Post by silentmajority on Jan 9, 2017 12:52:43 GMT
I don’t think these two questions have been answered yet have they? As far as I can tell they haven’t but in both circumstances whoever it was tried to frame Tyrion for the murder/attempted murder. Does this add weight to one of the theories I hate the most, that Tyrion is a secret Targaryian? Dany’s assassination attempts and the multiple times that someone has tried to frame Tyrion for murder that if convicted would have put his head on a spike. It makes me wonder.
Do we know who tried to kill Bran using Tyrion’s blade, and who poisoned Joffrey?
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I don’t think these two questions have been answered yet have they? As far as I can tell they haven’t but in both circumstances whoever it was tried to frame Tyrion for the murder/attempted murder. Does this add weight to one of the theories I hate the most, that Tyrion is a secret Targaryian? Dany’s assassination attempts and the multiple times that someone has tried to frame Tyrion for murder that if convicted would have put his head on a spike. It makes me wonder.
Do we know who tried to kill Bran using Tyrion’s blade, and who poisoned Joffrey?
Joffrey is who the books and Martin lead us to believe. Both Tyrion and Jaime come to the conclusion that it was Joffrey in the book that Martin said it would be resolved. If it wasn't my money is on Mance.
Tyrion isn't a Targ. Jamie and Cersei are a maybe.
Joffrey was killed by Baelish and Olenna. We have the GOHH prophecy and Baelish knew things about the wedding that he couldn't know unless it was planned.
Darkstar will be the next Vulture King.
Craster has 19 daughters and there are 19 castles on the Wall, coincidence I think not!
Agreed regarding the in-universe deductions, and I vaguely recall there was a SSM that leads to the same... but Joff never seemed all that plausible to me.
If it was indeed Joff, I don't think it was a very well written subplot.
"I can see it. You have more of the north in you than your brothers."
Joffrey was killed by Baelish and Olenna. We have the GOHH prophecy and Baelish knew things about the wedding that he couldn't know unless it was planned.
I forgot about Olenna and Baelish plotting against Joffrey.
Are you saying that Joffrey tried to assassinate Bran? I don’t see how that would be since he was essentially a no one that early in the show/books.
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I don’t think these two questions have been answered yet have they? As far as I can tell they haven’t but in both circumstances whoever it was tried to frame Tyrion for the murder/attempted murder. Does this add weight to one of the theories I hate the most, that Tyrion is a secret Targaryian? Dany’s assassination attempts and the multiple times that someone has tried to frame Tyrion for murder that if convicted would have put his head on a spike. It makes me wonder.
Do we know who tried to kill Bran using Tyrion’s blade, and who poisoned Joffrey?
Joffrey is who the books and Martin lead us to believe. Both Tyrion and Jaime come to the conclusion that it was Joffrey in the book that Martin said it would be resolved. If it wasn't my money is on Mance.
Tyrion isn't a Targ. Jamie and Cersei are a maybe.
Joffrey was killed by Baelish and Olenna. We have the GOHH prophecy and Baelish knew things about the wedding that he couldn't know unless it was planned.
Are we talking pure tv or books too? Because I recall on my reread it was set up in Clash for Joff's poisoning when Dontos started meeting Sansa & Baelish went to Renly's camp.
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
Agreed regarding the in-universe deductions, and I vaguely recall there was a SSM that leads to the same... but Joff never seemed all that plausible to me.
If it was indeed Joff, I don't think it was a very well written subplot.
Paging @superunknown5 weren't we just asking about this? That it seemed like Martin changed his mind or something?
SU5 doesn't talk much but he's good at remembering everything.
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
Agreed regarding the in-universe deductions, and I vaguely recall there was a SSM that leads to the same... but Joff never seemed all that plausible to me.
If it was indeed Joff, I don't think it was a very well written subplot.
Paging @superunknown5 weren't we just asking about this? That it seemed like Martin changed his mind or something?
SU5 doesn't talk much but he's good at remembering everything.
I was saying how this is a case of George writing things so that the prose is ambiguous enough and the POVs are distorted/subjective enough that it leaves his options open about the later plot developments because can he always write to the most sort of interesting conclusions and then justify simultaneously retroactively and after the fact by confirming things later on in the story. But it's always based on the emotions, psychology, and motives of the characters in question. Then the answers are usually surprising (because GRRM has many options and choices to play with) and satisfying (because they increase our understandings of the characters which is limited by the POV structure). So GRRM has greater foreknowledge of the characters because he is the gatekeeper of our understanding. Usually this works out, because things are rewritten, polished, and edited to make everything fit the final story. God is in the details, as they say.
The Joffrey dagger thing I think was just an aberration, kind of flimsy but kind of logical at the same time, an unusual mistake. Like you said, just a poorly written subplot in sea of other minor subplots. George would never admit this of course, but he did admit that making the assassin (a common footpad) wield a Valyrian Steel dagger was a weird choice, given his later establishing Valyrian Steel weapons as being quite rare and valuable. It doesn't really make sense for any highborn to hire a common cutthroat and then arm them with a VS dagger as a murder weapon and GRRM said he wishes he hadn't. Like with what we know about VS Cat grabbing the blade with her bare hands seems a stretch, like it should of just sheared her fingers off quite easily from her trying to grasp and squeeze the blade. But of course you could also say it was a magical event a sort of super human feat of motherhood and magic and adrenaline and desperation, or that the blade was shaped just such that she could grab it, yada yada.
And Joffrey overheard Robert saying killing Bran would be a mercy, and seeking the desperate validation of his not dad used his fancy Lannister gold dragons to hire a not so impressive thug to sneak into Bran's room with a dagger he swiped from his daddy's armory when no one was looking, boom plot works, kinda wonky, whatever, I got 6 more books to not finish lol. #DealWithIt
And Olenna and Littlefinger poisoned Joffrey, I thought that was pretty straight forward.
Also I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but pretty sure Tyrion's a Targaryen. Might be wrong, but I don't think so. If I was a betting man, I'd put my dragons on this one. silentmajority ,Wraith ,voice ,Mojo ,
Paging @superunknown5 weren't we just asking about this? That it seemed like Martin changed his mind or something?
SU5 doesn't talk much but he's good at remembering everything.
I was saying how this is a case of George writing things so that the prose is ambiguous enough and the POVs are distorted/subjective enough that it leaves his options open about the later plot developments because can he always write to the most sort of interesting conclusions and then justify simultaneously retroactively and after the fact by confirming things later on in the story. But it's always based on the emotions, psychology, and motives of the characters in question. Then the answers are usually surprising (because GRRM has many options and choices to play with) and satisfying (because they increase our understandings of the characters which is limited by the POV structure). So GRRM has greater foreknowledge of the characters because he is the gatekeeper of our understanding. Usually this works out, because things are rewritten, polished, and edited to make everything fit the final story. God is in the details, as they say.
The Joffrey dagger thing I think was just an aberration, kind of flimsy but kind of logical at the same time, an unusual mistake. Like you said, just a poorly written subplot in sea of other minor subplots. George would never admit this of course, but he did admit that making the assassin (a common footpad) wield a Valyrian Steel dagger was a weird choice, given his later establishing Valyrian Steel weapons as being quite rare and valuable. It doesn't really make sense for any highborn to hire a common cutthroat and then arm them with a VS dagger as a murder weapon and GRRM said he wishes he hadn't. Like with what we know about VS Cat grabbing the blade with her bare hands seems a stretch, like it should of just sheared her fingers off quite easily from her trying to grasp and squeeze the blade. But of course you could also say it was a magical event a sort of super human feat of motherhood and magic and adrenaline and desperation, or that the blade was shaped just such that she could grab it, yada yada.
And Joffrey overheard Robert saying killing Bran would be a mercy, and seeking the desperate validation of his not dad used his fancy Lannister gold dragons to hire a not so impressive thug to sneak into Bran's room with a dagger he swiped from his daddy's armory when no one was looking, boom plot works, kinda wonky, whatever, I got 6 more books to not finish lol. #DealWithIt
Omg how long did it take you to type with one hand?!
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
Joffrey was killed by Baelish and Olenna. We have the GOHH prophecy and Baelish knew things about the wedding that he couldn't know unless it was planned.
I forgot about Olenna and Baelish plotting against Joffrey.
Are you saying that Joffrey tried to assassinate Bran? I don’t see how that would be since he was essentially a no one that early in the show/books.
Joffrey's is a Vicious little idiot. It was supposed to be an attempt to impress Robert but it failed.
Darkstar will be the next Vulture King.
Craster has 19 daughters and there are 19 castles on the Wall, coincidence I think not!
I was saying how this is a case of George writing things so that the prose is ambiguous enough and the POVs are distorted/subjective enough that it leaves his options open about the later plot developments because can he always write to the most sort of interesting conclusions and then justify simultaneously retroactively and after the fact by confirming things later on in the story. But it's always based on the emotions, psychology, and motives of the characters in question. Then the answers are usually surprising (because GRRM has many options and choices to play with) and satisfying (because they increase our understandings of the characters which is limited by the POV structure). So GRRM has greater foreknowledge of the characters because he is the gatekeeper of our understanding. Usually this works out, because things are rewritten, polished, and edited to make everything fit the final story. God is in the details, as they say.
The Joffrey dagger thing I think was just an aberration, kind of flimsy but kind of logical at the same time, an unusual mistake. Like you said, just a poorly written subplot in sea of other minor subplots. George would never admit this of course, but he did admit that making the assassin (a common footpad) wield a Valyrian Steel dagger was a weird choice, given his later establishing Valyrian Steel weapons as being quite rare and valuable. It doesn't really make sense for any highborn to hire a common cutthroat and then arm them with a VS dagger as a murder weapon and GRRM said he wishes he hadn't. Like with what we know about VS Cat grabbing the blade with her bare hands seems a stretch, like it should of just sheared her fingers off quite easily from her trying to grasp and squeeze the blade. But of course you could also say it was a magical event a sort of super human feat of motherhood and magic and adrenaline and desperation, or that the blade was shaped just such that she could grab it, yada yada.
And Joffrey overheard Robert saying killing Bran would be a mercy, and seeking the desperate validation of his not dad used his fancy Lannister gold dragons to hire a not so impressive thug to sneak into Bran's room with a dagger he swiped from his daddy's armory when no one was looking, boom plot works, kinda wonky, whatever, I got 6 more books to not finish lol. #DealWithIt
Omg how long did it take you to type with one hand?!
One hand, a thumb and two good fingers. Let's just say if GRRM wrote as fast as me we'd all be reading ADoS right now instead of arguing about what happenned in a book that came out when I was in the first grade.
Paging @superunknown5 weren't we just asking about this? That it seemed like Martin changed his mind or something?
SU5 doesn't talk much but he's good at remembering everything.
I was saying how this is a case of George writing things so that the prose is ambiguous enough and the POVs are distorted/subjective enough that it leaves his options open about the later plot developments because can he always write to the most sort of interesting conclusions and then justify simultaneously retroactively and after the fact by confirming things later on in the story. But it's always based on the emotions, psychology, and motives of the characters in question. Then the answers are usually surprising (because GRRM has many options and choices to play with) and satisfying (because they increase our understandings of the characters which is limited by the POV structure). So GRRM has greater foreknowledge of the characters because he is the gatekeeper of our understanding. Usually this works out, because things are rewritten, polished, and edited to make everything fit the final story. God is in the details, as they say.
The Joffrey dagger thing I think was just an aberration, kind of flimsy but kind of logical at the same time, an unusual mistake. Like you said, just a poorly written subplot in sea of other minor subplots. George would never admit this of course, but he did admit that making the assassin (a common footpad) wield a Valyrian Steel dagger was a weird choice, given his later establishing Valyrian Steel weapons as being quite rare and valuable. It doesn't really make sense for any highborn to hire a common cutthroat and then arm them with a VS dagger as a murder weapon and GRRM said he wishes he hadn't. Like with what we know about VS Cat grabbing the blade with her bare hands seems a stretch, like it should of just sheared her fingers off quite easily from her trying to grasp and squeeze the blade. But of course you could also say it was a magical event a sort of super human feat of motherhood and magic and adrenaline and desperation, or that the blade was shaped just such that she could grab it, yada yada.
And Joffrey overheard Robert saying killing Bran would be a mercy, and seeking the desperate validation of his not dad used his fancy Lannister gold dragons to hire a not so impressive thug to sneak into Bran's room with a dagger he swiped from his daddy's armory when no one was looking, boom plot works, kinda wonky, whatever, I got 6 more books to not finish lol. #DealWithIt
And Olenna and Littlefinger poisoned Joffrey, I thought that was pretty straight forward.
Also I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but pretty sure Tyrion's a Targaryen. Might be wrong, but I don't think so. If I was a betting man, I'd put my dragons on this one. silentmajority ,Wraith ,voice ,Mojo ,
This was well said.
Darkstar will be the next Vulture King.
Craster has 19 daughters and there are 19 castles on the Wall, coincidence I think not!
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
Paging @superunknown5 weren't we just asking about this? That it seemed like Martin changed his mind or something?
SU5 doesn't talk much but he's good at remembering everything.
I was saying how this is a case of George writing things so that the prose is ambiguous enough and the POVs are distorted/subjective enough that it leaves his options open about the later plot developments because can he always write to the most sort of interesting conclusions and then justify simultaneously retroactively and after the fact by confirming things later on in the story. But it's always based on the emotions, psychology, and motives of the characters in question. Then the answers are usually surprising (because GRRM has many options and choices to play with) and satisfying (because they increase our understandings of the characters which is limited by the POV structure). So GRRM has greater foreknowledge of the characters because he is the gatekeeper of our understanding. Usually this works out, because things are rewritten, polished, and edited to make everything fit the final story. God is in the details, as they say.
The Joffrey dagger thing I think was just an aberration, kind of flimsy but kind of logical at the same time, an unusual mistake. Like you said, just a poorly written subplot in sea of other minor subplots. George would never admit this of course, but he did admit that making the assassin (a common footpad) wield a Valyrian Steel dagger was a weird choice, given his later establishing Valyrian Steel weapons as being quite rare and valuable. It doesn't really make sense for any highborn to hire a common cutthroat and then arm them with a VS dagger as a murder weapon and GRRM said he wishes he hadn't. Like with what we know about VS Cat grabbing the blade with her bare hands seems a stretch, like it should of just sheared her fingers off quite easily from her trying to grasp and squeeze the blade. But of course you could also say it was a magical event a sort of super human feat of motherhood and magic and adrenaline and desperation, or that the blade was shaped just such that she could grab it, yada yada.
And Joffrey overheard Robert saying killing Bran would be a mercy, and seeking the desperate validation of his not dad used his fancy Lannister gold dragons to hire a not so impressive thug to sneak into Bran's room with a dagger he swiped from his daddy's armory when no one was looking, boom plot works, kinda wonky, whatever, I got 6 more books to not finish lol. #DealWithIt
And Olenna and Littlefinger poisoned Joffrey, I thought that was pretty straight forward.
Also I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but pretty sure Tyrion's a Targaryen. Might be wrong, but I don't think so. If I was a betting man, I'd put my dragons on this one. silentmajority ,Wraith ,voice ,Mojo ,
I've been thinking the same thing, actually, and I've never been on that bandwagon. Can't remember the reasons why, but something in a 1000 worlds discussion with Maester Sam made me tilt in that direction.
"I can see it. You have more of the north in you than your brothers."
I don’t think these two questions have been answered yet have they? As far as I can tell they haven’t but in both circumstances whoever it was tried to frame Tyrion for the murder/attempted murder. Does this add weight to one of the theories I hate the most, that Tyrion is a secret Targaryian? Dany’s assassination attempts and the multiple times that someone has tried to frame Tyrion for murder that if convicted would have put his head on a spike. It makes me wonder.
Do we know who tried to kill Bran using Tyrion’s blade, and who poisoned Joffrey?
Joffrey is who the books and Martin lead us to believe. Both Tyrion and Jaime come to the conclusion that it was Joffrey in the book that Martin said it would be resolved. If it wasn't my money is on Mance.
Tyrion isn't a Targ. Jamie and Cersei are a maybe.
Joffrey was killed by Baelish and Olenna. We have the GOHH prophecy and Baelish knew things about the wedding that he couldn't know unless it was planned.
Mance being at Winterfell is one of the stupidest plot points across all of the books. It comes out of nowhere and really strains credibility that the Wildling King takes several months out of his schedule uniting the free folk to pose as a singer.
Then the practicalities of getting past the wall. Clearly Mance doesn't know about the Black Gate or he wouldn't need to send climbers over the Wall to take Castle Black. He claims he has sources within the NW that told him about King Robert's visit, perhaps they brought him past the wall otherwise it is a perilous climb or a detour of hundreds of miles to pass around the wall. Then he has to get back also without getting caught. And while he was at Winterfell he did nothing!
It is a really bad retcon to try and build a link between Mance and Jon.