Hahah, how's that for an insightful response :P Yeah you summed it up. The reason I ask how much he cares is, well you (and I) love stories about psychology, stories that can do more than just rely on external physical conflicts. But I love an adventure story also (I love a lot of different kinds of stories), and I definitely think the Hedge Knight writing side of GRRM, the inner Bran of GRRM (and myself), does too. And that does translate into this asymmetry.
It just stirs up depths of resentment in me, hahah. I'm guessing that's the inner Arya. It's the kind of thing that makes me really annoyed when Tyrion looks at Sansa and thinks how beautiful she is for being saddened by grief after the Red Wedding, while we get no emotional reaction from her own POV.
I do think he cares. It's just a matter of how much. I'm not necessarily saying he as an individual has to care more than he does. But my question was a way of framing the general issue I guess.
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Date: 2009-03-11 10:51 pm (UTC)Hahah, how's that for an insightful response :P Yeah you summed it up. The reason I ask how much he cares is, well you (and I) love stories about psychology, stories that can do more than just rely on external physical conflicts. But I love an adventure story also (I love a lot of different kinds of stories), and I definitely think the Hedge Knight writing side of GRRM, the inner Bran of GRRM (and myself), does too. And that does translate into this asymmetry.
It just stirs up depths of resentment in me, hahah. I'm guessing that's the inner Arya. It's the kind of thing that makes me really annoyed when Tyrion looks at Sansa and thinks how beautiful she is for being saddened by grief after the Red Wedding, while we get no emotional reaction from her own POV.
I do think he cares. It's just a matter of how much. I'm not necessarily saying he as an individual has to care more than he does. But my question was a way of framing the general issue I guess.