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bigmcgaffney posted:Happy Thanksgiving WildCards, everyone get ready to get your neep on Our trenchers overflow this eve.
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Brought lemoncakes to Thanksgiving this year and now all my family's been murdered by traitorous Freys. Thanks, GRRM.
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my cat is norris posted:Brought lemoncakes to Thanksgiving this year and now all my family's been murdered by traitorous Freys. Thanks, GRRM. Frey pies for christmas, then, see? It all works out.
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Nov 24, 2011 22:29
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Happy Thanksgiving thread. I'm also thankful for missing the Monty Python line and I'm pretty surprised, I love that movie. Did he really say I fart in your general direction? There is no way I missed that... my cat is norris posted:Brought lemoncakes to Thanksgiving this year and now all my family's been murdered by traitorous Freys. Thanks, GRRM.
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Nov 24, 2011 22:46
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Here's a link with the Python reference (to save me the time of looking it up in the book myself): http://ikilldragonsforaliving.tumblr.com/post/8212224997/lol-monty-python-quote-in-a-dance-with-dragons It's not a direct quote from Holy Grail but it's close enough that I don't believe for second that that fat old nerd didn't know exactly what he was doing. I can totally see him being pleased with himself over that little Easter egg.
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Nov 24, 2011 23:03
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smarion2 posted:Happy Thanksgiving thread. I am thankful this thread is bad again. How about you horrible monsters? I want some of Norris's lemoncakes though, no lemoncakes here at all.
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SammyWhereAreYou posted:Here's a link with the Python reference (to save me the time of looking it up in the book myself): http://ikilldragonsforaliving.tumblr.com/post/8212224997/lol-monty-python-quote-in-a-dance-with-dragons Oh yes, I remember it now. It kind of blended on with the poo poo literal which was the average Dany chapter, so went under my radar. Perhaps next book we will learn about laden and unladen dragons and how they might carry a coconut. PS: Jon is not dead. He's just pining for the fjords Fog Tripper fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Nov 25, 2011 |
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Nov 25, 2011 00:42
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I'm a whiskeyjack and I'm ok.
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Nov 25, 2011 03:35
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I neep all night and I rape all day. Also rape is now the default autocorrect for tape on this phone 
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Nov 25, 2011 03:53
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Must neeps evacuate my bowels in your general direction ~Tyrion Lancaster, A Dance of Dragons
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Nov 25, 2011 03:59
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hailthefish posted:Frey pies for christmas, then, see? It all works out.  Mmmm.
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Nov 25, 2011 12:02
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On second thought, let's not go to Mereen, it is a silly place.
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Nov 26, 2011 03:34
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The worst part of this book is how he avoids resolving poo poo. I know there's going to be another book but he almost seems afraid to tie anything up. I think the Malazan series did a good job balancing the build-up with the actual events that take place, but Grrm has taken it past the point where I'm curious about the characters and I honestly don't care about John Snow or Theon anymore.
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Nov 26, 2011 08:51
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NovemberMike posted:The worst part of this book is how he avoids resolving poo poo. I know there's going to be another book but he almost seems afraid to tie anything up. I think the Malazan series did a good job balancing the build-up with the actual events that take place, but Grrm has taken it past the point where I'm curious about the characters and I honestly don't care about John Snow or Theon anymore. Yeah, I have to agree in full. He could kill off pretty much anyone but perhaps Arya, and I really would no longer have a poo poo to be given.
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I would be okay with it at this point if he announced that WoW is now going to be the last book and it will be nothing but Arya chapters and all that happens is that she returns to Westeros, teams up with Bronn and together they kill the poo poo out of everyone. Good enough.
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Nov 26, 2011 20:05
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I was pretty happy with Theon's character arc when he was supposedly killed and am not sure why we needed half a dozen additional chapters about "Reek".
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Nov 26, 2011 21:47
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If there's anything to complain about from this book, the Reek chapters are not it.
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Nov 26, 2011 22:01
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Yeah, the Reek bits are nasty and definitely don't add much to the grand arc, but they're an adequate look at PTSD resulting from torture.
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Nov 26, 2011 22:32
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mind the walrus posted:Yeah, the Reek bits are nasty and definitely don't add much to the grand arc, but they're an adequate look at PTSD resulting from torture. I got the weird feeling that they were supposed to give me a boner, which I suppose is a form of PTSD resulting from reading ASoIaF
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Nov 26, 2011 23:16
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Can some of you guys write up the chapter summaries that are on Tower of the Hand ( http://towerofthehand.com/books/105/003/index.html ) for me? Or is there a good summary of the book written here somewhere?
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Nov 26, 2011 23:23
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Theon was one of the only tolerable parts of ADWD, what are you people talking about? e: Spermy Smurf posted:Can some of you guys write up the chapter summaries that are on Tower of the Hand ( http://towerofthehand.com/books/105/003/index.html ) for me? Sure, here is a brief summary of what happens in ADWD:
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Nov 26, 2011 23:25
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IRQ posted:Sure, here is a brief summary of what happens in ADWD: This is actually really loving accurate, and not just in an "LOL BAD THREAD" kind-of way. I just tried to think about what happens, and all I thought was "subplot, subplot, subplot, subplot that may intersect with the main plots, subplot, plot stalled out due to bad weather, subplot that's just left by the wayside, Jon gets stabbed in the back SEE YOU IN HALF A DECADE."
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Nov 27, 2011 00:14
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RCarr posted:If there's anything to complain about from this book, the Reek chapters are not it. We are Reek, my friend. We are Reek.
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Nov 27, 2011 00:29
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I am starting to hope that the TV series is cancelled after the events of A Storms of Swords. Season 1 was already quite a feat to manage and balance all the storylines and characters, I have no idea what the producers plan on doing with all the dull do-nothing minor characters and plotlines Martin started adding in book 4 after so much energy was invested into the Starks and Lannisters. Or maybe they can post a Youtube five-minute animated stick-figure montage that summarizes book 4 and 5 and then ignore they ever happened.
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It would be best if a committee of writers took over from adapating Martin's work after Storm of Swords and just finished up the loving story, especially since it's the only thing remotely close to a resolution we'll ever get.Blade_of_tyshalle posted:KJ Anderson and Brian Herbert, come on down! You're the next authors on A Song of Ice and Fire! The only requirement for the author to finish the series is that they understand the narrative necessity of Syrio Forel surfing a zombie dragon. Thulsa Doom fucked around with this message at 00:56 on Nov 27, 2011 |
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Nov 27, 2011 00:48
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KJ Anderson and Brian Herbert, come on down! You're the next authors on A Song of Ice and Fire! This evening, the role of Jaime Lannister shall be played by Drew Carey.
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mind the walrus posted:
So IRQ wasnt joking? So glad i didnt buy and havent read it yet.
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Nov 27, 2011 01:23
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Spermy Smurf posted:So IRQ wasnt joking? So glad i didnt buy and havent read it yet.
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smarion2 posted:Lots of things almost happen. It's another book all about build up. The more I think about it the more I get pissed about what GRUM has been doing for the past 11 years. Why did he not just skip these like has planned??? Because Danayeris' poo poo escapades were epic, and needed to be expounded upon at length.
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Nov 27, 2011 01:49
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Because he doesn't believe in outlines and has no idea where this story is going. Gotta know what you're skipping to.
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Nov 27, 2011 01:58
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bigmcgaffney posted:Because Danayeris' poo poo escapades were epic, and needed to be expounded upon at length. I believe the technical term is shitscapades, and they were indeed epic and filled with blood.
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Nov 27, 2011 01:59
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bigmcgaffney posted:Two important issues: There were 3 The Unsullied don't run when someone farts in their general direction. "We're fighting shrubbery!" (I think) "And One!" - The Crone.
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Nov 27, 2011 02:00
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bigmcgaffney posted:Because Danayeris' poo poo escapades were epic, and needed to be expounded upon at length. Spoiler that poo poo! (literally) Honey Spiced Locusts quote:Honey-spiced Locusts STRONG BELWAS NOT FEEL TOO GOOD *FARTZ* *VOMITS* *EXPLOSIVE DIARRHEA* Fog Tripper fucked around with this message at 02:09 on Nov 27, 2011 |
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Nov 27, 2011 02:04
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mind the walrus posted:
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Nov 27, 2011 02:53
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Spermy Smurf posted:So IRQ wasnt joking? So glad i didnt buy and havent read it yet. No I wasn't. No less than 3 characters take a slow boat to The biggest thing that "happens" is Jon gets Caesared by the watch, but it's so blindingly obvious that it's just setup that it really means nothing. 2 books, 11 years, and 2000 pages of setup.
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smarion2 posted:Why did he not just skip these like has planned??? Because while some things made sense to timeskip, like Sam and Arya's training, some would make no sense taking place more than a few weeks later, like Cersei's trial... oh.
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Nov 27, 2011 05:39
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Ross posted:I was pretty happy with Theon's character arc when he was supposedly killed and am not sure why we needed half a dozen additional chapters about "Reek". Theon's arc is as follows: Unsufferable self important poo poo -> treasonous self important poo poo -> "dead" -> victim of torture -> pitiful -> mildly interesting That's where ADWD ends. From here on out, it'll be: Subject of pity and scorn among his peers -> badass archer -> awesome, vengeful badass archer -> really dead in a relatively noble and/or selfless manner. He'll probably be bros with Jon, too.
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Nov 27, 2011 05:46
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Colonel Pancreas posted:Theon's arc is as follows: Theon will be the Teucer to Jon's Ajax the Greater. bigmcgaffney fucked around with this message at 07:53 on Nov 27, 2011 |
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Nov 27, 2011 07:50
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ADWD was a terrible book but the stuff about House Bolton was pretty incredible. I wish Ramsay and his father played a larger role in the first three books; both were roughly a trillion times more interesting than Joffrey
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Just finished ADWD last night. 1. Is Jon Snow dead for the watch? 2. Why didn't Daenyris fly away when Khal Jhoqo stumbled upon her eating a horse? 3. What happened to Zombie Cat and the Lightening Lord (the real magic sword owner?)
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