Spring TV Update: GoT/ASOIAF, Vikings, The Americans, and Outlander

[sherrilina]

Well last week was sure one of highs and lows for ASOIAF fandom. On the bright side, GRRM released a Sansa chapter from TWOW!!! (And said he is trying for 2016!) On the other hand, the spoilers that have come out from the screeners of the first four epps of s5 make it sound like the worst, grossest season yet...:/

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[sunnytyler001]

I totally ADORE Ecbert :3 He's such a magnificient troll^^^

[sherrilina]

Yay, glad to hear there are others here that share my appreciation for him! ;) So many people hate him now since the long con was revealed, and want him to die/be blood-eagled, etc...

Also, I was curious about what you thought of the Sansa chapter, given what a fan of hers you are...or are you not reading any of the released chapters?

[sunnytyler001]

Yes! I actually loved it! I love how she can stand her ground in front of her supposed to be future husband. Badass!Sansa for the win! It's the spoilers for season 5 that scare me much much more.
In GRRM I trust. D&D? Not at all. They butchered her story with the Hound (GRRM sort of saved it at the end, but it losts most of it strength), don't let me start about Lady Stark, Arianne, and their Petyr is a TOTAL IDIOT.

[sherrilina]

Yeah, she had some very zingy sick burns...maybe it will be a Darcy situation, but I am a bit disappointed so far at what I am seeing there.

And yep, D&D have shown themselves to be completely untrustworthy. With nearly every big scene I have looked forward to from the books, they have messed it up and made it far less dramatic and intense and emotional than in the books (if it's even included at all)...*sigh*

[sakuraberries]

I heard rumors that Jeyne Poole's storyline was going to Sansa, but I was doing my best to bury my head in the sand and pretend like it wasn't happening. I just kept telling myself that even Dick & Douche couldn't fuck up that horrifically.

Now I'm just trying not to think about how magnificent this show could have been with different showrunners, because it's just too painful.

[sherrilina]

I heard rumors that Jeyne Poole's storyline was going to Sansa, but I was doing my best to bury my head in the sand and pretend like it wasn't happening. I just kept telling myself that even Dick & Douche couldn't fuck up that horrifically.

See I had not heard any rumors to that effect--instead I heard rumors that Ramsay's girlfriend Myranda might be the one pretending to be Arya (she had an interview to that effect), which made even less sense and would have meant there was really no hope for any of Theon's ADWD storyline happening...although even with Sansa I fear it's not going to happen, based on the spoilers about his lack of speaking in the first 4 episodes. :s

And yeah, this show could have been really epic in the hands of other show runners who actually cared about the source material and weren't gross sexist and misogynistic a-holes...Ron D. Moore for example, who is adapting Outlander right now (and in that case remaining faithful while indeed improving on the books).

[redfeu]

I find chapter drip-feeding waaaaay more annoying than episode leaking. I want to enjoy the whole book at once when it comes out, damnit! Glad that you liked the chapter though. ♥

[sherrilina]

Aw, but a couple of chapters isn't as spoilery in fandom as a couple of entire episodes! ;) And I am used to reading excerpts from upcoming books before reading the whole book, it's such stabdard practice to include that in the back of a paper back or on an author's website...in this kind of situation, when it's been so long and the show is beginning to spoil things, it's especially good to have them!

But yes, obviously I want the whole book already too! Prayer circle that it does indeed come out next year, preferably before the next season of the show...it sucks that the end of the series is going to be revealed by such a subpar version of it. :(

So are you not reading any of the released chapters then?

[redfeu]

I find it much more annoying to have multiple chapters out because I value the flow of reading and imagining much more than anything a TV episode can give me. I don't read excerpts that are placed at the end of books, usually, but if I do, it will only be one chapter, not a bunch. (And then I will feel really annoyed at myself afterwards...)

In this case, I've read only the Sansa chapter, because I heard people talking about it, and then sure enough I immediately regretted having read it and not waited. :( It's been really irritating hearing people talk about that Arya one too!

Lol this is turning into quite the repetitive rant!

[sherrilina]

Late comment is late but:

I get your point generally (usually when it comes to an excerpt in the back I only want the first chapter, which I would be reading first anyway, for just this reason), but I feel like this series is an exception to the ~flow of reading~ thing since the POVs and stories are generally so segmented anyway--like Theon, Arya, and Sansa are so far apart geographically, etc, that getting a glimpse into what each is doing near the beginning of the book (or so it seems) doesn't really disrupt the flow too much, IMO...it's not like [Spoiler (click to open)]reading a Davos chapter in ADWD before hearing about his "death" in AFFC.. For all we know these chapters come one right after the other. *shrug*

P.S. love your icon! :p Such a summary of TV!Jon Snow...

[sihaya09]

Hey there! Seems like we have a lot of fannish stuff in common, so I added you!