Each year the High Fantasy track chooses an overall theme, and this year was “The Hero’s Journey”. This panel focused on how GRRM uses the traditional Heroes Journey to subvert reader expectations.
Panelists: Myself, Andrew d’Adesky, Chloe K, Trae Cooper
We gathered a couple new Loony Theories crew members for another year of crazy and ridiculous Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones theories!
Panelists: Myself, Andrew d’Adesky, Ashley, Aziz, Brian E, Jennifer Liang
This SDCC 2019 ASOIAF/GoT fan panel focused on fan feelings surrounding season 8, the future of the fandom, and a general Q&A.
You can also read about our panel in the SyFy.com article “Game of Thrones fans air their grievances about Season 8 at SDCC 2019”!
Westeros is full of ancient and magical forces, and while we spent quite a bit of this panel discussing the White Walkers in particular, we also touched on wargs and weirwoods and what all these things mean for/in the world that GRRM has created.
Panelists: Myself, Andrew d’Adesky, Ashley M, Rebecca Fant
The 2017 Loony Theories crew is back with more crazy and ridiculous Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones theories!
Panelists: Myself, Andrew d’Adesky, Brian E, Chloe K, Jennifer Liang
There must always be a Stark at Dragon Con in Winterfell, and this panel focused on House Stark, why Winterfell needs them (and vice versa) and more!
Panelists: Myself, Andrew d’Adesky, Chloe K, Aleron Kong
“From bad dads to wayward sons, the men of GoT struggle to forge their own paths.”
You can also read about this panel on The Geekiary! Part 1 of the panel report is here; Part 2 is here.
“What’s better than a theory? A LOONY theory of course! Join us for wild, semi-plausible speculation about both the show and books.”
Photo Courtesy of Ashaya from History of Westeros
This panel was a show-only discussion of Game of Thrones Season 7 and the upcoming and final season of this HBO blockbuster series.
Now, my first reaction was Cersei Lannister and Starbuck, but I couldn’t come up with a third character. Then I realized that I was only including Cersei because I identify with minor parts of her character…and because I cosplay her a lot. Thankfully, my friends’ suggestions helped a lot, and even though I didn’t choose all of them, I wanted to share some of the comments:
My initial idea was ‘can we just squish Pearl and Cersei Lannister into one character? Cerarl? Persei?’ – Brian W
Part Lightning from Final Fantasy 13…mixed with some Rikku from Final fantasy 10 for the [light-heartedness] and kindness. – “Aussie” Scott
I do wish I knew more about Star Trek because my good friend “Admin Angel” from The Geekiary – said, “You are the Doctor McCoy to my Kirk. You help me keep my ship running and include plenty of sass along the way.” I mean, I know enough to get it, but I think I’d fully appreciate it if I knew more about Star Trek and these characters 😉
I also thought I was more Garnet than Pearl. Yes I’ve grown to love Pearl a lot more in recent seasons of SU and certainly see some of myself in her – or some of her in myself, but at least one person agreed that I was more like Garnet. I will never argue with that. Garnet —>>>
However, my Hufflelove settled at least that argument with specifying that I’m Ruby, which I definitely agree with…
…and although I totally understand why he included Cersei and Penguin from Polar Bear’s Cafe, I still had to think about things (and get a few more suggestions) before deciding on my final three. Another cosplay buddy of mine suggested Lagertha from Vikings and Andrea from the Walking Dead *comics*. Lagertha because, in his words, I am “strong, able to overcome people that betray her trust, and love/loyalty for her family and friends”; Andrea because she “has dealt with loss and is still putting one foot in front of the other” 🙂
So in the end, my friends all kind of played a part in who I eventually chose…which makes me feel better about how realistic these choices are, at least. Those being Starbuck (Battlestar Galactica), Ruby (Steven Universe), Lagertha (Vikings), and my own addition – an honorable mention to Eowyn (Lord of the Rings):
Now, we also had a discussion going in the Ice & Fire Con Facebook group about what three ASOIAF characters we would be. While I think I was Sansa once upon a time, and have probably been Cersei now and again as well, in this case the “honors” went to Oberyn Martell (because I am a Martell but too temperamental to be Doran), Daenerys (which is a bit of a “sigh, do I have to” for me, but I know it’s true), and Asha Greyjoy (Queensmoot FTW).
All images (c) the ASOIAF Wiki – http://awoiaf.westeros.org
Who were your three fictional characters? Did you have any honorable mentions? Did you ask friends to help you identify them?