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- Is it risky to kill three side characters in the beginning of your medieval story? - I don't know, that's why I killed the main character in the end of the same book
What’s great about George is that he is generous with his experience as a writer. Some writers don’t always come forward with how to get started in literature, but George is so positive about what you can do to get a start. That’s invaluable to any young author who may have talent, but has no idea where to start in the industry.
Richard Gibson I wanted a more dramatic reason, such as he is so invested in his characters to the degree that he does not like it when they are put in a joke, but probably you are right.
I think the hodor guy asks the same question at alot of grrms appearances. Ive heard his voice many times in a lot of q&a videos. Grrm is probably so done with that dude. What started out as cute turned into something horrible
This guy is the best history teacher you never had. When an American writer can get British kids interested in British history, he's got talent pouring out of him
@Gromph Baenre Trump has dropped more bombs per year than Obama ever did. We criticized Obama then, and we criticize Trump now. Maybe Trump even more, because he based much of his campaign on saying that the US should't be the world's police
The Law positioning foreign troops on the very border of Iran, in Iraq, and opposite the Persian Gulf in Saudia Arabia beside his good buddy MBS and killing foreign Statesman in neutral Iraq is provoking war, no matter you wanna depict it
Show Casterly Rock, if done as described in the books, would absolutely need some sort of lever system. Some mechanism like the Wall to elevate people. 3X the height and only steps? yikes. I think if they'd made the castle in the show on a cliff even 400-500ft it would've done justice
The castle isn't on the cliff top its at the base of the Rock. What passes for a castle is a curtain wall, brief courtyard and guard tower. The real fortification is the Rock itself. Even if the outer "castle" falls the fight for the internal tunnels would be Thermopylae to the power of a googol A very small number could hold back a very large number for a very long time. Thus, nobody has ever done so
I've read the books, but were non book readers surprised that Sean Bean died at the end of the first season? If so why? Looks at Sean Bean's filmography.
I've never seen a show like game of thrones before so I thought ned stark was the main character and hero type character and inevitably expected to be king eventually. In my defence he was the face of the poster.
I was surprised he took the job where he was the most famous actor in the show. When he died I wasn’t surprised. Just like Lord of the Rings he likes the flawed characters that die.
When GoT first aired, spoilers were online that Ned Stark is killed in the books. But it was the first season so people were wondering if HBO was going to follow the books or do something different. With “True Blood” the Lafayette character dies early in the books but HBO changed it so that he lived throughout the tv series. GoT viewers were wondering if the same thing was going to happen with Sean Bean as Ned Stark. Once he was killed, viewers realized HBO was following the books with this series.
Wild Cards came out of GRRM being the DM (or I guess just game master) of a superhero RPG named Superworld. All his writer friends created their own characters and worlds, and then they created Wild Cards as a place to put them.
I think this is the last "GRR Martin Answers Fan Questions" video that i watch. We're all crawling up our own asses here till the man writes a book, or comes clean and says she will not.
@@varanasiwalks1451 I can see that well enough. But it's the last video you'll be watching on the subject so we won't be subjected to it any more thankfully
@@theophrastusbombastus1359 oh come on. my FIRST criticism. i merely disagree with you, i've hardly been flooding the media with my opinion. (let me 'like' your post, for not being VERY VERY rude in your disagreement, only "a bit rude" 👍) My opinion is that Mr Martin deserves to retire like any of us. That just because he bit off more than he could chew when he was 60 don't make him beholden to us to do anything ever again if he so chooses. And it's just US the fans who NEED and EXPECT and WAIT. If it happens, it happens. Me, i do not DESERVE another book nearly as much as Martin DESERVES to retire and chill.
@@varanasiwalks1451 a very different notion to how the initial post comes across. "I'm not watching any more videos, as the wait is killing me. He either needs to crack on with it and finish writing the damn book already or just come clean and save us all the anxiety of waiting" - is how your initial post reads ("crawling up our own asses" etc.) And to clarify: he does indeed write other stories, though I suspect you're only impatient for one Try out his Targaryen prequels to satiate your impatience maybe?
Holy crap, I had no idea GRRM was involved so early in the creation of the expanse, I wonder what character was his… Probably a morally complex bookish nerd, that scientist who worked for pierre chau perhaps?
@@aesir1ases64 I'd say that's not ironic so much as bloody obvious. War is good for business, and Trump as a businessman already didn't need it to the same extent as all the career politicians who have no other way of making bank.
@@aesir1ases64 Yes, the illegal arrests and the shooting of protesters, the hateful and racist speech, the denial of the pandemic and the hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths, and the fact that he ends his term as a domestic terrorist trying to sabotage an election of all possible (and illegal) ways makes it very peaceful. @EnvisionerWill He was, is and will be a scammer (and a very stupid one, like his believers) , he made his money in other ways than the usual US political status quo
I’d disagree with George’s assessment of Edward II as he spent so much time focusing on his favorites that he alienated the other nobles and he ignored and mistreated his wife so much that he lost a key ally with France. Edward made a lot of selfish choices including going to war over personal slights like when the nobles forced his favorite into exile and he would continually reverse reforms if he didn’t get his way.
WTF is that guy talking about? There are a lot of books opening up with the POV character dying. Raymond Feist comes to mind, but there are numerous examples. Even Harry Fucking Potter does it once.
- Is it risky to kill three side characters in the beginning of your medieval story?
- I don't know, that's why I killed the main character in the end of the same book
What’s great about George is that he is generous with his experience as a writer. Some writers don’t always come forward with how to get started in literature, but George is so positive about what you can do to get a start. That’s invaluable to any young author who may have talent, but has no idea where to start in the industry.
There's always that one dude asking "Hodor?". And he replies the same every time 😂
You can tell he's sick of it ...
Love how George didn't even crack a smile
@@Jennifer-di4nl he does smile though
He loves it!
I love how genuine his answers are.
He did not seem to like the Hodor joke
I'm sure he's heard it a bunch of times, and it's the kind of joke that's not even funny the first time around
Richard Gibson I wanted a more dramatic reason, such as he is so invested in his characters to the degree that he does not like it when they are put in a joke, but probably you are right.
@@there6799 I think he's more annoyed because every interview there's always that one guy who asks that question
its became one of those weird things even before the series people came up to him and said Hodor so he is really used to it by now
He's such an insightful person.
That awkward moment when Aegon uploads a ten-minute video whose title topic is over by 1:30....
F
That "Hodor?" hits different these days
😭
You can tell he's sick of it ...
I learn something every time I watch a GRRM interview. Such a treasure
I think the hodor guy asks the same question at alot of grrms appearances. Ive heard his voice many times in a lot of q&a videos. Grrm is probably so done with that dude. What started out as cute turned into something horrible
so cringy
I like it. I think it’s a little joke they keep going with.
Dude is a saint for answering these dumbass questions with seriousness and class
Okay boomer.
@@thereccher8746 Okay Canadian.
@@gigantomastiaCuddler Okay racist.
There is nothing dumb ass about these questions at all!!!
This guy is the best history teacher you never had. When an American writer can get British kids interested in British history, he's got talent pouring out of him
they aren't british...
@@PeterParker-yg6fc did you watch the video? Even without that it's common knowledge asoiaf is based on the war of the roses
Yeah but George himself said he was a fan of popular history not academic history.
The person asking that question is from the History of Westeros Podcast/TH-cam channel
George was not done talking about his dnd group and I’m wasn’t done hearing about it.
George is candid.
"Let's hope the American electorate doesn't get all warlike in the next election"
- George RR Martin, 2015
@Gromph Baenre *cough* sure they didn't
@Gromph Baenre Trump has dropped more bombs per year than Obama ever did. We criticized Obama then, and we criticize Trump now. Maybe Trump even more, because he based much of his campaign on saying that the US should't be the world's police
@The Law You mean like how Trump is on the brink of starting a war with Iran?
@Gromph Baenre
Tell that to Harry Truman, Lyndon B Johnson, Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush, Bill Clinton and George W Bush
The Law positioning foreign troops on the very border of Iran, in Iraq, and opposite the Persian Gulf in Saudia Arabia beside his good buddy MBS and killing foreign Statesman in neutral Iraq is provoking war, no matter you wanna depict it
Show Casterly Rock, if done as described in the books, would absolutely need some sort of lever system. Some mechanism like the Wall to elevate people. 3X the height and only steps? yikes. I think if they'd made the castle in the show on a cliff even 400-500ft it would've done justice
The castle isn't on the cliff top its at the base of the Rock. What passes for a castle is a curtain wall, brief courtyard and guard tower.
The real fortification is the Rock itself. Even if the outer "castle" falls the fight for the internal tunnels would be Thermopylae to the power of a googol
A very small number could hold back a very large number for a very long time. Thus, nobody has ever done so
ok that makes sense I thought the castle was at the top and was like how does he think that makes any sense?
I've read the books, but were non book readers surprised that Sean Bean died at the end of the first season? If so why? Looks at Sean Bean's filmography.
@@willmosse3684 I can buy that. He lived in National Treasure and Pixels. And I imagine a few other movies.
I've never seen a show like game of thrones before so I thought ned stark was the main character and hero type character and inevitably expected to be king eventually. In my defence he was the face of the poster.
I was surprised he took the job where he was the most famous actor in the show. When he died I wasn’t surprised. Just like Lord of the Rings he likes the flawed characters that die.
When GoT first aired, spoilers were online that Ned Stark is killed in the books. But it was the first season so people were wondering if HBO was going to follow the books or do something different.
With “True Blood” the Lafayette character dies early in the books but HBO changed it so that he lived throughout the tv series. GoT viewers were wondering if the same thing was going to happen with Sean Bean as Ned Stark. Once he was killed, viewers realized HBO was following the books with this series.
Lord Odysseus I watched the show first and the whole time I was just waiting for him to get out of it, for Joff to change his mind, but no lol
Ashaya and Aziz from History of Westeros!!! I geeked out a little bit when I heard their voice. hahaha I love their channel!
Same here
Gamer by trade. Not a phrase i thought i would ever hear
I love gaming and I cringed. Hard.
“I don’t have enough time to create the games” laughs in Elden Ring
The first question was asked by the podcaster Ashaya from History of Westeros!
so to get to the castle you have to walk the equivalent of a several skyscrapers? It’s amazing anyone ever leaves.
Change the title this is way more than just about Casterly Rock
10:18 wtf ? this is awesome! I didn't knew about this.
What game is he referencing?
@@manofhonor1685 The Expanse. It's a book series. Also has a tv adaptation.
@@theM4R4T thanks
Can you imagine G RR Martian being a DM in an D&D game. That would be epic.
rasheedqe alright guys just gimme like 8 years to make this campaign, but holy shit when he put it out itd be epic :D and id happily wait
Wild Cards came out of GRRM being the DM (or I guess just game master) of a superhero RPG named Superworld. All his writer friends created their own characters and worlds, and then they created Wild Cards as a place to put them.
G.R.R.M: breathes
AUDIENCE: hahaha
I used to think that it was partly inspired by California since they're both the west coast and had a ton of gold
Ashaya!!! Woo hoo!!!
The Casterly Rock is just a rebranded Official George RR Martin Conk Rock
of course he likes perrin the best, given hes the wolf boy
I think this is the last "GRR Martin Answers Fan Questions" video that i watch. We're all crawling up our own asses here till the man writes a book, or comes clean and says she will not.
Bitch please
@@theophrastusbombastus1359 i AM bitching, thanks
@@varanasiwalks1451 I can see that well enough. But it's the last video you'll be watching on the subject so we won't be subjected to it any more thankfully
@@theophrastusbombastus1359 oh come on. my FIRST criticism. i merely disagree with you, i've hardly been flooding the media with my opinion. (let me 'like' your post, for not being VERY VERY rude in your disagreement, only "a bit rude" 👍)
My opinion is that Mr Martin deserves to retire like any of us. That just because he bit off more than he could chew when he was 60 don't make him beholden to us to do anything ever again if he so chooses.
And it's just US the fans who NEED and EXPECT and WAIT.
If it happens, it happens. Me, i do not DESERVE another book nearly as much as Martin DESERVES to retire and chill.
@@varanasiwalks1451 a very different notion to how the initial post comes across.
"I'm not watching any more videos, as the wait is killing me. He either needs to crack on with it and finish writing the damn book already or just come clean and save us all the anxiety of waiting" - is how your initial post reads ("crawling up our own asses" etc.)
And to clarify: he does indeed write other stories, though I suspect you're only impatient for one
Try out his Targaryen prequels to satiate your impatience maybe?
Holy crap, I had no idea GRRM was involved so early in the creation of the expanse, I wonder what character was his…
Probably a morally complex bookish nerd, that scientist who worked for pierre chau perhaps?
Lol so many podcasters voices
When did this interview happen? I can't tell which candidates he's talking about with the upcoming election.
Its 2015 he was talking bout trump (martin hates trump) but ironically trump was the most peaceful president in the last 4 decades of the usa lol
@@aesir1ases64 I'd say that's not ironic so much as bloody obvious. War is good for business, and Trump as a businessman already didn't need it to the same extent as all the career politicians who have no other way of making bank.
@@aesir1ases64 Yes, the illegal arrests and the shooting of protesters, the hateful and racist speech, the denial of the pandemic and the hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths, and the fact that he ends his term as a domestic terrorist trying to sabotage an election of all possible (and illegal) ways makes it very peaceful.
@EnvisionerWill He was, is and will be a scammer (and a very stupid one, like his believers) , he made his money in other ways than the usual US political status quo
@@aesir1ases64 so peaceful he used more drones in 2 years than obama did in 8
That guy thought GRRM wrote for the Telltale game? Lmao
Sounds like Aziz
Why did they decide to film him behind the most distracting man in the world?
Question from Aziz of Westeros History youtube channel at 03:17
I’d disagree with George’s assessment of Edward II as he spent so much time focusing on his favorites that he alienated the other nobles and he ignored and mistreated his wife so much that he lost a key ally with France. Edward made a lot of selfish choices including going to war over personal slights like when the nobles forced his favorite into exile and he would continually reverse reforms if he didn’t get his way.
Not what risk is
Wait casterly rock wasn't based on lion rock of srilanka called singaraya
No
But the description of singa ra ya matches 40% with casterly rock
No.
No.
Singaraya is on top of the mountain and Casterly rock is carved into the mountain
WTF is that guy talking about? There are a lot of books opening up with the POV character dying. Raymond Feist comes to mind, but there are numerous examples. Even Harry Fucking Potter does it once.
Who ARE these questioners!? They ask these questions like the places and people are real things??
They are real!
Die hard fans I suppose?
Hodor isnt a question but an order!
What the hell is up with so many people coughing so loudly in there?
10:53? Want to make some money huh?
The songs of ice and fire has hit Casterly rock bottom.
You mean Game of Thrones? I agree. A Song of Ice and Fire is just in hibernation.
@@lordodysseus This ^ 👌🏼
"cum drunk" ? lol wtf
@@bretviola6871 most viewed /=/ the greatest.
Also, liked your comment for "cum drunk"
I laughed until I ugly cried at that “Hodor” joke 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣