Haha! Have you stored them at the bottom closest to the Wall with much and more in front?
Not sure if I could stomach a Slaver's Bay exclusive read... It would be like a Catelyn reread... That being said, there are interesting stuff in there as well.
the books have been relagated behind the 2 dozen books/series i have read in the past 2 years...
I did Arya, Bran, Jon exclusive re-reads, definitely not Catelyn; but a Slaver's Bay on its own might read more like a who-dunnit than an eviscerated fantasy episode.
For a long time I've thought that she should stay there and try to manage her mess, and keep her bloody feet off Westeros. But it might be better if she just make the bay into a sheet of glass before retreating to that pale city she found after the Red Waste. She can pain one of the doors red, to make it home.
The show has made me fear that we might see more of the Dothraki, as that is another people I have no stomach for. I'm not hopeful that we will be spared that, however...
after what she did to KL, should could have been exiled to the Dothraki sea; a better sentence than being sent to the Night King's army!
"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."
I can't make myself care about any of the Ghiscari characters.
Ah but regardless of all their recent shortcomings the Ghiscaris are as ancient as any other race; recall these memorable words:
"Old Ghis ruled an empire when the Valyrians were still fucking sheep"
uttered by none other than Kraznys mo Nakloz (yes, that was his name, i kid you not!) before suffering an untimely (and burning) death.
"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."
Actually, I think GRRM might think Garlan is pretty important, too. He just mentioned Garlan the Gallant in a blog post, and has always made a bit of a fuss about the show cutting Garlan and Willis' character's from the show. Garlan seems to be a fairly decent human. Kind and honorable, sympathetic to both Sansa and Tyrion at Joff's wedding, smarter than his father (unless Mace is fooling us all), seems to be gentle and loving with his wife, a strong warrior. Although, I don't put it past him to have poisoned Joffrey. A little passing of black amethyst into a couple hands before it hit the bottom of the wine cup.
Yep, he's confirmed that Garlan will play an important role in Winds! I liked him way before I heard that, as he is portrayed favorably by both Tyrion and Sansa. Of course, I don't see him as a perfect knight with a glory. I do find it interesting that he is the only Tyrell that continues to be nice to Sansa after her marriage (QoT is another matter, so I don't include her in that) when the other hens then keeps away from her. So he might definitely be up to something during the wedding; his wife testifies at the trial but not him, but then again he is the son of one of the judges. But his wife is the daughter-in-law of that same judge, so... I need to look more closely at the Tyrells...
It's also possible I'm just getting a bit too fond of master swordsmen...
the books have been relagated behind the 2 dozen books/series i have read in the past 2 years...
Haha! Mine are still on the coffee table, beside the steadily increasing stack of other books that I find.
And that's not including the treasure trove I discovered at my parents house. Turns out they have inherited a whole heap of interesting books from their parents! I'm gonna raid them when I get more room!
I did Arya, Bran, Jon exclusive re-reads, definitely not Catelyn; but a Slaver's Bay on its own might read more like a who-dunnit than an eviscerated fantasy episode.
I have done several exclusive reads, including a Dany one. However, that was singularly focused on information on Rhaegar, and some was quite interesting also in what is insinuated within the context of where it's put. Not looked at her surroundings, though.
I will say that we are not supposed to like the Ghiscari, I think. None of our POVs like them, and it's so easy to be colored of our POVs opinions on other characters.
Ah but regardless of all their recent shortcomings the Ghiscaris are as ancient as any other race; recall these memorable words:
"Old Ghis ruled an empire when the Valyrians were still fucking sheep"
uttered by none other than Kraznys mo Nakloz (yes, that was his name, i kid you not!) before suffering an untimely (and burning) death.
I do find the Ghiscari - Valyrian history very interesting! Or perhaps I should say what we don't learn of that history, tickles my curiosity. I do have some tinfoil that their struggle initially were similar to Dany's war on them in terms of the Valyrian goal. But then I am skeptical of what we hear of the Valyrians in general. so that goes with the territory.
Haha! Mine are still on the coffee table, beside the steadily increasing stack of other books that I find.
And that's not including the treasure trove I discovered at my parents house. Turns out they have inherited a whole heap of interesting books from their parents! I'm gonna raid them when I get more room!
when you get more room on the coffee table?
as you keep putting books at one end, eventually the books - which are beside others - at the other end will fall off, right?
"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."
Well, all of this is from Dany's perspective, with her personal interpretation of MMD's actions. We have no other POV that confirms that was how MMD said things, or if she said them at all. Disquiet, contempt, fear are all things that Dany could be misinterpreting. Dany is also weakened from child birth and sick with grief, for Drogo and her son. In this moment, just before she walks into the flames, I am certain that Jorah must find her to be absolutely mad. MMD says she is. She is sure she won't die, but so have several Targaryen's before her who have played with fire. As to MMD's song, what did it mean? What power does it have? Why, when facing her death, does she chose to sing? And certainly, a person can only sing so long when they are dying? Flames and heat will burn your lungs and airway far quicker than the fire will kill you! Most burn victims are intubated and ventilated mechanically, because damage to lungs and swelling of the airway will kill a person much quicker than the burns.
I know it's an fairly tinfoil interpretation of the events, but if MMD hadn't mentioned the "songs of the birthing bed" and then claiming to have never lost one, followed by Rhaego's death reported by MMD, leads me to think it wasn't the childs birth she was referring to. MMD did study in Asshai and Asshai is linked to dragons in Bran's coma dream. The dragon eggs themselves are linked to the shadow lands beyond Asshai. Melisandre also studied in Asshai and she is convinced she is on the path to waking dragons from stone. Melisandre sings when the statues of the seven are burned on Dragonstone, her voice noted to rise and fall like the sea. This could mimim MMD's sing in the pyre, described as ululating, high pitched and shrill. Does Mel sing every time she puts something or someone to the flames? Perhaps someday we will see Mel singing while herself being consumed by flames?
Maybe one of our POVs will run into Marwyn, and we'll learn the truth of it. If he ever meets Dany, I wonder if she'll remember that MMD mentioned his name... if so, we may get an interesting discussion about all this!
“In Qohor he is the Black Goat, in Yi Ti the Lion of Night, in Westeros the Stranger. All men must bow to him in the end, no matter if they worship the Seven or the Lord of Light, the Moon Mother or the Drowned God or the Great Shepherd. All mankind belongs to him... else somewhere in the world would be a folk who lived forever. Do you know of any folk who live forever?”
as you keep putting books at one end, eventually the books - which are beside others - at the other end will fall off, right?
Well, obviously when the table is full you have to get another coffee table to have more room for books! This is why full fledged private libraries are quite rare, as you need a castle for all the coffee tables for the books.
Maybe one of our POVs will run into Marwyn, and we'll learn the truth of it. If he ever meets Dany, I wonder if she'll remember that MMD mentioned his name... if so, we may get an interesting discussion about all this!
Maybe one of our POVs will run into Marwyn, and we'll learn the truth of it. If he ever meets Dany, I wonder if she'll remember that MMD mentioned his name... if so, we may get an interesting discussion about all this!
And what her perception of him might be, based on her dealings with MMD? It's possible if she ties him to the idea of what MMD did to Drogo and Rhaego, she might not automatically be a fan of his.
Their father understood as well. "You want no pup for yourself, Jon?" he asked softly.