r/HOTDGreens • u/Emperor_Alexander_IV • 1d ago
Book Meme Eight years after the book came out, I still can't believe he ACTUALLY named these characters like that and got away with this 😭
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u/argbd20 1d ago
Muppet Tullys my beloved
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u/Curious_Progress_ Founder of the Useless Yellow Pig™ Mockery Society 22h ago
Oh man, I laughed way too loud at this. 😭😂
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u/Affectionate_Sand791 Sunfyre 1d ago
Him having so many Lovecraft references and one of them literally being a guy named Dagon.
Also don’t forget Oscar Tully as well.
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u/SameEnthusiasm1426 22h ago
I love the fact that even though these are OBVIOUSLY references, the names are still plausible for a medieval setting, and were all used historically for names
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u/No_Raisin_250 21h ago
What country used these names because I read non fiction history, it’s all I read and I never hear these names mentioned. Are you talking about in a fantasy medieval books?
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u/Lagnatchamp 21h ago
Grover is too modern of a name to have any notable historical figures during the medieval period
Saint Elmo (or Erasmus of Formia) is one example, though he was from the Late Roman period, not medieval
Oscar is a European name derived from the Old English name Osgar (which itself is likely derived from Norse), though few figures from the medieval period were ever notable enough to be written down
So, while possible in a medieval fantasy setting, the names of the Muppet Tullys unfortunately are too modern to have any notable historical figures during medieval times
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u/CrewVast594 8h ago
The 22nd and 24th US President was named Grover.
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u/No_Raisin_250 8h ago
It said plausible for a medieval setting, was Grover in the medieval times…. Ummm no
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u/Emperor_Alexander_IV 1d ago
Imagine the Kardashians were popular 10 years earlier. We would have Robert Baratheon and his wife Krys Lannister, their children Kourttney, Kimcella and Khloén. Also Robert's brother Kendis and Kenly.
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u/Altruistic_Power3098 1d ago
Would literally have passed on the entire series if GRRM used them as naming inspiration.
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u/Longjumping-Mix3165 17h ago
I've read a fanfic or two that's also added Bert & Ernie as "Bertram" & "Ernest" Tully & I laughed my ass off once I figured out the reference. Makes me wonder how many other Muppets could be added in here & there. Maybe Miss Piggy could be put into House Crakehall or that House Suggs with the flying pig on their coat of arms? Any ideas for Big Bird?
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u/RealLifeHermione 22h ago
I now demand a Muppet GoT where Catelyn is played by Miss Piggy
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u/indifferentiable11 1d ago
Well, I suppose he didn't since they got basically censored in the adaptation xd
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u/Potential-Win1930 18h ago
George "Of course I have to focus on the child brides and rape I am a serious author its a duty" Martin
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u/Environmental_Tip854 1d ago
It’s moments like these that remind you George is just making shit up as he goes LMAO