savior complex in general yes, i think her #checkyourprivilege issue has to do with class and shit more than (fictional) nationality.
but that argument doesnt create #clicks the way the right headline and a screenshot of the end of "mhysa" does, which is why it was created, let's be honest here
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 17:50 (nine years ago) link
If only progressives had a queen to take on the ruling class
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Wednesday, 17 June 2015 17:50 (nine years ago) link
why the latter was created, i mean xp self
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 17:51 (nine years ago) link
lol slothro only consumes internet media that is pure
― 龜, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 17:53 (nine years ago) link
there are definite parallels between Dany and Rachel Dolezal
― let he who has not approved of the ronaldinho bottle opener cast the (sarahell), Wednesday, 17 June 2015 17:56 (nine years ago) link
come on man how you gonna be mad at some mild clickbait pokes, obviously i read plenty of that shit myself i read grantland and espn xp
*slothrop
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 18:00 (nine years ago) link
there are definite parallels between Dany and Rachel Dolezal― let he who has not approved of the ronaldinho bottle opener cast the (sarahell)
feel like this could go in truth bombs, pvmic, solitary posts that sum up, privilege is a meme, etc etc
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 17 June 2015 18:04 (nine years ago) link
the fact that you consider that stuff to be clickbait says a lot about you
― 龜, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 18:04 (nine years ago) link
*sigh* i was referring to the like "10 things" posts those sites make, like comparing athletes to thrones characters stuff or w/e, i'm totally a sucker for that doesnt mean i dont feel guilty sometimes
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 18:07 (nine years ago) link
but yea sure file such a conflict under like, not liking lil B as stuff that makes me hopelessly out of touch at 27, rmde
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 18:08 (nine years ago) link
that was a good dodge you're very accomplished
― 龜, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 18:09 (nine years ago) link
mom always said i'd impress the kids at school somehow
i think someone already posted the ask the maester thing but that dude and mallory rubin did another one w/ some interesting speculation on s6, especially w/r/t those leaked casting descriptions, prophecies etc. http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/the-game-of-thrones-book-symposium-a-spoiler-filled-discussion-of-the-season-finale-and-predictions-for-season-6/
― definite parallels between Dany and Rachel Dolezal (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 17 June 2015 18:20 (nine years ago) link
I just saw a facebook link comparing GOT characters to houses that supposedly looked like them. Do wonder how long it took to compile a suitable database and what else could have been done with the time.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 18:39 (nine years ago) link
Maybe headlines generate using SEO. Got to get the click traffic for those GoT HGTV fans.
― Evan, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 18:47 (nine years ago) link
w/r/t those leaked casting descriptions, prophecies
Some kid who write GoTs fan fictiongoing into a trance and typing, dead eyed: "The wolf shall lie down with flayed man, and Euron Greyjoy shall be featured next season."
― Rouge Trooper (dowd), Wednesday, 17 June 2015 19:32 (nine years ago) link
Interesting that the iron throne didn't make an appearance all season.
― Evan, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 20:01 (nine years ago) link
on loan to Empire
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Wednesday, 17 June 2015 20:13 (nine years ago) link
shoutout to stannis today
― 龜, Sunday, 21 June 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CICKU1mWoAAfBly.jpg
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 21 June 2015 17:16 (nine years ago) link
nice day for back yard barbeque
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Sunday, 21 June 2015 18:05 (nine years ago) link
:(
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 June 2015 18:22 (nine years ago) link
mom isn't gonna make it the cookout after all
― sarahell, Sunday, 21 June 2015 18:23 (nine years ago) link
she's hanging out in the woods
(sorry)
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 June 2015 20:13 (nine years ago) link
did this thread go there yet, good
― got bent (mild cheezed off vibes) (s.clover), Sunday, 21 June 2015 20:27 (nine years ago) link
Love this stuffhttps://vimeo.com/132571771
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 16:39 (nine years ago) link
also please note: no ice dragons
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 16:43 (nine years ago) link
Maybe they used computers to erase them!!!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 16:43 (nine years ago) link
Pred ship?
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 18:14 (nine years ago) link
Well just started watching this, up to S1E7. Pretty amazing! The villains are a bit OTT but they certainly inspire hate at a first glance. It's kind of like a soap opera with a lot more killing.
Daenerys is the main reason I'm watching, after seeing a clip of her with a couple dragons. Holy shit that episode where she eats the horse heart and then they dumb that molten gold onto her sniveling brother's head. I was getting sick of his shit. The Dothraki storyline is definitely my favorite.
I did enjoy Tyrion using his trial to tell as many off-color jokes as possible. Can see why Peter Dinklage is a fan favorite.
I did see the South Park before this, so every time the theme song starts I think back to that and LOL.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjzC2DRgEo4
I started reading the books on vacation last week, I'm about halfway through Clash of Kings right now. Enjoying it, and it's fast reading because I know what's going to happen for the most part, but goddamn people are spot on about Martin's prose being painful reading.
― dan m, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 15:49 (nine years ago) link
The Dothraki storyline is definitely my favorite.
I think this makes you unique
― Most Scientifically Beautiful Face (President Keyes), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 16:33 (nine years ago) link
dan m have you read genre fiction previously Y/N?
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
Yes, but not a whole lot. Most was probably Dragonlance type books in middle school.
― dan m, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 17:42 (nine years ago) link
http://www.livenation.com/artists/136195/rave-of-thrones
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 17:57 (nine years ago) link
well he certainly puts the prose of dragonlance (not to mention wheel of time, shannara) to shame, no? GRRM is no jack vance-- he's not even my favorite active doorstop fantasy writer-- but IDG this notion that his writing is painfully bad
― demonic mnevice (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 18:31 (nine years ago) link
I prefer JiC's fake GRRM prose tbh
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 18:34 (nine years ago) link
I haven't read the book but p much every excerpt I've seen is just head-smackingly painful, idk how people slog through 1000s of pages of that garbage
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
for the descriptions of boobs
― Most Scientifically Beautiful Face (President Keyes), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 18:36 (nine years ago) link
agree it is both bad and above average for the genre
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 18:39 (nine years ago) link
Hah.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link
you mean dragon eggs
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 18:52 (nine years ago) link
I guess the badness kind of comes and goes in waves? idk, I'll be chugging along totally fine and then there'll be a series of passages that stop me in my tracks, then I can continue on like no big deal. Definitely better than Dragonlance, but that's just the majority of might & magic style fantasy stuff I've ever read.
― dan m, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 18:53 (nine years ago) link
GRRM's prose is totally fine and adequate, I mean he's not like "a stylist" or whatever, but I think that's probably good thing considering the vast bulk of this thing.
― Modern French Music from Failure to Boulez (askance johnson), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 18:53 (nine years ago) link
A lot of people here can slog through all sorts of comics, sitcoms, cartoons, films. Tough bastards.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 18:59 (nine years ago) link
to be fair there are not a lot of real prose stylists writing high fantasy (even vance only dabbled in that genre for 3 books)-- writers of that bent have tended more toward gray-area lit-fantasy (Wolfe, Crowley, Blaylock, etc)
― demonic mnevice (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 19:02 (nine years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, July 15, 2015
hmm could it be the passages excerpted are typically the lolsiest?
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 20:57 (nine years ago) link
no, there's all kinds of excerpts all over the net
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 21:01 (nine years ago) link
it's just a story.
― ian, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 21:12 (nine years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, July 15, 2015 2:01 PM
seems like it would be easier/less time-consuming to read the books vs combing the net for excerpts but chacun à son goût and all that
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 21:21 (nine years ago) link