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Sooo, my bestest bestie Tim has finally become a real LJ-member by posting his first post today (I'm so proud! *tears up*) and you all need to go read it and comment on it and friend him so he'll keep writing. nepenthis is his LJ thingy, he likes a lot of the stuff I like (some/most because I made him watch it), for example Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Cougar Town, Parks & Rec, Futurama, Sherlock, Harry Potter, and he's also big into movies which I am not so he needs someone who likes depressing weird artsy movies to talk to so I don't have to. Go, friend, tell him I sent you, he's the nicest dude ever. <3
TV was pretty dull today so I'm gonna do a meme! Snagged from miserywaterfall and doing it all in one swoop like she did too.
Game of Thrones
(I've only seen the show, so I'm ignoring any and all book questions)
Day 01 ~ Favourite character from book/show.
Tyrion, Arya, Dany. In roughly that order.
Day 02 ~ Favourite quote relating to GoT.
Hmmmm, lot of good ones. "Winter is coming" is obviously fun for the sheer usability of it, it's practically a meme of the "can has cheeseburger" variety at this point. XD But I'm gonna go with "Let me tell you something, Bastard. Never forget what you are, the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor and it can never be used to hurt you." because that is just damned good advice. Soundbytes and poster quotes are all well and good, but good advice is worth more.
Day 03 ~ Where would you want to live in the GoT world?
Hmmm, well, nowhere, because no plumbing or electricity? Blow that for a lark. But I liked the place where Dany and Viserys started out, sort of a Greek thing going on? Can't remember what it was called now.
Day 04 ~ Favourite house? (ie. Stark, Lannister).
Targaryen, because both Dany and Viserys is/was awesome (albeit in polar opposite ways). So far they have the highest procentage of awesome family members!
Day 05 ~ Who do you ship?
Not many, Jon/Ygritte and Arya/Gendry are the only ones I think, now that the Dany/Doreah ship is dead. I'm in favor of Tyrion/Shae and Dany/Jorah too, but not to the point of actually shipping them.
Day 06 ~ Picture or gif that expresses your reaction to the show.
When it's good/epic:
Rest of the time:
Day 07 ~ Link to a fanvid you like.
How about 3 instead? To be fair I think those are the ONLY GoT-fanvids I've seen, and they're not exactly fanvids (some magazine made them), but they are funny. My fave is the Dany one.
Day 08 ~ Favourite moment in book/show.
Hands down the final scene of the season 2 finale, because HOLY MOTHER OF ZOMBIES! I could list more, but then it'd be a really long list and that's not the point.
Day 09 ~ Least favourite character.
Gawd, sosoooo many. But to keep it short: Sam, Stannis, Melisandre are the worst, in that they're often pointless and insanely boring. Atleast everyone else contributes in some way or other, even if it is by being a villian they're atleast GOOD villians (by which I mean entirely hateful).
Day 10 ~ If you had a direwolf, what would you name it?
Probably Snow or Ghost, because I suck at names.
Day 11 ~ Three words that describe GoT.
Insane. Ridiculous. Epic.
Day 12 ~ If there was a crossover … who would you ship?
If it could be a crossover with anything then I wouldn't mind seeing
Day 13 ~ Would you join the Night’s Watch?
Lessee, winter, mortal danger, WINTER, hanging out all days with criminals and emo selfpitying bastards ... No, no I would not. Seriously, the celibacy vow is the LEAST awful selling point, they should put that on the front of the Night Watch brochure.
Day 14 ~ Who do you think Jon Snow’s parents are?
Ned Stark's his dad, innit he? Maybe not in the books? Ugh, I do not want any surprise-paternity changes, they used that up with Joffrey already. It would be pretty hilarious if he turned out not to be a bastard after all, though...
Day 15 ~ FREE DAY
Day 16 ~ Make a graphic advertising GoT.
I think the internet has quite enough of those already. Seriously.
Day 17 ~ Link to an interview you think is funny.
I don't read a lot of interviews for this show.
Day 18 ~ What Stark would you be?
Ideally? Arya. I'm probably more Bran though, mopey, handicapped and occassionally annoying.
Day 19 ~ Invent a character that would fit in GoT.
Errrrr, pass, it's too late and also I have crap imagination. I'd probably end up stealing a character from somewhere else.
Day 20 ~ What’s the most interesting thing about GoT?
Not to be that girl, but: ZOMBIES. And the dragons, but mostly the zombies.
Day 21 ~ Link to a GoT-based blog.
Pass, I don't know any.
Day 22 ~ Make a graphic of your favourite ship.
I don't ship anything enough to make bad Photoshop graphics.
Day 23 ~ Tyrion, Cersei, Jaime: Marry, fuck, throw off a cliff - what would you do?
Fuck: Jaime, Marry: Tyrion, Cliff: Cersei. I could possibly be pursuaded to trade places with Cersei and Jaime.
Day 24 ~ Who would you like to see battle it out?
Dany vs everyone, once her dragons are bigger. And anyone/everyone vs the HOARD OF ZOMBIE AWESOMENESS.
Day 25 ~ What character’s death would you be okay with?
Joffrey! Gawd, would anyone not be okay with that? Seriously, hands up if you want that little monster to live? Didn't think so! I'd be fine with losing a whole bunch of people on this show, but I'd be PLEASED to see Joffrey die. Preferably violently, and at the hands of Sansa. Or Tyrion. He could be slapped to death!
Day 26 ~ Give yourself a GoT inspired name.
No thank you, it'd end up being too similar to Melisandre, what with my real name beginning with M. Also: suck at names.
Day 27 ~ Top 5 favourite characters.
Tyrion, Arya, Dany, Ygritte, Sansa.
Day 28 ~ Give some advice to one of the characters.
Starks: BE LESS STUPID. Or more like Arya, be more like Arya.
Dany: More warrior, less princess. Also less whining, empty-ish threats (wait until your dragons are big until you piss people off!).
Theon: Shut. Up.
Day 29 ~ Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?
Both? I haven't seen/read LotR in a long time so wouldn't feel fair to pick between them.
Day 30 ~ Favourite book/episode.
Valar Morgulis (no idea if I'm spelling that right) and Blackwater FTW.
TV was pretty dull today so I'm gonna do a meme! Snagged from miserywaterfall and doing it all in one swoop like she did too.
Game of Thrones
(I've only seen the show, so I'm ignoring any and all book questions)
Day 01 ~ Favourite character from book/show.
Tyrion, Arya, Dany. In roughly that order.
Day 02 ~ Favourite quote relating to GoT.
Hmmmm, lot of good ones. "Winter is coming" is obviously fun for the sheer usability of it, it's practically a meme of the "can has cheeseburger" variety at this point. XD But I'm gonna go with "Let me tell you something, Bastard. Never forget what you are, the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor and it can never be used to hurt you." because that is just damned good advice. Soundbytes and poster quotes are all well and good, but good advice is worth more.
Day 03 ~ Where would you want to live in the GoT world?
Hmmm, well, nowhere, because no plumbing or electricity? Blow that for a lark. But I liked the place where Dany and Viserys started out, sort of a Greek thing going on? Can't remember what it was called now.
Day 04 ~ Favourite house? (ie. Stark, Lannister).
Targaryen, because both Dany and Viserys is/was awesome (albeit in polar opposite ways). So far they have the highest procentage of awesome family members!
Day 05 ~ Who do you ship?
Not many, Jon/Ygritte and Arya/Gendry are the only ones I think, now that the Dany/Doreah ship is dead. I'm in favor of Tyrion/Shae and Dany/Jorah too, but not to the point of actually shipping them.
Day 06 ~ Picture or gif that expresses your reaction to the show.
When it's good/epic:
Rest of the time:
Day 07 ~ Link to a fanvid you like.
How about 3 instead? To be fair I think those are the ONLY GoT-fanvids I've seen, and they're not exactly fanvids (some magazine made them), but they are funny. My fave is the Dany one.
Day 08 ~ Favourite moment in book/show.
Hands down the final scene of the season 2 finale, because HOLY MOTHER OF ZOMBIES! I could list more, but then it'd be a really long list and that's not the point.
Day 09 ~ Least favourite character.
Gawd, sosoooo many. But to keep it short: Sam, Stannis, Melisandre are the worst, in that they're often pointless and insanely boring. Atleast everyone else contributes in some way or other, even if it is by being a villian they're atleast GOOD villians (by which I mean entirely hateful).
Day 10 ~ If you had a direwolf, what would you name it?
Probably Snow or Ghost, because I suck at names.
Day 11 ~ Three words that describe GoT.
Insane. Ridiculous. Epic.
Day 12 ~ If there was a crossover … who would you ship?
If it could be a crossover with anything then I wouldn't mind seeing
Day 13 ~ Would you join the Night’s Watch?
Lessee, winter, mortal danger, WINTER, hanging out all days with criminals and emo selfpitying bastards ... No, no I would not. Seriously, the celibacy vow is the LEAST awful selling point, they should put that on the front of the Night Watch brochure.
Day 14 ~ Who do you think Jon Snow’s parents are?
Ned Stark's his dad, innit he? Maybe not in the books? Ugh, I do not want any surprise-paternity changes, they used that up with Joffrey already. It would be pretty hilarious if he turned out not to be a bastard after all, though...
Day 15 ~ FREE DAY
Day 16 ~ Make a graphic advertising GoT.
I think the internet has quite enough of those already. Seriously.
Day 17 ~ Link to an interview you think is funny.
I don't read a lot of interviews for this show.
Day 18 ~ What Stark would you be?
Ideally? Arya. I'm probably more Bran though, mopey, handicapped and occassionally annoying.
Day 19 ~ Invent a character that would fit in GoT.
Errrrr, pass, it's too late and also I have crap imagination. I'd probably end up stealing a character from somewhere else.
Day 20 ~ What’s the most interesting thing about GoT?
Not to be that girl, but: ZOMBIES. And the dragons, but mostly the zombies.
Day 21 ~ Link to a GoT-based blog.
Pass, I don't know any.
Day 22 ~ Make a graphic of your favourite ship.
I don't ship anything enough to make bad Photoshop graphics.
Day 23 ~ Tyrion, Cersei, Jaime: Marry, fuck, throw off a cliff - what would you do?
Fuck: Jaime, Marry: Tyrion, Cliff: Cersei. I could possibly be pursuaded to trade places with Cersei and Jaime.
Day 24 ~ Who would you like to see battle it out?
Dany vs everyone, once her dragons are bigger. And anyone/everyone vs the HOARD OF ZOMBIE AWESOMENESS.
Day 25 ~ What character’s death would you be okay with?
Joffrey! Gawd, would anyone not be okay with that? Seriously, hands up if you want that little monster to live? Didn't think so! I'd be fine with losing a whole bunch of people on this show, but I'd be PLEASED to see Joffrey die. Preferably violently, and at the hands of Sansa. Or Tyrion. He could be slapped to death!
Day 26 ~ Give yourself a GoT inspired name.
No thank you, it'd end up being too similar to Melisandre, what with my real name beginning with M. Also: suck at names.
Day 27 ~ Top 5 favourite characters.
Tyrion, Arya, Dany, Ygritte, Sansa.
Day 28 ~ Give some advice to one of the characters.
Starks: BE LESS STUPID. Or more like Arya, be more like Arya.
Dany: More warrior, less princess. Also less whining, empty-ish threats (wait until your dragons are big until you piss people off!).
Theon: Shut. Up.
Day 29 ~ Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?
Both? I haven't seen/read LotR in a long time so wouldn't feel fair to pick between them.
Day 30 ~ Favourite book/episode.
Valar Morgulis (no idea if I'm spelling that right) and Blackwater FTW.