Post by Wraith on Aug 30, 2016 3:47:12 GMT
Yup. Often as not new ideas over there conjure some dramatic reactions.
I wish Heresy had its own sub-board on Westeros. Love that thread and have much respect for Black Crow as an OG Heretic. He gave a lot of people that first opportunity to jump down the rabbit hole, myself included, but Heresy is naturally restricted in its scope by having only one thread open at a time. Fortunately, this site exists.
Speaking of secret Targs I need to finish writing up my theory that Darkstar is actually Jaerherys Targaryren son of Aerys and Rhaelle.
Related: Characters in the story won't shut up about the power of king's blood. However, this power, if it exists, can't have anything to do with the bloodlines themselves. I'm taking the long view here, but people regularly change their minds about who they want to call their king; Westeros has had very few borders set in stone in its history. Bloodlines are only tangentially related to this king-making decision once a population enters crisis mode, which are very likely the times when spilling king's blood becomes a viable option.
PJ made a similar claim in his Minds of Wolves and Ravens? series. Faith is a form of power or rather belief.
Magical gifts have absolutely nothing to do with genetic inheritance. Just a hunch. I still need to put some coherent evidence together.
I disagree the hints and clues are there for me but with a twist. Gifts are passed down the matrilineality through the female lines not male.
This is why:
Stark King's usually married the conquered vassals daughters: Adding their gifts to there own.
Targaryen incest or marrying Valyrian families like the Velaryon's.
Wildlings seem to have matrilineality history. Osha speak of her mother and her mother's mother. The Wildlings know things that the Southeners have forgotten.
There are more but those are the only ones that I can think off the top of my head but I know there are more.