Wednesday, January 30, 2013

The appendices in A Song of Ice and Fire are downright strange

They're constantly lying (or at least really, really hedging the truth) when it comes to Cersei's kids' father (Jaime is described as Joff's mother's brother in Storm, for example, which isn't inaccurate). But what's extra-bizarre is that House Frey isn't in the appendices for A Game of Thrones, but House Martell - including characters that won't even be mentioned elsewhere until A Feast For Crows - is.

It just bugs me.

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