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Jeffrey posted:Nah, I think the many-faced god is out. Jaqen H'qar (sp?) talked about the red god in the show so I assume they combined them. What he chooses to call the god does not matter. It is explained in Baavos that the many faced god is present in every god. The first time he mentioned him by name as I recall. They are burning alive in the Wagon. Perhaps that is the reckoning for the symmetry. Or perhaps he choose the Red god R'hllor as he was using a Braavos face and voice as cover, and the worship of R'hllor is much more common across the narrow sea then in the seven kingdoms.
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I'd still like to see what Asshai is like. I mean I know it's just Australia of... whatever planet ASOIAF takes place on, but it'd be interesting to see the Red God cult's headquarters.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 02:57 |
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I am not sure if we will see Asshai as it is far from the current events, but I am sure we will see tons of Dragon glass from it in the near future.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 03:04 |
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Sagnid posted:I am not sure if we will see Asshai as it is far from the current events, but I am sure we will see tons of Dragon glass from it in the near future. Nothing at all of the kaleeesssi storyline has fuckall to do with current events either, but there you are.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 03:09 |
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Fog Tripper posted:Nothing at all of the kaleeesssi storyline has fuckall to do with current events either, but there you are. That is highly debatable as Danny's story is part of the main plot. To clarify my point was that Asshai is so far out of the way that I cannot see why any of the current protagonist would venture there. I am sure if GRRM wants to cater to these questions he will just show us a glimpse of Melisandre past, or one of the new confirmed protagonist will be/venture to Yiti/The Shadowlands.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 03:19 |
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Got really drunk one summer night and ad-libbed the ending to all the storylines while finishing off a pack of cigarettes with another fan. Managed to get the Iron Bank to be a conduit of dragonglass swords from Asshai or something. Really the most fun I've had regarding this horrifying rape series since 2002.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 03:20 |
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I think someone in here did something like that and wrote about Mireen being bombed out of existence.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 03:26 |
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Kafka Esq. posted:Got really drunk one summer night and ad-libbed the ending to all the storylines while finishing off a pack of cigarettes with another fan. Managed to get the Iron Bank to be a conduit of dragonglass swords from Asshai or something. God this sounds amazing. I need to find a local neckbeard, buy a few boxes of wine and do this.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 03:26 |
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Sagnid posted:That is highly debatable as Danny's story is part of the main plot. Riiiiiiiiight.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 03:30 |
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Sagnid posted:That is highly debatable as Danny's story is part of the main plot. I think not. The biggest trope subversion of all - the chosen one never bothers to go to westeros and just chills in meereen for a long time, eventually conquering the summer isles.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 03:32 |
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Will we ever learn about who the Mountain is? Why does he remain loyal all this time? Is he a incest baby of some mountain god? Or just evil guy's evil henchman stereotype?
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 03:37 |
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Well, he's Frankenstein's monster now.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 03:43 |
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Jeffrey posted:I think not. The biggest trope subversion of all - the chosen one never bothers to go to westeros and just chills in meereen for a long time, eventually conquering the summer isles. The twist at the end of the series is that nothing in westeros mattered because they're just conquered by the ice elf zombies and Dany bumbling around the middle east was the real main plot all along.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 03:52 |
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Dr. Video Games 0112 posted:Will we ever learn about who the Mountain is? Why does he remain loyal all this time? Is he a incest baby of some mountain god? Or just evil guy's evil henchman stereotype? Raging dope fiend. If he can't keep in good with a lord who has a maester to keep him in gear he'd have to go cold turkey.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 04:39 |
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Dr. Video Games 0112 posted:Will we ever learn about who the Mountain is? Why does he remain loyal all this time? Is he a incest baby of some mountain god? Or just evil guy's evil henchman stereotype? Sagnid posted:God this sounds amazing. I need to find a local neckbeard, buy a few boxes of wine and do this.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 04:52 |
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Dr. Video Games 0112 posted:Will we ever learn about who the Mountain is? Why does he remain loyal all this time? Is he a incest baby of some mountain god? Or just evil guy's evil henchman stereotype? He's actually an Archmaester from the Citadel and the most articulate character in the books but he wears his chain under his armor so you never notice.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 06:43 |
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The Oberyn/Gregor fight should be quite entertaining in the show, I suppose. Unless they have him rape Elia Martell's corpse/skeleton during the fight for some reason. I could see that happening in this show.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 06:53 |
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Rosscifer posted:He's actually an Archmaester from the Citadel and the most articulate character in the books but he wears his chain under his armor so you never notice. So he's not a secret Tard?
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 07:15 |
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syscall girl posted:Raging dope fiend. If he can't keep in good with a lord who has a maester to keep him in gear he'd have to go cold turkey. I'm waiting for the ultimate redemption arc, the ZOMBIE GREGOR chapters. Where we find out The Mountain is basically like Lenny from Of Mice and Men, but mixed in with the jow/sorrow of Flowers for Algernon, and at the end we all weep fat tears for the Mountain that Rode... and call GRRM the American Tolkien-Steinbeck. Edit: Tywin will be shown to be the George Milton character, caring for Gregor through his pain induced madness, and protecting him from the cruelties of a Westeros that is poorly equipped to handle a man with a simple mind, a large body, and an even larger heart.... kcroy fucked around with this message at 07:47 on Apr 22, 2014 |
# ? Apr 22, 2014 07:44 |
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The Cleganebowl is coming and it will be glorious.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 08:49 |
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Yesterday a friend asked if the books really get as bad as he's heard. I said that if I told him how stupid Bran's story line gets he wouldn't believe me. He then guessed "Does he turn into an animal?", I didn't have the heart to tell him not only is it more ridiculous than that, but Jon is the one who (probably) turns into an animal.
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Tea Bone posted:Yesterday a friend asked if the books really get as bad as he's heard. I said that if I told him how stupid Bran's story line gets he wouldn't believe me. He then guessed "Does he turn into an animal?", I didn't have the heart to tell him not only is it more ridiculous than that, but Jon is the one who (probably) turns into an animal. Better tell him he's barking up the wrong tree with that theory.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 10:39 |
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420 Gank Mid posted:Better tell him he's barking up the wrong tree with that theory. How about this for a thread title -> ASOIAF: Series of Unfortunate Rapes
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 11:03 |
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420 Gank Mid posted:Better tell him he's barking up the wrong tree with that theory. Bran will become the hero everyone is rooting for .. but seriously the more I think about it, I'm pretty sure they are going to use Bran to show us the Tower of Joy scene. Jeffrey posted:Nah, I think the many-faced god is out. Jaqen H'qar (sp?) talked about the red god in the show so I assume they combined them. I thought he said something like.. "Sweet Red God of War".. I didn't take that to mean literally THE RED GOD, but rather that his god was one of blood and murder ( which the many faced god is, right? ). kcroy fucked around with this message at 11:10 on Apr 22, 2014 |
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Saying that Bran's story becomes stupid is indeed 'barking up the wrong tree', when did he ever have a story? In 5 books the boy had like 6 interesting scenes, the ones in AGOT where interesting mostly as an expository device, which can also be said about the ones in ADWD.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 11:17 |
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A loving time travelling tree. Still gets me every time.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 13:21 |
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Bran's story takes up so little time compared to Dany and Tyrion running in circles I can't hate it too much. It's more interesting than wondering who Tyrion's kidnapper this chapter will be.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 13:23 |
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Junkenstein posted:A loving time travelling tree. Still gets me every time. Well it's that or more rape. Well, not mind rape, rape rape. Bran is going to do something bad as Hodor isn't he.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 13:26 |
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hobbesmaster posted:Well it's that or more rape. Well, not mind rape, rape rape. My guess is the tree rape from Evil Dead
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 13:35 |
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kcroy posted:I'm waiting for the ultimate redemption arc, the ZOMBIE GREGOR chapters. Where we find out The Mountain is basically like Lenny from Of Mice and Men, but mixed in with the jow/sorrow of Flowers for Algernon, and at the end we all weep fat tears for the Mountain that Rode... and call GRRM the American Tolkien-Steinbeck. The Mountain, starring Billy Bob Thorton as Gregor Slingblade Clegane
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 13:48 |
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Contra Calculus posted:I think someone in here did something like that and wrote about Mireen being bombed out of existence. The best thing in this thread posted:
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 13:57 |
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Ron Jeremy posted:When maester luwin delivers lysa's message to cat in her bedchamber, she and ned had just gotten done loving and Gurm never misses an opportunity to graphically describe cum. In this case, it was dripping down her leg. Gurm has her say something like "he delivered my children. It's nothing he hasn't seen before." Sorry to bring this up from a few pages back but I cannot find any mention of, uh any dripping going on in the passage you mention, which reads as follows: quote:“Perhaps I should withdraw,” Maester Luwin said. I am not a native English speaker though so perhaps something escapes me?
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Mr. Neutron posted:Sorry to bring this up from a few pages back but I cannot find any mention of, uh any dripping going on in the passage you mention, which reads as follows: Anyone who has had sex knows what happens when you stand up after. (nobody in this here thread)
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 14:37 |
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There's always a bit of cum in every chapter Gurm writes.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 14:49 |
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This was the Warhammer 40K crossover wasn't it?
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 14:55 |
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kcroy posted:I thought he said something like.. "Sweet Red God of War".. I didn't take that to mean literally THE RED GOD, but rather that his god was one of blood and murder ( which the many faced god is, right? ).
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 14:59 |
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Kafka Esq. posted:Littlefinger in the show basically puts the point on it - Gregor's a big kid who got a taste for brutality early. Didn't particularly care how it made him look if he was actually the scariest motherfucker around. And it's hard to argue that he was successful, not many people get to rape and kill queens, princes and princesses and get away with it. He's probably not too particularly bright at anything other than small group tactics, and he's just a blunt instrument for Tywin, who thinks using Gregor early and often will give him an easy out for arguing the brutality of war. Not to mention, Tywin's methods are absolutely scorched earth, it's what the family song is all about; he would recognize the talent that Gregor had for being terrifying and effective. It also gets pointed out that he suffers from severe and persistent headaches. Coupled with his unusual size, it seems likely he has some kind of brain tumor and has difficulty controlling his anger.
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 15:52 |
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2610015/Game-Of-Thrones-author-George-RR-Martin-hits-TV-shows-infamous-crypt-rape-scene.html "butterfly effect" What the christ?
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# ? Apr 22, 2014 16:17 |
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http://www.avclub.com/article/george-rr-martin-nikolaj-coster-waldau-and-directo-203689quote:Meanwhile, Coster-Waldau, who plays Jaime on the show, offers his own interpretation at both IGN and The Daily Beast. He admits that it is “hosed up,” but believes that it’s a manifestation of Martin’s vision. “That’s certainly George R.R. Martin at his best, at his finest hour,” he tells IGN. “Of course [Jaime] is forcing himself,” Coster-waldau is a man who gets it.
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Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the GURM writes for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour.
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