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Now that's a pretty good argument, actually.

I gotta say I like the SE's better than the originals. The thing is, Han's character was so well defined by the time I saw the SE's, the I didn't think twice about the "Greedo shoots first" scene. Only years later did I find out about this "outrage". In no way does it lessen the fact that Han is...

Re: Re: Re: Re: Debunking the myth there are no "heroes" in "A Song of Ice & Fire I think I'd just want a full map and detail of all the exotic locales hinted at and mentioned, but not dwelled on. Asshai, Braavos, etc.

I'm surprised at the number of people who discount out of hand the fact that Stannis is AA reborn. We know so little of the prophecies, R'hollar, The Other, etc. that it's just possible Stannis is 'Da man. My view on this is "hold all bets". Martin can surprise people, can he not. :)

Re: My stab at this - Spoilers, watch out It's not so much that the Red Witch is telling him he has to be king, he IS the King. As he told Davos, "want" has nothing to do with it. She is giving him the added incentive of being AA reborn, and that he has to fight The Other. But to do that, he...

I'm not sure offhand. Did it perhaps involve Tyrion and his bride for a fortnight - I think her name was Tysha?

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Just apply the "Horse-Oats" test. If anyone ever mentions that their character's horse eats a certain type of oats, it has gone too far. ANd yes, it has happend to me as DM.

Right church wrong pew :) I would assume Pendragon's combat system is somewhat similar to Elric!/Stormbringer's, is it not?

Here Here! My group for a change of pace played Elric!/Stormbringer and had a blast. Great fun and a fantasticly elegant combat system. Just detailed enough to make it realistic but in no way cumbersome. T-Bill, do you agree that, with some tinkering to the magic system(which already expects...

I have taken to making flowcharts of the people and their houses based on the appendix information in the back of the books. It does help you see some things that you wouldn't normally notice. Of course I refuse to do this for the Freys. :) Well, then again, if I have the time......

I think things become alot clearer when you read the books again. And, surprisingly, I am enjoying them even better the second time around because now I can hunt for detail that would have been glazed over the first time around. By the way, if the scene you mention with Arya took place in book...

BAh! No need for apologies - I was enjoying the back and forth between you guys. It livens this place up a bit :)

I think you have to judge what Stannis contemplates with Edric Storm based on the situation. Here is a guy being told by someone who has not really been wrong in any of her visions that he must assume the throne of Westeros to battle the Other. This boys blood will make him strong enough to do...

I can agree with most of that, other than the part about Renly not being any more a traitor than the other self proclaimed kings. There is just something especially wrong and treacherous going against your own blood, which is exactly what Renly did - for pure, unbridled ambition. At least...

Well, again I'll disagree (hate to be so disagreeable with someone as willing to discuss the series as you, jd :) - but as a wise man once said "it's the difference of opinion that makes horse races"). Stannis was indeed remorseful about Renly, but not because of his death per se. He was...

Not the first time through, but I will look for that subtext the second time around - I am just starting ACoK. By the way, you are correct - Loras Tyrell is the "Knight of Flowers". It would be his brother in law, too, by his brief marraige to Margeary Tyrell.

I'd challenge that to some extent. I assume you're talking about Renly's killing...It's made clear that Stannis had no idea what was going on with Melisandre and the Shadow... At any rate, Renly deserved no better. He was perhaps one of the most treacherous characters in the book, through all...

I'll probably see the movie, but I have to say that the slow motion kung-fu/dodge-bullets-in-mid-air/run-up-wall is just not doing it for me much. It's starting to creep into other movies, too, and runs the risk of becoming cliched VERY quickly. Still, I liked Matrix - in part because I love...

Over the recent past I've heard given, as a weakness in Martin's "A Song of Ice & Fire" series, the fact that there are no true heroes or people to root for. I think it's time to set the record straight, as it were, on that issue. I'm going to give my list of "good guys" from the series, and...