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I often get the question, “How do you write women?” or “How do you write a dwarf?” Some of that can be resolved by research or talking to people. I had a correspondence with a fan when I was writing the first and second books, long ago, who was a paraplegic, paralyzed from the waist down, and he gave me a lot of valuable insight about how to write Bran and what it would be like. That kind of information from other people, you can never duplicate.

- George R.R. Martin, Ideas At The House (2013)

There are things we all go through, but there are experiences that I haven't had, and when I'm writing about one of those, I try to talk to people who have had that experience. When I first had Bran crippled by his fall from the tower, I had one fan who was paraplegic, and he and I exchanged a number of emails about what it was like to be paraplegic because I could try to imagine that, but I don't actually know it. When I wrote the scene where Sansa has her first period, I talked to a number of women and asked, “What was it like to have your first period? Was it scary? Was it nothing? Was it painful? Tell me about it!” I got about 16 different stories that varied very widely. People who have actually been in combat, I talk to before the combat scenes, and that too varies widely. That's sort of interesting, and, of course, I've read a lot about that. There are some experiences that only women have had in our society, and when I tackle them, I try to consult with women.

- George R.R. Martin, NIFFF Masterclass (2014)

You do have to research the things that can be researched, and sometimes that involves books; sometimes it actually involves talking to people. Those are the trickiest things, if it's a human experience. I'll give you a couple of examples from Game of Thrones. When Bran gets thrown out the window and paralyzed. I'm not paralyzed, I don't have any close friends who are paralyzed, but I wanted to try to get that as accurate as I could, so I did a fair amount of reading about that. I also had a couple of fans who corresponded with me through email about the problems of someone who was paralyzed from the waist down and what it would be like. I also have a scene where Sansa, who is engaged to Joffrey but hasn't flowered yet—hasn't had her first period—so she can't be married by the traditions of Westeros, then has it and is eligible, by medieval standards as well as the standards of Westeros, to be bedded and wedded and bred. Of course, she reacts to that with considerable panic. But I also wanted to know what it is like, and that led to a number of embarrassing conversations with women I knew about: “When did you have your first period? What was it like? Was it painful? Tell me about it!” What I discovered was a wide variety of different stories. It's not always the same thing, so I had to try to make sense of that and do something that had authentic truth to it. Hopefully, I did, but human experience is variable. No matter how much you research, there will be somebody out there who had a different experience, and then they'll write you an annoyed email saying, “You got that all wrong. You don't know anything about that.” Well… okay. But I tried.

- George R.R. Martin, Author Event Series: Featuring Marlon James (2019)

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fuck it george ykw brienne should have thought about the twincest later? she shouldve been a little bit horny about it. so much for “all my characters are gray” 🙄 fraudulent hag

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see the mental space reserved for all this was unfortunately replaced by his cock and balls

brienne truly so funny she doesnt think about the wildfire under kl or the boy he crippled or the incest. truly a woman who minds her business

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brienne truly so funny she doesnt think about the wildfire under kl or the boy he crippled or the incest. truly a woman who minds her business

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it’s funny how brienne truly does not even think about the incest thing at all. she’s fallen in love with this man who is in a like three decades long sexual relationship with his twin sister which started when they were small children and she knows all about it because he literally yaps about it to fucking everybody constantly and like that would take up a lot more mental space for me… personally…

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also canon jaime is such a fucking flop villain honestly like this fandom isnt satisfied at all bc they keep making up crimes to be mad at him for so clearly his villain era fucking sucked

i think it is a vastly inferior and more boring of an idea than cersei etc and glad it was abandoned but part of me is still curious about main villain jaime. his backstory and relationship to the moral systems and constructs of power present in westeros obv has potential with that kind of a story. like him of all people wanting to be king would be a lot to unpack lmao

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i feel like i kinda really dgaf about characters dying anymore at all which is great news for me considering what i assume to be the fates of most of my top 5 mr georgino

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im starting to think you guys dont like it when stories make you feel things

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havent been able to draw much since the death of my laptop have some jaime doodles

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There is almost no food in northern Gaza.

Mahmoud Almadhoun and his family run a soup kitchen that feeds thousands of starving people for free. Acquiring in bulk means they can get more food for less and giving the food away alleviates the control food scalpers have over the market.

Please send them any money you can spare, especially if you have anxiety over picking between individual families that need help. The soup kitchen having more resources means they can feed more families and be bigger competition to food scalpers, driving down food prices over all.

Thank you for donating and sharing.

Help Gaza Soup Kitchen

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Little Missandei WIP

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memento mori

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Hello everyone, you may have seen my earlier posts bringing attention to my friend @nasseer220, and her campaign. Unfortunately, she now has to start her fundraiser from scratch. Her fundraiser is vetted here, and I can personally attest to its legitimacy. I've provided the new link below:

For those who haven't heard her story before, Israa is a young mother with two small children, one toddler and one baby. Her husband has been kidnapped by the IDF, and she hasn't seen him in months. Now she is the sole provider for her family. Her father is a cancer patient, and she is fundraising simultaneously for medical care and evacuation funds.

Israa and her children have been kicked out of the hospital because they weren't able to raise funds in time for an upcoming operation and their stay. Her father is now alone, and she and her children are on the street.

With having to remake the campaign, she is currently at 156/20,000 USD.

If you aren't able to donate, please share her story, do whatever you can to help this family. Thank you <3

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Dany in Qarth