Switching gears to something much more frivolous… HBO has announced that the new Game of Thrones spin off will involve the Age of Heroes. On the one hand, that could be very fun because Martin’s world building includes Westerosi myths and legends that nobody really knows how true they might be. On the other hand, the show runners on GoT got ahead of the books last season, and it was arguably the worst season of the show. I think part of that is because they didn’t have Martin’s writings to fall back on… so, I am worried that they’ll find a way to fuck this up.