Yeah. I hate to be a wimp, but grim just isn't entertaining to me at this point in my time.
I really like the cast, and the concept but...
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'Serenity'
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beekaytee - Apr 25, 2011 6:26:14 pm PDT #3358 of 7329
Compassionately intolerant
§ ita § - Apr 25, 2011 6:31:32 pm PDT #3359 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think the concept is grim.
sumi - Apr 25, 2011 6:51:55 pm PDT #3360 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
It's grim. And it's just getting started.
-t - Apr 25, 2011 7:06:58 pm PDT #3361 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Terrible things definitely keep happening.
In my attempt to read an episode's worth of the book each week, I have discovered that I pretty much can't, because when I get caught up to what is going on in Westeros all the Daenarys stuff is still pages and pages away. I can't tell yet what that will mean to her arc on TV, but surely some adjustment will have to be made.
§ ita § - Apr 25, 2011 7:26:29 pm PDT #3362 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Maybe changing their relationship is part of speeding that up? I don't know.
Tangentially relatedly: HBO mashup pic
-t - Apr 25, 2011 7:37:14 pm PDT #3363 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Maybe. I can't see how at this point, but maybe.
That pic is great!
Theodosia - Apr 26, 2011 6:05:47 am PDT #3364 of 7329
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
If you suspect you're a GRR Martin character you might as well just kill yourself right away, because it is only going to get worse, and be a lot more unpleasant when you do get agonizingly killed.
At the end of the book series, I fully expect only Tyrion, Arya and Dolorous Edd (not yet met in the TV series) will be standing in an ash-clogged hellscape.
§ ita § - Apr 26, 2011 6:15:01 am PDT #3365 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
IO9 asked who the hero was--I think the closest they came, if the show has one, was Tyrion.
Jon B. - Apr 26, 2011 6:52:41 am PDT #3366 of 7329
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Which one's Tyrion? (I'm having a REALLY hard time keeping track of names!)
t edit never mind -- looked it up -- the dwarf!
§ ita § - Apr 26, 2011 6:58:43 am PDT #3367 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Anybody who slaps Joffrey and hates Jamie is a hero in my books right now. We'll see how things go.