kcroy posted:

I think this would actually be a good way for him to "Wrap up" this series. I've been thinking for a while, "how do you wrap up this cluster gently caress", and I've decided that the correct answer is, "you don't". Much in the vein of WH40k, there is only war. What he could do is not tell a story of who "wins" the game of thrones, but focus instead on how The Game is all there is.

The purpose of these novels isn't to tell a story, its to tell a BACKSTORY. it is to explain to you WHY there is an 8 foot tall zombie, stitched together from the parts of an evil warrior, but with the face of a fallen hero. It is to explain WHY the ice spiders and wights battering the wall from the south are being led by a frozen princess with a penchant for Lemon Cakes. It is to explain WHY this undead warrior stands at the front of his Northmen, broken arrows still protruding from his chest, a smile on his shaggy wolfen head.

These novels are to take us from a flatland of low magic, to a loving pinnacle of out of control magic. He is flipping the Trope again - magic isn't "dying and leaving this world" ala Tolkein - shiiiiiiit. Magic hasn't even gotten its loving shoes and socks on yet. Magic has a busy day in front of it, with fire gods, old gods, tree gods, 7 gods, some Valyrian gods, and a Cthulu like God of the loving deep with a tentacled cock all fighting for control of this shitheap world.

As someone with a history in both TV and Gaming and being a lazy gently caress - he is just so much better at writing the set up, creating the tension... writing the poignant ending? Not so much.

I would LOVE to see this series end with the forces reshuffled in a way we couldn't have imagined from the start - the stark kids all turned against each other, The remnants of Dany's shattered dragon army struggling to rebuild in Oldtown, factions and factions, each perfectly balanced against each other like a board game, ready for the "real" war to begin.

His publisher gets to spend the next 20 years farming out sections of the war to different hack writers, and making GBS threads merchandise left and right.

Flatscan posted:

Jesus, have none of them picked up on the fact that Robb just made the exact same blindly-noble mistake that led to Nedd's death? I mean, they couldn't have telegraphed it any harder if they tried.

A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

We just spent two pages discussing Ygritte and her actress and no one mentioned her nude scene.

Are we... are we the GOOD thread now?

smertrioslol posted:

Well, she is a wildling living north of the wall in the frozen wastes.

Rarity posted:

I would take a big steaming poo poo all over this thread but Joramun already does that every time he posts.

A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

Dead Man Posting posted:

Sir Pounce dies

Star War Sex Parrot posted:

That and the slow realization/complaint "wait Dany's not crossing this season, is she?"

IRQ posted:

7" 11' 250

I am an Adonis. All the Bad Thread ladies crave me.

VBane posted:

Two Questions that I don't think are inviting spoilers.

1. The "Red Wedding" is Joffrey's, right? The Red Keep and all.

2. Is that supposed to happen this season?

I've heard vague rumblings that its a big deal, unsurprisingly, and been waiting for it to pop up.

Asking here so I don't have to risk the other thread.

Joramun posted:

He even makes a good case for their obesity being beneficial to their health rather than detrimental.


Any svelte man would have died from that, but Lord Manderly's three chins saved his life. I'm pretty sure this is the Gurm speaking directly to his readers who claim he's in such bad shape he might not live long enough to finish the series.

I_Socom posted:

Still would.

Bulletproof Tiger posted:

I'm kinda wondering what they're planning to do with Talisa, Robb's wife on the show, because she said she was pregnant a couple eps ago. Since a big thing in the books is Robb not having an heir, something has to happen with that. The way I see it, there's a couple of choices:
1. She was just lying for some reason
2. She is pregnant and all the book theories about the Jeyne that Jaime sees in AFFC not being the real Jeyne is true, and Robb secretly has an heir.
3. She is pregnant, but she is going to die before she can give birth

If the show had the balls to kill Robb's wife and his unborn child at the Red Wedding, just to twist the knife further, I would love it forever. I might just be dumb and completely overthinking it though.

"Shoehead" posted:

Joramun posted:

Unconfirmed spoiler (but from a purportedly credible source) for tomorrow's TV edition of the Red Wedding:

(and his pregnant wife has been stabbed multiple times in the stomach - DEAD)

pentyne posted:

Is flat out telling people Syrio is confirmed dead by GRRM himself the kind of thing that sends them into a frothing rage at *spoilers* because the amount of "no guys jaqen is syrio here's proof" online is staggering.

Now the whole "Jon Snow's real parents" thing has started amongst them and they are circle-jerking each others "amazing deductions" when that debate was ended by ADWD.

bigmcgaffney posted:

What you doin son? You forgettin Quick Ben, Coltaine, Gesler, Caladan Brood, Silchas Ruin, Toc, Trotts, any of the Crimson guard especially Shimmer, K'azz, Skinner, and of course IRON BARS, and Ereko and Hood and all the Jaghut and K'Chain and Calm and mother loving Kallor?

quote:

It was, Michelle and I, our last scene on Game of Thrones.

WAFFLEHOUND posted:

Someone namechange to "JON SNOW DIES IN BOOK 5" thanks.

Ambivalent posted:

There's a thread for that, actually.

BlazinLow305 posted:

They are freaking out in the baby thread just because someone accidentally referred to the White Walkers as Others like it's a major spoiler.


:edited to be more concise

Not My Goodies posted:

Did you really pull that quote for your avatar just now?

Fair warning, OSC is twice the pedophile GURM is. The kids spend half the book naked being uncomfortably physical with one another. Ender kills a kid by crushing his testicles as they wrestle in the shower.


The twist isn't that he wins, it's that there's a space battle going on at all. That's the gut punch at the end, the whole point of the story. Ender is Hitler Jesus Oppenheimer Skywalker.

E: If/when the GURM expires before finishing the series I hope they give it to OSC just so I can read a thread so bad it threatens to blot out the sun.

Not My Goodies posted:

No it's a pretty terrible book and the 20 or so pages dedicated to prepubescent nudity is loving weird dude sorry. Especially when the writer is a tightly coiled bundle of sexual hangups and emotional immaturity

Nine of Eight posted:

I thought the book was removed from amazon?

unlimited shrimp posted:

Viewer's guide called him the Night's King but it was quickly deleted.
He has a crown.
One shot is composed such that he's the 13th of 13 Others on screen. The Night's King was the 13th Lord Commander and reigned for 13 years.

I also find it interesting that the viewer's guide refers to the location as a "city".

HookShot posted:

Michelle Fairley was busy filming 24 when this season was being filmed, I imagine.

Damo posted:

ASoIaF: It cuts off right when you get to the interesting part, though.

mind the walrus posted:

So if the book does release in October (it won't) we should start a betting pool for who the ghostwriter(s) was/were.

Lycus posted:

mind the walrus posted:

Serious vote to make this the new thread title.

Blade_of_tyshalle posted:

Do none of you absolute fuckers hover over a link to see the url?