Post by stdaga on Dec 9, 2019 16:32:42 GMT
I think people should do this more often. I often feel like it every time I go on Twitter.
I am not sure how long it's been since I opened my Twitter account and looked at it. Probably at least 2 years. Don't miss it a bit!
As I said before Timber both North and South of the Wall would be a massive economic boost to Braavos. There is a really good video on the economics of the North on Youtube if anyone has interest in it.
But can Jon, who is not even a legal Stark, (and the Stark's don't even hold the north any longer) grant timber reserves to anyone. He is the LC of the Night's Watch. I don't know if he could even grant timber north of the wall, though this is more likely than timber south of the wall. The haunted forest is certainly big, and we are told it's encroaching on the wall, as the numbers of the Night's Watch fall and the ability of their stewards to keep the woods cut back increases. Maybe timber north of the wall makes sense for the LC to be able to give away, but not to the south.
Yup, yup, yup people have lost time and have been sent dreams. Via Greenseers or Glass candles, who is pulling these mythical strings I wonder...
Well, we are lead to believe it could be Bloodraven in his cave, but that might not be correct. Or it might not be the whole truth. Come on GRRM, give us another book! I am ready to concoct some more wild theories, please!
Also I'd say that both dragonbone and weirwood are noted to be exceptional for bows, along with the goldenwood from the Summer Isles.
If it wasn't for the goldenheart wood thrown in the mix, it would almost feel like dragonbone and weirwood could be opposites. I guess we also have the idea of whatever the black barked tree's in Essos might produce as far as wood variety's go, but we don't really hear of that, unless they call that wood ebony.
Oh I'd like to hear more about the Bolton's catspaw. However I am fine with it being Joff.
It mostly lies with the description of the catspaw being so very similar to our description of Theon after Ramsay has played with him for a time. The only physical failing in this is we never hear if the Catspaw is missing finger's or has been flayed in any way. But if Roose was planning this, he would not be so stupid as to send a killer who would hint back to his own house so strongly. Ramsay is kinda stupid and impulsive, but Roose is smart and I think he plans quite well. There is also the fire in the library tower that same night, and we do have Roose burning books at Harrenhal later, as if he is trying to hid information. Could a fire in the library have hidden the fact that some books might have been stolen prior to the fire? Or perhaps the book that was important was missing? I have always felt like it was important that Tyrion had borrowed books from the Winterfell library, so they were safe from the fire. Did Tyrion return those books? We are never told so, but I almost assume he would have. And if Roose is trying to destabilize the Stark's, then killing the son of Eddard in his sick bed would certainly do so. It might even have been done not to kill Bran but to intentionally mislead on who might have been guilty of planning such a thing. Cat assumes it has to be the Lannister's, because she rightly suspects that the Lannister's were responsible for Bran's fall. But being correct once doesn't mean she is correct twice. I also wonder if there is a very small chance it was Cersei. But Joff doesn't make sense to me. How does he manage to find a man who can hide in the stables and is willing to kill Bran Stark? Does the Hound help him with this? That's the only way I think it's possible and so far the Hound hasn't revealed being aware of such a thing at all.
My money is that Illyrio has Blackyre and will give it to Aegon. Bloodraven has Dark Sister and Jon will wield that. (Not Arya, sorry Arya stans)
I would not be disappointed if we never see either of those two blades again. They can disappear into the world of legend. However, what is the purpose of making Jon learn to use a hand and a half sword if he is going to end up using a longsword. To me it seems more likely that Jon is destined to wield a hand and a halfer (which is why the gods blessed him with Longclaw) or this is his practice step to a longer/larger sword, like a great sword. Dawn needs someone worthy to wield her!
As to Arya, her persona certainly fit's the imagery of Dark Sister much better than it would be if Jon used that sword. There is also Meera to consider. She doesn't normally fight with a sword, but she does carry Rickard Stark's crypt sword and makes a comment that it is too heavy. But she still has it and practices, I imagine. So, perhaps she would fit the idea of a sleek, lighter longsword such as Dark Sister.
I thought it was a white dragon that Summer saw. Could have been that the supposed Egg left by the Targs finally hatched.
I don't think there is any indication that what Summer saw was white, although the direwolves might be color blind, so most things would be shades of white and black but mostly grey. "A great winged snake who's roar was a river of fire" is how the text reads. Fire seems to hint to me that there is some color involved in the vision, but that might not be right. Summer is using his other senses, as well.
Well considering the Dragons died out right after a major war it makes sense that no one was eager to start again. I thought the tinfoil that the Maesters were against the Targaryens??
I think there is tinfoil for everyone being against the Targaryen's, just like there is tinfoil for everyone being secret supporters of the Targaryen's. Tinfoil abounds...
And yes, major civil war's might have made the rest of the Seven Kingdom's not very willing to start another great war. Gosh knows, it would take a large effort to unseat the Targaryen rule. Which is what we see in Robert's rebellion. But it makes some sense to me to think that the reason for Robert's Rebellion was contrived as a rallying cry for houses to unseat the Targaryen kings. Make up a reason, feed it to the masses, and steer them into the path of rebellion. Sounds like great use of propaganda! Maybe the rebel's used what seemed to be Rhaegar's interest in Lyanna to start their war. Maybe what we see at Harrenhal was spontaneous, but the rest was planned afterward. Maybe Lyanna was even part of some great plot to get herself captured by Rhaegar only for the world to cry "rape" and "kidnapping" and rally around the cause of her family and her fiance!