i didnt know you did that yourself man, gj
― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Saturday, 7 May 2011 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
i just wanted your approval
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Saturday, 7 May 2011 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Saturday, 7 May 2011 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
anyone got a rough idea of which chapter in the book we're upto in the tv series?
― smh (cozen), Saturday, 7 May 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
were about a third of the way through, tho i think the danaerys story arc is moving faster in the tv series
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Saturday, 7 May 2011 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
my roommate is reading these books now too. shit is intense.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Saturday, 7 May 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
I curse my lack of cable and terrible internet connection. How long do these things take to come out on DVD? Please don't tell me that Martin has to oversee the DVD release because he doesn't have have time for this, I say.
― brownie, Saturday, 7 May 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
btw there is a knight named hosteen in the books, i lol every time
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Saturday, 7 May 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
I usually don't get the DTs with tv shows, but dammit next episode l34k already!!!
― NoShoutsNoCalls (Leee), Monday, 9 May 2011 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
Also, finish the book, George.
― NoShoutsNoCalls (Leee), Monday, 9 May 2011 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
he did
― ignore the man behind the parentheses (remy bean), Monday, 9 May 2011 00:26 (twelve years ago) link
Errr, finish the series, HBO.
― NoShoutsNoCalls (Leee), Monday, 9 May 2011 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
this show is rilly great
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 9 May 2011 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
Confirmation that even my wife, who has never read a sentence of the books, is hooked: at the final scene she shouted out, "we have to wait another WEEK for the next episode? Fuck you HBO". I lolled heartily, she has no idea what she is in store for.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 May 2011 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
is this show suspenseful? i can't tell.
― raggett doll, livin' in a rovi (some dude), Monday, 9 May 2011 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
The ending of this week's was pretty suspenseful, particularly for someone new to the story.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 May 2011 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
Very fun show.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 9 May 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
The jousting scene was the BEST!
^^^^ totally lived up to my expectation
and Catelyn's ambush in the tavern at the end played out beautifully
Samwell is A+, they cast him well. I love the wall boys so much.
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
welp i just finished the first book
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Monday, 9 May 2011 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
shit got pretty nuts at the end there
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Monday, 9 May 2011 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
soooo we're like halfway through the first book, yeah? -ish? should i bother to start reading? it seems long and i don't have ~that~ much free time.
kinda torn between wanting to know NOW exactly how ham it gets and savoring the madness as it unfolds.
btw found the HBO 'guide' to be v helpful in keeping track of who's who
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 9 May 2011 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
also kinda dont want to read hundreds of pages of stuff i've just seen
if ur like me you will end up making free time to read it
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Monday, 9 May 2011 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
its kinda slow going at first but it really picks up ~200 pages in and its worth it even if youve already seen the tv show
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Monday, 9 May 2011 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
& its not exactly a "hard read" either, you could finish it over an intense weekend
hmmmm
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 9 May 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
i need a good page-turner
good thing i live two blocks from a used book store
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 9 May 2011 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
DO IT
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 9 May 2011 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
thing is, yer gonna wanna read the second book as soon as the first season of the tv show is over, so you'd better read the first book now so you don't miss anything small..
also, in the book during the jousting scene (from sansa's POV) Sir Hugh is just "some knight from the vale." and his death is less obviously diabolical.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 9 May 2011 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't strike me as diabolical, but I'm guessing it's cuz the hand went asking questions?
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 9 May 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
i think u mean ser hugh
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Monday, 9 May 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
Viserys Targaryen is growing on me a bit.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 9 May 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
I just finished book 1 on sunday...O_O
Found that reading along with the tv show sped me up, because I had a picture of everything, characters etc
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 9 May 2011 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
HODOR
― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Monday, 9 May 2011 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
I'd like to claim credit for this one, but actually my girlfriend noticed it(she's a fanatic about the books). If you look at the credits, particularly the animals engraved on the bands around the sun, you'll see that they tell the story of Robert Baratheon's war against the Mad King in Heraldic form... It's a nice geeky touch.
― Stone Monkey, Monday, 9 May 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
man I think reading might just be worth it to clarify things in the backstory. It took the HBO guide to figure out ~why~ the mad king killed the Starks and why Jaime Lannister wasn't really respected for icing the guy.
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 9 May 2011 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
jaime is outright loathed and mocked for killing aerys iirc.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 9 May 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
the books are a little bit more expository but not much--you dont quite get the whole story of the uprising until midway through and even then its partial and in pieces
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Monday, 9 May 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
Oh yeah they haven't played that up but every man's hand is against Jaime now, because Mad King or no Mad King, Jaime is an oathbreaker.
― Back up the lesbian canoe (Laurel), Monday, 9 May 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah Jaime's entire fame rests on the fact that he killed his king while he was a sworn member of that king's personal bodyguard. The king in question might have been mad, but that sort of thing is not going to give you a good name with anyone who hears about it. Anything else he does in the future is going to have to be pretty special if he's going to live that down.
― Stone Monkey, Monday, 9 May 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
yeah. i mean it took me until today to figure out that there WAS a king's guard, and that he was part of it (and why he wore that special armor). normally i'm pretty good about piecing together backstory, but the pace has been pretty quick and it's hard to keep up
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 9 May 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
read da books dog. you can always skim the parts you've seen if you get bored.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 9 May 2011 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
evan you wont regret reading the books
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Monday, 9 May 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
going to the store right now
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 9 May 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
I dont think u should read the book gbx
― Aerosol, Monday, 9 May 2011 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
i do! im canceling ur vote aerosol
― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Monday, 9 May 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
All those pages? Come on man , just think this through
― Aerosol, Monday, 9 May 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
not going to read the books now because I like watching the TV show and having no idea what's coming.
I thought the way the king asked the lannister dude how he killed the mad king was pretty telling about the disdain that's felt towards him.
― Gukbe, Monday, 9 May 2011 21:46 (twelve years ago) link