Medieval Daze

I am perhaps going through another weird phase, and this one is medieval life stuff, things..

It all started with the renaissance faire.

To be honest, I think the renaissance and medieval times were totally separate from each other weren't they? The medieval era was considered the 'dark ages', which was basically western European society after the fall of the Roman empire. Many people were illiterate, barbarians and Germanic tribes raided villages frequently, and there was a plague that wiped out half of the population. There were the middle ages, and then there were the high middle ages, which is when things started to get better, namely, because the crusades gave people something to do.

The Renaissance is when people remembered that they had a brain, so the pursuit of knowledge, the arts, and other cool stuff that were around during the Roman empire times resurfaced. These are the "Romeo and Juliet" days, basically.

Anyway, the Renn Faire was very awesome, and I learned that it was a simpler way of life. People made their own things, religion was a very touchy subject, and humor was...interesting.

Then came Skyrim...ohhh Skyrim.
I thought that games about dragons and swords were for old school nerds, not the case when playing Skyrim. Any game where I am considered a 'dragonborn' is kick ass in my opinion. Now, speaking of dragonborns..

 

I hate being left out of the loop, and I always am. So I decided to find out what all the commotion was with this show. Willing or not, I can now see why this series has a huge fanbase.

I'm not gonna go into detail, maybe on another blog post, but there's nudity, blooshed, death, LOADS of death, and blondes, loads of blondes.

Skyrim actually eased me into this show, because I think it's actually similar in terms of location and city names, plus the mannerisms and customs are the same, but the show keeps me hooked in the most unusual way possible.

Shit happens. And in real life, it does happen. But on television and in movies, it doesn't. Most shows and movies follow the same format: 

Beginning - rising action- climax- falling action- conclusion. Good guys win, happy ending. Not exactly the case with G.O.T; for anyone interested in watching, just know that there will be lots of "NOOOOOOOO!!!" moments, because so far evil has prevailed. Even though the show is a fantasy drama action whatever, the plotlines are very down-to-earth, for example: someone could be of royal blood one minute, then the next their whole family is executed, then the next minute someone could rule over an entire kingdom and all is well, right? Nope, because in another minute that entire kingdom could be burned down, and it goes in a cycle, much like in real life.

I always thought that the medieval times were kind of lame, and the only people interested in them were those nerds who LARP and play dungeons and dragons but they are, in fact, really cool.