GRRM really needed to get over being a precious writer. I've seen interviews where he explains he can only write on a machine from the 1980's. He can't write when he's travelling. He is the sort of writer who can't just churn out words and the idea of having to hit a word count each day when writing is astounding to him.
I also think he spread his characters out really far and realized it took 4 books to get them all where they are and now they're supposed to be back in book 5. I wish he'd have just set it however many weeks/months into the future and explained that people had travelled home, start with them arriving wherever they need to be. Readers will get it and the story could go on!
Also yes, the response to the show likely hit hard but I feel like readers get that the show was already not showing things correctly. In the books we know Dani was getting her leadership wrong right from the start. She'd free a town and then we the reader would realize that once she left they'd be enslaved in even worse ways. When I was watching the show that didn't come across. People watching had no idea she was going to wind up the way she did but I'd say in the books it's telegraphed pretty clearly. ----
The fact Oscar voters were voting without having seen all of the movies is just bananas. The audacity to not see every film but believe you know what should win is a lot. It sounds like they're going on the honour system though so I expect nothing will change.
Gross about AI movies. I don't want AI written anything.
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Date: 2025-04-24 04:18 pm (UTC)I also think he spread his characters out really far and realized it took 4 books to get them all where they are and now they're supposed to be back in book 5. I wish he'd have just set it however many weeks/months into the future and explained that people had travelled home, start with them arriving wherever they need to be. Readers will get it and the story could go on!
Also yes, the response to the show likely hit hard but I feel like readers get that the show was already not showing things correctly. In the books we know Dani was getting her leadership wrong right from the start. She'd free a town and then we the reader would realize that once she left they'd be enslaved in even worse ways. When I was watching the show that didn't come across. People watching had no idea she was going to wind up the way she did but I'd say in the books it's telegraphed pretty clearly.
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The fact Oscar voters were voting without having seen all of the movies is just bananas. The audacity to not see every film but believe you know what should win is a lot. It sounds like they're going on the honour system though so I expect nothing will change.
Gross about AI movies. I don't want AI written anything.