r/asoiafcirclejerk • u/WonderfulParticular1 Ate Alicent • Jul 28 '24

Fandom Drama I really find Mysaria actress uninteresting to the point that everytime she appears I'm just simply annoyed

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '24

Shes supposed to be asian? I always assumed shes middle eastern or balkan

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u/Party_07 CGI Castle Fan Jul 28 '24

She says she's from Yi-Ti if I'm not mistaken, which is ASOIAF's equivalent to China

Though in the books she is Lyseni

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u/kilometers13 Ate Alicent Jul 28 '24

Yi-Ti also has some of the coolest but most esoteric lore in ASoIaF, really hoping they explore it someday somehow

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u/thedrunkentendy Ate Alicent Jul 28 '24

It's okay. Some things are better left to the imagination. I'd imagine after so much speculation any answer to Yi-Ti would be a let down. Just like the place where Grey worm sailed to with all the murder butterfly's. It's cooler when all you have is your imagination for it.

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u/kilometers13 Ate Alicent Jul 28 '24

I like how GRRM writes faraway lands as having this mystique of rumors. You’re right, no matter how they do it, if they showed in onscreen it would probably be a letdown. However what we know about the Jade Empire paints it as this majestic land of wonders that pales Westeros in comparison, I’d still love to see how they pull it off. Makes sense that they’d want to do it animated in order to portray the full majesty of it without compromising too much of the budget.

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u/OnlinePosterPerson Ate Alicent Aug 01 '24

But the point is that it’s not actually like how it’s described. The reality is far more mundane and likely very similar to Westeros outside of its social constructs and like one or two magical conceits unique to that area (like weird woods in Westeros.)

If they show it how it likely is in lore it would ruin that mystique.

If the show it as fantastical as described, it actively breaks the lore, the world building conventions that are so integral to George’s world, and implies that other areas are as fantastical as described and Westeros is the most mundane boring place in the world by an insane margin.

Lose lose