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Nonsense. I don't expect a storyteller to be my bitch but I do expect them to finish the story they started telling 5 novels ago. After all, I've invested at

by reddog 5y ago

Nonsense. I don't expect a storyteller to be my bitch but I do expect them to finish the story they started telling 5 novels ago. After all, I've invested at least 150 never-to-be-relived hours of my life in reading his story with the expectation it would eventually come to a conclusion. Not finishing a story is a monumental betrayal of trust by the storyteller. And there is a contract between storyteller and listner that is as old as time and we all feel it in our bones. Try telling a bedtime story to a 4 year old about the 3 little pigs and just stop at the second pig, walk away and see what happens.

ponow 5y ago
Because kids want things does not mean that they are owed them. That's the difference. "I want it now!" by Veruca Salt is not reasonable way to interact with artists.
- emerged 5y ago
  It boggles my mind people feel entitled to other peoples future actions based on some feeling they have about previous actions. Went through this when I lost interest in an old open source project I had created. The community hated/hates me because I didn’t continue slave laboring for them indefinitely.
- horsawlarway 5y ago
  They only want the things he's literally promised them. I have no beef with an author who takes 20 years to finish a series. I do have a problem with an author consistently making grandiose promises about how much he's working on the series, and how much content he has, and how his fans should be so grateful for the effort he's putting in. Then turns around and bitches incessantly about how his fans DARE to remind him he made those promises. Basically - I would be fine with GRRM if he would shut the fuck up. But he's not in it for writing the books anymore, he's in it for the attention.
willis936 5y ago
Imagine sitting around a campfire being told a story. Everyone is loving it and throws a few coins at the storyteller. The storyteller then gets up near the climax of the story and says "thanks for the money, I'm going to stop telling stories and enjoy this money until I die". Everyone feels betrayed. The one person who sees clearly claims the storyteller is not the audience's bitch. Which sentence sticks out?

by reddog 5y ago

ponow 5y ago

Because kids want things does not mean that they are owed them. That's the difference. "I want it now!" by Veruca Salt is not reasonable way to interact with artists.

emerged 5y ago
It boggles my mind people feel entitled to other peoples future actions based on some feeling they have about previous actions. Went through this when I lost interest in an old open source project I had created. The community hated/hates me because I didn’t continue slave laboring for them indefinitely.
horsawlarway 5y ago
They only want the things he's literally promised them. I have no beef with an author who takes 20 years to finish a series. I do have a problem with an author consistently making grandiose promises about how much he's working on the series, and how much content he has, and how his fans should be so grateful for the effort he's putting in. Then turns around and bitches incessantly about how his fans DARE to remind him he made those promises. Basically - I would be fine with GRRM if he would shut the fuck up. But he's not in it for writing the books anymore, he's in it for the attention.

willis936 5y ago

Imagine sitting around a campfire being told a story. Everyone is loving it and throws a few coins at the storyteller. The storyteller then gets up near the climax of the story and says "thanks for the money, I'm going to stop telling stories and enjoy this money until I die". Everyone feels betrayed. The one person who sees clearly claims the storyteller is not the audience's bitch. Which sentence sticks out?