A look at Barristan the Bold a.k.a Ser Grandfather, the sworn sword of Queen Daenerys Targaryen and a lifelong badass. The Season 5 - Episode 5 "Kill the Boy" Rewind.
@@DontGoogleDinosaurWith500Teeth in the books, his statement is even closer to what you say. "Here, boy. Melt it down and add it to the others, if you like. It will do you more good than the swords in the hands of these five. Perhaps Lord Stannis will chance to sit on it when he takes your throne."
In my opinion, the biggest mistake the show producers make is kill off Ser Barristan. He's like literally the most shitwrecking badass in the world in the book, even though advanced in age. And I love how he is portrayed. The face, the voice, the attitude, everything is perfect. As Kevin says, he really is Obi Wan Kenobi-ish.
The actor for barristan actually had read the books and thought it was wrong for his character to be killed off so early so he wrote a letter to D&D about it and there’s an interview of them talking about the letter and laughing about how it made them want to kill him off even more.
9:13 Watch the Hound when Ser Barristan draws his sword. The Hound lays his hand on the hilt of his own weapon even though there's four kingsguards between the throne and Ser Barristan. *That's* how dangerous the man is.
he deserved so much better than getting cut down by the dumb ass sons of the harpy. He is one of my favorite book characters. i was so pissed when he died
Escape From Camel i agree with that. If I was him, I would take Cerseis offer and live my life like I never did before, would marry a good wife and make my house and name great by buying land, and recruiting soldiers and banner man. House Barristan would be the new warden of the storms end and someday King of westeros in future. But nah, Selmy rather liked kissing asses of some noble fools instead of making his house great.
Mr. Soprano It's called taking pride & honor in the vow he took, to become the Kingsguard. Two things which were considered of utmost importance in the time period to which Thrones is based upon. To do what you say, would go against everything he stood for. And his record still stood, even after death, he never lost a bout of single combat.
O.G.H Cerci offered her son Tommen to Margery look what she did to their entire family.. She makes many promises but can't keep one.. "Only a fool would trust her!" Selmy was no fool..
I think the show are overdoing the fact that they kill off everyone. Barristan was supposed to be a fucking legend and we barely got to see that. Shame. The actor was great playing him too really wish we got to see more of him
***** exactly! If they kill off characters which are lets say not as legendary i.e. mance rayder, I didn't care so much. But killing off barristan selmy was very fucking annoying
In the books whenever Joffrey kicks him out of the King's guard, Selmy kills two City Watch on his way out of King's Landing - without a damn sword. lol
The one caracter that should NEVER have died. I would have love to see him to the shows conclusion if a new king of queen would be crowned. A rightious and careing one, Befitting a Kingsguard who holds the same values.
if he would've stayed alive, he would've kept Dany kind, he was one of the few ones who treated her gently, without being afraid of her. She would've listened to him and Jorah, and would've become an amazing queen
I agree, he took a lot of them out, given his surroundings. The music, the fight choreography ... I personally felt it all worked and he did indeed die a knight
he should've championed for daenarys instead of daario, and should've gotten some good fighting action in the pit once the harpies came out. unfortunately they killed him off in an absolutely useless scene.
He's a cool character but he's not very interesting. He's a master swordsman in a show about political intrigue. He's kinda boring, the interesting bits about him happen around him, not to him.
9:14 I like how Ser Barriston look at Janos and realise he was laughing and immediately pull the sword after that. Like "This bloody coward of all people dare to laugh at me"
I would've loved to see Sir barriston cut down the king's guard members in the throne room when daenerys takes the 7 kingdoms, would be such justice to see him destroy them, even at his age
Ever heard of Muslim general Khalid ibn al Walid. Fought dozens of pitched battles against the Persians and Romans, never losing one, but died in his sleep in his bed.
Darian Safiran ever heard about Tormund Giantsbane? At 10 he killed a giant, and suckled a giants tits milk and in one night, a bear attacked him when he slept, but he opened his eyes and fooked the bear. He still lives.
“Each time your father killed someone it made him feel powerful and right, until the very end.” - Why do I feel like this is foreshadowing for all of Dany’s smugness we’ve been seeing lately?
I've not yet read all the books, but on learning of Selmy's continued survival there (and reading his *epic* battle speech in the latest book) I both understood why his death in the show felt so pointless (five years building the guy up and then that?!) and empty. Such a shame, as Ian did an amazing job and I kept waiting for the episode when we'd finally pay off all the hype around Selmy! :( Still, at least he was treated with more respect than Stannis.
Really like your videos man. Minimal commentation, Maximum re-watch/reminder value. Very handy for getting into the depth and breadth of each characters arc .
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He was only killed in the show because the actor was fighting cancer and couldn’t continue filming. The fact he did as much as he did to give the character an ending shows how badass he was. He is currently in remission
@@harvey7288 Apparently he tried to get them to not kill Barristan, because he knew he was still around in the books, but that just made them even more eager to kill him off.
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As good as Greyworm is with a spear, it can be a liability in confined spaces. Even the Greek hoplites, expert spearmen, carried short stabbing swords for close work.
That’s how a man like that should go down ... fighting for what he believes in, for who he believes in. He didn’t have to like it, but I bet he entered his house justified.
I always thought Ser Barristan was a bit of a coward for not siding with Eddard Stark when Cercei clearly usurped the throne by ignoring Robert's final decree. If Barristan had sided with Stark that day then we could've potentially had a different outcome to the whole story, provided the other Kingsguard followed him.
You are both being a bit ignorant here... when Barristan didn't side with Ned it wasn't because he was a coward... he did it because his only fault was being too loyal. He refused to break his vow under any circumstances. He was bound to the king and he took his vows VERY seriously.
He had already vowed to Joffrey so he had to uphold his vow The situation would have changed if littlefinger didn’t set Ned up or Janos dodnt betray Ned. Bariston likely wouldn’t have been killed by neds orders and if all went to plan Ned would become king, likely handing the throne to stannis after Joffrey was killed
@@petesthename1588 Since the vow to Joffrey was illegal he indeed broke the vow he gave to Robert. If the former king declared wishes regarding his successor, it doesn't matter what the heir says to that. Barristan had to follow Robert's last order in that matter, but he was afraid to do it.
I've spent my life studying military and martial arts in the hope of becoming a man like Ser Bariston. He's just a character but a great character. I still hope to be like him some day.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Barristan Selmy was a part of the small council in the books. He backed up Ned Stark in regards to the Targaryen siblings being killed and therefore knew Ser Jorah was involved.
This is still my greatest beef with the show. All the other small changes I shrugged off for sake of time, but this one just still boils me, ser barristan is in charge of meeren and preparing to fight in the books as we speak. I mean it’s taken forever to get another book but we have gotten more chapters from him so he’s still alive. They did him so wrong!
They didn't know how to write his character arc so they axed him, same with Baelish & Varys. They axed tons of characters they didn't know how to write right after the source material ended... Jon, Dany, Tyrion, Cersei, Jaime, all the Stark pups, etc.
He died in such a cheap manner it was such a shame actually made me dislike Daenerys for awhile. Basically because she prohibited the city's fighting rings knowing it would piss off the residents and those cocksucking sons of harp and then let her advisors and ppl just walk around the city with targets on their head. Ugh still pisses me off lol
ShaRMz6g I see its been a year since this comment and I have to opinionate, she’s been doing NOTHING BUT disappointing and making me like her less and less so much so I can’t even remember the moments it even started switching. Also add in a the fact I really hate the whole “it’s my right.” “It’s my birth right to rule!” “Blah blah I deserve to rule geeble geeble gerble!” Like “you need to shush because damn girl you’re even more imbred than jeoffry you need to slow your fucking tightly wound hair braid rolls you incestuous tramp canoe! “ is what I have thought lol
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If only Ser Barristan had been at her side in the final season. We would have seen a different Danaerys. He seemed to know how to tame the Targaryen madness. I loved their relationship. Two fantastic actors 👏🏻 👏🏻
I have a feeling Ser Barristan was meant to be the "final boss" of the series. Being a man of honor who refused to ever break his oath under any circumstances, he still would've defended Daenerys to the end even after she went mad and genocidal, meaning that whoever the stories final hero is (presumably Jon Snow) would have to first go through him to stop her.
I just don't like how he said "he burnt sons in front of their fathers & burnt men with wildfire" instead of using their names as Brendon Stark & his father
4:03 first time I’ve noticed that this scene is an early hint that Rhaegar didn’t rape Lyanna. Barristan didn’t make that story up, and a man willing to sing to the poor wouldn’t rape a women.
She'd have took kings landing episode 1 of season 7 if Barristan was still alive. She went from having the greatest ever knight and military genius, as well as Jorah an ex knight, a war veteran who had a great mind for strategy and politics in Westeros. To having brean dead (post season 4) Tyrion and treacherous Varys. They cost her everything. As well as Jon Snow.
Not dead in the books.
John Simms New book yet NOT released
Only dead in the show because the actor was fighting cancer and couldn’t continue filming
@@CloudslnMyCoffee I think you're speaking about Ilyn Payne. Barristan Selmy got killed because D&D are fucking jerks
Yet !!
@@CloudslnMyCoffee No, he actually is angry that they killed his character. He wanted to play his role longer, as it is in the books
"here boy" the man who talked down a king and lived.
What about tyrion?
@@manuraariyathilake3106 only because he was family barristan was an exception
The throne is made of swords of the king's enemies. He's opening telling him he is the crowns enemy and walks right out. What a badass.
Also Tywin...and Ned if you count his various jabs at Robert Baratheon
@@DontGoogleDinosaurWith500Teeth in the books, his statement is even closer to what you say.
"Here, boy. Melt it down and add it to the others, if you like. It will do you more good than the swords in the hands of these five. Perhaps Lord Stannis will chance to sit on it when he takes your throne."
"He was a painter, a painter who only used red."
If people knew he chose her as queen , I think wester would've surrendered more quickly
And that's period :-P
In my opinion, the biggest mistake the show producers make is kill off Ser Barristan. He's like literally the most shitwrecking badass in the world in the book, even though advanced in age. And I love how he is portrayed. The face, the voice, the attitude, everything is perfect. As Kevin says, he really is Obi Wan Kenobi-ish.
t moore well he’ll probably die off in following book
He succumbed to the disease of bored writing.
@@DaSquareful as stannis
The actor for barristan actually had read the books and thought it was wrong for his character to be killed off so early so he wrote a letter to D&D about it and there’s an interview of them talking about the letter and laughing about how it made them want to kill him off even more.
@@ChickenJoe12 that is f***ed up
9:13 Watch the Hound when Ser Barristan draws his sword. The Hound lays his hand on the hilt of his own weapon even though there's four kingsguards between the throne and Ser Barristan. *That's* how dangerous the man is.
+Ellen Lee "was
+Zac Sells He's alive in the books.
+Joker0002710 with a whole battle before him
+Ellen Lee Literally everyone in the throne roomed tensed up!
Ellen Lee
Little finger pissed his pants after Selmy drew his weapon... Suddenly, NOBODY was laughing anymore.. Amazing what FEAR can do to people...
sir barristan cut down 14 harpies like craving a cake.
+tness93 Then the cake killed him.
+tness93 Craving a cake. Lmao.
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I have a sudden urge for cake
He may not be one of the main characters, but Ser Barristan Selmy will always be one of my favorite characters.
Thank you, thank you!
+Ser Barristan Selmy you the man
+Brandon Troia Thank you! I do appreciate that!
Him, Jorah, Ned, Blackfish, men who could hold their own & fight with honour!
he deserved so much better than getting cut down by the dumb ass sons of the harpy. He is one of my favorite book characters. i was so pissed when he died
honestly, Barristan died like he predicted: like a goddamn badass knight
+Michael Kenis
That's what he wanted, to die fighting while he had strenght, instead of passing away in castle out of old age.
"in halls to die in, with men to bury me" - he definitly wanted this type of badass death, yes! :)
Escape From Camel i agree with that. If I was him, I would take Cerseis offer and live my life like I never did before, would marry a good wife and make my house and name great by buying land, and recruiting soldiers and banner man. House Barristan would be the new warden of the storms end and someday King of westeros in future. But nah, Selmy rather liked kissing asses of some noble fools instead of making his house great.
Mr. Soprano
It's called taking pride & honor in the vow he took, to become the Kingsguard.
Two things which were considered of utmost importance in the time period to which Thrones is based upon.
To do what you say, would go against everything he stood for.
And his record still stood, even after death, he never lost a bout of single combat.
O.G.H Cerci offered her son Tommen to Margery look what she did to their entire family.. She makes many promises but can't keep one.. "Only a fool would trust her!" Selmy was no fool..
I think the show are overdoing the fact that they kill off everyone. Barristan was supposed to be a fucking legend and we barely got to see that. Shame. The actor was great playing him too really wish we got to see more of him
yeah....which I's doubly sad because in the books he ain't dead
***** exactly! If they kill off characters which are lets say not as legendary i.e. mance rayder, I didn't care so much. But killing off barristan selmy was very fucking annoying
Mance WAS legendary though. In the books he is not dead.
We're due a badass battle in the next book at least, he's meant to lead all the forces out of Mereen in a last charge
Ace Diamond couldn't agree more
The fact that we never actually see Ser Barristan Selmy in true action makes it more intense as to imagining how good he was.
In the books whenever Joffrey kicks him out of the King's guard, Selmy kills two City Watch on his way out of King's Landing - without a damn sword. lol
You said ”whenever” as if it’s a weekly thing or something. 😄
Johannes Askehov lol I meant at the moment in which
A staff and a knife vs two city watch who are pretty good. Fucks them up.
The one caracter that should NEVER have died. I would have love to see him to the shows conclusion if a new king of queen would be crowned. A rightious and careing one, Befitting a Kingsguard who holds the same values.
At least he died before the writing got extremely stale and didnt die offscreen like some of the good characters
if he would've stayed alive, he would've kept Dany kind, he was one of the few ones who treated her gently, without being afraid of her. She would've listened to him and Jorah, and would've become an amazing queen
I always thought Selmy's death was badly done but re-watching he did take out at least 12 of them 1 after the other. Few fighters could do that.
Especially considering his age. Imagine the man in his prime.
I agree, he took a lot of them out, given his surroundings. The music, the fight choreography ... I personally felt it all worked and he did indeed die a knight
Good point but he’s also supposed to be one of, if not the greatest killer alive.
Didn't even have his armor on.. Beastmode activated
@@darth856 Especially considering he had no armor or any kind of protective gear on
9:09 little finger: hahahahahahah
9:25 little finger: wtf did I just say
9:25 varys: you fucking idiot
Ser Barristan had honor at every step of his life. We should all be so bold.
Except when he caved into Cersei's pressure when she ripped up Robert's decree.
@@spendingtimetogether8428 he’s sworn to defend the king’s family (and Joffrey was made the new king) so he would’ve had to obey them.
Warriors rarely grow old , only the great ones do ...
the great ones die young. The shit ones die young. The ones in the middle tend to live the longest
Barristan Selmy.
The obi wan Kenobi of Game of Thrones.
Hmm..
But he didn't have the high ground
@@Lizzy-olivan lol, best comment
Hello chief
well in the end./..he cut through the five of them and them some. like carving a cake XD
The fact that a badass character like Ser Barristan Selmy only got 20 minutes of screentime reflects poorly on the directors.
he should've championed for daenarys instead of daario, and should've gotten some good fighting action in the pit once the harpies came out. unfortunately they killed him off in an absolutely useless scene.
Tacitus1990 Not the directors, the writers. The writers write the senario for each episode.
Some of his screen time is missing from the video.
He's a cool character but he's not very interesting. He's a master swordsman in a show about political intrigue. He's kinda boring, the interesting bits about him happen around him, not to him.
9:14
I like how Ser Barriston look at Janos and realise he was laughing and immediately pull the sword after that. Like "This bloody coward of all people dare to laugh at me"
I would've loved to see Sir barriston cut down the king's guard members in the throne room when daenerys takes the 7 kingdoms, would be such justice to see him destroy them, even at his age
Adam bailie got some bad news bud
Adam bailie yeah Sandor got there first mate
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Not sure of the outcome but that scene would've been wicked!
Stannis may be the Mannis but BarriSTAN is the MAN.
***** Yes and alive and well in the books :-(
***** I think so as well. Of course in both cases it will be in very different circumstances.
Show Stannis is an idiot who burns his own daughter.. Who also has his own brother killed.. Who with her mother is at the wall in the book..
@T Sing he was good but D&D fucked his storyline in season 5!
@T Sing lol stannis is the good king you moron .
You’ve got to be a true badass to have lived as long as Barristan in Game of Thrones as a knight, warrior, or soldier.
Respect your elders!
Beware the old man in profession where men die young, literally the oldest knight there is for reason
Barristan, Ned and John the most honorable men in Westeros.
The way Ser Barristan's sword rings out when he pulls it to 'carve through you like a cake' is freakin awesome.
Barriston made his sword SING!
Sir Barriston and Sir Jorah were the Dragon Queen's best advisors.
It's a damn shame we didn't get to see Jamie and Ser Barristan show off they real fighting skills.
"He died in an alley, butchered by D&D the cowards!"
Damn, he deserved so much better :(
Great warriors never die in their beds
Yani Stefanov nor in stupid shows
Barristan still lives in the books
Yani Stefanov That is not true, I want to die at 80 fucking a woman who is 20, So I can cum and go at the same time.
Ever heard of Muslim general Khalid ibn al Walid. Fought dozens of pitched battles against the Persians and Romans, never losing one, but died in his sleep in his bed.
Darian Safiran ever heard about Tormund Giantsbane? At 10 he killed a giant, and suckled a giants tits milk and in one night, a bear attacked him when he slept, but he opened his eyes and fooked the bear. He still lives.
@@frederickace LMFAO YO YOU WIN THE INTERNET😂🤣
Everyone in that room shat themselves when he drew his blade lol
Hearing Barristan reminisce on Rhaegar's singing days was sooooooo awesome.
“Each time your father killed someone it made him feel powerful and right, until the very end.” - Why do I feel like this is foreshadowing for all of Dany’s smugness we’ve been seeing lately?
Barristan is still alive in the books y'all. Better start readin'
I've not yet read all the books, but on learning of Selmy's continued survival there (and reading his *epic* battle speech in the latest book) I both understood why his death in the show felt so pointless (five years building the guy up and then that?!) and empty. Such a shame, as Ian did an amazing job and I kept waiting for the episode when we'd finally pay off all the hype around Selmy! :( Still, at least he was treated with more respect than Stannis.
Stannis had his killed his own brother for power.. Show Stannis burns his daughter alive.. Yet some people like him..
Stannis actor hated the show too
Only 20 minutes of screen time??? He was too epic and badass, he should have survived!
Really like your videos man. Minimal commentation, Maximum re-watch/reminder value. Very handy for getting into the depth and breadth of each characters arc .
You put it perfectly!
Agreed. Well said
He went out like a G
Damn straight.
Anyone else notice the incredibly dignified way he walked out of the throne room after being relieved? That's swagger.
Selmy: Lawfully Good. Danny: Chaotically neutral.
"Ive won more single combats than any man alive" Thats a bold statement
biggest letdown off the show that they killed off this guy, hands down what a shame
and in a bloody alley robbing us of his speech!
rebaz olai yeah your neo agget
Credit to you man for putting all these together, I cannot Imagine how long these take to do lol.
Very scary to see an old man playing a young man's game where young men die. Think that's says enough about his skill
Truth
I liked sir baristan until he sat there an ignored the last wish of the king he failed and let Ned be captured
It was Barristan's only real fault... he upheld his vows under all circumstances.
I agree. That would've have never happened with the Kingsguard. They would've never went against the Kings Sealed word.
Barristan Selmy was one of the few decent men in Game of Thrones.
Barristans death made me like him and greyworm alot both are epic
This is great. I love these rewinds
King Robert and ser Barriston’s relationship is so wholesome ❤❤❤😂😂😂.. best actually
If I could bring back a character in Game of Thrones it would be definitely Ser Barristan Selmy and Eddard stark but thats a different story.
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He was only killed in the show because the actor was fighting cancer and couldn’t continue filming. The fact he did as much as he did to give the character an ending shows how badass he was. He is currently in remission
I think Your thinking of Ilyn Payne. Ian McElhinney (ser barristan) has said how annoyed he was about being killed off so early
@@harvey7288 Apparently he tried to get them to not kill Barristan, because he knew he was still around in the books, but that just made them even more eager to kill him off.
That was tragic as fuck.
I cried when he died. He was amazing
Total letdown.
10:05 *The obi-wan Kenobi look* hahaha
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Kevin, well done with all the rewinds!!
One of my favourite characters, up there with Ayra and The Hound... shame he got killed off, would have liked to have seen him back in kings landing.
Kevin GT; I've been looking for scenes of particular characters lately (like not wanting to do a full-blown re-watch right now and still wanting to see a lot of my favorite moments) and if I see your video as an option, I always choose it.
Thank you!
The two characters that i wish would have lived up to the books the most are Euron and Selmy.
Jorah wasn’t wrong when he said she’s fighting to be Queen if Westeros and not Kings Landing.
He's such a daddy too!
As good as Greyworm is with a spear, it can be a liability in confined spaces. Even the Greek hoplites, expert spearmen, carried short stabbing swords for close work.
Janos grabbing his sword as if he would actually jump in if Barristan decided to carve himself multiple cakes.
Shows how they value a man of honor. Just like my boy Ned Stark smh.
He was probably my favorite character in the show, next to Ser Jorah, John Snow and Olenna Tyrell
when i look back Varys is a dangerous man in the seven kingdom and till now...
That’s how a man like that should go down ... fighting for what he believes in, for who he believes in. He didn’t have to like it, but I bet he entered his house justified.
9:20 I would very much have liked to see that.
Here boy! Melt it down and add it to the others! Barristan the Badass
0:57
Robert: Do you remember your first kill? Who was it?
Selmy: Master Roshi. Never liked the name.
Man, the musical score during Ser Barristan's fight to the death was so epic. I can only hope my death will have such a bomb track.
I always thought Ser Barristan was a bit of a coward for not siding with Eddard Stark when Cercei clearly usurped the throne by ignoring Robert's final decree. If Barristan had sided with Stark that day then we could've potentially had a different outcome to the whole story, provided the other Kingsguard followed him.
You are both being a bit ignorant here... when Barristan didn't side with Ned it wasn't because he was a coward... he did it because his only fault was being too loyal. He refused to break his vow under any circumstances. He was bound to the king and he took his vows VERY seriously.
He had already vowed to Joffrey so he had to uphold his vow
The situation would have changed if littlefinger didn’t set Ned up or Janos dodnt betray Ned. Bariston likely wouldn’t have been killed by neds orders and if all went to plan Ned would become king, likely handing the throne to stannis after Joffrey was killed
@@petesthename1588 Since the vow to Joffrey was illegal he indeed broke the vow he gave to Robert. If the former king declared wishes regarding his successor, it doesn't matter what the heir says to that. Barristan had to follow Robert's last order in that matter, but he was afraid to do it.
@@OhmeinGottVIIC I'd never call Barristan a coward, the man literally tried to fight a dragon in book 5, but I agree he failed in his duty there.
"Ser Barristan is a good man, a loyal man, do him no harm" - Ned to his men.
Umm.. really? xD
I've spent my life studying military and martial arts in the hope of becoming a man like Ser Bariston. He's just a character but a great character. I still hope to be like him some day.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Barristan Selmy was a part of the small council in the books. He backed up Ned Stark in regards to the Targaryen siblings being killed and therefore knew Ser Jorah was involved.
Jorah was informing to Varys. I don't think anyone in the small council was aware that it was Jorah doing the informing.
Yeah, I distinctly remember Selmy being there when Ned and Robert were argueing about the Targaryen siblings. They had a vote.
Robert didn’t permit Ser Barristan to attend the majority of small council meetings
In the series he didn't, but he was in the meetings throughout the first book.
This is still my greatest beef with the show. All the other small changes I shrugged off for sake of time, but this one just still boils me, ser barristan is in charge of meeren and preparing to fight in the books as we speak. I mean it’s taken forever to get another book but we have gotten more chapters from him so he’s still alive. They did him so wrong!
They didn't know how to write his character arc so they axed him, same with Baelish & Varys. They axed tons of characters they didn't know how to write right after the source material ended... Jon, Dany, Tyrion, Cersei, Jaime, all the Stark pups, etc.
One of the best characters. I would love to see a prequel about his story and friendship with Rheagar.
breaks my heart that you cant monetize these Kevin... i saw you had a Patreon going - cant contribute, but i wish all the best.
Selmy went down like a boss
He died in such a cheap manner it was such a shame actually made me dislike Daenerys for awhile. Basically because she prohibited the city's fighting rings knowing it would piss off the residents and those cocksucking sons of harp and then let her advisors and ppl just walk around the city with targets on their head. Ugh still pisses me off lol
ShaRMz6g I see its been a year since this comment and I have to opinionate, she’s been doing NOTHING BUT disappointing and making me like her less and less so much so I can’t even remember the moments it even started switching. Also add in a the fact I really hate the whole “it’s my right.” “It’s my birth right to rule!” “Blah blah I deserve to rule geeble geeble gerble!” Like “you need to shush because damn girl you’re even more imbred than jeoffry you need to slow your fucking tightly wound hair braid rolls you incestuous tramp canoe! “ is what I have thought lol
Yes such a shame she forbid slavery! ... ffs
I have seen a couple of your video already and they are pretty good. My sincere compliments. I hope you dont mind when I say this: Please fix your mic, it is extremely bad and I can just understand enough of what you are saying while the video is on. Image how good your videos will be when you get a better mic.
Thanks for the upload.
16:55...this scene is very telling...
how to tell when your day is going to shit? when barristan selmy pulls his sword out in anger upon you.
They all laughing at him till he pulls his sword out then the whole court pisses themselves LOLOLOL
Why do all the "greatest swordsmen that ever lived", or any remotely principled character get such shit-ends?
You're so right, Arthur Dayne, Barristan Selmy, Oberyn Martell (spearman), etc..
Because the fact they're great swordsmen make them a great threat, thus making it more likely they'll be a high priority target
R G Curtis But none of those characters died because they were a likely target
you expect a "cinematic" end
HOLY SH*T! This man went out like 2021 Duncan Idaho 😮😮
Excellent video
If only Ser Barristan had been at her side in the final season. We would have seen a different Danaerys. He seemed to know how to tame the Targaryen madness.
I loved their relationship. Two fantastic actors 👏🏻 👏🏻
this is why sir Duncan the tall knighted sir barristan the bold
its not duncan the tall . its duncan targaryen
Everybody gangsta until Ser Barristan draws his sword...
Probably the second most honorable man in the show who died fighting for what they thought was right
I have a feeling Ser Barristan was meant to be the "final boss" of the series. Being a man of honor who refused to ever break his oath under any circumstances, he still would've defended Daenerys to the end even after she went mad and genocidal, meaning that whoever the stories final hero is (presumably Jon Snow) would have to first go through him to stop her.
Barristan and Jorah pairing is the same classic duo cop couple we all love from Pod and Brienne, Clegane and Arya and Bronn and Jaime.
I just don't like how he said "he burnt sons in front of their fathers & burnt men with wildfire" instead of using their names as Brendon Stark & his father
He is literally the John Marshal of GOT
Your videos are quite good, shame they don't have more views. :-/
Despite being heavily armored as a King's Guard, Barristan's talents made him one of the most talented Rogues in fiction to date.
Ser Barristan was like a modern day google, very wise and full of stories
4:03 first time I’ve noticed that this scene is an early hint that Rhaegar didn’t rape Lyanna. Barristan didn’t make that story up, and a man willing to sing to the poor wouldn’t rape a women.
I love this character so much
She'd have took kings landing episode 1 of season 7 if Barristan was still alive. She went from having the greatest ever knight and military genius, as well as Jorah an ex knight, a war veteran who had a great mind for strategy and politics in Westeros. To having brean dead (post season 4) Tyrion and treacherous Varys. They cost her everything. As well as Jon Snow.
Did him dirty