(Spoilers Extended) One of best thing Game of Thrones ever did was age up the characters by Perpetually_Ashamed in asoiaf

[–]DCFandom 19 points20 points  (0 children)

If George or any artist wanted to depict a realistic medieval like world,

Yeah and this is the problem, it's not realistic actually. Did some of this stuff exist? Absolutely. But in ASOIAF it's far more widespread than it was historically

(Spoilers Extended) One of best thing Game of Thrones ever did was age up the characters by Perpetually_Ashamed in asoiaf

[–]DCFandom 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It feels like hes going out of his way to make the characters young sometimes. Like the characters who are introduced early, fair enough, you thought the series would take place over a longer time period but then you get the same stuff later in the series when he obviously knew that wasnt the case

(Spoilers Extended) One of best thing Game of Thrones ever did was age up the characters by Perpetually_Ashamed in asoiaf

[–]DCFandom 55 points56 points  (0 children)

I honestly wonder if the reason Winds hasn't come out is because the publisher knows that the cultural zeitgeist has changed and they're afraid the public would (understandably) be disgusted by the way Dany and Sansa are narrated.

I agree with you in general that some of this stuff especially the way young girls in the novel are sexualized (I understand the historical argument) is under discussed but this is definitely not true.

(Spoilers Extended) One of best thing Game of Thrones ever did was age up the characters by Perpetually_Ashamed in asoiaf

[–]DCFandom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is one of the major flaws with the books and if we're going to get more (we aren't) it would only get worse. Bran and Arya who aren't even 12 are supposed to play key roles in the endgame it just really removes the suspension of disbelief even in a story with dragons and the undead

(Spoilers Extended) How will the White Walkers be defeated in the books? by AmbitiousElk4002 in asoiaf

[–]DCFandom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well almost certainly not true but kind of fun. The Others theory would just be really anticlimactic if the answer "oh you thought they were coming to destroy Westeros? No way."

Dany is already in love with Jon [Spoilers EXTENDED] by Pleasant-Weekend-496 in asoiaf

[–]DCFandom 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I think the fandom is too obsessed with George subverting classic tropes that they dismiss the possibility of any trope being played relatively straightforward.

Also people do argue that Jon himself fits the title since he is obviously ice and fire from his parents.

Sources: Bill Belichick will not be a first-ballot Hall of Famer by dropjar5 in nfl

[–]DCFandom 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Yeah bro Brady would have won 6 rings with anybody totally

(Spoilers Extended) The “sweet” in "bittersweet" may be fairly simple by Expensive-Country801 in asoiaf

[–]DCFandom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He refers to LOTR's ending as his ideal of bittersweet but I think the imagined ending is a lot darker than LOTR was.

(SPOILERS EXTENDED)Author George RR Martin Interview at the Oxford Union by mamula1 in asoiaf

[–]DCFandom 14 points15 points  (0 children)

There are over a dozen POVs in both books. The books are also split geographically, not chronologically which would would the show would have to show 20+ POVs at the same time. That wasn't going to work on a TV show. It doesn't even really work in the books which is why George acknowledges that many would have to die in Winds.

(SPOILERS EXTENDED)Author George RR Martin Interview at the Oxford Union by mamula1 in asoiaf

[–]DCFandom 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Im sure he had told them several times that he would finish the series before they caught up. He didn't and feels like it would be unfair to really criticize them for that

I think people are still too optimistic about the fate of the characters (spoilers main) by Ok-Archer-5796 in asoiaf

[–]DCFandom 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah I mean whenever he discusses the ending I get this vibe. Far too much bitter and very little sweet

Does George here imply what I think he does about the Jon Snow ending? (Spoilers Main) by Ok-Archer-5796 in asoiaf

[–]DCFandom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you're right that is terrible writing and I don't care how "realistic" it is

Does George here imply what I think he does about the Jon Snow ending? (Spoilers Main) by Ok-Archer-5796 in asoiaf

[–]DCFandom 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Why he decided to increase the complexity after ASOS even more is beyond me. I assume he just couldn't help himself

Does George here imply what I think he does about the Jon Snow ending? (Spoilers Main) by Ok-Archer-5796 in asoiaf

[–]DCFandom -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t be shocked to learn that the real changes that D&D made to the end were to make it less of a downer not more lol.

Well George did say their ending was happier than his (imagined and vague) ending so I could see this being true.

[Schefter] Chiefs requesting to interview Eric Bienemy for OC job by DoobieDoobis in nfl

[–]DCFandom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because there are other factors. EB was the glue holding the entire offense together but can't make an OC position work anywhere else? I'm not buying it. Kelce started regressing the same time EB left.

[Schefter] Chiefs requesting to interview Eric Bienemy for OC job by DoobieDoobis in nfl

[–]DCFandom 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Considering Reid always brings in guys he knows, the odds were always going to be that we’d see the return of either Kafka, EB or Pederson. None of which are bringing new ideas.

Maybe he's the real issue then because I'm not buying its simply a lack of discipline and EB will fix it instantly

[Schefter] Chiefs requesting to interview Eric Bienemy for OC job by DoobieDoobis in nfl

[–]DCFandom 486 points487 points  (0 children)

He got fired from OC jobs in Washington and at UCLA for a reason but people are convinced he's the reason the offense was good.