A brutal, unrelenting medieval tale in which a dark evil hangs over a hero from a famous family tasked with protecting those that cannot protect themselves. Castlevania sounds familiar, which is why those who don’t know much about the legendary gaming series may love the familiar themes it shares with Game of Thrones.
Beyond the insurmountable monstrous forces that face Castlevania‘s protagonists, the Belmonts (like the white walkers the people of Westeros defeated long ago), Game of Thrones shares more than just themes with Netflix’s gory new animated show from Adi Shankar — it has a direct nod to one of the most iconic weapons in Westeros: Longclaw.
Redditor RFarmer was likely powering through the (too short) series when he noticed Jon Snow’s white walker-slicing tool Longclaw hanging up behind this blacksmith.
See it there, on the left? Wolf head hilt and all, in honor of the dire wolves that make up the Stark sigil.
Here’s Jon Snow, holding Longclaw while sneaking around a rock about to surprise someone with a friendly “hello!” probably.
It seems like these are the only nods to Game of Thrones so far, but Castlevania writer Warren Ellis (not the guy from Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds) has said his scripts have a very GoT vibe to them. So maybe there are other hints at Westeros in there. Or maybe even some other pop culture references, like glittery vampires maybe.
(Via i09)