Posted: Sep 18, 2017 8:04 am
VazScep wrote:I think Martin would claim that LOTR was the inspiration for the whole genre. But he also pointed to the Wars of the Roses as inspiration, and I enjoyed Colin Iggulden's recent saga. I'm going to suggest that Robert Baratheon is modelled on Edward IV, that Stannis is Richard III, and Jon Snow is Henry Tudor.
Yes, I read that too. It's just that watching the first two movies yesterday, the Elfish language, the Elves themselves made me think of Targaryens, just parallels I was seeing in the characters.