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Anders posted:Harry the Heir is next in line for the Iron Throne if Stannis die and Tommen and Myrcellas incest heritage is belived by the rest of the houses. Hench "the Heir" Yeah, but who is he? Why is he the Heir?
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Anders posted:Harry the Heir is next in line for the Iron Throne if Stannis die and Tommen and Myrcellas incest heritage is belived by the rest of the houses. Hench "the Heir" What? No he's not. He's next in line for the Eryie, since House Arryn is without any suitable heirs except for everyone's favorite Sweetrobin and he's not likely to last much longer under Big Poppa littlefinger. Harry is the heir because the Arryn family has had lots of sons and daughters that died under unfortunate circumstances, were disowned, or proved infertile. Hence Harry, this guy who seems only tangentially related to the house, is in line to get the whole thing because the rest of the Arryn line is so hosed up that he picks it up for default. He's not in line for the Iron Throne, Stannis's daughter and a long line of other people would be more likely to pick up the throne before Harry would. Harry is important because Littlefinger wants the Eyrie and knows he can't hold it since Lysa is dead, so his plan is to get Sansa on his side, marry her to the heir to the Eyrie (Harry) and then reveal she's a Stark so he sits pretty as Petyr Baelish, Lord of Harrenhal, Protector of the Lady of the Eyrie and Winterfell (and who knows what the hell else).
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Rootbeer Baron posted:What? No he's not. He's next in line for the Eryie, since House Arryn is without any suitable heirs except for everyone's favorite Sweetrobin and he's not likely to last much longer under Big Poppa littlefinger. Harry is the heir because the Arryn family has had lots of sons and daughters that died under unfortunate circumstances, were disowned, or proved infertile. Hence Harry, this guy who seems only tangentially related to the house, is in line to get the whole thing because the rest of the Arryn line is so hosed up that he picks it up for default. He's not in line for the Iron Throne, Stannis's daughter and a long line of other people would be more likely to pick up the throne before Harry would. Ahhh, that makes a lot more sense. Thanks. It really does put Littlefinger in a fantastic position to rule a very large portion of the kingdom
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Jokes on him when the girl he's trained to be a villainous snake turns on him in the end to claim it all for herself.
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Haraksha posted:Jokes on him when the girl he's trained to be a villainous snake turns on him in the end to claim it all for herself. Except that that will never happen because grrm is going to die soon
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AFFC I think: It's been a long time since I read that piece of poo poo so Did Beric die? Because if so, then gently caress Cat, that bitch.
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Too many black bars! Can we get back to the weekly readalong updates for SoS? Either way, I'm only about a third of the way through SoS and Dany just bought the Unsullied. Her POVs are starting to really drag. I'm hoping her and Mance Rayder form a Fantasy Creature Alliance. It's also getting hard to root for the Starks. King Robb is losing battles, losing friends, and breaking marriage vows. I can't see where he goes from here.
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bigmcgaffney posted:AFFC I think: It's been a long time since I read that piece of poo poo so Did Beric die? According to Thoros yes, he died reviving Cat. Thoros wouldn't do it, so Beric revived her himself and "his light went out of the world" or some such
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Jan 6, 2011 17:45
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Anders posted:Yes, we have. I guess we just disagree. I don't think that GRRM would Introduce a character, give him two lines of dialog, then mention him repeatedly as 'missing' and mention that Jon Snow 'refused to believe his uncle was dead' through the next three books if he'd just decided to write him out of the series. One way or another, he'll close that thread so that Benjen Stark's fate is known. Provided he doesn't die of urinary tract e-coli first.
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therapy posted:I guess we just disagree. I don't think that GRRM would Introduce a character, give him two lines of dialog, then mention him repeatedly as 'missing' and mention that Jon Snow 'refused to believe his uncle was dead' through the next three books if he'd just decided to write him out of the series. You assume GRRM will write another book. Silly you.
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scr0llwheel posted:Too many black bars! Can we get back to the weekly readalong updates for SoS? I long ago ran out of time to cook those up every week, and anyone else who might have been interested in contributing was otherwise occupied. I might have been able to churn out a book's worth of updates between the end of Fall semester and the upcoming Spring semester, but instead I have enjoyed the luxury of sleep, and the absence of thought. Also, I took the opportunity to read for pleasure again, and tore through Neal Stephenson's Anathem. My last post on the topic of updates was more or less indicating this was now a free-form series discussion, but with use of spoiler tags (preferably indicating what it spoils, e.g. " ... aCoK:Stannis says some awesome poo poo. ... "). Though if enough of you really want to start up the Storm of Swords read through, by all means! I'll participate, of course, but I just simply can't produce the updates any more.
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Zombie Lincoln posted:I long ago ran out of time to cook those up every week... Read not the GRRM, lest ye become a GRRM. When you stare into the abyss, the abyss gazes into you... (i'm just funning ya, ZL)
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Jan 6, 2011 22:20
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scr0llwheel posted:
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Yeah scr0llwheel, sometimes you just have to enjoy the ride not having any idea what's going to happen. Who knows, GRRM might surprise you.
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scr0llwheel posted:Too many black bars! Can we get back to the weekly readalong updates for SoS? Go team Robb 
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Zombie Lincoln posted:I long ago ran out of time to cook those up every week, and anyone else who might have been interested in contributing was otherwise occupied. If you don't want to write specific chapters updates, maybe you can just declare aCoK doesn't need spoiled anymore, then after enough time for people to read aSoS say that it doesn't need spoiled anymore?
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Yadoppsi posted:If you don't want to write specific chapters updates, maybe you can just declare aCoK doesn't need spoiled anymore, then after enough time for people to read aSoS say that it doesn't need spoiled anymore? Well, aCoK was finished, so it's kind of like that right now. I kind of prefer the spoiler-tags-with-what-is-being-spoilered designation. Otherwise this thread then becomes more like the other thread, and new readers are spoiled for sport and pleasure. This thread, aside from the read along, was meant as, more or less, a "safe" place for new readers to discuss the books.
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I just finished the ASoS wedding of Edmure. I hate GRRM, I hate him so.
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So I finally caved in and read the three a Dance with Dragons preview chapters. The Theon chapter was really disturbing. drat GRRM, didn't know you had it in you.
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scr0llwheel posted:I just finished the ASoS wedding of Edmure. I hate GRRM, I hate him so. I told you not to worry!!
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Yeah I read books. posted:I told you not to worry!! It hurts even more now. So, time to switch to Stannis? I'm pretty interested in the fight for the North. With Robb legitimizing Jon (Will his lords honor that? Did they even survive the wedding massacre?), the northmen might rally around Jon; the Lannisters believe Sansa is next in line and named Bolton the Warden; nobody knows Bran and Rickon are still alive; Stannis is vying for Robb's bannermen; and the Greyjoys still claim the North. And I take back everything I said about Daenerys. She's a badass.
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scr0llwheel posted:It hurts even more now. So, time to switch to Stannis? You'll find out the answers to these questions when everyone else does. never because in FfC fuckall of importance happens
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I've read the books on Kindle and was really surprised when I saw them in a bookstore. It turns out FFC is the thickest in the series. Felt like loving 200 pages to me.
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mcustic posted:I've read the books on Kindle and was really surprised when I saw them in a bookstore. It turns out FFC is the thickest in the series. Felt like loving 200 pages to me. A Storm of Swords is, Feast just has longer chapters. ASoS: 973 (US Hardback), 976 (UK Hardback), 1216 (US Paperback) AFfC: 704 (UK hardback), 753 (US hardback), 1104 (US paperback) Now, it might be possible that in your market, A Storm of Swords was split into two volumes.
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Zombie Lincoln posted:A Storm of Swords is, Feast just has longer chapters. It might be. Or I was blinded by rage at the fact that FFC doesn't really have any actual content .
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mcustic posted:It might be. Or I was blinded by rage at the fact that FFC doesn't really have any actual content . You must have missed the note at the end. The content is almost done!
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Kainser posted:So I finally caved in and read the three a Dance with Dragons preview chapters. Yeah I read that just last week and was kind of blown away by how creepy it was. I don't think GRRMs a bad writer or anything (when he writes hurf durf durf) but that chapter definitely went above and beyond the call of duty.
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I read ASoS chapters 59-63 last night with Joffrey's wedding and death, Sansa's escape, and Jamie's return home. Great stuff and I'm really looking forward to finishing the last twenty chapters this weekend.
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X-post: Here are some selected stills from westeros.org of the trailer:                 
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That's an awesome trailer.Zombie Lincoln posted:Who is this dude?
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scr0llwheel posted:That's an awesome trailer. Tommy Carcetti, Governor of Maryland. Also Littlefinger. Bizob fucked around with this message at 19:20 on Jan 17, 2011 |
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Conduit for Sale! posted:That throne is pretty incredible. I was thinking the opposite, I'm actually rather disappointed with how it looks. I imagined something much more grand
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Yeah I read books. posted:I was thinking the opposite, I'm actually rather disappointed with how it looks. I imagined something much more grand Me too. I was thinking shiny. But maybe it's better this way. The game of thrones is a vicious, dark story, so the throne should represent that.
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I liked this one better, it looks more dangerous   Click here for the full 504x652 image.
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Vanadium posted:I liked this one better, it looks more dangerous While that has always been one of my favorite pictures, Komarck took some liberties with the number of Westerosi kings & lords using scimitars.
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Clearly the swords just got all bendy when they were heated up to be fused together.
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Clearly Westeros was a Middle East analogue before it was a Europe analogue. 
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I just finished A Storm of Swords. Last chapter: "Who the hell is this guy and why do I ca-- HOLY poo poo OH MY GOD" I'll post more detailed thoughts tomorrow. Amazing series.
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scr0llwheel posted:I just finished A Storm of Swords. Last chapter: "Who the hell is this guy and why do I ca-- HOLY poo poo OH MY GOD" If it weren't for the upcoming TV show, those reactions would be the only pleasure I derive from the books anymore. Well, that and the hate thread.
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