[Game of Thrones] This is how I felt when I read the first book the first time.
The Cage
[Game of Thrones] This is how I felt when I read the first book the first time.
[Game of Thrones] This is how I felt when I read the first book the first time.
danael
Hahahaha, well
danael
Everyone gets theirs in Martin's world.
Pikaboo
See, I'm not sure that's strictly accurate.
Pikaboo
I mean, yes, GRRM kills people left and right.
Pikaboo
But when he kills characters, it's generally not to hurt the audience by killing them directly.
Pikaboo
It's to make the characters that the audience loves most miserable.
Pikaboo
Which creates protracted suffering, since audience favorites survive and suffer heaps upon heaps of trauma as the people they care about die.
Pikaboo
: D
The Cage
Yeah, that's probably right. I still flailed on some of them. One or two in particular.
Pikaboo
For instance, if he wanted the audience to ragequit, he could always kill Tyrion.
Pikaboo
Instead, he makes him even MORE miserable than he already was
Ti'Zo
There's always purpose to killing off characters. I must agree though, it certainly feels like GRRM is out to kill everyone I love.
Pikaboo
True! He doesn't kill indiscriminately.
Pikaboo
He kills to maximize fandom anguish and to subvert classic fantasy structure
danael
I like to think that Martin likes killing his characters in a bitter, spiteful way.
danael
The Cage
: Though, the purpose of the book is to place value on characters and make their deaths the antithesis of epitaphs.
danael
It's supposed to be a cruel realization of reality in the midst of this crazy fantasy.
danael
Why no one dies from extreme heart disease constantly in the North is beyond me, though. Everything's soaked in pig grease.
illin' klorvus
the cold kills you first?
danael
Whitebeard VS Aokiji (HD)
Ao Kiji hung around in the North during a few long naps.
Janzoo
Sadly accurate...