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2527530 No.2527530 [Reply] [Original]

> like Tolkien

> But, you know, good

>> No.2527544

He's not anything like Tolkien. They're drawing from vastly different source material.

>> No.2527555

>>2527544
Tolkien is his biggest influence, he has said that himself. The fact that his fantasy epic is slightly different in tone and scope does not mean they are doing completely different things.

>> No.2527559

>>/tv/22014651

>> No.2527561

>>2527559
>>>/tv/22014651
>>/tv/res/22014651
>>>/tv/res/22014651

>> No.2527582
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2527582

Whether he is truly superior remains to be seen.

It all rests on the mystery of the Others and what they're all about.

Also the Children. If the Children are as straightforward as they have been so far, they aren't really that different from elves at all, and he's a bit of a hypocrite for slamming elves (well, not slamming, he just explicitly stated he won't have such races in his stories)

>> No.2527607

>>2527582
I like the idea of the Others never being fully explained. It's more realistic to think that the people living in Westeros would end the war not knowing why they were being attacked.

>> No.2527628

>>2527555

It's not my fault if he misunderstands Tolkien.

>> No.2527636
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2527636

Both are average writers that made interesting worlds and characters. I like that.

>> No.2527639

>guy who influenced all fantasy that came after him
>his ideas are blatanly copied over and over
> average

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2527658

>>2527639

>implying being copied makes you good
>implying there is no such thing as BAD influence

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2527662

>>2527636

>you will never pound as much brown pussy as this fat fuck

>> No.2527678

>>2527658
2/10

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2527686

>>2527678

What? Do you disagree? You think there is no such thing as bad influence? You think being copied by retards makes you good?

>> No.2527690

>Tolkien average
say wut

>> No.2527697

>Martin
>average

I doubt you understand what average means. Just because asoiaf is popular doens't mean it's mediocre. It's very, very good. Not Gene Wolfe good, but then nothing is.

>> No.2527710

He's not even that fat anymore, I think he might be dying.

>> No.2527717

>>2527697

>It's very, very good.

No, it's not. It's a lowbrow soap opera in an uninspired medieval herp derp world. I'm not saying JRRM doesn't have immense talent. He does. Anyone who can write a prose work thousands of pages long that is readable has incredible talent. But GoT isn't that great.

>> No.2527721

>>2527717
>low brow soap opera

I don't know what to say. Have you ever seen a soap opera?

>> No.2527724

>>2527717

Define soap opera

>> No.2527755

>>2527717
cool opinion

it's a shitty one, but let's call it cool

I've read better fantasy than asoiaf, it's not my favorite from the author, but it IS worthy of all the praise it gets. - the books, you're just a spazzing out because people talk about it a lot more thanks to the show

>> No.2528442

>>2527755
a lot of people bash him because they're hipsters

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2528445

Amazing books, good show. Shut the fuck and stop arguing like a bunch of losers.

>> No.2528446

>>2528445
You got those two mixed up, bucko.

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2528447

>>2528445
> stop arguing

>> No.2528450

http://tigerbeatdown.com/2011/08/26/enter-ye-myne-mystic-world-of-gayng-raype-what-the-r-stands-for-
in-george-r-r-martin/

>> No.2528557

>>2528450
This being the same site that said the following about Hunger Gays:
>The books are fundamentally challenging for viewers in a lot of ways.
Come the fuck on - of all the negative reviews of ASOIAF you had to pick the whiniest.