Comments | janie_tangerine: someone stop me dammit - a storm of swords (yes I finished it)

janie_tangerine

someone stop me dammit - a storm of swords (yes I finished it)

Jul 06, 2011 22:29

I'm not starting the fourth now though. I have an exam on the 11th and I really can't afford it. But it makes me lol that if I hadn't had that exam I'd have finished just in time for the fifth book to be out. Anyway. Spoilers.

( my main comment it's wtf )

wtf am i doing, i am way crazy, books, a song of ice and fire, wtf

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bold_seer July 6 2011, 21:16:42 UTC

After Ned - and in many ways even more so - that's the most upsetting death so far, poor Robb. Obviously Catelyn, too, poor Cat, but - zombie!Cat, that's what's made it a difficult question to answer!

I have no urge of seeing Grey Wind's head sewed to Robb's maimed body

IKR? I saw fanart once for that; it was beautiful and not (unnecessarily) gory, but I just wanted to hide under a blanket, hugging a pillow after that. :/ Most :( part so far, I think?

Also uuhm, Sansa/Hound remains my ship, but I kinda liked Sansa/Tyrion for what it was. Shit, poor girl.

I'd say you're not alone shipping Sansan (well, it's certainly more amusing than most ship smush names).

Davos, can I keep you forever? End of story.

YAY! \O/ He's my second most fave character! :D (I'm eagerly waiting for casting news.)

Dany's great (er, still), lots of people ship Jaime/Brienne (I, too, but very casually) and This singer's killed my lady wife is pretty much the best chapter ending ever, right, so you've got to give Littlefinger that. The books are like ( ... )

janie_tangerine July 6 2011, 21:30:58 UTC

ROOOBBB. ;______________; I don't know which one was worse between him and Ned. I mean Ned died a traitor and he died a guest and LIKE THAT. Ugh, like father like son indeed. I wasn't betting on him surviving through the end - my favorites never do - but I went for the one with the gruesome death, didn't I. And he was also POV-less, poor my darling. *hugs to pieces ( ... )

bold_seer July 8 2011, 05:59:01 UTC

Oh, it's just Ned! Is. Was? :´( Davos, I'm weirdly attached to for no reason whatsoever. Other than that he's pretty cool, and a decent guy and other awesome things.

(Damn, I deleted my Ned icon in advance. To buy more icon space or not, that is the question.)

janie_tangerine July 8 2011, 15:48:34 UTC

Lol I thought it could be Ned ten seconds after I posted that comment but I was assuming we were talking about living people. Totally legitimate choice though - if we count dead people then Ned is totally at least in my top ten if not five. Ugh I miss him. And ha, well, I think that Davos, other than being cool and decent, is one of the three people in there who has brains and uses them but doesn't think he's oh-so-smart, you know. More or less the same reason that Sam is my favorite wall person except for Jon but I just like smart people who put their smart to use without scheming/horrible purposes. XD

emiliglia July 6 2011, 21:40:50 UTC

I read your last review and saw that Robb wasn't your favorite and wasn't sure if I should warn you about the next book or not. The Red Wedding was pretty much where the books where done for me, even though I read the next one, because Robb was pretty much my last glimmer of hope, and then he got killed so horribly.

I can't remember if Catelyn is a POV character or not in the next book, but she is in it a lot.

janie_tangerine July 6 2011, 21:47:00 UTC

I had been more or less warned (IE, at least four people were like 'you'll hate book three so much') and my favorites always die so I was braced for SOMETHING. Then I started reading signs and I realized it was going to be horrible, so when it actually happened I pretty much stared at the last page in shock but that was the most of it. If I hadn't had an idea and if I had been invested in these people as much as I had been invested in Dark Tower people I'd have probably quit though. I mean, something similar happened in the DT too but it was in the last book so I wasn't going to quit at the end, but still. :/// It was horrible. Just. Horrible. I guess it's a good thing I'm not invested in the visceral kind of sense. Ugh. :/// (though the worst thing was what they did after - that made me kinda want to retch. Still I guess I'm not done since there are still people I care about.)

I don't think she is but thanks for confirming that she's in it - leaving it THERE and ignoring it for the entire fourth would have been unfair at least.

blue_fjords July 6 2011, 22:28:40 UTC

yay, jaime/brienne is my secondary otp. :) So we are on the OTP love train once again!!! And in my opinion, Cersei never gets interesting. At some point this summer I will finish watching the series and see if I find her more nuanced and worthy of screenplay when she is flesh and blood, but in the books I think her character is flat and lifeless. Which is partly the point, as she thinks she's so cunning but she doesn't have what it takes, in my opinion, but I still -- my eyes glaze over when I see her name.

Catelyn -- she did die, or was mostly dead. There are lots of miracle workers in Westeros.

And Littlefinger -- I really don't like him. I know a lot of people do b/c he's clever and interesting and, in his way, devoted to his cause. But I really can't stand him. Different strokes for different folks, yo.

I was worried what your reaction would be to the Red Wedding! I'm glad you are okay.

janie_tangerine July 6 2011, 22:40:25 UTC

Ehe, YAY FOR SHARING SHIPS! Sansa/Sandor is totally my number one, end of story. Jaime/Brienne is battling with Jon/Sam and Jon/Robb though the latter makes me want to cry if I just think about it, er XD but it's glorious. I totally like them way better than I'll ever like Jaime and Cersei. And it's not that they're related - it's just that she's flatflatflat.

Which is partly the point, as she thinks she's so cunning but she doesn't have what it takes, in my opinionTHAT. I just - ugh. If only she COULD scheme nicely. But when Tyrion was up and about he outwitted her at every turn and she managed to do the same just when he was locked down in a cellar. :/// and it's just in comparison to him. I just can't warm up to her at all ( ... )

kel_reiley July 7 2011, 15:32:54 UTC

Cersei is basically... a raving loony. Only less interesting. I never really felt anything toward her but annoyance. I like what happens to her, tho :D

ROBB! I'm glad that one didn't come as quite a shock to you. I was very upset when I got to that part.

janie_tangerine July 7 2011, 18:10:03 UTC

Oh, good to know that it's not just me. I just don't get her whatsoever. Or well, I do in THEORY, but ugh. I have zero sympathy for her. :/

ROOOBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ;__________________; nah thankfully I had seen that coming for a whole number of reasons so I didn't get TOO scarred, but it was revolting. :/

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janie_tangerine July 10 2011, 11:27:55 UTC

Yeah, WORD. DAVOS DON'T DIE DON'T DIE. Tho well come on, poor Jon is as honorable as it goes. Tho Ygritte won't agree, but then again he knows nothing.

JORAH WHYYYY. COME BACK TO US. GET YOURSELF FORGIVEN. and hahahaha SELMY IS AS BAMF AS YOUR ICON PROCLAIMS.

ooooh I LIKE. Especially since he helped Sam and Gilly instead of like eating them. I stand behind it!

good point re Nymeria. BUT COME ON GET OUT ARYA NEEDS YOU.

Lol I can wait for the Sansa/Sandor reunion ;) ;) ;) but then they HAVE TO DO IT. and she needs to be on top