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Ambiguatron posted:Martin apparently has no idea what a "foot" is. Either that, or Westeros uses a different system of measurement that is nevertheless steeped in the same terminology. Unless there's some magic involved, Gregor Clegane would have serious heart problems and probably keel over by the time he's 35. Being athletic enough to be a knight, much less be exceptionally strong, would kill him. Gregor is supposed to be a foot taller than Andre the Giant. Think about that. Actually there were many different foot unit in the pre-industrial world, with the imperial one falling in the middle of the range. Belgian feet would give him the height of your average bouncer. That or Martinworld has lower gravity. Or it is fantasy.
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So I read the two Dance of Dragons short. Basically they're wikipedia articles for something that does not exist, but I still found them surprisingly readable. So yeah.
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Jul 4, 2014 23:42
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They still have to give the real characters something to do so the actors don't jump ship.
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Jul 5, 2014 19:55
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No clue but we're on third Hound/second Tommen for example, so clearly they don't lock their cells very well. And it happens in plenty other series that actors go AWOL. Realistically, if they really want to leave, what can you do?
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Jul 5, 2014 20:16
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Skrill.exe posted:Heirry's gonna bite it. You just blew my mind.
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Jul 8, 2014 23:01
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Aegon (if true) still comes first. The Targaryen system is not really fixed and seems to have some ad hoc wriggling (like many medieval inheritances) but mostly it excludes/push farther down the line women. There has however been several precedents of calling a council of the great lords to decide thorny cases, and such a council could concievably overrule a previous one.
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Jul 9, 2014 00:20
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She's Aegon's real mother and the witness that proves him an impostor.
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Jul 20, 2014 03:09
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quote:I would review the tapes Who wants to bet he still has a VCR to go with his DOS computer? And some poor intern has to transfer video files on tape to accomodate him because he can't into DVD?
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Jul 27, 2014 01:25
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It's even sillier because one was talking aboit her waist snd the other about her hips. Waist and hips of different size ?? Sounds suspicious.
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Jul 27, 2014 23:23
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Pretty sure Jon "dying" will make the show watchers go bananas.
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Aug 3, 2014 18:21
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...As bad as Winds needs a writer.
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Aug 7, 2014 18:56
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It's not like Denys Mallister does much in the books. Maybe he died in costume and they kept shooting.
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Aug 11, 2014 19:59
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It is weird (but narratively understandable) that houses endure for thousands of years. Historically they would rise and fall much faster. And the surviving ones would spread a lot more.
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Aug 14, 2014 13:08
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Intel&Sebastian posted:I predict one day ASOIAF will be looked back on like Dune. Read the first book, maybe the next 2 and then just imagine your own continuation because the actual one is loving garbage with garbage sauce on top. Except Dune 1 is a perfectly fine self-contained novel on its own. Agot is not.
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Aug 15, 2014 20:00
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SpannerX posted:Has this been posted yet? I've skipped a few (dozen) pages. That's interesting. I chucled a little at her thinking the action "lagged a little" in ACOK. She's in for a treat in the later books.
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Aug 15, 2014 20:38
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Gurm jobber.
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Aug 16, 2014 23:44
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Agamemnon is like the least cool character in the Iliad except maybe Thersites. I'd rather descend from Achilles/Hector/Odysseus, thanks.
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Aug 17, 2014 09:09
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Rember Finding Forrester? Where Forrester was an old goony antisocial peevish bearded writer who made one good book and stopped working? Yeah.
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Aug 29, 2014 22:18
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You'll be baaaack... No one really leaves it behind.
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Sep 6, 2014 09:15
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If Dany before she reaches Westeros it will be the worst shaggy dog story ever. And hilarious. No but you see it subverts expectations because
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Sep 22, 2014 23:09
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How great would that be if he mixed up his files and ends up spoiling something big in it ?
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Sep 30, 2014 18:46
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Evil Fluffy posted:She doesn't seem to hit the whole "I'm just a (little) girl, ignorant of war" thing that Dany does in the book to make people underestimate her. Well, while it's obvious why they made this change, book Dany actually is a little girl whereas whatsername is an adult woman.
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Oct 5, 2014 00:04
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They did send a troop around, it was beaten at the Bridge of Skulls which for some reason happened entirely off-focus and was briefly told to Jon in like two sentences. Meanwhile, twenty chapters of Arya walking in circles.
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Oct 11, 2014 11:37
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Yes, I too am very interested in reading about the glorious ascension of Aryan, all 1,488 pages of it Targaryan Brotherhood without Banners Fire and Blood in, Fire and Blood out
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Nov 7, 2014 22:49
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It sounds likely that Dozois (who can probably edit anthologies in his sleep at this point) does most of the footwork and Martin contributes mostly his name/clout.
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Feb 27, 2015 13:17
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It's obviously Sam. Or is he the target reader insert?
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Apr 13, 2015 22:01
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AtAt-de-fay posted:Imagine. Late at night. Alone in bed. And then ... What really sells it is the subtitles. Like it's a whole language that just happens to be completely alien.
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Apr 25, 2015 00:20
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I really dug the chapter where Stannis army gets bogged down in the snows like Russia invaders. Dealt well with the rising despair, everything falling apart, etc. And of course it's a metaphor for the series.
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May 8, 2015 11:39
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Mel lobbed a fireball at the eagle warg though. Sounds like fire magic to me.
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Jun 25, 2015 06:29
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The giant is Sweetrobin's ◇doll◇. It's litterally text.
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Jul 26, 2015 15:09
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That's not really helping, like one in three male characters is a grrm self-insert.
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Sep 15, 2015 21:35
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Same with Winds of Winter.
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Oct 26, 2015 01:14
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And title them Winds of Winter for good measure.
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Nov 9, 2015 01:56
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computer parts posted:So, Aerys II is not a self insert. Aerys II employed a migrant from the Free Cities and look how it turned out.
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Nov 24, 2015 01:23
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Hey show watchers! Jon is actually the son of that guy we mentionned twice five years ago and the sister of that other guy who died five years ago. It is important because
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Dec 11, 2015 14:47
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Same.
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Apr 11, 2016 22:49
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They're vampires so they can't get inside. I really dug the tower design too.
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May 10, 2016 05:56
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More like Write Slower.
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May 20, 2016 12:36
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Bran looks like twelve years older than six years ago, they're not even trying.
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In French it was "Don't let them outside". Only "outside" (au dehors) evolves into Hodor.
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