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Post by ironsalt on Oct 3, 2014 0:44:09 GMT -5
Back when I just a show follower I found myself least intrigued by both Bran and Jon's plots.. especially Bran's. However, as I have started reading books I became to grow on both, Jon's more so than Bran's, specifically. Actually, now Jon's is one of the plots I enjoy from the book. And ah, I'm now about to near the last chapter of the book 2  And of course, me being a thramsay-er, I have been interested in Theon's chapters even before I purchased the books.. and after I did buy them, I was a little bit disappointed that there weren't actually that many Theon (or Reek) chapters - needless to say, there was no Ramsay's POV. Anyways, reading Theon chapters gave me more insight to his character whilst Alfie Allen's portrayal of the character has already given me a fair good amount of what to expect from the books. As I'm almost near to finish off the second book, I've got myself the rest three and I just found out that new POVs popping up, and I can't wait to meet them and sneak into their heads.. When I was watching the show, I found it hard for myself to sympathize with Sansa at first, however, as more seasons came out I quite grew to feel for her, etc. Her innocence, or, rather, naivety makes me pity her, feel for her yet at the same time angers me, too..all those rosy coloured views of her on the (cruel, real) world she's been placed in..It's hard to blame her for it because she's only a child, yet.. in the beginning I was like 'how could you be so naive?' and also 'her parents should've let her see and taught her the harsh side of the world they're living in instead of letting their daughter feel her head with pretty, but unrealistic tales from old books..' but then again, everyone is different, as both Sansa and her sister Arya came forth from the same womb, yet so different.. Catelyn is probably one character that I prefer to watch over to read. For some unclear reasons her chapters made me feel weary.. maybe that's what her chapters' intention?! lol Stannis..(for now) I like him less than when I was just watching the show. What are your most/least favourites plots? POVs? and why? Are there any characters you didn't really give a damn when you were watching the show, but then rediscovered and grew on once you started the books? or vice versa? |
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Post by lovelyladybones on Oct 6, 2014 20:25:51 GMT -5
I really don't like Arya's story arch. It's scary to watch her turn into a cold blooded killer. I know a lot of horrible things happened to her but honestly some of the stuff she does makes me want to throw up. I like her as a character I just worry that she's too far one to realize of care about the difference between right and wrong.
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Post by pinselohr on Oct 7, 2014 15:25:08 GMT -5
OHHH really??? I like arya even more now ö____ö
What are your most/least favourites plots? POVs? and why?
When I started watching the show I was all over Daenerys!!!! oh GOD I loved her, it´s like... that frightened little girl became a warrior queen, she fought for her respect and didn´t give up! Then when I started reading the books I loved her even more in the beginning, but then... then... it changed into the complete opposite ~___~
The Reek chapters (of course) are one of my faourites, ahhh too bad we don´t have Ramsay POVs
What I found a bit boring where the Euron/Victarion chaps ... I didn´t enjoy them much tbh
Ah and Tyrion chapters were also always one of my favourites, ya, through all the books., same as Cersei´s
Are there any characters you didn't really give a damn when you were watching the show, but then rediscovered and grew on once you started the books? or vice versa?
Hmm... HMMMMMM not really... maybe Samwell Tarly!!
there are so many XD!!!
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Post by ironsalt on Oct 8, 2014 1:00:14 GMT -5
I really don't like Arya's story arch. It's scary to watch her turn into a cold blooded killer. I know a lot of horrible things happened to her but honestly some of the stuff she does makes me want to throw up. I like her as a character I just worry that she's too far one to realize of care about the difference between right and wrong. I enjoyed much when she just arrived at King's Landing and her little adventure through the maze(?) like thing in the first book. It was heart pumping little adventure indeed and she was still very a girl a child back then.. now I have finished the second book and am already witnessing changes in her, for worse or better I cannot say, but one thing is sure - that her innocent days child days are over. She's no more summer child but becoming a member of the harsh and relentless world she's thrown into. It gave me some jolts to read through her chapters from her just wanting to be her brothers and fighting/playing with a sword in Winterfell to her really wishing death on people she had suffered from on her journey to the Wall. It's understandable that her wishing them to all die as those people took part in her father's execution and other members she had been close to.. but still, she's pretty much lost all her child naivety and guilelessness and it's quite sad to see someone at young age like her becoming hardened and brutal due to outer forces not her own aging up. As I have just done with the first two books, there are yet more readings for me to do so I can't really say much on Arya's transformation but as far as I've got now the changes are already showing much..and whilst I know she can't just stay a child forever especially now all some adult figures who could act as her guardians all gone dead..I wish she could've had more time to just be a kid as she ought to be. |
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Post by ironsalt on Oct 8, 2014 1:25:49 GMT -5
OHHH really??? I like arya even more now ö____ö What are your most/least favourites plots? POVs? and why?
When I started watching the show I was all over Daenerys!!!! oh GOD I loved her, it´s like... that frightened little girl became a warrior queen, she fought for her respect and didn´t give up! Then when I started reading the books I loved her even more in the beginning, but then... then... it changed into the complete opposite ~___~ The Reek chapters (of course) are one of my faourites, ahhh too bad we don´t have Ramsay POVs What I found a bit boring where the Euron/Victarion chaps ... I didn´t enjoy them much tbh Ah and Tyrion chapters were also always one of my favourites, ya, through all the books., same as Cersei´s Are there any characters you didn't really give a damn when you were watching the show, but then rediscovered and grew on once you started the books? or vice versa?
Hmm... HMMMMMM not really... maybe Samwell Tarly!! there are so many XD!!! Yea I really liked the dragon mother through the first two seasons but after that.. I don't know what happened, but it seems to me that she's grown too fast in the beginning and now she's slowed down a bit and maybe that makes me think she's being stagnant..but then I guess she can't just have dramatic moments (like hatching the dragons from their eggs and walking out of the burnt ashes uncharred) every chapter.. I have yet more books to read so I can't say much on her character as her plot is not really developed much up till the second book which I have just finished. I will just keep reading I guess Annnndd I cheated a bit lol and just read Reek chapters last few days lol I was going to just read the books in order, but then there were his chapters and I could not resist the temptation..I gave in. And I read. So stark differences between the Theon chapters in the second book and the Reek and his other chapters in the fifth book...all cockiness is gone, no arrogance, it's like Theon is totally gone but the shell of his oldself only remains..especially the first two, three Reek chapters. I was glad seeing him regaining some strength back in the later chapters. And yea, no Ramsay POVs.. but then maybe we wouldn't want to get a peek into his head..what's going on there lol Haven't read neither Euron nor Victarion yet Tyrion's chapters have good some humours and those are not so common in other POVs lol everyone is miserable lol well, not saying that Tyrion is the happiest man in Westeros but he has a good sense of humour and it shows in his chapters and I like it. I have heard Cersei's chapters are as crazy as her character from the TV show or crazier..which I can't wait to see with my own eyes Actually, I didn't really care much about Theon when I first started watching the show, even through season three..he was like some poor guy who got his ding dong chopped off by some psychotic bastard..and constantly being tortured..but one day I just became curious 'so what is going to happen to that poor dickless guy from now on?!'..and I googled and got myself a plenty of spoilers(..) and strangely from there, I started to really like the guy.... I really didn't care for Robb in the TV show..okay, probably I didn't really care much about most characters lol that was why I was just 'um, okay?' when some popular characters got their heads chopped off and murdered(..) not that I was doing it on purpose, but I was just thinking 'they're playing their game, the game of thrones, and I am not one of the players - I'm just a watcher and that's what I'm going to do - just watch, observe..and enjoy.' so that I did. I didn't really invest any emotions in any characters..until I became curious about Theon's fate.. Theon..it's all your fault! Then now I've finished reading first two books and now I'm invested in some characters lol Sam..I was indifferent towards him as I was to others on the TV show but he got me over that little dialogue between him and Jon on some of his early days at the Wall. It does take some courage to admit one's weaknesses.. |
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