PodrickMayne Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 This may have been touched on already, but I Feel like GRRM has purposely leaving Rickon out of the story. We know he's fled to Skagos and Davos will be heading out to retrieve him. Anyone have theories of what's next for Rickon or where he fits in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night'sQueen Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Rickon is so young that it doesn't seem he can't play much of a role except to serve as a rallying point for the Northmen if he is brought back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PodrickMayne Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 Rickon is so young that it doesn't seem he can't play much of a role except to serve as a rallying point for the Northmen if he is brought back. Do we know how old he will be by the start of the next book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Viserys Targaryen IV Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Rickon is the only Stark other than Robb that does not have a POV. Need I say more? Rickon's Dire Wolf is named Shaggy Dog. Do you know what Shaggy Dog mean in story telling? Shaggy Dog:In its original sense, a shaggy dog story is an extremely long-winded anecdote characterized by extensive narration of typically irrelevant incidents and terminated by an anticlimax or a pointless punchline. Shaggy dog stories play upon the audience's preconceptions of joke-telling. "and terminated by an anticlimax or a pointless punchline" Rickon is not long for this world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night'sQueen Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I know a lot of people hold to the Shaggy Dog idea. I don't think GRRM has to go that way though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PodrickMayne Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 Ok well if he was going to go that route wouldn't he have played more on that idea and toyed with it a bit more than pretty much omitting Rickon all together ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Viserys Targaryen IV Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Ok well if he was going to go that route wouldn't he have played more on that idea and toyed with it a bit more than pretty much omitting Rickon all together ? Rickon is the distraction that the right hand is doing while the left is hiding a pregnant Jeyne Westerling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caravaggio Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Well, it might not be the theory you are looking for, but I recently argued that Davos might have a hard time convincing Rickon and Osha to leave Skagos if that is where they really are. http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/133248-rickon-isnt-coming-home-with-davos/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maester Emrick of Seagard Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 You don't hang a 3 years old kid on a wall unless you intend to use it. Just saying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night'sQueen Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Do we know how old he will be by the start of the next book? 5 or maybe 6 at most, right? He was 3 at the start of the series, 4 when Robb died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PodrickMayne Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 I find it kind of interesting that GRRM chose to send Rickon to Skagos now that I'm reading more and more about them they are considered a very savage people. And he has made it pretty clear that Rickon is a wild young boy and since all the tragedy has become almost feral alone with with a wildling woman who is herself pretty savage. The skags could possibly revere a savage young boy and his direwolf. The whole shaggydog thing could be misdirection ? I wouldn't put it past GRRM things could still get interesting with Rickon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night'sQueen Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I find it kind of interesting that GRRM chose to send Rickon to Skagos now that I'm reading more and more about them they are considered a very savage people. And he has made it pretty clear that Rickon is a wild young boy and since all the tragedy has become almost feral alone with with a wildling woman who is herself pretty savage. The skags could possibly revere a savage young boy and his direwolf. The whole shaggydog thing could be misdirection ? I wouldn't put it past GRRM things could still get interesting with Rickon It's funny that you say that because when I picture Rickon on Skagos I see him as a Walter Kurtz-like figure there. A little wild man with his direwolf being treated as a demi-god by the Skagosi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PodrickMayne Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 It's funny that you say that because when I picture Rickon on Skagos I see him as a Walter Kurtz-like figure there. A little wild man with his direwolf being treated as a demi-god by the Skagosi. Right and now maybe Davos convinces the little fella that his sister "Arya" has been found and rescued by Stannis and they need help. Davos save Stannis again this time with a horde of savage man eating Skags instead of Onions!? Hey it could happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Naufragus Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I think because his story at this time would give too much plot away. IE He and Osha had to travel thru the North to get to Skagos and likely their adventures might be spoilers. Also if someone has Rickon, it would be better to keep him safe until other events played out and there was a coalition with enough power to seat him. Regardless, all anyone needs is the direwolf. You just need a Pisswater Rickon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hol Horse Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Rickon will become a master-skinchanger and lead an army of Skagosi berserkers. Callin' it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Sansa Stark Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I think that too many people are expecting too much from little Rickon. His purpose will most likely be post-ASOIAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithras Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 If I were a lemoncake fan, I would not want Rickon to return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twikee Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I can see that Rickon's journey is pointless, but it's not exactly a shaggy dog story because he wasn't there much at all. Davos' story is a shaggy dog story, that I believe. He cannot convince Osha and Rickon to go with him. Davos will probably end up in a platter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blizzardborn Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Do we know how old he will be by the start of the next book? He was three when it started, and two years have passed. That would make him five years old unless there's a gap, and there won't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomKat Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I heard a theory about maybe Rickon being the strongest of the Stark wargs possibly, based on the fact that we just don't know anything about, a vague idea that the warging gets stronger as you go down the Stark children line (excluding Jon), and the fact that when Rickon gets mad at one point, all the direwolves react and not just Shaggy Dog which may imply that he could have a stronger ability. It's not my theory so I forgot most of it but I did think it was interesting. If that was the case then I think it'd be interesting to have the wildest, most powerful Stark child arrive from having been living near some of the wildest Westerosi area people and just...wreak havoc. But in reality I could see Sansa taking care of him if she can rid herself of Littlefinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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