(f)Dany

Hi there elifsu . I'll tag hedebyhedge for you. It's possible that Dany could have been smuggled at some point from one place to another with green hair, but I am not sure how old she would have been when that happened. Dany does have some "green" hints in her story, and Tyrosh is covered with green. There is certainly a pattern of travel that is repeated. Did Myrcella get her hair dyed when she traveled, too? Both Dany and Myrcella are blonds. 

I do think that Rhaenys could be alive and Arianne makes the most sense to me, although we have discussed some of the sand snakes possibly fitting the right age. The best age fit for the sand snakes might be Tyene, who happens to be blond, like Dany and Myrcella. Tyene even envies Myrcella's hair, which always seemed like an odd comment to me so perhaps there is some reason for that I am not picking up on yet, or it's a clue. These blonds could easily have their hair color darkened to hid them during transport.

One thing about Daenerys and the Princess Rhaenys that seem quite different is their coloring. Rhaenys was said to be colored like Elia, so dark in hair and probably in eye color as well. Dany is all silver blond and eyes that are called violet. I don't see how they could be the same person. Unless we find that our perceived description of Rhaenys's looks are incorrect. I do think they could be sister's, with Dany being the younger, but I know that theory of mine is pretty cracked pot!

The theme of civil warfare plays through all of these times. From the Dance of the Dragons through to The War of the Five Kings. But I think it's only Robert's Rebellion that seeks to take the ruling power away from House Targaryen, although I guess that could be argued with the Blackfyre Rebellions, although I see them as branches of the same house. It seemed important to Bloodraven to keep House Targaryen in power, and if that is the case, then what is his interest in Bran Stark, and what role did he play in Robert's Rebellion. Bloodraven would have probably been in his cave, but still watching and exerting power on the events of the wars.

The Dunk and Egg stories have multiple waves of history in play, and it does seem like history does repeat itself. But is that because everything is an unending circle of events, or because the "correct" outcome still needs to be achieved?

And honestly, I am not sure I understand what Bloodraven's true motivation might be (maybe because of the mysticism), while Tywin's seems more obvious to me.



I agree that Bloodraven is a dark character, and what he wants from Bran might not be helpful or unselfish. I also question that Bloodraven had tried before to contact and train someone in the past, and I think Euron is at least one of those people and is certainly an example of what might go wrong. I hate to think of Bran becoming like Euron.



Syrio does teach us about this, although I am not sure we see everything that he is trying to teach. It's always been interesting to me how he was connected to Arya. What steps or manipulations took place for that to occur? It wasn't just chance.

As to Mandon Moore, he does seem to hide his emotions, but it's hard to imagine that Jaime truly feels he is dangerous for just that reason. Just because Jaime cannot read him. I would think that Jaime can't read several people all that well! But that is certainly what Tyrion thinks that Jaime feels about Mandon Moore, and the text does put it pretty plainly.



I would guess that Myrcella's hair would not have been altered until after they left Kings Landing, perhaps even landed in Essos. They are trying to keep her safe, to disguise her from people who might take her and mean harm, either to herself or her family. Yet the Lannister gold hair is a quite obvious distinction. I still haven't found any hints that this occurred, but I do wonder. Anyway, I might be wrong. Perhaps if she had gone to Tyrosh, it would make more sense, but it seems like Myrcella's landing spot in Essos was Braavos. Maybe I am looking at the wrong disguise for Myrcella; I am reminded that Braavos is the city associated with the Faceless Men, people who can change faces or have amazing disguises. But maybe none of that really matters to Myrcella's pattern or methods of traveling to Dorne.

It is presented to us that Myrcella has a body double, a distant cousin who looks very like her, but is that a good enough disguise? At a quick glance, the girls might look enough alike that Myrcella and Rosamund both would be at risk. Another oddity in the disguise plan is that Myrcella has curly hair, while Rosamunds hair is straight. If someone has any clue what they are looking for, that would be a detail that could help distinguish the two girls. I have often thought that idea of girls that look alike, or similar enough to be mistaken for each other, is a hint at something that happened in the past, perhaps with Lyanna and Ashara, or with some other players from the Robert's Rebellion time frame. Of course, I might be quite wrong about that, too.

I do wonder if some of those green hints in Dany's storyline hint at her having a connection to House Hightower, not because they use green as a color, but because of the splint during the Dance of the Dragons of the blacks and the greens. Green also hints to me of the green men and perhaps the CotF. I don't know if I see any of that as negative, but it certainly might hint that Dany is not the Targaryen that we think she is.

I think it works better if Dany would be the younger sister, especially if she turns out to be Rhaegar and Elia's third child, with Aegon in the middle. Will they all tear the country apart deciding who might rule, or will they rule together in the way that Aegon the Conqueror and his sisters did?



I can't find any confirmation in the text, but it makes sense to me that she dyed her hair as part of her overall disguise.



Who took her to Essos the second time? I don't know. Was it meant to be or did someone steal her from her safety in Dorne at the Water Gardens? Because that seems like the perfect place to hid and/or switch a child. And how old might she have been when all of this happened. And why doesn't she remember?

It's possible. She certainly retains a connection to him in her memories. It's just hard to say if her memories are correct or that he was identified correctly.



What is SNK? I am drawing a blank.

I remember discussing that show, and even doing some reading about it, but I haven't watched it. Thanks for the clarification. I didn't recognize that letter description of it.



For some reason, I thought she and Viserys were with this Willem Darry at the same time, but perhaps not?

I guess I would not be surprised if there were more than one person that was pretending to be Willem Darry, and that neither of them was the real him.

I really have no hope for a publication date at this point, and I have stopped looking at news about it. It will come out when it will, and I am not putting my life on hold while I am waiting for it. I am well over his delay's and reasons for such delays. I worry that he has lost the vibe of his own story, and that it will be quite different than if he had published and concluded the series before the show, before fame took him for a ride. I am not sure how I will view any further books from him, honestly. Not trying to be negative, just trying to keep it real!