#eldergrantaire

Well, we don’t know that today’s Faceless Men share all of the same philosophy and practices of the first Faceless Men. If they were the cause of the Doom of Valyria and its mass destruction (including slaves and the non-Valyrian cities on the Isle of Cedars), that could explain why the Faceless Men even chose an “only the target” modus operandi.

And y’know, I was initially doubtful of the theory that the Faceless Men were involved in the Doom of Valyria. Until I read this part of TWOIAF:

A handful of maesters, influenced by fragments of the work of Septon Barth, hold that Valyria had used spells to tame the Fourteen Flames for thousands of years, that their ceaseless hunger for slaves and wealth was as much to sustain these spells as to expand their power, and that when at last those spells faltered, the cataclysm became inevitable. […] Some, wedding the fanciful notion of Valyrian magic to the reality of the ambitious great houses of Valyria, have argued that it was the constant whirl of conflict and deception amongst the great houses that might have led to the assassinations of too many of the reputed mages who renewed and maintained the rituals that banked the fires of the Fourteen Flames.

We could call "followers of the Seven" "septic"

LOL, while that's a hilarious and possible adjective, I think "Septenarist" is more likely. (Lois McMaster Bujold uses "Quintarian" for her five god religion in her Chalion series, and also has a "Quadrene Heresy".) I'd also like to see "sevenfold" used more often, it feels like it ought to be an adjective more frequently associated with the Faith of the Seven.

eldergrantaire replied to your post “What do you think of AWOIAF? I just bought the book and I'm curious....”

i could be wrong but i think 'r'hllorists' are mentioned at some point? but yeah it's dumb that there are no adjectives for followers of the seven or the old gods

Nope, no "R'hllorists" or "R'hllorians" or "R'hllorianism" within the books or any of GRRM's words. It's very irritating.

My advice: don't worry until you have to xxx

eldergrantaire replied to your post “I just had a stupid stupid pointless fight with Phil over something...”

don't do anything, sweetie. put your phone down and go distract yourself with something fun. you've done as much as you can and should do, this is not going to be the end of your relationship and texting him again is not the answer.

WHY DOES TUMBLR NOT LET YOU LIKE THINGS MORE THAN ONCE

DOESN’T SHE KNOW THAT IF YOU’RE ABUSED THAT MEANS YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP OR ANY SORT OF RELATIONSHIP EVER AGAIN??? YOU HAVE TO BECOME A NUN. THAT IS YOUR ONLY OPTION.