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jonsnowunemploymentera · 2 months ago

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And remember kids, the next time someone tells you, "George R. R. Martin wouldn't make Jon Snow the typical fantasy hero because that's cliche".....

Oh yes he would!

One viewer wants to know what character would you play (on the show)? GRRM: If I could magically clap my hands and become a different person, it would be cool to play Jon Snow who's much more of the classic hero. Everybody wants to be the classic hero! ABC Interview, 2014

GRRM: And the character I’d want to be? Well who wouldn’t want to be Jon Snow — the brooding, Byronic, romantic hero whom all the girls love. Meduza Interview, 2017

In fact he already has ☺️

#asoiaf #jon snow #yes grrm has criticized neo-tolkein fantasy - a lot!#but like....dpmo #I need so many people in this godforsaken fandom to familiarize themselves with grrm's engagement with the genre #he isn't trying to say “chosen one boy protagonist bad” where tf did people get that???#he's directly trying to challenge the more unsatisfactory elements of lesser copies of tolkien's legendarium #the ones that lift lotr wholesale without actually understanding what makes tolkien's writing snap #at the same time he has admitted himself that he has borrowed from lotr albeit with his own twists #but people in this fandom need to know that ye old man LOVES sword-and-sorcery fantasy #he LOVES a good epic #he LOVES pulp fantasy and sci fi #and those inspirations are directly reflected in asoiaf #the way he's named arthuriana/lotr/MST and many pulp stories with brooding dark heroes as key inspirations #almost all of which have mcs who fall into the typical fantasy hero role #and they inspire elements that are reflected back onto jon more than anyone else in asoiaf #like seoman snowlock = jon (+bran)#frodo - who btw is the mc in lotr not aragorn!! = jon (and bran)#FUCKING KING ARTHUR IS JON SO MUCH SO THAT RLJ IS LITERALLY A 1:1 COPY OF ARTHUR'S BIRTH STORY LIKE??!!!!#anyone who's even a little bit familiar with le morte d'arthur will be like oh yeah jon is literally king arthur like 😭😭#same with anyone who's ready the once and future king - which grrm has directly identified as his fav take on arthurian lit #ntm that jon is based on some of the most prolific characters in arthuriana - percival/galahad/lancelot etc #did you know that there's an iconic sci-fi series whose main character is called Eric JOHN STARK?#well grrm has directly quoted that series and the mc as a foundational book in his life #funny that huh? 🙂#do people even know what tf they're talking about when they say stuff like this???? ajdhhjshsbvshja #grrm engages very heavily with traditional fantasy tropes but he of course provides his own spin on them #never has he said that he's trying to avoid stories with hidden princes or chosen ones as boy protagonists #like someone find me a direct quote of him saying that - but I bet you can't smh

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