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Having finished and knowing what to expect from it, I didn't mind Feast too much once I stopped expecting something to happen. It's a book full of character moments rather than full of plot. If I'd read it when it came out, knowing that there'd be three years until the next one, I'd probably have hated it. As it is, knowing I can read the next one whenever I want, it's not too bad.
There's not a lot of character development though. Cersei's plot in particular takes a lot of time to tell us that Cersei would be a bad queen and is a pretty unpleasant person. The scales falling from Jaime's eyes seems like the most important thing that happened in her plot. Brienne's character is still Honourable And Good At Fighting. I enjoyed Arya's plot a lot, but found the end point frustrating. Presumably it's going to be two books until we find out what the fuck happened there, ditto Brienne's almost literal cliffhanger
Actually, Arya shows up in Dance.
I believe she is the only character who got face time in both books.
=_= Just in case you don't care to know anything about Goddamned anything in Dance with Dragons.
the spoiling isn't so much for the person who's about to read Dance, it's for the people who don't know how the time between where we currently are in the show and where dance starts goes
talking about major characters pretty much confirms they're still alive (which is a bit of a spoiler in this series)
Listen man. They have a thread, where it is VERY CLEAR that there are NO BOOKS. And if they don't want ANY SPOILERS, that is their safe haven, and that is where they should stay. Sure, mentioning a character confirms they're alive, but spoilers abound in the internets, and if you stray outside of the designated SHOW ONLY zone, well, guess what. Shit has been out for 3, 7, and 13+ years.
this isn't D&D, we use this one thread for all ASOIAF/GOT stuff and it generally works pretty well
Having finished and knowing what to expect from it, I didn't mind Feast too much once I stopped expecting something to happen. It's a book full of character moments rather than full of plot. If I'd read it when it came out, knowing that there'd be three years until the next one, I'd probably have hated it. As it is, knowing I can read the next one whenever I want, it's not too bad.
There's not a lot of character development though. Cersei's plot in particular takes a lot of time to tell us that Cersei would be a bad queen and is a pretty unpleasant person. The scales falling from Jaime's eyes seems like the most important thing that happened in her plot. Brienne's character is still Honourable And Good At Fighting. I enjoyed Arya's plot a lot, but found the end point frustrating. Presumably it's going to be two books until we find out what the fuck happened there, ditto Brienne's almost literal cliffhanger
Actually, Arya shows up in Dance.
I believe she is the only character who got face time in both books.
=_= Just in case you don't care to know anything about Goddamned anything in Dance with Dragons.
the spoiling isn't so much for the person who's about to read Dance, it's for the people who don't know how the time between where we currently are in the show and where dance starts goes
talking about major characters pretty much confirms they're still alive (which is a bit of a spoiler in this series)
this has been happening like every other post for the past two pages
well yeah and I'd rather it hadn't, but you can only obnoxiously remind people about this so often
and I know it's an easy thing to slip about cause it seems like such a small detail
Having finished and knowing what to expect from it, I didn't mind Feast too much once I stopped expecting something to happen. It's a book full of character moments rather than full of plot. If I'd read it when it came out, knowing that there'd be three years until the next one, I'd probably have hated it. As it is, knowing I can read the next one whenever I want, it's not too bad.
There's not a lot of character development though. Cersei's plot in particular takes a lot of time to tell us that Cersei would be a bad queen and is a pretty unpleasant person. The scales falling from Jaime's eyes seems like the most important thing that happened in her plot. Brienne's character is still Honourable And Good At Fighting. I enjoyed Arya's plot a lot, but found the end point frustrating. Presumably it's going to be two books until we find out what the fuck happened there, ditto Brienne's almost literal cliffhanger
Actually, Arya shows up in Dance.
I believe she is the only character who got face time in both books.
=_= Just in case you don't care to know anything about Goddamned anything in Dance with Dragons.
the spoiling isn't so much for the person who's about to read Dance, it's for the people who don't know how the time between where we currently are in the show and where dance starts goes
talking about major characters pretty much confirms they're still alive (which is a bit of a spoiler in this series)
this has been happening like every other post for the past two pages
It's fine. Even if people who watch the show and haven't read the books are fucking plebes and [elitism-elitism-elitism]
Having finished and knowing what to expect from it, I didn't mind Feast too much once I stopped expecting something to happen. It's a book full of character moments rather than full of plot. If I'd read it when it came out, knowing that there'd be three years until the next one, I'd probably have hated it. As it is, knowing I can read the next one whenever I want, it's not too bad.
There's not a lot of character development though. Cersei's plot in particular takes a lot of time to tell us that Cersei would be a bad queen and is a pretty unpleasant person. The scales falling from Jaime's eyes seems like the most important thing that happened in her plot. Brienne's character is still Honourable And Good At Fighting. I enjoyed Arya's plot a lot, but found the end point frustrating. Presumably it's going to be two books until we find out what the fuck happened there, ditto Brienne's almost literal cliffhanger
Actually, Arya shows up in Dance.
I believe she is the only character who got face time in both books.
=_= Just in case you don't care to know anything about Goddamned anything in Dance with Dragons.
the spoiling isn't so much for the person who's about to read Dance, it's for the people who don't know how the time between where we currently are in the show and where dance starts goes
talking about major characters pretty much confirms they're still alive (which is a bit of a spoiler in this series)
Listen man. They have a thread, where it is VERY CLEAR that there are NO BOOKS. And if they don't want ANY SPOILERS, that is their safe haven, and that is where they should stay. Sure, mentioning a character confirms they're alive, but spoilers abound in the internets, and if you stray outside of the designated SHOW ONLY zone, well, guess what. Shit has been out for 3, 7, and 13+ years.
this isn't D&D, we use this one thread for all ASOIAF/GOT stuff and it generally works pretty well
Having finished and knowing what to expect from it, I didn't mind Feast too much once I stopped expecting something to happen. It's a book full of character moments rather than full of plot. If I'd read it when it came out, knowing that there'd be three years until the next one, I'd probably have hated it. As it is, knowing I can read the next one whenever I want, it's not too bad.
There's not a lot of character development though. Cersei's plot in particular takes a lot of time to tell us that Cersei would be a bad queen and is a pretty unpleasant person. The scales falling from Jaime's eyes seems like the most important thing that happened in her plot. Brienne's character is still Honourable And Good At Fighting. I enjoyed Arya's plot a lot, but found the end point frustrating. Presumably it's going to be two books until we find out what the fuck happened there, ditto Brienne's almost literal cliffhanger
Actually, Arya shows up in Dance.
I believe she is the only character who got face time in both books.
=_= Just in case you don't care to know anything about Goddamned anything in Dance with Dragons.
the spoiling isn't so much for the person who's about to read Dance, it's for the people who don't know how the time between where we currently are in the show and where dance starts goes
talking about major characters pretty much confirms they're still alive (which is a bit of a spoiler in this series)
this has been happening like every other post for the past two pages
well yeah and I'd rather it hadn't, but you can only obnoxiously remind people about this so often
and I know it's an easy thing to slip about cause it seems like such a small detail
You're right, you're right, that's why I spoilered it
even if I couldn't resist giving you a little of that monkey sass.
AFfC is worth it just for Septon Maribold's discourse on war.
I have to admit, I'm a little afraid that if anything gets cut from the TV adaption of AFFC, it'll probably be Brienne riding around the swamplands with Pod, Hunt and Meribald.
I really hope it doesn't happen, because it's some of the best character writing GRRM's done in the entire series, but it's one of those things that I don't see necessarily translating to the screen well.
AFfC is worth it just for Septon Maribold's discourse on war.
I have to admit, I'm a little afraid that if anything gets cut from the TV adaption of AFFC, it'll probably be Brienne riding around the swamplands with Pod, Hunt and Meribald.
I really hope it doesn't happen, because it's some of the best character writing GRRM's done in the entire series, but it's one of those things that I don't see necessarily translating to the screen well.
You're probably right
at the very least Hunt will probably be cut, or have his role reduced to one episode
Maribold will probably also be a one-episode guy who they just cross paths with rather than travel with
Podrick has actually had more highly visible role this season than in the book, though, so I would imagine they'd be willing to keep him in the show
established in dance of dragons? To at least some degree? Because if I read that whole fucking brick and they don't resolve that cliffhanger I'm going to flip a fucking table.
established in dance of dragons? To at least some degree? Because if I read that whole fucking brick and they don't resolve that cliffhanger I'm going to flip a fucking table.
established in dance of dragons? To at least some degree? Because if I read that whole fucking brick and they don't resolve that cliffhanger I'm going to flip a fucking table.
It's possible to deduce what happens just from the information given to you in Feast
but yes that cliffhanger does get somewhat resolved.
wait, is it?
what happens
Brienne is asked to choose between the sword (going to kill Jaime as revenge for Robb's death) or the noose (dying in his place), and then as they're about to hang her she "shouts the one word that could save her" or something to that tune
It's possible to deduce what happens just from the information given to you in Feast
but yes that cliffhanger does get somewhat resolved.
wait, is it?
what happens
Brienne is asked to choose between the sword (going to kill Jaime as revenge for Robb's death) or the noose (dying in his place), and then as they're about to hang her she "shouts the one word that could save her" or something to that tune
which of course is "sword"
well it's not quite as overt as spelling out that it's the one word that could save her, it just says that she calls out a word. The context that's important is that she's looking at Hyle and Pod as she does it, because we know Brienne would die for Jaime, but she would not let others die for him.
Theodore Flooseveltproud parent of eight beautiful girls and shalmelodorne (which is currently being ruled by a woman (awesome role model for my daughters)) #dornedadRegistered Userregular
Having finished and knowing what to expect from it, I didn't mind Feast too much once I stopped expecting something to happen. It's a book full of character moments rather than full of plot. If I'd read it when it came out, knowing that there'd be three years until the next one, I'd probably have hated it. As it is, knowing I can read the next one whenever I want, it's not too bad.
There's not a lot of character development though. Cersei's plot in particular takes a lot of time to tell us that Cersei would be a bad queen and is a pretty unpleasant person. The scales falling from Jaime's eyes seems like the most important thing that happened in her plot. Brienne's character is still Honourable And Good At Fighting. I enjoyed Arya's plot a lot, but found the end point frustrating. Presumably it's going to be two books until we find out what the fuck happened there, ditto Brienne's almost literal cliffhanger
Actually, Arya shows up in Dance.
I believe she is the only character who got face time in both books.
=_= Just in case you don't care to know anything about Goddamned anything in Dance with Dragons.
the spoiling isn't so much for the person who's about to read Dance, it's for the people who don't know how the time between where we currently are in the show and where dance starts goes
talking about major characters pretty much confirms they're still alive (which is a bit of a spoiler in this series)
this has been happening like every other post for the past two pages
It's fine. Even if people who watch the show and haven't read the books are fucking plebes and [elitism-elitism-elitism]
Having finished and knowing what to expect from it, I didn't mind Feast too much once I stopped expecting something to happen. It's a book full of character moments rather than full of plot. If I'd read it when it came out, knowing that there'd be three years until the next one, I'd probably have hated it. As it is, knowing I can read the next one whenever I want, it's not too bad.
There's not a lot of character development though. Cersei's plot in particular takes a lot of time to tell us that Cersei would be a bad queen and is a pretty unpleasant person. The scales falling from Jaime's eyes seems like the most important thing that happened in her plot. Brienne's character is still Honourable And Good At Fighting. I enjoyed Arya's plot a lot, but found the end point frustrating. Presumably it's going to be two books until we find out what the fuck happened there, ditto Brienne's almost literal cliffhanger
Actually, Arya shows up in Dance.
I believe she is the only character who got face time in both books.
=_= Just in case you don't care to know anything about Goddamned anything in Dance with Dragons.
the spoiling isn't so much for the person who's about to read Dance, it's for the people who don't know how the time between where we currently are in the show and where dance starts goes
talking about major characters pretty much confirms they're still alive (which is a bit of a spoiler in this series)
Listen man. They have a thread, where it is VERY CLEAR that there are NO BOOKS. And if they don't want ANY SPOILERS, that is their safe haven, and that is where they should stay. Sure, mentioning a character confirms they're alive, but spoilers abound in the internets, and if you stray outside of the designated SHOW ONLY zone, well, guess what. Shit has been out for 3, 7, and 13+ years.
this isn't D&D, we use this one thread for all ASOIAF/GOT stuff and it generally works pretty well
Having finished and knowing what to expect from it, I didn't mind Feast too much once I stopped expecting something to happen. It's a book full of character moments rather than full of plot. If I'd read it when it came out, knowing that there'd be three years until the next one, I'd probably have hated it. As it is, knowing I can read the next one whenever I want, it's not too bad.
There's not a lot of character development though. Cersei's plot in particular takes a lot of time to tell us that Cersei would be a bad queen and is a pretty unpleasant person. The scales falling from Jaime's eyes seems like the most important thing that happened in her plot. Brienne's character is still Honourable And Good At Fighting. I enjoyed Arya's plot a lot, but found the end point frustrating. Presumably it's going to be two books until we find out what the fuck happened there, ditto Brienne's almost literal cliffhanger
Actually, Arya shows up in Dance.
I believe she is the only character who got face time in both books.
=_= Just in case you don't care to know anything about Goddamned anything in Dance with Dragons.
the spoiling isn't so much for the person who's about to read Dance, it's for the people who don't know how the time between where we currently are in the show and where dance starts goes
talking about major characters pretty much confirms they're still alive (which is a bit of a spoiler in this series)
this has been happening like every other post for the past two pages
well yeah and I'd rather it hadn't, but you can only obnoxiously remind people about this so often
and I know it's an easy thing to slip about cause it seems like such a small detail
You're right, you're right, that's why I spoilered it
even if I couldn't resist giving you a little of that monkey sass.
you're good, sarukun
I would never begrudge ya a lil monkey sass
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Theodore Flooseveltproud parent of eight beautiful girls and shalmelodorne (which is currently being ruled by a woman (awesome role model for my daughters)) #dornedadRegistered Userregular
might not even be a Kingsmoot if Asha's fucked off to the Dreadfort
What are you talking about? He was totally in that one episode when he poured seawater on Theon
Eh, there wasn't any indication of who he was at the moment, so it doesn't really make anything a certainty
it'd assuredly be a different actor when the time came, anyway
but yeah
I don't really see how you cut Damphair. Or I guess I can see how, but not why. Someone else could do his plot-moving parts, but the show would be missing out on a whole nother side of Iron Islander culture that you don't really get elsewhere.
I guess I'm also assuming he's going to show back up with some modicum of importance in WoW
might not even be a Kingsmoot if Asha's fucked off to the Dreadfort
What are you talking about? He was totally in that one episode when he poured seawater on Theon
Eh, there wasn't any indication of who he was at the moment, so it doesn't really make anything a certainty
it'd assuredly be a different actor when the time came, anyway
but yeah
I don't really see how you cut Damphair. Or I guess I can see how, but not why. Someone else could do his plot-moving parts, but the show would be missing out on a whole nother side of Iron Islander culture that you don't really get elsewhere.
I guess I'm also assuming he's going to show back up with some modicum of importance in WoW
He has at least one POV chapter in Winds of Winter.
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Theodore Flooseveltproud parent of eight beautiful girls and shalmelodorne (which is currently being ruled by a woman (awesome role model for my daughters)) #dornedadRegistered Userregular
might not even be a Kingsmoot if Asha's fucked off to the Dreadfort
What are you talking about? He was totally in that one episode when he poured seawater on Theon
Eh, there wasn't any indication of who he was at the moment, so it doesn't really make anything a certainty
it'd assuredly be a different actor when the time came, anyway
but yeah
I don't really see how you cut Damphair. Or I guess I can see how, but not why. Someone else could do his plot-moving parts, but the show would be missing out on a whole nother side of Iron Islander culture that you don't really get elsewhere.
I guess I'm also assuming he's going to show back up with some modicum of importance in WoW
He has at least one POV chapter in Winds of Winter.
Okay, I just finished FFC, can someone answer me a quick question
Should I know Pate? I looked in the appendix and it lists a Pate as Tommen's whipping boy which i do recall, but that doesn't sound right unless time travel??
Theodore Flooseveltproud parent of eight beautiful girls and shalmelodorne (which is currently being ruled by a woman (awesome role model for my daughters)) #dornedadRegistered Userregular
Okay, I just finished FFC, can someone answer me a quick question
Should I know Pate? I looked in the appendix and it lists a Pate as Tommen's whipping boy which i do recall, but that doesn't sound right unless time travel??
i'm so bad at characters
pretty sure
pate is the maester-in-training at old town, right? Who was also featured in the prologue chapter of AFFC?
so think about the prologue chapter and how that ends
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Naw, all the cool kids these days think he's the original Night's King.
Your avatar and this post both make me smile.
this isn't D&D, we use this one thread for all ASOIAF/GOT stuff and it generally works pretty well
well yeah and I'd rather it hadn't, but you can only obnoxiously remind people about this so often
and I know it's an easy thing to slip about cause it seems like such a small detail
i just went back and looked at them recently
bloodraven is in them, being all bloodravenny
It's fine. Even if people who watch the show and haven't read the books are fucking plebes and [elitism-elitism-elitism]
You're right, you're right, that's why I spoilered it
even if I couldn't resist giving you a little of that monkey sass.
get them on your kindle
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I really hope it doesn't happen, because it's some of the best character writing GRRM's done in the entire series, but it's one of those things that I don't see necessarily translating to the screen well.
You're probably right
Maribold will probably also be a one-episode guy who they just cross paths with rather than travel with
Podrick has actually had more highly visible role this season than in the book, though, so I would imagine they'd be willing to keep him in the show
Those were my favorite parts of the slog that was fftc
yes
but it immediately sets up a worse cliffhanger
but yes that cliffhanger does get somewhat resolved.
Yeah, it was pretty unsatisfying.
wait, is it?
what happens
which of course is "sword"
So yes, she calls for the sword.
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you're good, sarukun
I would never begrudge ya a lil monkey sass
Eh, there wasn't any indication of who he was at the moment, so it doesn't really make anything a certainty
it'd assuredly be a different actor when the time came, anyway
but yeah
I guess I'm also assuming he's going to show back up with some modicum of importance in WoW
He has at least one POV chapter in Winds of Winter.
Is it online, or has it just been confirmed/read?
i'm so bad at characters
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pretty sure
so think about the prologue chapter and how that ends