So when he says something metaphysical statements about how universe works it offers GRRM a chance to drop knowledge about the rules of the world to reader if he wants to.

@ravenRedwake Месяц назад

I named my apothecary for my space marine army Qyburn because I liked the name. He has done the Emperors work in bringing back Hellblasters and the new flamer carrying guys.

@eric2500 3 месяца назад

Cersie becomes more paranoid, he's there to cater to that.

@ianonymous3524 2 месяца назад

Qyburn is very much like Joseph Curwen from The Case of Dexter Ward. Ok so in my opinion to understand the magic system of GOT one needs to read Lovecraft. The cathulu mythos uses almost exactly the same magic system. With Qybern it’s the Case of Dexter Ward. That book delves pretty deep into the idea that something remains after death, and the concept that this something can be distilled, isolated and used for various purposes mainly reanimating the dead (without the use of traditional necromancy through pretty close) and living forever. Qyburn and lovecrafts Curwen are extremely similar, both in there manner, there means and there methods. The zombie man curwen creates is surprisingly similar to the zombie mountain. But unlike say Frankenstein this creation isn’t curwens goal, or masterpiece he’s just another experiment. Curwen is also interesting in the Lovecraft mythos because he’s not looking to serve the “old ones” he’s not trying to summon cathulu or anything, in fact his one rule seems is “do not call up what you can’t put down.” Qyburn understands one thing that basically most of the factions and religions would call heresy that everything a god dose, all the magic, it must still play by some physical rules, yes gods have rules, limits, and if that’s the case then it can be understood and replicated without the need of cursed objects, or eldtrich god whose assistance probably comes with strings. I thus believe his goal is the same as Lovecrafts Curwen he wants to live forever, to crack immortality without all the …let’s call them strings…that seem to come attached with doing it through magical means.

@justineharper3346 3 месяца назад

I would love a Qyburn POV to get a peek into what’s going on in his head

@ToriNightengale Месяц назад

I think Qyburn wants to keep doing what he's doing: studying, understanding, asking more questions, and whatever resources he needs to do so.

@gaghhuh2943 2 месяца назад

I believe that Qyburn works or at least cooperates with Dorne. By analyzing the information he has and the advice he gives you can see it all benefits to Martells and that majority of his 'spies' are Dorne related. Also Marwyn seems to work for/with Dorne in some ways. Just look at his relationship with Alleras and at Doran Martell's distrust of maesters (that aligns with what Marwyn thinks)