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Post by min on Aug 28, 2016 22:45:27 GMT
Blue obsidian: White obsidian:
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Post by min on Aug 28, 2016 22:49:09 GMT
Red obsidian:
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on Aug 28, 2016 23:31:50 GMT
Obvs Marvel is an inspiration, no reason GRRM can't dip a toe into DC - especially Superman. No fear, he did more than dip a toe. He liked early DC too - not as much as Marvel, but he was certainly a fan. Oddly enough, the Bizarro World arc above is from the Silver Age, same time period I focus on with Marvel. I don't doubt for a second that his version of kryptonite is a thing. In fact, I've been wondering lately - especially after the time-traveling Bran reveal in the show and all the talk it generated - if one of the reasons he's struggling with completion is that he reallyreallyreally wants to work some of the cool comic sci-fi action into the story, but it's far more difficult given the amount of realism he's crafted this far. He loves the concept of time travel and other dimensions and I'm sure wants to weave this into his story, but he's done almost TOO good a job at making it a believable tale of the middle ages that just happens to have dragons and ice zombies....I bet it's tough to reconcile what he likes with what he's done. And have it stay believable, anyway - he's toeing the line with the recent WeirTardis stuff; pulling off extraterrestrial realms or splinter personas is going to be jumping the shark with a large portion of the fanbase.
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Post by Ser Duncan on Aug 28, 2016 23:52:18 GMT
Red obsidian: Melisandre anyone?
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Post by Weasel Pie on Aug 29, 2016 1:17:29 GMT
I've been wondering lately - especially after the time-traveling Bran reveal in the show and all the talk it generated - if one of the reasons he's struggling with completion is that he reallyreallyreally wants to work some of the cool comic sci-fi action into the story, but it's far more difficult given the amount of realism he's crafted this far. He loves the concept of time travel and other dimensions and I'm sure wants to weave this into his story, but he's done almost TOO good a job at making it a believable tale of the middle ages that just happens to have dragons and ice zombies Old Turtle has another problem he could never have anticipated. Outlander. Which hit the small screen 2 years ago with it's "historical fantasy time travel". Poor GRRM can't get a break lol - now he won't be original. I deeply believe that's part of his problem now.
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Post by min on Aug 29, 2016 2:08:22 GMT
Interesting that right after Sam kills the Other with dragonglass, DAWN appears Yes! And Ned's dream of a blood red sky and a storm of petals. Red sky in the morning. sailor's warning.
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on Aug 29, 2016 4:55:17 GMT
Poor GRRM can't get a break lol - now he won't be original. I deeply believe that's part of his problem now. Very well could be. He should have gone with gut instinct and preemptively set up a softcore version of his beloved sci-fi stuff in AGOT - yeah, he included dragons and stuff, but now he's so mired in the 'historical fiction' aspect of it that people have forgotten that it's also a fantasy novel. If he leaves out the fantasy component or keeps it low key, it hurts his ability to write. If he ramps it up, he disenfranchises a large group of fans who think sci-fi is dumb/doesn't work for the story/a cop out. Just look at how many people have bitched about the idea of Bran possibly being able to time-travel! Imagine him trying to work in an alternate reality, or different dimension, or some cool otherworldly Lovecraftian horrors! It would be like having Cro-Magnon man use a microwave on page. So here he is, five years in and still ticking on the next book, probably trying to figure out how to incorporate Lovecraftian horrors and time travel while still keeping to the tone and flow of the existing story. And then, Outlander, the continued success of Dr. Who, etc, all springboarding off his ideas but actually developing or even finishing them in a reasonable period of time, unlike GRRM.
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