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Downplayed - magic/religion was sort of a thing of the past or scary stories for kids at the start - perhaps due to budget those things were not a big focus early onI don't know if I would say "downplayed", they very much explained it all in terms of magic/god stuff...but then rarely spoke of their origins again and just allowed tits and politics to ground you in what appears to be a magicless day to day reality.
Was more talking about how it was not shooting fireballs at the start - it became more and more about the magic as it went onYep, tits and politics were the "focus". But the plot falls apart immediately without the magical elements. It's a mediocre medieval drama without magic walls, wolves, white walkers, wargs, resurrections, shapeshifting, etc.
i was thinking specifically of when those wights were at the wall and jon killed them with fire - i dont think we know much about them at that stageThe zombies in this story are 100% of magical origin. Again it's a matter of perception here. Because GoT crafted a world of gritty realism (tits, politics, and murder) it's easy to convince yourself that it's not about the magic.
was mostly focusing early on but - jon had no real powers from being undead (hopefully in the book they explain this better) - if he just was wounded and healed it does not really change anythingWell, Jon was kind of a resurrected jesus figure. Arya is a shapeshifter (yes, that's what faceless men are, it's a power granted by their gods and it's very clearly stated as that in both books and show). Bran a warg. The mum resurrected in the books (Lady Stoneheart). Melisandre/Thoros obviously.
arya had some faceless shit that turned out to not be important at all but that wasnt until season 5 or so as things because more and more magical
bran's dreams were interesting - but the magic that the show messed up on imo was the connect with the direwolves - to me that is the most magic part of season 1/book 1
lady stoneheart - for the book - sure
i dont consider thoros or melsindre to be main characters but i did mention the smoke monster from lost
it was fantasy for sureAll the show did was explain things as magic or of the gods once and then never refer to it as magic again and viewers just took the shit for granted. That's brilliantly done to remove the perception of it being a magical world (making it more traditional high fantasy), but the facts are the facts.