My New Obsession
I found it! I finally found my next obsession :). After a long wait of almost three years (the last time I got this excited was maybe for true blood season 1) I have found the thing I have been waiting for. Game of thrones (GOT).
I know that I not one of those First Men who read the book before the series, I am just another series-watching-low-IQ-idiot who stumbled upon this gem. The first season of the show hasn't been just good for a fantasy series; it's been an amazing piece of storytelling, full stop. I love the story and the insane twists. You can never ever guess whats going to happen next. If that’s not good enough for you, they have dragons. There are some series that are too good to be true and this is one of them. The stellar star cast and such brilliant character development, even though there are like a million of them is just awesome.
Let me describe how I felt after the season ended. It a little long, but bear with me. You know when we used to read Sherlock Holmes, the best part of the story would be when Holmes casually discusses the whole plotline as if it was the most obvious thing in the whole world and then we have the Aha moment. Here at the end of season 1, the moment never comes, they have fucked up the whole story and whatever you thought was going to happen is definitely not the plot and you have no clue as it where things are going and it ends.
I just couldn’t sleep that night. The next day I went to Landmark and bought the rest of the series (I don’t want to finish a book and waste time getting the next one, it’s too much pressure). Last Sunday has been solely dedicated to finishing the second book. I did not eat my lunch or dinner (I might have finished my roommate’s biscuits but I don’t remember :)); I just drank gallons of green tea to stop myself from chewing my nails. I kept reading till 3 in the night till I finished it. I love this feeling when you are totally involved with something that you don’t think about the mundane things in life like work and food and stuff.
I went to office on Monday thinking about what Arya is going to do and how Jon is going to get away from the Wildlings. I could not shake off from the trance and the best part of it was P also saw the show. We met for lunch and you should have seen both of us, it was like a scene out of comic con sans the glaring costumes, we were acting like a bunch of fanboys (okay girls!). We were discussing the story for almost an hour and if someone heard our conversation they would definitely have thought we were a little you-know-what :)
I know you think that I am kinda losing my grip over reality but trust me; it’s the best feeling in the world. It’s like being drunk but on something far better. That’s why I always have a love/hate relationship with these kinds of series. I can’t get back to normal life till I am done with the whole lot. I can’t stop in between and resume my daily schedule. This is the only reason I haven’t started WoT yet.
I am going to take some time before I return to my virtual existence. I have three books to finish before mid-august, and then I will get the 5th book. So, as you can see my hands are pretty much tied up.
I would suggest that you watch this series as soon as possible. And if you can’t get them, I can probably courier them over :D
I know that I not one of those First Men who read the book before the series, I am just another series-watching-low-IQ-idiot who stumbled upon this gem. The first season of the show hasn't been just good for a fantasy series; it's been an amazing piece of storytelling, full stop. I love the story and the insane twists. You can never ever guess whats going to happen next. If that’s not good enough for you, they have dragons. There are some series that are too good to be true and this is one of them. The stellar star cast and such brilliant character development, even though there are like a million of them is just awesome.
Let me describe how I felt after the season ended. It a little long, but bear with me. You know when we used to read Sherlock Holmes, the best part of the story would be when Holmes casually discusses the whole plotline as if it was the most obvious thing in the whole world and then we have the Aha moment. Here at the end of season 1, the moment never comes, they have fucked up the whole story and whatever you thought was going to happen is definitely not the plot and you have no clue as it where things are going and it ends.
I just couldn’t sleep that night. The next day I went to Landmark and bought the rest of the series (I don’t want to finish a book and waste time getting the next one, it’s too much pressure). Last Sunday has been solely dedicated to finishing the second book. I did not eat my lunch or dinner (I might have finished my roommate’s biscuits but I don’t remember :)); I just drank gallons of green tea to stop myself from chewing my nails. I kept reading till 3 in the night till I finished it. I love this feeling when you are totally involved with something that you don’t think about the mundane things in life like work and food and stuff.
I went to office on Monday thinking about what Arya is going to do and how Jon is going to get away from the Wildlings. I could not shake off from the trance and the best part of it was P also saw the show. We met for lunch and you should have seen both of us, it was like a scene out of comic con sans the glaring costumes, we were acting like a bunch of fanboys (okay girls!). We were discussing the story for almost an hour and if someone heard our conversation they would definitely have thought we were a little you-know-what :)
I know you think that I am kinda losing my grip over reality but trust me; it’s the best feeling in the world. It’s like being drunk but on something far better. That’s why I always have a love/hate relationship with these kinds of series. I can’t get back to normal life till I am done with the whole lot. I can’t stop in between and resume my daily schedule. This is the only reason I haven’t started WoT yet.
I am going to take some time before I return to my virtual existence. I have three books to finish before mid-august, and then I will get the 5th book. So, as you can see my hands are pretty much tied up.
I would suggest that you watch this series as soon as possible. And if you can’t get them, I can probably courier them over :D
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