Common things you Misremember

[Roward Flowers]

Areo Hotah being Norvosi, and therefore likely not as dark-skinned as he is cast in the show or my mind.

[Criston of House Shapper]

And, worst of all, I have, more than once, forgotten the name of the second book and had to look at the shelf or pull up a browser. I have no idea why; there's nothing forgettable about A Clash of Kings compared to, say, A Storm of Swords.

I actually have that problem with aSoS, despite it being my favorite.

[Moondancer]

Tyrion - A twentysomething. :D

[wefollowthecomet]

Tyrion - A twentysomething. :D

I often forget the ages of most of the characters tbh. In my head they are closer to the age they appear to be in the show.

[ICRYRAGE]

Too many Freys, so figuring out which one is which and which ones are dead and which ones are next in line.

[Nerevanin]

oh, and I gotta remind myself all the time that Oberyn wasn't that young as I pictured him. I was like :eek: when I read in AFFC that Obara was close to 30. I thought that Oberyn was in his early 30's.

[The Dames do Moan]

I often forget the ages of most of the characters tbh. In my head they are closer to the age they appear to be in the show.

Yeah, this. Even before the show I pictured a lot of the characters as older and then the show just kinda reinforced that in my head.

[Lord Dalriada]

Kept imagining Eastwatch-by-the-sea being in the west. No idea why, but always imagined it on the left hand side of a map. Only recently been able to get it in my head that's in, y'know, the East.

[Aniel]

The map. I always look at the map before I read a fantasy book, but for some reason reading them has given me the impression that the Eyrie is west of King's Landing, but that's actually where Casterly Rock is, which I imagine being southeast of King's Landing, but that's where Storm's End is, which I imagine as north of King's Landing, but that's where the Eyrie is... GAH!

[Ser Duncan The Average]

Kept imagining Eastwatch-by-the-sea being in the west. No idea why, but always imagined it on the left hand side of a map. Only recently been able to get it in my head that's in, y'know, the East.

Me too, and here I thought I was the only one.

[DannyNic]

The Brave Companions and The Bloody Mummers being the same group.

Also, getting confused between the Stormcrows and Second Sons the first time I read the books, had to go back and keep checking!

[Ser Muradin the Small]

Kept imagining Eastwatch-by-the-sea being in the west. No idea why, but always imagined it on the left hand side of a map. Only recently been able to get it in my head that's in, y'know, the East.

Similarly, I often forget that the Westerlands are IN THE WEST and fool myself believing its in the East where the Vale is. Then after 2 minutes, I remember its called Westerlands and in the west.

[Dire Dawg]

I always forget that the Iron Islands are in the West and not in the East. I just picture them closer to Essos, I have no Idea why.

[TerrorVoid]

I always forget that the Iron Islands are in the West and not in the East. I just picture them closer to Essos, I have no Idea why.

Mb because of show, where Asha floated upriver to dreadfort?

I see Bran and Rickon Stark-like, not Tully.

Also, I've always thought that Howland Reed has zero magical talent. While he is implied to have some.

[Cashless Society]

Areo Hotah being Norvosi, and therefore likely not as dark-skinned as he is cast in the show or my mind.

Me too.

[Beacon]

I keep forgetting keeps and holdfasts. Especially those in the North. Is it Moat Cailin or Deepwood Motte?

[LordManderlyAsDragonRider]

For the longest time I thought Bear Island was on the east coast, I couldn't understand why the Iron Islands kept attacking them:-)

And my brain still wants Highgarden and the Stormlands to switch location!

[Shuvuuia]

I see Bran and Rickon Stark-like, not Tully.

I have the same problem.

I imagine Missandei and sometimes Dany with Central Asian features and Thoros of Myr as Persian.

Always forget that Edric Storm has Baratheon looks. He has wavy brown hair in my mind. Daario also has brown hair.

Embarassingly, on my first read I kept forgetting Sandor. Between ACoK and ASoS I've completely forgot about him.

I thought Dornish Marches were swampy (because words 'marches' and 'marshes' look similar).

[Ser Quork]

I always forget that the Iron Islands are in the West and not in the East. I just picture them closer to Essos, I have no Idea why.

I do this as well. :blushing:

[Hangover of the Morning]

I get a surprise every time Jalabhar Xho and the Redwyne twins are mentioned. They feel more like furniture than characters and I always forget about their existence as soon as they are off-screen.

I picture most of the characters significantly older than they are: Tyrion, Sandor, Brienne and the Stark kids in particular, and get surprised when their age is brought up.

When someone talks about last winter or the harvest, I forget that they are not talking about last year/season, especially in books 2-4, in which the odd seasonality of Westeros hasn't been mentioned much.

I could only read about a chapter or two every few days so it sometimes took weeks before I got to the same POV again. It usually took me half of the chapter or more to remind myself again who all these supporting characters in each of the storyline were. It was relatively OK in the first two books, just about manageable in ASoS but I started to get really lost in AFfC/ADwD. Not only is the supporting cast around each POV changes a lot because lot of them travels but the new minor characters are for the most part really bland and not memorable at all, particularly in Meereen and Dorne. Must be one of the reasons why I struggled with the last two books and didn't enjoy them nearly as much as the first.