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Nov. 21st, 2012 03:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
naathTwo things about aSoIaF:
*the random long seasons are apparently "magic"; but the people in the books clearly have "years" that are regular, predictable, and much shorter than the interval between Winters. For instance people give their ages in years, they know how many years since various historical events happened, some officials serve for a year and so forth. Presumably that means that things like solstices are not affected by the magic weather patterns; I wonder if there are annual seasonal weather variations that just aren't mentioned because the magical seasons are much more important.
*OMG all the people are SO YOUNG. I was just reading a passage where Dany is thinking about how Missandei is *11*; Dany herself is 16. *eleven* and she's working as (effectively) PA to a minor monarch. Bran is 10 and he's off on his very own magical quest. The next generation up (people like Ned Stark and Cersei Lannister) are in their 30s.
I was looking these numbers up because I wanted to maybe make a costume, and I guess I want someone *more my age*... but none of the interesting people are in their late twenties.
I find the competence demonstrated by the younger people very unrealistic... I guess maybe living in a harsh world forces you to grow up faster. I wonder if there's a way to make people grow up faster without being vile to them.
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Date: 2012-11-21 03:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-11-21 03:34 pm (UTC)http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Shae <-- suggests she was 19 at the time she died though; maybe you are thinking of the actress? the TV series ages-up all the younger characters.
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Date: 2012-11-21 03:37 pm (UTC)You could be a white walker...
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Date: 2012-11-21 03:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-11-21 03:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-11-21 03:52 pm (UTC)I like Missandei dammit! (because she's from Naath :-p also cool) but I can't very well look 11.
Maybe I could pull off a medieval 18/19 (Lyanna, Shae, Alayaya, oh! Sarella Sand, Brienne (too tall), Ygritte).... oh look I found a list...
In their twenties
Arienne Martell (gosh she's stupid compared to some of the younger characters), Tyene, Asha, Nymeria Sand,.
Early thirties
Cersei & Lysa (oh god just no)
This might just be one of those Bad Plans.
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Date: 2012-11-21 03:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-11-21 03:56 pm (UTC)Also the Ironborn are cool because CTHULHU although I'm not sure worshiping him is usually thought of as... sensible.
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Date: 2012-11-21 03:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-11-21 03:56 pm (UTC)