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  1. Sunday, 18th November, 2012, 03:03 PM #1
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    Tolkien's characters vs GRRM's characters

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    Back during WonderCon, MTV consulted Martin about a series of Game of Thrones vs. Lord of the Rings smackdowns:

    Aragon vs. Jaime Lannister
    Smaug vs. Balerion
    Saruman vs. Melisandre
    Wargs vs. Direwolves
    Ice vs. Glamdring
    Frodo vs. Tyrion
    Nazgûl vs. White Walkers
    Cave Troll vs. Mag the Mighty
    Gimli vs. The Mountain
    Ned Stark vs. Boromir (Of course)
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  • Monday, 19th November, 2012, 12:15 AM #2
    Olgar Shiverstone
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    I vote:

    - Lannister (he cheats)
    - Smaug (intelligence)
    - Saruman
    - Wargs
    - Glamdring
    - Tyrion
    - Nazgul
    - Mag the Mighty
    - Gimli
    - Ned Stark (either in a fight or death scene)
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  • Monday, 19th November, 2012, 02:13 AM #3
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    My votes:

    - Jaime Lannister in a straight on fight. Better swordsman.
    - Smaug
    - Saruman
    - Direwolves, 'cause they're cuter. Ahem.
    - Ice
    - Tyrion.. not even close.
    - Nazgûl
    - Cave Troll vs. Mag the Mighty (Don't remember enough about Mag)
    - Gimli, 'cause I love dwarves
    - Ned Stark beheads Boromir, who is overconfident.

    GRRM picked Tolkien's characters most of the time as well.
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  • Monday, 19th November, 2012, 02:18 AM #4
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    Gimli vs The Mountain. I'd like to see that fight. The two most epic close combat killing machines of both sagas against each other. You could even see GRRM pause at that one.

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  • Monday, 19th November, 2012, 03:54 PM #5
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    Tyrion's the only GoT character who'd stand a chance as they're both weak combatants.
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  • Monday, 19th November, 2012, 06:16 PM #6
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    depends on the amount of time available. GRRM's would win eventually, because they all play dirty, but it would take forever for them to get around to doing anything--they're too busy trying to have non-consensual sex with everything that moves. Any short contest (less than a month) would go to Tolkien's characters.
    Also Tolkien's characters would have sincere cheerleaders and followers.
    GRRM's followers would be distracted trying to figure out the best angle and ideal time to betray everyone near them.
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  • Tuesday, 20th November, 2012, 01:53 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by sabrinathecat View Post
    depends on the amount of time available. GRRM's would win eventually, because they all play dirty, but it would take forever for them to get around to doing anything--they're too busy trying to have non-consensual sex with everything that moves. Any short contest (less than a month) would go to Tolkien's characters.
    Also Tolkien's characters would have sincere cheerleaders and followers.
    GRRM's followers would be distracted trying to figure out the best angle and ideal time to betray everyone near them.
    Of course, half of GRRM's character would die on their own before the month was up.
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  • Tuesday, 20th November, 2012, 02:49 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Krug View Post
    My votes:

    - Jaime Lannister in a straight on fight. Better swordsman.
    - Smaug
    - Saruman
    - Direwolves, 'cause they're cuter. Ahem.
    - Ice
    - Tyrion.. not even close.
    - Nazgûl
    - Cave Troll vs. Mag the Mighty (Don't remember enough about Mag)
    - Gimli, 'cause I love dwarves
    - Ned Stark beheads Boromir, who is overconfident.

    GRRM picked Tolkien's characters most of the time as well.
    Book 1 Jamie Lannister would definitely win. He spends Book 2 in prison, so would likely be too weak to beat Aragon. Of course, Aragon beats Book 3 and 4 Jamie, hands down, and probably Book 5 Jamie.
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  • Tuesday, 20th November, 2012, 03:20 PM #9
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    Aragon (has far more experience)
    Smaug (more cunning)
    Saruman
    Direwolves
    Glamdring
    Tyrion
    Nazgûl
    Mag the Mighty
    The Mountain (gets the first hit in due to size)
    Ned Stark vs. Boromir (heroic fight but both die at the end... i blame Sean Bean)
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