[ SECRET POST #3998 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3998 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I kind of agree - I don't mind the Starks as much as you do, but I think the kind of plot dynamic you're talking about here is part of a larger problem with ASOIAF and the way its plot is playing out.

Sure, on the surface level you have all kinds of shocking moments. But once you get past that stuff, or once you get used to the idea that life is hard and people die frequently, there's not that much more beyond it. The plot is structurally weak and boring. It's just disguised by 3 or 4 really shocking moments and a few strong characters.

It's hard for me to escape the conclusion that at the end of the day, GRRM is fundamentally a competent writer who's mostly just applying a set of late-1970s SF&F approaches to epic fantasy in a pretty programmatic way.