>“Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Tolkien, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with. Lord of the Rings had a very medieval philosophy: that if the king was a good man, the land would prosper. We look at real history and it’s not that simple. Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesn’t ask the question: What was Aragorn’s tax policy? Did he maintain a standing army? What did he do in times of flood and famine? And what about all these orcs? By the end of the war, Sauron is gone but all of the orcs aren’t gone – they’re in the mountains. Did Aragorn pursue a policy of systematic genocide and kill them? Even the little baby orcs, in their little orc cradles?
if you think jon snow isn't the most cliche, generic protagonist in fantasy books idk what to tell you MUH MAGIC SWORD MUH HIDDEN NOBLE ANCESTRY MUH PROPHECY MUH BROODING martin thinks he's above tropes but he's just a hack
Daniel Reyes
He's such a prick, and is emblematic of the faggoty "too good for sincerity and classic storytelling techniques" attitude that ruins nearly anything that comes out on a streaming platform
John Morris
Talk to me when you finish the series you fat cunt. Feast was shit by the way and it's filled with tax policy tripe. Your prose is terrible, maybe you should read Tolkien and pick up a few things.
Evan Lopez
Gurm is a nerd's nerd, and that's a good and a bad thing at the same time. Someone begins a fairy tale with "once upon a time in a faraway kingdom" and ends it with "and they lived happily ever after" and most normal well adjusted people just leave it at that. A nerd, a real old school nerd like the fat man would butt in and start asking pendantic questions like "what kind of kingdom is it? An elective monarchy or a Prussian military dictatorship? How is succession determined in this kingdom?" Nerds of that sort miss the point of everything because they have a compulsive and obnoxious need to be the smartest ass in the room.
