Winter is... you know the rest
December 17, 2013 10:15 AM Subscribe
Game of Thrones inspired snowflake patterns for when you want to get your pop-culture fantasy geek on, but in a subtle way this holiday season.
PSA: Martin's latest novella set in Westeros was released just a couple of weeks ago. I discovered this only a few days ago, and of course instantly purchased it and swallowed it whole.
posted by painquale at 10:58 AM on December 17, 2013
posted by painquale at 10:58 AM on December 17, 2013
Wow, the Greyjoy one just looks like a bunch of elaborate linked penises.
posted by Kitteh at 11:17 AM on December 17, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by Kitteh at 11:17 AM on December 17, 2013 [3 favorites]
Dear people who draw snowflakes: eight-sided snowflakes make me sad.
posted by oulipian at 11:20 AM on December 17, 2013 [8 favorites]
posted by oulipian at 11:20 AM on December 17, 2013 [8 favorites]
Wow, the Greyjoy one just looks like a bunch of elaborate linked penises.
Those are Kraken, but yeah...poor Reek.
posted by mcstayinskool at 11:22 AM on December 17, 2013 [2 favorites]
Those are Kraken, but yeah...poor Reek.
posted by mcstayinskool at 11:22 AM on December 17, 2013 [2 favorites]
My dragons ended up looking like developmentally disabled wolves. The Stark jokes write themselves.
posted by Keith Talent at 11:27 AM on December 17, 2013
posted by Keith Talent at 11:27 AM on December 17, 2013
[pedantry]
As far as I know snowflakes are mostly hexagonal or six-sided/branched with the exception of some triangular ones and also some 12-sided ones which are really paired up hexagonal flakes rotated 30 degrees against each other.
[/pedantry]
Maybe this is nitpickery but I do find that I appreciate things a lot more when I feel like there has been real effort and thought put into both concept and execution. Snowflakes being six-sided is something I find even a lot of kids to be aware of as something that's special about snowflakes.
Basically, what oulipian said. This makes me oddly sad.
I'll stop now.
Also, get off my currently non-snow-covered lawn.
posted by Hairy Lobster at 12:28 PM on December 17, 2013 [5 favorites]
As far as I know snowflakes are mostly hexagonal or six-sided/branched with the exception of some triangular ones and also some 12-sided ones which are really paired up hexagonal flakes rotated 30 degrees against each other.
[/pedantry]
Maybe this is nitpickery but I do find that I appreciate things a lot more when I feel like there has been real effort and thought put into both concept and execution. Snowflakes being six-sided is something I find even a lot of kids to be aware of as something that's special about snowflakes.
Basically, what oulipian said. This makes me oddly sad.
I'll stop now.
Also, get off my currently non-snow-covered lawn.
posted by Hairy Lobster at 12:28 PM on December 17, 2013 [5 favorites]
Now I want these as my iPhone lock screen background. Just the patterns, on those gorgeous colored squares (where are *those* from?), with no text...
posted by RedOrGreen at 12:39 PM on December 17, 2013
posted by RedOrGreen at 12:39 PM on December 17, 2013
"Wow, the Greyjoy one just looks like a bunch of elaborate linked penises."
So, totally appropriate then.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 2:14 PM on December 17, 2013 [4 favorites]
So, totally appropriate then.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 2:14 PM on December 17, 2013 [4 favorites]
8 second Season 4 Teaser
Ooh! Sansa Stark holodeck episode!
posted by Sys Rq at 9:33 PM on December 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
Ooh! Sansa Stark holodeck episode!
posted by Sys Rq at 9:33 PM on December 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
Seriously, that background is so unlike anything we've seen in the series before that I figure they probably forgot to CGI the backdrop in post or something.
posted by sparklemotion at 6:22 AM on December 18, 2013
posted by sparklemotion at 6:22 AM on December 18, 2013
Game of Thrones Season 4: Trailer #1
posted by homunculus at 11:56 PM on January 12, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by homunculus at 11:56 PM on January 12, 2014 [1 favorite]
A Spoiler-Free Breakdown of the Game of Thrones Season 4 Trailer
posted by homunculus at 3:14 PM on January 14, 2014
posted by homunculus at 3:14 PM on January 14, 2014
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