But it's more than that; he now hurts other people, strangers often, just because he can. (Ex: the bedslave in Illyrio's palace and the prostitute slave in Volantis). He is cruel now, when he wasn't before.
You are right. He became a useless drunk, despondant, mean. But perhaps he turned the corner? he did look after Penny when they were enslaved. He even helped Jorah.
"Arya did not dare take a bath, even though she smelled as bad as Yoren by now, all sour and stinky. Some of the creatures living in her clothes had come all the way from Flea Bottom with her; it didn’t seem right to drown them."
You are right. He became a useless drunk, despondant, mean. But perhaps he turned the corner? he did look after Penny when they were enslaved. He even helped Jorah.
True. There is hope for him yet.
“In Qohor he is the Black Goat, in Yi Ti the Lion of Night, in Westeros the Stranger. All men must bow to him in the end, no matter if they worship the Seven or the Lord of Light, the Moon Mother or the Drowned God or the Great Shepherd. All mankind belongs to him... else somewhere in the world would be a folk who lived forever. Do you know of any folk who live forever?”
I hope so; it would be a shame if such a learned battler did not prove to be eventually a positive influence in the story.
"Arya did not dare take a bath, even though she smelled as bad as Yoren by now, all sour and stinky. Some of the creatures living in her clothes had come all the way from Flea Bottom with her; it didn’t seem right to drown them."
Looks like this thread is dead. Bran being the Night King deserves a thread. Mentioned it in the as we watch ep 6 2017 thread. If anyone is interested in discussing that, let me know
Reading more about this theory on Reddit: Aside from Bran being unquestionably creepy now in the show, he's also already defied orders from a superior (3 eyed raven) and even got the 3 eyed raven and a lot of COTF killed b/c of that (last season, the Hold the Door episode). And just think about this - if you were crippled as a young kid, wouldn't that fuck you up, even without the 'extreme magical powers' thing? It's like a Mr. Glass origin story.
Bran can also influence the past (though it seems he hasn't explictly done this yet in the show) so he could at some point try to change the past, warg into a human, 'stay too long' (which he was warned against) and suffer terrible consequences.
Even if this theory doesn't pan out, Bran's character seems headed for a very dark final act. This makes me want to go back and read all of his chapters
"I've read George's other works too and Bran is my favorite POV from the books. Sorry, I just can't agree that this will happen. There isn't really anything from Bran's chapters that hints at this happening. Staying too long in a vision is a show only thing. It was pretty much implemented into the show to tease the Tower of Joy ending, when there was no reason for Bloodraven to actually hide this knowledge from Bran. The Tower of Joy scene is also from one of Ned's dreams and wasn't really ever meant for Bran. In the books Bloodraven let's Bran have a vision of every single thing the heart tree of Winterfell has seen over it's entire lifespan. If that's not staying too long in a vision, I don't know what is. When Bran clutches the weirwood branch as the NK is created, the only thing in-line with what the author has given us, is that the blood from the ritual is making Bran stronger by the weirwood drinking it. Bran can taste the blood when a man is sacrificed in his last ADWD chapter. Also, I'm still not convinced the Night King will even be a book character. I don't think you can give the white walkers a leader in POV format. Characters in the book aren't going to randomly start talking about "The Night King's army" when there has been no knowledge of this character or reasoning for characters calling him that. Also, so far in the books, the only people who can hear the weirwood whispering when Bran is trying to communicate with them are people that Bran immediately knows in his real life. These characters would be Ned, Theon, Jon, and Hodor. When he tries to communicate with people further into the past, not a single person notices his presence."