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

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Am I? I'm trying to avoid cheap thrills

You're still trying to bend the story in the ways of modern storytelling. But imagine reading a history book. Sometimes people just die, and that's that. Things move in a certain direction without a twist lurking around every corner or things lining up perfectly for the big climax. That's what I mean by it being an epos.

[wufwugy]

You're still trying to bend the story in the ways of modern storytelling. But imagine reading a history book. Sometimes people just die, and that's that. Things move in a certain direction without a twist lurking around every corner or things lining up perfectly for the big climax. That's what I mean by it being an epos.

Oh I see what you mean.

As you say, your view clashes with literary convention. It even clashes with the convention of subversion of the convention. But that's not to say it's wrong. I honestly agree that if a writer can pull off such a subversion of trope, he is better to do it. Ofc that begs the question of whether the writer can indeed pull it off.

I'm of the mind that if you show me Chekhov's Gun, you had better use it or show me that it's a Red Herring.