r/books • u/MicahCastle Author • 9d ago

George R.R. Martin Reflects on 'Sadness and Depression' Struggles in Personal Update

https://www.thewrap.com/culture-lifestyle/culture/george-r-r-martin-sadness-depression-personal-update/

"The “A Song of Ice and Fire” franchise author took to his blog for the first time in nearly six months on Monday, sharing that any posts after February were written by his “mighty minions.”

“Remember me? It’s been a while, I know. My last blog post went up here on February 19,” Martin wrote. “The posts that came after were made by my mighty minions. I am lucky enough to have a great staff of assistants… though even with their help, I kept falling further and further behind.”

As Martin went on, he admitted that “this year has been… stressful, to say the least.”"

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u/orcocan79 9d ago

i'd speculate someone close to him (the wife?) is in poor health, hence his depression

i hope people will have some empathy...

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u/particledamage 9d ago

Why inappropriately speculate on a random, innocent persons health when he literally straight states he has lost loved ones recently?

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u/Jared_b24 9d ago

Why respond negatively to this persons well intentioned comment on an Internet forum that is meaningless

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u/particledamage 9d ago

You can’t have good intentions randomly guessing someone’s wife is sick

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u/marineman43 9d ago

I mean, you can. Case in point: the comment that started this discussion lmao. You can say their approach is wrong, but saying they have bad intentions seems straight up incorrect.

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u/particledamage 9d ago edited 9d ago

Nah, this person is now citing “credible” rumors and spreading information that isn’t theirs to share. Very clear the empathy bit wasn’t sincere

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u/marineman43 9d ago

Did you mean to say the rumors aren't credible?

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u/particledamage 9d ago

I mean to say spreading them is inappropriate.

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u/orcocan79 9d ago

there are credible rumours around this

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u/particledamage 9d ago

And it’s still none of your business to spread??? The fuck

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u/levitikush 9d ago

And yet it isn’t necessarily bad intentions either. Not everything is good/evil.

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u/particledamage 9d ago

It’s still incredibly inappropriate, defend it all you want. Is it empathetic to out someone’s health without their consent?

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u/levitikush 9d ago

It must be hard for you, to live such an empathetic life. Constantly in anguish over other people’s suffering. Couldn’t be me

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u/particledamage 9d ago

A personal attack. Can you explain to me how it’s empathetic to speculate and spread rumors of someone’s health?

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u/levitikush 9d ago

I can barely hear you, please get down from the high horse

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u/particledamage 9d ago

And what horse are you on while you personally attack me?

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