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I liked a lot of the "pointless" stuff in dance, tyrion hanging out on a canal boat travelling around with a new crew being a huge dickhead and bad role model Danys chapter where she opens the fighting pit and drogon arrives is one of my favs I also thought the sandsnakes were gonna be so cool and really hyped them and zombie cat up to my show-watching friends
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Communist Thoughts posted:I also thought the sandsnakes were gonna be so cool and really hyped them and zombie cat up to my show-watching friends you wanted the good characters but you needed the bad pussy
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The show’s Sand Snakes still aren’t as cringe as the book’s Darkstar. He is of the night.
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Platystemon posted:The show’s Sand Snakes still aren’t as cringe as the book’s Darkstar. You shouldn't besmirch ~-*-~Darkstar~-*-~ ITT if you know what's good for you
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Platystemon posted:The show’s Sand Snakes still aren’t as cringe as the book’s Darkstar. The point of darkstar is he is cringe joke character, he'd have been a fun show character in an alternate universe
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I'm a bit into book 2 now. I'd heard that Stannis was really cool. So far he is garbage tier. He's not stupid (so far) like sansa but he's just such a dick. He's totally unlikable. Yuck.
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Waltzing Along posted:I'm a bit into book 2 now. I'd heard that Stannis was really cool. So far he is garbage tier. He's not stupid (so far) like sansa but he's just such a dick. He's totally unlikable. Yuck. You mean Stannis the Mannis?
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Stannis the only dude who gets it? STANNIS THE ONLY DUDE WHO LOVES HIS DAUGHTER gently caress YOU SHOW!
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Josuke Higashikata posted:Arya goes "west of Westeros" in the show. You know, I'd play a FFXVI-style RPG set in Valyria, with you exploring ancient ruins with Arya. Post-apocalyptic fantasy, only Arya, a good sword and tons of monsters and treasures.
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Communist Thoughts posted:The point of darkstar is he is cringe joke character, he'd have been a fun show character in an alternate universe Nah he’s a badass in the mind of George. https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/LA_Con_IV_Anaheim_CA_August_23_27/ posted:George doesn't seem to have known that Darkstar isn't very popular. ;) He thought that a "bad boy" character would go over well, since people seem to love the Hound and even Theon Greyjoy so very much. We will probably have to have a discussion about this at the BwB party. ;) e: And some speculation: We know that George had at one point planned for a five‐year timeskip after A Storm of Swords. Edric Dayne may have been intended to grow into the badass Dayne of this generation. But now he’s too young. So George introduced Gerold “Darkstar” Dayne to fill his role. tl;dr: The Darkstar will become the Sword of the Morning and wield Dawn, only to be felled by Meera Reed and a Platystemon fucked around with this message at 22:19 on Mar 25, 2024 |
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Communist Thoughts posted:The point of ~•darkstar•~ is he is
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TGG posted:Best characters in these books What the gently caress is this Ser Pounce erasure
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I think it's pretty incredible how load-bearing Young Griff/Aegon turned out to be. Of course, you could argue that GRRM shouldn't have introduced a load-bearing character in book 5 of a 7(ish) book series. Double of course, D&D had several years to put him into the show after ADWD came out, and opted not to. But without him, you have King's Landing held by...Cersei. And basically nobody else, for two seasons. With him (presumably) Dany will have an actual challenge taking over Westeros, since there's a popular king already who (maybe?) gets one of her dragons. Hell, maybe he'll win. That would subvert expectations nicely. He and Jon can get married and everyone will be happy. von Metternich fucked around with this message at 06:23 on Mar 26, 2024 |
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von Metternich posted:I think it's pretty incredible how load-bearing Young Griff/Aegon turned out to be. Of course, you could argue that GRRM shouldn't have introduced a load-bearing character in book 5 of a 7(ish) book series. Double of course, D&D had several years to put him into the show after ADWD came out, and opted not to. Related, over in the TVIV thread for D&D's latest, 3 Body Problem, we're having a good time discussing all the changes D&D made to the books and the massive plot holes a bunch of them create. Plus ca change, eh?
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von Metternich posted:Hell, maybe he'll win. That would subvert expectations nicely. He and Jon can get married and everyone will be happy. Satin will not be happy.
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Platystemon posted:Satin will not be happy. They can marry Satin too; Targs love polygamy.
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Xiahou Dun posted:What the gently caress is this Ser Pounce erasure
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Tarnop posted:Related, over in the TVIV thread for D&D's latest, 3 Body Problem, we're having a good time discussing all the changes D&D made to the books and the massive plot holes a bunch of them create. Plus ca change, eh? This sounds less fun than rereading A Feat for Crones
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I wonder if George even had an answer for what happened to Ashara Dayne and why they named their main heir after Ned. I guess the latter could be they just liked his honor a lot, but it’s still a little weird.
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bobjr posted:I wonder if George even had an answer for what happened to Ashara Dayne and why they named their main heir after Ned. isnt there a theory that she's Howland's wife (and Meera is their daughter)
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Anders posted:This sounds less fun than rereading A Feat for Crones I enjoyed myself but now I'm tired
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Zippy the Bummer posted:isnt there a theory that she's Howland's wife (and Meera is their daughter) Probably. There's also a theory that Storms End is a nuclear power plant. All kinds of stuff going on in the theoryverse
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Anders posted:They probably think Lem Pisscloak is an insignificant character too https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Richard_Lonmouth
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Ashara killed herself because the man she loved killed her brother in battle. It's a perfectly reasonable background tragedy, it doesn't need deep meaning or theorizing. Same as the battle at the Tower of Joy itself - three superb fighters take on seven good fighters, and the three superb fighters and five of the seven good fighters die. You don't need to theorize that Howland used magic or anything outlandish, that outcome is a perfectly plausible one, especially with the kind of story GRRM was originally trying to tell.
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Who Is Lem Lemoncloak On 'Game Of Thrones'? He May Play A Big Role
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Platystemon posted:Nah he’s a badass in the mind of George. You know, back when I was reading the books, it was immediately obvious to me that John Snow would be the Sword of the Morning. All those other theories were totally unknown to me, luckily. Their inherent wrongness would have creeped me the hell out.
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Still committed to the theory of "Robert Strong Is Just A New Guy"
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mossyfisk posted:Still committed to the theory of "Robert Strong Is Just A New Guy" Randor Clegane
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mossyfisk posted:Still committed to the theory of "Robert Strong Is Just A New Guy" my version of this is "aegon is real and it dosen't matter"
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I'm about 25% into clash of kings. Maybe less. Let's say 20%. And roughly 75% of this isn't in the show. Which is nice. None of it really matters, but getting Jorahs back story was pretty cool.
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It'll probably take when you get to ASOS, but the Mannis is the One True King
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von Metternich posted:Randor Clegane Rand al'Clegane
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Dickon Manwoody And the Triarch Belico slain by the giant Elisha
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Waltzing Along posted:A "Starks aren't stupid" version of the book might be interesting. It would just be a single novel but still fun. Pretty much all stems from Catelyn's idiocy.
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TGG posted:Best characters in these books You left out a certain Lightning Lord (well, until he decided to give it up for a zombie Cat) Xiahou Dun posted:What the gently caress is this Ser Pounce erasure 
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One of the best counterfactuals is “Ned takes a cue from Sansa and sends Loras after Gregor Clegane.”
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I would honestly trade the entire Dany storyline for a few chapters of what occurred behind the scenes with Dondarion.
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Platystemon posted:One of the best counterfactuals is “Ned takes a cue from Sansa and sends Loras after Gregor Clegane.” Haven't thought about that one in a while. What a bizarrely un-Starkish idea that would have been
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Woodpile posted:Book's out. nice, how is it?
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