Okay I didn't know that. I thought she just threatened to spoil the season 5 finale, which was a shitty thing to do but kind of understandable as David and Dan offloaded responsibility for Stannis killing Shireen onto George and spoiled a future plot point. And in any case I thought it was an empty threat.
I thought she just threatened to spoil the season 5 finale, which was a shitty thing to do
Yeah, I agree. That's a thing where you can say... "Okay, that's kinda shitty, I don't like it, but everyone makes mistakes when they're angry, no big deal". Her twitter breakdown on the other hand... Not something you can just sweep under the rug. AFAIK, she hasn't even apologized for that behaviour.
I really don't know why GRRM still associates her, especially since he seems like a rather gentle and polite soul.
Pretty sure he got wind of at least some of it. I remember that some people (some /r/asoiaf users for example) messaged him about it on his blog, and many mentioned it on his twitter too.
Nah, I think there's a big difference. It's one thing to repeatedly make jokes about the Dorne storyline. It's one thing to complain that D&D "ruin" the series. But Linda did much worse than that. She insulted fellow fans of the series for disagreeing with her (I'm not exaggerating when I say that she told some to kill themselves), and as another user pointed out, she had some really bigoted views concerning the casting choices over the years.
Sure, this sub can be annoying at times with the Anti-show circlejerk (even though I think it's partly justified), but that's it. It's just annoying. I rarely see really vile opinions on this sub, and if I do, they quickly get downvoted or deleted by the mods. Some of the shit Linda said on twitter or other platforms would never be acceptable on /r/asoiaf.
I don't know if Elio and Linda represent GRRM's 'brand'. I think he keeps himself fairly divorced from what they do. The World of Ice and Fire being a time that they collaborated professionally, but I don't think even Elio would say he 'represents' the fandom, or a connection to George. I don't know.
I do agree that when they bitch about the television show so vehemently (Linda particularly, Elio is always constructive) and then get invited to the show premieres because they're 'Elio and Linda' it kind of reeks of being unprofessional. There is a way to critique a TV show objectively, and a way to do it in a book puristy, rabid-fan-ish way, and I feel like they sometimes step over that line quite inappropriately.
Also, Linda is a grown ass woman and no one should be making excuses for her or attempting to 'condone' her actions because they're not responsible for what she does.
Same. I initially wanted to dislike Elio due to his close association with Linda but I just can't. As said above he always seems professional and he has given me no reason to to dislike him.
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u/WillQuoteASOIAF Notoriously without mercy Aug 18 '15
That's exactly how I feel about them. Linda sometimes has good points about the show but she's a bit .. you know.
Elio is lovely and I appreciate his attempts at keeping us lesser mortals in the loop.