📘 Barristan's Second Epic Fight Scene 📘

In season 3, there was a line that paid tribute to an AMAZING scene in chapter 57 of “A Storm of Swords" (George R.R. Martin's book series "A Song of Ice and Fire") with Mero, The Titan's Bastard
In case you haven’t read the books yet, or if you have and you want to take a trip down memory lane, we will share it with you in this video.
I'll briefly set up the stage to the scene and then I will describe what happens using a bunch of quotes from the chapter. George RR Martin's writing is legendary.
I encourage you all to either read the books or listen to the audiobooks. I am addicted to Audible.
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[@Jockeylotforfun]

Baristan the bold: (old proverb) "There may be snow on the rooftop but there's still fire in the furnace"! White hair, age, but that fire is still burning strongly! Thanks for the great video, love Qot 🌹

[@bridge4]

hear, hear for Barry B ... old. Ser Barristan the Bold =))

[@drogna3905]

Good morning My Lady. ( 05.45 here in the UK )

[@Jockeylotforfun]

@@drogna3905 good morning to you Sir Drogna...3:35 am in the USA right now ( 2hrs after you're fine greeting). I hope you and yours are very well. Love Qot 🌹

[@drogna3905]

@@Jockeylotforfun oh my Lady. I'm a lady too lol lol . Never mind, my real name can be male or female, depending on spelling but I've seen women spell it the masculine way too. :) We're all good here thank you.

[@karrawr9538]

Legendary quote

[@marksang-pur9984]

"He was a painter... who only used red"- Jaime Lannister

[@bridge4]

Sick line

[@gamingtechreviewstv6012]

Someone give this man at least 1.000 likes

[@ValentineCorp]

Who is Jaime talking about here?

[@rol1xgames333]

​@@kuluzach1980 noo he was talking about ser Barristan, rewatch season 2 again

[@osadock17]

Barristan HBO didn't deserve you.

[@bridge4]

lol

[@bridge4]

ill drink one for him (next time i go drinking)

[@systemofafox6487]

Barristan standing over Dany with his hair flowing in the wind while he prepares to beat the shit out of the Titan with a staff is such a dope visual.

[@bridge4]

i know, right?!! that was my favorite couple seconds of the video "who';s next1?" "i am" lol. barristan the BOoold!

[@blowdagator9181]

Barristan is an absolute beast. Kills a mercenary captain and a gladiator in single combat when most guys are getting thier bus passes.

[@Jake.Nash629]

I love hearing you read excerpts from the book it feels so much more real like the show but even better

[@bridge4]

All credit to grrm. I friggeb love the way he writes all type of scenes, including fight scenes. We're so lucky that his written these gems :)))

[@Jake.Nash629]

@@bridge4 Very true I cant wait for the rest of the books!! But you telling the stories of barristans fights have been extremely enjoyable

[@bridge4]

someone i trust told me that GRRM said something like summer 2020 on his "thisisnotablog" blog (and he doesnt normally give dates) so take it with a grain of salt, but based off that one little conversation with w3homever it was, i think we're going to get Winds of Winter in 2020 =))))

[@ChaosBud]

That last audio clip of "Go Ser Baristan, sing a song for me" was great.

[@bridge4]

thats such a heart wrenching quote. thats the last thing anyone says to him (dany and him are chatting and they part. those are her final words to him). and he sings a song (the song of the sweet steel dance)

[@DaviesMartinezBeats]

Barriston the Bold vs. Krazz (the Pit Fighter in the books) next please...

[@bridge4]

I've done that one already. That's my favorite fight barristan scene I think :)) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKnNeISOd7qAfJY

[@cesarrodriguez8893]

This fight is actually my favorite Barristan scene in the books.

[@bridge4]

Agreed

[@ryhisner]

Not as good a scene as when Belwas defeats Mereen's champion and then takes a shit in front of the crowd, but a great book scene nonetheless. Well done.

[@bridge4]

LOL. belwas is hilarious. what a stud (how he takes one stroke of damage before finishing his oppnents). thats wild stuff dhaario's show adaptation was pretty sick too

[@Hochspitz]

The books and show really are so different regarding Dany's story, pretty much right from the beginning. Mereen wasn't taken so easily, there was a lot of bloodshed and she already knew about Jorah's betrayal and being undecided about what to do with the both Barriston and Jorah for being unthruthful, it was those two she sent into the sewers to arm the slaves, later forgiving Barriston and exiling Jorah.

[@stonecold6521]

Already read the books but I got all the chills and goosebumps while watching this video. Barristan the Bold was such a badass.

[@bridge4]

Yeh I hear ya. Its very well written. And for some reason, I kept forgetting about this fight for the first couple years after I ws reading the books. So it's been on my radar for awhile on case other book readers had forgotten it (and I hope that show watchers get a kick out of some more barristan the badass color)

[@lastkayleeuw6706]

Still lives in the books

[@stonecold6521]

@@bridge4 There's another reveal that's badass in the books but different in the show too. Can't think what it is now. Annoying. I agree too, any show watchers will immediately order the books after this video. They have to.

[@stonecold6521]

@@bridge4 Wait. I remember the other awesome reveal now. The Reek/Ramsey Bolton reveal was masterfully done in the book. Got goosebumps all over when I read it.

[@bridge4]

there are a few. one is the krazz fight from ADWD. that's my favorite barristan scene. even the lead up to it, where he's got all this regret for his failures

[@fang609]

Baristan is hand's down one of my favourite characters in ASOIAF and one of the best fighter's in the world,as you said he beat down an armed man with just a stick. Kinda sad they removed him from the show (and not in a good way if you ask me,he should have carved through those Harpy's like a knife cuting through butter). Also I think you got the sigils of the Second Son's and Storm Crows mixed up Kev.

[@bridge4]

the storm crows sigil has crows on it. if i messed that one up, thats hilarious considering tyhat in the process of making the video, i've seen it something like 20 times LOL

[@bridge4]

i wonder if i messed it up because my subconscious saw two full crows. so it associated that sigil with "second" sons LOLOL whoopsies thats not as bad as the time i messed up the male and female symbols lol

[@kren4449]

yeah, him being killed by a bunch of mooks still annoys me

[@Wolfeson28]

I believe you mean he would have cut through those Harpies like carving a cake. :)

[@marksang-pur9984]

@@kren4449 He still killed like 10 or more before he went down. I agree should of been a better send off but he sure was a "painter who only used red".

[@blingwraith6951]

"who's next??" "I am." So good!!!

[@sharp52092]

I still wish Barristan had hidden his identity for at least an episode or two.

[@bridge4]

yeh maybe they could've held off on showing his face even just until the opening scene of the next episode. that would have been fun

[@GutzOverFear]

Damn these videos Kev! Hitting us right in the feels. I don't want to get too sentimental but the editing, musical choice, your iconic voice... I can go on and on. Every video is so emotional and well-made. Hat's off to ya. 👏👏

[@bridge4]

Thanks :))

[@didide6806]

I love it so much when you read parts of the novels, you give life and depth to them!!! awesome video :)

[@bridge4]

oh waddup sean!! (i read the username afetr the comment). thanks man!

[@didide6806]

@@bridge4 I'll go as far as to day that my favorite video is the Jaime fever dream because of the way you read it! I was reading the books in French but after hearing you read I went to English and started the books all over :)

[@roberttreuer4183]

Yo they should have you do an audiobook series for asoiaf!

[@bridge4]

lol i could never. those voice actors are really good in the way they use different voices. i do my best just to relay cool stuff, but if i did a full book, it's be a total fail lol

[@redxsage]

*Ser Barristan Selmy* was fooking *AWESOME!!!*

[@bridge4]

I'm with ya!

[@miquelcanosasanteularia1678]

Barristan the legend

[@bridge4]

it's hard not to love him

[@Mr.PepeSilvia]

New Bridge video 😎 niiiceee! Thanks Kev well done as always brother.

[@bridge4]

thanks, mike!

[@Datamike]

This is why practically everything is so much better in the books.

[@kasinokaiser1319]

It's like a reverse of the Syrio Forel vs Meryn Trant fight

[@bridge4]

i hadnt thought about that. interesting. one major difference is that meryn was in heavy plate/mail with a helm incluyding a visor. but in terms of weapons, great point! good stuff

[@bridge4]

side note tho, syrio's wooden training sword had a lead core. i wonder if barristans staff did as well...?

[@jba2048]

Barristan is one of the biggest bad asses period. What a great character.

[@bridge4]

i somewtimes actually call him "barristan the badass" in videos lol (instead of barristan the bold)

[@vipset87]

curious how shocked book readers were at the end of ASoS when they found out whitebeards identity

[@bridge4]

I was caught off guard for sure the first time through lol

[@paulaguibord9572]

Love Barristan the Bold - another amazing video!!!

[@bridge4]

Thanks paula :))

[@emilegriffith1473]

The way Mero is described in the books makes him sound more like the actor (a bald version) who portrays Tormund.

[@thetinfoilmummy6919]

Great vid, Kev! Man barristan is tough in the show, but he is a buzzsaw in the books, thanks for the nod to that discrepancy. Eagerly awaiting your next Barry b tribute!

[@bridge4]

well said, TTM. perfectly said!

[@robopandakittycat]

Great video. Just one piece of feedback- you had the banners mixed up with the second sons and stormcrows. The second sons’ banner is the broken sword.

[@drewlovs]

Stick with us, I am looking forward to new videos from you after the next book. I tend to miss a LOT of the nuances, and you... don't. True, not true... it doesn't matter. Red herrings are fun because of the possibilities, and having them explained so you can enjoy them is what makes your channel so awesome. Sure, there won't be anymore pretty scenes from the show to add life, but these recent videos from you show that you really don't need them!

[@bridge4]

You cant imagine how much comments like this mean to a creator. It's much needed fuel. So thank you for being kind. For real

[@shannond7437]

Love it! Thanks for the great video, glad you are back in action!

[@bridge4]

thanks, shannon =)))

[@thenamelessking375]

Thank you. I really enjoy your videos

[@bridge4]

the pleasure is mine. day 1 views are important, so for real, thank you!

[@puurfectlysplendid]

YES this back like old times!!

[@bridge4]

:))

[@vtaylor110]

I miss game of thrones so much 😢

[@bridge4]

Ditto

[@edgardominguez391]

Thank you for this video

[@bridge4]

Pleasure is mine. Thank YOU edgar

[@JoniukasVader]

Bridge the gap

[@jdbagel1]

Really enjoyable. Thanks

[@bridge4]

Thanks :)) all credit to George rr martin tho

[@rainbou5259]

I love your deleted scenes!

[@bridge4]

Not mine. George's :))

[@rainbou5259]

@@bridge4 I know lol, but your animation and editing brings the scenes to life.

[@anotherplatypus]

Have you heard the latest Patchface jingle? "On the line a bridge for bards there performs like friends, they get no fish and no bait for crowds. So good, so good, oh oh oh."

[@bridge4]

For real??

[@adrenjones9301]

Aww, never watched the Show, but after seeing some Clips i was hoping to see Ser Barristan kill the guy. But your description of the fight was quite satisfying too!

[@stephaniec9539]

So sad specially seeing he was a book fan too

[@raphaelpeeters1669]

Hi bridge! I always enjoy watching your video's a lot. You make it with a lot of passion and making it with a lot of precision. I also really enjoy the way how you are reading the passages of the book and i was wondering if you ever will make a video series of you redding the books. Your voice is amazing. Your video's are amazing. The books are amazing, well that would make some amazing series!

[@bridge4]

Haha it's not legal. But I've got a surprise for ya. Just finished one of the winds of winter chapters. Will be public maybe Sunday 6pm est I'm gonna try since I feel like listening to it at night is best for the mood I'm also doing another winds chapter in parallel with a project that I'm working on with grayarea and teflon TV :)) so I'll release that one soon Cant do all chapters tho without running into problems :-/

[@bridge4]

Thank you for all the kind words btw :))

[@bogman-]

This version of the Night King song you used is fuckin 10/10

[@bridge4]

I actually just said to someone like ten minutes ago that the night king song might actually have become my favorite ramin djawadi tune today (it wss always light seven until now)

[@mro1864]

Now imagine Barristan with Valerian steel in his hand, as Tarly said "It is the steel that is quick" looking at oathkeeper.

[@ThroatSore]

Love your animation.

[@DontknowhatImdoingbutitsfun]

Now I just want to see Barry take on the Night King.

[@bridge4]

Haha I like how Barry is catching on real quick. Well atleast with one person . That made my day :)) Instead of bobby b. Hes Barry B ... old :-P

[@bridge4]

I can split up words for dayyyys

[@DontknowhatImdoingbutitsfun]

My phone doesn’t like the word Barristan, so Barry it is. He’s up there with Bobby B for sure.

[@darealjm]

Awesome

[@SoundsToBlowYourMind]

Gotta love Ser Barry B! I wish the show had included this scene and let him survive the battle with the Harpy sons of bitches, so he could kick ass another day. I was so pissed off when he died in the show!

[@bridge4]

i feel ya. that was definiytely sad. i've yet to find anyone who doesnt love barristan. he's awesome

[@nikiub]

What happend to the series where you ranked fighters in got?

[@bridge4]

i was working on the barristan video for that series, but decided to do three other barristan videos where i could expand on stuff that i dont want to expand on too much the true "barristan ranking" type video, if that makes sense im aiming to release that one on thursday this week. im close to finishing the script. but will need to spend a good 14 hours or so wednesday working on the audio/video

[@terryt7941]

Yaaaasss! Baristan the Bold! 💜

[@bridge4]

You know it!! I dont think I told you yet. I successfully handed a peanut with the handi squirrel a few days ago :)) they are still getting used to it. Their looks are sooo funny cause they are used to eating out of or close to my hand. But now theres a generous squirrel handing them food lololol

[@terryt7941]

bridge4 🤣🤣 That is awesome. 💜

[@bridge4]

=))

[@TheOaf2782]

Great vid, well worth the wait. Barry B is the best.

[@bridge4]

how dare you diss Shireen like that!! :-P

[@vipset87]

hey off topic, but i was at UFC Newark past saturday too! your seats were way better than mine. i live 15 mins away from newark. idk about you but i was bummed robbie lost. im worried about barristan in WoW. GrrM said were losing quite a few POVs in WoW which leads me to believe a grim fate for Ser Barristan the Bold

[@vipset87]

legit glad youre still making ASOIAF content after the show ended. theres a lot more mystery and room to differently interpret things in the books

[@bridge4]

I domt think westeros will ever be graced with barristan the bold again:*( Yeh I splurged since jim is my brother in laws little brother. I got front row lol. But I've done front row floor and it's too low. So I did front row in the stands si that my head would be about equal with the fighters, maybe a little lower. It's probably best visually to get 3 or 4 rows up. But having just a lil wall in front to put feet up was pretty nice. Like the economy plus seats right before first class lol :))

[@bridge4]

Colby is a trashy human. I was very upset Robbie didnt hurt them (I wouldnt say that about anyone aside from colby)

[@vipset87]

@@bridge4 WHAT! jealous!!! hahaha thats soo awesome. were u near the trump kids? colby is... something else. despicable. the next couple ufc events are gonna be so sick. at times i thought robbie was just trying tire out colby. i was biting my nails and on my feet the entire 5 rounds waiting for robbie to just tee off. never really happened

[@bridge4]

yeh donald junior and eric jr were right in front of me. here's an unlisted video of seecret service jumping up: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKTUdWd6gKaqmMk

[@chrissyofoldstones3210]

#JusticeForBarristan

[@bridge4]

Yall are wild. His death was epic :))

[@sharp52092]

I'm hoping they'll include music if they redo the audiobooks.

[@bridge4]

ohhh like graphic audiobooks!? that would be insanely awesome. stormlight archive does that

[@eliazz129]

What about dragon size video?

[@fang609]

His done those already.

[@eliazz129]

Fang he stalked about making A video about How he came up with the sizes he got

[@bridge4]

hey Eliaz. sorry i gotta do that. i keep forgetting to do that one. ive got it on my post-it board with over 100 projects lol. but i just wrote it onto my dry erase board. gotta finish up a handfull of barristan, stannis, and arya videos that are close to complete first. but as of 1 minute ago, im trying to convince myself to do it right after the two arya videos (before some jaime videos) i hope i dont renege on my promise agian. my apologies

[@bridge4]

like Eliaz said, the last one i did on all the dragons was not actuallyt what i meant to do. i just got carried away writing a script since i love so many of them, and it turned into story time. i had wanted to do one that is more technically, showing how i came up with all the calculations in that video (both to share literally like a 100 hours worth of work that i did about a year ago when first prepping that video, but also to get feedback. cause i'd love to know if my understanding of them is flawed)

[@eliazz129]

bridge4 No worries

[@Divinemakyr]

*Ramin Djawadi rips out the piano*

[@bridge4]

he's a total wizard. im starting to love the Night King son even more than light of the 7 now. i love so much of his compositions (is that the right word? im trying to sound smart lol) .... i like his songs. his music =))

[@sansonefabio8177]

Not sure if this has been said already but you used the second sons flag for the storm crows and the storm crows flag for the second sons

[@MrZeek1519]

I gotta ask, where'd you get The Night King Theme with the vocals in it? It sounds bad ass. Is it called something different, and can I find it on the internet?

[@c0nstantin86]

Mero! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@renecole3202]

A good one.

[@biblio2.275]

Anyone know the name of the song that plays brought 3.38 onwards?

[@bridge4]

Silent partners "court and page" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/d33GeJ6oab-Wra8

[@biblio2.275]

Sorry I mean the one before that, the game of thrones one, great videos btw keep it up!

[@bridge4]

Oh whoops sorry. Start if with jenny of oldstones. Then "not today" from s8

[@nelsonnipo]

Sir Bariston and Arthur Dayne ...at least Arthur Dayne had is moment in the show.Sir Bariston sadly not...

[@bridge4]

Barristan got a dozen kills solo, ser :))

[@bridge4]

Dayne fight wss sickkk tho. Against studs too

[@valiyevyusif1713]

Nelson Nipo show also did a lot of injustice towards Jaimie If only they showed how he cut through 12 of Robb’s soldiers

[@bridge4]

@@valiyevyusif1713 hear, hear

[@travismathis3279]

Still lovin ya!

[@batman-gu7pm]

I have a typo in my book it says swarm not Swann for whomever barriston squires for

[@XgeowolfX]

Hey Bridge. Did you ever watch "Dark" ?I watched Stranger Things and The Umbrella Acadamy becouse of you and now Finished Season 2 of Dark.I garante you you will love it, ist fucking Mindblowing.

[@bridge4]

I keep forgetting to. Thanks for the reminder. Seaosn 2 just dropped right? Im Midway thru episode 6 of "the boys" right now. Its alot of fun Only seen first two episodes of stranger things since people spoiled something big for me. I gotta remember to finish that tho too

[@apanapandottir205]

Is Baristan fighting with Gandalfs staff?

[@bridge4]

Maybe lol

[@broscup]

Barristan the bomb! What about the last fight? The certainly did Barry B a disservice in the show by killing him off.

[@lividcoffee1962]

I missed ya bud

[@bridge4]

you're too kind =))

[@seanpoore2428]

The second sons banner is the crows and the lightning?......not the "stormcrows"? XD

[@bridge4]

lol i effed that up apparently lol

[@seanpoore2428]

@@bridge4 lol still a great video

[@bridge4]

thanman =))

[@Martinsrulesd00d]

wait is this guy from jersey! AHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@bridge4]

Sparta:)) you?

[@Martinsrulesd00d]

@@bridge4 YAPP

[@johnnymorawski6543]

It’s a shame the TV show left this out

[@bridge4]

yeah, they left out a bunch of good barristan scenes (i liked his swan song though, lol i know thats an unpopular opinion. but he took out sooooo many dudes. was nice to see him take up the dance, of the sweet steel song =))

[@the_glitter_is]

@@bridge4 yea I wanted to see that pos cave idiot get his

[@eldargg]

Leaving out the awesomeness of Mr.Barristan isone of the most annoying thing about the show. The most annoying is leaving out Victarion plot line. Why couldnt they just copied more of the book....

[@bridge4]

Omg I wish they had victarion. Although my favorite bit about him wouldnt have been translated completely. I love the way he thought "almost ironborn" about the young lord he fought who was clad in plate Such a cool moment

[@SHARKVADERS]

B...

[@guyegardner]

Why can't Ser Barristan get a spin off?

[@bridge4]

lol id watch

[@FirCorred]

Yaaaah! I did hate this Titan's blustering Bastard - books and even more so in the show and did enjoy Barristan's soo dry "gladly, yr Grace". BUT! Barristan was Kingsguard to Aerys II., too - and all the Kingsguard-incl. Barristan-knew what Aerys did to Rhaella, his SisterQueen. Not one of them, not even the Sword of Morning, blinked an eye. Only the young, still inexperienced and rather innocent Jaime wanted to interfere - and was taken to task for it (not too hard, though)... Knights always seem hypocrites to me (Sorry, Kev - btw, you're Windrunner?)

[@valiyevyusif1713]

FirCorred yep that is why Jaimie is my favorite Guy even accepted being hated be everyone but still doing what he thought was right✊

[@FirCorred]

@Valiyev Yusif Y4673731 - Nikolai did a wonderful job on Jaime, but in the beginning he came over more hateful than in the books. In the books he always seems to have deep, often morally troubling thoughts in the back of his mind. Only his love for Cersei is steady. I don't care bout incest - consenting adults - I can admire his steadfast love, even when he realises that he's starting to doubt, even hate her, as well. The part were Jaime wants to help Queen Raella doesn't get enough attention, though it gives a good insight in what kind of man the "Young Lion" could have been 🌹

[@bridge4]

I friggen looooove this comment. It's one if the most overlooked facts about jaime Lannister. It's why I dont think he went from bad to good. He changed for sure after losing his hand, but putting aside arrogant and rude behavior (which is not that big a deal in the bigger scheme of things), he has always been a true knight and a solid dude imo :))

[@FirCorred]

agreed, to say he went from bad to good is almost insulting. Jaime basically was a favoured son of a great house, whose youthful dreams went down the drain when he realized his service as a Kingsguard was horror, not the great honour it should've been. I'm certain being regarded as somewhat grubby for killing Aerys troubled him more than his love for Cersei - though he did wish she come to Essos with him, where they could live as man and wife. And yet, for quite a while, he was somewhat shallow... He hid his hurt pride/feelings with the arrogance and rudeness you mention, not only from others, but also from himself - remember the scene in the stockades, when Jaime tried to goad Catelyn to kill him? He went through a long phase of hardship for the first time in his life, that started to grind the surface down. Culmination was the loss of his hand - and a dropping away of all his masks, he became visible, first and foremost to himself. Hoooh, I hated Cersei for the look she gave him instead of a welcome - and I'm not even a true Jaime-fan...

[@sebastianblackfyre]

Shows how good of a fighter Barristan is

[@gavomorg762]

Yeas my man “the bold” the very epitome of chivalry and a true knight ,such an injustice by nit just killing him in the show but in the manner of it was done.The man deserved so much more than being butchered in the streets of mereen 🤬I for one cannot wait to get back to his POV avd battle in mereen in winds ...Nevermibd Rhaegar Ser barristan is The finest man iv ever knew!!!😂😂

[@bridge4]

you dont think he's gonna die in that battl;e in the books?

[@gavomorg762]

Mayhaps,but a man can hope!!

[@bridge4]

@@gavomorg762 i feel ya. i think he's going down fighting tho :-/ i dont think westeros will ever again be graced by the bold, unfortunarely