Post by markg171 on May 26, 2016 18:08:04 GMT
So in this video here
Preston explains that in one of GRRM's other works, In The House of the Worm, there are two sides who use different coloured thetas as their symbols, because it was the symbol of their common ancestor. Preston notes that Game of Thrones have almost kind of adopted the theta symbol in some of the patterns that they've left throughout the series, such as what Will sees in the opening scene. Preston wonders, if not that these are nods to GRRM's other story, but also whether or not these "thetas" are deliberate by the show, and if they don't suggest that mankind and the Others have a common ancestry and don't represent that like they do in In The House of the Worm.
Well on last week's Inside the Episode video, D&D finally commented on all these patterns that we've been seeing and what Preston theorized as possibly being real or figurative thetas. Skip to 2:52 of the video
Or just read my transcript of Benioff's quote
So while no the symbols are not thetas, and no this isn't evidence for ASOIAF = Thousand Worlds, but as Preston also theorized, according to Benioff the symbols we've been seeing all relate back to how the Night's King was turned by the children of the forest in their ritual. And of course, as we saw, that's the key thing: the Night's King was turned into an Other. Before that day at the weirwood he was just another man.
So the Others and mankind do share a common ancestor, and both are man like Preston suggested. And the "theta" symbol and the patterns we've been seeing hawks back to when the Night's King became more than just a man and developed into an Other unlike the "other" men, also like Preston suggested.
TL;DR: Preston Jacobs was basically right.
Preston explains that in one of GRRM's other works, In The House of the Worm, there are two sides who use different coloured thetas as their symbols, because it was the symbol of their common ancestor. Preston notes that Game of Thrones have almost kind of adopted the theta symbol in some of the patterns that they've left throughout the series, such as what Will sees in the opening scene. Preston wonders, if not that these are nods to GRRM's other story, but also whether or not these "thetas" are deliberate by the show, and if they don't suggest that mankind and the Others have a common ancestry and don't represent that like they do in In The House of the Worm.
Even if this and this aren't thetas, they could still be the sigils of the respective sides in the battle of ice and fire. And the message is still fundamentally the same: humanity and the Others have a common ancestor, and these sigils and tribes have created artificial barriers between us. The imagined idea of otherness between us needs to be abandoned, and peace needs to prevail.
Well on last week's Inside the Episode video, D&D finally commented on all these patterns that we've been seeing and what Preston theorized as possibly being real or figurative thetas. Skip to 2:52 of the video
Or just read my transcript of Benioff's quote
There are certain symbols and patterns that occur throughout the show. The first time we saw that was in one of the very first scenes in the pilot, when Will the ranger sees the wildling body parts in an odd pattern, displayed by the white walkers. And we see it again north of the Wall with the dead horses displayed in a spiral pattern. And then you see it again here, and learn where these patterns come from. That they're ancient symbols of the children of the forest, used in their rituals, and the children of the forest created the white walkers.
So while no the symbols are not thetas, and no this isn't evidence for ASOIAF = Thousand Worlds, but as Preston also theorized, according to Benioff the symbols we've been seeing all relate back to how the Night's King was turned by the children of the forest in their ritual. And of course, as we saw, that's the key thing: the Night's King was turned into an Other. Before that day at the weirwood he was just another man.
So the Others and mankind do share a common ancestor, and both are man like Preston suggested. And the "theta" symbol and the patterns we've been seeing hawks back to when the Night's King became more than just a man and developed into an Other unlike the "other" men, also like Preston suggested.
TL;DR: Preston Jacobs was basically right.
