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sofysta · 5 months

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Un uomo può fare amicizia con un lupo, ma nessun uomo sarà mai in grado di domarlo veramente

George R. R. Martin

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tronodiferro · 6 months

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Jon Snow and Ghost by Derek Laufman

#Jon Snow #Ghost the direwolf #Derek Laufman #Longclaw #Valyrian steel #George R. R. Martin #ASOIAF #A Song of Ice and Fire #Game of Thrones #House of the Dragon #asoiafart #GOT #HOTD #Westeros #inktober

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selkiewife · 8 months

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She would kill herself rather than go on, she decided one night … Yet when she slept that night, she dreamt THE DRAGON DREAM again.

Imagining a different fate for Dany based on GRRM'S QUOTE that "Not all of the characters who died on GAME OF THRONES will die in A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE." || THEON VERSION

#daenerys targaryen #daenerystargaryenedit #gotdaenerystargaryen #a song of ice and fire #game of thrones #asoiaf #gotedit #asoiafedit #grrm #asoiaf vs got #george r. r. martin #op

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nawowow · 1 year

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House of the Dragon s1e10

#house of the dragon #rhaenyra targaryen #daemon targaryen #caraxes #rhaenys targaryen #lucerys velaryon #arrax #aemond targaryen #vhagar #emma d'arcy #matt smith #eve best #ewan mitchell #george r. r. martin #hbo #illustration #fan art #tv show fanart #tv shows

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araekniarchive · 2 years

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to understand me, you'll have to swallow a world

Christopher Moore, Lamb

How Long? from Hadestown

Robin Hobb, The Golden Fool

Doctor Who (2005-), 2x01: New Earth

Kobayashi Issa

How To Get Away With Murder (2014-2020), 2x01: It’s Time To Move On

Wendy Cope, The Orange

Joey Comeau & Emily Horne, A Softer World (#877)

House MD (2004-2012), 2x06: Spin

John Steinbeck, East of Eden

George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

Ally Hills, Wrong

Dead Like Me (2001-2), 2x11: Ashes to Ashes

Oceanbreeze7, Heart Murmurs

A. E. Housman, Because I Liked You Better

Arthur Miller, All My Sons

Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith

Caitlyn Siehl, Start Here

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gottdeswill · 6 months

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pedroam-bang · 1 month

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Game Of Thrones (2013)

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amplifyme · 8 months

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George R.R. Martin on Writing TV's "Beauty and the Beast."

The show has a devoted cult following. What do you think draws them to it 30 years later?

It was such a literate show and such a smart show. Vincent may have been a beast but he was highly read and always fond of quoting poetry and citing Shakespeare and dropping in a sonnet from one poet or another. That had an enormous effect. We would get letters from librarians across the country about all the people who would come into the libraries on Monday after we’d aired on Friday saying, “What was that poem Vincent read?” They were going back to Shakespeare.

I was able to do an episode called “Ozymandias” where we had Ron Perlman read the entirety of the poem by Shelley. To be able to do that kind of thing was amazing, to work in some of the classics of English literature that way. Vincent was an intellectual who loved words and stories and poems. He was not by that reason like a geek or a figure the other characters made fun of but was in fact a classic, Romantic, Byronic hero. Being able to bring that to television, to a mass audience, was great.

The production values were also pretty ambitious for the time.

It was a gorgeous-looking show. There was a beautiful, lush look to the whole Underground world. By the standards of 2017, television has come so far in terms of its cinematography and its look. But if you compare Beauty and the Beast from 1988 in terms of the other shows that were on, the photography was so lush, the sets and costumes, the Beast makeup created by Rick Baker — it took Ron four hours to get in and out of it. You could stand next to him at the craft services and not tell he was even wearing makeup, it was so brilliantly done. (x)

#beauty and the beast 1987 #george r. r. martin #hollywood reporter interview #i really wish more people would seek out this show #all 3 seasons on paramount plus

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eschercaine · 1 year

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QUESTION: Who is your favorite character to write in Fire and Blood? GEORGE R. R. MARTIN: Daemon Targaryen, the Rogue Prince, is one of my favorite Targaryens. He’s very charismatic, he’s very changeable. You never know what he’s gonna do, what side he’s gonna come down on. Is he gonna do something appalling? Is he gonna do something heroic? He does both in the course of this, and I like that kind of complexity in my characters. I like people who have a little humanity to them. Because I think all of us have both good and evil in us.

Meanwhile, the House of Dragon writers...

RYAN CONDAL: I’m having trouble understanding it. We established right out of the gate, in the pilot, that Daemon is a fascinating guy, but he’s not Ned Stark. To me, Daemon is the antihero of this story. He’s a character with a real darkness to him, who’s dangerous and charming in equal parts. I knew people would be fascinated by him and latch onto him, but I figured they’d do it in the way they did with Jaime Lannister or Bronn or the Red Viper. I did not think they would oddly apply this sort of super-fandom to him and try to justify every single thing he’s done as being intrinsically heroic. It simply isn’t. It’s not the case. I see Daemon as having heroic aspects to him, and I understand why people would. I mean, he’s incredibly charismatic, he’s handsome, he looks great in that wig, he rides a dragon, he has a cool sword. I totally get it. But if you’re looking for Han Solo, who’s always going to do the right thing in the end, you’re in the wrong franchise, folks. SARA HESS: He’s become Internet Boyfriend in a way that baffles me. Not that Matt isn’t incredibly charismatic and wonderful, and he’s incredible in the role. But Daemon himself is… I don’t want him to be my boyfriend! I’m a little baffled how they’re all, “Oh, daddy!” And I’m just like: “Really?” How — in what way — was he a good partner, father or brother — to anybody? You got me. He ain’t Paul Rudd.

#house of the dragon #hotd #daemyra #daemon x rhaenyra #rhaenyra x daemon #daemon targaryen #george r. r. martin #grrm #ryan condal #sara hess #JEEZ...

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hmzawy · 2 years

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- House of the Dragon (Season 1 Episode 5)

Ser Criston Cole:

I took an oath. As a knight of your Kingsguard. An oath of chastity. I've broken it. I've soiled my white cloak. And it's the only thing I have to my fucking name!

#House of the Dragon #House of the Dragon s01e05 #hbo #Ser Criston Cole #Ser Cole #Criston Cole #fabien frankel #Game of Thrones #George R R Martin #George R. R. Martin #Ryan Condal

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queenaryastark · 6 months

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First, I thought there was already a cookbook. Second, this man is really doing any and everything other than completing the novels.

#asoiaf #george r. r. martin

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aboveallarescuer · 2 years

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GEORGE R. R. MARTIN ON WHAT MAKES A GOOD KING:

“A good king is someone who regards being king as a duty rather than a privilege that they are entitled to. A duty to the realm to dispense justice and peace, and occasionally do boring things like building roads and sanitation in Kings Landing and all that.” (San Diego Comic-Con “House of the Dragon” panel)

“Someone who regards being king as a duty rather than a privilege that they are entitled to”:

“A queen must listen to all,” she reminded him. “The highborn and the low, the strong and the weak, the noble and the venal. One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found.” (ASOS, Daenerys I)

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“Viserys should have protected me, but instead he hurt me and scared me worse. He shouldn't have done that. He wasn't just my brother, he was my king. Why do the gods make kings and queens, if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?” (ASOS, Daenerys III)

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“No one ever kept me safe when I was little. I want to protect you but … it is so hard. To be strong. I don’t always know what I should do. I must, though. I am all they have. I am the queen.” (ADWD, Daenerys II)

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A queen belongs not to herself but to her people. (ADWD, Daenerys V)

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Yesterday a wagon had been overturned and two of her soldiers killed, so today the queen had determined that she would bring the food herself. Every one of her advisors had argued fervently against it, from Reznak and the Shavepate to Ser Barristan, but Daenerys would not be moved. “I will not turn away from them,” she said stubbornly. “A queen must know the sufferings of her people.” (ADWD, Daenerys VI)

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A queen must listen to her people, Dany reminded herself. (ADWD, Daenerys VI)

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“A queen loves where she must, not where she will.” (ADWD, Daenerys VII)

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She would rather have drifted in the fragrant pool all day, eating iced fruit off silver trays and dreaming of a house with a red door, but a queen belongs to her people, not to herself. (ADWD, Daenerys IX)

“A duty to the realm to dispense justice and peace”:

“Some kings make themselves. Robert did.”

“He was no true king,” Dany said scornfully. “He did no justice. Justice ... that's what kings are for.” (ASOS, Daenerys III)

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Dany would gladly have sent the rest of the petitioners away … but she was still their queen, so she heard them out and did her best to give them justice. (ADWD, Daenerys III)

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I am still at war, Dany realized, only now I am fighting shadows. She had hoped for a respite from the killing, for some time to build and heal. (ADWD, Daenerys I)

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“...This match will save our city, you will see.”

“So we pray. I want to plant my olive trees and see them fruit.” Does it matter that Hizdahr's kisses do not please me? Peace will please me. Am I a queen or just a woman? (ADWD, Daenerys VII)

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On the ADWD cover for Brazil, I put Daenerys at the top of the stairs of the meereenese pyramid. I had undoubtedly been, unconsciously, influenced by the series. And George told me that Daenerys wants equality for everyone, she wants to be at the same level as her people, so I had her climb down to keep it consistent. — Marc Simonetti

“and occasionally do boring things like building roads and sanitation”:

Her Unsullied had finally restored order, but the sack left a plague of problems in its wake. And so they came to see the queen. (ADWD, Daenerys I)

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“Ser Barristan,” she called, “I know what quality a king needs most.”

“Courage, Your Grace?”

“Cheeks like iron,” she teased. "All I do is sit.”

“Your Grace takes too much on herself. You should allow your councillors to shoulder more of your burdens.”

“I have too many councillors and too few cushions.” (ADWD, Daenerys I)

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“The freedmen work cheaply because they are hungry”, Dany pointed out. “If I forbid them to carve stone or lay bricks, the chandlers, the weavers, and the goldsmiths will soon be at my gates asking that they be excluded from those trades as well.” She considered a moment. “Let it be written that henceforth only guild members shall be permitted to name themselves journeymen or masters … provided the guilds open their rolls to any freedman who can demonstrate the requisite skills.” (ADWD, Daenerys II)

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“A ditch, to bring water from the river to the fields. We mean to plant beans. The beanfields must have water.” (ADWD, Daenerys III)

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“I would gladly take as many olives as you cared to sell me. Olive oil as well.”

“I have none to offer. The slavers burned the trees.” Olives had been grown along the shores of Slaver's Bay for centuries; but the Meereenese had put their ancient groves to the torch as Dany's host advanced on them, leaving her to cross a blackened wasteland. “We are replanting, but it takes seven years before an olive tree begins to bear, and thirty years before it can truly be called productive.” (ADWD, Daenerys III)

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“Our stores are ample for the moment,” he reminded her, “and Your Grace has planted beans and grapes and wheat. Your Dothraki have harried the slavers from the hills and struck the shackles from their slaves. They are planting too, and will be bringing their crops to Meereen to market. And you will have the friendship of Lhazar.” (ADWD, Daenerys V)

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Learning is not inherently an interesting thing to write about. It's not an easy thing to write about. In the movies, they always handle it with a montage. Rocky can't run very fast. He can't catch the chicken. But then you do a montage, and you cut a lot of images together, and now only a minute later in the film, Rocky is really strong and he is catching the chicken. It’s a lot harder [in real life]. Sometimes in my own life, I wish I could play a montage of my life. I want to get in shape now. So let’s do a montage, and boom — I'll be fifty pounds lighter and in good shape, and it will only take me a minute with some montage of me lifting weights and running, shoving away the steak and having a salad. But of course in real life, you don't get to montage. You have to go through it day by day. And that has been interesting, you know. Jon Snow as Lord Commander. Dany as Queen, struggling with rule. So many books don't do that. There is a sense when you're writing something in high fantasy, you're in a dialogue with all the other high fantasy writers that have written. And there is always this presumption that if you are a good man, you will be a good king. [Like] Tolkien — in Return of the King, Aragorn comes back and becomes king, and then [we read that] "he ruled wisely for three hundred years. Okay, fine. It is easy to write that sentence, “He ruled wisely”. What does that mean, he ruled wisely? What were his tax policies? What did he do when two lords were making war on each other? Or barbarians were coming in from the North? What was his immigration policy? What about equal rights for Orcs? I mean did he just pursue a genocidal policy, "Let’s kill all these fucking Orcs who are still left over"? Or did he try to redeem them? You never actually see the nitty-gritty of ruling. I guess there is an element of fantasy readers that don't want to see that. I find that fascinating. Seeing someone like Dany actually trying to deal with the vestments of being a queen and getting factions and guilds and [managing the] economy. They burnt all the fields [in Meereen]. They've got nothing to import any more. They're not getting any money. I find this stuff interesting. And fortunately, enough of my readers who love the books do as well. — George R. R. Martin

#daenerys targaryen #george rr martin #grrm #george r. r. martin #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #a song of ice and fire #house targaryen #house of the dragon #canondany

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tronodiferro · 8 months

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