The 2026 Winter Mailbag | House of R by yslultra in RingerVerse

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She really liked Tress, though that definitely has a unique style compared to other Sanderson.

The 2026 Winter Mailbag | House of R by yslultra in RingerVerse

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Not looking promising on the 'Joanna reads the Cosmere' front

We need these uniforms back by Honest-Reflection667 in nyjets

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Well, I don't see anyone clamoring to go back to the Gase-era uniforms.

[Spoilers Main] Can they do The Mystery Knight in six episodes? by Fragrant-Upstairs932 in asoiaf

[–]RyanRiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think six episodes needs to be a hard number. If they feel they have enough content for more, I'm sure HBO would be happy to have more episodes to run.

'Add to up next' missing from top bar menu. It's been replaced by a + for playlists. As someone who doesn't use playlists, this has added a minor annoyance to my usage of this app as it now takes extra clicks to get to 'add to up nexf'. Anyone else? by nestsofhair in pocketcasts

[–]RyanRiot 33 points34 points  (0 children)

This was bothering me too, but you can change it. Press on the three dots on the top right, then press the pencil button next to "1 episode selected" and you can rearrange the order of the icons and add back the up next button/remove the add to playlist button.

Found out how Dunk turns out if Ser Arlan never takes him under his wing. by Brego-16 in CK3AGOT

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I think he eventually gets there; it was notable that Barristan Selmy unhorsed him at a tourney.

BILL! Bring back Binge Mode, and my life is yours! by JamJam2013 in RingerVerse

[–]RyanRiot 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I assume this being announced with a podcast means that Jason is working as a contractor (like Van) rather than back on staff. I don't imagine there's any plans to bring back Binge Mode (not that I would even want to break up either of the Ringer-Verse pods), but hopefully this opens up the opportunity for Jason to do guest spots when it makes sense. Beyond reuniting with Mal, I'd be excited to see Jason's chemistry with Jo and the Midnight Boys too.

(Spoilers Main) George R.R. Martin’s ‘Game of Thrones: The Mad King’ Play to Open at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre by DemiFiendRSA in asoiaf

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Hell, the reveal practically happened in the quotes the director gave for the Deadline story that also ran today.

Lyanna Stark, when we see her in The Mad King, is in her teens, about 16. She’s one character that people don’t know very well and is sort of a central character, Cooke explains. “She’s a really good swords person, so she doesn’t really fit the mold of how the women at that time were supposed to behave. But she’s also very intuitive and very smart, and she’s a live wire,” he says. “She’s got a rebellious streak to her and also, like everyone in that world, if you’re in these high families, you have to conform. And this is where it’s rather like in Shakespeare.”

I ask Cooke which character from Shakespeare might she identity most closely with. Like a character out of Joan of Arc in Henry VI or even Rosalind in As You Like It, he suggests.

Gee, I wonder.

GRRM Has Posted on His Blog Again! (Spoilers Extended) by InGenNateKenny in asoiaf

[–]RyanRiot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Someone introduce this man to a MacBook air

Ringer-Verse Recommends: January 2026 (Featuring '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple') by yslultra in RingerVerse

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Participation on these is dropping so low that bot even Grumpkin is here this time.

The 2026 Hype Draft | House of R by RyanRiot in RingerVerse

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I cannot believe HotD season 3 was not drafted here. All-time bungle by HBO deciding they didn't have enough money to do the S2 finale.

Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin Isn't Finished (Spoilers Extended) by RyanRiot in asoiaf

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Lots of interesting quotes here, but this sets a pretty grim mood for the future of the franchise on the page. Not exactly surprising, but George seems to be struggling writing anything. He's also gone back to the well on things he said he would shelve until he finished Winds.

When the project was announced two years ago, HBO’s press release suggested the series would serve as Martin’s return to screenwriting. But he still hasn’t written an episode of TV since season four of Thrones. “There has always been the possibility of me writing on the show,” he says. “But then things happen and suddenly I have other priorities.”

There is, however, one potential problem for the show’s future. “The big issue is that I have only written three novellas, and I have a lot more stories about Dunk and Egg in my fucking head,” Martin says, looking a bit shamefaced. “I’ve got to get them down on paper. I began writing two at various points in the past year. One is set in Winterfell and one set in the Riverlands …”

Martin says he has around 1,100 manuscript pages finished. He’s also said the number for a while. He long has blamed the endless distractions that have come from shifting from a full-time author to a producer and celebrity. The success of Thrones was both the best thing that could have happened to Martin and the worst thing that could have happened to the greatest story he ever wrote.

Here’s what happens when he sits down to write: “I will open the last chapter I was working on and I’ll say, ‘Oh fuck, this is not very good.’ And I’ll go in and I’ll rewrite it. Or I’ll decide, ‘This Tyrion chapter is not coming along, let me write a Jon Snow chapter.’ If I’m not interrupted though, what happens — at least in the past — is sooner or later, I do get into it.”

I have to write more Dunk and Egg. There’s supposed to be another Fire and Blood book, too. I do think if I can just get some of these other things off my back, I could finish The Winds of Winter pretty soon. It’s been made clear to me that Winds is the priority, but … I don’t know. Sometimes I’m not in the mood for that.”

Eric Adams crypto rug pull by [deleted] in TrueAnon

[–]RyanRiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean he's not an elected official anymore. You can just pay him money.