Many of these series are using Asian-sounding names for their villains (yuzhaan vong) which is sus. As a teenager I read the libertarian Wizard’s First Rule / Ayn Rand fan fiction series and by the end of it the villain had some kind of Asian name, I can’t remember.
I’m watching/reading Game of Thrones for the first time and think the politics are actually mostly pretty good but GRRM is still a lib. I’ve noticed that Jews/Roma don’t exist in any form in his alternative medieval Europe, at least so far. Also, white saviorism, and nearly all the main characters are nobles, which for me undermines GRRM’s supposed critique of feudalism. He was just on Colbert a few weeks ago saying he wishes he had a dragon so he could attack Moscow.
Been hearing people rave about how House of the Dragon is all about how playing around with dragons is foolish shit and sooner or later they will fuck you over and how they're a big nuke analogy etc, seems GRRM should watch it.
Tbh they managed to distill whatever little story and intrigue was mixed with the copious amounts of misogyny in Fire and Blood, and then turn it into a sort of cool tale about people. It's not without its faults, but I'd even say that s1 is better than anything after s3 of GoT
Many of these series are using Asian-sounding names for their villains (yuzhaan vong) which is sus. As a teenager I read the libertarian Wizard’s First Rule / Ayn Rand fan fiction series and by the end of it the villain had some kind of Asian name, I can’t remember.
I’m watching/reading Game of Thrones for the first time and think the politics are actually mostly pretty good but GRRM is still a lib. I’ve noticed that Jews/Roma don’t exist in any form in his alternative medieval Europe, at least so far. Also, white saviorism, and nearly all the main characters are nobles, which for me undermines GRRM’s supposed critique of feudalism. He was just on Colbert a few weeks ago saying he wishes he had a dragon so he could attack Moscow.
he doesn't wish for world peace. he wishes for this.
Been hearing people rave about how House of the Dragon is all about how playing around with dragons is foolish shit and sooner or later they will fuck you over and how they're a big nuke analogy etc, seems GRRM should watch it.
Tbh they managed to distill whatever little story and intrigue was mixed with the copious amounts of misogyny in Fire and Blood, and then turn it into a sort of cool tale about people. It's not without its faults, but I'd even say that s1 is better than anything after s3 of GoT
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Did he even read his own books? My takeaway from them was definitely not "all of our problems can be solved by an application of incredible violence".
Secret new character in winds of winter, Zelenskyyyy Targaryyen.
GRRM is at heart a capital-R Romantic and it shows very frequently in ASOIAF. The series is a Deconstruction-Reconstruction of the High Fantasy genre.
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