February 2012
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patrickstormborn replied to your post: I honestly don’t understand people losing their…
I don’t think most people care if someone says that they dislike x because of y. but there are times when it seems like I just can’t avoid the hate. and sometimes the only reason I even respond is to correct inaccurate information/
I don’t really agree that most people don’t care. I see it...
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grrming:
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I honestly don’t understand people losing their shit over someone else not liking a character they love. (I’m talking garden-variety dislike, not hate-language spewing.) I passionately love books and music, but if someone doesn’t like the same stuff, I just…don’t bother discussing it with them. Makes life so much easier and more relaxing.
I don’t mind them not...
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Does everyone have their oxygen tanks ready in...
swordinthedarkness:
Oh GOD. I’m dying to see him, yet I kinda want him to be a surprise in the show too. I’ll fangirl like a 12 year old at a Bieber concert if he’s in the new trailer.
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I honestly don’t understand people losing their shit over someone else not liking a character they love. (I’m talking garden-variety dislike, not hate-language spewing.) I passionately love books and music, but if someone doesn’t like the same stuff, I just…don’t bother discussing it with them. Makes life so much easier and more relaxing.
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Access Hollywood interviews Rory McCann →
wicnet:
Fury: Lots of good stuff. I like this part:
“I think in the first season you can see with Sandor and Sansa, that there’s a frustration with Sandor trying to get through to Sansa that it’s not all fairytale and true knights and there’s so much badness in the world. But, by the end of the first season, obviously she’s seen… her father having his head cut off. So she’s maybe seen the...
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New season two trailer coming to HBO Go →
wicnet:
WAR IS COMING! GET A FIRST LOOK AT THE GAME OF THRONES SEASON 2 TRAILER ON HBO GO®, FEBRUARY 24th
New York, N.Y., February 23, 2012 – War is coming to Game of Thrones Season 2. As kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars and noblemen continue to vie for power; fans eager for a taste of the action and treachery that will unfold in Westeros will be able to get their fill with...
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ivanolix:
So the Baratheons have Stannis (asexual) and Renly (gay).
The Tyrells have Loras (gay) and Margaery (lesbian, though not confirmed)
And then there’s Jon Connington (gay), Illyrio (gay), possibly Brynden Tully (gay), and maybe Taena (bisexual) and Oberyn (bisexual). Some guy up at the Eyrie too?
Are those all the LGBTQ characters of ASOIAF?
Xaro Xhoan Daxos...
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First Look at Nonso Anozie as Game of Thrones’... →
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Fury: First look at Nonso Anozie as Xaro Xhoan Daxos! Beautiful. I’m really excited to see more from Anozie, who again refers to his character as a “Prince of Qarth.” So it sounds like Xaro is definitely not just a merchant, but a combination of the merchant leaders and the Pureborn. Cool!
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MTV offers sneak peek of the Lannister house... →
wicnet:
Get More: Movie Trailers, Movies Blog
Unfortunately not all countries can view MTV videos. I’m sure the video will find its way onto youtube fairly quickly.
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dragons-born:
why this obsession for hot pie? i mean… he’s so hot pie! i dont understand that.
Hot Pie is unknowable. He is the source of all things good and pie. He is Hot Pie. And in a way, aren’t we all?
(Seriously, he’s just this hapless little motherfucker along for a crazy ride with scary people. And remember when Hot Pie looked like Hot Pie? Good times.)
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thefairiesrevenge replied to your photo: The discussion of piracy and premium cable is one…
However, since the show ended 10 months ago, people have been waiting nearly a year. This editorial and the comments are worth reading as the issue is complicated: ihnatko.com/2012/02…
I know it’s complicated, and there’s good analysis there. I do think the cartoonist is still lame...
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For those wondering: the video “Invitation to the Set” is on HBO On Demand, only available on your television, it’s not up on HBO Go or youtube or anything else. I’m sure it will find it’s way online soon, the videos always do, within a day. I’m hoping someone will be faster than that.
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So those are the only images I bothered with for now, the rest can wait for proper footage and screencapping. There’s are glimpses of Littlefinger, Cersei, Cat, a fresh view of Joff and Cersei in the throne room, Theon, Tyrion in his plotting room that we saw in another preview, Jon and Sam, the NW in the snow, some Daenerys stuff- desert and Qarth. A nice array of images.
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Breaking down the Game of Thrones Season One box... →
wicnet:
Let’s get this out of the way, Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season on Blu-Ray is awesome. Why? Because the first season of Game of Thrones is on it! That alone means it is worth a purchase. HBO could have just stopped there and been guaranteed a best-selling box set. But they went, “Screw it, let’s load this sucker up with some interesting commentary, some great ‘making of’...
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seraphicseduction:
People really need to STOP putting ASoIaF spoilers under the Game of Thrones tag. KEEP IT UNDER ASOIAF - unless it IS a GoT spoiler.
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This. If it happens in a book AFTER A Game of Thrones, why tag it with GOT? Just thoughtless and rude.
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here is the transcript i took down myself at the...
Me: Hi Mr. Martin; I really love -- wow, this mic is loud -- I really love these books, so thank you so much for this opportunity. One of the things I've enjoyed most about the series is the way that the viewpoints keep expanding. [GRRM nods.] Like, in Feast I really appreciated the Dornish characters, because it was interesting to get another racial perspective on the events -- [George nods again, other fans start yowling about spoilers] -- I'm not spoiling anything! (sheepishly, muttered) It's six years old, for god's sake. [some laughter at that] Anyway, um. So I am gay [I get a 'woo!' here], if you couldn't tell by my voice [laughter from the crowd] and I just... ugh, people are gonna yell at me! I'm trying to figure out a way to say this without spoiling, um. Okay, so one of the new POVs, I got the sense that he was gay? And I was wondering if I am crazy and reading into that or if like, that thing was actually a thing. That was happening. [crowd laughter]
GRRM: You mean in Feast?
Me: No, I mean in the new one.
GRRM: Oh in the new one!
Me: Yeah, I finished! Um. I'm talking about "The Lost Lord." Sorry, sorry! Trying not to spoil anything, ugh. [laughter]
GRRM: If you are talking about what I think you're talking about, then you're right. [applause]
Me: Awesome! Well thank you for doing that, because it's something that's important to a lot of people.
GRRM: There have been gay characters before, of course.
Me: Yeah, but I mean, a perspective character.
GRRM: I try to be a little subtle with these things, like with Renly and Loras, I mostly hinted around it. I mean -- I didn't think they were subtle hints! [raucous laughter at this] HBO of course took it to another, more overt level, which was good, but a lot of fans were upset about that, which is a curious thing. The thing is that the sexual scenes, gay or heterosexual, are what I always get the most complaints about. I think that has to do with the Puritanical attitude toward sex here in America. [applause] Because I will always get a ton of letters angry at me over any given sex scene, and I say 'I have a vivid description in here of an axe entering a face, and you don't care about that. But the second I talk about a penis entering a vagina, all hell breaks loose.'
[crowd laughter]
GRRM: I think it's important to represent the full rainbow of humanity, whether it's male or female, gay or straight, characters of color, et cetera. And with those characters who are part of those [marginalized] groups, I always try to have different types of people within those categories -- some nice, some mean, some good, some bad -- because at the end of the day I believe what we all are, fundamentally, is human. [thunderous applause at that]
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Nonso Anozie cast in "Ender's Game" →
Our Xaro Xhoan Daxos will be playing Sergant Dap in the adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s novel.
I love the book, so I’m pretty stoked to see Anozie on board. Sgt. Dap welcomes the new launchies to the school in Ender’s Game, so I’m sort of looking forward to seeing Anozie all butchy in uniform.
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