Characters with "Giant's Blood" in Game of Thrones

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Hodor has been hinted at being part giant in Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire
Other characters like the Mounatain, the Hound, Brienne of Tarth are of comparable size

[@50megatondiplomat28]

I have friends with Giant's blood and friends who have a little Hobbit in them.

[@pedroamaral8988]

Awesome 😁

[@Prat-zi1ou]

@Benjamin David Lurie reported for reporting

[@krushnaji4940]

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[@Prat-zi1ou]

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[@Prat-zi1ou]

@Benjamin David Lurie And?

[@sands201]

Really glad you’re still doing ASoIaF videos. Can’t wait for House of the Dragon and maybe Winds of Winter!

[@ocsjc13]

Oh my sweet summer child

[@RikJSmith]

@@ocsjc13 Your reply is so perfect.🌹

[@ocsjc13]

@@RikJSmith thank you good ser

[@JoshuaHenelyThornhill]

The timer until House of the Dragon is nearing closer and closer but you're still able to bless us with some ASoIaF content ! You're the man !

[@eggstinater]

love how Gogh is used as the representative of the Mazemakers 😂

[@OverLordthe1st]

Aye my boy whycreate finally got a sponsorship, happy for you dude. Love your asiof and other lore videos.

[@DaedBoi]

I used to have some giant in me. But I died shortly after.

[@callnight1441]

You know, i once knew a girl who has had a lot of giants blood within her; though never longer than 5 mins at a time...

[@Ibraheem224]

Just wanted to say, you are the only asoiaf lore guy I like on KZbin.

[@freddiecawston2892]

The death of the Children and Giant races - and dragons - is the end of the age of magic in the world of ice and fire, and the start of the age of men. Similar to Tolkien's universe, where magic and the Elves are growing weaker as time marches on and the race of men becomes dominant after the War of the Ring.

[@ericvulgate]

In this world hybrids are often much bigger than either parent, as in ligers or tigons. Something to think about.

[@whyme7996]

ligers are but tigons are not larger

[@mr.powwow9235]

A lovely thing to send me to the books again I thank you for helping me gain an excuse to read them again

[@thatonekid6677]

@Benjamin David Lurie true. you can try to justify it by saying 'it's just the time period', but this is a fantasy world and martin really didn't have to make dany, sansa and such so young...

[@thatonekid6677]

@Benjamin David Lurie exactly. i like the story he's created and the world is very colorful and interesting but i really can't get past stuff like this :/

[@morfealesteban8333]

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[@azziimusiq4031]

Do more specifics on Blackfyre Rebellion 🔥💯

[@bryanhamstra4045]

I 100% believe umbers for sure have giants blood I just don't know how far back that it came from

[@muffingfx]

Next up: dragons blood and Rennifer Longwaters being Aegon the Conqueror

[@papadoc331]

I dont want to know how this happened 😬

[@lljkgktudjlrsmygilug]

In regards to some of the human characters having giants blood, what makes you chalk the Cleganes being fully human while others are likely enough to have giant ancestry? In terms of abnormally large human characters, in GOT and other series alike, there does seem to be disproportionately more giant-like humans when actually giants exist in the setting. While it indicates that some of them are more likely to be giants by probability, some of the reasoning seems sketchy. If we are to go by the real world, giants-like humans do exist. "Andre the Giant" and "Angus MacAskill" are both real life giants with monstrous strength, though unverified and most certainly exaggerated, with heights of 224cm and 236cm respectively at their peak. If Andre the Giant was a fictional character that existed in GOT, alongside Hodor, you would say that he is a descendent of a giant. This is obviously a bit foolish with how we know in that he actually exists in real life, and I doubt that you think he is a descendant of a real giant. A KZbin video titled "The Anthropology of Game of Thrones", among other videos, also leads me to believe that if humans and giants can create lineages together, then there would be more similarities. Why is it that intelligence is something that doesn't to be affected that frequently in humans that you think have giants blood? Even the Nobles of Westeros aren't supposed to be that smart, if we are to assume that they are similar to those they draw parallels with. Unless there is a unique genetic reason as to why low intelligence wouldn't be passed on but height/strength is. If say one of the massive male characters like the Hound was to have supposedly had a child with Brienne but the child themselves was puny and weak, but in a regular genetic way. Would you expect me to believe that its actually there child? Where is the giant within them? The way I think about this is the way I think about certain characters heights being the best piece of evidence for having a giant relative. Perhaps if these giants had some mystical force about them other than their sheer size, or that giants themselves are magically enhanced to be stronger than what their physiology allows. With descendants of giants being significantly stronger than a real world human (Like Conan the Barbarian. A character with no real explanation for his strength past being "built different"), then maybe I might accept your premise. But what you have seems pretty flimsy altogether. I have criticism with the notion that the Umbers are giant descendants. People who have historically lived in colder regions generally are generally more taut muscle and bound in fat to adapt to the environment. It stands to reason that people who have a (relatively) more reliable source of food who live in a climate like that would become very large. What of the cultural influence of size in breeding? I'm sure that plenty of people of great size were raised to higher statuses, as were their descendants. So on and so fourth until aristocracy is heavily populated by these massive people. The fact that House Clegane was created due to the physical prowess of its first member gives credence to this being a potential avenue for other houses of exceptionally sized men. Another thing of the claims made by people within the story about giants and ancestry. Just because magic exists doesn't mean that people's claims about it are necessarily true. Lying and exaggeration exist in the world and the fantasy world. Why would these things disappear in GOT of all things? I do think that Osha was serious though. Her character and experiences do indicate that she was being serious.

[@lljkgktudjlrsmygilug]

@Benjamin David Lurie I don't understand what you are trying to convey. Same goes for your other reply. Does my comment have something to do with children in your perspective (Other than my analogy about a Hound X Brienne analogy)?

[@lljkgktudjlrsmygilug]

@Benjamin David Lurie Evidence for what? What is this evidence? I HAVEN'T PLAYED GENSHIN!

[@liljuicyvert719]

@Benjamin David Lurie Those books are phenomenal, you’re just upset because you can’t comprehend them😂😂

[@lljkgktudjlrsmygilug]

@Kerrie Wilson I'm still trying to figure out what the hell the other guy is talking about. While you are probably on the right track, the fact that someone would make such a stupid insinuation is so laughable that its difficult to believe.

[@lljkgktudjlrsmygilug]

@Kerrie Wilson Whatever. Any thoughts on my first comment that is relevant to the video? I'm open to suggestions about why I am right or wrong.

[@bookaufman9643]

I'm not sure if it's different in the game of thrones books but the idea that a mix of a giant or giantess and a regular man or woman would create an offspring in the middle of their sizes is not genetically sound. For the most part you will take after one parent or the other when it comes to your height and so there would be more offspring growing to a regular height and to giant height and very few that would have settled in between.

[@callnight1441]

I dont know; i've met people with both tall and short parents and they usually end up being average height

[@bookaufman9643]

@@callnight1441 I think that you're trying to say the average height between the two parents. My point was that if you have a very tall parent and a regular size parent you tend to be one or the other. People don't pick up their height genes from both parents in equal measure.. Almost anybody who's crazy tall has a crazy tall person in their genetic line but most people don't end up being an average of two different genetic lines. So my point was that if your father was a giant you would have a chance of being a giant but you would probably not be the middle between the Giants and the regular height parent.

[@cratorcic9362]

@@bookaufman9643 Height is a polygenetic trait. There is more than one gene that affects height. It isn’t just one or the other. In fact, there are at least three genes with six alleles.

[@10packspyscho11]

Pls make videos about Berserk

[@laurelsilberman5705]

Gregor seems to suffer from naturally occurring gigantism; meaning it’s actually a real, human medical anomaly that isn’t good for him and GRRM seems to have researched when describing Gregor’s unusual symptoms, particularly his blinding headaches.

[@rapturescorner5964]

WUN WEG WUN DAR WUN

[@coldhands2802]

Why are you saying nasty/racist words here for no reason..?

[@XvaleckX]

Lol it’s wun wuns full name!

[@stupidminotaur9735]

there's strong suggestions that the cocaigne brothers are descenendets of ser duncan the tall.

[@stupidminotaur9735]

also all nothernmen are taller than the people of the south except the cargmen/neck men just the umbers are said to be slightly taller avengering 7 plus vs most 6 plus northmen

[@rexpopuli4833]

Always wondered if the clegane family wasnt somehow related to dunk.

[@sauwensvk7589]

Jesus what's wrong with these comments? :D ... anyways great video as always... man I love your voice XD

[@randymarshislorde]

Idk about the Umbers, seems likely enough to me. But I gotta disagree on the Clegane brothers, those two monsters MUST have giants blood somewhere along their family tree. That OR magic was involved with their births.

[@wyattblaine7066]

Hodor definitely has giants blood. The umbers too. Probably not Dunc though, he was just tall. If he had any ties to the north his chances would get better, but he was from Flea Bottom, his parents would potentially be from kings landing or the crown lands. Even if they were from a further region, northerners aren’t common that far south.

[@realeyesrealizereallies1194]

I would like to think that Tormund now is a lord in the north and will take wun wun as his sigil

[@SHARKVADERS]

WC!!!!!

[@dystopiansoothsayer]

3 reasons why Tormund is a Giant blood. - Drank giant's milk - Cares about the big lady - Made love to a bear

[@mojewjewjew4420]

Hoodor

[@DD-ok2pt]

Isn’t there a hint that the Starks had giants blood? Ice was twice as big as a normal sword 🗡. It is the size made for a giant.

[@Slender_Man_186]

Probably not, Ice is a ceremonial executioner sword, a giant would wield a far bigger blade, one to big for a human to even lift let alone swing.

[@Edmures_rampant_manhood]

Also Ice was valyrian steel, and as such was much lighter than it would have been had it been traditionally forged.

[@sir2069]

Nope

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

Over-sized ceremonial swords are a real historic item, not necessarily anything special about it.

[@kofiopoku8847]

I reckon giants bane is among since he likes giants milk lol.

[@mycathasswag7242]

I didn't know GoT had dwarves?!

[@taureansynner6993]

Lol

[@taureansynner6993]

@Benjamin David Lurie What do you mean "What's so funny?"??? If a person is here watching a GoT video, then chances are they would have heard of Tyrion!

[@totalferdox7229]

@@taureansynner6993 just leave him alone he's obviously not ok, look at his channel

[@totalferdox7229]

@Benjamin David Lurie i also thumbs down all your videos aswell >:)

[@gemodorgon]

@Benjamin David Lurie the stuff in the bible is worse, ban that

[@adeebvanderschyff3798]

Dragon's blood giant's blood what about the wolf bloods

[@stomper1234]

The stupid add made me start dancing voosing!!!!

[@iMr_Jones]

They've gotta pay the bills somehow.

[@carolbriscoe9337]

Sorry but storyline of Jon fighting various animals will not make a can't miss series. Spinoffs still need a viable storyline and GOT's lifeline is political intrigue and family dynamics. How beyond the Wall will that dynamic continue?

[@ferdinandii6694]

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[@VDS2YOUTUBE]

Woo

[@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886]

The Giants in the books actually resemble Bigfoot more than humans so crossbreeding does not seem likely.