R. Strongolem Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 http://uproxx.com/tv/2014/08/george-r-r-martin-confirms-that-fans-have-correctly-predicted-the-ending-of-a-song-of-ice-and-fire/ As we can read in the link above G.R.R.M. says that he noticed in some forum that "At least one or two readers had put together the extremely subtle and obscure clues that I’d planted in the books and came to the right solution."While he may have read in in any forum out there I think it's reasonable to assume Westeros.org is very likely the right one.Now I got curious: who of you guys got it? :)P.S.: /me cross fingers and hopes this is the right boards to post this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Direwolf Resilience Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Yeah he did say in an interview that he follows the boards here. Can't find the link now...Even if he says that one or two guys got it right, how do we know who's right and what's right? Everyone has theories and speculations. How do we know which of them is correct?Its even more confusing now, you know? :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King in Black Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Please god, please don't let 'It was all the NW deserter's dream' be right. .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtack Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 It'd be funny if it were a troll. Rampant, baseless speculation about the books gets replaced by rampant, baseless speculation about the rampant, baseless speculation about the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Meryn Frey Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 A version 98 of it is on top of this forum right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Strongolem Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 Even if he says that one or two guys got it right, how do we know who's right and what's right? Everyone has theories and speculations. How do we know which of them is correct? To find that I believe we must find theories based on "extremely subtle and obscure clues". There are many of those, but at least we can exclude many more that aren't based on such! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gar Weg Wun Sygerrik Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Maybe someone was right at one point or another but no one belongs to the fandom and has unchanging opinions. Every crackpot we dismiss, every flamefest we witness changes our ideas. So even if someone nailed I'm sure we could dig uo their post history and find a dosen theories that were completely wrong. I would be more surprised if no one had guessed it after 20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellyfrog Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 A version 98 of it is on top of this forum right now. Not massively subtle or obscure to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northbound3.0 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I'm 90% sure, that it was one of the Blackhawk's theories. But which one was it? Mayhaps, that one of MaesterHodor's was the right one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowford Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Oh shit. Since every theory that doesn't utterly break the series has at least 20+ adherents here, if a theory with "one or two" supporters is probably one of those "Planetos is Earth in 3500 AD and Stannis is the reincarnation of George Washington" ones. Of course, what this probably actually is, is GRRM toying with the fanbase. I mean, obviously someone here as predicted the ending. And not one or two people, probably a few hundred. This board fabricates around 25 new variations of theories a day. If the ending GRRM envisions right now properly follows from the narrative so far, of course people will have predicted it by now. Predicted it, discarded it, repostet it, and so on. It's a good sign. It means that the ending actually builds on the five books released so far. That's good storytelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHouseHB Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Young Prince Jon woke up with a start in his chambers late at night he yelled out for his mother the Queen Lyanna who rushed into his room. Jon explained to his mother that he had a bad dream where ice zombies attacked the realm. Now he wanted his father his grace Rhaegar who was out hunting with his good friends Robert Baratheon and Eddard stark so her grace Lyanna soothed Jon and put pleasant thoughts back in his head and whispered tomorrow you will play with all your cousins his aunt Daenerys, and uncle Viserys, Robb, Bran, Rickon, Sansa and his favorite cousin Arya so young Jon fell back asleep and Dreamed of Spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'm the Party Pooper Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Young Prince Jon woke up with a start in his chambers late at night he yelled out for his mother the Queen Lyanna who rushed into his room. Jon explained to his mother that he had a bad dream where ice zombies attacked the realm. Now he wanted his father his grace Rhaegar who was out hunting with his good friends Robert Baratheon and Eddard stark so her grace Lyanna soothed Jon and put pleasant thoughts back in his head and whispered tomorrow you will play with all your cousins his aunt Daenerys, and uncle Viserys, Robb, Bran, Rickon, Sansa and his favorite cousin Arya so young Jon fell back asleep and Dreamed of Spring. LOL, that's cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blizzardborn Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Ooh! Ooh! Me! Let me be right! Let me! But then...what was I right about??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'm the Party Pooper Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Ooh! Ooh! Me! Let me be right! Let me! But then...what was I right about???*bends the knee to m'lady* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King in Black Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 They're all dead ,in purgatory ,and will reunite in a church for a group hug before a bright white light engulfs them all....If the post credit scene being the shot of a plane's wreckage that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBlood Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Not massively subtle or obscure to be fair. I read "extremely subtle and obscure" as liberally smeared with sarcasm. Maybe it was my mind playing tricks on me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnmaskedLurker Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 This is relatively old news (we have been talking about this quote on the board for at least a week or so). In the full context, it appears he is talking about something he read on his own message board around 1999. He claims he has not read any of the message boards since the late '90s. The real debate seems to be whether by "the right solution" he means the solution to the big mystery--i.e., R+L=J or whether he means the "solution" to the basic ending of the series (such as how the conflict with the Others will be resolved). There is no way to know for sure, of course, what he really meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Crow Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Indeed, it rather depends on whether the story you are reading is the Song of Ice and Fire or the Mystery of Jon Snow; the question being whether his parentage is something that may or may not have some bearing on the outcome of this sprawling epic - or whether everything from the Land of Always Winter to the Smoking Sea of Valyria and from the Sunset Sea to the Shadowlands beyond Asshai centres around that one issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazfemur Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 It was me, guys. I got the confirmation email from GRRM. My theories were correct. Apologies for the confusion all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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