#anti martin

[teamfortresstwo]

I feel like Martin could’ve been a really interesting character in tma but so much of the content about him is about jmart and being like “oh he’s so nice!”. Character who should be put on a high up shelf for a tiny bit while the fandom considers it a little maybe. He has a bunch of moments I really liked but I’m not a huge fan of the interpretations most people have.

I got somewhat more rambly than usual and most of my mutuals probs don’t want to see this so:

YEAH SO TRUE!! He is literally so compelling in s4!! There is so much to like about him!! There’s so much I want to know more about and an arc I wish so badly that he’d had!!!…..

But then he just. Kinda didn’t? Like they put a bunch of cool ideas for him on the table then pushed them all off in s5 by giving him nothing to do except nag at Jon which did nothing but make him sound really annoying. Plus like…. He was framed more righteously than before y’know? Like the narrative was leaning into those ‘cute little UwU bean’ interpretations and it just came across as so…. !!!! Like!! Annabelle Cane literally talks about how good of a web avatar he would make so why didn’t we spend ANY of s5 exploring that!! Why did we barely get to explore him at all outside of like 2 lonely based episodes!! Why is everyone convinced that he’s both super smart AND the epitome of moral righteousness!! We’ve only seen him be manipulative once (which lead do the end of the world) and then got a whole bunch of lip service about it and we were straight up told that a lot of his fluffier qualities are a straight up lie!! And nothing interesting comes of this AUGHHHH!!

Sorry for rambling a bit, I just remembered how much wasted potential Martin had and it hurt.

[apr1lias]

His clownery has not stopped unfortunately!!! 🤡

[stradiivarrii]

TUMBLR!!! I NEED HELP FINDING A FANFIC

I am I desperate need of a tma critical fanfic that does not view Martin positively. I want to see Jon's thoughts about their relationship. I want the toxicity to be SPOKEN ABOUT FOR ONCE.

Jon is treated as the 'tamed feral' or 'little meow meow' sm by Martin I HATE it.

[blackcat419]

To everyone saying ‘oh George should of solved this behind closed doors’ or ‘oh he should shut up and write winds’

I need you to listen closely. This is obviously his last resort. HBO and Condal have stopped listening to him. This is how he’s keeping influence over HIS work. This is HIS story. He is more than justified to be mad they’re changing it. This is his last attempt to get influence back over his work. He’s showing HBO he won’t be quiet anymore. They can’t walk over him like they did with GOT.

He’s also allowed to work on two things at once.

[prettymuchteddy]

Today was actually amazing for me because of this. He ate and no one will ever convince me he’s in the wrong (cause how y’all ruin two adaptions of his work back to back💀)

[berriesandcherry]

It's heartbreaking to see how GRRM has been treated by some fans and especially media lately. He's an elderly man grieving the loss of a close friend, and he's been open about his struggles with mental health and creative pressure. Imagine how hard it must be for him to face frustration about not being able to finish a story he loves as much as his readers do. It's sad that instead of discussing his short film, his heartfelt tribute to his late friend—something he's deeply proud of—many only focus on A Song of Ice and Fire. Of course, fans love the books, but it feels like they've forgotten the person behind them. Also it must be especially hard for GRRM to see his work taken in directions he never intended, while he's still alive to witness it, so more than likely, he has been frustrated with how people perceive his books nowadays. He deserves as much respect and empathy as any of us, he is not a product, he is a human despite how HBO treats him and his work.

Liek the whole article is about the film and yet no one talks about it, they just focus on that one paragraph every Twitter account repost though they leave out the next one that says that it's still a priority for him:

He continues: “But that’s still a priority. A lot of people are already writing obituaries for me. [They’re saying] ���Oh, he’ll never be finished.’ Maybe they’re right. I don’t know. I’m alive right now! I seem pretty vital!” He adds that he could never retire — he’s “not a golfer.”

And then he finishes off talking about his friend but who cares about that right?

For now, Martin is focused on his love for Waldrop. The adaptations of his short stories are, in many ways, an ode to a 61-year friendship, that all started with the Justice League of America. “That comic book is probably worth $10,000 today,” Martin says of The Brave and the Bold #28. “But Howard never cared about that. We would laugh about it together. I was lucky to have friends like that.”

[maglors-grief]

Ryan Condal telling GRRM that they couldn't include Maelor because he didn't want another toddler on set is pretty ridiculous to me when you think about how they aged down all of the children and made them all toddlers. Jaehaerys and Jaehaera weren't toddlers in the book. Aegon and Viserys weren't toddlers in the book. He included 4 toddlers into the show for no reason and then he excluded the only character who was actually a toddler. Like what was the point of all that Ryan??

[miss-dollette]

Show writers: Let’s make Alicent in S2 betray her sons.

Alicent in S1, ready to shield her son from dragon fire, despite knowing it would kill them both/all.

Writers must be on the same drugs the GOT writers were on when they fucked up S8.

[aryas-faces]

I’m so happy that George defended the Greens, particularly Helaena, on his blog from the show runners. Now no one can say he hates the Greens, or that the book is maester propaganda

I’m even more terrified for season 3 though. Why do I feel the toxic butterflies are Daeron being a bastard and Sunfyre being dead?

[alicentflorent]

GRRM releasing all the major plot points for seasons 3 and 4 in his future blog posts:

[hollygl125]

Martin Sheen and John Spencer in THE WEST WING (1999-2006), “A Proportional Response” (01x03)

What would Leo do?

So, my friend, if you want to start using American military strength as the arm of the Lord . . . You can do that. We’re the only superpower left. You can conquer the world like Charlemagne. But you’d better be prepared to kill everyone. And you’d better start with me. ’Cause I will raise up an army against you. And I will beat you.

[teamfortresstwo]

I hate MKB a lot but I must confess that everyone draws him so INCREDIBLY hot . It’s such a shame such a good design is wasted on such a wet paper bag of a man .

[apr1lias]

I-

[chimerazodiac]

What if Teen Wolf just replaced Scott's character with Danny? Like Danny goes wandering through the woods one night for whatever reason and gets bit. He doesn't want to go to Jackson because he's freaking out and it's Jackson so he goes to the one person that won't sent him to mental hospital after hearing the story of what happened in the woods. Stiles Stilinski, who he knows slightly better because Stiles' best friend, Scott is quickly getting more popular (and more distant) since he started dating the new girl, Allison (who is popular because she is also Lydia's new best friend). And since Scott is more distant now, Stiles quickly agrees and the two become friends.

(+ Danny teasing Stiles about Derek)

[coffeebooksrain18]

The way TB must have been having the tantrum of their life when GrrM said.

"Helaena was loved by the small folk., and Rhaenyra was not"

Like sorry that you upset, but the Author said what he said, you can't be upset, it's his story he knows how it goes.

[liviasdrusillas]

also the way some people are saying grrm should keep his opinions to himself and focus on finishing twow is so?? sickening?? authors are so much more than their books and they don’t owe anyone anything !!