if you do that it my be courteous to hide all the disparaging comments made on the topics of his slow writing, his love of Wild Cards and .... his weight!!
"Arya did not dare take a bath, even though she smelled as bad as Yoren by now, all sour and stinky. Some of the creatures living in her clothes had come all the way from Flea Bottom with her; it didn’t seem right to drown them."
if you do that it my be courteous to hide all the disparaging comments made on the topics of his slow writing, his love of Wild Cards and .... his weight!!
so you mean the ones that talk about His Weighting until Wild Cards is done before getting back to his one-finger poking on the abacus he uses for his novelization of HBO's Game of Thrones?
I honestly feel like a Mance question is probably the best option. To my knowledge, nobody's ever asked him one. Which is odd considering Mance is like the 3rd character introduced in Bran I, the first chapter and has been with us practically all series. He's an incredibly important character but nobody ever asks GRRM about him. I'm sure there's plenty GRRM could and would tell us about him. And I'm sure there's plenty he wouldn't, but even a "keep reading" could tell us we're on the right track.
Plus, as I'm fond of reminding voice, we do need to remember where GRRM is taking the story, and not where he'd once had the story or what occurred pre-series. He killed off Rhaegar, Lyanna, Arthur, Ned, Robert, whoever before the series began/early on. ADWD and TWOW deal with characters like Stannis, Theon, Dany, Aegon, etc. But people don't ask questions about those characters. Which is probably pretty frustrating when people keep ignoring his current characters for his older/background characters.
Your lordship lost a son at the Red Wedding. I lost four upon the Blackwater. And why? Because the Lannisters stole the throne. Go to King’s Landing and look on Tommen with your own eyes, if you doubt me. A blind man could see it. What does Stannis offer you? Vengeance. Vengeance for my sons and yours, for your husbands and your fathers and your brothers. Vengeance for your murdered lord, your murdered king, your butchered princes. Vengeance!
I honestly feel like a Mance question is probably the best option. To my knowledge, nobody's ever asked him one. Which is odd considering Mance is like the 3rd character introduced in Bran I, the first chapter and has been with us practically all series. He's an incredibly important character but nobody ever asks GRRM about him. I'm sure there's plenty GRRM could and would tell us about him. And I'm sure there's plenty he wouldn't, but even a "keep reading" could tell us we're on the right track.
Plus, as I'm fond of reminding voice , we do need to remember where GRRM is taking the story, and not where he'd once had the story or what occurred pre-series. He killed off Rhaegar, Lyanna, Arthur, Ned, Robert, whoever before the series began/early on. ADWD and TWOW deal with characters like Stannis, Theon, Dany, Aegon, etc. But people don't ask questions about those characters. Which is probably pretty frustrating when people keep ignoring his current characters for his older/background characters.
Can you think of a clever Mance question or do you like the way the current one(s) are presented? You're usually good at this stuff.
I think I voted for the Bloodraven question regarding him contacting Euron.
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
I honestly feel like a Mance question is probably the best option. To my knowledge, nobody's ever asked him one. Which is odd considering Mance is like the 3rd character introduced in Bran I, the first chapter and has been with us practically all series. He's an incredibly important character but nobody ever asks GRRM about him. I'm sure there's plenty GRRM could and would tell us about him. And I'm sure there's plenty he wouldn't, but even a "keep reading" could tell us we're on the right track.
Plus, as I'm fond of reminding voice , we do need to remember where GRRM is taking the story, and not where he'd once had the story or what occurred pre-series. He killed off Rhaegar, Lyanna, Arthur, Ned, Robert, whoever before the series began/early on. ADWD and TWOW deal with characters like Stannis, Theon, Dany, Aegon, etc. But people don't ask questions about those characters. Which is probably pretty frustrating when people keep ignoring his current characters for his older/background characters.
Can you think of a clever Mance question or do you like the way the current one(s) are presented? You're usually good at this stuff.
I think I voted for the Bloodraven question regarding him contacting Euron.
I agree this is best. Granted I am not sure that Bloodraven is the three eyed crow, it may be another person.
The Mance one would be my second choice. I think Mance has had a bigger role in this story than we initially believe. As markg171, he is one of the first named characters in the proper story.
Darkstar will be the next Vulture King.
Craster has 19 daughters and there are 19 castles on the Wall, coincidence I think not!
Plus, as I'm fond of reminding voice, we do need to remember where GRRM is taking the story, and not where he'd once had the story or what occurred pre-series.
LOL, yes, yes. And I've come around to your harsh reality.
But still, I can't help but wonder if Lyanna will prove to be more important than Mance when it's all said and done. (Which admittedly, is *never*, so Mance is more important until Elio and Linda write their tower of joy love story in A Dream of Spring.)
voice, i want my Howland Reed absent from Robb calling the banners in the second set of questions. Maybe the two winners can go head to head in a second round like the French elections.
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
voice, i want my Howland Reed absent from Robb calling the banners in the second set of questions. Maybe the two winners can go head to head in a second round like the French elections.
There are so many, a second round with a smaller field would be nice. Just put what you're thinking in the form of a an easy-to-state question. lynn, you too!
"I can see it. You have more of the north in you than your brothers."
"Why was Howland Reed absent when Robb called the banners? (If he says he was guarding the neck, follow up with markg171's point & ask if that's the case, why did the crannogmen allow the Ironmen to take Moat Cailin and/or why didn't they meet up on the Kingsroad with Robb as promised).
Something seems strange with the whole Howland thing. I wouldn't ask him this, but it was the same with Skaagos. Supposedly they tried to rebel, fought the Starks for years, but in the end they bent the knee. They didn't answer Robb's call either. However, I suspect that was a new idea he got later when writing Feast. He'd have to go back and revise Clash with his new character, which wasn't going to happen.
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
Oh! Here's another good question you don't even have to ask, just use visual aids:
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
voice, i want my Howland Reed absent from Robb calling the banners in the second set of questions. Maybe the two winners can go head to head in a second round like the French elections.
There are so many, a second round with a smaller field would be nice. Just put what you're thinking in the form of a an easy-to-state question. lynn , you too!
Was Jon born on the day that Robert celebrated the battles of Summerhall? That's not an open question, so I wouldn't expect an answer. He's more likely to answer a question that baffles the audience. Is Jon the sleeping lion nearly torn in two?
Granted I am not sure that Bloodraven is the three eyed crow, it may be another person.
Hence why we'd have to decide whether to ask whether Euron had been contacted by the three eyed crow. Because if you say Bloodraven but Bloodraven isn't the crow, then GRRM can cheekily say no even if Euron was contacted by the crow.
I think Mance has had a bigger role in this story than we initially believe. As markg171, he is one of the first named characters in the proper story.
Hence why we should be the first people to acknowledge this to George. Nobody ever asks about Mance despite Mance being involved in a huge portion of the story. And probably in things we don't even know about.
Your lordship lost a son at the Red Wedding. I lost four upon the Blackwater. And why? Because the Lannisters stole the throne. Go to King’s Landing and look on Tommen with your own eyes, if you doubt me. A blind man could see it. What does Stannis offer you? Vengeance. Vengeance for my sons and yours, for your husbands and your fathers and your brothers. Vengeance for your murdered lord, your murdered king, your butchered princes. Vengeance!
Hence why we should be the first people to acknowledge this to George. Nobody ever asks about Mance despite Mance being involved in a huge portion of the story. And probably in things we don't even know about.
right, such as what Stannis learnt from Mance during their extended conversations.
What made Stannis pick the Nightfort as his new residence? Was it just because Sam told him about the Gate or is there more to it?
What kind of question is Martin likely to actually answer?
"Arya did not dare take a bath, even though she smelled as bad as Yoren by now, all sour and stinky. Some of the creatures living in her clothes had come all the way from Flea Bottom with her; it didn’t seem right to drown them."