George RR Martin on the Lord of Light

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[ubivermiscerritulus]

This guy knows so much about game of thrones, what a nerd.

[omegajbmb]

I feel like this guy should have written the final season of game of thrones.

[ce]

during this interview i found myself setting aside all the work that he's written, and marveling at all the work he must have read in his life. this man is a great example of what humans are capable when we utilize our gifts.

[mehp]

“The Catholics refuted this argument by killing them all”.

Edit: Whooaaa, thanks for 3, 193 likes y’all. (October 2021)

[TBStudios]

It's so good to see Martin so knowledgeable about a part of history that is so often forgotten and not studied

[flankspeed]

Straight-up gold from the master of How to Monetise Your History Degree 😂

[DShepherd]

This man’s knowledge of history is encyclopedic. A great deal of the events in his books are based on actual history. He’s truly a brilliant.

[RazvanCosti]

So it’s so clear why regular Hollywood producer figures can never aspire to write the kind of things George does. There is a deep well of historical, religious and philosophical analysis here that goes into creating all the actions of the ASOIAF saga. Hence, the shocking letdown that Season 8 is: a glorified popcorn fan-fiction

[thebiggman]

“The devil is a loser”. So true lmao, I love you George

[lordloaf]

He’ll never finish if you keep distracting him with all these damn interviews!!!

[PatrickPierceBateman]

The fact that Game of Thrones is inspired by real historic events is one of the reasons I watch it. That, and the nudity, torture, and dragons.

[Studiosambalek]

He is so in peace with himself. I just love to hear him talk

[kashay]

Redeem us, George! Give us a good ending! The death of the show musnt have been in vain!!

[DarthPlato]

The Cathars' dualism had its roots in Neo-Platonism.  It was the idea that the body was evil because it was physical.  In their thinking, what was beyond the physical was divine.  The Gnostics thought like this, as did the Docetists--the latter believed that Jesus was merely a phantom.  Later on, Manichaeism grew out of this.

[omkarsukthankar]

The Zoroastrians escaped their lands and found refuge in India. I have so many Zoroastrian friends and they’re amazing people.

[Red-Brick-Dream]

"...and the Catholics refuted this argument by killing them all."

XDXDXD

[DarthWinterMadness]

My mom wrote a book on Cathar Legends a few years after we moved in Southern France...

We lived where Cathars built their civilization, and there was a lot of animations telling their story!


We still have a good amount of what they built, whether it's still perfectly standing or in (almost) ruins...



Anyways, I already knew GRRM was heavily influenced by European history, I'm glad he didn't forget my country!
And even better, used history from where I spent almost a decade from teen to young adult!



Peace from France y'all! 🍻

[stoutyyyy]

The Cathars were also a resurgence of the early Christian Gnostics, who had essentially the same dualist belief

[Am]

I like listening to George talk. I don't really listen to what he says but it works great before bed!

[CalamityDiamond]

"Kill them all, God will know his own." - a 'Holy, God Fearing Man'