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The names are brilliant. They sound otherworldly but also realistic at the same time, like if our own world had turned out just a little different, we might have those names in real life.
Even the guy names can be beautiful. Daario Naharis They can also sound bad ass, even the side characters Hizdahr zo Loraq Jaqen H'ghar Khal Drogo Then of course there is Hodor. What a great idea on a name origin. One of the greatest set up and reveals of all time!
I agree very much. They are beautiful names. Cersei and Sansa sound like names of female royalty. Daenerys sounds like the name of a queen. So, to me it makes a ton of sense that he needs to give a character a name first before he can create their characteristics and mannerisms.
The name probably came from Circe, a beautiful witch in Greek mythology who was banished to a solitary island after she murdered her husband. In Homer's Odyssey, she attempts to seduce Odysseus, and transforms his men into animals in order to prevent him from leaving her island prison, and in Ovid's Metamorphoses she is spurned in favor of the beautiful Scylla, whom Circe transforms into a hideous monster. Waterhouse did a series of beautiful paintings of her.
+Coldwine Funny you should mention that. In the books Ned Stark gave Cersei the chance to escape with her children to the summer islands. I wouldn't be surprised if Georgie has an old draft of Cersei living in the isles where the act of lovemaking is a holy skill.
Uhg. I so agree with his last bit saying he doesn't know the character if they don't have the right name yet. I spend sooo many hours looking up the "right" name for a character.
Names are actually incredibly fucking hard when writing fantasy. Are you mocking him? Ever written a short story let alone a multi national heat selling 5-so far book fantasy series with so much depth?
I'm writing my script for my comic book/manga i intend on drawing, names are unbelievably hard, I'm still debating on my main protagonists name. and its not even a fantasy story
@@factbeaglesarebest Relax Beagle, everything's alright. For the record, I've been writing fantasy and yeah, names are definitely hard. It's like the thing that takes me longer than anything.
"What's been useless to me is-you know, I thought it would be a cool tool at first, but it's the online fantasy name generators things." *Slowly closes Blood Elf Name Generator tab*
I use the name generator to get inspiration on a name for example I wanted a name for a dwarf the name thekohm showed up and I just took inspiration from that and made it into thokhem and I try my best to original when it comes to names I dont want hard to pronounce but at the same time I want them to be unique
He's right. You could built the most amazing backstory, choose the name with the coolest etymology, but in the end it just has to sound right. You have to feel that the name completely suits the character
Oh my god, I actually got inspired by fantasy name generators for few names for my story and I was thinking to myself "I am such a loser, using this tool. I cannot come up with something myself."... Now I don't feel ashamed anymore, haha.
felixshengyang his books aren't ground breaking in the genre nor is he isn't saying anything groundbreaking. He's not a genius, he's smart yes, but you will hear all writers tell you the same thing he just said
That’s, honestly, the one name in ASOIAF that bothers the crap out of me. Which, when you think about it, is rather befitting, because he’s so easily dislikable, so the name works.
I've always thought Rhaegar was such a badass name, such a shame that someone with a cool name like that was beat in battle by someone named Robert lol
well it was a fight, and Big Bob had bigger muscles and better coordination than Rhaegar Targarya of the Blood of Old Valerya, prince of Dragonstone yada yada...
I love the name Alysanne, never heard it before and the combination of Alyssa and Anne is pretty creative. Velaryon and Targaryen sound like very strong and noble last names.
@@AltijdHard_403 It's the pronunciation for me - Alee-san. To add to my previous comment, it could even be like a combination of Alys and Anne. Alysson is a common name, but Alysanne is something different and unique.
@@thedarkestfateful hmm now it sounds more like a combination of Islamic and Japanese to me XD. Might work for certain fiction characters but not sure if it works as an English name🧐
I love how he points out that there wasn't a lot of naming variety of the English kings at a certain point. Pre-Norman conquest had names like Egbert and Aethelred, and then all the Henrys and Edwards in the early modern era. Furthermore, not a single James or Charles until the Stuart Dynasty, and not a single George until the Hanover Dynasty.
And Arthur Pendragon? His name is such a weird hybrid: pen (NERD) and dragon (AW YEAH!). Still, Pendragon sounds like an actual pen-name for a writer. Yet, Arthur is such a heroic badass.
GRRM you have such a beautiful mind. I envy the depths of thought and imagination, that fill the pages of your books. I am constantly left in a state of awe and admiration when I think of the complexities of your worlds and how effortless and reflective they are to me, a reader and aspiring writer. You, sir, are a legend!
Alexa Mua - you know it appears effortless to us, but a lot of emotional exertion went into it. Any birthing process is hard. Stick with it, kid: we can always use one more good writer....
yeah, that and a couple of others are so unique even among fantasy character names, some of them are too good not to name people with. besides, it's not like we don't have enough Aidens and Bradens and Cadens and Jadens already. why not have a Pycelle or a Sansa or a Missandei? maybe no Grey Worms though...
The way he talks and explains things just seems so natural and effortless to him. A natural storyteller for sure. I could sit and listen to him talk through the histories of Westeros all day
WAIT A FUCKIN MINUTE!!!! He has no Heir!??!?! This is dreadful news!! So George R. R. Martin will be the last of his House. The Grace of his Blood will end with him.
oopopp x I'm really hoping that we have some GRRM DNA in some volt somewhere, so that in the event of his tragic, early demise, future generations can use advanced technologies to regenerate him so his clone can finish the series.
Man I admire authors who can instantly come up with unique and interesting names, for me I can picture a character or ability but find it hard to give it a catchy name.
I always throught that he based the name Targaryen on "Tugarin", which is one of the two most famous evil dragons in Slavic folklore, especially since the other most famous one is Zmei Gorynich - a three-headed dragon, which is the family crest of Targaryens.
This man is amazing, incredibly creative. It amazes me how he came up with such a living fantasy universe. The names, the bastard names, the house's and the storyline
i just wanna ask george rr martin...have u ever been to dominican republic? cuz some of ur valyrian, exotic names are common in that island...my uncle's name is "danerys", and its a common name for a man, also jahaira which sounds like jaeherys is a very common female name too...my aunt's name is xiomara...sounds perfect for one of ur characters i would say...are those names greek?
Xiomara is a very common mexican name, apparently it comes from arab and means "the beautiful star of the unvierse", I didnt know it was common in other parts of latin america
“Readers will get confused if you name two characters with the same letter.” I am sad that these writers do not give me, a reader, the confidence in being able to tell the difference between the name John and the name Jack and distinguish their personalities.
He's not kidding about the English kings. The entire line from William the Conquerer to the end of the Tudors is: William, William, Henry, Henry, Richard, John, Henry, Edward, Edward, Edward, Richard, Henry, Henry, Henry, Edward, Edward, Richard, Henry, Henry, Edward, Mary, Elizabeth
"People didn't know how to spell their own names." - It's actually more accurate to say that there simply was no standardization in medieval times. People simply wrote how they thought it sounded right, and there was no institution that could have given out universal norms. The Church had norms for Latin, obviously, but even those were only binding to the clergy, and pretty much only internally. You could say that all languages originally worked like jargons. Our understanding of spelling and grammar that we have today is a modern invention.
Martin be like: Sometimes I just use the daily expressions you face in life like: Oh, could you close the window and that becomes Closindow or: visit the loo: visiloo and I don't know, "close the door"? Clodor.
Lady Stoneheard in fucking character the whole time... Didn't even do an awkward giggle when someone I assume she is startstruck by makes shite joke, well played random lady, well played.
I'm also very interested in names! Since I was a little kid, I I've loved reading books of names and making lists of them and using them for toys, pets, characters. There really are a lot of beautiful and awesome "made-up" names in GoT, whether they're like variants or combinations of "real" names or something wholly new...
I'm glad you said you get hung up when you can't get the name right. I thought I was doing that just because I'm dumb. Now I can relax and go with the flow. Who cares if it takes a week or two. The rest of the cast can just hang out and relax. Thanks.
I don't know why, but I always pictured George as a bit of a loner/awkward guy. Hell, maybe South Park put that image in my head. But now that I listen to all his stuff, he's actually really genuine and hilarious!
Bruh, he chooses not to only focus on the books in order to finish them because he’s so scared of people’s criticism after watching the hbo show. Like does it really take like over 11 years to write a book the size of the typical asoiaf books?
The Great Cornholio not warging. That's Lady Stoneheart. It's Cat Stark after she was brought back to life in the books, but horribly deformed and ghoulish looking. You can even see the gash on her throat from having her neck slit open. It was also written she had scratch marks on her face.
That last part made is very relatable to me. Not knowing the names feels more significant than I'd have thought. It's strange how hard it is to write for a character I have yet to name
I only want the books to come out if GRRM wants them to come out, if he dies and they dont come out then they weren't destined to come out...I dont think that will happen but Im making a point...Gdo bless this man
There are actually a lot of full names we could find in English! Brandon and Arya Stark, Roslin Frey Tully (or Stark- alas), Robert, Dickon, Willem, Kyra, Jared, and Jaime Frey, Marianne Vance, Ramsay Snow Bolton...
I wondered about the names and spellings too. "Podrick " could come from "Padraig"; "Catelyn" is reminiscent of "Caitlyn "; "Cersei " called to mind the enchantress "Circe" from the Odyssey. The man is a master wordsmith and moniker-maker....
I always see my name getting used alot in these things- Sam. It’s always that loveable character you can count on just to help out. we never gunna be the best in the game but we there anyways for a laugh 😂😂😂 shout out sams
This man... truly is a genius. He has so much passion for what he does. And he really is the best at it. You can see in every thing hesays every detail he is very clear and he also has a good sense of humor. I really love GRRM, and millions of people do. He changed my life forever with game of thrones. And I know it's fantasy and it's just a serie and books, but still. This is what i've been busy with the last month. Preparing for s7. And it's finally on our doorstep. #Thelongwaitisover
He took two names from the Hungary: Sandor Clegane. - Sándor is the Hungarian version of Alexander. Janos Slynt. - János is the Hungarian version of John.
Targaryen is a great name, reminded me of Trevelyan too. I don’t know if there is a set way to pronounce Arya, I would say “Ar-ya” rather than “Ar-ee-ah”. I think reading the first book I thought it was “Ar-ee-ah” for a short time, but thought that it didn’t make sense in the way other names were written. I have seen a few clips from the show and the Maisie Williams seemed to be able to pronounce it almost in between the two versions sometimes.
I think it was neat, the various bastard surnames, and obviously having such a name alone can impact a character's outlook. In the show, the Sands find unity in having countless brothers and sisters, while the Snows are shamed by it.
*slowly closes online name generator tab in browser*
Jae Bunny
*slowly closes PornHub tab, but changes mind and cl*
+drippin wet
cl? What does that mean?
RealSupaHotFireVEVO I'm not a writer.
What?
Jae Bunny ahahahahah
Wonder how he came up with Hodor...*cries in corner*
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Mosasaurier HOOODDDAAADDOOORRRRR
Hodor is how we call Hodorkovski in Russia
Mosasaurier
Hodor could have come from Hodr, the old Norse God of Coldness.
Rhaegar Targaryen. With a name like that, of course he was bad ass.
I like Tywin Lannister, it sounds so cool to me whenever someone says his name
black paper moon Can't say Tywin without "win". 😀
Robert "the Usurper" Baratheon -- Great name
Bobby b - are you sure about that
@@kamuelalee nah he took it by right
Can't wait for Grizznuckle's books after ASOIAF
Griznuckle and griznuckle started figting each others
(Describing the fight)
And then grizznuckle pulled his sword through grizznuckle, killing him...
Or maybe a slightly more erotic approuch like "The Adventures of Jizznuckle"
ElectroIsMyReligion Best comment.
Proffesor Grizznuckle
Griizknuckle is a g
The names are brilliant. They sound otherworldly but also realistic at the same time, like if our own world had turned out just a little different, we might have those names in real life.
Well due to the success of the show and of the series... We just might. I know arya has been quite popular and daenarys as well
There are some stupid people naming their girls "Khaleesi" ffs... smh
+Darwin Hernández Can't wait for "Kingslayer" lol
IKR!! I can see some newborns being named Dothraki or Andal 😆
xept for Hizdahr No Loraq
Cersei is a absolutely BEAUTIFUL name, I love saying it. Sansa too BTW.
Even the guy names can be beautiful.
Daario Naharis
They can also sound bad ass, even the side characters
Hizdahr zo Loraq
Jaqen H'ghar
Khal Drogo
Then of course there is Hodor. What a great idea on a name origin. One of the greatest set up and reveals of all time!
I agree very much. They are beautiful names. Cersei and Sansa sound like names of female royalty. Daenerys sounds like the name of a queen. So, to me it makes a ton of sense that he needs to give a character a name first before he can create their characteristics and mannerisms.
So, true. At first I didn't like either of those names then they grew on me.
The name probably came from Circe, a beautiful witch in Greek mythology who was banished to a solitary island after she murdered her husband. In Homer's Odyssey, she attempts to seduce Odysseus, and transforms his men into animals in order to prevent him from leaving her island prison, and in Ovid's Metamorphoses she is spurned in favor of the beautiful Scylla, whom Circe transforms into a hideous monster. Waterhouse did a series of beautiful paintings of her.
+Coldwine Funny you should mention that. In the books Ned Stark gave Cersei the chance to escape with her children to the summer islands. I wouldn't be surprised if Georgie has an old draft of Cersei living in the isles where the act of lovemaking is a holy skill.
Uhg. I so agree with his last bit saying he doesn't know the character if they don't have the right name yet. I spend sooo many hours looking up the "right" name for a character.
what do you do?
I'm an amateur writer... :)
cool... I'm thinking of writing myself... do you have anything uploaded on the internet?
Not anything good atm ☺
hmm :( would you check out my stuff? some of it is in english
"Never give 2 characters names that start with the same letter"
Proceeds to make Jon, Jon, Jon and Jon
And in elden ring: Melina, Malenia, Marika, Ranni, Renna, Radagon, Roderika, Godfrey, Godrick, Godwyn
Kind of irrelevant but I really like it that you put A.B.A from guilty gear as a pfp
Aegon
*kid named Hirohiko Araki*
you forgot Big Jon
this is probably why there isnt a new book, hes probably just been stuck on a name for the last few years... :p
JUSTM3777 that's what I was thinking too
Daeny Devitos
Balzsack Mcdouchwad
Bliz Blazz. There you go.
Riverus...no
Danassicus...no
Buttfuckicus...no
Fuck it I'll try naming the azor ahai tomorrow
"how did you come up with these beautiful names? it intrigues me."
"uh... names are hard."
BoB n fishy How did you develop the plot for A Dance with Dragons? It was so intricate and complex.
I LIKE BUTTERSCOTCH!
Names are actually incredibly fucking hard when writing fantasy. Are you mocking him? Ever written a short story let alone a multi national heat selling 5-so far book fantasy series with so much depth?
I'm writing my script for my comic book/manga i intend on drawing, names are unbelievably hard, I'm still debating on my main protagonists name. and its not even a fantasy story
Onyx Fire lol his name atm is Orlando “Lando” Chan
@@factbeaglesarebest Relax Beagle, everything's alright. For the record, I've been writing fantasy and yeah, names are definitely hard. It's like the thing that takes me longer than anything.
Sand The Door. SaaandTheeeeeDooorrrr. SaaaannnnDooorrrr. Sandor.
lmao good one
Sandor (Sándor) is actually a common and pretty old hungarian name, so it could've been mentioned in one of his baby name books
Babywilko Sándor is a common Hungarian name, the Hungarian version of Alexander.
You could've gone with Stand the Door. Would've made more sense.
Babywilko o
"What's been useless to me is-you know, I thought it would be a cool tool at first, but it's the online fantasy name generators things."
*Slowly closes Blood Elf Name Generator tab*
After pressing "generate" for the 32th time, I whisper to myself "one more try and the right name will come".
I use the name generator to get inspiration on a name for example I wanted a name for a dwarf the name thekohm showed up and I just took inspiration from that and made it into thokhem and I try my best to original when it comes to names I dont want hard to pronounce but at the same time I want them to be unique
And memorable
He's right. You could built the most amazing backstory, choose the name with the coolest etymology, but in the end it just has to sound right. You have to feel that the name completely suits the character
danielle-Daenerys
Edward-Eddard
Brianna-Brienne
Martin names people like nintendo names pokemon
Hodor
Dragontamer348 his original name was Waldore so
Walden - Waldore
***** it's not that simple haha
FabyBaby 36 he pretty much admited it in this video
well maybe what I meant is that it isnt that simple to me because Im semi retarded :D
Oh my god, I actually got inspired by fantasy name generators for few names for my story and I was thinking to myself "I am such a loser, using this tool. I cannot come up with something myself."... Now I don't feel ashamed anymore, haha.
OldTimeGamerChannel I always look at the name genrator, then structure my names around that
No shame in whatever works for you. Every creative process is different. If name generators help you, great. If not, cool.
LOOOL so he gave Rhaegar a name different from other prev kings of Westeros and BOOOM the guy is dead.. its the name that jinxed him :P
Same for Duncan
This man is a genius.
+霍聲揚 Felix Huo you should read up on his idol.
Yes, one of the biggest in are life time
felixshengyang Pure geniusness comes to Tolkien.
felixshengyang his books aren't ground breaking in the genre nor is he isn't saying anything groundbreaking. He's not a genius, he's smart yes, but you will hear all writers tell you the same thing he just said
Daenerys Targaryen How?
I've met a guy named Danerys (not Daenerys) and he was in 30s and from Mexico...
Was it pronounced the same way
+Life of a legend
Probably not:
Da-ne-ris
Da-I-ne-ris
did he have any dragons?
No Dragons, but a hammer and a lawn mower.
i used to have a hispanic boss named jaime, but it was pronounce hai-meh
Beric Dondarrion must be my all time favourite name of all this awesome saga. Such a badass name.
IDK sounds to me like the name of a main character in a comedy who randomly loses his footing as a handicap lol
WHAT TO NAME YOUR BABY IF YOU INTEND TO KILL IT OFF a book by George R R Martin
Theon Greyjoy has to be one of the best and most fitting names for a character ever.
Why is it fitting? He has no joy in his life.
@@rogerfederer9523 it was stolen by a filthy basterd
That’s, honestly, the one name in ASOIAF that bothers the crap out of me. Which, when you think about it, is rather befitting, because he’s so easily dislikable, so the name works.
I've always thought Rhaegar was such a badass name, such a shame that someone with a cool name like that was beat in battle by someone named Robert lol
well it was a fight, and Big Bob had bigger muscles and better coordination than Rhaegar Targarya of the Blood of Old Valerya, prince of Dragonstone yada yada...
At least we have Rhaegal now
And then evolves into a ridiculous name for one of the wyverns called Rhaegal
@@IamPatrickStar Dragon, not Wyvern. Wyverns are in ASOIAF aswell
@@dobson. no they’re wyverns. Dragons have four legs
I love the name Alysanne, never heard it before and the combination of Alyssa and Anne is pretty creative. Velaryon and Targaryen sound like very strong and noble last names.
don't we already have Alysson?
@@AltijdHard_403 It's the pronunciation for me - Alee-san. To add to my previous comment, it could even be like a combination of Alys and Anne. Alysson is a common name, but Alysanne is something different and unique.
@@thedarkestfateful hmm now it sounds more like a combination of Islamic and Japanese to me XD. Might work for certain fiction characters but not sure if it works as an English name🧐
It just occurred to me that Renly sounds like Henry lol
Gendry sounds like Henry
+Razie Ahmad Willem is William too.
Stannis sounds like czech Stanislav, which mean"gaining fame by perseverance"
Which is kinda Stannis' thing, if you think about it...
***** Vidíš, tohle mi nikdy nedošlo. Ale taky to může bejt shoda okolností...
I dig deeper. And I think, that GRRM used a name of Polish scifi writer Stanislaw Lem, author of Solaris. (as you can see: STAN-IS-LAW/STANIS-LAW)
Stanislav, which mean"gaining fame by perseverance"
Stannis = "gaining fame by burning people"
I guess it's a Greek name
I love how he points out that there wasn't a lot of naming variety of the English kings at a certain point. Pre-Norman conquest had names like Egbert and Aethelred, and then all the Henrys and Edwards in the early modern era. Furthermore, not a single James or Charles until the Stuart Dynasty, and not a single George until the Hanover Dynasty.
There were pre-conquests Edwards though. (Which, I know, is in no way opposed to what you said.)
We did get four Georges in a row at one point though.
Edric Storm is still the most badass name of all time.
I think Cortnay Penrose is so ironically feminine considering how savage Penrose actually is
Are we forgetting Dagmer Cleftjaw
See Illyn Payne. I read that in Robert Halfords voice when he's singing Painkiller.
And Arthur Pendragon? His name is such a weird hybrid: pen (NERD) and dragon (AW YEAH!).
Still, Pendragon sounds like an actual pen-name for a writer. Yet, Arthur is such a heroic badass.
I came up with the name Cedric Pryce that I've used for character names in Skyrim. Kind of proud of that I guess lol.
He's my Idol in terms of fiction writers.
4:00 there is a Lady Stoneheart i loved it i wish i could see the whole costume 10/10
That's creepy lol
King OneNineNineFour
Just like Lady Stoneheart :)
Catelyn Tully Indeed
Catelyn Tully shes dead like those eyes
Blood0cean
And full hate and pain, looking for vengance
GRRM you have such a beautiful mind. I envy the depths of thought and imagination, that fill the pages of your books. I am constantly left in a state of awe and admiration when I think of the complexities of your worlds and how effortless and reflective they are to me, a reader and aspiring writer. You, sir, are a legend!
Alexa Mua - you know it appears effortless to us, but a lot of emotional exertion went into it. Any birthing process is hard. Stick with it, kid: we can always use one more good writer....
"Occasionally a Richard sneaks in", I'm just imagining Richard the Fifth hiding behind the drapes, peering into the crowd of Henrys and Edwards.
Grizznuckle isn't a bad name for a wildling I think?
Andy Foster A bit better than Bump or Lump I'd say
Sounds like a tutorial level boss fight.
I really like Pycelle for some weird reason.
yeah, that and a couple of others are so unique even among fantasy character names, some of them are too good not to name people with.
besides, it's not like we don't have enough Aidens and Bradens and Cadens and Jadens already. why not have a Pycelle or a Sansa or a Missandei? maybe no Grey Worms though...
Haha exactly. Missandei is my other favorite btw.
I think Sir Davos is so fun to say.
in italian it's close to the word for dick, it could be that
ciuffoZanetti4 Nah, you're projecting your penile fascination on me.
The way he talks and explains things just seems so natural and effortless to him. A natural storyteller for sure. I could sit and listen to him talk through the histories of Westeros all day
WAIT A FUCKIN MINUTE!!!!
He has no Heir!??!?! This is dreadful news!!
So George R. R. Martin will be the last of his House. The Grace of his Blood will end with him.
oopopp x I'm really hoping that we have some GRRM DNA in some volt somewhere, so that in the event of his tragic, early demise, future generations can use advanced technologies to regenerate him so his clone can finish the series.
oopopp x Unless he fathers a bastard.
+Alec A writer's bastard would probably have "Book" as a surname. xD
"The Continued Song of Ice and Fire", by George Book.
+oopopp x be greatful,if he had a kid we would probably be waiting on a feast for crows by now
+oopopp x He's like 99% virgin lol
4:10 "Aegons and danaeryses"
Man I admire authors who can instantly come up with unique and interesting names, for me I can picture a character or ability but find it hard to give it a catchy name.
Targaryen is such a powerful sounding name...
And it sounds so exotic, too. He really did a great job with the names.
It does kind of sound like “dragon.”
BARATHEON
Valyrian names are the most badass names I've heard
I always throught that he based the name Targaryen on "Tugarin", which is one of the two most famous evil dragons in Slavic folklore, especially since the other most famous one is Zmei Gorynich - a three-headed dragon, which is the family crest of Targaryens.
This is one of the most burning questions I've had about the story. If I have a daughter I will names her Lyana or Elia. I love those names so much
This man is amazing, incredibly creative. It amazes me how he came up with such a living fantasy universe. The names, the bastard names, the house's and the storyline
i just wanna ask george rr martin...have u ever been to dominican republic? cuz some of ur valyrian, exotic names are common in that island...my uncle's name is "danerys", and its a common name for a man, also jahaira which sounds like jaeherys is a very common female name too...my aunt's name is xiomara...sounds perfect for one of ur characters i would say...are those names greek?
Well he did say he looks at names from other countries. Those names sound beautiful btw
yeah I've noticed that. my parents are dominican and as you can tell by my username a bunch of names from the D.R. sound like Game of thrones names.
Xiomara is a very common mexican name, apparently it comes from arab and means "the beautiful star of the unvierse", I didnt know it was common in other parts of latin america
❤😂I love how he is always expressive of how hard every step of the writing process is.
Did anybody else realize that he said: "occasionally a Richard sneaks in?"
I'll let myself out.
BloodBat3041 You g-gotta w*BURP*atch out for those sneaky r*burp*ichards, Morty. Always tryin'a, sneak up on you.
@lonely snowflake Hi, from the future, it's 2020 today and life is sad. (^_^) /
“Readers will get confused if you name two characters with the same letter.”
I am sad that these writers do not give me, a reader, the confidence in being able to tell the difference between the name John and the name Jack and distinguish their personalities.
How did you name that Hodor fella ?!
😭
Too soon :3
HOLD THE DOOR! HOLD THE DOOR!
like dis if u cry everytime
Apparently GRRM said he had the name Hodor and the Hold the Door storyline 2-3 years prior to even writing the first book.
Did anyone else catch that guy cosplaying as robert baratheon?
"I AM DOLPH, SON OF SHAGGER"
"ohh uhm.. i am Tyrion of house Lanister"
"HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO DIE TYRION OF HOUSE LANISTER?"
Shagga, Son of Dolf?
In my own bed? At the age of 80? With my belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my cock?
In my own bed? At the age of 80? With my belly full of wine and a girl's cock around my mouth?
Borat69able Apparently, Peter Dinklage said that during one of the rehearsals and the whole team couldn't stop laughing XD
This guys an absolute genius. It amazes me is the imagination he has to create a world and people out of nothing. Authors are extremely gifted.
He's not kidding about the English kings. The entire line from William the Conquerer to the end of the Tudors is:
William, William, Henry, Henry, Richard, John, Henry, Edward, Edward, Edward, Richard, Henry, Henry, Henry, Edward, Edward, Richard, Henry, Henry, Edward, Mary, Elizabeth
wow, that John seems like an accident XD was he a secret prince or law of surprise thing?
@@HisameArtwork He was a younger brother. But he was so unpopular that royals have avoided the name since.
Think you forgot about Stephen there.
"People didn't know how to spell their own names." - It's actually more accurate to say that there simply was no standardization in medieval times. People simply wrote how they thought it sounded right, and there was no institution that could have given out universal norms. The Church had norms for Latin, obviously, but even those were only binding to the clergy, and pretty much only internally. You could say that all languages originally worked like jargons. Our understanding of spelling and grammar that we have today is a modern invention.
A man has no name
+tadpole3159 Heres comes the flood of show fans catching up gawd
are the books worth reading?
sealrk19
Very worth reading. Some of the best literature I have read.
When you run out of names so you make a character without a name.
For you
I love his answers he always answers properly and goes on with detail
3:26 There's Lady Stoneheart lol
Freaked me out the first time I saw her.
Martin be like: Sometimes I just use the daily expressions you face in life like: Oh, could you close the window and that becomes Closindow or: visit the loo: visiloo and I don't know, "close the door"? Clodor.
Lady Stoneheard in fucking character the whole time... Didn't even do an awkward giggle when someone I assume she is startstruck by makes shite joke, well played random lady, well played.
He gives so excellent answers to such small questions, he is so amazing
I'm also very interested in names! Since I was a little kid, I I've loved reading books of names and making lists of them and using them for toys, pets, characters. There really are a lot of beautiful and awesome "made-up" names in GoT, whether they're like variants or combinations of "real" names or something wholly new...
I love how he speak, he inspire me, I really really like him and his books
i demand more!!!!!
I'm glad you said you get hung up when you can't get the name right.
I thought I was doing that just because I'm dumb. Now I can relax and go with the flow. Who cares if it takes a week or two. The rest of the cast can just hang out and relax. Thanks.
All hail King Eustace Targaryen First of His Name, King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm
Yustas to you, pleb.
There is a prince in the books named "Duncan Targaryen". I will let you guess if he will ascend to King or not.
Agreed George R R Martin, creates brilliant names from his characters, Sandor Clegane, Beric Dondarian, Quaran halfhand, Mance Rayder
There is a lady in the audience that truly scare me... look at 3:56, down in the middle...
You made my day...
***** Terrifying! o.o
I think we found LS! ;)
Totally thinking the same thing.
Supposed to be Lady Stoneheart- a character they plan on cutting out of the show. No book spoilers.
I really felt the last thing he said. “If I don’t find a right name for a character, it’s like I don’t know who he is and I can’t proceed on him”
I don't know why, but I always pictured George as a bit of a loner/awkward guy. Hell, maybe South Park put that image in my head. But now that I listen to all his stuff, he's actually really genuine and hilarious!
Greatness takes time. People need to be patient with him when it comes to his new books.
Bruh, he chooses not to only focus on the books in order to finish them because he’s so scared of people’s criticism after watching the hbo show. Like does it really take like over 11 years to write a book the size of the typical asoiaf books?
@@IamPatrickStar have you ever written a book? No, you haven’t. Don’t speak on what you don’t know
Did I see the Burger King in that crowd?
Vanalovan it was king robert
Would've love to have been there for that! Hobb & Martin, my favourite post-Tolkien authors!
04:04 that girls warging in the audience haha i need those contacts
The Great Cornholio I applaud your obsessive fan gazing skills I would have never caught that. very cool thanks
The Great Cornholio not warging. That's Lady Stoneheart.
It's Cat Stark after she was brought back to life in the books, but horribly deformed and ghoulish looking.
You can even see the gash on her throat from having her neck slit open.
It was also written she had scratch marks on her face.
That last part made is very relatable to me. Not knowing the names feels more significant than I'd have thought. It's strange how hard it is to write for a character I have yet to name
04:00 the girl in the second row scared the shit out of me.
This man is just straight up genius!! He created a whole entire world!
"Something always happens to the guy name Eustace before he can uh climb to the throne!" 😂😂
Names are so tough to think of especially original other worldly cool names.
I only want the books to come out if GRRM wants them to come out, if he dies and they dont come out then they weren't destined to come out...I dont think that will happen but Im making a point...Gdo bless this man
Fabian Ahmad Gdo is my favourite greek god.
There are actually a lot of full names we could find in English! Brandon and Arya Stark, Roslin Frey Tully (or Stark- alas), Robert, Dickon, Willem, Kyra, Jared, and Jaime Frey, Marianne Vance, Ramsay Snow Bolton...
"Aegons and Deanerys..."
I wondered about the names and spellings too. "Podrick " could come from "Padraig"; "Catelyn" is reminiscent of "Caitlyn "; "Cersei " called to mind the enchantress "Circe" from the Odyssey. The man is a master wordsmith and moniker-maker....
"Podrick " could come from "Padraig"
I always thought Podrick came from Patrick.
I always see my name getting used alot in these things- Sam. It’s always that loveable character you can count on just to help out. we never gunna be the best in the game but we there anyways for a laugh 😂😂😂 shout out sams
The girl who asked the question has such a soothing nice voice omg
I've always wondered, did Final Fantasy borrow "onion knights" from asoiaf or vice versa, or just sheer coincidence?
Jaenara Belaerys, or house Qoherys, or even Vhagar & Meraxes, These names are Just astonishing 😭. Love Them
3:57 White Walker sighted!
nah, she's lady stoneheart. 3:26 notice the gash across her neck and facial scars.
"For the right character, any name will do" - Love that!
"I can make mine all Aegons" ... oh boy ! This is why Jon Snow new name is Aegon !
Best fantasy story ever based on many characters but The Name of the Wind is probably the best one based on just one. Top 2 fantasy right there
he came with the name jaime cause jaime is a spaniard, thats a spanish name. And lannisters are based on the Borgias.
2 great writers on 1 stage omg 💜
Lannister is just a mix of Lenister an Lancaster
Eddard - Edward
Stannis - Stanisław
Steffon - Stefan/Steven
Sansa - Sancha
Melisandre - Melisande
Rickard - Richard
Trystane - Tristan
Petyr - Peter
Victarion - Victor
Walder -Walter
Rickon - Richard
Kevan - Kavan
Catelyn - Catherine
Robb - Robert
Harrold - Harold
Brandon - Brendan
Edric - Cedric
Joffrey - Geoffrey
Tommen - Thomas
Lancel - Lancelin
Quentyn - Quentin
Margaery - Margaret
pretty suspicious example "I can make mine all Aegon and Daeneryses" for those who watched 7x07.
This man... truly is a genius. He has so much passion for what he does. And he really is the best at it. You can see in every thing hesays every detail he is very clear and he also has a good sense of humor. I really love GRRM, and millions of people do. He changed my life forever with game of thrones. And I know it's fantasy and it's just a serie and books, but still. This is what i've been busy with the last month. Preparing for s7. And it's finally on our doorstep. #Thelongwaitisover
I keep staring at his head thinking "where's his damn hat?"
Someone finally said it
GRRM is amazing and this interview is great, because I'm also a big fan of Robin Hobb's Farseer series
When I listen to George R. R. Martin without watching him talk, I can't help but picture Peter Griffin. :)
He took two names from the Hungary:
Sandor Clegane. - Sándor is the Hungarian version of Alexander.
Janos Slynt. - János is the Hungarian version of John.
cool, never noticed. hello neighbor, I guess. He never used any Romanian names as far as I know. :( Now I feel neglected.
Targaryen is a great name, reminded me of Trevelyan too. I don’t know if there is a set way to pronounce Arya, I would say “Ar-ya” rather than “Ar-ee-ah”.
I think reading the first book I thought it was “Ar-ee-ah” for a short time, but thought that it didn’t make sense in the way other names were written.
I have seen a few clips from the show and the Maisie Williams seemed to be able to pronounce it almost in between the two versions sometimes.
The person who asked the question was very exotic and beautiful.
hold the fridge
Hofridge
Hodge
We need a scene where Hot Pie and Cold Hands meet each other.
+Jago Sevetar That's the real song of ice and fire
Holfridge the Shield
I think it was neat, the various bastard surnames, and obviously having such a name alone can impact a character's outlook. In the show, the Sands find unity in having countless brothers and sisters, while the Snows are shamed by it.