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On April 22 2012 13:39 DeepElemBlues wrote:yeah forgot about that... pate was a bit of an idiot lol Show nested quote +But I think its safe to assume that Jaquen is also a badass motherfucking sword fighter. And Arya's been training to be a Jedi with her 'get beat up by an old man in the dark' shit. Hell, the only reason she finally 'passed' that test was because she cheated (accidentally warged into cat, used cats eyes to hit him back). yeah i get the feeling jaqen is just a badass motherfucker in any form of combat or other ways to off people
I guess since youre in here you don't care about spoilers, but I feel the need to apologize for spoiling you anyways.
Also, that beta can't be taking up that much time. I was done in 3 hours and I was going really slow. GET BACK TO READING! =P
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Been reading the books more than watching the series (I am about halfway through season 1) and I have to say the Arya story line is the most compelling. I read about half through ADWD and ended up just reading the Arya chapters and never picking it up again for several months.
As to the discussion on the Faceless Assassins, you guys will love it in book 5 of the television series where it appears that Arya is training to give the gift of death.
The way they train there really tips the coolness scale in favour of the Faceless rather than the Sorrowful because of how Arya learns to live in different identities, being blinded, living as a beggar, living as a fish seller in the streets of Braavos, ultimately carrying out an assassination in disguise after she has mastered how to BECOME an identity as Jaqen had.
It is not specifically stated that the temple Arya lives in is necessarily of the Faceless Assassins, but it really leads the reader to believe that.
Since book 1 Arya has been my favourite character. Most people say Tyrion, and I see why, but he does not appeal to me as much as Arya.
It's kind of like my fandom of Kas, not explainable. Not neccesarily the best, the most intereresting, the most exciting, yet my favourite.
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On April 22 2012 13:42 Crazyeyes wrote:Show nested quote +On April 22 2012 13:39 DeepElemBlues wrote:Or making them bite poisoned coins. yeah forgot about that... pate was a bit of an idiot lol But I think its safe to assume that Jaquen is also a badass motherfucking sword fighter. And Arya's been training to be a Jedi with her 'get beat up by an old man in the dark' shit. Hell, the only reason she finally 'passed' that test was because she cheated (accidentally warged into cat, used cats eyes to hit him back). yeah i get the feeling jaqen is just a badass motherfucker in any form of combat or other ways to off people I guess since youre in here you don't care about spoilers, but I feel the need to apologize for spoiling you anyways. Also, that beta can't be taking up that much time. I was done in 3 hours and I was going really slow. GET BACK TO READING! =P
i spoiled myself i went and looked shit up before i was even all done with a game of thrones... just had to know the broad strokes of what would happen lol.
didnt make the red wedding chapter any easier to read. robbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb nooooooooooooo
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On April 22 2012 13:42 Thaniri wrote:
Been reading the books more than watching the series (I am about halfway through season 1) and I have to say the Arya story line is the most compelling. I read about half through ADWD and ended up just reading the Arya chapters and never picking it up again for several months.
As to the discussion on the Faceless Assassins, you guys will love it in book 5 of the television series where it appears that Arya is training to give the gift of death.
The way they train there really tips the coolness scale in favour of the Faceless rather than the Sorrowful because of how Arya learns to live in different identities, being blinded, living as a beggar, living as a fish seller in the streets of Braavos, ultimately carrying out an assassination in disguise after she has mastered how to BECOME an identity as Jaqen had.
It is not specifically stated that the temple Arya lives in is necessarily of the Faceless Assassins, but it really leads the reader to believe that.
Since book 1 Arya has been my favourite character. Most people say Tyrion, and I see why, but he does not appeal to me as much as Arya.
It's kind of like my fandom of Kas, not explainable. Not neccesarily the best, the most intereresting, the most exciting, yet my favourite.
I'm right with you. I love Tyrion, but he's #2 behind Arya for me.
I remember stumbling onto a discussion of the Faceless Men and how they work on the westeros forums. People extract so much information from such tiny hints; I miss everything. Shit drew me right in. I find it all very interesting, and can't wait to learn more about the FM.
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On April 22 2012 13:49 Crazyeyes wrote:Show nested quote +On April 22 2012 13:42 Thaniri wrote:
Been reading the books more than watching the series (I am about halfway through season 1) and I have to say the Arya story line is the most compelling. I read about half through ADWD and ended up just reading the Arya chapters and never picking it up again for several months.
As to the discussion on the Faceless Assassins, you guys will love it in book 5 of the television series where it appears that Arya is training to give the gift of death.
The way they train there really tips the coolness scale in favour of the Faceless rather than the Sorrowful because of how Arya learns to live in different identities, being blinded, living as a beggar, living as a fish seller in the streets of Braavos, ultimately carrying out an assassination in disguise after she has mastered how to BECOME an identity as Jaqen had.
It is not specifically stated that the temple Arya lives in is necessarily of the Faceless Assassins, but it really leads the reader to believe that.
Since book 1 Arya has been my favourite character. Most people say Tyrion, and I see why, but he does not appeal to me as much as Arya.
It's kind of like my fandom of Kas, not explainable. Not neccesarily the best, the most intereresting, the most exciting, yet my favourite. I'm right with you. I love Tyrion, but he's #2 behind Arya for me. I remember stumbling onto a discussion of the Faceless Men and how they work on the westeros forums. People extract so much information from such tiny hints; I miss everything. Shit drew me right in. I find it all very interesting, and can't wait to learn more about the FM.
They work internationally no? Because I am of the opinion that they have to be based from Braavos, or if there are other temples located around the world (which I doubt) they could be an ambiguous entity.
They have to be an international organization because Baelish wanted to hire them to assassinate Danaerys in book 1, and I think at some point Danaerys was made aware of them by some advisor, but don't quote me on the second one.
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Of course they're international. O.o We already know that Jaquen is a Faceless Man and he's in Westeros. And then Petyr briefly considered hiring one.
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favorite is arya, then daenerys then bran. easily the most likable storylines
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so far, really can't get into the dany storyline ever since she got to Qarth.
i just can't help but light up every time i get to the tyrion chapters in ACOK. even now as he is in that shitty state where King's Landing is getting run over. always can't wait to see what he does next.
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Funny how my favorite characters are completly different (Davos > Jaime > Victarion/Asha), I guess GRRM is just a really good writer haha
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To be fair, Catelyn spoils everything (for readers) , the Red Wedding, the fall of Renly etc... She just has these hunches in her chapters having a bad feeling about a place or a man or anything + Mellisandre's spell on the 3 usurpers, when Robb and co were going to the Twins i was like, screw this, they're dead
Also, speaking of favorite characters, the Red Viper, man that guy is a boss, if they cut him out of the series i'll set HBO's HQ afire + Show Spoiler +
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The Red Viper was the sole individual that made House Martell look badass at its debut. Then he died and the readers discovered that House Martell is left with nothing but an overly cautious obese man and his overly hormonal daughter and slut nieces.
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sooo stoked for tonight's episode....we should see the riot at Kings Landing, and I expect Renly's death to be the last scene. I'm really excited to see how they shot that.
HYPE
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On April 22 2012 13:46 DeepElemBlues wrote:Show nested quote +On April 22 2012 13:42 Crazyeyes wrote:On April 22 2012 13:39 DeepElemBlues wrote:Or making them bite poisoned coins. yeah forgot about that... pate was a bit of an idiot lol But I think its safe to assume that Jaquen is also a badass motherfucking sword fighter. And Arya's been training to be a Jedi with her 'get beat up by an old man in the dark' shit. Hell, the only reason she finally 'passed' that test was because she cheated (accidentally warged into cat, used cats eyes to hit him back). yeah i get the feeling jaqen is just a badass motherfucker in any form of combat or other ways to off people I guess since youre in here you don't care about spoilers, but I feel the need to apologize for spoiling you anyways. Also, that beta can't be taking up that much time. I was done in 3 hours and I was going really slow. GET BACK TO READING! =P didnt make the red wedding chapter any easier to read. robbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb nooooooooooooo
What? You actually get to read that in the books?
I was extremely disgruntled after reading about the Red Wedding in some other charater's chapter and thought it was a deliberate, yet idiotic decision of George R. R. Martin's excentric writing.
Jesus, how did I skip an entire chapter without noticing?
The fucking Freys bring tears of rage into my eyes. God, they're way worse than any Lannister.
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That's the funniest thing I read in a long time, mate.
Maybe Jaqen stole Syrio Forel's face before the books and has been training her from the start 0_0?
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On April 23 2012 04:41 kafkaesque wrote:Show nested quote +On April 22 2012 13:46 DeepElemBlues wrote:On April 22 2012 13:42 Crazyeyes wrote:On April 22 2012 13:39 DeepElemBlues wrote:Or making them bite poisoned coins. yeah forgot about that... pate was a bit of an idiot lol But I think its safe to assume that Jaquen is also a badass motherfucking sword fighter. And Arya's been training to be a Jedi with her 'get beat up by an old man in the dark' shit. Hell, the only reason she finally 'passed' that test was because she cheated (accidentally warged into cat, used cats eyes to hit him back). yeah i get the feeling jaqen is just a badass motherfucker in any form of combat or other ways to off people I guess since youre in here you don't care about spoilers, but I feel the need to apologize for spoiling you anyways. Also, that beta can't be taking up that much time. I was done in 3 hours and I was going really slow. GET BACK TO READING! =P didnt make the red wedding chapter any easier to read. robbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb nooooooooooooo What? You actually get to read that in the books? I was extremely disgruntled after reading about the Red Wedding in some other charater's chapter and thought it was a deliberate, yet idiotic decision of George R. R. Martin's excentric writing. Jesus, how did I skip an entire chapter without noticing? The fucking Freys bring tears of rage into my eyes. God, they're way worse than any Lannister.
It's so painful to read skipping it might even be better :s.
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On April 22 2012 13:39 DeepElemBlues wrote:yeah forgot about that... pate was a bit of an idiot lol that's the standard way of insuring the coin is legitimate...although Pate self-admittedly had no idea what real gold should taste like.
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On April 23 2012 04:41 kafkaesque wrote:Show nested quote +On April 22 2012 13:46 DeepElemBlues wrote:On April 22 2012 13:42 Crazyeyes wrote:On April 22 2012 13:39 DeepElemBlues wrote:Or making them bite poisoned coins. yeah forgot about that... pate was a bit of an idiot lol But I think its safe to assume that Jaquen is also a badass motherfucking sword fighter. And Arya's been training to be a Jedi with her 'get beat up by an old man in the dark' shit. Hell, the only reason she finally 'passed' that test was because she cheated (accidentally warged into cat, used cats eyes to hit him back). yeah i get the feeling jaqen is just a badass motherfucker in any form of combat or other ways to off people I guess since youre in here you don't care about spoilers, but I feel the need to apologize for spoiling you anyways. Also, that beta can't be taking up that much time. I was done in 3 hours and I was going really slow. GET BACK TO READING! =P didnt make the red wedding chapter any easier to read. robbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb nooooooooooooo What? You actually get to read that in the books? I was extremely disgruntled after reading about the Red Wedding in some other charater's chapter and thought it was a deliberate, yet idiotic decision of George R. R. Martin's excentric writing. Jesus, how did I skip an entire chapter without noticing? The fucking Freys bring tears of rage into my eyes. God, they're way worse than any Lannister.
And then the baller Manderly and his feast make it better.
Also I felt as sad as when Rob died, when the Red Viper died. I hope his daughters fuck some shit up soon.
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On April 23 2012 05:02 Sprungjeezy wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 04:41 kafkaesque wrote:On April 22 2012 13:46 DeepElemBlues wrote:On April 22 2012 13:42 Crazyeyes wrote:On April 22 2012 13:39 DeepElemBlues wrote:Or making them bite poisoned coins. yeah forgot about that... pate was a bit of an idiot lol But I think its safe to assume that Jaquen is also a badass motherfucking sword fighter. And Arya's been training to be a Jedi with her 'get beat up by an old man in the dark' shit. Hell, the only reason she finally 'passed' that test was because she cheated (accidentally warged into cat, used cats eyes to hit him back). yeah i get the feeling jaqen is just a badass motherfucker in any form of combat or other ways to off people I guess since youre in here you don't care about spoilers, but I feel the need to apologize for spoiling you anyways. Also, that beta can't be taking up that much time. I was done in 3 hours and I was going really slow. GET BACK TO READING! =P didnt make the red wedding chapter any easier to read. robbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb nooooooooooooo What? You actually get to read that in the books? I was extremely disgruntled after reading about the Red Wedding in some other charater's chapter and thought it was a deliberate, yet idiotic decision of George R. R. Martin's excentric writing. Jesus, how did I skip an entire chapter without noticing? The fucking Freys bring tears of rage into my eyes. God, they're way worse than any Lannister. And then the baller Manderly and his feast make it better. Also I felt as sad as when Rob died, when the Red Viper died. I hope his daughters fuck some shit up soon.
Manderly... that's the white harbour fatso, isn't he?
If so, I like his little ploy surrounding Davos quite a lot!
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On April 23 2012 03:35 Zozo wrote:
Funny how my favorite characters are completly different (Davos > Jaime > Victarion/Asha), I guess GRRM is just a really good writer haha
Yeah, actually, I love them all too. GRRM knows how to make really lovable characters.
On April 23 2012 04:04 dukethegold wrote:
The Red Viper was the sole individual that made House Martell look badass at its debut. Then he died and the readers discovered that House Martell is left with nothing but an overly cautious obese man and his overly hormonal daughter and slut nieces.
I never got that Doran was fat. I understood that his joints were all swollen and gross, but fatness eluded me.
Anyways, I disagree. House Martell is awesome, and the Sand Snakes are like 3 mini Red Vipers. With tits.
On April 23 2012 04:41 kafkaesque wrote:Show nested quote +On April 22 2012 13:46 DeepElemBlues wrote:On April 22 2012 13:42 Crazyeyes wrote:On April 22 2012 13:39 DeepElemBlues wrote:Or making them bite poisoned coins. yeah forgot about that... pate was a bit of an idiot lol But I think its safe to assume that Jaquen is also a badass motherfucking sword fighter. And Arya's been training to be a Jedi with her 'get beat up by an old man in the dark' shit. Hell, the only reason she finally 'passed' that test was because she cheated (accidentally warged into cat, used cats eyes to hit him back). yeah i get the feeling jaqen is just a badass motherfucker in any form of combat or other ways to off people I guess since youre in here you don't care about spoilers, but I feel the need to apologize for spoiling you anyways. Also, that beta can't be taking up that much time. I was done in 3 hours and I was going really slow. GET BACK TO READING! =P didnt make the red wedding chapter any easier to read. robbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb nooooooooooooo What? You actually get to read that in the books? I was extremely disgruntled after reading about the Red Wedding in some other charater's chapter and thought it was a deliberate, yet idiotic decision of George R. R. Martin's excentric writing. Jesus, how did I skip an entire chapter without noticing?
Are you serouis? I don't even see how that's possible.
The way the chapters before it were all short and jumping quickly back and forth between PoVs, the way it seemed to be setting up for SOMETHING to go wrong...
I don't even think the actual Red Wedding part was just one chapter. Its like you skipped 100 pages or something. How?
On April 23 2012 05:00 GDbushido wrote:Show nested quote +On April 22 2012 13:39 DeepElemBlues wrote:Or making them bite poisoned coins. yeah forgot about that... pate was a bit of an idiot lol that's the standard way of insuring the coin is legitimate...although Pate self-admittedly had no idea what real gold should taste like.
Heh, I wasn't even takling about Pate.
On April 23 2012 05:20 kafkaesque wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 05:02 Sprungjeezy wrote:On April 23 2012 04:41 kafkaesque wrote:On April 22 2012 13:46 DeepElemBlues wrote:On April 22 2012 13:42 Crazyeyes wrote:On April 22 2012 13:39 DeepElemBlues wrote:Or making them bite poisoned coins. yeah forgot about that... pate was a bit of an idiot lol But I think its safe to assume that Jaquen is also a badass motherfucking sword fighter. And Arya's been training to be a Jedi with her 'get beat up by an old man in the dark' shit. Hell, the only reason she finally 'passed' that test was because she cheated (accidentally warged into cat, used cats eyes to hit him back). yeah i get the feeling jaqen is just a badass motherfucker in any form of combat or other ways to off people I guess since youre in here you don't care about spoilers, but I feel the need to apologize for spoiling you anyways. Also, that beta can't be taking up that much time. I was done in 3 hours and I was going really slow. GET BACK TO READING! =P didnt make the red wedding chapter any easier to read. robbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb nooooooooooooo What? You actually get to read that in the books? I was extremely disgruntled after reading about the Red Wedding in some other charater's chapter and thought it was a deliberate, yet idiotic decision of George R. R. Martin's excentric writing. Jesus, how did I skip an entire chapter without noticing? The fucking Freys bring tears of rage into my eyes. God, they're way worse than any Lannister. And then the baller Manderly and his feast make it better. Also I felt as sad as when Rob died, when the Red Viper died. I hope his daughters fuck some shit up soon. Manderly... that's the white harbour fatso, isn't he? If so, I like his little ploy surrounding Davos quite a lot!
Yes, that's Manderly. I didn't even realize how awesome that feast was until afterwards. I have to reread all of these books -_-
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That's why it felt so weird, like a huge climax that never came. No pun intended.
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