Eddwyn Lannistark

Thanks Anomaly! Since I came into ASOIAF books from the GOT HBO show (and not the other way around), I don't mind most of the changes the show made. I'm especially glad D&D upped the ages of the children (the Stark kids, Jon, Dany, the secret bastard Lannister trio of Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen) since a lot of horrible stuff happens to some of them. All the Houses of Westeros seem severely flawed to me, even House Stark: their overdeveloped sense of honor led to their downfall every step of the way. But House Stark alone seems to be the only House that isn't inherently selfish as hell. They seem to be the only good guys in a sea of progressively worse bad guys (although Dany and Tyrion are also sympathetic, imho). I like Eddard Stark AND Tywin Lannister because both embody very different qualities of fatherhood that I think are worth emulating ... when I eventually become a dad (got married recently IRL). I'll be around!

Nevermind. Figured it out. Option #1 DOES work, just needed to edit and resize my pic. Thanks!

Can't get my avatar to display. I have 6 posts so far on this site, is that enough? I signed up on Gravatar and posted my desired picture. It shows up there with the pic, but I tried option #2 here for adding the avatar and nothing. Still no avatar. Any advice?

Thanks honeyed chicken! I look forward to exploring this site!

Thanks, Your Grace! My two favorite characters are the two men that make up my hybrid username: Eddard Stark and Tywin Lannister. Say what you will about either of those guys, but they were the two strongest (if differently flawed) father figures in the whole saga.

Hello all! My handle is Eddwyn Lannistark, and this is my very first (hopefully of many) post on these forums. I am a relative latecomer to the saga that is A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE. I remember always seeing the books in the science fiction / fantasy section of various chain bookstores when I was much younger, but never picked them up. Later, I remember hearing that HBO was going to develop a television show based on the books about 5 years ago, but didn't have HBO and never watched the early seasons. Then came GAME OF THRONES Season 3 Episode 9 and the Red Wedding last year. And, wow did my Facebook feed blow up! Apparently a lot of my friends were fans of the show and were in public shock. That got my attention. So last fall, I finally caught the first two episodes of GAME OF THRONES and was amazed. Bought the Season 1 blu-ray, and it was amazing. Then the Season 2 blu-ray. Then the Season 3 blu-ray. The Red Wedding did not disappoint. Sometime in between watching Season 2 and Season 3 on blu-ray, I got the 5-book ASOIAF paperback collection last Christmas. It was very interesting but sometimes difficult reading the first three books, as many of the details were very different from the HBO show. During this time, I finally got HBO and watched Season 4. After finishing AGOT, ACOK, ASOS. the next two books AFFC and ADWD were devoured at a record pace, and I just finished the last book a week ago. I also bought and read The Art of A Song Of Ice And Fire Volume One a few days ago. I think I'm hooked :) Geez, this was supposed to a brief intro, and I wrote a book. Sorry about that. Glad to be on board the ASOIAF train!