Though it began as a kind of realistic take on epic fantasy, Game of Throneshas over the course of its run increasingly delved into the more, well…fantastical elements of the genre.
By the end of season six, dragons, giants, zombies, shapeshifters, and magic grenade wielding fairy-elf things have all made appearances. That got us wondering, of course…what other fantasy elements do we want to see in the series?
With the show’s creators completely off book at this point, it’s time to diverge from George R.R. Martin’s original intent and load up season seven with some crazy-ass monsters!
1.Basilisks
Stoneskin is a serious risk in the world of Game of Thrones, capable of driving a man mad, or at the very least, scarring them for life. But where does stoneskin come from? What is its real source? If you ask us, this is a perfect opportunity to bring in the stone-vision lizard, the basilisk, or at the very least, it's chicken-looking cousin, the cockatrice.
2.Centaurs
Let's be honest, shall we? The Dothraki should have just been centaurs. There are big hordes of them, they're on horses all the time, and don't tell me there's not some weird animal sex stuff going on in with all that "Stallion that mounts the world" talk. It's probably too late to outright turn the Dothraki into centaurs, but here's hoping, right?
3.Djinns
Westeros is basically Europe with Essos as a blend of the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia Minor. Game of Thrones borrows a lot from historical aspects of those various cultures, so why not bring in one of the coolest parts of middle eastern mythology: The djinns. We're not talking big, blue, wise-cracking genies though, we want weird, complex desert elementals. Hell, have a red priest or priestess summon them up!
4.Dwarves
Yes, technically speaking, Tyrion is a dwarf, as are the other little people featured on the show. But those aren't real dwarves, they aren't fantasy dwarves. We want rock-eating, mithril forging, irrespective of gender beard-having dwarves and we want them yesterday.
5.Gods
The Old Gods! The New Gods! The Red God! Even if there are just two Old Gods, that's bare minimum ten different gods that we've heard mentioned in Game of Thrones, plus whatever it is the Dothraki worship (Let's be honest: It's a centaur.). Thing is, we haven't actually seen any of these things. Why not have them show up? Or, at the very least, give birth to some kind of demigod to start running around all over the place. Let's get all Hercules with it.
6.Golems
You could make an argument that what's left of the Mountain is a kind of flesh golem, but we here at Geek.com have made an official ruling on the matter: He's been reanimated with his body intact, making him a zombie. Deal with it. So, we're left with a golem sized whole in our heart. Whether made of stone, metal, flesh, or any other damn thing, we'd love to see a golem of some kind or another stomping around season seven.
7.Griffins
Unless something changes dramatically, chances are that Daenerys Targaryen is going to be running up on Westeros with those three dragons of hers and, real talk, it's not going to be a very fair fight. She's going to straight up roast all those knights inside their armor, cooking them in their own juices. Unless, that is…the folks of Westeros have a way to combat the dragons in the air. Steeds that, while lacking the strength and flame of dragons, make up for it in agility, maneuverability and numbers…We're talking griffins, daddy.
8.Rocs
But griffins aren't the only way to provide a challenge for the Daenerys' dragons! Instead of a bunch of low-level creatures, you could throw in a couple monsters with challenge ratings equal to the big fire-breathing baddies. There are a lot of ways you could achieve this, but since we want big spectacular air battles, we're thinking some giant birds are probably the best way to go.
9.Sea monsters
Chances are that season seven won't just open up with Daenerys' armada landing on the shores of Westeros. There's probably going to be a reasonable amount of seafaring adventure before that happens – or we hope at least. Since we can only sit through so many scenes of seasick Dothraki and arguments about how many limes are left in the larder, we're really holding out hope that they mix things up a little with an attacking sea monster. We'll accept anything of the serpent or kraken variety.
These are our top picks for the monsters and creatures that should show up in next season’s Game of Thrones, but there are a bazillion more that we’d also be A-OK with. Tell us what you’d like to see in the comments down below!
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