Jump to content

Lord of Light doesn't believe his believers


Recommended Posts

Melisandre sees Stannis as AA in his flames while Benerro (high priest of Volantis) says Danerys is AA. There is no possibility that they see the same thing in flames because one sees man, another one sees woman. So Lord of Light doesn't show them the same thing. But why?

Also Thoros of  Myr never supported Stannis. Maybe he also thinks that Daenerys is AA.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Melisandre has her doubts about Stannis being Azor Ahai. It's fairly obvious from her chapter that while her visions are real, her interpretations are her own. For example, she sees Bloodraven and Bran and immediately assumes they're working for the Others. She gets cryptic visions and then has to interpret what they are. This is most likely the same with every red priest, including Benerro. It's also interesting to note that they usually only get visions of what they WANT to see. Melisandre has to focus for days on seeing "Arya" and Stannis. Benerro probably focused exclusively on seeing "Azor Ahai." This explains why Thoros never saw anything about any savior, cause he was mostly just focused on Beric and the Brotherhood surviving. 

It's not about Benerro being better than Melisandre or their "god" sending them different visions -- they just have different opinions and come to different conclusions. Prophecies are what you make of 'em.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Red Preists make different interpretations out of the same tendrils in the fire. Similar to ink blots. Mellisandre has a proven history of seeing what she wants to see, being blind to that which does not concern her. Such as when Davos slipped Bastard Baratheon from under her nose. 

Moqorro seems damn good at what he does, and has the specifics down to a fine razor edge, but we don't know his full agenda as of yet. And who knows? Just like Melisandre, Moqorro is right on the small things but wrong on the big ones. I think he is literally going to go down in flames.

 

The religion of the red priesthood has a structure similar to that of Islam. There are many figures of religious authority but there is no real hierarchy and every one of them can have their own different interpretations(imams) and still be canon. Note: I AM NOT TRYING TO START A RELIGIOUS POST WAR. This is about the structure of the religion of the Lord of Light, not the beliefs, which I believe are taken from a number of other religions. 

Who knows whose right? Mellisandre does see some good stuff, like the man with a wooden face(Bloodraven) and the boy with the wolf's head next to him (Bran). It'll be fun to see Rh'lor's pawns stumble around in the darkness of light. Mayhaps they'll have their own little dance of dragons, minus the dragons. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

15 hours ago, The Fattest Leech said:

It's Daenerys, the pale child Bakkalon, the one born from stone with a sword (Drogon) in her hand.

Huh interesting notion that.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

×
×
  • Create New...