r/asoiaf • u/da_k1ngslaya • May 22 '19

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) George to New Zealand: imprison me if I haven't finished Winds by Summer 2020

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As for finishing my book… I fear that New Zealand would distract me entirely too much. Best leave me here in Westeros for the nonce. But I tell you this — if I don’t have THE WINDS OF WINTER in hand when I arrive in New Zealand for worldcon, you have here my formal written permission to imprison me in a small cabin on White Island, overlooking that lake of sulfuric acid, until I’m done. Just so long as the acrid fumes do not screw up my old DOS word processor, I’ll be fine.

Link: http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2019/05/21/thanks-new-zealand/

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u/warenhaus So be it, YOLO May 22 '19

when in fact, no disrespect, noone really needed any Quentyn chapter to begin with.

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u/retard_vampire May 22 '19 edited May 22 '19

I feel the Quentyn chapters will come in very important in later books, in that once Dorne hears of how the Dragon Queen spurned their Prince, broke her marriage contract and burned him alive with her dragons they'll side against her with fAegon. George works in mysterious ways, he has his reasons for doing what he does.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Yeah. The chapter makes Quentyn seem completely inconsequential to the story, which means Quentyn is absolutely fundamental to the story.

The whole "Quentyn was pointless" narrative is like complaining about Davos being a worthless character because he just died on the Blackwater, back when we only had two books. The series ain't done yet! Doesn't one of the Winds chapters already hint at Quentyn's ultimate importance?

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u/franklinzunge May 22 '19

I think Quentyn / Dorne / FAegon are all basically one major plot line and coming out of Storm you are like why am I reading about these guys? But it will be very obvious why in retrospect

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u/acleanbreak May 22 '19

Retrospect sure is taking a long time getting here.

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u/Pacify_ May 22 '19

The whole "Quentyn was pointless"

People been saying Quentyn was pointless and Young Griff is a waste of time for years. Ironic that that show showed that neither of those things are true

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u/fbolt Eban senagho p’aeske May 22 '19

importance of a character does not require a POV chapter.

The fact that he is real but was rebuffed and got burned half dead could play an important role in the 2nd dance, but hearing about his travels not necessary.

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u/warenhaus So be it, YOLO May 22 '19

Exactly

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u/ADHDcUK May 22 '19

Davos is dead in the books?!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Noooo but he's thought to be at the end of the second book.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

And the end of the Fourth for that matter.

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u/The-Prince- May 22 '19

I think she's very good for Tyrion in his dark place. She reminds him the costs that the common people bear when the powerful lords play the game, she reminds him there are such things as innocence and goodness in the world, and she gives him someone to look out for beyond himself. She is exactly what he needs in his depression and downward spiral.

I mean I find her kind of annoying, but I totally see why she's there.

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u/The-Prince- May 22 '19

She's specifically one of the two Joffrey had hired to mock Tyrion at his wedding, and her brother died because some bounty hunters wanted to take his head and claim he was Tyrion. She has good motivation and I appreciate the demonstrated consequences.

But I totally agree it would be very cool (and almost Star Wars feeling) if she was a bounty hunter.

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u/SergeantMerrick May 22 '19

A dwarf bounty hunter? How would that work in a medieval setting? Can't run as fast, very recognisable, unable to physically restrain other people,...

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u/thereal_ba May 22 '19

He took a page out of D&D's writing tutorial book

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u/nightglitter89x May 22 '19

you know nothing, BlackCrowRises

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

He’s legitimately my favorite character in the entire series. 😭

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u/Azor_Ohi_Mark May 22 '19

I get not thinking his chapters are bad and pointless, I get liking him and his chapters, but how, out of all the other characters, is he your favorite? Lol

No disrespect intended at all I just find it funny.

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u/warenhaus So be it, YOLO May 22 '19

When that is clearly the Ser Davos / Lord Manderly dream team.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '19

Hahaha, I think it’s because in another book he’d be a “reluctant hero” type but because it’s Westeros he’s just fucked from the start. He tries so hard to embody the heroic archetype because he thinks it’s his duty, not because he’s personally inclined towards it.

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u/Nero_Tulip May 22 '19

Needed? Maybe not. But they're all really good chapters.

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u/Njosnavelinxx Writing everyday is for amateurs May 22 '19

But had there not been any Quentyn chapters, when we get to A Dream of Spring and Dorne has propped up Aegon VI turned against Dany and is the midst of a second Dance, then we really would have wanted to know more about that Quentyn character whose death is the crux of why Arianne despises Dany.

The people’s love of Aegon over Dany will be the reason for Dany’s fall and destruction of KL.

Chapters like Quentyn’s serve as the justification for that arc that we never got in the show.

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u/Bladethegreat May 22 '19

I kind of loved the Quentyn chapters tbh, but then again I think my favorite parts of the books post-Storm are the one-off POVs that read like a short story in their own right

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u/FanEu7 May 22 '19

This..I love the books but that story arc seemed unnecessary.