The Quill and Tankard

Had already written a meta post, was just getting screenshots and for the heck of it, I tried changing my parent user one more time and it worked. I have never been more pissed at a bug resolving itself

TheLethalCarrot

9:42 AM

Hahaaha, those are the worst ones where it all just works again

I've never been more annoyed than one day spending the whole day debugging the service for it to just work again at some point with no changes

JAD

scary stuff, especially when it happens in a controlled environment

TheLethalCarrot

Oh yeah of course

Kepotx

10:09 AM

@TheLethalCarrot the scariest part is that it can break again without any changes

Exactly

Schrödinger's bug

Aye

10:29 AM

which one is the worst, "why does this work? it's not supposed to work!" or "why doesn't this work? it's supposed to work!"?

Edlothiad

The latter

I ignore the former until it stops

TheLethalCarrot

Yeah I'd rather work out why something isn't working

Edlothiad

1:12 PM

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TheLethalCarrot

HAhaha

Kepotx

1:47 PM

@Edlothiad 2038, go to georgerrmartin.com/notablog => "I know I said the same thing in 2037, but if the writing goes well, we can hope for The Winds of Winter release this year"

but hey, maybe Fire and Blood will be released

Bael the Bard

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Q: Did Varys set Tyrion up?

I figured this would've been asked already, but I couldn't find it when searching. In A Storm of Swords, But a few things seem off at the surface. Also This implies to me that Varys may have manipulated things to get Tyrion into a certain emotional state to become his unwitting tool....

a-song-of-ice-and-fire

JAD

hmm, that sounds like a duplicate

TheLethalCarrot

Q: Why did Tyrion visit his father's chambers in Season 4?

In season four, episode 10, in which Tyrion Lannister was in prison for possibly killing Joffrey, eventually his brother Jaime set him free and told him to go through a door and up the steps where Varys will be waiting to lead him to freedom. But instead, Tyrion headed to his father's chambers. ...

game-of-thrones a-song-of-ice-and-fire

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Q: What's the deal with Shae? (Spoilers)

So my question: How long was that going on? Did he know from the start? If not, when did he find out?

a-song-of-ice-and-fire

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Q: Why was Shae in the Tower of the Hand?

I haven't read the books (yet?), but I have been watching and re-watching and re-watching again, the show. And nowhere since he first appeared on the screen Tywin Lannister seemed like the kind of person who will use the service of a whore. Let alone share one with his son. But sure enough, from...

game-of-thrones a-song-of-ice-and-fire george-r-r-martin

Can't find a proper dupe at the moment, though I haven't properly read those 3 to find out if they're dupes or not

JAD

I remember some post suggesting that the room was prepped. The chest placed perfectly so Tyrion could reach the xbow, that kinda thing

can't find it though

TheLethalCarrot

Oh yeah all those theories

Aegon

2:01 PM

Shae was pretty surprised to find Tyrion

TheLethalCarrot

@TheLethalCarrot This one seems very dupey but I'm not 100%

JAD

i'm not sure howmuch Shae's surprise says about Varys' intentions

TheLethalCarrot

Well yeah she might not have known about Varys plan

Aegon

Varys sure was playing a secret game

TheLethalCarrot

Is asoiaf borken for anyone else?

Aegon

2:06 PM

It can be closed as per FWP imo

JAD

hmm, anything Varys says can be seen in two lights

1) he's talking the truth 2) he's using reverse psychology

I think Jaime's story really was the final straw, and I doubt Varys foresaw that

Aegon

@TheLethalCarrot Nopes, working

TheLethalCarrot

@Aegon Close it then :P And I shall refrain from answering

Aegon

@JAD Indeed, but Jaime's story aside, Varys may have expected Tyrion to do something.....rash

@TheLethalCarrot Nah, I am not in the mood of arguing so you can do the honors if you agree :D

JAD

@Aegon would he have wanted anything rash other than Tywin's death?

TheLethalCarrot

2:08 PM

@Aegon Lol, I'll take an answer instead then :P

JAD

I'd say he had more value in Tyrion alive than Tywin dead

Aegon

@JAD Tyrion has too much of Tywin inside him, that's more or less public knowledge for those with eyes to see, Tyrion himself acknowledged as much

Kepotx

@JAD still a good thing to make cersei mad and bring chaos

Aegon

And Tywin would never have walked away without a fight

But why have Tyrion do it?

Little birds could have done it and Cersei would still blame Tyrion

JAD

that's my point. Having Tyrion go up there is very very risky

Kepotx

2:10 PM

I see it as a gift to Tyrion

Aegon

So getting Tyrion to do it personally was not important for the plan at all. Assuming there was a plan after all

JAD

is that worth the failure of that endeavour

Aegon

God some of the Freefolks have really weird ideas

And they think those are facts

Get a load of this

"Wardens are essentially royals and they can legitimise bastards"

JAD

wat

Aegon

reddit.com/r/freefolk/comments/8eaea1/…

Feast your eyes

JAD

2:13 PM

eh

also, who says Jon is WotN?

He's a part of the rebel alliance and a traitor

he should be taken away

btw, how do you call having someone at gunpoint with a crossbow?

Kepotx

did I miss a joke with Martha?

Edlothiad

@JAD bowpoint

Aegon

@Kepotx "Fleak of Boatsex baby's name" - Edlothiad

@JAD Didn't Dany offer that position to Jon in their initial negotiations?

My memory of the show is kinda hazy

JAD

@Aegon oh possibly

Edlothiad

Yes

I just got a downvote, why?!

Aegon

2:27 PM

@Edlothiad Because you root for the Starks and deserve every downvote for that sin

TheLethalCarrot

DV on what though?

Aegon

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A: How did Jaime Lannister know his new Valyrian steel sword was freshly forged?

This seems to be an oversight in the TV Show Note: I am not a sword smith or a metallurgist. The only thing that would seem to set a freshly forged sword apart from an older sword is the sharpness of the blade, it's strength, as well as any nooks in the steel from clashing with other swords, h...