‘Game of Thrones’ season 5: George R.R. Martin’s funny response to common question
There are not many times when we have sympathy for George R.R. Martin, and nor would he want us to. The A Song of Ice and Fire author thrives on working hard, and takes all of the negatives of his job and his notoriety in stride, including those angry fans demanding he spends almost all of his time working on books rather than doing anything else.
We do feel a little bad for the guy, though, when it comes to do lazy book and “Game of Thrones” press from journalists who don’t bother to read up on any other interviews prior to speaking with him. The question that he is the most tired of is a simple one: Which one of his characters is his favorite? In his new blog entry, Martin expressed his frustration, and came up with a funny way he will answer the question in the future:
“Tyrion is my favorite character. Okay? OKAY? Can we PLEASE put that one to rest?? I love all my viewpoint characters, Arya and Sansa and Bran, Jon Snow and Brienne, Arianne and Cersei and Jaime, Theon, even Victarion and the Damphair, ALL of them, but I love Tyrion the bestest. Tyrion son of Tywin, the Imp, second son of Casterly Rock. How many bloody times do I need to say it?? I swear, from now on, whenever anybody asks me, ‘who is you favorite character,’ I am going to start naming characters from other people’s books. Cugel the Clever. Flashman. Gatsby. Hotspur. Solomon Kane. A different one each time…”
Just to put some other questions to rest, The Winds of Winter will be finished as soon as it is actually done, Martin is not writing a “Game of Thrones” episode this coming season, and nor is he planning to spend a whole lot of time on the set. Knowing that the show is almost caught up to the books, he is back to focusing on writing.
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