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Lame episode. The books don't have a night king for a reason. Too easy. And Mel & Arya never met in the books!!

In a recent interview with Anderson Cooper, GRRM has said the books and the TV show shared "[...] major beats [...] but there is no way to get into all the details, all the minor characters, all the secondary characters." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjDentEr9c4 I know I am a minority for saying this and I don't know if this belongs in "References & Homages" or not, but I truly believe the Children of the Forest and Bloodraven are bad guys in ASOIAF. Children of the Forest = "Children of the Corn" ... a 1984 Hollywood film, with the original short-story written by Stephen King in the 1970s. The predecessor to the film "Children of the Corn" was the 1983 short-film "Disciple of the Crow." The 'Crow' = Brynden 'Bloodraven' Rivers The short-story, the short-film, and the Hollywood film have plots and character roles that sometimes DIFFER from each other. But one theme remains the same ... evil murderous cult children. I am not saying GRRM is plagiarizing Stephen King, but a lot of elements are taken from the films and the written story. Children of the Corn (1984) The Children of the Corn is an evil cult of children that has killed all the adults of a town, mostly as blood sacrifices. The Children of the Corn usually made their blood sacrifices in a cornfield near a dead white tree ... a weirwood tree? The Children of the Corn killed the adults by first poisoning their food. It was displayed in one scene in a diner, where a teenage employee rat-cook, poured poison in the pot of coffee, and all the guests of the diner drank it ... the Children of the Forest in ASOIAF oddly cook hefty meals for Bran, Meera, Jojen & Hodor ... ready for an unsuspecting twist for TWOW? The Children of the Corn are portrayed similarly to Amish children, who are one step behind modern technology ... which is what the Children of the Forest are, one step behind in the modern tech of the time. One of the favorite weapons of the Children of the Corn is the sickle ... in Bran's vision while he was in the cave with the Children of the Forest, he saw a man executed by a bronze sickle as a blood sacrifice. In the film, one little girl has minor visions of the future ... is this GRRM's greenseeing? The Children of the Corn worships a deity called "He Who Walks behind the Rows" ... is this GRRM's "the thing that comes in the night"? Is this the Others? There is a human body crucified in a corn field, and his skeleton is essentially used as a scare-crow The crucified skeleton (called the "blue man") was a police chief that died fighting the Children of the Corn & He Who Walks Behind the Rows Bloodraven was the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch before he disappeared. He re-appears in ADWD as the Three Eyed Crow, a half-skeleton-man stuck upright on a tree The adult male & female protagonists of the film was caught in the town's mess by accident. They are fleeing & fighting the Children of the Corn throughout the movie In the finale, the man sought the Children of the Corn in their cornfields, and makes a pact with them. Some of Children of the Corn abandoned their worship of "He Who Walks Behind the Rows", and they band together to fight it. The evil cult leader of the Children of the Corn was killed in an earlier betrayal. He is then resurrected by "He Who Walks Behind the Rows" as a zombie child out for revenge on his rival. He kills his rival, but disappears from the rest of story for some reason (a film plot hole). The man and a little boy sidekick defeated "He Who Walks Behind the Rows" in a literal field of fire ... they burnt down the cornfield. They are the last heroes of this story. Disciples of the Crow (1983) The evil cult leader has a small wine-stain birthmark on his lower right cheek ... Bloo-Draven? GRRM may borrow more film plot points for TWOW ... but who knows. I don't know what the background story & motive GRRM has written for the Others, Bloodraven and the Children of the Forest ... but I am 99% sure they are set up to be the bad guys in TWOW. The CotF may have been good guys in the distant past, but in ASOIAF they may be wights resurrected by the Others ... just my personal theory. I believe in ADWD, all three Bran chapters is written from the perspective of an innocent child being lured into a trap. This "Children of the Corn" reference/homage may be a reason why TWOW is delayed ... because GRRM's plans for Bloodraven and CotF will differ greatly than D&D. So GRRM is letting D&D finish their story before GRRM publish his. I guess GRRM doesn't want to be stealing each other's thunder. Children of the Corn -1984 Full Movie for free (92 mins) Disciple of the Crow - 1983 Full Short Film for free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbKgvnn-tNg(Part I - 9 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcL0b23Q6L4 (Part II - 9 mins) Corn corn corn!

This may be the influence of the name "Brandon" in the book: The Crow (1994) starring Brandon Lee, who infamously died on set. Brandon Lee plays Eric Draven, who was killed after he was thrown out of a tower, after a bunch bad guys raped and murdered his girlfriend on the night before his wedding. A magical crow visits his grave a year later and Brandon is resurrected. He digs out of his grave and begins a rampage on those responsible for his and his girlfriend's murder ... sound's like Lady Stoneheart's plot. The Crow = Eric Draven = Brandon Lee ... Bruce Lee's son, the "Lee" surname in Hollywood has been generally associated with the blood of the dragon during Bruce Lee era Bloo-Draven = Brynden Rivers ... a Targaryen bastard with the blood of the dragons Also from the movie: Eric Draven's villain-rival in the movie, Top Dollar, is sleeping with his own half-sister He can also warg into his crow and spy from above He says "Her name was Shelly! You cut her! You raped her!" when confronting an enemy during his quest for vengeance He also says "Tell them Eric Draven sends his regards" while passing a message to the bad guys He also says "Mother is the name of God on the lips and hearts of all children" = the Mother is a god with the Faith of the Seven

Thanks. My weird imagination is telling me The Wall is 300 miles long of this thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Monument 55 feet wide at the base, 550 feet height = 1:10 width:height ratio Is a "1:10 width:height ratio" reasonable for the Wall?

Quick Question: About how thick is the Wall? Is 55 feet or ~18 meters reasonable?

I don't know about you guys, but this fictional decisive-Hamlet character reminds me of Jaime Lannister: "Hey King Aerys ... you want me to kill my father? big mistake...." Kingslaying King Claudias Throwing someone off a tower The cockiness Wielding a sword with his left hand, while his right hand is stiff The golden color embroidery on the outfit The crimson color scarf on the horse Successful wildfire plot for the castle's explosion in the end?? For all the A+J=J&C believers, Arnie made a "big mistake" by killing his actual father lol The biggest coincidence in this film "Last Action Hero" and how Arnie = decisive Hamlet, Prince of Denmark ~ Jaime Lannister ... is that the actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (HBO GoT's Jaime) is also Danish! Also Charles Dance, who plays Jaime's father Tywin Lannister, is also in this 1993 film! "If God was a villain, he would be me" Probably just big coincidences when GRRM was doing the initial HBO casting huh? Regardless, Nikolaj & Charles were great picks. Who knows, maybe Jaime Lannister will be ASOIAF's Last Action Hero.....

NFL in ASOIAF: https://grrm.livejournal.com/258190.html For fun: https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/List_of_houses Arizona Cardinals Petyr Baelish? Atlanta Falcons According to GRRM: House Arryn Baltimore Ravens GRRM: Citadel of Oldtown, or House Blackwood, or Ser Clayton Suggs Buffalo Bills House Prester? or Gerold Hightower, the White Bull? Carolina Panthers An animal of the Summer Isles Chicago Bears GRRM: House Mormont Cincinnati Bengals GRRM: Political Party in Volantis Cleveland Browns House Clegane, a bulldog mascot Dallas Cowboys Patrek of King's Mountain, blue 5-point star on silver field Denver Broncos House Ryswell, or GRRM: Dothrakis Detroit Lions GRRM: House Lannister Green Bay Packers GRRM: butchers and tanners of King's Landing & Oldtown Houston Texans House Bulwer, longhorn mascot Indianapolis Colts House Ironsmith Jacksonville Jaguars House Santagar? leopard ~ jaguar Kansas City Chiefs Khals of the Dothraki khalasar Los Angeles Chargers House Dondarrion Los Angeles Rams House Rambton Miami Dolphins House Lowther Minnesota Vikings The Ironborn? New England Patriots Belicho, a triarch of Volantis (Evil Little Bill), or GRRM: The Others New Orleans Saints GRRM: High Septon, Septas, or the Faith Militant Oakland Raiders Mance Rayder? lol Philadelphia Eagles House Mallister Pittsburgh Steelers GRRM: smiths and armorers San Francisco 49ers GRRM: The gold-miners of Lannisport Seattle Seahawks House Fowler Tampa Bay Buccaneers Salladhor Saan Tennessee Titans Titan of Braavos Washington Redskins Dothrakis Feel free to disagree with any. I am not 100% sure on all of them anyways. THAT IS BLASPHEMY! Correct! New York Giants = Ice = The wildling giants Beyond the Wall, OR according to GRRM: the wildlings & Night's Watch New York Jets = Fire = I don't know how well the non-American ASOIAF readers know American football ... but American football is a sport that closely resembles Warfare. This is a reason why GRRM loves football. It is a very tactical sport. The coaches decision matters 100% ... where as other sports, the players can take over the game without the coaches' direct instructions ... like soccer, basketball, baseball, hockey...etc. With American football, GRRM can think like a military general and it keeps him mind sharp. If you are unfamiliar with American football, I can try to explain a little bit ... but this will be consider OFF-TOPIC, so I will put on 'spoiler-tags' to hide them:

Robert Strong may be a Frankenstein's monster in the ASOIAF world. He may be named after Robert Baratheon and how Strong he was. BUT What if Robert Strong was a medieval Terminator? T-1000 Terminator was played by Robert Patrick in the movies. T-800 Terminator was played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose started his movie career as 'Arnold Strong' in the credits OR the name could be both inspired by Robert Baratheon internally, and Terminators externally. If Jon Con = John Connor ... is this a foreshadowing of a future duel between Jon Connington and Robert Strong? They do seem to be on a collision course. For fun, who would be Sarah Connor then? TV Sarah Connor = Lena Headey = Cersei ... Cersei's guardian Robert Strong = T-800, a friendly Terminator Movie Sarah Connor = Emilia Clarke = Daenerys ... Daenerys' future foe Robert Strong = T-1000, an enemy Terminator

Thanks. I'm just having a wild suspicion that some of the original 1990s Dothraki words GRRM wrote are wordplay/anagrams of Japanese words ... but I haven't figured all of them out yet. Probably would of helped if I knew some Japanese.

Do we know if GRRM speaks any other languages? Also, the Dothraki dictionary, that is not book-canon right? All those made up Dothraki words were for HBO's show?

A meteorite crash lands on the planet. A city or a country is formed at the center of the location. The meteorite is weaponized. A weaponized meteorite is only wielded by someone deemed worthy. Starfall = Wakanda Dawn = Vibranium The current Sword of the Morning = The current Black Panther STARFALL FOREVAAAA!!! Sooo ... T'Challa was protecting R+L at TOJ huh?

That is in reference to the children's novella with Adara and her Ice Dragon from 1980? right? "Ice dragon" in ASOIAF is a constellation with a blue star for an eye. Historical/mythological ice dragons were also mentioned in AWOIAF right?