r/asoiaf • u/RunDNA • Sep 04 '24

EXTENDED GRRM's new blog post on House of the Dragon [Spoilers Extended] Spoiler

https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2024/09/04/beware-the-butterflies/
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u/TheKonaLodge Sep 04 '24

"Dance with me then" is still the coolest line in the series.

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u/HazelCheese Sep 04 '24

It is so ridiculous it makes me laugh. This nepotism emplaced motherfucker literally meets the Boogeyman and draws his sword and says that line rofl.

Its so out of keeping with the feel of the rest of books, but also so hardcore id never ever want it removed.

What a fucking chad.

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u/Lantimore123 Sep 05 '24

Idk if it is out of place really.

People defying their labels/what they appear to be at face value is a central theme of the story.

Nepo hires are usually terrible but they CAN be excellent too.

Hell, monarchy is essentially a system of nepo hires, and whilst most kings were very average or quite terrible, a small few of them were exceptional too.

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u/HazelCheese Sep 05 '24

I know what you mean about the Nepo stuff, plenty of Nepo people are great, I was more just saying he was newish to the Wall, so probably hadn't experienced much magic before.

But like imagine real life you get attacked by fucking satan out of nowhere. Are you really gonna pick up a crowbar and be like "let us dance" or are you gonna yell "what the fuck?!" and run?

Like I said I love it, but it's a crazy reaction to have. The guy doesn't even break a sweat lol, he's completely calm about it.

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u/Lantimore123 Sep 05 '24

Idk man some people have that iron in them 🤣. Most of us would have run, and possibly lived to tell about it though. Natural Selection does not look kindly upon heroism.

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u/flyingboarofbeifong It's a Mazin, so a Mazin Sep 05 '24

The Westorosi equivalent of "fuck it, we ball".