He does indeed but there's no evading the fact that many of us are getting oh so very tired of GRRM. It's at the point where really I feel if it's not happening he should aware up to his readership and say 'you got the ending in the show' and let us go. This channel keeps me going. But we are beginning to run off fumes.
definitely does Josh , though luckily for him (well not luckily but due to his great content) , compared to many other of the creators mostly known for ASoIaF , Robert's views (total views and those who show up live) and growth of the channel has remained very strong after GoT unlike many of the other ASoIaF creators. When HotD comes out and hopefully TWoW as well i expect another big spike for Robert and many of the other ASoIaF creators.
@@mirarstudios Well that's the thing. He would never say because the show finale is simply a spinoff , completely unofficial. The Winds of Winter will be released when it is released and it's the creator, GRRM's, decision when that should be so. The man is old yes and it's difficult to imagine a dream of springs being published but I'm certain grrm will of put things in motion so that his fans are not left high and dry if he were to pass even if we don't get a definitive completion
@@joshydarroch def still going strong , he gained another 100k subs since GoT and still growing , one of the few ASoIaF creators who reached 200k and now approaching 250k , draws the most live viewers per week out of the ASoIaF content creators. All of the creators who focus on that universe have had a drop compared to when GoT was airing but Robert / IDG has def weathered that as good as anyone.
I love when u sip ur water and remove the glasses bc that when the great detailed answers come. Love this channel. Rather watch u talk about the best fantasy and sci fi then watch regular tv. I haven’t read the books but I just bought them for my wife. I plan on getting the audio books. Gotta join a livestream. I owe u a few super stickers. U definitely earned it
I found your videos in the last few months. These are great! I put on the longer streams whilst I'm working ... or today while I was cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Just love your perspective and thought process for these stories!! Thank you
OH SNAP I didn't know IDG had a face and I've been binging these videos for a year or so. So cool to put a face to the voice after all these great videos. Love your work!
So my friend posted an insomnia related poem. I got inspired and wrote this to her. Thought you all might get a chuckle, given the number of people who go to sleep to your podcast! Appreciate the zzz’s Robert you are awesome! I saw your poem, your desperate plea About how sleep comes not so easily I know that normally you sleep in silence But lack of sleep may lead you to violence I have a thought, I know a way A way for you to end your day You enjoy a song of ice a song of fire To this i say you should retire However it is sleep that you most yearn Fear not the following you will not learn Of the onions of ole davos Nor the lore of the titan of bravos Just rest your eyes and dream of spring Sleep good robert will surely bring So when you wish your eyelids weak UA-cam channel, In Deep Geek.
The story of Night's King shows that Wildlings like Joramun where willing to work with the Night's Watch and the kings of winter against the Others in the past. Perhaps the Wildlings' ancestors stayed north of the Wall to keep watch for the Others, and their descendants like the Nights Watch forgot their original purpose.
Love all your streams, but super LOVE any about the North & Free-folk/wildlings! Tears for that ending theory with Ghost calling back. 😭 LOVE it. Thanks for this one, mate! Cheers. 🥂
I read “The Ice Dragon” to my kids. It tells of a war using fire dragons. The protagonist is in the North; she finds an ice dragon which she tamed. It didn’t feel like took place in a Westeros world.
Getting the IDG notification for a 3 hour video! I'm like a kid at christmas. The fact it's 4am is neither here nor there ❤ news about the show is awesome and the ex intent is all down to you. I really hope it doesnt feel like a GOT knock off.
In regards to cold hands; The child of the forest 'Leaf' say that he has been around for a long time and if you take that to meaning that leaf thinks it's been a long time then he has been around even longer than perhaps the children. This points to cold hands being one of the 1st resurrected nights watchman during the original battle for the dawn.
Fun fact, wind and sea currents play a big role in climate, larger then pure latitude. There where forest and amphibians in Antarctica after it already migrated into a pole position.
The Varys back story strikes me as another one of GRRM's take on prophecy. Varys' actions concerning magic are heavily influenced by his mutilation. It also suggests that he won't have unbiased motives where magic is concerned in TWOW and ADOS.
Great viewing as always. If your looking for another livestream topic I think the Inn at the crossroads could be one. It has already been the venue for several turning points and intrigues so far and I think it will continue to so in the coming books. So what storylines, meetings and deaths are still to be played out there. Its as least as important as any of the minor regions and possibly more.
It may be easier to “imagine” the Others & wights after reading The Heart of What Was Lost. Tad Williams has published a follow on trilogy to Memory, Sorrow & Thorne and I’m sure GRRM read it. Also the original Knight Watch Oath reveals huge clues to the origin of the walls.
I don't believe Cold Hands can use the Black Gate. Pretty sure that's why he sent Sam to get Bran. So it stands to reason other magic or at least undead creatures couldn't use the Black Gate either.
"Thought they had us in the first half..." At first I thought you weren't going to share your Favorite Ending Theory (aka My Head Canon until further notice!). Also, thank you for Everything. You, sir, are a Legend. My first post, I think.
Hey, love the vids. I had an idea for some more streams -- you could do ones on different organizations, i.e. Brotherhood Without Banners, Kingsguard/Queensguard, the Night's Watch. You could also do some on the different houses, as I think there would be a lot to cover there, or a stream dedicated to the lore.
Before this stream I'd began to believe Benjen was dead, and would probably return as some kind of Other. But Robert's theory about Benjen being on a solo ranging to the heart of winter is the most probable and awesome theory I've heard about his whereabouts. If this is true Benjen Stark is the #1 badass of Planetos!
I still think Benjen is dead. I'm guessing Coldhands is a setup/foreshadow character for what happens to Benjen. Something about the Stark blood means they can't be wighted like everyone else. Possibly due to their ancient bloodlink with the Others. So Coldhands is probably an ancient Stark. :)
@@strifamne1749 Like maybe Branden The Builder, or the last hero if they aren't the same person. It would be a pretty good explanation for why so many diverse parties put so much stock in the Starks. The Northmen, The Nights Watch, The Wildlings, The Children, and other skin changers have all at some point, in some way, acknowledged significance of the Stark bloodline. But you gotta admit if anyone cold survive alone beyond the wall for several years it would be the leader of The Night's Watch rangers.
Well, down south, there is a LOT to explore. One Valerian Dragon rider tried to fine the edge of Southrose and in a year, couldn't do so, on Dragon back if I remember correctly, which I might not be.
46:08 Jay Kelsey mentioned Accursed Kings. This is a series written by Maurice Druon. I also heard, perhaps in an interview, George state this as being a main inspiration. I found it a little weightier a read than GRRM's stuff, and maybe less than the Silmarillion, but it was intense and intriguing.
I'm not sure Aegon V so much "went Targaryean" as he was trying to accomplish something he didn't have the political support to see to completion. He was looking for the one thing that he could use to enforce his authority.
Are you ever going to do a westerlands in the winds of winter/dream of spring? It’s the only region that hasn’t been visited despite being the home base of one of three major families of the story.
Just found this channel - awesome. Any views on this for a vid? In The Return of the King, Aragorn's company comes across the corpse of a man: Before him were the bones of a mighty man. He had been clad in mail, and still his harness lay there whole; for the cavern’s air was as dry as dust, and his hauberk was gilded. His belt was of gold and garnets, and rich with gold was the helm upon his bony head face downward on the floor. He had fallen near the far wall of the cave, as now could be seen, and before him stood a stony door closed fast: his finger-bones were still clawing at the cracks. A notched and broken sword lay by him, as if he had hewn at the rock in his last despair. What was behind the door, and why was the man so desperate to get inside? Did Tolkien ever share that information? This question has been bugging me ever since I originally read the books.
Tinfoil, perhaps, but I think Jon is the Ice Dragon. While ice is not on the sigil of House Stark, it has a strong connection to the North and the surname “Snow” itself. Dragon is straightforward, symbolic of House Targaryen. The term also appears in many of Jon’s chapters, maybe more than any other character, according to ASoIaF (I think… I was also chasing my toddler around).
1:42:00 Yes. A secret war / power struggle between a fierce nation with huge aerial firepower Vs a small and rising self-governing territory that fights/retaliates in unconventional ways. GRRM tells a whacky story! 😄
The Nevers is really good! We just got caught up. The actress who plays Malady is ridiculously good. And the one playing True is an all around badass, doing many of her own stunts. (Sorry I don't have names... I'm listening while working. Lol) Another good one is Shadow and Bone.
Shadow and Bone was good yeah, Ben Barnes, great actor and such a geek in interviews, he's great. I'm going to watch the Nevers right now, I'm actually a minute in to the first episode.
Would the Night's Watch let you go beyond the wall: They probably actually wouldn't allow Tyrian to go very far because he's an important person. If something happened to him, his family (who is currently in power) might "punish" the Night's Watch. Any "common" person they might allow but they would have to go without a guard and would be on their own.
I'm late for the livestream but in listening back re: dragons not wanting to cross the wall. Dragons are also reluctant to approach the High Tower, also a Bran the Builder structure. Given Bran started the Starks is there a similar aversion of dragons to Starks? Could this have an impact on John Snow's relationship to dragons? I'm not totally immersed but has there been any historic dragon/Stark coming togethers? Does Johns blood lines melding suggest a conflict beyond Light-bringer mythology? Thanks for keeping me entertained.
1:03:10 - What I think George meqbs with "they don't have a culture" is that what they have is programming. They're a magical weapon with the magical equivalent of programming telling them how to speak, how to make weapons, etc.
Confused by what you said about magical things not being allowed to pass the wall. Is there really no case where ghost goes beyond the wall? And what about summer?
I feel the point you made about the giants all dying out and being a symbol of the end of the pre-human world is probably most likely...but I really hope it doesn't happen! 🤞🥺
On Benjen as Cold Hands: if I remember right, when they bring back the dead Brothers from Jon and Sam saying their oaths, they mention a few times how it's not really them, it's just things that look like them. In that way, do you think it could both be that CH isn't BS, like GRRM says, and that it is the thing that used to be BS?
Well, the Others were certainly testing Waymar Royce before they killed him....possibly the Great Other (Night King?) has reached the end of his body's lifespan and needs a powerful new host. This would be a mirror-image situation to what's happening with the Three Eyed Crow and Bran, and thematically work within the story. This would also set up another Dawn Age/Age of Heroes echo in current times. The original Night's King legend is about a Stark having to kill another Stark, and we know how much GRRM likes to put echoes into his writing. Perhaps Benjen has been captured and possessed by the Great Other, and his fellow Starks, Jon and Bran, the new Three Eyed Crow, will have to find a way to stop him using knowledge gained from the weirwood net.
I wasn't sure how to leave an idea or suggestion hope this finds you . White Gold Wielder by Stephen R. Donaldson an epic series and Callahan Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson , any thoughts ?
The most interesting pieces of the land North of The Wall are the Thenns(and their supposed mild-climate valley), and the Lands of Always Winter/The Grey Waste.
Does seem low Andrew , the non - live vids get way more comments and likes. The live streams of course many go and watch back after but the main experience is the live interaction and engagement. After 2 , 3 sometimes even 4 hours of Robert interacting with patreon and the chat and the live chat commenters interacting with each other I would assume not much appetite to leave a comment after the stream. Always great for a rewatch or to go back if one misses the stream but it is very much about the live experience. The other non - live / pre-recorded content gets way more comments , often hundreds of them.
@@dorianrichards924 for me i read them as a preteen/teen loved the first 3 hated 4 so i never went back to the series till recently i still found them to be good dumb fun and nostalgic and i appreciated book 4 quite a bit more as an adult.
I need some opinions about "The Wheel of Time" book series. I have read many different opinions that were either extremely positive or extremely negative. One was calling it a "Lord of the Rings" ripoff", for example. Another opinion was that it's an amazing story but it's so slow and uneventful that any sort of action starts happening at like book 4 or something. I have other books to read at the moment, but for the future I'd like to decide if I should buy them or not, because "The Wheel of Time" are quite expensive.
The complaints on WoT tend to start around book 5: too slow, nothing happens, cash grab, paid by the word, etc. I stalled out at book 9. I never sympathized with any of those complaints. I merely felt RJ had let the whole thing grow beyond a realistic scope. I eventually finished the series and am quite happy I did. Would have been better if RJ had lived to finish it himself, because I quite liked what he was doing towards the end… though not everyone agrees! Serious RJ fans swear by blitzing through the books in great marathon sessions. Sure, I guess?
Jon is not dead ... it is real in that his spirit passes to Ghost, but his body is dead, his heart and other organs do not work for 4 stabs. So Jon does not pass to the other side as a ghost but the one who is going to heal his body to return to it, will be R'hllor or the Old Gods ... something magical has to happen.
1:28:15. I have to push back against something Robert. You call the magic that the Others use to reanimate dead bodies as being the "perverse or twisted version" of the power Bran, Bloodraven, and the Children have to warg. But from my perspective, one of these powers moves non-living bones and flesh, while the other not only manipulates a physical body, but specifically a body with a soul still inside of it. The descriptions of what wargs do when they even attempt to enter the body of a living person is horrible, let alone what we see in Hodor (and Meera that one time). I understand that reanimating a dead body is seen as a violation across pretty much every culture, both here and on Planetos. But at least in this world, even though we don't know if an afterlife exists, we do know that the spirits of the deceased move on once a body is dead. So to me, moving a body is not that bad; disrespectful or offensive, but not necessarily "perverse" or "twisted". Especially not compared to warging into a living conscious being. As an aside, I will say, even in our world, I recognize that my view of bodies isn't shared by most people. I plan on leaving my corpse to either be used for organ transplants or donating to scientific study. No burial. No tombstone. But that's just me.
Approximately three months to post produce a finished manuscript of THE MOST anticipated and LONGEST follow up in history? My ass. GRRM will not finish TWOW. He’s already signed on to produce several other projects with release dates. He’s already described writing this book as “oppressive “ and he’s fully to blame for it. He has admitted giving Dan and Dave the general ending so they could finish their season. I believe he witnessed how disappointed the fans were with the ending, and now he is re-writing it, or at least he plans to rewrite it, when he is done with all the other projects he has signed on to do.
In deep geek deserves so many more views
He does indeed but there's no evading the fact that many of us are getting oh so very tired of GRRM. It's at the point where really I feel if it's not happening he should aware up to his readership and say 'you got the ending in the show' and let us go. This channel keeps me going. But we are beginning to run off fumes.
definitely does Josh , though luckily for him (well not luckily but due to his great content) , compared to many other of the creators mostly known for ASoIaF , Robert's views (total views and those who show up live) and growth of the channel has remained very strong after GoT unlike many of the other ASoIaF creators. When HotD comes out and hopefully TWoW as well i expect another big spike for Robert and many of the other ASoIaF creators.
@@mirarstudios Well that's the thing. He would never say because the show finale is simply a spinoff , completely unofficial. The Winds of Winter will be released when it is released and it's the creator, GRRM's, decision when that should be so. The man is old yes and it's difficult to imagine a dream of springs being published but I'm certain grrm will of put things in motion so that his fans are not left high and dry if he were to pass even if we don't get a definitive completion
@@AlexBB77 It's true , and atleast he retained a strong amount of core followers even if he's not getting 100k a video or whatever
@@joshydarroch def still going strong , he gained another 100k subs since GoT and still growing , one of the few ASoIaF creators who reached 200k and now approaching 250k , draws the most live viewers per week out of the ASoIaF content creators. All of the creators who focus on that universe have had a drop compared to when GoT was airing but Robert / IDG has def weathered that as good as anyone.
In Deep!!!
The best ASOIAF and GOT youtuber in the game bless him algorithm
I love when u sip ur water and remove the glasses bc that when the great detailed answers come. Love this channel. Rather watch u talk about the best fantasy and sci fi then watch regular tv. I haven’t read the books but I just bought them for my wife. I plan on getting the audio books. Gotta join a livestream. I owe u a few super stickers. U definitely earned it
Regular TV is death rot for your brain
As usual, the best content around. Thanks Robert for the news drop and all our beyond the wall needs
So glad to catch you live. Hi from New Zealand!
If there’s a more interesting and well thought out channel than IDG, I’ve yet to find it. Another fantastic live stream 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Looking forward to listening to this, as soon as I have the time. I always appreciate the work, thanks Robert!
Love these long form discussions.
Your theory on Benjin just blew me away!! Would be fantastic if he shows up again as you said.
I found your videos in the last few months. These are great! I put on the longer streams whilst I'm working ... or today while I was cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Just love your perspective and thought process for these stories!! Thank you
Great job Robert!
OH SNAP I didn't know IDG had a face and I've been binging these videos for a year or so. So cool to put a face to the voice after all these great videos. Love your work!
I missed the live but the rewatch made cleaning day so much more enjoyable 🥰
So my friend posted an insomnia related poem. I got inspired and wrote this to her. Thought you all might get a chuckle, given the number of people who go to sleep to your podcast! Appreciate the zzz’s Robert you are awesome!
I saw your poem, your desperate plea
About how sleep comes not so easily
I know that normally you sleep in silence
But lack of sleep may lead you to violence
I have a thought, I know a way
A way for you to end your day
You enjoy a song of ice a song of fire
To this i say you should retire
However it is sleep that you most yearn
Fear not the following you will not learn
Of the onions of ole davos
Nor the lore of the titan of bravos
Just rest your eyes and dream of spring
Sleep good robert will surely bring
So when you wish your eyelids weak
UA-cam channel, In Deep Geek.
Robert’s live streams are my favorite companion when falling asleep and cleaning. Although, I have to go back and re-listen when I can pay attention .
awful
SUBSCRIBED and commenting for the algorithm and because I LOVE your channel!
keep up all the great work
Sorry i missed this one Robert! Watching back!
The story of Night's King shows that Wildlings like Joramun where willing to work with the Night's Watch and the kings of winter against the Others in the past. Perhaps the Wildlings' ancestors stayed north of the Wall to keep watch for the Others, and their descendants like the Nights Watch forgot their original purpose.
Love all your streams, but super LOVE any about the North & Free-folk/wildlings! Tears for that ending theory with Ghost calling back. 😭 LOVE it. Thanks for this one, mate! Cheers. 🥂
Love you Rob. Thanks for the hard work cowboy. Much love, sorry I can’t live spar much right now
2:05:15 that made me tear up for some reason. Just the thought of that being the ending is beautiful to me.
I read “The Ice Dragon” to my kids. It tells of a war using fire dragons. The protagonist is in the North; she finds an ice dragon which she tamed. It didn’t feel like took place in a Westeros world.
I couldn't draw any links, minus tge dragons, between the ice dragon and awoiaf as well. Not really sure what the message was behind its plot.
When the glasses come off...shit is going down. Big fan. Keep the great content coming.
Read this as the glasses came off.
Love your live streams man
Getting the IDG notification for a 3 hour video! I'm like a kid at christmas. The fact it's 4am is neither here nor there ❤ news about the show is awesome and the ex intent is all down to you. I really hope it doesnt feel like a GOT knock off.
Commenting for the algorithm.
As always. Our boy deserves better than this
just commenting on your comment for the algorithm
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Big up
Algorithm be praised
Can't believe I missed the livestream. Still, glad I'm able to catch up after the fact!
In regards to cold hands; The child of the forest 'Leaf' say that he has been around for a long time and if you take that to meaning that leaf thinks it's been a long time then he has been around even longer than perhaps the children. This points to cold hands being one of the 1st resurrected nights watchman during the original battle for the dawn.
I love these videos!
Ser Robert, I enjoy your dulcet tones, as always. Keep fictitious the beans!
I’d love to see you and Lucifer Means Lightbringer do a TWOW livestream
My favourite part of A Song of Ice and Fire is the moment when Bran sees out to the edge of the world.
I know, I tried to find it again but couldn't - what chapter is it?
Love your vids!
Fun fact, wind and sea currents play a big role in climate, larger then pure latitude. There where forest and amphibians in Antarctica after it already migrated into a pole position.
The Varys back story strikes me as another one of GRRM's take on prophecy. Varys' actions concerning magic are heavily influenced by his mutilation. It also suggests that he won't have unbiased motives where magic is concerned in TWOW and ADOS.
Great viewing as always. If your looking for another livestream topic I think the Inn at the crossroads could be one. It has already been the venue for several turning points and intrigues so far and I think it will continue to so in the coming books. So what storylines, meetings and deaths are still to be played out there. Its as least as important as any of the minor regions and possibly more.
Did you see the video on the Inn?
It may be easier to “imagine” the Others & wights after reading The Heart of What Was Lost. Tad Williams has published a follow on trilogy to Memory, Sorrow & Thorne and I’m sure GRRM read it. Also the original Knight Watch Oath reveals huge clues to the origin of the walls.
I don't believe Cold Hands can use the Black Gate. Pretty sure that's why he sent Sam to get Bran. So it stands to reason other magic or at least undead creatures couldn't use the Black Gate either.
So glad to see someone else have that view about hardhome being mistaken for Braavos, I thought I was going off on limb with that take
My reign is just begun.
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"Thought they had us in the first half..." At first I thought you weren't going to share your Favorite Ending Theory (aka My Head Canon until further notice!). Also, thank you for Everything. You, sir, are a Legend. My first post, I think.
The man the myth the legend!
Hey, love the vids. I had an idea for some more streams -- you could do ones on different organizations, i.e. Brotherhood Without Banners, Kingsguard/Queensguard, the Night's Watch. You could also do some on the different houses, as I think there would be a lot to cover there, or a stream dedicated to the lore.
Before this stream I'd began to believe Benjen was dead, and would probably return as some kind of Other. But Robert's theory about Benjen being on a solo ranging to the heart of winter is the most probable and awesome theory I've heard about his whereabouts. If this is true Benjen Stark is the #1 badass of Planetos!
I still think Benjen is dead. I'm guessing Coldhands is a setup/foreshadow character for what happens to Benjen. Something about the Stark blood means they can't be wighted like everyone else. Possibly due to their ancient bloodlink with the Others.
So Coldhands is probably an ancient Stark.
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@@strifamne1749 Like maybe Branden The Builder, or the last hero if they aren't the same person. It would be a pretty good explanation for why so many diverse parties put so much stock in the Starks. The Northmen, The Nights Watch, The Wildlings, The Children, and other skin changers have all at some point, in some way, acknowledged significance of the Stark bloodline. But you gotta admit if anyone cold survive alone beyond the wall for several years it would be the leader of The Night's Watch rangers.
Well, down south, there is a LOT to explore. One Valerian Dragon rider tried to fine the edge of Southrose and in a year, couldn't do so, on Dragon back if I remember correctly, which I might not be.
46:08 Jay Kelsey mentioned Accursed Kings. This is a series written by Maurice Druon. I also heard, perhaps in an interview, George state this as being a main inspiration. I found it a little weightier a read than GRRM's stuff, and maybe less than the Silmarillion, but it was intense and intriguing.
I'm not sure Aegon V so much "went Targaryean" as he was trying to accomplish something he didn't have the political support to see to completion. He was looking for the one thing that he could use to enforce his authority.
But I always love your content, huge fan
IDG!!!
No giggling ,no intense 420 ,and deadly logic. Best channel of this genre.
Please make a video about what happened in Hardhome
Are you ever going to do a westerlands in the winds of winter/dream of spring? It’s the only region that hasn’t been visited despite being the home base of one of three major families of the story.
Just found this channel - awesome. Any views on this for a vid?
In The Return of the King, Aragorn's company comes across the corpse of a man:
Before him were the bones of a mighty man. He had been clad in mail, and still his harness lay there whole; for the cavern’s air was as dry as dust, and his hauberk was gilded. His belt was of gold and garnets, and rich with gold was the helm upon his bony head face downward on the floor. He had fallen near the far wall of the cave, as now could be seen, and before him stood a stony door closed fast: his finger-bones were still clawing at the cracks. A notched and broken sword lay by him, as if he had hewn at the rock in his last despair.
What was behind the door, and why was the man so desperate to get inside? Did Tolkien ever share that information? This question has been bugging me ever since I originally read the books.
2:30:20 round the outside, round the outside, round the outside
I enjoyed The Nevers very much. The controversy gave it a bad rap but the production, actors etc were very good -:))
Tinfoil, perhaps, but I think Jon is the Ice Dragon. While ice is not on the sigil of House Stark, it has a strong connection to the North and the surname “Snow” itself. Dragon is straightforward, symbolic of House Targaryen.
The term also appears in many of Jon’s chapters, maybe more than any other character, according to ASoIaF (I think… I was also chasing my toddler around).
1:42:00 Yes. A secret war / power struggle between a fierce nation with huge aerial firepower Vs a small and rising self-governing territory that fights/retaliates in unconventional ways.
GRRM tells a whacky story! 😄
The Nevers is really good! We just got caught up. The actress who plays Malady is ridiculously good. And the one playing True is an all around badass, doing many of her own stunts. (Sorry I don't have names... I'm listening while working. Lol)
Another good one is Shadow and Bone.
Shadow and Bone was good yeah, Ben Barnes, great actor and such a geek in interviews, he's great. I'm going to watch the Nevers right now, I'm actually a minute in to the first episode.
Would the Night's Watch let you go beyond the wall: They probably actually wouldn't allow Tyrian to go very far because he's an important person. If something happened to him, his family (who is currently in power) might "punish" the Night's Watch. Any "common" person they might allow but they would have to go without a guard and would be on their own.
I'm late for the livestream but in listening back re: dragons not wanting to cross the wall. Dragons are also reluctant to approach the High Tower, also a Bran the Builder structure. Given Bran started the Starks is there a similar aversion of dragons to Starks? Could this have an impact on John Snow's relationship to dragons? I'm not totally immersed but has there been any historic dragon/Stark coming togethers? Does Johns blood lines melding suggest a conflict beyond Light-bringer mythology?
Thanks for keeping me entertained.
1:03:10 - What I think George meqbs with "they don't have a culture" is that what they have is programming. They're a magical weapon with the magical equivalent of programming telling them how to speak, how to make weapons, etc.
Confused by what you said about magical things not being allowed to pass the wall. Is there really no case where ghost goes beyond the wall? And what about summer?
How did the two Wight-Nightwatchers who were with Benjen get past the wall?
2:05.30 chills
I feel the point you made about the giants all dying out and being a symbol of the end of the pre-human world is probably most likely...but I really hope it doesn't happen! 🤞🥺
Maybe the horn of winter doesn’t bring down the wall physically but just disables the magical defences
On Benjen as Cold Hands: if I remember right, when they bring back the dead Brothers from Jon and Sam saying their oaths, they mention a few times how it's not really them, it's just things that look like them. In that way, do you think it could both be that CH isn't BS, like GRRM says, and that it is the thing that used to be BS?
I love you so much
Rip Miura. Berserk is incredible
Well, the Others were certainly testing Waymar Royce before they killed him....possibly the Great Other (Night King?) has reached the end of his body's lifespan and needs a powerful new host. This would be a mirror-image situation to what's happening with the Three Eyed Crow and Bran, and thematically work within the story.
This would also set up another Dawn Age/Age of Heroes echo in current times. The original Night's King legend is about a Stark having to kill another Stark, and we know how much GRRM likes to put echoes into his writing. Perhaps Benjen has been captured and possessed by the Great Other, and his fellow Starks, Jon and Bran, the new Three Eyed Crow, will have to find a way to stop him using knowledge gained from the weirwood net.
I think it would be cool if grrm goes a bit more into the implications of bran being king than the show did
I wasn't sure how to leave an idea or suggestion hope this finds you . White Gold Wielder by Stephen R. Donaldson an epic series and Callahan Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson , any thoughts ?
1:21:50 - Like Aragorn's tax policy.
It was probably the dragon going down on the isle of faces at the end of Dance of Dragons that messed up the balance.
The most interesting pieces of the land North of The Wall are the Thenns(and their supposed mild-climate valley), and the Lands of Always Winter/The Grey Waste.
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Let’s band together and get him a new webcam
Robert, have you thought about adding Shadow & Bone to your high fantasy repotoir?
Why are there so few comments?
Does seem low Andrew , the non - live vids get way more comments and likes. The live streams of course many go and watch back after but the main experience is the live interaction and engagement. After 2 , 3 sometimes even 4 hours of Robert interacting with patreon and the chat and the live chat commenters interacting with each other I would assume not much appetite to leave a comment after the stream. Always great for a rewatch or to go back if one misses the stream but it is very much about the live experience. The other non - live / pre-recorded content gets way more comments , often hundreds of them.
how many would be appropriate? how much would be a lot?
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Read Eragon its lowbrow for you it would be great.
Lol I enjoyed Eragon when I was younger but I always feel like going back to re-read it now would ruin the nostalgia for me
@@dorianrichards924 for me i read them as a preteen/teen loved the first 3 hated 4 so i never went back to the series till recently i still found them to be good dumb fun and nostalgic and i appreciated book 4 quite a bit more as an adult.
Mother Mole's followers got kidnapped by slavers, some of which get shipwrecked in Bravos, so they are free- maybe they'll turn up in the main story!
If water is a barrier than they can't pass the neck
do you plan to make any vids about the prydain chronicles ?
Snarks and grumpkinds
...... Starks and boltons
Disappointing you know so little of the thenn, they’re one of my favorites. Still Solid overall
I need some opinions about "The Wheel of Time" book series. I have read many different opinions that were either extremely positive or extremely negative. One was calling it a "Lord of the Rings" ripoff", for example. Another opinion was that it's an amazing story but it's so slow and uneventful that any sort of action starts happening at like book 4 or something. I have other books to read at the moment, but for the future I'd like to decide if I should buy them or not, because "The Wheel of Time" are quite expensive.
The complaints on WoT tend to start around book 5: too slow, nothing happens, cash grab, paid by the word, etc. I stalled out at book 9. I never sympathized with any of those complaints. I merely felt RJ had let the whole thing grow beyond a realistic scope. I eventually finished the series and am quite happy I did. Would have been better if RJ had lived to finish it himself, because I quite liked what he was doing towards the end… though not everyone agrees! Serious RJ fans swear by blitzing through the books in great marathon sessions. Sure, I guess?
I felt he went beyond a realistic scope halfway through book 1
Jon is not dead ... it is real in that his spirit passes to Ghost, but his body is dead, his heart and other organs do not work for 4 stabs. So Jon does not pass to the other side as a ghost but the one who is going to heal his body to return to it, will be R'hllor or the Old Gods ... something magical has to happen.
1:28:15. I have to push back against something Robert. You call the magic that the Others use to reanimate dead bodies as being the "perverse or twisted version" of the power Bran, Bloodraven, and the Children have to warg. But from my perspective, one of these powers moves non-living bones and flesh, while the other not only manipulates a physical body, but specifically a body with a soul still inside of it. The descriptions of what wargs do when they even attempt to enter the body of a living person is horrible, let alone what we see in Hodor (and Meera that one time).
I understand that reanimating a dead body is seen as a violation across pretty much every culture, both here and on Planetos. But at least in this world, even though we don't know if an afterlife exists, we do know that the spirits of the deceased move on once a body is dead. So to me, moving a body is not that bad; disrespectful or offensive, but not necessarily "perverse" or "twisted". Especially not compared to warging into a living conscious being.
As an aside, I will say, even in our world, I recognize that my view of bodies isn't shared by most people. I plan on leaving my corpse to either be used for organ transplants or donating to scientific study. No burial. No tombstone. But that's just me.
Expert level shit cuh.
After all is said and done with ASOIAF, what are the chances of Jon getting together with VAL?
Benjin is just stuck on the crapper
How did dragons get north of the wall if they destroyed Hardhomme
Approximately three months to post produce a finished manuscript of THE MOST anticipated and LONGEST follow up in history? My ass. GRRM will not finish TWOW. He’s already signed on to produce several other projects with release dates. He’s already described writing this book as “oppressive “ and he’s fully to blame for it.
He has admitted giving Dan and Dave the general ending so they could finish their season. I believe he witnessed how disappointed the fans were with the ending, and now he is re-writing it, or at least he plans to rewrite it, when he is done with all the other projects he has signed on to do.
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How many patreon mentions?
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