FittleLinger #781 Posted August 14, 2012 I've got an analogy for a certain "Late Lord".The Syrian Goddess Anat. her domain is sexuality and fertility, but is also known for being bloodthirsty. Once, she invited an army to eat in her castle, and chopped their heads off with her scythe. 1 rmholt reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saint Arya #782 Posted August 15, 2012 In AGOT, he says 'wheels within wheels within wheels', which always reminded me of Dune 'a feint within a feint within a feint'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Flandrensis #783 Posted August 15, 2012 The RW has always reminded me of the Campbells' slaughter of the MacDonalds. Apologies if this has been raised before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fire Eater #784 Posted August 15, 2012 (edited) The RW has always reminded me of the Campbells' slaughter of the MacDonalds. Apologies if this has been raised before.GRRM said the inspiration for the Red Wedding was the Black Dinner where the King James II of Scotland had the sons of the Earl of Douglas were summoned for dinner, and later had them executed. Edited August 17, 2012 by Fire Eater 1 rmholt reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Flandrensis #785 Posted August 16, 2012 GRRM said the inspiration for the Red Wedding was the Black Dinner where the King James II of Scotland where the sons of the Earl of Douglas were summoned for dinner, and later had been executed.Thanks! There's nothing better than Scottish history for unexpected horrors. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimonSez #786 Posted August 18, 2012 (edited) Maybe slightly off topic but an interesting musical thought. . . . .sansanounanother term for thumb piano.ORIGIN based on Arabic sanj ‘cymbal.’arianoun Musica long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio.ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Italian, from Latin aer ‘air.’Are the Stark sisters part of the "song" of Ice and Fire? Edited August 23, 2012 by SimonSez 1 Blisscraft reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I am a bastard's bastard #787 Posted August 21, 2012 frodo baggins dad was called drogo,sorry if thats already been posted in the 40 pages of post Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The BlackBear #788 Posted August 22, 2012 frodo baggins dad was called drogo,sorry if thats already been posted in the 40 pages of postFrodo is the Stallion that Mounts the World? 5 Last of the Darklyns, Lady Flandrensis, Balintos and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BannermanOfDorne #789 Posted August 22, 2012 Frodo is the Stallion that Mounts the World?Haha, in these cases it's always the one you least expect Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UnJoff #790 Posted August 23, 2012 For good or ill, her son had thrown the dice.This comes at the end of a Catelyn chapter in GoT where Robb crosses the river at the Twins essentially kicking off the North entering the war."The die is cast"A quote by Julius Cesear as he crossed the Rubicon kicking off his civil war.Not coincidence I think. 1 Garlan Marius reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BannermanOfDorne #791 Posted August 23, 2012 Joffrey begins: http://cheezburger.com/6518452224 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neirben #792 Posted August 23, 2012 Sorry if it has already been mentioned, just came to my mind. Can't a red door in Ser Willem Darry's Braavosi house be an allusion to The Rolling Stones' Paint It Black song, can it?I see a red door and I want it painted blackNo colors anymore I want them to turn blackI see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothesI have to turn my head until my darkness goesetc. etc. 1 Blisscraft reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmholt #793 Posted August 28, 2012 God's Eye may be a nod to "The Mote in God's Eye" . The astronomical appearance of the environs resembles a "hooded man" and the residents of the Isle of Faces (the "mote") have different skills than humans, in fact are alien, and in some way s more skilled. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The BlackBear #794 Posted August 30, 2012 Sorry if this has been mentioned. But Tarly's Striding Huntsman always makes me think of Johnnie Walker, is GRRM a whisky drinker? (proper whisky, not what you Americans call whisky... :devil:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IronBorn To be WILD #795 Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) When I found out about the Bill Belichick/Belicho situation I had to go back through and find the passage. When I did i noticed another triarch who has a name very similar to another coach. : Parquello Vaelaros is incredibly similar to Bill Parcells. Just throwing it out there since Martin is a Giants fan and PArcells won two rings with them. Edited September 1, 2012 by ironborntobewild Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IronBorn To be WILD #796 Posted September 1, 2012 Sorry if this has been mentioned. But Tarly's Striding Huntsman always makes me think of Johnnie Walker, is GRRM a whisky drinker? (proper whisky, not what you Americans call whisky... :devil:)As a proud, gas guzzling, overweight, sedentary, france hating 'merican I feel comically offended because JW is scotch and a "proper" whiskey drinker would know the distinction. 4 Saint Arya, The BlackBear, Last of the Darklyns and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silent Sparrow #797 Posted September 4, 2012 In the section that GRRM just read about the History of Aegon's Conquest, one of the Targaryens who ruled on Dragonstone before the Conquest was Gaimon the Glorious (uncertain of the spelling) http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/6592/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daemon Dagoghlor #798 Posted September 5, 2012 "That dragon queen’s got the real item, the kind that don’t break and run when you fart in their general direction."Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 2 The BlackBear and IronBorn To be WILD reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IronBorn To be WILD #799 Posted September 5, 2012 damnit i was just bout to post that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Milady of York #800 Posted September 8, 2012 (edited) In AGoT, in the chapter in which Tyrion choses trial by combat in the Eirye, Tyrion thinks of Jaime that which I think is a reference to Alexander the Great and the Gordian knot.The fact is, we don't know for sure if Alexander the Great did untie the Gordian Knot in this manner. The Knot was made of cornelwood cord and tied a yoke to a wagon; and there are 2 versions of the incident in the ancient sources: the first you mentioned (striking it with his sword to cut it loose), and the second one, according to which the King pulled out the pin of the wagon-pole, which was a wooden peg driven righ through it, holding the cord together, and having done this he drew out the yoke from the wagon pole. Not even the most accurate of his biographers -Arrian of Nicomedia- is 100 percent sure which account is the correct one, although he seems to have favoured the latter account because it was recorded by an eyewitness of Alexander's campaigns. Edited September 8, 2012 by Milady of York 1 Lady Flandrensis reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites