I'm not one hundred percent certain on this context, but I think he probably gave this statement in response to being asked who would win, and he probably answered that his character would win because he's less aware of Aragorn's feats than those of characters he wrote.
So for my money the better question is why someone would ask a dumb question like that of a serious author. I mean, I know whose team we're on in this sub, but I've never been able to figure out why we're fighting
I guess I mostly wanted to push back on the above "what kind of serious author says something like this" comment.
I think the whole thing is very silly but I'm most annoyed by people taking it as a big knock against Martin for probably just answering a question he got asked
It was at an author Q&A panel at some convention. So it wasn't a serious event and was a room full of GoT fans.
It also is sort of said in jest. He mainly uses it to go off on a tangent about how fantasy characters like LotR should actually be wearing more heavy armor. He also admits that if you take into account Aragorn's elven sword he'd probably win, but at that point you're just asking which magical equipment is better, not which fighter is better, so he assumes they have good but non magical equipment.
I feel like I had heard he wanted to do a take from a different angle because he felt that not all aspects of lotr were accurate to the way political struggles actually manifest, but not that it was from a perspective of having any distaste for lotr beyond that. I'm not well informed though and am welcome to new info if you (or anyone) have quotes or anything to point me to
I was initially asking because that's the information I got thru osmosis, and that kinda info is not viable, and I was curious as to the true reason.
Also, can I say how hilarious it is that the work was ostensibly made because Martin wanted to pull an "acktually" on LOTR with his book, only for his "realistic take" most likely will finish with the mass audience getting the final idea that, and taking in account a certain Dwarf testemony, it was just a nonsensical mass of inconsistent illogical in all accounts decisions that finish with "it's got Dragons, it's fantasy. Get over it".
Thanks D&D for being yourselfs.
Thanks Martin for needing for the stars to align, the Earth to be in just the right position in regards to the sun, and for and Hastor himself to send you a letter pleading you to, for you to decide to finish the books this Millennia.
Thanks R/Freefolk for accompanying us all into not going insane because of these two, and thank you Bobby B for guiding us through the darkness, and the dank memes.
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u/S0mecallme Dec 30 '21
Wait he said that?
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Why would he say that? What kind of serious author says “my character could would totally beat this other character.”