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Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
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Not gonna lie, I agree with @Azel that Westeros got overfilled with minor nobles of no importance that we kept on running circles around.
We handled almost every lord there is to handle at this point.
That's just not reasonable.
Much like me keeping track of every Minor Action imaginable and pushing them on-screen, that sort of stuff just detracted from overall value Westerosi politicking could have held for everyone involved.
I mean, most of my lack of care for Westeros is because we were doing all the "boring diplomacy stuff" with every lord and lady imaginable, really
I, however, also have to argue against Yi-Ti, and off-plane ventures, being a waste.
They are a narrative break, something that's more "dnd" than "ASOiAF" and, while that's completely up to personal taste, I believe they were good for the quest overall.
...Some parts were shit, of course. Like how Maelor's shop amounts to nothing narratively for all the months he spent there and dozens of chapters we've spent looking at it.
CoB itself is neat, but we've not done anything of importance with the time we've had it on-screen. It might as well have been all done in reports alone at that rate.
But, we're done there now, aren't we?
We're pushing off Squids, Efreeti, expeditioning in Sothoryos/Valyria, fighting Bloodstone Emperor... all the stuff that isn't Westeros (and after that Slavers' Bay, I guess) is put on the far-off shelf now.
I'm willing to give DP a measure of trust after this experience with Vialesk, he only had little time to get used to having detailed background to wherever he writes.
We handled almost every lord there is to handle at this point.
That's just not reasonable.
Much like me keeping track of every Minor Action imaginable and pushing them on-screen, that sort of stuff just detracted from overall value Westerosi politicking could have held for everyone involved.
I mean, most of my lack of care for Westeros is because we were doing all the "boring diplomacy stuff" with every lord and lady imaginable, really
I, however, also have to argue against Yi-Ti, and off-plane ventures, being a waste.
They are a narrative break, something that's more "dnd" than "ASOiAF" and, while that's completely up to personal taste, I believe they were good for the quest overall.
...Some parts were shit, of course. Like how Maelor's shop amounts to nothing narratively for all the months he spent there and dozens of chapters we've spent looking at it.
CoB itself is neat, but we've not done anything of importance with the time we've had it on-screen. It might as well have been all done in reports alone at that rate.
But, we're done there now, aren't we?
We're pushing off Squids, Efreeti, expeditioning in Sothoryos/Valyria, fighting Bloodstone Emperor... all the stuff that isn't Westeros (and after that Slavers' Bay, I guess) is put on the far-off shelf now.
I'm willing to give DP a measure of trust after this experience with Vialesk, he only had little time to get used to having detailed background to wherever he writes.
