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this asoiaf reread is hitting different because I made the insane choice to expose myself to the show-verse before starting but that's almost been a bonus. you don't really appreciate the depth of these POVs until you remember how little effort was put into adapting them

#dany's acok storyline in particular just straight up doesn't get adapted #arya's feels like it was adapted by people who massively failed to understand the assignment #it's hard to say which character the show did a worse job adapting overall #asoiaf reread

hylialeia

investing in the idea that jon's big fuck-up moment in twow will be abandoning the people at hardhome. let's run away from destiny out of spite

hylialeia

#asoiaf #jon snow

investing in the idea that jon's big fuck-up moment in twow will be abandoning the people at hardhome. let's run away from destiny out of spite

#partially inspired by thinking of dany's potential twow arc since they're so often paralleled/foiled #dany's darkest moment resulting out of charging ahead towards what she believes is her destiny vs jon's darkest moment being abandoning his #would also be interesting to me because the show made it such a Big Damn Hero moment #rotating it in my mind. hmmmmm

mmilhouse

goodbye $200 helloooo 3 groceries

do you still think Daenereys will be the one to blow up KL?

last time I talked about this I got death threats

#taking a deep breath NO I do not think daenerys will ever go genocidal maniac and intentionally raze king's landing to the ground #but YES I think king's landing is doomed to go up in flames and am open to a variety of possibilities #the most controversial being I am literally fine with dany accidentally setting off the wildfire. because I support women #the arianne twow chapter grrm released does make me think it's going to come down to a dany vs. aegon showdown #I think people have an unnecessarily severe and devoid-of-nuance fear of this possibility that I just cannot share. sorry #idc if dany accidentally blows that city up it won't make me hate her and frankly I would find the aftermath incredibly compelling

hylialeia

jaime: twink, twunkm or bear

@ilynpilled come get your anon

ilynpilled

who do you think should/will end up killing ramsey? jeyne or theon seems most thematically relevant, but they're pretty far off from the fighting now

potentially controversial, but I genuinely don't think Theon will be the one to kill Ramsay. it's not GRRM's style to give his characters any sort of straightforward revenge story, no matter how much the reader might think they want it. the denial of that catharsis is often more poignant and relevant to asoiaf's themes around vengeance vs. justice, anyway.

also, just in terms of practicality, I doubt Theon will get the chance. the Boltons are not in a good position; they're surrounded by enemies both externally and internally, and they don't even have the paper-thin shield of "Arya Stark" to protect them anymore. their tenuous allies hate them. they're traitors with a propensity for unusual cruelty. nobody likes them. it's not going to take long for the tension within the gates to implode, even as Stannis (a genuinely competent military commander) makes moves on the outside. add onto that Ramsay's definitely killed Roose, the more measured/thoughtful strategist that the few anti-Stark northern houses were willing to deal with, and I can't imagine he's long for this world.

which is the long way of saying Big Walder is going to stab him in the back

#or someone else maybe but I'll admit the idea of big walder doing it is very funny to me #and would be an in-character way for him to try to stay in the running for the succession of the twins #asoiaf #asoiaf meta #valyrianscrolls #theon greyjoy #ramsay bolton

jaime: twink, twunkm or bear

@ilynpilled come get your anon

What's your favorite asoiaf point of view character?

so series-wide I've always gone with daenerys and so far that's still true, but my current reread has some absolute standouts that I wasn't expecting (jon in agot and arya and bran for acok so far). I'm expecting jaime and brienne will hit harder than ever during the asos/affc portion.

#dany's acok chapters are also some of my favorite in the whole series but of course they're very limited

twow release date best guess

august 4 because grrm knows it's my birthdayyyy

#and it will be a twow/ados double-drop 🙂‍↕️