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Written by Tyrion 🦜 on 2024-12-20 at 13:19

Excerpts from A Song of Ice and Fire that I think are very relevant to the reality that we live in today.

I post these from time to time, as I'm reminded of them when a topic catches my attention.

I'm making this toot as the root 🧵 of excerpts, since I keep running out of pinned toots on my profile, and I read that by pinning a root you can basically have "infinite" pins.

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Written by Tyrion 🦜 on 2024-12-20 at 13:23

A tumult of sound drowned his last words, a rolling thunder of rage and fear and hatred that engulfed them from all sides. "Bastard!" someone screamed at Joffrey, "bastard monster." Other voices flung calls of "Whore" and "Brotherfucker" at the queen, while Tyrion was pelted with shouts of "Freak" and "Halfman." Mixed in with the abuse, he heard a few cries of "Justice" and "Robb, King Robb, the Young Wolf," of "Stannis!" and even "Renly!" From both sides of the street, the crowd surged against the spear shafts while the gold cloaks struggled to hold the line. Stones and dung and fouler things whistled overhead. "Feed us!" a woman shrieked. "Bread!" boomed a man behind her. "We want bread, bastard!" In a heartbeat, a thousand voices took up the chant. King Joffrey and King Robb and King Stannis were forgotten, and King Bread ruled alone. "Bread," they clamored. "Bread, bread!"

~ excerpt from A Clash of Kings, Tyrion IX, by George RR Martin

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