It’s that time of year again! No, not Halloween (though that is sneaking up on us faster that I realize). I’m talking about New York Comic Con time! Though not as prolific as San Diego Comic Con, NYCC is the East Coast’s biggest comic and media convention, boasting hundreds of exhibitors and tens of thousands of attendees.
Just like its West Coast counterpart, NYCC attracts countless collectors and, as such, has become a haven for exclusive merchandise. This is where Funko comes in. Over the summer we showed you all of Funko’s SDCC exclusives, the Pop!s, Dorbz, Rides and Vnyls that were only available at the con. Luckily, they’re bringing a pretty strong game to New York Comic Con as well.
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Game of Thrones is gritty, bloody, violent and dirty….and it makes me hungry. Oh so hungry. Welcome to Fictional Feasts!
As unwashed and smelly as you can imagine the world of Westeros can be, you can’t deny that the banquet and feast scenes with their plates of food, have big appeal. While the wedding feasts are…less than ideal, the lucky thing is that you too can feast like a Lannister, Tyrell or Martell minus that other….stuff. You don’t have to go to Medieval Times or a Rennfaire for it either, you can do it at home yourself, and authentically so with easy recipes straight from the medieval age back when Europeans actually used spices (okay, the British).
Pulling from various online sources such as godecookery.com, medievalcookery.com and GreneBoke.com (which all have bountiful resources regarding food at the time in Western society and extra recipes that are surprisingly tasty 
looking, go check them out!) we’ve put together a menu for a Game of Thrones style authentic medieval feast as if put together by Margaery Tyrell taking advantage of all the fresh fruits, breads and fish she picks up at the market while attending to the people.
The menu we put together is mostly made up of smaller bite sized, easily portable and scoop-able foods so you can easily do your feast picnic style outside lounging on pillows. Like you deserve. Let’s be real, the Iron Throne is uncomfortable.
Menu
Drinks:
You gotta go the Tyrion way here; booze.
Potus Ypocras (recipe from England, 14th century) Wine mulled with honey and spices
Game of Thrones beer or find the most rustic beer, mead, grape wine, hard fruit ciders/wines and ale you can find.
Sides:
Easy sides like these aren’t pov characters but they have a great supporting role and fills up your pla
te.
Fruit, preferably seasonal (Whether it’s fresh fruit, whole or fancy schmancy cut up and drizzled with pine nuts and honey, canned cocktail mix in syrup, or cooked applesauce, it doesn’t matter what; go wild)
Greens (spinach, recipe from Netherlands, 15th century) cooked spinach with sage and white wine
Salat (Salad, recipe from England, 14th century) sweet onion and herb salad
Seafood:
Whether encased in pastry or fresh grilled these make good options for weary friends who don’t tend to eat red meat or horse heart. The pastry pies in particular would serve a picnic style setting well. Margaery doesn’t mess around without having options, nuh uh.
Salmon pie (recipe from Germany, 14th century) salmon in pastry pie
Scallops (recipe from Italy, 14th century) scallops in garlic sauce
Pykes in Brasey (recipe from England, 14th century) Grilled fish in wine sauce
Meat & Cheese:
Hearty main dishes not too different from a lot of summer bbq party or suburban Tupperware Khaleesi picnic menus. A lot of our favorite cheese varieties are old as hell. All are extremely portable. You can easily make roasted bbq chickens in the same sauce for the Stwed Beeff.
sustaining
Almôndegas (Meatballs, recipe from Portugal, 15th century) mini meatballs
Makerouns (Macaroni, recipe from England, 14 century) Macaroni and cheese!
Dessert:
Pre-chocolate western desserts. “Strawberries in Snow” is a shockingly modern fluffy concoction straight from Sansa’s crushed princess dreams; substitute the wine with other liqueurs (We’re partial to something orange-y or hey strawberry itself!) for a less heavy taste.
Frytour blaunched ( recipe from England, 14th century) almond-filled pastries baked in honey & wine
Sambocade (recipe from England, 14th century) elderflower cheesecake
Enjoy! Play around, look at the sources to make your own feast there are as many options as there are characters. How many? So many.
If you do partake in our feast or put together one of your own, please tweet pics of your meals with #dinelikekings , #allmenmustfeast and #fictionalfeasts to @Sub_cultured on twitter, we’d love to see what you made! Reenactments of Margaery and Joffrey’s Purple Wedding highly encouraged (but only pretend!)
Happy Eating!
Max Eber
Staff Writer
@maxlikescomics
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Game of Thrones has some of the most beautiful costuming I have ever seen. Each outfit tells the story of the character and the characters’ wardrobes evolve as their stories do.
Sansa Stark is a character who has transformed tremendously through the first four seasons of Game of Thrones. In the beginning, Sansa is a young girl, full of dreams and naivety, but by season four, she has learned to play the political games in King’s Landing. She’s a somewhat controversial character among fans, especially since she begins the series as an annoying, bratty teenager. Through the seasons, she learns quickly that her former dreams for the future are simply fantasy and she must adapt. Her wardrobe reflects her constantly changing status and the careful way she must portray herself to survive. For more on Sansa’s sartorial symbolism, this article is definitely worth a read (but beware spoilers!).
I interpreted four of Sansa’s looks into modern outfits. With each look, I’ll also analyze Sansa’s state and what her wardrobe reveals about her own struggles.
In the very beginning, Sansa is very much a young lady from Winterfell. She wears her hair the Northern way, had hopes of knights and romance, and wears clothing that is utilitarian, not frivolous. She dresses in simple dresses with warm detailing to protect her from the chill of Winterfell. At this point in the series, her clothing reflects her homeland. The Hound teases Sansa early on by calling her a “pretty talking bird, repeating all the pretty little words they taught [her] to recite.”To bring this look to life, I chose a simple boho-style dress with a floral print, reminiscent of the floral design on Sansa’s gown. To accessorize, boots and a faux fur vest are ladylike while still hinting at a colder climate. This outfit is inspired by nature, so top the look off with a replica of Sansa’s own dragonfly necklace.
In King’s Landing, Sansa learns that words are her armor. She chooses her words and appearance carefully, blending in at first by choice and then by necessity. Her clothing and hairstyles become more ornate — she is seen wearing this beautiful purple gown several times. At this point, Sansa is becoming disenchanted with reality, quickly realizing that “There are no heroes… In life, the monsters win.”
To reflect the ornateness of the dresses Sansa wears in King’s Landing, I chose a delicate plum dress with lace and chiffon detailing. Accessorize with subtle wolf jewelry as an ode to the Stark family and a reminder to keep your family close to your heart. A braided updo ties the look together as an homage to the elaborate braided styles of King’s Landing.
Who is your favorite Game of Thrones character?
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Margaery Tyrell’s Signature Style
Rich Jacquard Fabrics and Light Blue
Deep V-Necks, Backless Dresses, and Cut-Outs
Another consistent feature in Margaery’s clothing is the presence of skin. Margaery’s style is decidedly more modern than her peers, with low v-necks and stylish cut-outs. To me, the drastic difference represents both where she came from (a different place with a different climate and social rules) as well as her tendency to put her arm around others when she speaks with them. I think Margaery uses touch to establish intimacy and trust when she speaks with others (though we will have to see how genuine it is!) For more about Margaery’s “armor,” this post is a wonderful read.
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Margaery’s long, curly brown hair is also one of the key elements to her style. She is usually seen with some or all of it pulled back. Like many other costume design choices in the series, the hairstyles worn by women represent where they are from and their character development. (For example, Sansa, from the north, begins wearing her hair in the southern style to blend in, and eventually wears it “like Lady Margaery.”)
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So, Game of Thrones is awesome, right? A great show with hot guys, complex relationships, kick ass ladies and dragons. How could you not love this show?
Well, here’s the thing: most of the people I personally know who watch GoT are women. So, extrapolating from that anecdotal data, I have come to the conclusion that there are, like, twelve guys who watch Game of Thrones. I mean, in a perfect world, before writing something like this, I’d be able to look up actual facts that would completely disprove that theory, but we hardly live in a perfect world so we have to face the truth: dudes don’t watch Game of Thrones.
But that can change! To get you started, here’s a few tips on how to convince your boyfriend to watch Game of Thrones:
BOOBS
Let’s face it, there are boobs all over the place in GoT. Like, just when you’re getting comfortable BAM more boobs in your face. And in this situation, that is great. Because guys love boobs. They will do anything to look at boobs, even sit through a plotty fantasy drama. Because boobs.
So, here is what you do: on your next watch-through of the series, just casually pause the TV or your laptop or whatever on a scene with boobs (I’d advise not pausing on anything with gratuitous wang unless your boyfriend is into that stuff). When you BF walks by and sees this, there will be a hypnotic attraction. Then, you unpause and watch as he gets sucked in.
VIOLENCE
If there’s anything guys like more than boobs, it is blood and violence. Luckily, Game of Thrones has plenty of that. Blood and guts and stabbings all over the place.
Best way to do this is to work it into casual conversation. Say your boyfriend is watching some kind of sport and you happen to see one guy hit another guy really hard. Throw out something like “Damn, he totally Drogo’d that guy.” Then, when your boyfriend asks for an explanation, offer to show him THAT Khal Drogo fight scene.
He’ll be hooked.
HE’LL FINALLY HAVE A REASON TO BELIEVE YOU WHEN YOU SAY “SIZE DOESN’T MATTER”
Tyrion Lannister, need I say more?
Hopefully, this means we can get more guys watching Game of Thrones. But if not, let’s face it, maybe it really is just a show that’s for girls.
Ashly is writer who is sick of hearing about how girls don’t watch Game of Thrones. You can find her on Twitter @newageamazon
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