Yes, I have a problem

[Raven]

No, you have a problem when you have a copy of all three books that is not only falling apart, but has passages marked in highlighter pen. Oh yeah, and you have the Finnish edition, despite not reading a word of Finnish. And when you gave away the signed copy of the Meisha Merlin limited numbered edition given to you personally by George for winning the WorldCon ASOIAF trivia contest... because you've already got one.

Yes, I do know someone who fits all of these descriptions. No, it isn't me. I only have a complete set of both HB and PB.

[Dolorous Edd]

I have, and have only ever had, one coppy of each of the ASOIAF books! Yay i'm sane!




Ohhhhhh...........




/me looks at the huge box from amazon that's just arrived filled with books.


/me looks at the 3 like-sized boxes that arrived sometime in the last two months.

I think my problems more generalised.

[Culhwch]

I only have one copy of each, and now I feel inadequate. Though when I do do a reread, I usually borrow from the library to keep my copies that much more pristine....

[Faceless Woman]

I think even being on this forum between books is a sign of clinical insanity. I have only one of each copy too, but they follow me everywhere.

[Somebloke]

Originally Posted by AryaUnderfoot

Guilty as charged. However, I do have a habit of lending my books out. Often I don't count on having them returned to me. Therefore, having at least one copy safe and sound on my bookshelf is necessary. Haha between my parents and my little brother I think they have four or five copies as well. And that's just AGoT. As a family we're singlehandedly paying GRRM a stipend to keep on writing.

I remember first telling my sister about AFFC (I'd just got it) and telling her about the character of Brienne, especially how I hoped she was still alive. She sneered and said, in nasty tones, "She's wormfood."

So there was nothing to do but give her AGOT to read herself.

Two days later, she was asking for ACOK. Three days later I got ASOS part 1 from the library; she bought the next part herself soon after.

About two-three weeks after the comment, having just finished AFFC, she handed me the book back and said, "I hope Brienne lives..."

Revenge is sweet.

[TK-421]

I too like Brienne, but we, my friend, are a minority in this forum.

[Faceless Woman]

I used to think she was a bit dim, but that bit with the priest when she reads between the lines proved me wrong. Even when I thought she was stupid, though, I loved her bravery and her loyalty, even in doing something that could be considered dishonourable - freeing Jaime. Ned would never have done that, and I didn't like him much...
Just to say there are more than two Brienne lovers in this forum, though probably only one Ned hater.

[Aegon the Unworthy]

Originally Posted by Faceless Woman

I used to think she was a bit dim, but that bit with the priest when she reads between the lines proved me wrong. Even when I thought she was stupid, though, I loved her bravery and her loyalty, even in doing something that could be considered dishonourable - freeing Jaime. Ned would never have done that, and I didn't like him much...
Just to say there are more than two Brienne lovers in this forum, though probably only one Ned hater.

Whoa whoa whoa....slow down there. Im the biggest Brienne hater in the world but to toss around the word dishonor like that is not something even I can stand to hear....at no point did she free the man, she armed him as a prisoner to enable her to complete her mission and then she was relieved of her charge by Bolton and trust me that was one of those pain of death things. No I think Ned would have done the same thing....

Not disagreeing with ya persay....just setting records straight and righting wrongs.....etc etc

[Somebloke]

I suppose what I love about the character are two major points: firstly, she is such an unused but utterly realistic take on the 'warrior maiden' cliche that dominates fantasy; Brienne strikes me as one of the most real characters in the book (and most of the characters strike true). The other factor is her dogged determination. Brienne never struck me as stupid- she knows that she lives in a world where chivalry is little more than an excuse for dominance, yet this only makes her strive all the harder to be the knightly ideal.

Guess I just have a thing for dreamers and outcasts.

[Boaz]

I'd say Brienne is not stupid, but rather filled with certain unrealistic beliefs. Like Sansa, Brienne was taught that the world was "perfect." In a perfect world, knights rescue damsels and slay the monsters. But in reality, the monsters rape the damsels and sometimes the knights are the monsters.

Jaime's words (this is almost the blind leading the blind here) start to awaken her to reality. Her journey as a hedge knight is a metaphor for her journey to self-reliance. She really starts to wake up on her quest. The quest is to find Sansa, the same girl I mentioned above, who also is quickly waking up to the world's realities.

[TK-421]

Boaz: you are a gentleman and a scholar, even if you from a mountain state