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7 Disturbing, Fiery & Icy 'Game Of Thrones' Secrets You Didn't Snow

From researching 9/11 footage to the truth about the King in the North's crown jewels, "Game of Thrones" visual effects supervisor Joe Bauer explains it all.

Winter is here, and so are a heap-ton of accolades for “Game of Thrones.”

Seven hells! The show has a ridiculous 22 nominations heading into the 2018 Emmys for its work in season seven, so to find out how that happened, we turned to visual effects supervisor Joe Bauer, who we’ll call the Father of Dragons (CGI versions, anyway). He explained to HuffPost all the disturbing, fiery and icy behind-the-scenes secrets that go into bringing Westeros to life.

7. There’s a reason “Game of Thrones” deaths look so disturbing: They’re based on the real thing.

Sometimes research on “Game of Thrones” involves looking into stuff you probably don’t want in your browser history.

“I’ve killed most of the bad guys and even some of the good guys. I killed Ramsay with the dogs and Joffrey with poison and had to do profound research on chemical poisonings, and that sort of thing,” Bauer explains. “So all the bloodshot, bugged-out eyes, all of the explosion of blood veins in the skin, the pus liquid coming out, all of that is based on reality.”

That kind of info could almost make you feel bad for Joffrey. Almost. This slapping GIF is completely justified, however.