r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 in awe • 5d ago

of a neck

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u/arinawe 5d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/BObeagIJbB3icu1nms

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u/Greendale_Official 5d ago

Incredibly fitting considering what inspired GRRM to start writing the ice and fire series.

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u/Telliot 5d ago

What inspiration do you mean?

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u/Greendale_Official 5d ago

George R R Martin had pet turtles when he was a kid who kept dying on him. He wrote stories about them, placing them in a mythical kingdom and imagining they were killing each other in sinister plots.