Breaking Stannis Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Victarion is so dumb...HOW DUMB IS HE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter's Knight Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 @Mad Monkey: Poison him how? By giving him STD?@Welease Woger: So Vic is ignorant about Essosi geography. There's a difference between ignorant and stupid He's a sailor, from a land that makes it's living mainly from the sea and from reaving. Not knowing that the Dothraki fear the sea is pretty bad when even Ned from the landlocked North knows that. Mind, I find I cannot be even close to unbiased when it comes to Vic: I despise him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better_off_Ned Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Intelligence isn't the black-and-white attribute that many believe it to be. There are many branches of intelligence. The absent minded professor or socially awkward scientist are easy examples. Some people have a well developed intuition on how to deal with different types of people, while others are excellent in discrete dynamic systems. Still others have an intelligence branch that favors learning multiple languages. Victorion seems to have little capacity for political thought and relatively poor emotional intelligence, but there is an intelligence to fleet management and even martial prowess. He may be good at geometric understanding or have the capacity for blackjack. Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merry Other Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 @Winter's Knight: The ironborn make a living from the sea and from raiding Westeros. It's not like they trade with the East or raid Essosi coastal cities. In fact, they never sail beyond the Stepstones, IIRC. So Vic's ignorance is excused, if not justified Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Ro Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 HOW DUMB IS HE? He's so dumb he threw a penny at the floor and missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Monkey Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 @Mad Monkey: Poison him how? By giving him STD? Figuratively. 'Poisoning' him figuratively. As in, she's not on his side. She's not his friend. When she treats his wounds, and they fester even worse, at least be a little suspicious even if you don't know anything for certain. At least wonder briefly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merry Other Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Mad Monkey, remember Vic is a swaggering badass, always careless about his personal safety. That is not to say he is stupid. He simply doesn't give a hoot about the woman, friend or no friend. Can you imagine Vic saying to himself "Oh, Euron's gifts are always poisoned. I'd better be careful about that woman. She may not be my friend. She may not wash my clothes or clean my cabin as I would like her to". As for "treating his wounds", that should be the maester's job, no? And why should Vic suspect that Euron wants him incapacitated (by instructing the woman to mess with his wounds) while he's still not completed his mission? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHOSTSTARK Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 all bronze, no brain. even tho hes "dumb as a stump" him being a highborn of the iron islands and being a captain of a whole fleet.... the ironborn must be pretty dumb as a collective group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaarioKnowsBest Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 all bronze, no brain. even tho hes "dumb as a stump" him being a highborn of the iron islands and being a captain of a whole fleet.... the ironborn must be pretty dumb as a collective group. About as dumb as Westeros for letting Joff be king of a whole realm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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