Post by stdaga on Oct 15, 2018 14:18:56 GMT
I have often wondered if Davos and Stannis had ever met before the onion smuggling operation? And if someone paid Davos to bring those items in, who was it? I doubt that Stannis and the people in Storm's End would have been able to get a message out! So who... And what if Davos wasn't as sneaky as we think and perhaps Tyrell and Redwyne ignored his coming, in a bid to allow food and life back into the castle, a way for them to seem to stay loyal to the Targaryen cause while at the same time attempting, in a stealthy way, to help the people in Storm's End. It probably did not go down this way, but I like to toy with options.
Yes, Marya and the two youngest sons, Stannis and Steffon, are somewhere in Cape Wrath and most definitely in the path of the Golden Company. I think Davos had thought of them safe in that location, so far from the realities of war, and that hints to me that they might be placed in danger, as the war has come to them. I also wonder about this land on Cape Wrath, and who it might have belonged to before it was gifted to Davos? Perhaps one of the people who was sent from Westeros and joined the Golden Company? Someone who might seek to reclaim their castle, but like we see Jon Con do with Griffin's Roost.
As for Marya, but I can't help but think she could play an important role, either in the future or in the past. A woman who gives birth to seven son's might have a mystic quality to herself, as well.
Davos does seem destined for important things. I think that is why he survived the Blackwater. He contended with both wild fire and drowning, and still managed to live on. Is he the smoke and salt? Is Marya his Nissa Nissa? Something about Davos' first chapter in Storm, where he thinks on the body that he shared his little island with strikes me as odd. Who was that person? And did their death affect Davos life? Seven is very significant in this story, and not just seven children but seven son's seems important. I think GRRM is leading us somewhere with Davos, I am just not sure where.
Arya does seem comfortable in the dark. I wonder if there is something in her Stark blood that contributes to her level of comfort in these dark places? I can't shake the idea that Stark's are meant to spend their eternities in the darkness! The interesting thing about their darkness, is are they held their against their will, by iron swords across their laps, or is that a weapon placed there for their use when the time arises? And since Arya is similar in ways to Lyanna, and Eddard tells us that Lyanna had "iron underneath" and that seems to perhaps hint back to something about the Stark's of old. Iron as a weapon, but one we associate with the Andal's more than the First Men. It seems rather a contradiction.
I have a very limited concept of Lovecraft. Have not read any of his writings but have looked over some idea's off his, and some amazing imagery based on some of his creatures from the deep and dark.
I suppose this is the reason, no matter how many years ago I left childhood behind, that sometimes, I still run up the basement stairs as if demons are trying to grab my ankles! The power of the mind is an amazing thing.