Quick note on Clash of Kings
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chocolatepotSpoiler-cut even though I've only gotten about two or three chapters in.
- I'm slightly confused about some terminology. So, Westeros was first inhabited by the Children of the Forest (roughly analoguous to some kind of mythical pre-Celts), who were pushed north by the First Men (Celts), who were pushed north by the Andals (Angles, Saxons, etc.), who were ??? by the Targaryen-wave of conquest (Normans)? Or are two of those groups the same?
- I'm not fond of the "8,000 years" thing. (This may have come up at the end of GoT, I can't remember.) That is a super long time for people to be using as "we've been doing this so long" in an oral tradition, if you know what I mean. 800 would seem more realistic to me. I'm trying to imagine anyone in the late 15th century, when I'm picturing this as due to the Wars of the Roses thing, talking about some group of people having been doing their thing since 6500 BCE and it's just not working.
- SAAAANSAAAAA. Her position is one that I find extremely interesting - powerless and held in captivity, but able to affect circumstances through cleverness, like when she gets Joffrey to be slightly less of a dick. I just eat up that kind of conflict with a spoon. It's more interesting to me, in a lot of ways, than two people fighting each time they run into each other. (Or battles, unfortunately.)
- Oh, Tyrion, Shae is so marked for death but the way you feel about her is so endearing. :( Characters who are the only ones in their families to be genuine are my one weakness.
I would be happy if this whole book were from their perspectives, not going to lie.
- I'm slightly confused about some terminology. So, Westeros was first inhabited by the Children of the Forest (roughly analoguous to some kind of mythical pre-Celts), who were pushed north by the First Men (Celts), who were pushed north by the Andals (Angles, Saxons, etc.), who were ??? by the Targaryen-wave of conquest (Normans)? Or are two of those groups the same?
- I'm not fond of the "8,000 years" thing. (This may have come up at the end of GoT, I can't remember.) That is a super long time for people to be using as "we've been doing this so long" in an oral tradition, if you know what I mean. 800 would seem more realistic to me. I'm trying to imagine anyone in the late 15th century, when I'm picturing this as due to the Wars of the Roses thing, talking about some group of people having been doing their thing since 6500 BCE and it's just not working.
- SAAAANSAAAAA. Her position is one that I find extremely interesting - powerless and held in captivity, but able to affect circumstances through cleverness, like when she gets Joffrey to be slightly less of a dick. I just eat up that kind of conflict with a spoon. It's more interesting to me, in a lot of ways, than two people fighting each time they run into each other. (Or battles, unfortunately.)
- Oh, Tyrion, Shae is so marked for death but the way you feel about her is so endearing. :( Characters who are the only ones in their families to be genuine are my one weakness.
I would be happy if this whole book were from their perspectives, not going to lie.
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Date: 2011-08-18 01:37 am (UTC)