Some think there’ll be a pact with the Others, that humans need to resolve their Other-ing of a different race. One common theory is that the Others are, essentially “misunderstood snow elves.” They’re a race whose goals and aims run contrary to human life…but they aren’t necessarily evil. A lot of people have pointed out the many Lovecraftian elements to the world of ice and fire – from Leng to the Five Forts to Asshai to Toad Isle to the Seastone Chair to Battle Isle to the mazemakers to the squishers.īut there’s one big element that needs to be addressed: the Others. Lovecraft himself, the father of eldritch weirdness. Howard himself was a contemporary and collaborator with H.P. As much as GRRM likes to draw on traditional high fantasy tropes, A Song of Ice and Fire is very much a sword-and-sorcery world, akin to something written by Robert E Howard.
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