Rolex Baratheon Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 For me these impressions were short lived but there all the same:1. He has a lactation fetish.2. He isn't too fascinated with the idea of standard sex.3. He is really thick skinned and unfazed by a whole lot of things.4. He probably hung out with bikers when he was young and maybe still does.And so on. xP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalf the Grey Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 The way people eat with grease dribbling down their chins makes me thinks he's a bit of a Hedonist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ServantOnIce Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 1. Atheist/Agnostic who used to be religious or had formal religious training at one point.2. Traveled the world a whole lot.3. Loves history especially Western Civilization. He could teach the subject.4. Understands and studies different cultures and different traditions. 5. He loves English language literature, especially the classics.6. Big Comics book fan as well.7. He is a genius. Just like many great authors the man isn't "smart" or "highly intelligent" the man is a GENIUS he was writing stories in elementary school that most adults can't write.8. He is honest about his sadistic and his masochistic elements in his being something that I wish more writers were honest about.9. He is a tough guy. He may not have physical tools but he has mental tools, if he was in prison he would be a, "shot caller."10. He is the real deal in literature. He really is an, "Author." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolex Baratheon Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 The way people eat with grease dribbling down their chins makes me thinks he's a bit of a Hedonist.ROFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerStinger Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I knew that he was an atheist, and a supporter of the value of freedom, and I know I'd love him if I met him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime's Wench Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I sensed Tyrion was his favourite character before reading the interviews.I also sensed he was an atheist.He's read a lot of Shakespeare, Blake and Milton. Like me.He spends hours writing at a time and gets fully absorbed in his writing. This may seem obvious... but not all writers do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirut Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 1. He has a lactation fetish.The hell, that's true! AHahahahhaahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Drunkard Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 He's bloody awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dacie Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 He really wants to give his readers a full experience, giving such detail to food, clothing, surroundings.He's not afraid to break your heart :crying: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolex Baratheon Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 He loves wasting good food."The dish laid out in front of her held a massive roasted cow leg, marinated with all sorts of spices and sizzling in the greasy juices gathering on the sides of the dish."And Dany wasn't hungry.*Adds this to list of reasons to hate Dany* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson of Monticello Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 1. Well versed in history (probably of the Medieval European variant, but still...). Specialty being Late Medieval English timeline. Layman-wise probably about as knowledgeable as one gets.2. Obviously a big fan of traditional fantasy. I feel he is more closer to D&D than Tolkien in the sense that he likes to add thing as he goes rather than sit down and construct a whole world from the beginning to end (and every detail that goes with it, like language, custom, gods, etc) a la LOTR.3. Big fan of food and deserts it seems especially. Lemon pie anyone?4. I feel that Sci-fi also influences him alot and I sort of get sci-fiy vibe from the books but couldn't exactly pin it down. Maybe someone a bit more knowledgeable in sci-fi could fill in on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ServantOnIce Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 He loves wasting good food."The dish laid out in front of her held a massive roasted cow leg, marinated with all sorts of spices and sizzling in the greasy juices gathering on the sides of the dish."And Dany wasn't hungry.*Adds this to list of reasons to hate Dany*The man loves a good meal. I think in a way he is Daario N.,. "I have not counted a day lived if I have not slain a foe, eaten a fine meal and loved a woman." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lord's Kiss Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 He'll die before he writes a happy ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolorousKim Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 He is a champion of all the freaks and geeks in the world. Definitely not ever a part of the "in-crowd," and this comes across loud and clear in his writing.He seems to have, or at least had, some father issues.......He sees all of the ugly in the world in unflinching detail, but yet still seems to retain appreciation for what is good, and some sense of cautious optimism as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grindylow Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I sensed Tyrion was his favourite character before reading the interviews.I also sensed he was an atheist.He's read a lot of Shakespeare, Blake and Milton. Like me.He spends hours writing at a time and gets fully absorbed in his writing. This may seem obvious... but not all writers do!All of these things!I'd add:I think he must have loved The Once and Future King.He's a humanist, and unlikely to condemn out of hand a way of life or thought that is alien to his own. Other-ism is probably chief amongst the things that grind his gears.He's genuinely interested in learning from his mistakes and improving. He does his best not to let pride interfere when confronted with criticism, particularly about how he portrays experiences very different from his own.I expect he can be a good listener/observer.I think he might feel male sexual pride is a bit more noble/sympathetic/meaningful than it really is....aaaaaannnndddd......I feel kind of bad for mentioning this, but my friend, who has just started aFfC (I think I'd be able to reconstruct her entire reading journey by going back through my posts for mentions of Things My Newbie Friend Says), had this to say to me: My Newbie Friend: Okay, I have to wonder if people really do pee their pants in fear as often George R.R. Martin seems to think they do.Me: Ha! You know, you've got a scene coming up where Tyrion isn't even afraid, he just pees himself in a fight. It's like, "Tyrion wet himself in the ensuing struggle."MNF: This kind of makes me worry about GRRM. :leaving: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sevumar Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I think that you can reasonably extract the interest in history, particularly the history of Europe, from the story. It's also pretty easy to tell he's well-read. But a lot of the rest of this stuff is pretty baseless. You can't really assume that because an author has characters do a particular thing or because he portrays a particular thing that it must be a reflection of his personality or his preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Cygne Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 All faces could use a good messing up (cut, bite, slash, rend, burn, claw ...)Trying to think how many...MyrcellaTyrionBrienneSandorCatelynJonArya (if you think of her whole face) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liam DarkStark Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Definitely a genius that is not afraid to break your heart. And a master storyteller. Tolkien invented the genre of mythopea but GRRM shows what you can do with it and just to think it all happened with turtles and a toy castle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter's Knight Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I think it's a bad idea to judge a man's character based on his work-I am told that Jules Verne never left home, for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger Spider Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I agree with the whole people wetting themselves or "loosing their bowels" in fear thing... how often does this happen?? What does this say about GRRM?!I could tell he was a good atheist, a lover of food, an adventurous spirit, and still incredibly sexually driven for a man of his age....... I mean the descriptions of Dany's naked body are often and detailed.... we get it already!!All in all though, I'd be his friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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