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God, Game of Thrones, What the Hell Was Wrong With You?
Game of Thrones started as a dark, rich, captivating fantasy epic. Over the years, however, the show kept getting darker, particularly in regards to how it treated its female characters, who seemed to increasingly bear the show’s most horrific, disturbing violence. Unfortunately, that also turns out to have been the case on the other side … Continued
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George R.R. Martin Promises He Got a Lot of Winds of Winter Written in Quarantine
Will he let you see it, though? Absolutely not. It’s about time we had our annual-ish update on the status of Winds of Winter—the next book in George R.R. Martin’s epic A Song of Ice and Fire saga. It’s taken so long to come out that literally an entire adaptation of the saga has managed … Continued
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Damn, It Sounds Like Game of Thrones Actually Improved on Something From the Upcoming Books
Game of Thrones might have been the most popular show on television for awhile, but nowadays it’s looked at as something of a mixed bag. This is mostly because of the final season, but other decisions in seasons six and seven contributed. Hodor’s swan song was not one of them but it turns out that’s … Continued
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He Knew
On May 21, 2019, this sly son of a bitch gazed into our bleak future, and now he reaps the bitter fruit of the trap he set. I refer, of course, to George R.R. Martin, author of the wildly successful A Song of Ice and Fire high-fantasy series, the final installments of which—The Winds of … Continued
By Avery Ellis