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Post by kerouac2 on May 18, 2019 18:58:23 GMT
I managed to sit through about 20 minutes of an episode a week or two ago, and the very first thought that came to my mind was that I wanted to be the owner of the local candleworks because every room had at least 50 or 100 candles burning for no reason at all.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 20, 2019 13:56:04 GMT
That's because Westeros has much busier bees than our world.
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Post by lagatta on May 20, 2019 18:06:24 GMT
I think that despite the darkness of the series (which I have NOT watched), they don't want to face up to how very dark people's lives were in that era (?) mishmash of different historical periods and regions... Yes, weren't all actual candles beeswax in such an era - of course there were also oil lamps, but people also needed oil and fat for cooking.
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Post by bjd on May 20, 2019 18:10:33 GMT
I thought only rich people had candles made of beeswax. Poorer ones used tallow or else went to bed when it got dark.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 20, 2019 18:46:01 GMT
Shrek used earwax of course.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 20, 2019 18:55:52 GMT
Anyway, I read all of the spoilers this morning so I will never have to watch any of this in replay.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 20, 2019 20:56:53 GMT
You don't know what you're missing. I just this second finished watching the last ever episode. In many ways it lacked the suspense it should have had, probably because so many scenes showcased Kit Harington, who acting-wise is like an extremely bland version of Oliver Reed.
But I will miss the show.
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Post by lagatta on May 20, 2019 23:26:26 GMT
The vast majority of people turned in when it was dark. Also after working very, very hard. Yes, beeswax was for the élite.
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