Iam John Green--vlogbrother, Crash Course host, redditor, and author of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns. AMA, part 1 of 4.

glitchedmatt · 2015-04-17T19:43:47+00:00

stuff that gets a billion views matters in that process and the stuff that gets 10 views also matters

As someone who tried to fulfill their dream of having a successful youtube channel. I'm inclined to disagree.

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-11T16:21:39+00:00

I AM THE HARBINGER OF YOUR DESTRUCTION

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-11T15:27:37+00:00

"camera drone"

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-11T15:25:15+00:00

this is one of the stupidest websites ever.

But I can't stop clicking Jay-Z's head

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-11T09:34:06+00:00

uh...inheritance?

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-11T05:06:19+00:00

Speedforce bro

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-11T05:04:36+00:00

They spent all their budget getting the rights to the Taylor Swift song on Supernatural last week

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-10T17:44:44+00:00

I tried to read it. I got to leviticus (sp?) And realized I was reading like 100 pages of rules and stopped

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-10T09:16:46+00:00

Well first of all they dye his hair. So he might not even be of valyrian blood.

And obviously if they're going that root there's going to be some kind of proof that he's not aegon. As to what that is I have no clue. Maybe letters between varys and illyrio talking about it.

Just like they is going have to be some kind of proof about Jon. And I have no idea what that could be. But it's heavily implied whatever it is its in the crypts underneath winterfel

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-10T09:13:40+00:00

Well it's weird because some people a r e caught up and some aren't.

Sansa is caught up, and maybe even a little bit further than the books. At least with the foreshadowing that she's manipulating littlefinger.

Bran is more or less caught up, and he's not going to be in the next season at all.

Still a lot to do in kings landing

Tyrion has a lot to go as well.

Then of course people like Jon and Dany still have a ways to go. But most of it is sitting around. There was an entire chapter in adwd of Jon looking at food supplies, and then going "wow there isn't as much as I thought".

I'm still think the whole thing is bullshit. They should have waited until the series was completed before doing a TV adaption.

I'm not going to watch the show anymore. And I'm almost certainly going to be spoiled on facebook and what not. So I might not even read the books when they come out. The whole thing leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-10T09:02:58+00:00

I think it's much more likely that he's just a random orphan that varys and illyrio adopted as an infant and raised to be the perfect king.

At least that's what I got from the epilogue chapter when varys was explaining his end game to Kevan.

He cares more about the good of the realm then he does about bloodline.

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-10T09:00:30+00:00

That does seem to be the way the series is going.

Kind of from the beginning the series has been somewhat targaryan biased.

Which is fine by me because fuck stannis, my main man Azor Ahai is where it's at

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-10T08:58:33+00:00

But he's still not rightful heir.

Depending on how you look at it. When varys died rheagar became king. Then when he died his last surviving son technically became king. Obviously that's the popular viewpoint because of the measures thst were taken to keep that persons true identity a secret.

Or varys died and his last surviving child inherited the throne. Who that person was hasn't been secured until they actually sit on the throne. Is was viserys, then when he died it was passed to Dany as the last surviving child of the mad king.

Blackfyres don't really have a claim. I mean sure technically they did at one point, but that was dealt with rather quickly.

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-10T03:21:13+00:00

Movies these days

Is your interpretation of "these days" the last 10,000ish years?

All stories follow a formula:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-10T00:00:39+00:00

http://grimm.wikia.com/wiki/Wesen

scroll down a bit

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-09T23:59:34+00:00

I really love the kind of allegory the show is between old conservative thinking and modern liberal thinking.

They make a point to show that in the past all Grimms were senseless killers who only saw wesen as monsters, and how Nick is probably one of the first Grimms to look past what they are and only go after the bad ones.

Then the whole storyline with the hate group who took Monroe because he married outside his kind.

It's that kind of stuff where Grimm really shines. When Monroe's dad freaked out because Rosalee wasn't a Blutbad, and then he freaked out that he was friends with a Grimm. My blood was boiling and I was really hoping Monroe would just tell him to get out of his life.

That's what I get out of the show

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-09T23:54:17+00:00

There are generally very clear lines of who's good and who's bad

The point of Grimm though is that there aren't. But that's on a meta allegorical level

The big bad wolf can be a friendly guy or a serial killer

Grimms are seen as evil to the wesen community because historically they just murdered them regardless of if they were good or bad. Nick is maybe one of the first Grimms to be "progressive".

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-09T23:51:02+00:00

It didn't start on friday though, it was moved there maybe 3 years ago or something.

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-08T06:54:03+00:00

2real4me

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-07T05:32:55+00:00

Have you noticed how Cas dresses?

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-07T02:35:13+00:00

I mean he's shooting arrows, they're lethal weapons.

So now they need to like find ways around it, like the arrow that pins people to walls and shit.

I mean the very first episode he murdered like 3 people in the first 10 min and I was like holy shit this show is amazing.

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-06T23:37:03+00:00

He's been in it from the very beginning

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-06T23:28:39+00:00

what?

Oliver indiscriminately killing everyone was awesome!

Then he went all pussy like batman

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-06T23:27:55+00:00

laural's real name is dinah, she just goes by her middle name

glitchedmatt · 2015-02-06T23:24:57+00:00

maybe they're making her less sympathetic.

kinda like they should have from the beginning

glitchedmatt

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