Game of Thrones (spoilers)

[killersheep]

Oh, the scientifically proven thing was indeed something I read at the time. It's why film trailers usually feature the best bits.

But I swear to you and Killersheep I honestly know nothing at all about the series beyond Season 1.

Surely you have known me long enough by now to know I'm not a total asshole like that? I moan on the main board when people post boxing spoilers, I'd certainly never be so dickish and to deliberately post spoilers on the main board.

If that really happens then I am truly sorry, but honestly I had no idea, it was just a guess as to what I reckoned would happen in Season 2.

This isn't a spoiler here, as I have no idea. But it seems to me the most important characters in the tv show are John Snow, Arya Stark, Daenerys and the dwarf. I just guessed everybody else is expendable.

I mused on the idea that John Snow and Daenerys are brother and sister but that is not a spoiler as I have no idea whatsoever. Just Ned Stark clearly didn't cheat on his wife, and so John Snow is no whore's son. He's the rightful heir to the throne imo but it's a total guess, based on nothing but what the first season showed and a conversation with Ouma who also seemed to think along those lines.

But honestly I know nothing and read nothing about the shows as I like to not know anything.

I don't even read the books for that reason, which I regard as one big collection of spoilers, yet you all seem to think they are fine to read.

Well, I apologize then. I was certain you did it on purpose.

I started reading the books because I loved the first series so much that I couldn't wait to know what happened next. To be perfectly honest, I'm not all that big a fan of the last two books and I don't think Martin is a very good writer, but he tells a great story.

Sounds a lot like Tolkien in that regard.

Maybe. I find he tends to latch on to certain phrases or idiosyncrasies in each book (like the phrases 'sweet sister', 'make water', and 'nunckle' in books 1, 2, and 3 respectively) and he's just not that great of a writer. I don't find his words to really give me a picture of what things/people look like. But, up until book 4 at least where everything got ridiculously fragmented, I really like the story he was telling.

Just curious, who do you think is a great writer? I'm not saying you're wrong, but I find I have a very good idea of what places and characters look like based on his descriptions.

[CFH]

Oh, the scientifically proven thing was indeed something I read at the time. It's why film trailers usually feature the best bits.

But I swear to you and Killersheep I honestly know nothing at all about the series beyond Season 1.

Surely you have known me long enough by now to know I'm not a total asshole like that? I moan on the main board when people post boxing spoilers, I'd certainly never be so dickish and to deliberately post spoilers on the main board.

If that really happens then I am truly sorry, but honestly I had no idea, it was just a guess as to what I reckoned would happen in Season 2.

This isn't a spoiler here, as I have no idea. But it seems to me the most important characters in the tv show are John Snow, Arya Stark, Daenerys and the dwarf. I just guessed everybody else is expendable.

I mused on the idea that John Snow and Daenerys are brother and sister but that is not a spoiler as I have no idea whatsoever. Just Ned Stark clearly didn't cheat on his wife, and so John Snow is no whore's son. He's the rightful heir to the throne imo but it's a total guess, based on nothing but what the first season showed and a conversation with Ouma who also seemed to think along those lines.

But honestly I know nothing and read nothing about the shows as I like to not know anything.

I don't even read the books for that reason, which I regard as one big collection of spoilers, yet you all seem to think they are fine to read.

Well, I apologize then. I was certain you did it on purpose.

I started reading the books because I loved the first series so much that I couldn't wait to know what happened next. To be perfectly honest, I'm not all that big a fan of the last two books and I don't think Martin is a very good writer, but he tells a great story.

Sounds a lot like Tolkien in that regard.

Maybe. I find he tends to latch on to certain phrases or idiosyncrasies in each book (like the phrases 'sweet sister', 'make water', and 'nunckle' in books 1, 2, and 3 respectively) and he's just not that great of a writer. I don't find his words to really give me a picture of what things/people look like. But, up until book 4 at least where everything got ridiculously fragmented, I really like the story he was telling.

Just curious, who do you think is a great writer? I'm not saying you're wrong, but I find I have a very good idea of what places and characters look like based on his descriptions.

Maybe it is just the way I read it then.

I almost never read fiction and haven't for probably a decade, so I don't have a lot of Martin's peers that I can compare him to. I used to really love Robert Jordan when I was a kid and seem to remember having vivid images of his characters and settings.