And that last episode and this episode made it look like only the 7 went north of the hill. They never did show that there was more than 7 other than when they showed random Red Shirts getting killed. It feels like the only reason they edited the final cut to look that way was to fool us into thinking some of our favorite characters were dying instead of everyone surviving. Well, I guess Thoros died, but I can't imagine anyone caring about Thoros.
and lets talk about the real mystery of this story...
What's up with Uncle Benjen? What happened to him to become part wight and part human?
One one side we have the Ice Wight army marching, and we have 2 confirmed Fire Wights. Beric and Jon. True story. GRRM confirmed in an interview I posted elsewhere. Beric's a full blown wight at this moment who's heart isn't even beating anymore. That's what they mean when every time they are brought back they lose a little more of themselves.
So what exactly is Benjen? He's obviously an Ice wight, but why is he still a good guy helping his nephew? He must have been traveling with the army to have moved in and saved Jon. I want to know why he's different than everyone else? Is it just plot convenience or is there a more underlying reason?
Apparently the Walkers were turning Benjen into a Walker, but before he finished turning, the children did something with the dragonglass and VOILA! The process got stopped, so Benjen is a wight-y thingy.
I guess. Hopefully the books will have a clearer explanation for what Coldhands is.
to go badly--Dany's take on power and conquering vs. Jon's. The death of Dickon and Sam's impending reaction. And the North's impending reaction to the idea of kneeling to the dragons. Am thinking Lyanna Mormont will get another speech.
Lots of ways for this to go very, very wrong--at least on the romance side of things.
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Oscar Wilde.
Not sure if that will make the show better or worse by the time we get to it.
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Oscar Wilde.
The Day King would be Bran then. it seems that dying in the North doesn't cause people to come back from the dead, but by the will of the Night King. It seems like the Night King and others like him warg into the dead, which would explain why killing one would kill the others.
Can't help but to notice that the story seems to be mirroring The Wheel of Time with their everything has a balance theme. I know WoT wasn't the first showing that, but it's the first to come to mind.
it seems that dying in the North doesn't cause people to come back from the dead, but by the will of the Night King. It seems like the Night King and others like him warg into the dead, which would explain why killing one would kill the others.
Agreed. Makes the cycle of life completely unnatural: Day and night, seasons, life and death.
Can't help but to notice that the story seems to be mirroring The Wheel of Time with their everything has a balance theme. I know WoT wasn't the first showing that, but it's the first to come to mind.
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Oscar Wilde.
Only because in the show Bran seems to be only the person who can warg into other animals. Outside of returning from the dead, Jon hasn't shown any magical attributes at all. Now, maybe he grows into it? I don't know. It seems like we are heading towards the Warg Bowl
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In the shows, Martin says there are Ice Wights and Fire Wights
"Beric Dondarrion, who was set up as the foreshadowing of all this, every time he’s a little less Beric. His memories are fading, he’s got all these scars, he’s becoming more and more physically hideous, because he’s not a living human being anymore. His heart isn’t beating, his blood isn’t flowing in his veins, he’s a wight, but a wight animated by fire instead of by ice, now we’re getting back to the whole fire and ice thing."
This makes me think that Viserion is now a Wight Dragon, or an Ice Wight Dragon, and not an Ice Dragon. The descriptions also do not match, larger than regular dragons, melt when killed, and translucent wings. If Thoros of Myr were alive, maybe he could have gotten Viserion back as a fire wight dragon.