A Song Of Ice And Fire

Grum wants to write the new Doctor Strange comic.

Yes, because he needs ANOTHER excuse not to write anymore for this series.

Not our pet writer.

This is pretty cool.◊

Isn't Dragonstone meant to be an island?

Yeah, but it's not so tiny that the castle's right on the beach.

I dunno. I just kinda assumed that most of the island was castle.

Other thing: I admit, I really didn't picture Casterly Rock looking like that, either.

edited 22nd Oct '12 11:12:21 AM by asterism

Yeah, I always imagined the castle as pretty much the entire island.

But I suck at imagination.

Shouldn't that be Storm's End though?

Storm's End is built on the end of a peninsula at the top of a cliff. Not on an island.

Yeah but since it's Baratheon it should show Storm's End. Since that's their seat.

It did show Storm's End.

Uh, the Baratheon castle is Storm's End. Dragonstone is the castle above the Targaryen Crest.

From left to right it's Winterfell, The Eyrie, Riverrun, Pyke, Casterly Rock, Storm's End, Highgarden, Sunspear and Dragonstone.

edited 22nd Oct '12 11:53:48 AM by asterism

Ah, my mistake then.

Accidental Double Post.

edited 22nd Oct '12 12:22:54 PM by Badwolfwho

Dragonstone is actually a pretty big island, and people lived there for a long time. Sometimes it feels like all castle though, the way Westeros is the size of South America and feels a little bigger than Britain.

I'm looking at that graphic of the castles and it reminds me all over again how much I love that nothing in Westeros is flat, or generic. Nowhere is just 'a castle'. Anywhere with a name has detail, has life. It feels like it could actually exist, instead of toppling over in the wind like some other places.

This quiz...

Best bonuses.

Got 16/20 on the Arya test. Should have figured out a few others, but my memory for names isn't the greatest and it's hard to think when you're running low on time.

Also got referred to another test, guessing who says a quote, Varys or Littlefinger. I scored 25/28 on that one. Most of those were kinda easy though.

Varys or Littlefinger?

Crackpot theories: aerys + lyanna = jon robert+ cersei = gendry benjen + catelyn= sansa robert + lysa= robert arryn aerys+ cersei= joffery arthur+ lyanna= jon rhegar+ lyanna= jaqen hagar aerys+ varys= young griff

I like the look of Highgarden. Well, I like the look of all of them really, but most of them I'd already come up with a mental image of.

I admit I'd pictured Dragonstone as all castle too, not that that's very feasible. But then, in a world where the Eyrie exists, the logistical feasibility of castles doesn't seem to be a huge concern.

So, as someone who only just started reading The Game Of Thrones, I think the series seem quite promising. They're very well written. I'm impressed with R.R.Martin's worldbuilding and how well he handles multiple POV. I was having some trouble familiarizing myself (remembering all the places' names, understanding what the hell the characters were talking about when referring to "the Night's Watch" or "the wildlings" or "the king beyond the Wall") but it gets progressively better.

edited 1st Nov '12 6:54:45 AM by AnEditor

Oooooo, another victim reader!

Yeah, it is a little addictive, admittedly...

How far are you? Who's your favorite character, so far?

Get out! Get out! Get out before you have to deal with the Matrimony of Crimson, the murderous neonates of the umbra, and the Duchess of Prickly things!

Trust me, in 4,800 pages, you will know what I mean.

edited 1st Nov '12 7:30:23 PM by ATC

Got the first two, but what is the last one referencing?