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I only started watching the show when it was almost over because of the hype and checked out the books because I was disappointed in the final TV seasons. I co
by Razengan 6y ago
I only started watching the show when it was almost over because of the hype and checked out the books because I was disappointed in the final TV seasons.
I couldn’t tolerate ASOIAF. I can’t recall even one instance of feeling joy or mirth in all of the first book. GRRM comes off as a bitter old and somewhat misogynistic man. There are no normal women characters to be found anywhere that aren’t raped or murdered or otherwise broken in some way.
I just skim through the wikis to get the gist of the plot without having to suffer the tediously cynical prose.
- dmurray 6y agoNormally it's praised for having powerful, complex women characters who are just as fucked up and abused as the men. Can't win 'em all, I guess.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoWho wins though, boobs or wieners ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKxg-wca5pM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKxg-wca5pM
- Mauricebranagh 6y agoIts apparently based on the wars of the roses and in the medieval period there was a lot of looting pillaging and all the rest.
- alisonkisk 6y agoAre the men treated any better? It's OK not to like something, but you embarassing yourself by disparagingky dismissing it. One could also say that Tolkien is racist with tediously florid prose.
- Razengan 6y agoI thought I made it clear that I was talking about how I perceived it. > Are the men treated any better? Please. Right off the bat Eddard Stark is a paragon while Caitlyn Stark is kind of a bitch. There are still some male characters with plain personalities regardless of their backstory, whereas the women get their story and their personality twisted up sooner or later. Every female is or becomes weird in some way, to say the least.