The Quill and Tankard

8:12 AM

Yo @TheLethalCarrot I suggest you get rid of the Daven thing here since that's a book only thing

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Q: Are there any other wardens like Ned Stark?

Ned Eddard Stark is the Warden of the North. Are there any other warden besides Ned Stark? or It is a special post given to Ned Stark by Robert Baratheon (like Warden of the East, Warden of the West)

You could just add the bit from the wiki that says "Cersei and Tyrion are disputing it"

TheLethalCarrot

8:51 AM

Mornin' and okay done that

I forget about MTV answer though haha

Edlothiad

Bump for the GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD

TheLethalCarrot

Well he did need credit :P

Mithrandir

9:08 AM

hey, congrats on 10k @TheLethalCarrot

TheLethalCarrot

Thanks Mith :)

Edlothiad

@TheLethalCarrot Tomorrow, bump it with a link to his profile, then bump it with a link to his answers page

and alternate every day

#onthewayto100

TheLethalCarrot

Hahaha I don't like that it's my top answer but I might as well get gold out of it :P

@Edlothiad In case you hadn't seen it...

6

Q: How much usage guidance is required for a tag?

I had this suggested excerpt rejected A well known children's book series featuring the lovable bear Winnie the Pooh, his various companions in the Hundred Acre Woods, and their human friend, Christopher Robin. Use with the [disney] tag if referring to the more modern works using the characte...

discussion tags tag-wiki

And

@Null We could use mod powers to override the rejection and approve it anyway. But I'm curious to hear from the rejectors first (both of whom are reasonably meta-active, I think) about their reasoning for rejection. — Rand al'Thor ♦ 15 hours ago

You and @amflare were the rejectors by the looks of it

Edlothiad

@Null your point is entirely moot, because if that was the case, what is the point of a tag wiki excerpt? The edit did not make it clear how we should be using the tag, and also held incorrect usage information for the Disney tag. The new tag wiki excerpt is much clearer, and without tooting my own horn, a good example of how excerpts should be laid out. — Edlothiad 44 secs ago

@Randal'Thor you are now fully aware of why it was rejected as is highlighted from reading down from here and should make the relevant edits to your answer. — Edlothiad 18 secs ago

I ain't taking flak from no one

tbf, my new excerpt is far better

TheLethalCarrot

9:26 AM

Fair enough haha

I just saw it so thought I'd make you aware

Edlothiad

Yeah thanks, I hadn't seen it. Although we'd had the discussion after the post.

Edlothiad

9:45 AM

Watch out HNQ!

0

Q: What would Harry's life be like if he turned out to be a squib?

Would that make him any less popular in wizarding world?

harry-potter

Jarko Dubbeldam

9:58 AM

POB tho

Edlothiad

I know, /r/thatsthejoke...

TheLethalCarrot

10:56 AM

Lol

Who would have guessed my seven hells answer would be the most popular of my recent ones

Just been in a meeting and I'm now working on back end again, thank god for that

Edlothiad

Is that a good thing?

I’m waiting to get back from lunch to terminate some front page!

TheLethalCarrot

Yeah I hate front end work

Haha you still trying to kill it?

Edlothiad

11:38 AM

Well I'm trying to fix tags

24 hours ago, by Edlothiad

They're necessary edits to standardising our tagging system

TheLethalCarrot

Oh I thought you was on about your work ahha

Edlothiad

Oh I'm still trying to kill this UI, but can't be bothered doing that.

TheLethalCarrot

Lol

Edlothiad

I hate Thursdays... Thursdays is when I go to the gym, and the flood gates open for amf and his first posts...

TheLethalCarrot

Hahaha oh well

In case you haven't seen it GRRM talking about the "real" Iron Throne

grrm.livejournal.com/327569.html

Posted July 2013 though so you may have done (I believe that version is in TWOIAF too)

Edlothiad

11:47 AM

Great use of the word brouhaha

TheLethalCarrot

Oh yeah

Edlothiad

> . It's a throne made by blacksmiths hammering together half-melted, broken, twisted swords

Wasn't it made by dragonfire?

TheLethalCarrot

I think the original was but it got added too over the years?

Also that post is only semi-canon :P

Edlothiad

Yeah sure, I dunno though. Sounds like he himself is unsure of how Aegon I could've made it if they're not all fire-proof

TheLethalCarrot

He probably is, we all know he loves to change his mind on things

The songs said it had taken a thousand blades to make it, heated white-hot in the furnace breath of Balerion the Black Dread. The hammering had taken fifty-nine days. The end of it was this hunched black beast made of razor edges and barbs and ribbons of sharp metal; a chair that could kill a man, and had, if the stories could be believed.

So sounds like blacksmiths and Balerion made it

Aegon

12:02 PM

@Edlothiad The Dragonfire was used to provide the fire for the Forge. Smiths did the shaping

Edlothiad

Ah I see, now that sounds familiar.

Still dont understand why the blacksmiths couldnt just shape the sitting and armrest bit smoother so it didn't kill anyone, *cough* Maegor *cough*

TheLethalCarrot

Or just dull the blades

Even after three centuries, some were still sharp enough to cut.

Aegon

@Edlothiad Implying Maegor actually died that way

Viserys I however had a near-fatal brush with the swords in the Iron-throne.

Edlothiad

Well he's believed to have died that way

Aegon

@Edlothiad And besides, Blame Aegon I. He is the one who designed the thing, proclaiming that a King should never rest easy

@Edlothiad Belief doesn't make it true. More likely, his followers killed him and placed him on the throne. Nobody wants to be called the Kingslayer

Even though it's a really cool nickname

Edlothiad

12:08 PM

> Early the next morning, he was found dead on the throne, his robes sodden with blood, his arms slashed open by the barbs of the Iron Throne.

Aegon

@Edlothiad And what happened the night before?

Edlothiad

Maester whoever wrote TWorldOIAF seems to think it's more likely he died himself

> But perhaps even likelier is the suggestion that the king killed himself rather than suffer defeat.

Aegon

Not saying that's not the official account

Edlothiad

I dunno how he died, I like to think he was trying to brood like Jon and died

While shuffling around

Wasn't there someone who was found with a barb sticking out their mouth?

Aegon

Kinda hazy on TWOIAF, but I think the Maester also considers the possibility of mruder by disgruntled followers

Edlothiad

12:12 PM

Yes he does, but then he says "perhaps more likely"...

After suggesting KG, followers or Mason who survived

Aegon

Idk why but I don't quite see Maegor pulling a classic Adolf-Hitler

But eh maybe, He was dumbstruck when Rhaena fled KL. Seemed like he was losing his nerve

TheLethalCarrot

Maegor the Cruel was murdered in that chair. By that chair, to hear some tell it.

Again implying either way

Edlothiad

I like to thin he did it by accident, angry fella he is

Edlothiad

12:30 PM

think*

TheLethalCarrot

Lol

Edlothiad

Game of Thrones winter special has been leaked

I thought this was hilarious

Lets see if it oneboxes

Nope, click link above

TheLethalCarrot

Haha that's awesome

Elf is best christmas film too

Edlothiad

Tru

TheLethalCarrot

1:03 PM

Trying to speed run a game to finish all the achievements, to get the last one you need to complete it in under 4 mins and I just got 4:02 -_-

Edlothiad

Which game?

TheLethalCarrot

Refunct

It was on sale for 60p I think

Just a short speed run/puzzle game

Edlothiad

Steam?

TheLethalCarrot

Yeah

TheLethalCarrot

1:42 PM

Of course I know the answer but is this worth a question?

Inspired by ["Is Needle’s portrayal in Game of Thrones faithful to the books?"](scifi.stackexchange.com/q/77145/58193) and more recently ["Are the swords shown in Game of Thrones faithful to those in A Song of Ice and Fire?"](scifi.stackexchange.com/q/172558/58193) comes the question:

Is the Iron Throne as depicted in Game of Thrones faithful to George R. R. Martin's vision of it for A Song of Ice and Fire?

Edlothiad

Meh I don't know, it seems like it'd just be a copy paste job and very common knowledge. Go ahead and self answer if you please though

TheLethalCarrot

I may do, partially for answer count/score and partially to keep the tag bobbing along

I'll see if I can add anything else other than just copy pasta from his blog

No more info on Seven Hells...

@CarrotLethal Nothing more than what you've got. Good work pulling together the quotes.

Tweeted by westerosorg on December 7, 2017 at 1:46 PM in reply to CarrotLethal

Edlothiad

Wait can't look at the tweet right now

Well book quotes is the only other thing

TheLethalCarrot

Aye I know

When doing self answers like this though I like to compile the answer first and see what it looks like to see if it's worth posting

TheLethalCarrot

2:16 PM

I asked it, I found another version of it from a later calendar and added some book quotes to my answer so seems worthwhile, to me, to post it

I'm still finishing my answer though so I suppose it's open still for one of you to jump on it

Edlothiad

Post a stub and then build it up, lol

I'm going to say the research effort is significantly lacking

TheLethalCarrot

Lol

I'm going to make a cuppa anyway so you've got 5 mins there if you want to jump on an answer :P

Edlothiad

effort

Bael the Bard

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Q: Is the Iron Throne in the show faithful to the books?

Inspired by "Is Needle’s portrayal in Game of Thrones faithful to the books?" and more recently "Are the swords shown in Game of Thrones faithful to those in A Song of Ice and Fire?" comes the question: Is the Iron Throne as depicted in Game of Thrones faithful to George R. R. Martin's vision of...

game-of-thrones a-song-of-ice-and-fire

Edlothiad

I need to figure out what's wrong with my code

Aegon

2:23 PM

Of course, now you chose to ask a question

Edlothiad

totally unrelated:

Aegon

screeches

Edlothiad

@Aegon Well he did warn you about 10-15 minutes ago

Aegon

I have to go to a colleague's farewell party

I just saw the window

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Edlothiad

He's self-answering anyways @Aeg, so really no point.

TheLethalCarrot

2:27 PM

You guys love my self answers

:P

@Edlothiad Is the frame rate actually terrible in this or is it my net not loading it well?

Edlothiad

You

TheLethalCarrot

Thought as much

Edlothiad

@TheLethalCarrot you better drop your answer, skooba's gone for the Stub and improve...

TheLethalCarrot

I saw haha

I was gonna wait for 30 mins but I've posted now haha

I think I like the 2016 version better than the 2013/2014 one

Skooba

@Edlothiad ya darn skippy i did

i know how @TheLethalCarrot operates

TheLethalCarrot

2:39 PM

Lol

amflare

@TheLethalCarrot was that mention about 5 hours ago about that winnie-the-pooh tag again?

TheLethalCarrot

Aye

amflare

meh

TheLethalCarrot

Just letting you both know about the meta post was all

amflare

already explained myself

ah

cheers

TheLethalCarrot

2:40 PM

@Skooba You know you love it

Skooba

@TheLethalCarrot oh it is much more complete than my answer for sure. but then again i knew i was up against a clock

bu now it should go hnq

so your welcome.... maybe i get a few votes

TheLethalCarrot

You probably will at some point and yeah but I had found the Not A Blog link this morning that's why I thought about doing it

@Skooba I was waiting for either someone to answer or 30/60 mins haha

Oh and can you add the book quote comparing to the show quote? I want to upvote yours but can't bring myself to as it is at the moment

Skooba

yupp

ive got the same one as you

which seems to be the only time the "thousand blades" are mentioned.

TheLethalCarrot

It does I've just looked too

Though lots of quotes imply it's height by saying the three feet, climb its steps, looked down, Joffery could see over everyone etc

And seeing as it's made of swords higher means more swords

Skooba

okay make comment go away now

TheLethalCarrot

2:47 PM

`Her prince—no, her king now!—took the steps of the Iron Throne two at a time, while his mother was seated with the council.`

`"You let my father die," Joffrey said accusingly from atop the Iron Throne. "You're too old to protect anybody."`

`The height of the Iron Throne gave Joffrey a better vantage point than anyone else in the hall. He was the first to see her. "Come forward, my lady," he called out, smiling.`

To name a few

And of course the formatting fails, oh well you get the idea

@Skooba I'd already deleted it

Skooba

on the show they just made more step to get up to it

just a large dais

TheLethalCarrot

Yeah they went for it on a raised platform

And I guess they also went for a smaller one so it's easier to take it to promotional events

Edlothiad

@TheLethalCarrot Because they didn't have the budget, I'm pretty sure that's quoted somewhere

TheLethalCarrot

Probably that too aye

But they can't be lumping a 20ft chair with them everywhere they go haha

@Edlothiad If you find that quote that as an answer would probably be fine too

Edlothiad

35 mins ago, by Edlothiad

effort

TheLethalCarrot

2:56 PM

Haha

Edlothiad

FTFY

Skooba

@TheLethalCarrot this will give me my silver ASOIAF badge as well. so thank you

TheLethalCarrot

Awesome :) I'm 4 answers away yet

Edlothiad

Do we close this next question? I dunno what to make of it

TheLethalCarrot

It's effectively asking for any evidence towards a theory being true, in that sense I'd say no. But it relies on a lot of information that hasn't been confirmed yet so in that sense I'd say FWP

Edlothiad

3:11 PM

I don't think it's asking anything besides "check out my theory, probably true right?" So unclear

TheLethalCarrot

So closeable right?

I'd link the user to here if they really wished to discuss it on this site but they don't have enough rep

amflare

@Edlothiad << this

I'll probably VTC off-topic

TheLethalCarrot

I've VTC'd it now anyway

Bael the Bard

-2

Q: To whom is the "Prince that was Promised" promised? The Night King?

Note: what follows is wild speculation, and based mostly on events in the Game of Thrones TV Show which did not happen (yet) in the Song of Ice and Fire novels. (Note: I am completely caught up on the TV show, but not the books, although I have often read ahead.) Question: Is there any evidence ...

game-of-thrones a-song-of-ice-and-fire

Edlothiad

@TheLethalCarrot I just send them to reddit, lol

TheLethalCarrot

3:14 PM

That's a better place for it indeed

Skooba

i did see a semi convinving video that claims the Others built the wall

and that whole "it was a treaty" theory

TheLethalCarrot

They built the Wall to keep themselves out and their descendants are now pissed at them so are coming to tear it back down again?

Skooba

yeah because the humans have broken the truce. esp with craster not being able to give more sons

TheLethalCarrot

Broken what truce? The Others attacked first?

(I don't know the theory so you'll have to fill me in :P)

Jarko Dubbeldam

:grabs popcorn:

Skooba

3:25 PM

reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/1f5tog/…

but grrm squashed it

wait tho thats no the right one

too short

TheLethalCarrot

And too crap :P

I like the idea of it but all the evidence points away from it

Skooba

reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/23p48r/…

i think this is the right one

there are bunch floating out there all of differing levels of detail

TheLethalCarrot

3:40 PM

Interesting read, I don't think it's true but it is kind of plausible

Skooba

yeah all those theories are squashed by grrm saying the wall is man made

unless he was lying

amflare

@Skooba unreliable narrator?

Skooba

@amflare he is his own unreliable narrator? maybe.

TheLethalCarrot

Interviews are semi-canon too, if the books contradict the interview the books are the true version

@Skooba We're in the HNQ now by the way

2 more upboats to the cap, if I get it that's 4 days in row :)

Skooba

4:01 PM

@TheLethalCarrot woot woot. get on the gravy boat

TheLethalCarrot

I'm gonna miss out on most of the ride now

TheLethalCarrot

4:20 PM

The HNQ were kind at first but the last 100 views have been proper tight

TheLethalCarrot

4:53 PM

@Edlothiad Someone is undoing your work

Or at least not doing it the same as you were (I think)

If I'm wrong just ignore me :P

Edlothiad

5:34 PM

I think he’s doing the same thing just less carefully

Skooba

7:30 PM

@TheLethalCarrot #2 on HNQ

Edlothiad

7:47 PM

Should’ve stubbed and answered while TLC was getting tea...

DukeZhou

8:14 PM

lol--I love the question about Arnold's performace

amflare

@Edlothiad hahaha that's funny because he is british

:/

Edlothiad

8:34 PM

Oh amflare, you’re so easily amused

amflare

9:00 PM

Thats why I enjoy hanging out with myself.

Edlothiad

EDS BACK!

Did you see the GoT winter special? That cracked me up haaaaaard

amflare

Nope

Edlothiad

9 hours ago, by Edlothiad

Game of Thrones winter special has been leaked

amflare

is it a canon thing or a publicity thing

Edlothiad

IT's on the star board man

Oh it's a shitpost from a subreddit

amflare

9:07 PM

The choice was deliberate in nature :P

aaah

lol wtf

Edlothiad

Did you see it now?

How good is that

amflare

I have, yes. It was pretty good.

Edlothiad

Agreed

TheLethalCarrot

9:37 PM

@Skooba Smashed it

@amflare Tea is the best hot drink though

amflare

@TheLethalCarrot nah man hot cocoa

or spiced cider

TheLethalCarrot

Not having it

You'll be telling me pumpkin spiced lattes are the best thing next

amflare

oh hell no

TheLethalCarrot

The toffee nut one is better, I don't know why that one and the ginger bread one get all the attention

Edlothiad

TLC loves a good nut

ANYWHOO

Mulled wine is amazing

So is Hot Cocoa. So his spiced cider

but ain't nothing ever going to beat good ol' hot water

amflare

9:41 PM

@Edlothiad but.... why?

TheLethalCarrot

With a tea bag in it and some milk :P

amflare

ew no

milk???

TheLethalCarrot

A good ol' cuppa

Well you don';t have your tea black, that ain't right

Edlothiad

LOOOOOOOOOL

@amflare It's really nice!

TheLethalCarrot

Saw that earlier haha

amflare

9:48 PM

@Edlothiad but its just water

Edlothiad

You don't like water?

Water blows my mind

amflare

@Edlothiad Oh I like it well enough, but its so... plain

TheLethalCarrot

And not hot

TheLethalCarrot

10:01 PM

Why is it when I cap people upvote my old answers?

amflare

10:21 PM

Murphy's Law

Edlothiad

Ugh this phone company is impossible to deal with

amflare

Might it be because its like 10pm where you are at?

Perhaps try working with them during business hours

Edlothiad

10:37 PM

I mean, i'm using there online service, have gone to have my account set up 3 times and every time it's failed...

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