I was reasonably sure it was safe to peek. X) This is my favorite part of the book so far! I NEVER BELIEVED FOR A SECOND THE MANDERLYS WERE DOWN WITH THAT LANNIFREYBOLT SHIT. RICKOOOOOOON
I fist-pumped at that bit, I honest to god fist-pumped. XD My heart sank in the chapter before that when Manderly told them to cut his head off. Part of me thought he wouldn't actually go through with it because I didn't think GRRM would telegraph Davos' death so obviously but then again, he's enough of a troll to do just that. And his letters home to his wife and kids just killed me. And then he thought, "well, I'm going to die. At least I learned to read and write."
The bit where he thought about learning to read made me wibble. Now I want him to find Rickon and smuggle him into every enemy castle in the world so Shaggydog can bite faces off. (I guess Rickon is on Skagos now? And how the fuck did that happen, I wonder??)
I'm starting to be overwhelmed by the size of this world. I feel like a new location is introduced every chapter and a new character on every page. The Grazdak zo Whatevers, etc. in Dany's story are the worst. I'm losing the Fear of people I like dying though...too many fake deaths abound. Also, I'm dreading the Tyrion chapters and I love Jon Snow all of a sudden, what the hell?!
I don't mind the Dany chapters so much this time because at least she's realising that politics, economics and war is a little more complicated than "HEY EVERYONE, I HAVE DRAGONS. PUT ME IN CHARGE."
I liked one of the later Tyrion chapters but only because Jorah gave him a clout. X) I just don't like this left turn into Creeperville that Tyrion's taken. I wasn't exactly thrilled with him at the end of ASoS but his early chapters in this book really left a bad taste in my mouth. Also, his cunning is looking more and more like an author informed skill because he seems to get himself in trouble with his mouth more often than not.
I enjoyed the Dorne chapter too. Oh, Doran. "Now come on, girls, we've got plotting to do, listen to your old uncle, behave AND STOP WHEELING ME SO FAST, JESUS." X)
And as horrible as they are, I'm really enjoying Theon's chapters. I mean, yeah, the Frey's are horrible but Ramsay Bolton is just a whole new level of horrid and he's strangely fascinating with it. He's a serial killer with a lordship and that's
I very much like that everything's gone to shit for Dany. I just hope he doesn't pull some miracle fix out of his ass for her now. I also like that she's FINALLY showing remorse for ANY of the nutty things she's done in 4 1/2 books.
My internal monologue in my latest Tyrion chapters goes something like this: "Jorah, y u so skeevy?? Remember, Jorah != Iain Glen. But Jorah, Y U SO SKEEVY?? JORAH != IAIN GLEN!
The Dornishmen are growing on me, I have to say. I was prepared to hate Quentyn the way I hate Arianne and thus far have been pleasantly surprised. I think a lot of my annoyance with them stemmed from their mere appearance in AFfC when I wanted to read about the characters I was already invested in them. Unlike the Greyjoys in AFfC. I just can't care about any of that shit.
Theon's chapters are my favorite chapters of this entire book. :o I thought Ramsay was horrifying enough until I read the chapter where Roose nonchalantly talks about Ramsay having killed Domeric, who by all accounts was a normal, pleasant fellow
( ... )
Ahahahaha, the prostitute with the long silver hair? Stay classy Jorah, stay classy.
I think I like the Martells because they have such zest for life. There's so much woe elsewhere in the books but the Martells seem determined to take some of the other fuckers down with them. And the passage where Doran described Oberyn as the viper and himself as the grass that sheltered him was amazeballs.
Ye-eeaah, I think there's some scary psychopathy in the Bolton genes. Roose just seems to have no morals whatsoever and Ramsay has major Elizabeth Bathory vibes going on. "I can kill as many peasants as I like, because I'm rich, wheee!" And then his dad's all, "Well don't go overboard." Not, "don't murder people for no reason," just, "don't get caught." ARGH. FREAKS. I feel so sorry for Jeyne. D:
the passage where Doran described Oberyn as the viper and himself as the grass that sheltered him
That was pretty awesome. Poor Ellaria, when she was all "How long do we seek revenge?" and the rest of them were all "How many of them are left?" X)
The stuff with Jeyne was making me queasy. I mean, the chapters are really engrossing and all, but damn, that shit is awful.
Do we agree that Aegon isn't Aegon? I assume the "mummer's dragon" bit is important and all. Also it would be incredibly lame if he's legit. I have Dayne-ish ideas about him. Mmm, danish.
I hope he isn't legit, having another Targaryen come out of the woodwork this late in the game seems a bit off. It's really time that the Westoros and Essos plot strands came together so to throw up another pretender to the crown would be an odd move for GRRM to make. Also, if they did smuggle him out, why wait so long to hook up with Auntie Dany? Why leave Viserys and Dany to fend for themselves for so long?
It would be completely lame. I'm about 70% through the book and my current crackpot theory is that Lady Lemore is Ashara Dayne and he's her kid. :D Not sure yet whether the brain!crack extends to Ned being the dad. I just have such a hard time believing that he would have cheated on Cat under any circumstances.
It doesn't hurt that since the beginning of the damn series I've been waiting for George to do something with the hair/eye coloring that seems to only appear in Targs and Daynes. X)
I also want Griff to team up with Martells to wreak bloody vengeance but it would seem he's not long for the world.
This book has really brought home the fact that I need to stay away from fandom between books. I never read spoilers but thanks to all the fan theories, so far there have been no real surprises for me.
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UGH. DAVOS. MARRY ME.
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I'm starting to be overwhelmed by the size of this world. I feel like a new location is introduced every chapter and a new character on every page. The Grazdak zo Whatevers, etc. in Dany's story are the worst. I'm losing the Fear of people I like dying though...too many fake deaths abound. Also, I'm dreading the Tyrion chapters and I love Jon Snow all of a sudden, what the hell?!
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I liked one of the later Tyrion chapters but only because Jorah gave him a clout. X) I just don't like this left turn into Creeperville that Tyrion's taken. I wasn't exactly thrilled with him at the end of ASoS but his early chapters in this book really left a bad taste in my mouth. Also, his cunning is looking more and more like an author informed skill because he seems to get himself in trouble with his mouth more often than not.
I enjoyed the Dorne chapter too. Oh, Doran. "Now come on, girls, we've got plotting to do, listen to your old uncle, behave AND STOP WHEELING ME SO FAST, JESUS." X)
And as horrible as they are, I'm really enjoying Theon's chapters. I mean, yeah, the Frey's are horrible but Ramsay Bolton is just a whole new level of horrid and he's strangely fascinating with it. He's a serial killer with a lordship and that's
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My internal monologue in my latest Tyrion chapters goes something like this: "Jorah, y u so skeevy?? Remember, Jorah != Iain Glen. But Jorah, Y U SO SKEEVY?? JORAH != IAIN GLEN!
The Dornishmen are growing on me, I have to say. I was prepared to hate Quentyn the way I hate Arianne and thus far have been pleasantly surprised. I think a lot of my annoyance with them stemmed from their mere appearance in AFfC when I wanted to read about the characters I was already invested in them. Unlike the Greyjoys in AFfC. I just can't care about any of that shit.
Theon's chapters are my favorite chapters of this entire book. :o I thought Ramsay was horrifying enough until I read the chapter where Roose nonchalantly talks about Ramsay having killed Domeric, who by all accounts was a normal, pleasant fellow ( ... )
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Ahahahaha, the prostitute with the long silver hair? Stay classy Jorah, stay classy.
I think I like the Martells because they have such zest for life. There's so much woe elsewhere in the books but the Martells seem determined to take some of the other fuckers down with them. And the passage where Doran described Oberyn as the viper and himself as the grass that sheltered him was amazeballs.
Ye-eeaah, I think there's some scary psychopathy in the Bolton genes. Roose just seems to have no morals whatsoever and Ramsay has major Elizabeth Bathory vibes going on. "I can kill as many peasants as I like, because I'm rich, wheee!" And then his dad's all, "Well don't go overboard." Not, "don't murder people for no reason," just, "don't get caught." ARGH. FREAKS. I feel so sorry for Jeyne. D:
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That was pretty awesome. Poor Ellaria, when she was all "How long do we seek revenge?" and the rest of them were all "How many of them are left?" X)
The stuff with Jeyne was making me queasy. I mean, the chapters are really engrossing and all, but damn, that shit is awful.
Do we agree that Aegon isn't Aegon? I assume the "mummer's dragon" bit is important and all. Also it would be incredibly lame if he's legit. I have Dayne-ish ideas about him. Mmm, danish.
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I also want Griff to team up with Martells to wreak bloody vengeance but it would seem he's not long for the world.
This book has really brought home the fact that I need to stay away from fandom between books. I never read spoilers but thanks to all the fan theories, so far there have been no real surprises for me.
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