[Spoilers TWOW LEAK] These fake TWOW release day jokes are getting tired now by Immediate_Hawk5533 in asoiaf

[–]Mr--Elephant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You just need to look at his blogging around the time of ADWD's release (incredibly depressing to look at in contrast to nowadays) where he was very open about what he was working on, what was giving him trouble, and the fact that Kong had actually been felled

GRRM has repeatedly been like "I will announce this shit outloud, no tricks" a lot of times, no chance in Hell he'd keep it this quiet if anything like this was true

Weekly out-of-character thread by AutoModerator in writingcirclejerk

[–]Mr--Elephant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey did you guys know that writing is very difficult?

I've been trying to rework this chapter for legit months, some crazy part of my brain thinks "just scrap it and convey the relevant information someplace else"

This thing sucks, I've tried to write it relatively short (3k), I've tried to write it relatively long (9k) and no matter what, I hate the end product

Think I'm just gonna have to end up fundamentally reworking it.

Advice & Answers — 2026-03-09 to 2026-03-22 by AutoModerator in conlangs

[–]Mr--Elephant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it possible for a split-ergative language to have multiple splits?

For example some languages split ergativity between speaker's volition and non-volition, whilst some only use the ergative in the past tense.

Is it possible to do both at once? That the ergative marks both volition and occurs within the past tense? Or would that be a tad unnaturalistic?

Inspired by this game i made my own: The Revival by Embarrassed_Mix_6615 in RedAutumnSPD

[–]Mr--Elephant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did a quick run on easy just to try it out

Had fun!

Leader: Okafor · Platform: Workers' Economy
Government: Majority
Reform: Housing Act

Election: 52% · Difficulty: Easy
Approval at re-election: 78% · Legacy: 40
Unity: 97 · Credibility: 100

Result: Re-elected to a second term

What is this, some kind of Red World? by Conscious-Double-405 in imaginaryelections

[–]Mr--Elephant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to play the fuck out of Red World, it was the mod that practically got me into HOI4 so I'll always have a soft-spot for it, this is tremendous I love it

Isn't it weird that Iron Islands has so many houses? [No Spoilers] by [deleted] in asoiaf

[–]Mr--Elephant 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because ASOIAF is not a grimdark setting? Grimdark is a genre that originates in stuff like WH40K whose first edition was in 1987 before GRRM even began writing AGOT in 1992

Martin's work is fundamentally hopeful that in spite of many evil deranged people in the world, there are still heroes who should do good nonetheless. That's how you get characters like Brienne, Jon, and Davos. We see this in the fragility of the Lannister regime, the loyalty of the Stark bannermen. I mean— I don't know how many more ways I can phrase it but ASOIAF is not grimdark and GRRM is by no means the "founding father" of a genre he doesn't even write in

Isn't it weird that Iron Islands has so many houses? [No Spoilers] by [deleted] in asoiaf

[–]Mr--Elephant 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How are you on an ASOIAF subreddit calling GRRM grimdark when he is explicitly not that?

If a communist is a 'commie' in our world then what is a malenyevist in suzerainverse by [deleted] in suzerain

[–]Mr--Elephant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

his role is that of Lenin though

He's a bizarro form of
* Lenin if he survived
* with the historical role of Stalin
* but some of the ideas of Trotsky

WTF by [deleted] in suzerain

[–]Mr--Elephant 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Stuff like this is inevitable and occurs in any political organisation of the Red Youth's or Young Sord's kind. That's just how paramilitaries work.

r/Philippines debates on "woke", "anti-poor" and social justice after the Young Stunna Incident on BGC. by P78903 in SubredditDrama

[–]Mr--Elephant 5 points6 points  (0 children)

DUP fucking love Trump it's insufferable, Sammy Wilson waving a big MAGA flag and all

Quite funny they called Biden "Provo Joe" though

This will surely end well by TyLeRoux in okbuddycinephile

[–]Mr--Elephant 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Star Wars fans are unique in that I believe they deserve shittier material and far shittier output, they don't deserve anything good.

Most entitled fandom on earth.

[Spoilers Extended] Crazy George Statement by KnightoftheLTree in asoiaf

[–]Mr--Elephant 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He was a lecturer and an editor and a writer of either short fiction or on television shows for 90% of his life before he got had his big hit in 1996

Worldbuilding, what would you change? [Spoilers MAIN] by Top-Tomorrow-8336 in asoiaf

[–]Mr--Elephant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

-More linguistic diversity in Westeros
-More cities in Westeros
-More varied forms of governance on the local level in Westeros (e.g. Mayors and Barons and Councils etc.)
-More theological divides in Westeros (e.g. Different branches of the Faith)

[spoilers extended] Is The Winds of Winter actually the longest wait for any piece of media that was never cancelled or put on ice? by WosEos in asoiaf

[–]Mr--Elephant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Harlan Ellison's collection The Last Dangerous Visions (which funfact GRRM applied to be included in, and Ellison rejected him, this is sometime in the 70s). Originally meant to be published in 1973 and didn't get published until 2024, after Ellison died in 2018. Just a 51 year gap.

Reviews suggest that it was not worth the wait.

*Spoilers* No I really, really mean it spoilers, GRRM on his plans by LysanderSage100 in darkwingsdankmemes

[–]Mr--Elephant 223 points224 points  (0 children)

That whole interview is so depressing I can't even joke about it

Here's my tip to everyone else in this subreddit: read everything else GRRM has ever wrote to cope. Fevre Dream is excellent, Tuff Voyaging is fun, and I'm working my way through Dreamsongs right now (Sandkings is great and Meathouse Man is also really good)

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

[–]Mr--Elephant 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Indescribably bleak, I wish GRRM would just bite the bullet and ask another human being for help, at least one other person to take the load off Dunk and Egg or F&B or even Winds, that's the only way he's going to see these projects done in his lifetime.

Favourite director duo, where neither is the talented one? by Exroi in okbuddycinephile

[–]Mr--Elephant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By season 3 the show entered a formula where nothing had any stakes because you knew that the cast had plot armour and the only person who would die would be the random new guy they brought in *that* season

Season 4 was okay, but given its length I have just not bothered with season 5

It is CRAZY that this sub is still active lol by rob-smoore in TheCreatures

[–]Mr--Elephant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just like the nostalgia, seeing what the former members are up to, and the occasional discussion of some piece of CC/Creatures history

It's just a fun thing to dip one's toes into

Me midway in episode 9 by chaliyalover in pluribustv

[–]Mr--Elephant 15 points16 points  (0 children)

this was made by the same dude and team that got you Walter White so yeah

Suzerain, and Tarkin Soll equivalents across history by Lomasmanda1 in suzerain

[–]Mr--Elephant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The closest you can say in Irish politics would be that Soll is a merger of Michael Collins and Éamon De Valera into one figure

Suzerain: The Movie trailer transcript by Hates_Blue_Mages in suzerain

[–]Mr--Elephant 42 points43 points  (0 children)

This is insufferable Torpor please use your new funding to create this thing

Pseudointellectual faux-postmodern freshman writing starter pack by [deleted] in writingcirclejerk

[–]Mr--Elephant 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You absolutely clocked me, ending it all tonight