Game of Thrones TV Thread **HBO-Purists ONLY**

[BennyLaRue]

lol, wufopotamus.

[Penneywize]

Apparently GRRM hates spoilers as much as the next guy. Fuck you, book readers who spoil things for people.

I'm glad that you many of you enjoyed last night's teaser on HBO. I did too.

Glancing over some of the comments, however, has made me realize that I need to make a change as to what's allowed and what's not allowed on this Not A Blog.

Up to now, I've pretty much shrugged off spoilers. Even the most recent book came out years ago, after all -- as some of you delight in reminding me -- and the vast majority of the folks who come here have read all four of the published series to date. So I figured that a passing reference to a character who dies in the first book, a plot twist in the second, a wedding in the third, etc was No Big Deal.

But that's about to change. Already, just on the basis of the teaser, we're starting to hear from people who have never read the books, but may be intrigued enough to go try them, based on what they've seen on the tube. As more and longer trailers appear, their numbers are only going to rise. And when the series actually begins to air in 2011, whole lots of them may find their way here.

Therefore, as of today, NO REVEALS WILL BE ALLOWED in any comments here. No, not even to things that happen in book one. A GAME OF THRONES may have been published in 1996, but if you haven't read it yet, it will be all new to you. I don't want new readers to have their first experience of the story spoiled by someone's offhand comment.

My assistant Ty reviews all the comments here, and decides what gets unscreened and what gets deleted. Henceforth any spoiler or plot reveal, no matter how offhand or minor, is going to mean your comment won't be posted. I realize that most such are perfectly innocent, of course... but I want to protect those who are coming to the story for the first time.

Thanks for your understanding.

[bikes]

Apparently GRRM hates spoilers as much as the next guy. Fuck you, book readers who spoil things for people.

WHAT THE FUCK DID THEY THINK WOULD GET POSTED ON GRRMS OWN DAMN WEBSITE. MY HEAD JUST EXPLODED ON HOW RETARDED PEOPLE ARE. HOLY FUCK.

[Renton]

WHAT THE FUCK DID THEY THINK WOULD GET POSTED ON GRRMS OWN DAMN WEBSITE. MY HEAD JUST EXPLODED ON HOW RETARDED PEOPLE ARE. HOLY FUCK.

What's gotten into you? Have you been eating cheese?

[a500lbgorilla]

Apparently GRRM hates spoilers as much as the next guy. Fuck you, book readers who spoil things for people.

What if our spoilers don't actually happen in the books?

Cersei stabs Jamie, btw.

It's spoiling that it won't happen even though it's not a spoiler. But as all statements are either spoilers or not spoilers, what is left for us to say?

What you really want is for book readers to not exist, just like Hitler with the Jews...

[Penneywize]

WHAT THE FUCK DID THEY THINK WOULD GET POSTED ON GRRMS OWN DAMN WEBSITE. MY HEAD JUST EXPLODED ON HOW RETARDED PEOPLE ARE. HOLY FUCK.

Yes, reading comments on the GRRM blog is just plain stupid unless you're a book reader yourself. I veered away from them. Though, if I had not seen season 3 I might have considered GRRM's post itself a spoiler. That's when I decided to stop reading it.

What if our spoilers don't actually happen in the books?

Cersei stabs Jamie, btw.

It's spoiling that it won't happen even though it's not a spoiler. But as all statements are either spoilers or not spoilers, what is left for us to say?

What you really want is for book readers to not exist, just like Hitler with the Jews...

Yeah, that, or maybe you all could just not say anything about them or not discuss anything in a medium which isn't explicitly meant for ASOIAF; examples:

Bad:
- Mechwarrior Online matches
- Imgur / Reddit comments on GoT-related funny pics
- In the HBO-purists only thread on Flop Turn River

Good:
- In a cave, far from any show-watchers

[a500lbgorilla]

Yeah, that, or maybe you all could just not say anything about them or not discuss anything in a medium which isn't explicitly meant for ASOIAF; examples:

Bad:
- Mechwarrior Online matches
- Imgur / Reddit comments on GoT-related funny pics
- In the HBO-purists only thread on Flop Turn River

Good:
- In a cave, far from any show-watchers

If only :P

Cersei might not stab Jamie, btw. Jamie does love stabbing Cersei though amirite?!