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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
Very fun show.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 9 May 2011 17:38 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
welp i just finished the first book
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Monday, 9 May 2011 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
shit got pretty nuts at the end there
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Monday, 9 May 2011 18:16 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
DO IT
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 9 May 2011 19:13 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
i think u mean ser hugh
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Monday, 9 May 2011 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Viserys Targaryen is growing on me a bit.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 9 May 2011 19:24 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
HODOR
― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Monday, 9 May 2011 20:09 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
evan you wont regret reading the books
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Monday, 9 May 2011 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
going to the store right now
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 9 May 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I dont think u should read the book gbx
― Aerosol, Monday, 9 May 2011 21:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i do! im canceling ur vote aerosol
― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Monday, 9 May 2011 21:37 (thirteen years ago) link
All those pages? Come on man , just think this through
― Aerosol, Monday, 9 May 2011 21:38 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
books are just gay tv programmes
― my other username is a finest (cozen), Monday, 9 May 2011 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
reading the books has made me even more psyched on watching the tv show
also cozen otm
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Monday, 9 May 2011 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
thx to cozen bye
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 9 May 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
~btw~
this show has totally made me go back and pick up where i left off amidst book 4
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 9 May 2011 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link
when I first started in with the books I was bored with the endless description of the armor but then i got really into it. i think seeing the "Arms and Armor of the Habsburg Empire" traveling exhibit around the same time raised my interest.
also, the sumptuous meals described made very hungry
― brownie, Monday, 9 May 2011 23:17 (thirteen years ago) link
mark my words gbx, you'll catch yourself saying HODOR for no reason when you're alone
― brownie, Monday, 9 May 2011 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
truthbomb
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 9 May 2011 23:22 (thirteen years ago) link
For all your ASOIAF recipe needshttp://innatthecrossroads.wordpress.com/
― Number None, Monday, 9 May 2011 23:25 (thirteen years ago) link
omg
― brownie, Monday, 9 May 2011 23:27 (thirteen years ago) link
HA!
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Monday, 9 May 2011 23:29 (thirteen years ago) link
BTW about to watch this weeks episode - eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Monday, 9 May 2011 23:30 (thirteen years ago) link
week's