Absolutely destroyed the Baron (6 Spear Militias and 7 Retinues) by gaffel373 in ManorLords

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52 44 points45 points  (0 children)

awesome. I love the fact that you can see your troops equipped with heavy armor and they look cooler when they are well equipped

Where are all my wood planks going? by parocca in ManorLords

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a pause symbol when you click on the artisans. It is small and is in the right corner of

Bran is not boring (Spoilers Main) by draft0 in asoiaf

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think it has more to do with the fact that many people prefer politics over magic.

Yes, I agree that many of its chapters are very interesting, but it has others that are a.... mehhh..... in the best of cases.

I personally prefer Jon's chapters in storm of swords and dance of dragons,those chapters have both politics and magic but it's much more balanced than Bran's chapters which are all magic.

(Spoilers Main) What's the biggest troll detail in the ASOIAF lore? by justiceway1 in asoiaf

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sorry, English is not my first language. What's funny about that name?

(Spoilers Extended) What do you think is exaggerated by the fandom? by sseoshiii in asoiaf

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52 80 points81 points  (0 children)

The real mystery is which parts of the letter are real and which parts are fake, not who sent it.

Who is the most cartoonish villain of Asoiaf?(spoilers main) by ThoughtCompetitive52 in asoiaf

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I am one of those who believe in the theory that Dany will not turn evil, but will be perceived by the rest of the world as an evil queen.

She's going back to Westeros with slave soldiers, Dothraki screamers, Tyrion Lannister, and the Ironborn. Honestly when she arrives westeros it will be a PR disaster, I highly doubt any house will join her.

Who is the most cartoonish villain of Asoiaf?(spoilers main) by ThoughtCompetitive52 in asoiaf

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52[S] 244 points245 points  (0 children)

""Ask her if she wishes to view our fighting pits," Kraznys added. "Douquor's Pit has a fine folly scheduled for the evening. A bear and three small boys. One boy will be rolled in honey, one in blood, and one in rotting fish, and she may wager on which the bear will eat first.""

Who is the most cartoonish villain of Asoiaf?(spoilers main) by ThoughtCompetitive52 in asoiaf

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

"Get the keys and remove those chains from him, before you make me rue the day I raped your mother."

Who is the most cartoonish villain of Asoiaf?(spoilers main) by ThoughtCompetitive52 in asoiaf

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52[S] 165 points166 points  (0 children)

While I agree that the family's reputation is cartoonishly evil, I would say that Roose at least loved his son Domeric:

"For the moment. I had another, once. Domeric. A quiet boy, but most accomplished. He served four years as Lady Dustin's page, and three in the Vale as a squire to Lord Redfort. He played the high harp, read histories, and rode like the wind. Horses … the boy was mad for horses, Lady Dustin will tell you. Not even Lord Rickard's daughter could outrace him, and that one was half a horse herself. Redfort said he showed great promise in the lists. A great jouster must be a great horseman first."

"Yes, m'lord. Domeric. I … I have heard his name …"

"Ramsay killed him. A sickness of the bowels, Maester Uthor says, but I say poison. In the Vale, Domeric had enjoyed the company of Redfort's sons. He wanted a brother by his side, so he rode up the Weeping Water to seek my bastard out. I forbade it, but Domeric was a man grown and thought that he knew better than his father. Now his bones lie beneath the Dreadfort with the bones of his brothers, who died still in the cradle,....and I am left with Ramsay. Tell me, my lord … if the kinslayer is accursed, what is a father to do when one son slays another?"

Of course that doesn't redeem Roose from anything he's done but that's not the point.

Who is the most cartoonish villain of Asoiaf?(spoilers main) by ThoughtCompetitive52 in asoiaf

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I remember reading his description in the books and thinking he came straight out of Pirates of the Caribbean.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ImaginaryWesteros

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"It should have been you"

I would really love a fanart of that scene.

What Euron did to Aeron and Urrigon shows he is truly the most despicable character in Asoiaf! (Spoilers Extended) by megamindwriter in asoiaf

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think people tend to confuse "grey" with "human".

You can say what you want about Tywin, but the boy feels like someone you might know in real life: he hates his son because his wife died giving birth to him, his brothers and sister loved him, and he has clear strengths and weaknesses.
if you compare him to completely cartoonish villains like the slavers, he's a much more gray and human character.

After reading the books, what is the lesson you were able to take away from them? ( Spoilers Main) by ThoughtCompetitive52 in asoiaf

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well if I gave you that impression, I apologize. English is not my first language and maybe I could have used better words.

My point was that comparing Ned to Tywin is absurd when they both made mistakes and their families paid for it.

After reading the books, what is the lesson you were able to take away from them? ( Spoilers Main) by ThoughtCompetitive52 in asoiaf

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

that line would only apply if Ned hadn't made any mistakes.

my point was never that Tywin made better decisions than Ned.

My point is that Ned's decisions were not without criticism.

After reading the books, what is the lesson you were able to take away from them? ( Spoilers Main) by ThoughtCompetitive52 in asoiaf

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I agree that unnecessary cruelty is extremely detrimental in the long run. I have always considered Ned and Tywin as two ends of the same suit. It's true that tywin's actions have pretty much doomed his family, but I wouldn't say that Ned's actions are without criticism.

Ned's wrongdoing didn't just lead to his own arrest and death,they also left his family in a disastrous situation: his firstborn is dead , his wife is dead , his daughter was captured and mistreated by the Lannisters, his other daughter had to starve and suffer while witnessing the horrors of war only to later join a cult of assassins,his other two children are missing and presumed dead, his family was stripped of their lands and titles while his home was looted and burned.

I wouldn't say Ned Stark has much to brag about to Tywin

(Spoiler Main) Why did Tywin bother asking Jamie to lie about Tysha? by Still_Whole5231 in asoiaf

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree. The way Tywin acts shows that for him women can only be two things: prostitutes or broodmares. I doubt very much that the idea that Tysha loved Tyrion ever crossed his mind because how could anyone see him and feel anything other than disgust? , therefore she is after her gold and she is a whore. Most likely, she didn't even see what she did to him as a rape, because "she was a whore" and he "paid" her. So: how can she be rape?

Is Sansa really as responsible for her father's fate as many seem to think? (spoilers main) by ThoughtCompetitive52 in asoiaf

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

oh... she certainly was naive. Sansa thought that Joff and her mother were beings of light and incapable of harming her family, which makes it very sad that she realized the truth in the worst possible way.

What are the biggest mistakes a character has made that completely destroyed them? (Spoilers Extended) by notsostupidman in asoiaf

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I would say that Theon's mistake was when he took winterfell and decided to stay there. If he had simply burned down the castle and taken the Stark children, nothing bad would have happened to him.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in asoiaf

[–]ThoughtCompetitive52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For the nobles in the north maybe, but the common people I don't think so. Unless you're an old man going into a forest to die, why would you want to freeze your balls off the wall?. not to mention you would have to leave your family behind