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FloridaJudy

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20. Point of historical fact

Sun Sep 30, 2012, 09:09 PM

Sep 2012

Most "battle" casualties were due to infectious disease, not to wounds received in battle (though when any deep cut could give you gangrene or lockjaw, those were no picnic either). The only reason the English won the battle of Agincourt was that the French were so debilitated by diarrhea that they could barely stand up, let alone fight. The first war in which more soldiers died in combat than died of disease was WW I.

Kudos to Game of Thrones for going for historical verisimilitude, but don't take it too far! It would be really disgusting.

I'm a medical history Geek as well.

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Fantasy Armor and Lady Bits. [View all] Neoma Sep 2012 OP

Oh, yes. The old "bikinimail." Like any sensible warrior woman would ever GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #1

Xena's is actually pretty reasonable. JoeyT Sep 2012 #4

Yeah, it's not as bad as it could be and I am sure they based it off the Greek leather armor, but it GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #5

True. JoeyT Sep 2012 #6

Yeah, "SpeedoMail" had me laughing too. *grin* GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #7

Be sure to leave the kidneys, viscera, heart unprotected! REP Sep 2012 #2

That article was great, JoeyT Sep 2012 #3

Cool article. I love armor. MadrasT Sep 2012 #8

That's the kind of crap armor FloridaJudy Sep 2012 #9

I was amazed at the blatant sexual pandering to the middle school and high school geek squad the art LanternWaste Sep 2012 #10

Kudos for the FloridaJudy Sep 2012 #11

Love BG :) Marrah_G Jan 2013 #24

Yeah. Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #12

Great point with the Maid of Tarth, Warren obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #13

I don't even remember what Cersei was wearing during that. Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #14

This what she wore obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #15

Yeah, I agree. Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #16

Terrific -- thanks! obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #17

Sometimes the people who take on the nastiest roles FloridaJudy Sep 2012 #18

And he NAILS it. Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #19

Just about everyone in that series does. FloridaJudy Sep 2012 #21

Point of historical fact FloridaJudy Sep 2012 #20

Sci-fi and fantasy book covers are pretty bad, too. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #22

My platemail wearing characters on World of Warcraft are completely covered Marrah_G Jan 2013 #23

awesome site man antigop19667 Jan 2013 #25

As an avid RPG player, I've found this tumblr to be a good counter to that stuff; Scootaloo Jan 2013 #26