• duderium [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    I like GRRM but also find him extremely annoying and he is obviously problematic. I made it through the first 2.5 ASOIAF books before I couldn’t take it anymore. I’ll probably go back to them eventually. I also enjoyed both GoT and House of the Dragon. My only major problem with GoT is that Daenarys should have conquered Westeros and exterminated all of the feudal lords.

    I also like his “pantsing” method of writing and think it works really well. The problem is that the guy is a fuckin’ LIB

    • Tommasi [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.net
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      The “pantsing” method worked great for the first few books, but not knowing how he was going to resolve things created some issues later on, and is probably a big part of why the series is permanently paused.

      I remember in his blog before ADwD came out, he was very open about how not knowing how he would resolve the Meereenese plotline caused big delays, and it ended up being a pretty mediocre plotline in the end too.

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      My only major problem with GoT is that Daenarys should have conquered Westeros and exterminated all of the feudal lords.

      That would involve society improving somewhat and that can’t ever be shown to happen because LIB