The Sept of Baelor and the Faith Militant are pretty directly drawn from the Vatican and holy Military Orders.

The King of France didn't have Cersei level nukes though when they took out the Templars.

History does provide the best inspiration for fiction, after all. LotR was inspired by Tolkien's experiences in WW1.

Not debating you. It's just that I was quoting Mars Attacks, which Gozer understood. You were playing Funchess.

Actually, I think the only Burton films I've seen were his Batman films. Never saw Edward Scissorhands or the Nightmare before Xmas either.

music in cinematic history.

but I had to pick a lane after Woody posted, y'know? And I'd already decided against telling gozer it's "...and that ain't bad!"

More accurately, based on the Children of the Light from the Wheel of Time, which were a melange of the Templar’s, the Inquidition,and the Klan. Plus supposedly some non-Western inspirations.

Martin did it kind of ham-fistedly.