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ilynpilled · 2 years ago

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another thing with spoiler talk is that it is often exclusive to just these #shocking big deaths for some reason. and i dont even think those things are the most “harmful” spoilers. the thing w asoiaf for example is how significant the utilization of pov structure is. like the whole series is built on key moments of recontextualization. we are deliberately given just a small chunk of information from the lens of a specific pov or side and the way a lot of the themes are conveyed is the challenging of that. like there is so much meaning in structuring so i am so glad people are way more focused on “googoo gaga this mc dies” kind of spoilers and a lot of the key directions the series chose to take and how remain relatively unspoiled because no one is really oversaturating those moments. like i love not getting certain key info revealed until it should be as it would completely recontextualize scenes and characters etc. i love having preconceived notions and those being challenged. because that was very much george’s intention and it is sometimes a key part of his characterization or framing or whatever

#like so much of what truly appeals to me re jaimes character writing for example is the structuring and how it reinforces his character arc #it is so loaded and fun #like other than the obvious surface level fun of that it is so thematically coherent with his character #like on a meta level and on an in universe level too #like i love how it lends itself to the examination of concepts he deals with like heroism villainy self concept identity and reformation #like so much of his arc is focused on what the self even is and what can it be and perspective is crucial in the interrogation of that #so glad that was not spoiled for me and if it was i didn’t remember luckily #when i first read #this is also y i hate the GoT ned jaime fight #y would the show decide to frame him like that already #i much prefer jaime being viewed as very irredeemable and bigger than life image than a character already so unsubtly flirting w all that #that early #all we had pre acok convo is tyrion and even he barely really knows jaime to be frank #and some of cers’ words but its not like the reader would really view her as a reliable lens #keep him more ‘dehumanized’ in terms of lens like keep him more comically villainous #like thats pretty key when it comes to subversion and when we actually finally go in depth with him and see how persona affects the self #ig they could never recreate the pov structure aspect of his arc anyway so wahtever

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