when Fantasy’s biggest authors disagree
Why do resurrections feel miraculous in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and horrifying in George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones? Ahead of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’s premiere, let’s compare LOTR (Gandalf) and ASOIAF (Jon Snow and Lady Stoneheart) to explore how each author's resurrections reflect their own cosmologies. ~ PATREON ► / johnnytheblue ~ 🎵 Copyrighted music licensed from Lickd. https://lickd.co Many Meetings by Howard Shore, https://t.lickd.co/l/mgE1vObkeyK ~ Additional Credit - these artists are amazing, check out their work! The Hangwoman by Denis Maznev The Wolf Mother by Denis Maznev Stoneheart by Marta Sokołowska Lady Stoneheart by Arantza Sestayo Lady Stoneheart by zippo514 Gandalf and the Balrog by John Howe Gandalf Returns by Ted Nasmith The Five Wizards by Tristan Wang Eru during the Great Music by Ted Nasmith Balrog by Eric Velhagen Glorfindel Before the Storm by Venlian Bran Stark and the three-eyed crow by Marc Simonetti Jon Snow by Hylora Jon Snow by Denis Maznev Jon Snow by Cristi Balanescu Jon Snow by Bella Bergolts Sauron by Warren Mahy The Drowned God by James Fletcher -80’s Type Beat by J’s Beats #lordoftherings #gameofthrones #videoessay
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