So, hello everyone. I am Mirime, not quite-a-new fan of the series nor a new member of this forum but the last time I tried signing up, the forum kept crashing down so I didn't really visit much nor participated. Hopefully, this time the technical issues are resolved. So, anwyay. I am both the book series and TV series fan. Liking both is not forbidden, is it? Or is it like that thing with Sansa and Arya where you can like one or the other but not both? (Yes, I lurked around the fandom long enough to pick up on this). Well, bugger that. I like them both and there's nothing you can do about that, nyah-nyah. Yes, I'm a cheeky bugger who's more than willing to follow her own path (I am a female for those who are curious) and I like what I like. I tend to follow the creed of "Live and let live" and would appreciate being shown the same courtesy. People are not going to like the same things, which is only natural. Why should I be mean to someone else just because they have a different opinion than me? As long as they express themselves politely, they can like whatever they want. That being said, I reiterate - I like both the books and the TV show. Books a bit more because there is five of them for now and I always held the opinion that the adaptation of any kind hardly ever lives up to the original source. Books are richer in content, I feel, there is more exposure given to the characters. But I like the visuals of the show - the casting is amazingly done and so are the settings and music. Oh god, the music... I could listen to the opening alone for hours while staring at the pictures of the cast. As for how I became a fan - I saw bits and pieces of the show, started to like certain characters even if I only knew their names, went looking for the fanfic, got curious about the numerous spoilers I found in the fics, picked up the books and the rest, as they say, is history. Favourite characters are supposed to follow, right? Well, my number one is and always will be SANSA! She is amazing - her development, her quiet strength, her fortitude in the face of enmity, everything about her is great. And Sophie Turner has been amazing in her role and she should have gotten some kind of nomination for her acting because she fucking deserves it! Erm, so, Sansa is followed by Arya, Brienne, Catelyn (I like strong women whom I can look up to), Sandor and Jaime (because I am a sucker for well portrayed anti-villains/anti-heroes with redemption arcs), Jon, Daenerys, Barristan and Jorah, which makes top ten I believe. Am I hearing a cry of outrage at my omission of Tyrion? Well, I like him, just not as much as those characters above. He was higher on my list up until the third book and the fifth is slowly killing the rest of my fondness for him. His descent into darkness is just not doing it for me and his rabid fandom which makes him into a saint and is refusing to see his bad parts is doing the rest, especially when they gang up on Sansa because she was "awful to him, the ungrateful little bitch!" *rolls eyes* Well, diss my favourite on the account of your favourite and I'm not going to hold back either. So, reading over what I have written so far, I come across as pretty confrontational. Oooops. Let's make it worse by everyone's favourite topic - SHIPPING! Yes, I'm a shipper. Worse, I'm the passionate, my OTP forever and ever, they belong with each other and no one else will do in my eyes type. Meaning, if I ship A and B, I will never ever consider A and C or B and D. Well, at least I acknowledge the fact that other people are free to ship differently. If they like A/C, fine by me, as long as they don't expect me to agree with them. That said, I like Sandor/Sansa, Jaime/Brienne, Jorah/Daenerys and Jon/Arya. I have my reasons for shipping them. In my own opinion, they are good reasons. In other people's opinions, they might not hold up. Fine, to each their own. I know people might not see the appeal to those ships, the same way I don't see an appeal for, i.e. Jon/Daenerys. I tried but aside from the symbolism thing I really couldn't see anything, so excuse me for sticking to my own pairings for those two. What else to add to that? That I'm a sci-fi, fantasy, anime and manga fan? That I did my fair share of LARPing when I was younger (I sew my own costumes and those of my brothers but I also fought with swords and spears and daggers - Sansa and Arya both, guys, it is possible!)? That I'm a metal music addict whose current tastes run along the lines of Megadeth and In Flames and Blind Guardian? That I write, acording to reviews, interesting and IC fanfics? That I ramble and am sarcastic and should really shut up? Yup, all of that. So shutting up for now and see you around the forums.
