Right, year-end post… well, not a year-end post. I mean, it is a year-end post, but it’s the only year-end post I’m making, and I’m going to dedicate it to one thing only.
So, 2016 has sucked. Like, for everyone. Even if you look at the various political events of the year as good things, I’m sure some famous person you liked died. A few hundred of them. Not a good year. Especially not for fans of A Song of Ice and Fire. Another year and still no release date for The Winds of Winter, let alone the book itself. I mean, we got The Forsaken, but still.
Still, this was the year I started really reading analysis and theories of the series, and by analysis, I mean good analysis, not “Why Tywin Lannister is a better father than Ned Stark” analysis, and good theories, not “Cotter Pyke is a Secret Targaryen” theories. So…
Thanks to @poorquentyn for getting me properly interested in all these things. And turning me into a believer of the EA. The Eldritch Apocalypse, not Electronic Arts. One brings you despair, disbelief, and makes you wonder how the fuck any of this makes sense. The other involves demons, magical shenanigans, and general end of the world stuff. Also, reminder that Jaime is not on a redemption arc. Turned me into a believer of that as well.
Thanks to @racefortheironthrone for his essays on the politics of each of the Seven Kingdoms and most especially, his chapter-by-chapter analyses. Very enlightening essays on various POV arcs both within the book and the series overall. I have newfound appreciation for Dany’s arc for one thing. Hopefully Winds will be out by the time you get to the FeastDance.
And thanks to @goodqueenaly, @nobodysuspectsthebutterfly, @warsofasoiaf, @joannalannister, @pretenderoftheeast, and… I think that’s it, actually. I probably forgot people, I’m sorry! Right, thanks for your own analysis of ASOIAF.
So thanks for both making the wait for TWOW more bearable and more excruciating. Which I’m quite sure is a contradiction, but hey, what can you do? Someday, perhaps, I’ll start doing my own analysis of the series, and eventually do a series on Bran Stark so I can become the Ultimate Bran Stark Trash. But first, I must obtain the most magical of ASOIAF powers, as it seems you all have obtained, more powerful than building a giant wall of ice, hatching dragons, birthing shadowbabies, and… whatever the fuck Euron is up to.
That power?
Memorize every single chapter in the series.
ONE DAY! *shakes fist*
Thanks very much!
Well, I’m glad I could make a pretty lusy year somewhat better.
In terms of the secret power, the training method is simple: re-read the series multiple times. Then write about each chapter. Then make sure to always have A Wiki of Ice and Fire, Tower of the Hand, and ASearchofIceandFire open at all times so you can fake it.
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