@on_my_hightower@unreturningtide overall yes! the book does have a different vibe (in my opinion). more comic relief/less feeling of overwhelming dread and despair. the book also takes the murders going on the background more seriously LOL the show is more focused on the fucked up family dynamics
I want to rewatch Sharp Objects bc of @unreturningtide 's post comparing it to the tumbleton trio, but I have to force myself to resist, I can't afford a week long depression headache right now
@unreturningtide the "you were born into it. that cold nature" scene between the mom and main character on the porch felt like getting hit over the head with a hammer the first time I watched it
@on_my_hightower@unreturningtide it's a 11/10 in my book, but beware it's slow and spends a lot of time creating a feeling of Dread and Despair (with no relief). my sister couldn't get into it bc it feels so suffocating/takes itself so seriously lol, but I loved it.
sometimes you have to make sacrifices for those you love, you know? and if that means you gotta go and show your tits to ulf to get him and his dragon on your side and cause disruption and paranoia within enemy lines by killing medieval cops, then that's what you gotta do for your family. ormund was so real for that. even when they were ungrateful.
Fem!Criston travels to King’s Landing to compete as a mystery knight in the Heir’s Tournament, and Fem!Gwayne, summoned to court by her father to find a husband there, watches her from the stands. The tournament ends with Queen Aemma’s death, but Fem!Gwayne seeks out the…
“I feel like they’re two people who are on the opposite ends of the spectrum, whatever that spectrum is. They've been forced together, they’re family, and husband and wife, mother and father to two children and none of that was their decision, their choice.” — TGC about Helaegon