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George R.R. Martin explains how his Game of Thrones characters wielding power badly is his answer to Tolkien: "Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Tolkien, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with. Lord of the Rings had a very medieval philosophy: that if the king was a good man, the land would prosper. We look at real history and it’s not that simple. Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesn’t ask the question: What was Aragorn’s tax policy? Did he maintain a standing army? What did he do in times of flood and famine? And what about all these orcs? By the end of the war, Sauron is gone but all of the orcs aren’t gone – they’re in the mountains. Did Aragorn pursue a policy of systematic genocide and kill them? Even the little baby orcs, in their little orc cradles? Real-life kings had real-life problems to deal with. Just being a good guy was not the answer. You had to make hard, hard decisions. Sometimes what seemed to be a good decision turned around and bit you in the ass; it was the law of unintended consequences. I’ve tried to get at some of these in my books. My people who are trying to rule don’t have an easy time of it. Just having good intentions doesn’t make you a wise king." What do you think Tolkien would have thought about such comments?

@occulu She skims it don’t worry

@rewnditback holy shit I've managed 4 books lol

march reading wrap up 📚

Baelor #baelortargaryen #AKOTSK

This morning, I published the first essay in a series on the historical Judge Holden of Cormac McCarthy’s BLOOD MERIDIAN. In Part I, I examine the evidence behind the claim that the Judge was the naturalist Charles Wilkins Webber. If you’re interested, the link’s in the image.

@AwesomeAsGod сейчас беон снова есть (с другим админом) и очень многие старички туда перебрались, так что маленький шанс снова пересечься есть)

бесконечно буду лелеять воспоминания о подружке с беона. познакомились мы в 2011 и она была первой с кем я начала близко общаться онлайн и в ком нашла отдушину мы оч классно дружили, а потом пути разошлись вскоре беон продал серваки, сайт снесли, а я её больше никогда не найду.

@kittykareninas don't pay attention, they are mentally ill

@wokeleftist777 @MK_Foxbat bro admitted he will gladly grovel in front of anyone except russia

@MK_Foxbat This is because Russia has nothing of value to offer, so they can only expand through military conquest

200 years ago, Finland was an autonomous republic within Russia.

@Gyarke потужный джем

Total destruction of the Russian Federation (also jam)

maester freud… he’s REALLY interested in those targaryen customs

@KierNamesThings @fandompulse you fuckers are so annoying

@fandompulse Listen, I'm not saying he's wrong. I'm just asking why he is talking about this instead of finishing Winds of Winter.

George R.R. Martin on how film and TV adaptations make the story worse: "Everywhere you look, there are more screenwriters and producers eager to take great stories and “make them their own.”   It does not seem to matter whether the source material was written by Stan Lee, Charles Dickens, Ian Fleming, Roald Dahl, Ursula K. Le Guin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mark Twain, Raymond Chandler, Jane Austen, or… well, anyone. No matter how major a writer it is, no matter how great the book, there always seems to be someone on hand who thinks he can do better, eager to take the story and “improve” on it.   “The book is the book, the film is the film,” they will tell you, as if they were saying something profound.  Then they make the story their own. They never make it better, though.  Nine hundred ninety-nine times out of a thousand, they make it worse." Is he right?

@_CinemaHub_ @GRRMspeaking you guys are so annoying

@GRRMspeaking This is your first post since August 2024, and I thought this was the announcement for The Winds of Winter. 🥀

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@reverienoo because all you see when use google search is fucking ads

why do so many ppl use chapgpt??? like what happened to just googling things you don’t know

@arcanajinxed ahhhhhmmm actually... everyone shit themselves during death

And only one of them died shitting themselves and sure wasn't Catelyn or Rob

game of thrones if hbo had balls

@gracieveevee @louloutereadin as well as piracy

@louloutereadin the library is literally free

“Don’t 🏴‍☠️ books” but why in the world an ebook is the same price as the paperback 🤡🤡🤡 like im sorry but that’s wild.

@Kisekistory @Anna_Ripps объективно, а чем бы он помог сюжету? у него два пути - смерть или изгнание, кассандра и лелиана убили бы его.

@Anna_Ripps Наверное самое обидное это то, что в 3ей части про него просто ЗАБЫЛИ. Мог быть классный сюжет, но виновника всей задницы просто выкинули из сюжета на задворки :(

Во время первого прохождения (сразу после первого в дао) мне было 12 или 13 Я искренне поверила, что Андерсу (моему первому роману в да2) нужна селитра для избавления от Джастиса И, купившись на все его манипуляции, я была крайне удивлена концовке Хорошее было время