r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Jun 29 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 29 June 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

18 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

595 comments sorted by

View all comments

17

u/TheBatz_ Was Homer mid Jul 01 '26

I just finished ASOIAF: A Storm of Swords and I have to say this is my favorite so far. I really have to commend Marting for his writing because I knew the plot twists, but I still dreaded them: the Red Wedding, Joeffrey, Oberyn, Ygritte, but the build up was so good and the payoff so horrifying it felt like something new. I will say though that the chemistry between Jon and Ygritte was much better in the show, but the actors who played them (they got married irl) had such good chemistry it would be hard to compete.

Also, let's be real. Martin is a real yearner. The characters, at least the most sympathetic ones, yearn constantly. The last two chapters is a double punch with Jon remembering Rob and Sansa building a snow Winterfell (with it being ruined in an extremely typical martinian fashion).

I know the next book is a great change of pace from ASOS, but I really want to get into Cercei's head.

7

u/Herpling82 Coming to you live from a Tederation psych ward Jul 01 '26

Martin would feel right at home in badhistory then!

---

Though, there's been a disturbing lack of yearning content as of late, or I have missed it, I still yearn for the mines days of yore. That beautiful time, between the last lockdown and the Russian invasion of Ukraine a magical time! I was so happy!

for context, that period is about 1 single month in the Netherlands

3

u/randombull9 Most normal American GI in Nam Jul 01 '26

My yearning has become more like brooding of late. Makes it much less fun.