"for any given pairing, the odds that one of them will end up killing the other one eventually are extremely high."
I pause to ponder the history plays... Yes. Definitely yes.
his says something about me and I am sure it is not good.
It confirms a certain Targaryen tendency within you. Though I suppose any of the SOIAF characters (or families) would fit the mould.
I need to actually read these books, clearly
Ah. Well. Yes. I loved the first three. The fourth was disappointing. I have great hopes for the fifth. What I like best is the way you can't - well, I can't - predict where the plots are going. There are some great larger-than-life scenarios. Like the humungous-high wall of ice at the north of the world, resmbling Hadrian's Wall, only colder and scarier and much, much bigger, which manned by the Night's Watch, who remind me of Templars, in a growly sort of way. The whole thing is remarkably big - the number of characters, themes and ideas is amazing.
There are ideas taken from the Wars of the Roses, but don't look for historical parallels: it's sheer fantasy. But the magic is interestingly rationalistic.
Don't read it when feeling depressed. Good things do not happen. Especially, good things do not happen to good characters. A large number of the characters are not good, but that doesn't help them any, either.
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Date: 2007-09-02 12:52 am (UTC)Clearly you are a true Targaryen.
"for any given pairing, the odds that one of them will end up killing the other one eventually are extremely high."
I pause to ponder the history plays... Yes. Definitely yes.
his says something about me and I am sure it is not good.
It confirms a certain Targaryen tendency within you. Though I suppose any of the SOIAF characters (or families) would fit the mould.
I need to actually read these books, clearly
Ah. Well. Yes. I loved the first three. The fourth was disappointing. I have great hopes for the fifth. What I like best is the way you can't - well, I can't - predict where the plots are going. There are some great larger-than-life scenarios. Like the humungous-high wall of ice at the north of the world, resmbling Hadrian's Wall, only colder and scarier and much, much bigger, which manned by the Night's Watch, who remind me of Templars, in a growly sort of way. The whole thing is remarkably big - the number of characters, themes and ideas is amazing.
There are ideas taken from the Wars of the Roses, but don't look for historical parallels: it's sheer fantasy. But the magic is interestingly rationalistic.
Don't read it when feeling depressed. Good things do not happen. Especially, good things do not happen to good characters. A large number of the characters are not good, but that doesn't help them any, either.