ASoIaF: A Song of Ice and Fire: George Rail Road Martin

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Thulsa Doom: Jun 20, 2011; Ezekiel 23:20

crazypeltast52 posted:

How will we know it's a real GRRMspawm or just the fangirl and her brother? We could have a Joffrey that claims the GRRM-mantle but is instead an imposter. Then the Bad thread will have to track down his bastards to write the end of the series and there will be nerd civil wars.

A Storm of Spergs

# ? Jan 4, 2012 02:01

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# ? May 19, 2024 16:21

IRQ: Sep 9, 2001; SUCK A DICK, DUMBSHITS!

whowhatwhere posted:

Chrono Cross is an even better-made game than Chrono Trigger, obviously

Oh video games, ok.

Azure_Horizon, Dragon Age 2: great game, or best game?

# ? Jan 4, 2012 02:04

Ross: May 25, 2001; German Moses

The WOT game was pretty good.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 02:05

Joramun: Dec 1, 2011; No man has need of candles when the Sun awaits him.

Ross posted:

The WOT game was pretty good.

Speaking of things that are good: ADWD.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 02:11

Azure_Horizon: Mar 27, 2010; by Reene

neongrey posted:

I think they're okay. Not as good as the first ones but I wouldn't hate life if I had to read the later ones again. There's some neat things in them but they just don't assemble into a good story.

I think you'd pretty much have to know nothing about good storytelling to think they're better, though.

That's not even close to true, but nice try.

Azure_Horizon fucked around with this message at 03:10 on Jan 4, 2012

# ? Jan 4, 2012 02:57

bigmcgaffney: Apr 19, 2009

The 124th incarnation of ~~piotr~~ ~~wellington yueh~~ ~~duncan idaho~~ every character is pretty cool.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 04:12

Azure_Horizon: Mar 27, 2010; by Reene

bigmcgaffney posted:

The 124th incarnation of ~~piotr~~ ~~wellington yueh~~ ~~duncan idaho~~ every character is pretty cool.

His son ran that idea into the loving ground. It at least made sense in Frank's books.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 04:22

Bonesnap: Oct 9, 2007

bigmcgaffney posted:

Now that were done with that discussion, lets talk about Chrono Cross.

Chrono Cross sucked, except for the Theon chapters

# ? Jan 4, 2012 04:39

St0rmD: Sep 25, 2002; We shoulda just dropped this guy over the Middle East"

Joramun posted:

Speaking of things that are good: ADWD.

Nobody can hear you over all the lemon-cake flavored semen you're gargling.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 05:25

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

Part of my fated superteam of authors to finish ASOIAF after GRRM inevitably kicks the bucket is Bret Easton Ellis. He can handle the bleak parts, where you just want to cut yourself with the pages to prove you're still capable of feeling.

Also to describe everyone's heraldry. By the Seven... it's even got a watermark.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 05:42

kcroy: May 30, 2002; by Nyc_Tattoo

General Battuta posted:

You are actually the only person I have ever met who likes the last couple Frank Dune books, and I've been at writing workshops and SF/F conferences pretty regularly for the past five years. I'm not saying they don't exist but they're a rare sort of bird.

chapterhouse representin'

I liked the sense of scale, and Teg is dreamy.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 07:03

Carly Gay Dead Son: Aug 27, 2007; Bonus.

Blade_of_tyshalle posted:

Part of my fated superteam of authors to finish ASOIAF after GRRM inevitably kicks the bucket is Bret Easton Ellis. He can handle the bleak parts, where you just want to cut yourself with the pages to prove you're still capable of feeling.

Also to describe everyone's heraldry. By the Seven... it's even got a watermark.

I think Mark Z. Danielewski should write the Theon chapters and just format it so there's a big penis-shaped gap in the middle of the text on every page.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 07:45

Azure_Horizon: Mar 27, 2010; by Reene

kcroy posted:

chapterhouse representin'

I liked the sense of scale, and Teg is dreamy.

I like sharing a first name with the baddest dude in the Dune Chronicles.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 07:51

bigmcgaffney: Apr 19, 2009

Azure_Horizon posted:

I like sharing a first name with the baddest dude in the Dune Chronicles.

Also the baddest dude in the Sonic Chronicles.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 08:09

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

Azure_Horizon posted:

I like sharing a first name with the baddest dude in the Dune Chronicles.

I seriously doubt your name is Stilgar.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 13:46

my cat is norris: Mar 11, 2010; #onecallcat

Is Stilgar a bad enough dude to rescue the President?

# ? Jan 4, 2012 14:38

whowhatwhere: Mar 15, 2010; SHINee's back

Dune Chronicles? There was a book after Dune? :confused:

# ? Jan 4, 2012 15:48

geeves: Sep 16, 2004

Blade_of_tyshalle posted:

Part of my fated superteam of authors to finish ASOIAF after GRRM inevitably kicks the bucket is Bret Easton Ellis. He can handle the bleak parts, where you just want to cut yourself with the pages to prove you're still capable of feeling.

Also to describe everyone's heraldry. By the Seven... it's even got a watermark.

Theon would end up being raped by Ramsay and his girls (wearing strapons - some with small knives to flay his insides) while staring at a door with a sign that said, "No Exit".

# ? Jan 4, 2012 16:43

IRQ: Sep 9, 2001; SUCK A DICK, DUMBSHITS!

Blade_of_tyshalle posted:

Part of my fated superteam of authors to finish ASOIAF after GRRM inevitably kicks the bucket is Bret Easton Ellis. He can handle the bleak parts, where you just want to cut yourself with the pages to prove you're still capable of feeling.

Also to describe everyone's heraldry. By the Seven... it's even got a watermark.

I want Terry Goodkind to finish ASOIAF.

It will be like transforming Gurm's writing about making GBS threads into reading literal poo poo. Also Ramsay Bolton would be the new protagonist because he's pretty clearly the embodiment of objectivist principles.

E: Azure_Horizon probably agrees with this unironically.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 19:12

bengraven: Sep 17, 2009; by VideoGames

Speaking of Theon losing his penis, I think it's safe to say he's suffered for what he did and can move on.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 19:39

Joramun: Dec 1, 2011; No man has need of candles when the Sun awaits him.

bengraven posted:

Speaking of Theon losing his penis, I think it's safe to say he's suffered for what he did and can move on.

Have you read the sample chapter from TWOW with him as the POV yet? Stannis is about to have him executed (though I have a feeling either he himself or Asha will ultimately be able to talk him out of it).

# ? Jan 4, 2012 21:27

Iseeyouseemeseeyou: Jan 3, 2011

Calling it right now. Theon and Loras.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 21:34

DARPA: Apr 24, 2005; We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

bengraven posted:

Speaking of Theon losing his penis, I think it's safe to say he's suffered for what he did and can move on.

gently caress him. I hope Stannis takes his legs and an arm as payment for Theon's crimes, then names him as The Hand of the King as some sick joke.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 21:53

Joramun: Dec 1, 2011; No man has need of candles when the Sun awaits him.

Iseeyouseemeseeyou posted:

Calling it right now. Theon and Loras.

Doing what? A buddy cop movie?

# ? Jan 4, 2012 22:14

Iseeyouseemeseeyou: Jan 3, 2011

Joramun posted:

Doing what? A buddy cop movie?

Each other obviously. GRRM needs to gain the affluence of the gay community.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 22:40

Joramun: Dec 1, 2011; No man has need of candles when the Sun awaits him.

But Theon is straight. And I don't see him pulling a Willow Rosenberg anytime soon.

# ? Jan 4, 2012 22:47

Azure_Horizon: Mar 27, 2010; by Reene

This Onion article seems like it would please Bad Thread regulars.

I laughed.

# ? Jan 5, 2012 00:13

smarion2: Apr 22, 2010

Azure_Horizon posted:

This Onion article seems like it would please Bad Thread regulars.

I laughed.

I would be pretty excited for him to release a book he thought was a turd. If he could actually kill someone and keep them dead I wouldn't mind new characters.

# ? Jan 5, 2012 00:24

Joramun: Dec 1, 2011; No man has need of candles when the Sun awaits him.

smarion2 posted:

If he could actually kill someone and keep them dead I wouldn't mind new characters.

Aside from special cases like Catelyn and Gregor (who probably would have actually preferred the sweet kiss of death over getting turned into Frankenstein-esque abominations) that's exactly what he does. The vast majority like Renly, Robert, Robb, Ned, Lysa, Tywin, Joffrey, Viserys, Drogo, etc. were all permadeaths.

Joramun fucked around with this message at 00:43 on Jan 5, 2012

# ? Jan 5, 2012 00:39

Ballz: Dec 16, 2003; it's mario time

Joramun posted:

Aside from special cases like Catelyn and Gregor (who probably would have actually preferred the sweet kiss of death over getting turned into Frankenstein-esque abominations) that's exactly what he does. Renly, Robert, Robb, Ned, Lysa, Tywin, Joffrey, etc. were all permadeaths.

That's a bit disingenuous, as you're not including GRRM's patented fakeouts: Bran and Rickon, Arya, Davos, Brienne, and undoubtedly Jon (and probably a bunch more I forgot) all were "killed off" only to be brought back a few chapters later or in the following book.

# ? Jan 5, 2012 00:45

Joramun: Dec 1, 2011; No man has need of candles when the Sun awaits him.

Ballz posted:

That's a bit disingenuous, as you're not including GRRM's patented fakeouts

Neither did smarion2. But I'm personally not a fan of those either. They just make for cheap cliffhangers.

You can add Quentyn to the potential fakeout list btw.

# ? Jan 5, 2012 00:47

Iseeyouseemeseeyou: Jan 3, 2011

Ballz posted:

That's a bit disingenuous, as you're not including GRRM's patented fakeouts: Bran and Rickon, Arya, Davos, Brienne, and undoubtedly Jon (and probably a bunch more I forgot) all were "killed off" only to be brought back a few chapters later or in the following book.

Beric!

Quentyn got eaten by a blazed alive by a loving dragon - no way is he alive.

# ? Jan 5, 2012 00:52

bengraven: Sep 17, 2009; by VideoGames

Joramun posted:

Have you read the sample chapter from TWOW with him as the POV yet? Stannis is about to have him executed (though I have a feeling either he himself or Asha will ultimately be able to talk him out of it).

You know, since Theon is technically the heir to the Iron Isles, that makes him a king...at least in Stannis's eyes.

Stannis likely rejects the Ironmen's rules of succession and going by the rest of the kingdoms, Theon is heir and king.

I wonder if Theon's death will finally prove that Stannis isn't the TPWWP.

# ? Jan 5, 2012 00:58

Iseeyouseemeseeyou: Jan 3, 2011

bengraven posted:

You know, since Theon is technically the heir to the Iron Isles, that makes him a king...at least in Stannis's eyes.

Stannis likely rejects the Ironmen's rules of succession and going by the rest of the kingdoms, Theon is heir and king.

I wonder if Theon's death will finally prove that Stannis isn't the TPWWP.

Asha is older than Theon I thought? Since Theon is no longer a *man* shouldn't she get dibs? :smugspike:

# ? Jan 5, 2012 01:24

crazypeltast52: May 5, 2010

Iseeyouseemeseeyou posted:

Asha is older than Theon I thought? Since Theon is no longer a *man* shouldn't she get dibs?

Even Robert's bastards had magical king's blood, so both of them can be burned if kings burning is required for the shadowbabies.

# ? Jan 5, 2012 02:27

geeves: Sep 16, 2004

Joramun posted:

Have you read the sample chapter from TWOW with him as the POV yet? Stannis is about to have him executed (though I have a feeling either he himself or Asha will ultimately be able to talk him out of it).

No, I think it will be Davos who saves Theon - indirectly - by finding Rickon informing Stannis that Theon didn't kill them. Stannis might decide that Theon had suffered enough, perhaps spare him and take him into service or put him to use.

# ? Jan 5, 2012 03:01