They kinda of do have free will in the sense that George makes their destiny last once he realizes how important They are. It's almost,like his characters talk,to him
I think if you create a character with certain personality and priorities and then you respect that character as it is, the character starts to have some sort of freedom because you as a writer think about what would this specific character in this specific situation do. You maybe gave the character a certain goal which he wants to achieve, so that allows him to curve the story in his favor and you as a writer don't pressure the character into nonsensical situations or decisions you know a person with this mindset wouldn't do. That's the beauty of being a gardener. You don't really know a faith of a lot of things, because every sentence you write about a decision of a character might trigger some other character to act and evolve the storyline further.
Just start writing a scene. You'll be surprised whats happening, even if you'd layed out the scene in your head before. Its just that you'll notice what makes most sense while you're writing it.
This is how a writer do their thing. As he said, an author know everything about the world he created so the character are kind of free as the main story evolve and continue.
I think it's because he's funny/comical even when serious/dangerous/morbid stuff is going down. He's one of exactly two characters in the story we can rely upon for entertainment when they're in a scene. Someone who can mock and make fun of pretty much every single other character in the show, even to their face, and have the combat skills to back up his mouth in case they don't like it, is someone most of us will like, or at LEAST be entertained by.
Bronn has many great lines in the show but I think the best is when Tyrion asks him is he wants a particular lord’s daughter as a wife, because she’s a little on the dim and frivolous side, and Bronn says something along the lines of, “If I wanted someone intelligent, I’d marry you.”
The best one for me is When Tyrion asks him “If I order you to kill an infant would u do it ….without question?” “Without question…no….I will ask how much ?”
If I wanted wits I'd marry you.. my favourite is actually from that same convo.... if you had the choice between f**ckin lolys or fighting the mountain you would have your c**k out and your britches down before a man could blink.
Iain Glenn and Liam Cunningham are really really great actors, but their characters, being so serious, and being followers of others, can be a little boring to me. We know when we see characters like Tyrion or Bronn in a scene that we're about to get some entertainment.
In a show as complex as Game of Thrones, it seems impossible to have just one favorite. And it also seems as if the same characters appeal to most people: Davos Seaworth, Tormund Giantsbane, Jorah Mormont, Bronn, and the Hound. And Tyrion is pretty damn compelling as well.
@@CahzinarX in the show they say "trial by combat" not battle. Like how on the star wars movies they say lightsabers but there's times Lucas has said laserswords and people roll their eyes.
@@mikemiken1963 I didn't say it was incorrect. I purposely compared it to Lucas using laser sword to show it just "sounds" weird. Lucas can call them laser swords all he wants and it would be correct but it still sounds weird. Do you get it now?
I think we love the character Bronn because he isn't manipulative and isn't crazy. It's his wit and selfishness, in a world where people have schemes and ideals, which comes as a relief from the seriousness. He's like a GTA character
That's the fascinating thing about writing I think, just like speaking. The words simply appear from the subconscious, as if you were discovering them.
@@killa4eva50 And with his beard, he certainly looks like a Father God archetype :-) You could philosophise we are all players in the Bible in that sense as well, coming to life on a screen / 3D. Alas it seems the show's brutality is also our fate.
There's a great TED talk about creativity by that woman who wrote that cheesy "eat pray love" book, where she talks about different artists' process to create, and all of them talk about it as something external that would "invade" them out of nowhere. Amazing.
What?There's a book as well?That's crazy!A real book not just a graphic novel or whatever stupid name they give to comics.Seriously,it's always interesting to hear how the creative process develops.
Bronn is for sure one of my top 3 favorite characters. I could watch a series just about his story and find out who he really is and where he comes from.
@@Dularr After she visited Tyrion in his recovery room, Cercei walked right passed Bronn, unintentionally diffusing a potentionally bloody situation between Bronn and Cercei's guards.
Mackerel, that is why I think he's going to die before this is all over. Martin loves to get us invested in characters (who aren't planned to be crucial for the end of the story) and then kill them. They just can't be characters that are needed for the endgame, and he isn't necessary to the outcome. Like you said, he's a secondary character. I'm predicting Bronn's gonna bite it, courtesy of GRRM's writing style.
I love Bronn so damn much. Maybe it's because I'm fond of the actor from other programmes but the character himself is just great. He is who he is - no twist about it. Jerome Flynn was perfect for it. I'm glad he survived but the show didn't do him justice this last couple of seasons.
That's only if Disney owns it. Martin has/had a list of characters that are under protection of the "crucial to story plot and must not die" stamp, and all of the rest are fair game. And since he likes us to become invested in characters so we really feel it when they die, who better to kill? I think Tyrion has writer protection, but I think Martin probably salivates over killing Bronn b/c we all LOVE Bronn, and he's unnecessary to carry out the ending.
Parallaxus correct me if I’m wrong because I haven’t finished the books yet- but I’m pretty sure Martin told the show runners not to kill Selmy because he was gonna be important and they did it anyway
@@man____moth6468 I don't know, Sam, I never heard that, but from all of the interviews I have seen, Martin and D&D have seemed like they haven't disagreed over anything. While, it's obvious they're going to SAY that in public interviews, that everything is great between them, I don't see why David and Dan would specifically go against Martin, causing a rift in their relationship over something as trivial as telling them not to kill a character in a story. That just doesn't make sense to me, unless there's something I don't know about. What would possess them to go against his wishes with no real benefit to them for doing it, when they're on good terms initially?
Parallaxus I imagine to distinguish themselves as a separate entity to a song of ice and fire- which I think is something George actually wants aswell I’m a long time game of thrones fan, but only recently getting into ASOIAF, so I’m relatively unfamiliar with Martin- but from what I can tell from most people’s comments, it seems like he wants to distance himself from the show as much as he can, and establish that the story of the show is not his story It could’ve been a mutual decision, it could’ve been the show runners trying to head in a different direction- I guess we won’t really know until we see his plan for selmy in the books
An architect in the way building a world and a characters past. But a gardener in letting the characters dictate the story as they use their past experiences to deal with the world u establish
@@iwritechecksatthegrocerystore Planting a tree takes a long time, and in the end it gets cut down before it can fully grow and turned into paper or a house or a fooken pencil. So moral of the story is don't plant a tree, trees gay.
Im really surprised by his gardener comment. I remember reading the books and was shocked by the level of detail and interconnectedness of the plots and mini plots as well as the lore.
I always thought GRRM named and developed Bronn intentionally as the *brawn* to Tyrion's brains. I guess this is one of those coincidences GRRM mentioned earlier, in which fans read too much into things!
That's in the show in the books he goes from a cool character to a random offscreen lesser lord. That while it's not the most exciting end, it may had been the best idea in the long run.
Seriously?! He's the new lord of Highgarden as well as Master of the Coin on the King's Castle by the end of the series. I'd say he did very well for himself.
George is on the gardener's side, but he doesn't know that the flower is called a geranium. Germanium is a metallic element quite similar to tin in its properties. Mind you, he's right, it would be *really* surprising if you planted a potato and germanium started growing there instead.
I can't see that happening, he (Bronn) is way too smart. As of the last book, he scored the castle and the lordship he always wanted in the way that suits him best - by killing their previous owner for them! Cersei's a bit ticked with him, but that's due more to his insolence. She doesn't have the time to deal with him, and there's nobody else who'd have reason to do so.
Devin Devine I find him in the middle could die but may not die depends on what choices he makes really (going to winterfell increases his chance of dying majorly)
I forget why Bronn was even at the trial by combat. Was he at the inn when Caitlin captures Tyrian? He doesn't strike me as a common visitor to the Vale or one who would aid Catlin unless there was coin
Yes he was at the inn, and Catelyn reluctantly enlisted him to help escort Tyrion to the Eyrie. Along the way he and Tyrion grew familiar and he ended up switching sides to fight for Tyrion. I'm just reading the first book now so it's fresh in my mind 😄
He was at the inn, and the prospect of serving a lord and making some money drew him into the task of accompanying catelyn and the other knights to the eerie to deliver Tyrion to his trial
@@joynelbonetdelgado4952 Tyrion in the books observed Bronn from their trip to the Inn all the way to the Eyrie and saw what type of man that he was. So he deliberately flaunted his wealth infront of him to bring him over to his side.
I can’t keep watching these videos of George talking about character DEVELOPMENT. It’s like watching old family movies of those who have died and crying for their loss every time you watch them. But they didn’t die... they were murdered by the double Douche squad. 😭
The Tolkien comparison is accurate. Read Return of the Shadow. Tolkien began The Fellowship of the Ring over and over. Sometimes scrapping his work entirely, sometimes changing things, sometimes changing things BACK. When the Hobbits first encountered the Black Rider on the road though... that was a surprise to Tolkien himself, as he stated in a letter (I want to say to his son).
That's really cool. Thanks for sharing that. I never got into reading Tolkien's stuff, but it was partially because I already felt like I knew the important stuff, and the rest was just his scribblings. Now, I'm realizing that was not the case and wishing I had taken the time to read all of his work during my younger years when I had more time and was reading constantly.
@@Parallaxus The story of his working on Middle-earth is very interesting. Strider was originally a Hobbit who wore wooden shoes named Trotter. Frodo's named changed with almost every draft. At the time of their releases, everyone was so upset about how long it took RotK to be released... but learning his writing method and everything, I'm surprised LotR was finished at all sometimes. He would write all the way to Bree and then scrap it all and start over, he'd write all the way to Rivendell and then scrap it and start over. And he focused on the Hobbits even more in the original draft and had to work on cutting their dialogue down a lot.
Smith Middleton game of thrones is the greatest show of all time and didn’t ruin a song of ice and fire. It’s just different, if not for the show I would have never read those amazing books
@@williamlazaroff5478 It hasn't ruined them. But the quality is declining markedly since the books fell behind. Bronn is no kept alive simply by the weight of the writer's perception of audience affection for the character.
George RR is one smooth brotha! I'm currently writing a South African historical fiction novel that I'm developing into a series of books. Definitely inspired by writers like GRRM and Wilbur Smith, to name a few
@@Luis_Domingos Hey! Its a historical fiction novel set in the late 1870's, a few years before the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. The story follows a devoted soldier who serves as a household guard to a powerful Nguni-Zulu chieftain of a prominent house, who later finds out that his chief is conspiring to secretly sell his illegitimate daughter to Portuguese and Arab slave merchants along the East African coast in order to keep his image clean among the nobles. Throughout the story the soldier/protagonist is conflicted between his unquestioning loyalty to his chief, and fighting for what is right and moral. By the end of the first book, the protagonist abandons his village and enlists as part of the native contingent unit for the British Army against the Zulus, which picks up into the second book, and the great battle of Isandlwana. I would love to get in contact with more writers and novelists to share and bounce ideas, get feedback, and continue learning on how constantly keep improving. Thanks Luis for your interest. This is inspired from history, particularly South East Africa in the late Victorian Era.
@@Grendelbc Well, since its not fantasy (although there are some fantasy-esque themes) i don't see it taking that long of a time. This is going to be mainly history and using real time events
plot aside, his “yes and no” and explanation made me respect his assertiveness, regardless of confidence, takes a relevance role. it’s flattering for those that wish to appear passive while feeling, in their own right, assertive.
Johnny B Goode I think it’s going to come down to the wire, and it will seem like he’s about to kill them, but I think he’s going to back out just before. I’ve seen allot of characters develop recently, where Bronn has always been about his gold. So I think that this will act as a really good opportunity for him to show massive development, in choosing friendship (with Tyrion) over gold. I’d love that.
Johnny B Goode I don’t see any way they throw away all that character development with both of them and have him kill either of them. She’s already paid him he can literally take the money and switch sides and join them.
One thing I like more about the show than the books is the accents, it's hard to picture the accents in my head when I read the books. But the actors do it perfectly, imo it adds a little more to the characters that the books couldn't.
I feel like George dreamt the entirety of ASOIAF the way he speaks about the characters like they're real. He doesn't talk about them in the context he wanted to write them or the direction he wanted to take or what he wanted to do with the story. He speaks about Bron and Tyrions development as though theyre two people he knew and watched them grow together. It's fascinating to listen to
Absolutely fascinating to get an inside look at how he has wrote this story. Created this universe. He had an idea of where he wanted to start and end but the story just fell into place like dominos after that, makes me think maybe that's how God is with the universe. Watching everyday, so eager to see where this character goes, and what they do.
Well, they refer to God as Author and finisher, the second of which kind of distinguishes him from GRRM, Lol. I kid, of course. But I get this perspective. Tolkien kind of said a similar thing - his writing was organic, the tale grows in the telling, but he acknowledges that the story he's writing is the subcreation and an offshoot of the One True Story, which is the story that God is writing that culminates in Him reconciling all things to himself by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. (I'm not proselytizing here, just paraphrasing what JRRT said) It makes sense in the context of Sam Gamgee saying "Don't the Great Stories ever end?" We're still in the story, being written at every moment.
Bronn is a likeable man. I hope he gets his Castle, he’s certainly earned it by his deeds and services to royalty. When he saved The King Slayer I was like “woAah!” He came through big on that one and in fashion! Not to many I warriors I’d fancy in a 1v1 over him. His also a top swordsman, a few is put ahead of him but he’s up there. The guys basically white the package for a survivor type.
Tolkien had the same thing with Faramir, he jsut wandered into the story and grew overtime to one of the best characters. Thats the thing GRRM is hinting at in the end.
I think he's talking about the whole creation of LoTR, really. Even the concept of the magical ring "grew in the telling" to become something more, forcing later changes to *The Hobbit*. Faramir is an example of a character that grew into the story, but the story itself also sprung from an unexpected place.
Everyone needs a sidekick. One of the hardest parts of writing fiction is keeping yourself from writing too many ' thoughts'.. Instead of a character thinking about things, it is better if the character has someone with which to banter.
Bronn in the books and TV show both, is the best. Lighthearted, honest, and blunt in a world of liars and braggarts, definitely one of my favorites along with (book) Stannis.
I wish I could plant potatoes and harvest germanium. Germanium is a rare element with a current market value of $1150/kilo... I think Mr Martin meant geraniums
What if Bronn is a high ranking member of the Golden Company, not a deserter as such but perhaps someone who took a sabbatical of sorts and went to Westeros ... ? Just a thought
He's right, it'd be VERY surprising if a gardener planted ANY kind of seed, and Germanium (a metal used in fibre optics and solar panels) came up as a result 😆
I love how George talks about the story as if he witnessed it instead of him creating it. As if the characters have their own free will.
They kinda of do have free will in the sense that George makes their destiny last once he realizes how important They are. It's almost,like his characters talk,to him
I think if you create a character with certain personality and priorities and then you respect that character as it is, the character starts to have some sort of freedom because you as a writer think about what would this specific character in this specific situation do. You maybe gave the character a certain goal which he wants to achieve, so that allows him to curve the story in his favor and you as a writer don't pressure the character into nonsensical situations or decisions you know a person with this mindset wouldn't do. That's the beauty of being a gardener. You don't really know a faith of a lot of things, because every sentence you write about a decision of a character might trigger some other character to act and evolve the storyline further.
They do. For him they have a life of their own
Just start writing a scene. You'll be surprised whats happening, even if you'd layed out the scene in your head before.
Its just that you'll notice what makes most sense while you're writing it.
This is how a writer do their thing. As he said, an author know everything about the world he created so the character are kind of free as the main story evolve and continue.
I think what makes Bronn so likable is that he’s basically an ordinary person who just happens to be a major badass.
I think it's because he's funny/comical even when serious/dangerous/morbid stuff is going down. He's one of exactly two characters in the story we can rely upon for entertainment when they're in a scene. Someone who can mock and make fun of pretty much every single other character in the show, even to their face, and have the combat skills to back up his mouth in case they don't like it, is someone most of us will like, or at LEAST be entertained by.
who just happens to be good at killin people
BEWARE of the "old man" in a profession that kills "young men" on a daily basis!
hell yea.. when he stood up to fight the Hound, he cemented himself as a badass in my eyes haha
@@swaghauler8334 this saying is so excruciatingly overused lately and does not even apply.
Bronn has many great lines in the show but I think the best is when Tyrion asks him is he wants a particular lord’s daughter as a wife, because she’s a little on the dim and frivolous side, and Bronn says something along the lines of, “If I wanted someone intelligent, I’d marry you.”
I think it was "witty"
The best one for me is
When Tyrion asks him
“If I order you to kill an infant would u do it ….without question?”
“Without question…no….I will ask how much ?”
If I wanted wits I'd marry you.. my favourite is actually from that same convo.... if you had the choice between f**ckin lolys or fighting the mountain you would have your c**k out and your britches down before a man could blink.
@@mrkajit9211
"Lysa Tully: You don't fight with honor!
Bronn: No. But he did. [comically looks at the Moon Door]"
“She’s dim witted”. “If I wanted wits I’d marry you”
Bronn and Jorah although not considered major characters still steal the show whenever they are present in scenes two favourite characters
Davos Seaworth as well, atleast for me.
And the Hound - amazing.
Yeah, Jorah is my favourite character. None of my friends can see why hahah ! But he just is
Iain Glenn and Liam Cunningham are really really great actors, but their characters, being so serious, and being followers of others, can be a little boring to me.
We know when we see characters like Tyrion or Bronn in a scene that we're about to get some entertainment.
In a show as complex as Game of Thrones, it seems impossible to have just one favorite. And it also seems as if the same characters appeal to most people: Davos Seaworth, Tormund Giantsbane, Jorah Mormont, Bronn, and the Hound. And Tyrion is pretty damn compelling as well.
Don’t forget the hound...that coont
Hearing GRRM say "Trial by battle" is like hearing George Lucas say "laser sword".
How so? I don't get it at all.
@@CahzinarX in the show they say "trial by combat" not battle. Like how on the star wars movies they say lightsabers but there's times Lucas has said laserswords and people roll their eyes.
@@OrneryPotato "in the show" lol. GRRM came up with ALL of this. If he wants to call it "Trial by battle", it becomes the right answer.
@@mikemiken1963 I didn't say it was incorrect. I purposely compared it to Lucas using laser sword to show it just "sounds" weird. Lucas can call them laser swords all he wants and it would be correct but it still sounds weird. Do you get it now?
Corgy K yeah I get what you mean
I think we love the character Bronn because he isn't manipulative and isn't crazy. It's his wit and selfishness, in a world where people have schemes and ideals, which comes as a relief from the seriousness. He's like a GTA character
lol the GTA character comparison is perfect
Too bad they overused him in the show and broke the immersion completely after season 5
I could listen for hours to George talking about GoT.
days.. weeks.. years, but more importantly; FINISH THE BOOKS FIRST!!!
OneofInfinity podcast incoming lol
Thank god for this channel then, eh? 🍺
Wessel de Zeeuw Yes!
“These are words I am typing, I don’t know where they come from”
That's the fascinating thing about writing I think, just like speaking. The words simply appear from the subconscious, as if you were discovering them.
the word of god
@@killa4eva50 And with his beard, he certainly looks like a Father God archetype :-) You could philosophise we are all players in the Bible in that sense as well, coming to life on a screen / 3D. Alas it seems the show's brutality is also our fate.
There's a great TED talk about creativity by that woman who wrote that cheesy "eat pray love" book, where she talks about different artists' process to create, and all of them talk about it as something external that would "invade" them out of nowhere. Amazing.
What?There's a book as well?That's crazy!A real book not just a graphic novel or whatever stupid name they give to comics.Seriously,it's always interesting to hear how the creative process develops.
You don't realise the extent of George's genius until he talks through his thought process
So true. He seems so modest about it too.
He looks like he’s cosplaying elderly waluigi
More like Wario. 😏
Bronn is for sure one of my top 3 favorite characters. I could watch a series just about his story and find out who he really is and where he comes from.
What if he is the last surviving member of house reyne
@@ebramshamohideen1880hear me out… Arthur Dwayne’s bastard 😂
"Lena Headey was there... and Jerome Flynn..." Rumours tell me this is an unfortunate combination of two people to be in the same place
Apparently you forgot GoT...:)
Must have been a bad breakup to have it in both contracts, although they did share a scene after the battle of blackwater, but no dialogue
@@serpinfingers2819 What scene was that? I heard they can't be onset at the same time.
@@Dularr After she visited Tyrion in his recovery room, Cercei walked right passed Bronn, unintentionally diffusing a potentionally bloody situation between Bronn and Cercei's guards.
@@Dularr Season 3 episode 1. After the battle of blackwater, Tyrion gets Podrick to fetch Bronn because he doesnt feel safe in his new quarters.
The beauty of this analogy is that as a gardener there's always a weed pops up to be plucked out. George is very good at that.
Yeah with a weed-wacker.
@@Trazynn I was thinking flamethrower, but weed whacker works too. Lol
@@Trazynn ýù
No, he isn't. The weeds have grown and strangled him. The last two books needed some serious editing to cut out the fat.
I do hope Ser Bronn survives, he's such an awesome character.
When all is said & done...Bronn will be KING!
Jaime owes him too much to die
It'll be Hot Pie. The people will love him for his perfect crust!
I hope he lives and gets his fucking castle
@Dr. M. H. there is no way he's gonna do that...I immediately dismissed that idea when Qyburn handed him the crossbow
I could listen to George talk about his character's and world all day
Bronn is the best secondary character in the show, hands down. He has every great line, badass fighter and total ladies man. He’s James Bond.
First one is The Hound right ?
@@Atzells He just said Bronn is the best?
@@ThePlaterism true! I did read second best , was half baked when i saw the comment , you got a point!
Mackerel, that is why I think he's going to die before this is all over. Martin loves to get us invested in characters (who aren't planned to be crucial for the end of the story) and then kill them. They just can't be characters that are needed for the endgame, and he isn't necessary to the outcome. Like you said, he's a secondary character. I'm predicting Bronn's gonna bite it, courtesy of GRRM's writing style.
He’s Bronn. James Bronn.
I love Bronn so damn much. Maybe it's because I'm fond of the actor from other programmes but the character himself is just great. He is who he is - no twist about it. Jerome Flynn was perfect for it. I'm glad he survived but the show didn't do him justice this last couple of seasons.
That’s George RR fookin Martin.
And that's why I love his type of writing for characters.
First build a character then throw it in the story and imagine on how it will react to it
Yeah but with this type of writing you have trouble wrapping up all the storylinesand thats why George hasnt released a book in ages.
@@hristijanristeski8521 exactly that's one of its disadvantages, but if u do it right the reward is amazing
All these characters are so alive in his mind. Truly amazing!
The show bought a brilliant dimension to Bronn
@Ravendarke 777 Thanks. Don't usually make that mistake.
Bronn cheated on his wife on black mirror...
Sure it did Brindles.
what dimension tho? bronn wants money and... and... um... thats all we know about him
@Ravendarke 777 Thank God you are here.
Bronn and Tyrion survive. In their finale scene together after the war is over, Tyrion gives Bronn The Twins, his "two castles".
That's only if Disney owns it. Martin has/had a list of characters that are under protection of the "crucial to story plot and must not die" stamp, and all of the rest are fair game. And since he likes us to become invested in characters so we really feel it when they die, who better to kill? I think Tyrion has writer protection, but I think Martin probably salivates over killing Bronn b/c we all LOVE Bronn, and he's unnecessary to carry out the ending.
@@Parallaxus you're so right but i don't want you to be! lol
Parallaxus correct me if I’m wrong because I haven’t finished the books yet- but I’m pretty sure Martin told the show runners not to kill Selmy because he was gonna be important and they did it anyway
@@man____moth6468 I don't know, Sam, I never heard that, but from all of the interviews I have seen, Martin and D&D have seemed like they haven't disagreed over anything. While, it's obvious they're going to SAY that in public interviews, that everything is great between them, I don't see why David and Dan would specifically go against Martin, causing a rift in their relationship over something as trivial as telling them not to kill a character in a story. That just doesn't make sense to me, unless there's something I don't know about. What would possess them to go against his wishes with no real benefit to them for doing it, when they're on good terms initially?
Parallaxus I imagine to distinguish themselves as a separate entity to a song of ice and fire- which I think is something George actually wants aswell
I’m a long time game of thrones fan, but only recently getting into ASOIAF, so I’m relatively unfamiliar with Martin- but from what I can tell from most people’s comments, it seems like he wants to distance himself from the show as much as he can, and establish that the story of the show is not his story
It could’ve been a mutual decision, it could’ve been the show runners trying to head in a different direction- I guess we won’t really know until we see his plan for selmy in the books
An architect in the way building a world and a characters past. But a gardener in letting the characters dictate the story as they use their past experiences to deal with the world u establish
CJ B really? Because it looks to me like the “Gardner” can’t even finish the story
@@iwritechecksatthegrocerystore Planting a tree takes a long time, and in the end it gets cut down before it can fully grow and turned into paper or a house or a fooken pencil. So moral of the story is don't plant a tree, trees gay.
Ollie Not Pauly, Wally or even Holly. You’re a dumbass.
Skylingale maybe. But that doesn’t mean I’m wrong.
How does that work
The beauty of this man’s mind is just unfathomable.
Russel Brand is a little more restrained than usual here.
@@tgsflowa807 Woosh
😂
@@wmtonn There is always one ...
Yeah, he's also gained a lot of weight, but the suspenders suit him.
He also happened to develop an Australian accent since I last saw him
Jerome Flynn is such an amazing actor I love him
Ok but will Bron have his freaking promised castle?
He does in the books.
He's the lord of Stokeworth, he's married with a lady and he named his wife's bastard after Tyrion
Ivan mp3e his wife’s bastard? So she had a child from another man?
@@James-yy4vl She got raped during the riot in KL.
@@James-yy4vl Read the books fam.
Im really surprised by his gardener comment. I remember reading the books and was shocked by the level of detail and interconnectedness of the plots and mini plots as well as the lore.
I always thought GRRM named and developed Bronn intentionally as the *brawn* to Tyrion's brains.
I guess this is one of those coincidences GRRM mentioned earlier, in which fans read too much into things!
That’s the one thing I loved when I first started watching the show, I started to enjoy characters that aren’t the main ones.
George R.R. Martin of house Gardener.
A very slow and confused gardener indeed
Idk if this was intentional but there’s an actual house gardener
I could tell from the start that he wasn't meant to be that important of a character, but here he is. A favorite among many.
The development of Bronn: from genuinely cool character to useless and overrated
That's in the show in the books he goes from a cool character to a random offscreen lesser lord. That while it's not the most exciting end, it may had been the best idea in the long run.
@Sir Knight Errant don’t forget that he is also there to annoy Cersei, naming his kid Tyrion and killing her knights
@@bodendeutsch1228 It not his kid, it’s his Bastard son from his new wife Lollys Stokeworth after she got gang raped during the riot of Kingslanding.
He’s a beast in the show got what he wanted fair play to him , he’s a hard bastard who’s good at killing people
Seriously?! He's the new lord of Highgarden as well as Master of the Coin on the King's Castle by the end of the series. I'd say he did very well for himself.
Bronn is my favorite character in GOT. He's just written so well. Im an RPG Gamemaster and hes my goldstandard for a realistic fighter figure.
The questions from the interview make it seems like he’s never interviewed an author before
George is on the gardener's side, but he doesn't know that the flower is called a geranium.
Germanium is a metallic element quite similar to tin in its properties.
Mind you, he's right, it would be *really* surprising if you planted a potato and germanium started growing there instead.
Bronn is my favourite GOT character hands down!
you're not gonna like the episodes to come then
When bronn shows up you know he is going to hit you with some great lines
He is so amazing with character development. I just restarted GoT and the characters are so different in season 1
Especially Jaime and Theon
GRRM: So Bronn is a popular character huh? Be a shame if something.......tragic happened.
I can't see that happening, he (Bronn) is way too smart. As of the last book, he scored the castle and the lordship he always wanted in the way that suits him best - by killing their previous owner for them! Cersei's a bit ticked with him, but that's due more to his insolence. She doesn't have the time to deal with him, and there's nobody else who'd have reason to do so.
Marcus Hendriksen He’s almost definitely done for. Pretty high up on the list of plausible deaths.
Devin Devine I find him in the middle could die but may not die depends on what choices he makes really (going to winterfell increases his chance of dying majorly)
I'm holding out hope Bronn gets his castle and names his first born son Tyrion.
Literally how he thinks 😂 "y'all like this dude... Hhhmm well what disturbing way can this person die, really soon"
I forget why Bronn was even at the trial by combat. Was he at the inn when Caitlin captures Tyrian? He doesn't strike me as a common visitor to the Vale or one who would aid Catlin unless there was coin
Yes he was at the inn, and Catelyn reluctantly enlisted him to help escort Tyrion to the Eyrie. Along the way he and Tyrion grew familiar and he ended up switching sides to fight for Tyrion. I'm just reading the first book now so it's fresh in my mind 😄
He was at the inn, and the prospect of serving a lord and making some money drew him into the task of accompanying catelyn and the other knights to the eerie to deliver Tyrion to his trial
Yeah but why risk his life for a guy he just met against the Knight from the vale?
@@joynelbonetdelgado4952 Tyrion is a Lannister and flaunted with the old saying that a Lannister will always pay his debts
@@joynelbonetdelgado4952 Tyrion in the books observed Bronn from their trip to the Inn all the way to the Eyrie and saw what type of man that he was. So he deliberately flaunted his wealth infront of him to bring him over to his side.
I can’t keep watching these videos of George talking about character DEVELOPMENT. It’s like watching old family movies of those who have died and crying for their loss every time you watch them. But they didn’t die... they were murdered by the double Douche squad. 😭
The Tolkien comparison is accurate.
Read Return of the Shadow. Tolkien began The Fellowship of the Ring over and over. Sometimes scrapping his work entirely, sometimes changing things, sometimes changing things BACK.
When the Hobbits first encountered the Black Rider on the road though... that was a surprise to Tolkien himself, as he stated in a letter (I want to say to his son).
That's really cool. Thanks for sharing that. I never got into reading Tolkien's stuff, but it was partially because I already felt like I knew the important stuff, and the rest was just his scribblings. Now, I'm realizing that was not the case and wishing I had taken the time to read all of his work during my younger years when I had more time and was reading constantly.
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The story of his working on Middle-earth is very interesting.
Strider was originally a Hobbit who wore wooden shoes named Trotter. Frodo's named changed with almost every draft.
At the time of their releases, everyone was so upset about how long it took RotK to be released... but learning his writing method and everything, I'm surprised LotR was finished at all sometimes. He would write all the way to Bree and then scrap it all and start over, he'd write all the way to Rivendell and then scrap it and start over. And he focused on the Hobbits even more in the original draft and had to work on cutting their dialogue down a lot.
@@Richard_Nickerson wooden shoes aka KLOMPEN 🇳🇱 CLUMP maybe
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No idea what you're talking about
@@Richard_Nickerson wooden shoes are a thing here
Bronn overtime became George’s Bard The Bowman
William Lazaroff see I look at him as Westeros Conan, in that he cannot be killed and generally ends up on top of conflict.
And was similarly ruined by a film adaptation.
Smith Middleton game of thrones is the greatest show of all time and didn’t ruin a song of ice and fire. It’s just different, if not for the show I would have never read those amazing books
adam locke I definitely don’t see bronn dying that’s for sure .
@@williamlazaroff5478 It hasn't ruined them. But the quality is declining markedly since the books fell behind. Bronn is no kept alive simply by the weight of the writer's perception of audience affection for the character.
“And if you’re ever tempted to sell me out; I’ll beat it. I like life.”(whistling)
Bronn has to be one of my favourite characters, he’s hilarious 😂
What I took away from this: The first American celeb to ever pronounce Brisbane correctly.
You go around chopping peoples foreskin huh?
Bronn is hands down my Favourite character
It's "Bronn" :)
Bronn of the fookin black water is a god damn legend
Beautiful. As a person who dreams of writing these are wonderful words to consider.
Gonna quote Emilia Clarke: But add Bronn to it before the sentence: "Bronn, best character evaah! Hihihi"
George RR is one smooth brotha! I'm currently writing a South African historical fiction novel that I'm developing into a series of books. Definitely inspired by writers like GRRM and Wilbur Smith, to name a few
What's your novel about? I'm a budding novelist too, hence the interest :)
@@Luis_Domingos Hey! Its a historical fiction novel set in the late 1870's, a few years before the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.
The story follows a devoted soldier who serves as a household guard to a powerful Nguni-Zulu chieftain of a prominent house, who later finds out that his chief is conspiring to secretly sell his illegitimate daughter to Portuguese and Arab slave merchants along the East African coast in order to keep his image clean among the nobles. Throughout the story the soldier/protagonist is conflicted between his unquestioning loyalty to his chief, and fighting for what is right and moral. By the end of the first book, the protagonist abandons his village and enlists as part of the native contingent unit for the British Army against the Zulus, which picks up into the second book, and the great battle of Isandlwana.
I would love to get in contact with more writers and novelists to share and bounce ideas, get feedback, and continue learning on how constantly keep improving.
Thanks Luis for your interest. This is inspired from history, particularly South East Africa in the late Victorian Era.
If it's going to be a series, will it take you 30+ years to finish it?
@@Grendelbc Well, since its not fantasy (although there are some fantasy-esque themes) i don't see it taking that long of a time. This is going to be mainly history and using real time events
Thanks George for the world you created and shared. Love ya.
plot aside, his “yes and no” and explanation made me respect his assertiveness, regardless of confidence, takes a relevance role. it’s flattering for those that wish to appear passive while feeling, in their own right, assertive.
the fact that he really DID remember the name of that guy who fight with Bronn amazes me
I really hope Bronn wont' try and kill Jaime or Tyrion😅
Johnny B Goode I think it’s going to come down to the wire, and it will seem like he’s about to kill them, but I think he’s going to back out just before. I’ve seen allot of characters develop recently, where Bronn has always been about his gold. So I think that this will act as a really good opportunity for him to show massive development, in choosing friendship (with Tyrion) over gold. I’d love that.
Johnny B Goode I don’t see any way they throw away all that character development with both of them and have him kill either of them. She’s already paid him he can literally take the money and switch sides and join them.
Bronn needs to die. As much as we all love his character, Bronn has overstayed his course and needs to go out in classic GoT fashion
If Bronn Dies, he dies.
And he's no fool: even if he were ok with killing his friends, he knows that Cersei isn't to be trusted.
I think Bron will shoot off Jamie's hand and that will be the payment Jamie owes him :)
One thing I like more about the show than the books is the accents, it's hard to picture the accents in my head when I read the books. But the actors do it perfectly, imo it adds a little more to the characters that the books couldn't.
I feel like George dreamt the entirety of ASOIAF the way he speaks about the characters like they're real. He doesn't talk about them in the context he wanted to write them or the direction he wanted to take or what he wanted to do with the story. He speaks about Bron and Tyrions development as though theyre two people he knew and watched them grow together. It's fascinating to listen to
I can’t imagine got with chigen in it😂
im gonna have to eat every fuckin chigen in this room.
Bronn is one of the things the show got right, and that is mostly due to Jerome Flynn. Let's just hope they don't ruin him with the writing.
He's been doing well so far.
I could listen to this dude 12 hrs a day for a lifetime
What a talent & what a blessing too... if your hooked on Game of Thrones.
Absolutely fascinating to get an inside look at how he has wrote this story. Created this universe. He had an idea of where he wanted to start and end but the story just fell into place like dominos after that, makes me think maybe that's how God is with the universe. Watching everyday, so eager to see where this character goes, and what they do.
Well, they refer to God as Author and finisher, the second of which kind of distinguishes him from GRRM, Lol.
I kid, of course. But I get this perspective. Tolkien kind of said a similar thing - his writing was organic, the tale grows in the telling, but he acknowledges that the story he's writing is the subcreation and an offshoot of the One True Story, which is the story that God is writing that culminates in Him reconciling all things to himself by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. (I'm not proselytizing here, just paraphrasing what JRRT said)
It makes sense in the context of Sam Gamgee saying "Don't the Great Stories ever end?" We're still in the story, being written at every moment.
I ❤ how his characters exist on their own in his mind. He " gets out of their way" after they are established. This is high art in my opinion.
If Bronn does not get his castle we riot!!!!
@@sfjlfkjsdlfkjds Bronn is going to get the ultimate castle! Bronn for the iron throne!
Bronn is one of my favorite characters from the show. His sarcastic demeanor compliments my own and I like me so that explains it I guess
Bronn might just become the GoT's own Deadpool
Hey can you please mention the timing in the real world of these interviews? Thanks in adv!
Interviewer:
George: "Well, you have to understand that there are two types of writers..."
Bronn is a likeable man. I hope he gets his Castle, he’s certainly earned it by his deeds and services to royalty. When he saved The King Slayer I was like “woAah!” He came through big on that one and in fashion! Not to many I warriors I’d fancy in a 1v1 over him. His also a top swordsman, a few is put ahead of him but he’s up there. The guys basically white the package for a survivor type.
I just realized that the beginning and the end of this video connect perfectly like a continues loop of sequence
Bronn was my first fav character
So beautifully put. And simple. The problem was the lack of gardening in seasons 7 & 8. And that building was built a bit too hasty.
The tale grows in the telling.
Tolkien had the same thing with Faramir, he jsut wandered into the story and grew overtime to one of the best characters. Thats the thing GRRM is hinting at in the end.
I think he's talking about the whole creation of LoTR, really. Even the concept of the magical ring "grew in the telling" to become something more, forcing later changes to *The Hobbit*. Faramir is an example of a character that grew into the story, but the story itself also sprung from an unexpected place.
Everyone needs a sidekick. One of the hardest parts of writing fiction is keeping yourself from writing too many ' thoughts'.. Instead of a character thinking about things, it is better if the character has someone with which to banter.
2:20 you know how good that must feel to say
There's so many good characters but Bronn is one of my favorite.
“What do we say to the Winds of Winter?”
GRRM: “Not today”
My favorite character🙌🙌🙌
Man, I just hope George has written his ending synopsis down somewhere... Just in case...
He’s verbally communicated it to the show-makers... quite long back. That’s why the show has gone beyond the books.
Jorah: I will always defend you.
John Snow: My queen.
Bronn: Big fish eat the little fish. :D
Ah, the germaneum. The most relevant to this discussion of all the flowers.
No such thing as a germanium is there? Isn't it geranium?
Right. But that's not germane to the discussion. But perhaps it is GRRMane!
@@kengillespie7797 😂😂😂
Bronn in the books and TV show both, is the best. Lighthearted, honest, and blunt in a world of liars and braggarts, definitely one of my favorites along with (book) Stannis.
He called it "trial by battle" 😳
GulDukat479 everyone knows that it’s “Trial by Wombat!”
Trial by kumkwat
File high rattle
In the books it's always called trial by battle actually
He probably didn't read the books
I like Jerome but I still picture bronn how he's described. Taller, more athletic, calm leaned-back panther-y posture.
Awsome character, has lots of life in him just awsome
"lots of life".. why do I feel that you'll be regretting that choice of words soon?
@@stephengrigg5988 He might be killed off but he leaved a full life
Imagine if bronn stays in the throne...i mean, they still owe him a castle.
Now his tiny Garden has turned into a Jungle in which he is lost, trying to find a way out
I think the best way to describe a gardener (for me anyways) is that you know that destination, but aren't quite yet sure of the path.
Can't believe he still has another book after the next one. He's never gonna finish them
I wish I could plant potatoes and harvest germanium. Germanium is a rare element with a current market value of $1150/kilo... I think Mr Martin meant geraniums
the best character
This the first American ive ever heard pronounce Brisbane and Adelaide correctly. Respect
What if Bronn is a high ranking member of the Golden Company, not a deserter as such but perhaps someone who took a sabbatical of sorts and went to Westeros ... ?
Just a thought
"Fight on his behalf" hahahahha
He's right, it'd be VERY surprising if a gardener planted ANY kind of seed, and Germanium (a metal used in fibre optics and solar panels) came up as a result 😆
A short story about Bronn, narrated by his actor would be awesome
Imagine the stroke he kills with that swinging hand