Right, a year is a year, but how do THEY define it? They can't just say "a year is a year." From the World of Ice and Fire book, I think the maester writing it says that some other maester had suggested that the seasons are caused by the tilt of the earth, but the other maesters dismissed that as nonsense. There have been a lot of hints that there's something supernatural driving the seasons, but if they're dismissing the tilt of the earth as being meaningful, and they're not seeing the actual effects of the earth's revolution, and I'm not totally sure they've accepted the earth as round, then I'm not sure what they're looking at when they count out years. What is there in their world that makes 365 days a meaningful measure of time?
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Hil R. - Jun 27, 2016 1:00:16 pm PDT #6598 of 7329
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 27, 2016 2:02:56 pm PDT #6599 of 7329
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Lunar cycles?
quester - Jun 27, 2016 4:50:12 pm PDT #6600 of 7329
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I wish to complain about the severe lack of Brienne.
with you on that, -t!
holy shit!
-t - Jun 27, 2016 5:06:41 pm PDT #6601 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just assumed they were going by stars to determine how long a year is. They navigate by the stars, yeah? ISTR something about constellations from somebody, but it's a vague memory, I could be making it up. But if I am not, next time The Mother (or whatever) shows up in the same spot in the sky at sundown as it did today => a year will have passed. No?
Jessica - Jun 28, 2016 6:07:01 pm PDT #6602 of 7329
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
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Oh god yes. I want to go to there.
Want: Cercei's battle gown.
Favorite edit: baby to Jon Snow face matchcut. For the four people in the audience who haven't been anticipating that reveal for months now.
Disappointed: Sansa not proclaimed Queen in the North. Jon's not a Stark (for even more reasons than the official ones) AND he did jack shit to win Winterfell back. Literally the only thing he's good at is knowing about white walkers and being friends with Tormund.
Confused: Travel times for Arya and Varys. Unless the Braavosi are masters of teleportation?
lisah - Jun 28, 2016 6:11:01 pm PDT #6603 of 7329
Punishingly Intricate
Jon's not a Stark (for even more reasons than the official ones) AND he did jack shit to win Winterfell back.
No, he is a Stark just not a son of Ned Stark, right?
Hil R. - Jun 28, 2016 6:30:51 pm PDT #6604 of 7329
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
No, he is a Stark just not a son of Ned Stark, right?
His mother is a Stark. That makes him still not a Stark.
-t - Jun 28, 2016 7:19:06 pm PDT #6605 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Having a Snow for a king is kind of delightful, though. And if he does turn out to be legit Targaryen, well, convenient in some ways but probably not a plus in Lady Mormont's books.
Unless the Braavosi are masters of teleportation?
I'm willing to accept this explanation. Some weird temple with it's own special syntax, make the right offering and *poof* you're in Westeros. Why not? Spaceless Men.
Jon B. - Jun 29, 2016 5:28:26 am PDT #6606 of 7329
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
lisah - Jun 29, 2016 5:44:58 am PDT #6607 of 7329
Punishingly Intricate
His mother is a Stark. That makes him still not a Stark.
Huh??