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What's the story with Jon/Mormont's raven? It's pretty clearly not just a raven, especially with the heavy handed 'Hey it said my first name I don't remember teaching it that' bit. Whose warg is it? Also, which are there more of at this point -- secret Targs or secret wargs?
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bengraven posted:I'm actually suspecting he didn't love Lyanna. I think he was playing the game to try and create the PTWP. He wants to make an uber Targ. But in the House of the Undying vision, Rhaegar flat out says that Aegon is the PTWP, so why would he need to make PTWP 2: More Promiseder?
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Jul 15, 2011 20:11
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Master Kush posted:I am confused by Ramsay's letter. How would he know it was Mance? You did read Reek's chapters right? Ramsay doesn't seem like one to shy from a bit of torture.
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Jul 16, 2011 04:33
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Space Pussy posted:If the naked septa is actually Ashara, then I rather like the Brandon Stark date raped her theory and hope it's true. At this point, R+L=J would almost seem too obvious.
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Jul 16, 2011 06:51
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Space Pussy posted:It's not like he carries around a birth certificate. You could easily pass off a 1 year old as a new born. You could?
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Jul 16, 2011 07:55
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dumb brunette posted:Can Margaery still be put to a trial by combat even if it becomes overwhelmingly obvious that Cersei made up all the charges? The answer is yes so that we get to see a hideously burnt Loras Tyrell defending his sister's honor. Too Martinesque of a scene not to make its way into WoW (and drat is that going to be an annoying acronym).
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Jul 17, 2011 02:17
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theblackw0lf posted:True, I can't think of another fantasy writer who can write snappy dialog and has the world-building aspect that Martin does. Let me introduce you to a Mr. Kevin J. Anderson
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Jul 17, 2011 05:01
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b0lt posted:I'd put Steven Erikson on par with GURM on dialog (kruppe rules) and higher with respect to world building. More importantly he actually treats writing as a job and puts books out of the length of DWD every year or so, instead of making readers wait 6 years between books. I like that one character in Malazan, who is a humongous badass with a gruff, curt demeanor but is actually a decent person. And also that super powerful character who is more powerful than every other super powerful character previously introduced. Abalieno posted:
Haha you can't be serious. "Oh nos, Character X is dead! Erikson have you no mercy??" <Character X resurrected shortly thereafter>. Repeat as necessary. I mean, GRRM does that too, but imagine a Catelyn / ?Jon? rez a couple times per book, every book. If Erikson wrote asoiaf Ned would have died and been rezzed a couple times by now, becoming more powerful each time so he's roughly at R'hllor strength by now. regulargonzalez fucked around with this message at 08:57 on Jul 17, 2011 |
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Jul 17, 2011 08:50
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TTBF posted:To revisit this, I took Jojen's questions as supporting the idea that Ned was the knight. We knew that Ned was small, skilled at arms, upset with the people mocking Reed, and an honorable person. It completely seems like something Ned would do. Harranhal was 2 years before Robert's Rebellion, which was roughly a year or so before Robb was born, who is 14 at the time of AGOT. That means Ned had to be 18-20ish at *youngest* at the time of the Harranhal tourney -- i.e., fully grown adult. I've never read him being described as small (unless it was by comparison to Gregor or something). How are you figuring him to be small?
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Jul 17, 2011 09:02
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Abalieno posted:I mean "honest" in a different connotation, as with DFW. Intending the writer is putting his own heart into the book and writing as honestly as possible. My pet theory is that people who like The Wire more than The Shield like asoiaf more than Malazan (and vice versa, and conversely).
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Jul 17, 2011 09:04
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Kainser posted:Maybe Benjen was the knight. Timeline doesn't work in the other direction then. He'd be like 10. Barristan's own mystery knight story flat out says that a kid can't joust adults. I think it simply has to be Lyanna, nothing else really makes sense. Rhaegar was ordered by Aerys to investigate the mystery knight, he falls in love with her and later annoints her the queen of beauty, they play Come Into My Castle. regulargonzalez fucked around with this message at 10:09 on Jul 17, 2011 |
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Jul 17, 2011 10:06
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Decius posted:Jon might have deluded himself into "it's just me", but that doesn't mean the others see it the same way. He is the Lord Commander after all, and even if he alienated a lot of people he also has people who follow him (even if he sent many of them away). Even if it were "just him", that is still explicitly disallowed. Think back to Maester Aemon's speech to Jon in AGOT, how on three separate occasions he had to forgo coming to the aid of his family because of his vows. Gotta think that holds triply true for the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. Jon CAN NOT go on a personal mission.
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Jul 17, 2011 20:02
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withak posted:No but if you know someone who is involved then it makes it a lot easier to track down the rest of them. Exactly. After all, since the US realized that bin Laden was the head of Al Qaida (circa 1990) they've been essentially neutralized.
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Jul 20, 2011 21:21
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Scoobi posted:I love all the background. Honestly it makes me want him to continue writing in the world even after the series is done. I'd love more stories set in the past. Agree with this. I didn't get all the moaning about the rumored possibility of an 8th book. I take just the opposite view: I don't want the series to end and I'll read the gently caress out of every book he writes for it.
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Jul 29, 2011 04:03
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Altamir posted:My guess would be yes. Hodor has the ability to say more than just one word physically, just not mentally. That would make for an amazing Waiting For Godot-type scene. Now I'm going to be disappointed if Hodor doesn't recite Lucky's monologue.
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Aug 2, 2011 23:27
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Jewlian posted:Could you guys please offer me some recommendations? I just finished ADwD then going based on recommendations on this forums I finished Abercrombie's The First Law, Best Served Cold and Heroes. Now I have nothing to read. I'd like something in a low fantasy setting with a good dose of cynicism and wry humor. Glen Cook - The Black Company (first trilogy is by far the best)
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Aug 9, 2011 05:31
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Hollis posted:I am also pretty sure that John is Azor Ahai ; the dragons out of stone can be metaphorical and most certainly is. BTW Dragons out of Stone could refer to Greyscale. Jon will gently caress Shireen and make baby Targs (dragons) out of stone (Shireen's greyscaled womb)
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Aug 12, 2011 22:30
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Fog Tripper posted:I will. It is sitting next to the commode, and I suppose I have to read SOMETHING in there. Out of curiosity, what are some fantasy series' that you do enjoy?
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Aug 24, 2011 00:05
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Junkenstein posted:Is Abercrombie good or not? I want to read another fantasy, but the last non ASoIAF one I read was the first Assasin's Whatever by Robin Hobb, about 6 years ago, due the recommendations here, and it was loving dreadful. Yeah it's good, has some great, great characters. If you're looking for a book with hugely complex political machinations and wheels within wheels within wheels, you'll be disappointed. I mean that stuff is there, but not to the degree that it is in ASOIAF. I guess the best parallel would be how ASOIAF would feel if the series focused almost solely on Jaime and Pycelle (a better analogy in some ways would be Sandor and Qyburn but those two aren't important enough to draw a real equivalence) and how they saw the world. e: In fact, for people who like the political parts of ASOIAF the most, I recommend Shogun to them. Hugely entertaining story that almost feels like a fantasy given how different medieval Japan is to the history of Europe most of us grew up learning about. regulargonzalez fucked around with this message at 08:33 on Oct 7, 2011 |
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Oct 7, 2011 08:22
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On a reread, I came across a sentence that I've wondered about before and thought I'd ask if anyone had any ideas. It's basically said that Rhaegar had no interest in combat / jousting type stuff until he read something in a book that changed his mind. Any ideas what he could have read?
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Jun 4, 2012 00:20
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Knuc If U Buck posted:I thought it wasn't revealed who the nudey actress was? Just a "major female character". Yes this was it, one of the other actresses said that some actress said she wouldn't do nudity anymore but declined to mention a name. Everyone assumed it was Dany but in retrospect it appears it was Ros.
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Jun 1, 2013 11:49
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How come you guys spend so much time talking about a series you despise
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Sep 18, 2013 00:58
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