Yeah, Peter Dinklage is already way more handsome than the way Tyrion is described in the books. I have a hard time seeing HBO disfigure their star for years on end.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:05 (twelve years ago) link
They'll probably just give him an interesting scar instead.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
grrm dropped too many hints about jon snow actually being lyanna stark's son to just kill him off without having the Big Reveal about that. he'll surely be back
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
kind of like how ppl had a hard time seeing HBO kill of poster boy Sean Bean?
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
No, not really
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
they already made a concession by not having him be ugly from the start. They might give him a nasty scar but i doubt they'll go all the way with it.
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:38 (twelve years ago) link
did you know peter dinklage was in that one episode of 30 rock? tina fey mistakes him for a child but then starts dating him to cover up for it
― thomp, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:39 (twelve years ago) link
SHUT IT DOWN.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:45 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not sure if Jon is going to be inside the wolf or brought back to life by the red queen. Either would work, though the first would be more interesting.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, April 10, 2012 5:34 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm betting on inside the wolf first, for a few chapters, then Mels does some red magic, pulling him out of wolf and into his former body. He'll def be in the wolf at least for a while; there was way too much attention paid to that boar thing, as if to get us thinking abt it.
― tales from endoscopic oceans (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
how will you guys feel if the show departs radically from the books at some point because i think it should totally do that
I'm totally fine with whatever as long as the Red Wedding still happens
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Tuesday, April 10, 2012 5:37 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Cosign but add Boltons pere et fils, I'll feel mega robbed if there are not ample scenes of their creepiness. Also, no Reek no credibility.
― tales from endoscopic oceans (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
pretty sure roose bolton is cast for this season
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
He's being played by Michael McElhatton.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
My wife is convinced the Reeds will be left out of the show, with the domesticated wildling chick hitting their notes. Thoughts?
― tales from endoscopic oceans (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
I hope not.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
perhaps, though book-wise, Howland Reed is the only one left alive who knows a bunch of secret stuff that Ned otherwise took to the grave
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
i think the one big story change they should consider for the show is somehow getting Dany to Westeros earlier. there's no crucial plot reason i can think of for her to chill in the east for 2 more books after she frees Mereen and has an army, other than the dragons growing which can just be sped up
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
ya get rid of that shit
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
like her only real cool scene for a long stretch of the books is the chapter where she 'trades' the dragon for the slave army and then torches the slavemaster guy
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
Agreed. In fact, the thing that really perplexes me abt the books is how long he has delayed what one has to assume are the two key 'ice' and 'fire' events (Dany enters Westeros w/dragons, Winter finally comes w/white walkers crossing the wall).
― tales from endoscopic oceans (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
he doesn't really know what to do with the dragons, basically
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
If he did not start the fkin series without a p solid idea of where he was ultimately headed with the dragons and the white walkers, I pity him.
― tales from endoscopic oceans (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
*with* not without, sorry
― tales from endoscopic oceans (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
people seem to think dany, tyrion, and jon are gonna be the 3 dragon riders (this theory also assumes that jon is lyanna stark's son and that she died in childbirth like tyrion and dany's mothers. not sure how this is relevant but people like patterns i guess?)
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
that also requires Tyrion to be a Targaryen. I know there are theories but that would be kind of annoying
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
yeah if tyrion ends up being a targaryen or a dragon rider im giving up
― max, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
i thought Snow was the son of Ned
― brownie, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
oh god brownie dont embarrass yourself
― max, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
what will GRR Martin come up with next i ask you
― biggie smallclothes (brownie), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
now i hope the show completely abandons the books i want new content and grrm is not providing it
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
there's definitely a snow secret, the whole thing is ned brought him back from the wars and refused to talk about it
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
maybe he's the son of an actual snowman
the jon-is-lyanna's-son thing is so tedious, grrm retroactively erasing from the record one of the few times a character had > 1 trait
― thomp, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
http://por-img.cimcontent.net/api/assets/bin-201001/6d62572fd000cfe319ff7b46bdc5836c.jpg
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
grrm retroactively erasing from the record one of the few times a character had > 1 trait
I think even the first book leaves big hints that Jon is not Ned's son, so I don't think it's retroactive.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i think that's one thing he was sure of all along
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
yr probably right but i much prefer the idea of ned coming back from the war and going "YES this is MY SON that i had via HAVING SEX with SOMEONE ELSE, deal with it", seems much more grim and northern
― thomp, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
i either missed this or blotted it out of my mind because I can't bear the thought of lovely lysanna having a bastard.
*throws self in front of whitewalker*
― biggie smallclothes (brownie), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
ban brownie
― max, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
i shall take my leave to Basilisk Point if anyone should enquire about my whereabouts
― biggie smallclothes (brownie), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
It's also completely, totally out of character for Ned "I am a blinding idiot when it comes to matters of honor" Stark, particularly when as far as I can remember he pretty much never acts like there's anything shameful or dishonorable about Jon's existence, even when Cat goes off on him in book 1.
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, but the reason he acts that way is that it is a carapace he has developed to cover the shame and guilt he feels over his bastard son
― thomp, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
at least that is the case in my fanfic, a song of scones and lager
― thomp, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
A Song Of Neeps And Olives
― tales from endoscopic oceans (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
ned is a one dimensional patsy, intended to parody the type of fantasy mainstay he represents, thrust into the sacrificial fire as his creator incants 'SEE this is what would REALLY happen to a stubbornly honourable hero type", when all the while the creator merely parodies himself for attempting to attire fantasy in the velvet pant suit of reality
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
okay I don't know about you but velvet pant suits have nothing to do with my reality
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
Then you haven't lived.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
velvet pant suits are as smooth as arbor gold
― biggie smallclothes (brownie), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
I had to give up velvet pant suits because I kept dropping my olives on them and the oil leaves funky stains.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
srsly five books in and no one has even rode a dragon yet smh
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
you're an odd one
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
One thing I can say, in general enough terms that I will not be spoiling anything: not all of the characters who survived until the end of Game of Thrones will survive until the end of A Song of Ice and Fire, and not all of the characters who died on Game of Thrones will die in A Song of Ice and Fire. (Some will, sure. Of course. Maybe most. But definitely not all)
Something about this makes the storytelling seem kind of empty. Like playing a game to get the "good ending".
― jmm, Saturday, 9 July 2022 12:27 (one year ago) link
Fan reactions for genre stuff are so often centered around, ‘you killed my favorite character and ruined it for me!’ or ‘this character wasn’t punished properly’
― F'kin Magnetometers, how do they work? (President Keyes), Saturday, 9 July 2022 12:43 (one year ago) link
I like his chances more than Rosemary Kirstein, Melanie Rawn and Robin McKinley. Janny Wurts and JV Jones are closing near the finish line now.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:55 (one year ago) link
George's friend Phyllis Eisenstein finished her long running series plus another novel shortly before she died but nobody is publishing them, which is a total bummer
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:04 (one year ago) link
Forgotten Diane Duane, there's a 4th book that has been waited on for nearly 30 years now
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 29 August 2022 19:41 (one year ago) link
George's friend Phyllis Eisenstein
Have you read her? I found a copy of Sorceror's Son in a Little Free Library - might give it a try.
― jmm, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 16:26 (one year ago) link
Not yet but I bought a few things, I've heard plenty of good things.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 19:38 (one year ago) link