How can I write realistic dialogue?
Good dialog falls inbetween real people and english homework :-) http://www.sfwriter.com/ow08.htm This link is to Robert Sawyer's site where he has quite a few good tips on writin, including dialog.
What’s your favourite dialogue from Game of Thrones?
"Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail, never to try again. The fall breaks them. And some given a chance to climb, they refuse. They cling to the realm, or the gods, or love… illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is."For all of us who know, this comes from a short speech Littlefinger gives to Varys back in season three during his attempt to explain to the Master of Whispers that the realm is a lie. Varys responds to him, stating that once we abandon the lie, all we have left is a "gaping pit" of chaos. And that's when Littlefinger throws down on him these words of wisdom.Littlefinger basically uses the speech to inform Varys that he is aware of the fact that Varys had used Ross to spy and passes off information to him. That’s why we are shown Ross dead full of arrows on screen while he says “Many who try to climb it fail, never to try again. The fall breaks them”. She was climbing. Ross, just a whore from the North, who came to the capital and worked her way up serving Littlefinger and Varys. Unfortunately she fell and the fall broke her(She’s dead) so she won’t be able to climb again.Then he says “And some given a chance to climb, they refuse. They cling to the realm, or the gods, or love… illusions.” While we are shown Sansa crying looking at Littlefinger leaving in the ship. She was given the chance to escape with him but she clung to the illusions.“Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is." This is so true, there are so many people in the world who thrive during chaos times. You just have to take the right steps, connect with the right people at the right time, be able to manipulate, cheat, divide, con, lie, bribe, etc. You just have to be able to be a Littlefinger.There is much more to this dialogue between Littlefinger and Varys and this scene was brilliant, great background music and powerful message perfectly portrayed by Aidan Gillen who is such a great actor. To me one of the best if not “The Best” dialogue so far in the show. I miss the good ol’ days when there was less “Fire and Blood” and more political scheming and good dialogues.P.S.: You know deep inside you that when you started reading this answer, you read the quote with Littlefinger’s voice :)
After reading this dialogue between Shireen and Stannis Baratheon, how would you correlate and explain the happenings of s05e09 (The Dance of Dragons) with respect to the dialogue? How was this change in Stannis' thought brought about?
What change of thought are you referring to?He didn't sacrifice his daughter because he didn't love her. He protected her from her mother, who was an even greater fanatic than Stannis himself. He loved her and protected her, expecting her to one day be his heir. If he fell on the battlefield, he wanted his men to continue fighting so that she could sit on the throne. These scenes between Stannis and Shireen are meant to humanize him and to demonstrate how deeply he loved his daughter. Making the decision to sacrifice Shireen was the hardest decision he ever had to make. In his mind, he had the choice to allow his troops to starve or freeze to death by staying put, to abandon his subjects to the rule of pretenders to the throne by trying to retreat (and losing men along the way because they lacked sufficient food to make it back to Castle Black), or he could attempt to march on Winterfell without enough horses or artillery to mount an effective attack (essentially, a suicide mission). Melissandre presented him, once again, with the option of using blood magic by sacrificing Shireen, which is an option Stannis previously vehemently rejected. Ultimately, it came down to the realization that he's a King, not just a man, and his primary responsibility is to his people. He had to decide between sacrificing hundreds or even thousands of men, women, and children in order to save his daughter, or sacrificing his daughter to save hundreds or thousands of his subjects. It's an impossible position to be in, and given the information and options available to him, killing one to save a thousand seems to be the ethical choice...as hard as that is to believe. All of the scenes with Stannis and Shireen show you how much he loves her, reminding you just how hard it must have been to make his choice. Imagine the desperation he must have experienced if he felt he had to sacrifice his only, beloved daughter. Imagine his passion for his cause, the faith he has in the Lord of Light and in Melissandre's belief that he is essentially the prophesied Messiah...all of which ultimately guided him to believe that his duty to his kingdom, his role in the greater picture as the Azor Ahai reincarnate were more important than his own personal needs, including his family. It was a painful choice, and a true sacrifice. As he said, it wouldn't be a sacrifice if it didn't hurt.
"Who's line is it anyway" game name??????????
That game is called "Whose Line". Whose Line - Two performers act out a given scene. They are each given several slips of paper with amusing lines written on them suggested in advance by the audience. Periodically, the performers pull a slip of paper out of their pocket and must include the line in the scene. The lines commonly contain some form of innuendo