His POV chapters were a blast to read though. So funny. Jamie’s were as well.
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I think the chapters for female characters suffered in general and may just be a man trying to write what is in a woman’s head. Or maybe GRRM just wanted us to know that Sansa was a self-centered moronic twit.
He had some appeal and intrigue early on, but I lost interest with the time jumping, as he seems to have taken a bit of a backseat to other characters. It was annoying to me how he tried to defy Rhaenyra a bit in last night's episode.
I thought Tyrion was endearing, mainly from the standpoint of him being the only person trying to be decent amongst his purely evil family. He found himself fighting on the wrong side more often than not, and usually it was because he didn't see it until it was too late.
That’s true. But regarding Sansa, I mean… she was a 13 year old sheltered rich kid. I thought her self centered view during the first book was understandable and forgivable in context.
I think his plan was to do anything and everything like Torment, bully, intimidate, humiliate… provoke till his cousin gives him a “legit” reason (draws sword) to kill him.
Everybody seemed hell bent on having him get a Jamie Lannister redemption arc already. It took multiple books/seasons before that perspective is gained.
Daemon is to me quite a bit like Elayne's brother Galad for any WoT readers. He has his 'honor' code and will do whatever he feels like to see those ends met, and will feel justified for doing so.
New leadership at HBO has been tasked with cutting costs all around. They cancelled a bunch of shows (I'm still mad about not getting a Raised by Wolves season 3) and I'm sure they were not willing to commit to multiple seasons of any show unless they think they have a winner on their hands.
I actually liked Daemon last night. And now that her son was killed, she’s going to go the route he wanted to go in the first place, I’d assume.
Barristan Selmy tells Daenerys that he heard that originally from Jaehaerys (II).
‘I am no maester to quote history at you, Your Grace. Swords have been my life, not books. But every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. Your father was not the first. King Jaehaerys once told me that madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, he said, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land.’
Barristan Selmy tells Daenerys that he heard that originally from Jaehaerys (II).
‘I am no maester to quote history at you, Your Grace. Swords have been my life, not books. But every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. Your father was not the first. King Jaehaerys once told me that madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, he said, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land.’
I really wish we’d get the series about the Long Night. That could have been an interesting series as the lack of material would have allowed for a lot of freedom in the direction of the show. It also would have been interesting to see the Westeros landscape with a bunch of small kingdoms and not the 7 major ones we see now.
IMO it was a pretty elaborate and dangerous form of bullying. I think he was content to let it be once Arrax dove into the seaside canyons to escape, as he did yell out something about a debt still needing to be paid, but things really escalated when Arrax did the drive-by flaming of Vhagar.
Yeah, his reaction at the end to me clearly indicated that he didn't mean for actual death to occur. It will be interesting to see his character arc in Season 2,
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Yeah I would love a series about the first of men, children of the forest, and the long night. Would be so interesting.
I suspect he’s saved the hardest threads for last, so who knows. Interesting he got him to say it though.
