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Can someone explain what exactly the "mereneese knot" is?

  • 25-09-2015 12:50am
    #1
    Savage Tyrant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,165 ✭✭✭


    Just something that has passed me by.... What exactly is it?

    Edit: I'm a book reader so explain away if needed

    Warning for others... Possible book spoilers


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  • #2
    barneystinson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,685 ✭✭✭barneystinson


    One thing's for sure... It's knot what you think it is...! ;)


  • #3
    Gene_Parmesan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 98 ✭✭Gene_Parmesan


    It was the name GRRM gave to a writing difficulty he had during A Dance with Dragons. Concerned with the characters in the Mereen storyline (hence "Mereneese knot"). He knew where he needed all of the characters to be by the end of the book and what needed to happen in the meantime but having these things happen "on screen" was a difficulty because of the POV format used in the series. Apparently adding Barristan Selmy as a POV character helped quite a bit in unravelling the Mereneese knot.

    There is a nod to this in the TV series where Tyrion refers to a whore that can do a "proper Mereneese knot" which is assumedly a sex act.


  • #4
    Savage Tyrant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,165 ✭✭✭Savage Tyrant


    I did get the nod in the show alright. Nice touch.
    Your explanation is kind of what I'd worked it out to be in general, but I thought it was a much more specific problem.
    Thanks for your response.


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