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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
Debating using our human being military historical record to apply tactics to ice Dragons, Zombies and a King made of ice that can raise the dead seems to me, call me whack, a jump in a fantasy TV show that probably shouldn’t be made.
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Again, I don't particularly care and am doing this for pure amusement, but what does that have to do with cavalry tactics?
Hell, charging them into a horde of unscouted zombies in the black of night while carrying fire? Horses are spooked by ALL of those things! Darkness, smell of death, AND fire.
To reiterate, I don't really care.. but don't do that. Don't justify it for that reason. There's only one justification for it.
Battles on TV are done in a cinematic way for drama. The great scene with the lights going out one by one kinda requires stupid non-strategy. That's the only real reason it played out that way. Was it worth it? The strategy was bad, but the image of those lights going out was pretty damn unnerving. That's the battle a filmmaker has. Accuracy doesn't mean more interesting.
It does to ME because I'm a nerd about that shit, but most people don't read the books I do or give the slightest **** about such things.