What's everyone up to right now?

[Losty]

I mean it, it hurts like hell, but luckily I won't have to puke, it's getting a little better

Do you have Gatorade in Portugal? If not I would suggest some water before bed.

[Dystopia]

Yeah I have at least a similar brand but those drinks are not in my reach right now. Probably some tea will help.

[Dragonetti]

They do not own the parks anymore. The investment capital firm Blackstone Group. They use to serve beer for free at the brewery, but it has long been stop to be one. The rides can be fun, but I have lived here for many years. I start my new position on Monday. I just need to get use to being in the States.

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Florida was next in line to have legalize medical marijuana. All the old people voted, so it was struck down during elections.

[rexbeccarox]

No calls tonight, so I'm having a beer and a little ganj.

[pocaracas]

So I've been thinking:
Do you think the gods in Game of Thrones are real, or is there just magic in that world?

It's magic induced by the red comet... oh, and dragons!
And... yeah... it's a fantasy world, so magic's real, but in the hands of precious few... and those have little control over it, so there must be some higher level magic master... a god.

[Dystopia]

The worst part is over, now I'm officially on a strong hangover, I'll live

[c172]

Not big on pointyball, but the Chargers/Raiders stadium situation is coming to a boil and has been rather interesting to watch. Chargers have been assholes apparently.

[Clueless Morgan]

Well, Melisandre would tell you that the thing she birthed out of her cooter in the dungeons of Storm's End was from R'hllor himself. And it killed Renly.

It seems that the Seven and the Drowned God don't manifest themselves as much.

I think that it is just magic, although those in R'hllor's camp (Melisandre, Thoros, spoilers) seem to have more impactful magic powers than most...

Melisandre's cooter demon isn't necessarily a god, or from a god, whether it killed Renly or not, and the Lord or Light (had to google what R'hllor meant, I'm bad with the names) doesn't necessarily have to be a real god if the people that worship have just stumbled upon the "right" rituals and incantations to invoke the magic that they call the Lord of Light.

It's magic induced by the red comet... oh, and dragons!
And... yeah... it's a fantasy world, so magic's real, but in the hands of precious few... and those have little control over it, so there must be some higher level magic master... a god.

At this point I'm thinking that the gods are just manifestations of magic that people label gods.

Dragons seem to be magical, or at least have something magical about them, and the white walkers seem kind of magical, then there's Bran's (and others') warg abilities, etc. but none of those things is necessarily contingent upon the existence of gods. Perhaps, like the summer-winter cycles, magic in Westeros comes and goes in longer cycles?

I really need to read these damned books. :p

[SteelCurtain]

I love it.

Fantasy world magic + logic = so much fun.

Well, Melisandre would tell you that the thing she birthed out of her cooter in the dungeons of Storm's End was from R'hllor himself. And it killed Renly.

It seems that the Seven and the Drowned God don't manifest themselves as much.

I think that it is just magic, although those in R'hllor's camp (Melisandre, Thoros, spoilers) seem to have more impactful magic powers than most...

Melisandre's cooter demon isn't necessarily a god, or from a god, whether it killed Renly or not, and the Lord or Light (had to google what R'hllor meant, I'm bad with the names) doesn't necessarily have to be a real god if the people that worship have just stumbled upon the "right" rituals and incantations to invoke the magic that they call the Lord of Light.

It's magic induced by the red comet... oh, and dragons!
And... yeah... it's a fantasy world, so magic's real, but in the hands of precious few... and those have little control over it, so there must be some higher level magic master... a god.

At this point I'm thinking that the gods are just manifestations of magic that people label gods.

Dragons seem to be magical, or at least have something magical about them, and the white walkers seem kind of magical, then there's Bran's (and others') warg abilities, etc. but none of those things is necessarily contingent upon the existence of gods. Perhaps, like the summer-winter cycles, magic in Westeros comes and goes in longer cycles?

I really need to read these damned books. :p

I think the "gods" in Westeros and Essos are just simply tools used by the people in power to keep the masses in line.

Old Gods - Gods of the North-- weirwoods, children of the forest, etc.
New Gods - "The Seven"
R'hllor - The Red God, The Lord of the Light
The Storm God - The Drowned God
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Spoilers
Spoilers

None of the gods themselves do anything (especially not the old gods); everything done in the god's name is sorcery or magic. But there is something to be said for the fact that the people performing the rites truly believe they are working on behalf of the god. Melisandre believes that Stannis is Azor Ahai reincarnate. (Azor Ahai was the mythical hero who defeated the Others with his sword blazing sword Lightbringer.)

[pocaracas]

Someone needs to see this: