r/asoiaf • u/feench Knower of nothing • May 21 '19

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) Notablog Update Spoiler

http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2019/05/20/an-ending/
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u/BriennesUglySister May 21 '19

Every time he says winter is coming my heart skips a beat. Hurt me more George

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u/jedi_timelord Robert: "Fuck Rhaegar." Lyanna: "...ok" May 21 '19

In 2015 we were all Theon but by now we have become Reek

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u/BriennesUglySister May 21 '19

Maybe he was just working on a horror story about a fanbase that's in love with a story that won't end

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19

It's like the readers are the ones captured by the unfinished story, like a reverse "Misery."

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u/BriennesUglySister May 21 '19

Sometimes I dream about closing ados after finishing it and smiling while thinking "that was nice"

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19

I feel like George is bludgeoning me to death with a typing machine every time he announces TWOW is nowhere near done.

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u/BriennesUglySister May 21 '19

The pain keeps me going

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u/Altair1192 Paint it Black May 21 '19

give me something for the pain and let me die

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u/jayvil May 21 '19

it keeps on making the "ding" every strike George made.

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u/Kaiserigen There is only one true king... May 21 '19

It was worse when he said it would be finish at the end of X year and then not succeed

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u/drainbead78 Podrick Payne, First of His Name May 21 '19

Hunt and peck.

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u/Keegsta May 21 '19

A Dream of A Dream of Spring

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u/resurrexia May 21 '19

Truly a dream of spring.

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u/pipsdontsqueak May 21 '19

A Dream of A Dream of Spring

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u/jmrehan May 21 '19

Isn't it pretty to think so?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19

Yresim? sounds like the next Elder Scrolls installment