:I-was-saying: I personally subjectively enjoy and prefer that over exhaustive details about the ingredients of a feast, the fluid dynamics of spilled blood, or gratuitous sexual violence details especially when they involve children.
Honestly I think GRRM's "style" is basically the same as Tolkien's, he just revels in the edgy bullshit and isn't nearly as good at writing in general. I like the style, though, and I think the criticism of their description of scenes is (in both cases) tiresome and overexaggerated.
Honestly I think GRRM’s “style” is basically the same as Tolkien’s, he just revels in the edgy bullshit
That's what I was getting at. I'm fine with extensive details, elaboration, even some purple prose, but not if it's about tedious mundane things like feasts and especially not about :awooga: :libertarian-alert: :hypersus:
It is from the dull part of the book, when the main characters are screwing around doing nothing, failing to advance the plot whatsoever and nothing is happening. No elves, no Aragorn, no Rohirrim. Tolkien vividly describes their meals, though.
:I-was-saying: I personally subjectively enjoy and prefer that over exhaustive details about the ingredients of a feast, the fluid dynamics of spilled blood, or gratuitous sexual violence details especially when they involve children.
Honestly I think GRRM's "style" is basically the same as Tolkien's, he just revels in the edgy bullshit and isn't nearly as good at writing in general. I like the style, though, and I think the criticism of their description of scenes is (in both cases) tiresome and overexaggerated.
Oh, that reminds me: Epic Rap Battles Of History: J. R. R. Tolkien vs George R. R. Martin.
That's what I was getting at. I'm fine with extensive details, elaboration, even some purple prose, but not if it's about tedious mundane things like feasts and especially not about :awooga: :libertarian-alert: :hypersus:
It is from the dull part of the book, when the main characters are screwing around doing nothing, failing to advance the plot whatsoever and nothing is happening. No elves, no Aragorn, no Rohirrim. Tolkien vividly describes their meals, though.
I wasn't wild about that part, though the details of Bilbo's guests crashing of his place at the start of The Hobbit worked for me somehow.
For me that works because describing that meal is an interesting way of introducing the characters and showing what they are like