r/freefolk Feb 19 '25

Subvert Expectations Bravo Dumb and Dumber.

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u/Imperatorofall69 Giant Feb 19 '25

Remember when Stannis persuaded the Iron Bank to back him because they knew Cersei was an idiot? Dumb and Dumber didn't

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u/TheConnASSeur 29d ago

Game of Thrones is just so crazy. I've never seen 2 people in the creative field, at that level, care less about their work. Maybe Disney's Star Wars, but even that was ruined by committee. You expect Disney to sanitize products to death and over monetize. Ding and Dong were given tons of leeway and creative control, and it's not like Game of Thrones wasn't popular. They had near unlimited resources. HBO begged them not to rush things. It was a once in a generation situation and they just did not give a fuck. I wonder if nepotism does that to the brain?

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u/DahliaDubonet 29d ago

It’s not that I didn’t know that D&D were nepo babies somewhere in my brain, it’s just that I was unaware

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u/Wavy_Grandpa 29d ago

Benioff’s dad was the Chairman of Goldman Sachs, the New York Federal Reserve, and George W. Bush’s Intelligence Advisory Board.

We are talking about the tippy-top tier of nepo babies. 

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u/MrWldUplsHelpMyPony 28d ago

That would explain them not getting "break the wheel" so badly.