George RR Martin on How Catelyn Stark Changed the Story

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  • @glanni
    @glanni 4 года назад +172

    When people say "You have full control of what your characters do so 'the character decided on X' isn't an excuse" there always comes to my mind that "Well not exactly, sure you created the character and it's your job to fine tune them, but once you let them loose you need to let them do as they are designed to or the story is artificial or stale"
    That's why I love whenever George talks about his writing and characters.

    • @6ixlxrd
      @6ixlxrd 3 года назад +15

      Same. As an aspiring writer, you definitely can't *make* a character decide on a decision that betrays who they are as a character. You created them, but after you've breathed life into them you then have to get inside their heads and wonder what decisions they'll make based on who you created them to be. They're like people. A selfish person will make decisions that prioritize themselves, while a selfless person will make decisions that prioritize others before themselves. Someone who's morally gray will titter between the two and often make abrupt decisions not everyone will agree with.
      It's what separates good stories from poorly written ones.

  • @url4345
    @url4345 4 года назад +366

    It's nice to hear an interviewer that is genuinely interested and into literature and knows GRRMs and others less popular works. Makes the conversation more interstinf

    • @Doctor-Stoppage
      @Doctor-Stoppage 3 года назад +23

      I agree. Its really embarrassing when the interviewer is only talking about the show and they can't even pronounce the main characters names.

    • @spodergibbs5088
      @spodergibbs5088 2 года назад

      This interviewer is an idiot. He told GM he skips ahead chapters of some characters. What a fukc#ing idiot! Intentionally ruining the story and telling GM straight to his face.

    • @stephenmaguire9907
      @stephenmaguire9907 Год назад +3

      Good interview, I always feel bad for GRRM when he gets asked a boring question he’s already answered 100 times in the past. It also shows how little research the interviewer has done. This interviewer really expanded on stuff GRRM has answered before.

    • @spodergibbs5088
      @spodergibbs5088 Год назад

      @@stephenmaguire9907 the interviewer sucked. He told GM that he skips ahead chapters to see what happens. What an idiot.

  • @MrPabloJoven
    @MrPabloJoven 3 года назад +35

    He mentions that the creative, "gardner-style", writer's Hell is suddenly going silent. "The next thing you know his last novel is taking twenty years to complete". A prediction of his own future?

    • @jadawin1137
      @jadawin1137 2 месяца назад +2

      Yeah this made me think that this interview is probably quite old, because at this point, or even 3 years ago when this was posted, he was clearly already talking about himself, but not acknowledging it.

  • @Dogboon-
    @Dogboon- 4 года назад +285

    This is one of the best interviews iv heard with GRRM

    • @sabrinakrisb4672
      @sabrinakrisb4672 4 года назад +10

      Hes teaching us so much

    • @cesarrodriguez8893
      @cesarrodriguez8893 4 года назад +19

      I've come to terms with the fact that "A dream of Spring" will never be released.

    • @Dogboon-
      @Dogboon- 4 года назад +10

      @@cesarrodriguez8893 also, how can he fit all the characters into WoW with significant progression without it being two or three books on its own?

    • @cesarrodriguez8893
      @cesarrodriguez8893 4 года назад +3

      @@Dogboon- Completely agree. How is he gonna fit the winds of winter into the winds of winter. I mean, there's gotta be 10 Dani chapters, 10 Tyrion chapters, etc. A lot of characters are gonna get cut.

    • @sergiomendoza4040
      @sergiomendoza4040 4 года назад +5

      Cesar Rodriguez or just get killed immediately, I mean he said it himself right? That he promised the winds of winter will be more bloody than even A storm of swords. So if that’s the case I’m assuming he’s gonna try and fast track the first couple deaths as quickly as possible like major character deaths within the first like maybe 30 40 chapters. So maybe that’s his plan in terms of fitting things into the last 2 books.

  • @supermonkey321
    @supermonkey321 4 года назад +170

    This interview is definitely very old, probably pre-2011 even. He mentions "bulletin boards" and that he knows what fans think because he gets emails from them. No mention of Twitter or modern forms of social media. More importantly, there is no mention of the TV show at all, which seems inconceivable in any interview since 2011.

    • @ssusanchef1047
      @ssusanchef1047 3 года назад +25

      Jack Vance died in 2013 - so before that for sure. The audio does sound older than that though.

    • @Supersquigi
      @Supersquigi Год назад +5

      He STILL makes mentions to bulletin boards so that might not be accurate.

  • @JktuUekmw
    @JktuUekmw 4 года назад +50

    00:35 "Ned Stark has gone south"
    Now I realize that expression comes from Winterfell. Anyone who has "gone south" from there, they really did.

  • @0525loki
    @0525loki 4 года назад +424

    Lady Stoneheart wasn’t in the show because D&D wanted to get away from magic in the show. This should have been a warning how clueless they were in regards to fantasy story telling.

    • @aylix2137
      @aylix2137 3 года назад +53

      BriansWrld there’s a great deal more magic in the books than that. Stannis’ glowing sword, the Valyrian horn that can control a dragon’s mind, melisandre’s god/gem protecting her from poisons, the way the wall and storms end was rumored to be built, Beric and Kat’s being revived from death (several times in Beric’s case), the sorcerers in essos who said their magic had started to work again since danys dragons hatched and more.
      Silly of Martin to bash Tolkien’s decision to revive Gandalf when he has multiple living-dead characters in his stories.

    • @aylix2137
      @aylix2137 3 года назад +11

      BriansWrld oh, hi Brian! I just realized you’re the same guy.
      No I agree, it’s not as magical a world as middle earth once was or gets during the series but when entire arcs hinge on magic I feel that counts as significantly magical. I do like how Martin has so many instances of magic while still making it realistic as to how that would be impossibly uncommon for most characters.

    • @eddiespaghetti7350
      @eddiespaghetti7350 3 года назад +3

      Well George once said when one character dies it’s shocking, but when a planet (Alderaan) is destroyed it has very little effect in the reader, I don’t think if magic was a huge part in the show it would leave as big a impact on the viewer as much as it did in what we got. If you’ve ever played Skyrim, the magic in the game just seems so bland because there’s so much, if like five people or less could wield magic it would be much more impressive

    • @tommerker8063
      @tommerker8063 3 года назад +13

      @@aylix2137 he has 2 and realy stoneheart cannot be considered as cat anymore and beric lost something of himself with every death. gandalf came back and was just the same and more

    • @aylix2137
      @aylix2137 3 года назад +11

      @@tommerker8063 good point but you are wrong on the second. Gandalf was in no way the same, to him, eons had passed as he had walked with the creator himself. When Gandalf returned as the white, he was all business and no more the gentle wanderer given a mission by imperfect deities millennia prior. He returned under direct mandate of the unchanging and infallible Creator of all things. There are plenty of fans who prefer Gandalf as he was before or after but you’d be hard pressed to find many who don’t think something was lost or forever altered by Gandalf’s death.
      I don’t find an GRRM using the exact same supernatural event as Tolkien any more impressive or creative just because he did it in a dark and despairing way, rather than hopeful and bright.
      For that reason among others I find GRRM’s complaint about that rather hypocritical.

  • @mkt170
    @mkt170 4 года назад +61

    Ned literally told cat to tell Robb to arm moat cailin with 200 archers and keep an eye on theon as it would be important to call balon on their side. I sometimes couldn't stand her, but again that was the beauty of her character. Just a mother trying to protect her children.

    • @kianghorbanpor9988
      @kianghorbanpor9988 4 года назад +4

      i couldnt stand her either she was so stuped and always messed up everything

    • @jennah9774
      @jennah9774 3 года назад +1

      Same with most of Cersei’s blunders, too.

    • @rhaenyralikesyoutube6289
      @rhaenyralikesyoutube6289 3 года назад

      I can't tell you how many times I wanted to slap her for her stupidity. I don't believe that she had any loyalty towards the Starks, because she acted out of her own naivete and incompetence.

    • @adolfhipsteryolocaust3443
      @adolfhipsteryolocaust3443 2 года назад

      You would think a powerfull lady is a bit smarter than that but no, she's a tard, everything and the fall of house stark is mostly her fault

    • @DeepikaGinger
      @DeepikaGinger 2 года назад +16

      Most of the advice she gave Robb was good. Releasing Jaime was the one stupid thing she did, and she did it, in the books at least, after she learnt that Bran and Rickon were dead. Obviously losing her youngest two children was devastating for her. And, nobody was doing anything to help her daughters.

  • @cyrneco
    @cyrneco 4 года назад +195

    "Family, Duty, Honor."
    I wonder if Martin came up with the Tully's words before or after creating Cat, either way the words suit her perfectly. For sure the characters driven narrative it's one of the reasons I like asoiaf as much as I do.

    • @trevorwinn5012
      @trevorwinn5012 4 года назад +9

      In the show maybe , in the book Cat is an awful human being ! Watch the video why catelyn sucks by order of the greenhand, it gives so many different examples and evidence to back that up , the way she treats John , how she convinced ned to go to kings landing , how she doesn't care when ned says there's something off with joffery she only cares that he's the crown prince , doesn't do any of the 5 things ned asked her to do in order to prepare for war with the lannisters , the way she drives rob totally nuts and acts like she's one of his best advisers even though she never once gives him good advice during the war, she even at one point questions robs courage infront of several of his men ! I could go on and on with examples , fact is there's plenty of evidence in books that she is one the most self centered people in the book . she is not good to her family , she does a horrible at doing her duty, and she has absolutely no honor !

    • @cyrneco
      @cyrneco 4 года назад +40

      @@trevorwinn5012 Oh and btw I did watch that video by the order of the green hand. It represents perfectly what I mean when I talk of twisting the narrative to fit the preconceived opinion that Catelyn is bad. She defends her son life risking her own? That's her duty for godsake! No credit. But if someone else, who is 'good', does something similar? Out come the tongues...

    • @trevorwinn5012
      @trevorwinn5012 4 года назад +4

      You obviously know your asoiaf stuff , I respect your opinion, I still think cat sucks , I will agree to disagree

    • @cyrneco
      @cyrneco 4 года назад +20

      @@trevorwinn5012 taste is taste, I don't particularly like her either as I think she is stuck up (as virtually all nobility is with very rare exceptions) but that doesn't mean I won't try to give her her dues.

    • @bigivel
      @bigivel 4 года назад +4

      @@cyrneco Nope, Cat does a ton of bad decision that are totally her own fault. Even her mental state many times even though understandable his really bad.
      What do you call abandoning your children in time they most need? Because that is exactly what she did when she whent in the "who's the dagger" quest. For that she abondoned Rickon, a boy of 3 years that had just "lost" his father, 2 sisters, and brother. She abandoned Bran. And she abandoned Rob and the Regency of Winterfell.
      Tell me, what his "Family"? If not her 3 children that were left in her care? What is "Duty"? If not her responsability of regency of Winterfell? And what his "Honor"? If not keep her promise to Ned that he could go without burden to the south, that she would keep the "house" afloat?
      Cat also kidnapped a person to be "judged" in a biased court, when the only thing she had was that the weapon was his. And worse she did it in her previous land, using her previous subjects. Basically declaring Riverland war against the Lanisters by proxy. She basically threw a war declaration in her brother and father laps from nowhere. That goes totally outside the "Family", "Duty" and "Honor" of her family motto.

  • @SandjyLima
    @SandjyLima 4 года назад +128

    GRRM: ...After he passed away
    Interviewer: CORRECTION. After he suicided
    GRRM: Yes, Yes. (This guy can't sugarcoat a thing)

    • @spodergibbs5088
      @spodergibbs5088 2 года назад

      The interviewer sucks

    • @luigiA.M.
      @luigiA.M. Год назад +1

      He sure cant... Thats the kind of stuff to better not bring up

  • @-zSoloSz-
    @-zSoloSz- 3 года назад +11

    guys is a great interviewer and you can tell that just buy how GRRM actually engages with him.

  • @sagapoetic8990
    @sagapoetic8990 4 года назад +229

    If Aegon Targaryen is connected to Martin, please convey this: We still love Martin's works and even if he doesn't finish this magnum opus, it's okay. He has given us an amazing epic and it's the journey together that matters, not the destination

    • @1siddynickhead
      @1siddynickhead 4 года назад +30

      Thanks for saying it. Not enough ppl realize this.

    • @ishaagrawal2174
      @ishaagrawal2174 4 года назад +5

      I just want the sixth book. It's ok if we don't get the 7th one because there are so many cliffhangers that are eating me away

    • @1siddynickhead
      @1siddynickhead 4 года назад +1

      @@ishaagrawal2174 I know..me too:)

    • @deponensvogel7261
      @deponensvogel7261 4 года назад +10

      Isha Agrawal Don't you think Winds of Winter _would_ end with the mother of cliffhangers?

    • @davidc4983
      @davidc4983 4 года назад +13

      I'm going to disagree with this. While I'm eternally grateful to mr.martin, the reason he is famous, the reason he doesnt have to work a 9 to 5 job like everyone else, is because he is a story teller. I believe, firmly, that it is the story tellers job to...tell a story. A whole story. Any thing less, and they become grifters.

  • @nizam1470
    @nizam1470 4 года назад +236

    It is sad that she died without knowing who was trying to kill her son.

    • @jasonphoenix292
      @jasonphoenix292 4 года назад +78

      It is sad that she did not die sooner.
      How many mothers, fathers, sons and daughters, young and old were butchered because she decided to kidnap Tyrion. She started the war of the five kings.
      She was also the one who sent Ed to Kings Landing. Nah, her fate was just what she deserved.

    • @najeebashereef7459
      @najeebashereef7459 4 года назад +66

      @@jasonphoenix292 but.... She was opposed to Ed going to the kings landing

    • @balabanasireti
      @balabanasireti 4 года назад +119

      @@jasonphoenix292 Oh, shut the fuck up.

    • @janwouter5215
      @janwouter5215 4 года назад +27

      @@balabanasireti you cannot defend that action. It was so stupid. Had she not done that the war would have still happened but very differently.

    • @shannond7437
      @shannond7437 4 года назад +7

      Jason Phoenix It’s true, without her and LittleFinger there is no story. Likely also no Robert’s Rebellion, at least at that specific time.

  • @alekwojcik9030
    @alekwojcik9030 4 года назад +57

    1st time here on this channel, but I have to tell that this interview is absolutely fantastic! The questions are perfect and the whole direction in which the interview was going was great! Thank you for posting it,

  • @IchibanOjousama
    @IchibanOjousama 4 года назад +70

    Cat is great ❤ I miss reading her

  • @prkr07
    @prkr07 3 года назад +16

    With regards to George Lucas, it seemed like he was at his best when there were other peers to bounce ideas off of to find out what worked and what didn't. The prequels turned out the way they did, in large part, because there was no one to challenge him anymore.

    • @aesir1ases64
      @aesir1ases64 2 года назад +2

      george needed someone to write dialogues and should not made so kid friendly, ither than that its a fine trilogy.

    • @spodergibbs5088
      @spodergibbs5088 2 года назад +1

      @@aesir1ases64 no that’s not correct

  • @BingBangPoe
    @BingBangPoe 4 года назад +16

    I got a bit triggered when the interviewer said he skips chapters to find out what happened to the character he was reading about. And I'm pretty sure George got too.

    • @johnr797
      @johnr797 3 года назад +2

      I mean, he's basically telling him some of his characters are better/more interesting than others. Which obviously is true, but as an author probably not the nicest thing to hear.

    • @onlyfrog
      @onlyfrog 2 года назад +1

      @@johnr797 i do that sometimes, and i do with all the characters. it's not about liking one character more than others, it's about curiosity. example: i wanna know what's going to happen to daenerys, but once i come back to the arya's chapter i skipped i will become invested in arya's story again, and maybe wanna read one more chapter about her. davos isn't one of my favorites but one time i read 3 chapters of him cause i was too curious. i read somewhere that jon or daenerys's chapters were published as a separated book before the real book came out, so they can of course be read as separated stories at some extension. some of us just are not so strong against cliffhangers ig. sorry grrm, you made me too curious...

  • @TeleBlur
    @TeleBlur 4 года назад +185

    I suppose Catelyn was a... Catalyst.

  • @aurelia8028
    @aurelia8028 3 года назад +3

    Goddamn. Can I please get more of this? Apart from the audio, this is way better than those short interviews

  • @Pradeep_889
    @Pradeep_889 4 года назад +44

    D & D in their quest to subvert the plots, they fell right into the trap and messed it up pretty badly. There was nothing logical and sense about the last few seasons. I hope the ones who are handling House of the Dragons series is more capable than D&D.

    • @6ixlxrd
      @6ixlxrd 3 года назад +4

      Exactly what happened with the Night King. Everyone had predicted Jon and him would have some sort of final battle because it'd been hinted at for seasons spread across YEARS through several books...the entire reason he even came back to life was because of it. The Night King and the Long Night was Jon's entire plotline, everything was being set-up and foreshadowed for the end of Jon's plotline...then boom, Arya appears, and instead of snapping her neck in-half (or instantly freezing her like he did everything else he touched) he watches her stab him.
      What was the point of Jon coming back to life again? What was the point of his entire character arc? There was none. Heck, I was actually expecting the two of them to kill one another...the Night King stabs Jon after a lengthy duel, then with the last of his strength Jon stabs him, ends the Long Night, and dies. Maybe even Ghost helps Jon win and the two of them die together, Jon cradling him like he did when Ghost was a pup. Definitely wasn't expecting a happy-ending where everyone lives.
      Only character Season 8 did right was Theon.

    • @johnr797
      @johnr797 3 года назад +2

      @@6ixlxrd what? The night king doesn't even exist in the books

  • @kuza3
    @kuza3 Год назад +1

    This was a really insightful video addressing a lot of questions i've had about Martin for a long time. Great stuff!

  • @holysecret2
    @holysecret2 4 года назад +38

    Could you credit the interviewer in the description as well? I would be interested to know that

  • @Hermit_mouse
    @Hermit_mouse 4 года назад +16

    This is awesome. Give us more of this kind of stuff!

  • @robhernandez7322
    @robhernandez7322 3 года назад +11

    I always thought that her leaving Winterfell was a terrible mistake, and even worse when Rob left.. one of them should have always been at Winterfell.

  • @josephcusumano2885
    @josephcusumano2885 3 года назад +2

    Great interview and interviewer. I learned a great deal about how GRRM writes his novels. Thank you!

  • @davel7791
    @davel7791 3 дня назад

    The interviewer mentioned skipping ahead chapters to follow a particular character, and George scolded him for it. It’s a great thing to do on a re-read. If you’re not up to re-reading a whole book or books in the series, just pick a character and only read their chapters. Very interesting and fun.

  • @enlighten92
    @enlighten92 Год назад +1

    What a fine interview

  • @anyasogames
    @anyasogames 4 года назад +4

    what amazing fan art! absolutely love it

  • @shannond7437
    @shannond7437 4 года назад +13

    I wish these came with an interview date if possible. At least a range would be great, as I am always curious!

    • @kamuelalee
      @kamuelalee 4 года назад +3

      Also, who's the interviewer? Great work on his part.

  • @deacondank6249
    @deacondank6249 2 года назад +3

    4:41 I dont even need to say it. We're all thinking the same thing...

  • @Sorrac0001
    @Sorrac0001 4 года назад +2

    I could listen to this guy talk all day.

  • @cketcham1217
    @cketcham1217 2 месяца назад +1

    “It’s taking 20 years to finish his last novel”
    You’re getting there George

    • @xellestar
      @xellestar 3 дня назад

      lol it's looking that way

  • @etharchildres3976
    @etharchildres3976 2 года назад

    Thank you George. This helps a lot. I’ll get that book out someday. And I’ll look forward to when you get yours out too.

  • @anniketimmermans1900
    @anniketimmermans1900 4 года назад +1

    Great interview!

  • @ACPritchard
    @ACPritchard Год назад +1

    Well done interview!!

  • @djrerayaloha4112
    @djrerayaloha4112 4 года назад +4

    Sometimes when a voice stops, it's because their death is so unexpected and out of context. They don't see it coming. No one sees it.
    Like no one sees the butterfly effect.

  • @andreyuh811
    @andreyuh811 4 года назад

    Thank you for uploading this! I’m also a bad reader lol I want to skip ahead so bad sometimes and will put a bookmark on the next chapter for the character that I am captivated with at the time.

  • @manofhonor1685
    @manofhonor1685 4 года назад +4

    Great interviewer

  • @orphanedhanyou
    @orphanedhanyou 4 года назад +7

    Lucas I think has a healthy amount of flexibility with his story. He was more focused on what the meaning and purpose of the story was and can it fit within the 'walls' of the 3 films he was making. The heros journey, the relationship with your father, the redemption of evil all stayed constant. Early drafts still began with Anakin and his kids. In film they had to begin shifting and combining characters ex Leia and Lukes twin. By the 3rd movie it wouldn't just not worked to introduce a new character so late. With all the previous history with Vader and her role politically I think it wasn't as issue at all. I enjoy a bit of 'they were right under your nose all along'.

  • @1siddynickhead
    @1siddynickhead 4 года назад +15

    Hi! Can anyone link me up to the whole interview? If it's available online? Would really love to listen to the whole thing. Thanks so much for uploading this! Love your content!

  • @akmonra
    @akmonra 2 года назад +3

    4:41 Ouch, sounds a bit familiar, George

  • @aylix2137
    @aylix2137 4 года назад +15

    Surprised the characters in that neat drawing are just hanging around him instead of attacking him for making their world and lives so awful

    • @aylix2137
      @aylix2137 3 года назад

      @@brianfinnegan664 not really

    • @aylix2137
      @aylix2137 3 года назад

      BriansWrld I’m not being one of those ‘oh hey it has dragons therefore nothing about it is real’ people, I understand your point and it’s a neat one. I just, as a fellow fan of the franchise, feel that the whole claim of ‘realism’ aspect to the got universe that fans claim is a bit hollow. Realistic would take into account the many logistical errors that pervade the Asoiaf universe that break immersion. It’s all well and such to criticize something as pointless as Aragorn not having a tax plan, but I do not feel that creating a militantly pessimistic universe is the same as making something realistic. Also, people claim that characters are killed randomly before their story arcs are concluded, but that’s not the case, their dying early is always a poetic result of their actions, no amount of foreshadowing was ever really true to real life.

    • @aylix2137
      @aylix2137 3 года назад

      @@brianfinnegan664 again we reveal to each other just how little we disagree. He is indeed very good at it, dare i say the best in the business these days (or before 2011). I just do not consider the world of GoT (especially the books, as the show is far more grounded) to be any more realistic than that of Tolkein. John Flanagan's rangers apprentice series has a better claim to realism, simply because saying that only in viscerally brutal or explicit stories can the depth of human choice and character be realistically explored is untrue. If one accepts that fact and sees just how many instances there already were of that in fiction even before the nineties when the first book was released one sees that the praise being heaped on game of thrones (i think) is because we, as people, love firsts and bests and new things, but in my opinion, GoT is just a remix of a dozen things already done, and it was the creativity involved in mixing the right things that makes it so amazing.

    • @aylix2137
      @aylix2137 3 года назад

      BriansWrld yes, this is what I disagree with. The explicit, abstract evil in Lotr distracts from the conflict within each character, Bilbo’s heroism coupled with his selfishness in regards to the ring. The wizards that ventured into the world with Gandalf all had their choices and they ranged from active rebellion to casual disinterest and omission of their responsibilities. The tragic fate of Faeanor and his sons are another example of the choices made by characters that take them from highs to lows in their individual arcs. Saying other works ignore this fundamental aspect of storytelling is untrue. It is the sheer number of unique and interesting characters, none of which are a clear protagonist that Martin incredibly balances in unique ways that makes the world of GoT feel so lived in and relatable.
      Rangers apprentice I only bring up because there are absolutely no supernatural elements to the world. But it’s as if Flanagan (the author) basically used a random fantasy map generator and threw all the cultures of the world at it to see where they would stick, but Though the writing is no where near as good as Martin’s.

  • @dafullclip
    @dafullclip 4 года назад +4

    We need another "Songs of the Dying Earth" anthology! The first one is mind-blowing!

  • @samizdatbroadcasts7654
    @samizdatbroadcasts7654 3 года назад +7

    4:18 there is something in kind of prophetic about what he's saying here, isn't there?

  • @isacharjones
    @isacharjones 4 года назад +4

    Great questions by the interviewer here

  • @jennah9774
    @jennah9774 3 года назад +1

    That first picture is so neat. Wish I had the source to share!

  • @seeker296
    @seeker296 2 года назад

    The interviewer got prophetic at the end

  • @Doctor-Stoppage
    @Doctor-Stoppage 3 года назад +3

    Lady Stoneheart would have made the show really exciting.

  • @QueenDaenerysTargaryen
    @QueenDaenerysTargaryen 3 года назад +1

    Good interviewer

  • @BobbyCoggins
    @BobbyCoggins 4 года назад +9

    I've resigned myself to the idea that he's not going to finish the series. Someone else will have to write the last book.

    • @CrazyWork25
      @CrazyWork25 4 года назад +2

      He already said he wont let anyone finish the series, by law.

    • @BobbyCoggins
      @BobbyCoggins 4 года назад +1

      @@CrazyWork25 😢

    • @supermonkey321
      @supermonkey321 4 года назад +1

      @@CrazyWork25 Great. So we won't get a proper ending, and all we'll have is the horrible TV show ending? That would be a tragedy. He should have chosen an author he trusts and respects to finish the final book if he cannot, like what happened with The Wheel of Time.

  • @micpowers1136
    @micpowers1136 4 года назад +3

    She really was the favorite next to Tyrion.

  • @TheMoonDejesus
    @TheMoonDejesus Год назад

    I love That this interview ends on appoint made that is exactly why television Game of Thrones ended badly or at least one of the reasons

  • @sumarian79
    @sumarian79 4 года назад +4

    All i can say is he said Gandalf should've stayed dead. Apparently he missed the silmarillian, and yet he brings catelyn stark back to life for some important gurgling Ha. And thinks the scouring of the shire is allegorical when the man that wrote it specifically says that it does not and proceeds to explain why.

    • @mojoe2187
      @mojoe2187 3 года назад +2

      He brings her back but she is hardly the same as she was before

    • @sumarian79
      @sumarian79 3 года назад

      @@mojoe2187 as different as Gandalf the grey and white

    • @mojoe2187
      @mojoe2187 3 года назад

      I wouldnt say that but hey thats why we like fantasy :D

  • @tommyakesson8858
    @tommyakesson8858 4 года назад +8

    One of my fave characters. Oh man.
    She is just a smart and tough cookie. If just the others had listened to her.

    • @mattteomatei3610
      @mattteomatei3610 4 года назад

      You must be joking. She is neither smart and the entire War started from her being blindly bent on revenge.

    • @kianghorbanpor9988
      @kianghorbanpor9988 4 года назад

      she is stupid and always messed up everything

    • @ahriman935
      @ahriman935 4 года назад

      She made mistake upon fucking mistake upon fucking mistake.
      What she could screw up, she screwed up. It was her own actions that doomed her family left and right and you call her "smart"? Somewhat tough maybe. Though stubbornly stupid or arrogantly confident would be a better word to put it.

    • @tam6753
      @tam6753 9 месяцев назад

      ​@mattteomatei3610 no. The war started because TYWIN was blindly bent on revenge. She only brought turion to justice, ensured that he was given a fair trial and then released him - all as per the law. Tywin is the one who was thirsty for revenge.

  • @theotterislands8642
    @theotterislands8642 9 месяцев назад +1

    4:20 geez I hope he's not talking about himself! Don't overthink it George!

  • @TunezCottage
    @TunezCottage 2 года назад +1

    The voices went silent for GRRM with Winds of Winter.

    • @demon_hawkeye5269
      @demon_hawkeye5269 Год назад

      Untrue, you're not looking at the factors at play, either way he's close to releasing it so we'll see.

  • @jacksparrow9227
    @jacksparrow9227 3 года назад +1

    I get my best ideas when I go to sleep

  • @QueenDaenerysTargaryen
    @QueenDaenerysTargaryen 3 года назад +2

    Very good👍 video👍

  • @demonseedlongboarder
    @demonseedlongboarder 4 года назад +2

    I hope George will be more vocal about his visions for the story and give more interviews about it to 1. set the record straight and 2 shove it more up D&D B

  • @ninamimi6622
    @ninamimi6622 4 года назад +4

    When was this interview?

  • @YamiFlyZX
    @YamiFlyZX 2 года назад +2

    The bit about writer hell doesnt really apply to him. GRRM hasnt stopped writing, he just hasnt release winds. He's put out many books since dance.

  • @Erox006
    @Erox006 3 года назад +4

    Why are most of your videos privated now ?

  • @supermonkey321
    @supermonkey321 4 года назад +1

    Who is the interviewer? His voice has an enthralling, Carl Sagan-like quality to it that I find wonderful to listen to. Anyone know?

  • @Jack-Steel
    @Jack-Steel 3 года назад +1

    Amazing how this interview predicts the Star Was Sequels well before Disney was even on the horizon

  • @MichelleCFunk
    @MichelleCFunk 4 года назад +2

    Definitely would love to know who this interviwere is and when it was done

  • @walkerdefaul8487
    @walkerdefaul8487 4 года назад +8

    Any chance someone knows what this interview is from?

  • @sydnitheromantictaylor112
    @sydnitheromantictaylor112 4 года назад +24

    They never revealed who sent that assassin to Bran in the show. They never said it was Joffrey of course I knew it was him once I read ASOS but before that I just assumed it was Cersei and/or Jaime.

    • @YoungsterSkaymore
      @YoungsterSkaymore 4 года назад +10

      I thought it was Littlefinger?

    • @HoofHearted88
      @HoofHearted88 4 года назад +7

      One of Georges scripts hinted at it being Joff, but D&D ignored that script note.

    • @HH-cm5rp
      @HH-cm5rp 4 года назад +3

      mance and his bag o'silver is more likely ... it's right there in the opening of the book.

    • @Jesse-fd5bv
      @Jesse-fd5bv 4 года назад +1

      They never revealed it in the book either.

    • @jasonphoenix292
      @jasonphoenix292 4 года назад +5

      @@HH-cm5rp and where would Mance have found the dagger? No, it was Joff. Tyrion even figured it out. And besides, what would Mance have gotten out from this? Mance is many things, but not a murderer of children.
      Cersei would never harm a child so young, she would have threaten Bran instead and Jamie would have done it himself.

  • @MrMason30127
    @MrMason30127 Год назад

    The audio kills me

  • @CynicalRapto
    @CynicalRapto 2 года назад +1

    Anyone found the interview source yet?

  • @zmartin5335
    @zmartin5335 Год назад

    The interviewer is enjoying himself so much, it's adorable. I love it when people actually know and care about the work of whom they're interviewing.

  • @mr.raslyon6626
    @mr.raslyon6626 3 года назад +6

    Ironic how he talks about how other writers cant finish a story 🤣

    • @TheBaconWizard
      @TheBaconWizard 3 года назад +1

      he has finished plenty of massively complex, long books.

    • @johnr797
      @johnr797 3 года назад

      Guy has been writing novels for like 40 years

  • @TheYankeesUnited
    @TheYankeesUnited 4 года назад +20

    Is George projecting here? I hope he doesn't take another 10 years. The man is 73! Damn.

    • @Kriegerdammerung
      @Kriegerdammerung 4 года назад +3

      71, mate

    • @TheYankeesUnited
      @TheYankeesUnited 4 года назад +10

      @@Anomandil 71 or not, the mind starts to cognitively decline at 75. And he is considered old by any standard, and is not in the best health with his weight. I hope he can live another 20 years but I am being realistic here. I don't see him finishing a dream of spring. Especially when he has talked about working on Fire and Blood part 2 and another dunk and egg book before Dream of spring. Whatever he writes I will be happy to read but I am not holding my breath here for him finishing a song of ice and fire.

    • @Anomandil
      @Anomandil 4 года назад +4

      @@TheYankeesUnited perhaps the remaining books won't match the others in quality, but I believe WoW is almost done, and the bar has been significantly lowered by the show I think Winds is going to be excellent and Dream will be complete though not as good

    • @Anomandil
      @Anomandil 4 года назад +1

      @@TheYankeesUnited I have not heard heard him talk about finishing other novels before Dream, I really hope its not true, perhaps I'm being biased. I just really want to see a satisfactory end to the series. The show bothers me more than I could possibly express in words

    • @dingo1547
      @dingo1547 4 года назад +1

      nytolstoy Grrm said that fire and blood 2 will come after ADOS, and the dunk and egg story is partially written. I’m fairly optimistic that grrm can finish the series.

  • @Hositrugun
    @Hositrugun Год назад

    15:00 "The answer to that is revealed in the third book", *immediately throws up a picture of Joffrey*

  • @sabrinakrisb4672
    @sabrinakrisb4672 4 года назад +2

    Aegon Targaryen is it ok with you if we were to cite some if the vids you put together for quotes from Martin?

    • @sabrinakrisb4672
      @sabrinakrisb4672 4 года назад

      As a secondary source

    • @theshadowfax239
      @theshadowfax239 4 года назад +2

      And to give credit where credit is due, since you are uploading other people's work. It's pretty scummy to take and use other people's work and profit off of it without at least giving them credit.

    • @sabrinakrisb4672
      @sabrinakrisb4672 4 года назад +1

      @@theshadowfax239 Very true!

    • @sabrinakrisb4672
      @sabrinakrisb4672 4 года назад +1

      @@theshadowfax239 I was thinking in terms of relating what Martin is saying in this particular vid to stuff hes written in ASOIAF

    • @supermonkey321
      @supermonkey321 4 года назад +2

      @@sabrinakrisb4672 Probably better to find the original interview, which I would also love to find. I hate that this RUclipsr doesn't ever put where and when the interviews he uploads are from in his descriptions. It seems the least he could do for using their content, honestly. I'm appreciative of him sharing the interviews, of course, but I feel it's not right for him to not credit the sources.

  • @damarh
    @damarh 3 года назад +2

    lol damn, Dumb and Dumber made me forget that Catelyn was on the show.

  • @jimboslice6367
    @jimboslice6367 2 года назад

    Bookmark this interview for the next time someone tells you Littlefinger sent the assassin

  • @andyventures6574
    @andyventures6574 Год назад

    I feel this. My plan for Staymaker (historical Kent and Sussex smugglers) a character was supposed to be there at the end, to give evidence ...But he decided to run his mouth off a lot earlier , and ended up leaving the protagonist little choice but murder.

  • @TooFurious4
    @TooFurious4 Год назад

    Who is the interviewer and when did this interview take place?

  • @goatmc
    @goatmc 4 года назад +1

    What was that about Indiana Jones; I wasn’t familiar with that critique about it piling on. Did he mean the whole franchise? He seemed to lose Martin as well with that analogy.

  • @mitchellanderson3960
    @mitchellanderson3960 2 года назад +2

    17:02 gotta disagree here. Vater is German for father and Lucas heavily pulled from the Weimar Republic and the rise of the Third Reich when creating Star Wars. This is seen much more in the Prequels, but it would be very, very coincidental to name your villian a word for father and have his title be a play on dark. Dark Father, Dark Vater, Darth Vader.

  • @MontyQueues
    @MontyQueues 2 года назад

    what i will say is there's a good chance the dream of spring wouldn't take more than 5 years
    meaning he probably is doing that work too

  • @CadaverJunky8
    @CadaverJunky8 4 года назад +9

    I love how he's talking about authors who lose their sparks and can't finish a book, often dying before it's finished. With.. zero introspection. Haha..... 😬

    • @CadaverJunky8
      @CadaverJunky8 4 года назад +4

      @@superninjaraidingman In editing books and expanding upon the established history of his own world. Sure.

    • @CadaverJunky8
      @CadaverJunky8 3 года назад

      @Jonathan Jones Ok thank you Jonathan Jones. I will do that.

  • @d.m.collins1501
    @d.m.collins1501 4 года назад

    Martin's theory about George Lucas changing his plot's trajectory to suit his audience's preferences would go a long way toward corroborating the whole "Jar Jar was supposed to be a Sith Lord" theory: ruclips.net/video/ezcP-Ys_voY/видео.html

  • @josephcusumano2885
    @josephcusumano2885 3 года назад +1

    Who's the interviewer?

  • @huersmininuke7
    @huersmininuke7 4 года назад

    A friend of mine noticed something about me: weirdly enough i was able to quote kat Word for Word in The game of thrones series up until she died. I dont know why but i guess i have a soul Bond with her or something

    • @huersmininuke7
      @huersmininuke7 4 года назад

      @@emiliawaldmann2109 what is it, "cat"? I dont have subtitles and Im not too much of a rader so i havent really read The books.

  • @nikkolasaustin5754
    @nikkolasaustin5754 2 года назад

    Stumbling on this after seeing the final interview for the game of thrones tv series, where the show writers went outta their way to do just this is ironic lol

  • @jmm394
    @jmm394 4 года назад +1

    I always skip ahead to see when I'll get a characters chapter did that for aFfC and it didn't work even sorta drove me crazy was so confused until the end where George explained it

    • @210SAi
      @210SAi 4 года назад +1

      Why would anyone think that reading a book out of order would be a good idea????

  • @mortengoodwin9973
    @mortengoodwin9973 3 года назад +9

    4:40 Suddenly he is taking twenty years to complete his last novel, and it is still not compete - GRRM critiquing another author in this old interview. Careful, George. It is now ten years since A dance with dragons.

    • @debbieashvil1354
      @debbieashvil1354 2 года назад +8

      It's sad. I don't think he was critiquing him. Just observing and even maybe concerned for himself

    • @Big73W
      @Big73W 2 года назад +1

      Well he's still writing and releasing books just not winds of winter

  • @Spazticspaz
    @Spazticspaz 4 года назад

    16:30 Ya but in my opinion those "audience influenced" changes were pretty good, imo.

    • @orphanedhanyou
      @orphanedhanyou 4 года назад

      Depends. Sometimes it's necessary just due to time and logistics of tv vs paper.

  • @Luke-jo4to
    @Luke-jo4to 2 года назад

    I really think not finishing the series in GRRMs greatest fear.

  • @fbarthelemy3756
    @fbarthelemy3756 3 года назад

    I don’t like Cat, but I’ll share this from my personal life in her defence, I have an older half-brother, and when I got older I was surprised that my mom didn’t push my dad to sponsor him to join us (we’re from a very poor country where life is really hard). I’ll be honest, it disappointed me from a moral view. Where I have an aunt who always insisted that her husband bring their outside kids in the home, and she raised them with love (and that whole tribe of siblings are loyal to one another, and they love their stepmom). Now, I have another aunt...yes her husband’s outside came to live with her, but she treated them not well. People are people, their gray

  • @KingClovis
    @KingClovis 3 года назад +1

    George was right about Luke and Leia, wrong about Vader.

  • @renaigh
    @renaigh 3 года назад

    she had done it Twice

  • @spizzlo
    @spizzlo 4 года назад

    Geez, this conversation is so telling now. People say ASOIAF will never get finished. I think it will, but I doubt it will be Martin who finishes it.

  • @desimonenoah
    @desimonenoah 3 года назад

    You get dear god... television lolol

  • @maggoli67
    @maggoli67 3 года назад

    Finish the book, George.

  • @alexrush9797
    @alexrush9797 4 года назад +2

    When He was talking about his fear, that the voices in his head would become silent and writing would become more and more difficult. Maybe he is already struggling with this.

  • @lordsemen489
    @lordsemen489 3 года назад +3

    Man catelyn was my favourite female character
    Maybe not externally but internally she sufferd the most in the books.

    • @mikeisapro
      @mikeisapro 3 года назад

      I have yet to read the books, but she was definitely a "good" character in the show. And I loved her appearance as well, homely yet attractive and intelligent, the long hair, etc.

  • @romeherrera210
    @romeherrera210 4 года назад +4

    If only Cat knew that Jon was her nephew by law the whole time :(

    • @Sweetetika
      @Sweetetika 4 года назад

      In show not in books.

  • @wyattleske7487
    @wyattleske7487 Год назад

    I do the opposite of what George does,. By the time I finnish a pov on one chracter I need to change it up