#Romance of the three kingdoms tv tropes series#

Though there aren't many female characters in Three Kingdoms one notable exception is Diaochan, a woman who seduces Dong Zhuo and his son to turn them against each other. Women are treated poorly and often have to use sex as their only means of power.

Guests are killed at banquets not by crossbowmen in the gallery but by armed men behind curtains.

Cao Cao makes up a story to leave, but then turns around and kills his uncle in cold blood, explaining to his companion that if his uncle had gone home to find his family killed he might want vengeance. Cao Cao rides off but meets his uncle along the way. While his uncle is off getting wine to feast him, Cao Cao hears his family sharpening their blades and speaking of killing him, so Cao Cao slays them first, only to find a tied up pig and realize too late they were talking about killing the pig for the feast and not him. Near the beginning of Three Kingdoms Cao Cao and a companion are on the run and hiding out with his adoptive uncle. A story about Cao Cao shows this perfectly: Neither are malevolent, but they are both ruthless. Like Tywin, Cao Cao is a brilliant military and political strategist who leads the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms. Other characters can be compared as well. Dong Zhuo, a man with the brain of Joffrey and the body of Wyman Manderly, is killed by his adopted son and has his body ripped apart in the streets and lightning strikes melt his fat. There are also unrepentant villains who meet grisly ends. Three Kingdoms has three sworn brothers who take an oath to uphold the Han. EDIT: The beginning is here)Д®ach story has honourable characters who die with their ambitions unfulfilled. If you don't have the time for both, the battle itself is near the beginning of the second link. (If you're interested in seeing what the Chinese version of the Battle of the Blackwater looks like, I'd recommend watching this then this episode of a recent television adaptation. In fact, I think in Three Kingdoms the ships might have been filled with gun powder as well, which in the absence of wildfire is the next best thing. Zhuge Liang uses magic to influence the weather and cause the wind to blow in the other direction, letting him use a fleet of burning ships to win a decisive naval battle similar to how the defenders of King's Landing used ships rigged with wildfire to decimate Stannis's fleet.

This is best shown by the famous Battle of Red Cliff, which itself can be directly compared to the Battle of the Blackwater. Three Kingdoms has Zhuge Liang, sometimes called 'Crouching Dragon': a strategist and Taoist magician who often fights with fire. Melisandre wins victories with shadow monsters in the west while Daenerys fights with dragons in the east. The world of Westeros has magicians, dragons, and prophesy. The emperor is killed and the eunuchs massacred, and local warlords rise up and fight for control of the imperial throne, eventually leading to the titular kingdoms. Taoist societies start the Yellow Turban Rebellion, weakening the empire further. After over four hundred years of rule the Han have become weak, with true power lying in the hands of the palace eunuchs. Similarly with Three Kingdoms, the novel starts at the end of the Han Dynasty.

#Romance of the three kingdoms tv tropes series#

Robert Baratheon leads a successful rebellion and the series starts with the last days of his rule, before intertwined plots lead to his and Ned Stark's deaths and Westeros is split into warring kingdoms. Both include hundreds of characters, personal stories, political intrigue, grand battles and strategy, surprising deaths and reversal of fortunes for 'heroes' and 'villains' alike, and works of magic and prophesy.Д«efore the beginning of Song Westeros is ripe for rebellion nearly three hundred years after the conquest the Targaryens have lost their dragons and their kings are cursed with madness. But one thing that A Song of Ice and Fire always reminds me of is Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a 14 th century Chinese historical fiction about the Three Kingdoms period. I've seen plenty of historical parallels brought up in comparison to A Song of Ice and Fire, especially with the War of the Roses. With that said, here's the original post: Keep in mind also that it has spoilers for A Song of Ice and Fire. Though that post was intended for readers of Song who haven't read Three Kingdoms, since this subreddit could use some more content I figured I'd cross-post it here, too. Martin upon which HBO's Game of Thrones is based. Hi r/threekingdoms (threekingdomsit? sanguoit?) The other day I made a post comparing Three Kingdoms to A Song of Ice and Fire, the fantasy series by George R.