I AGREE.
Just adding on my two unnecessary cents to L'il Joe's post. While Joe and I debated a lot over the many items that would make it into our top ten--and there are quite a few options and choices that are still up for debate, I know--there was one thing that was never in doubt:
Pesci is gay.
Okay, maybe there were two things that were never in doubt. The second, even less shocking item was that AFFC would be our #1 title holder. Really, Pesci has addressed the major issues. In my opinion, it is the only book of the series in which the lame bullshit heavily outweighs, both in quantity and in significance, the awesome parts. It's like a 20:1 ratio of shit to shine in that book, whereas the others are at about 1:5. Sand Snakes? Lady Stoneheart? Brienne? That stupid kidnap plot with the knight whose name I forget all the time because he was so insigificant? We've discussed it all before, and I don't feel like rehashing old comments. In short, the book is crap, and the fact that we had to wait five years for it to come out after George's very regular schedule of releasing the first three books--three generally very GOOD books, mind you--made it even more painful to deal with.
On a side note, as I was ranting to Pesci the other day, I'm entirely sick of the nicknames. I feel like by the end of the series, the Mountain that Rides will take on The Sword of the Morning while The Dragon with Three Heads and The Hound, lured to the remains of Winterfell by an ancient promise made to The Young Wolf and Lady Stoneheart, will erect a monument to The Knight of Flowers and The Red Viper while the Sand Snakes and The Imp get it on in a fivesome beneath a statue of The Drowned God.
Seriously, fuck all those people. As 2010 draws to a close, I am seriously considering changing the name of this blog to FTSG, better known as Finish the Sandwich, George. At least that way I'll have a consistent sense of satisfaction in my life.
Pesci is gay.
Okay, maybe there were two things that were never in doubt. The second, even less shocking item was that AFFC would be our #1 title holder. Really, Pesci has addressed the major issues. In my opinion, it is the only book of the series in which the lame bullshit heavily outweighs, both in quantity and in significance, the awesome parts. It's like a 20:1 ratio of shit to shine in that book, whereas the others are at about 1:5. Sand Snakes? Lady Stoneheart? Brienne? That stupid kidnap plot with the knight whose name I forget all the time because he was so insigificant? We've discussed it all before, and I don't feel like rehashing old comments. In short, the book is crap, and the fact that we had to wait five years for it to come out after George's very regular schedule of releasing the first three books--three generally very GOOD books, mind you--made it even more painful to deal with.
On a side note, as I was ranting to Pesci the other day, I'm entirely sick of the nicknames. I feel like by the end of the series, the Mountain that Rides will take on The Sword of the Morning while The Dragon with Three Heads and The Hound, lured to the remains of Winterfell by an ancient promise made to The Young Wolf and Lady Stoneheart, will erect a monument to The Knight of Flowers and The Red Viper while the Sand Snakes and The Imp get it on in a fivesome beneath a statue of The Drowned God.
Seriously, fuck all those people. As 2010 draws to a close, I am seriously considering changing the name of this blog to FTSG, better known as Finish the Sandwich, George. At least that way I'll have a consistent sense of satisfaction in my life.