Jaenara Belarys
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I'm not the most avid theory reader, so this is based mostly of me not liking theories based off in universe consequences for Dany.
I don't like theories that would make it so that Jon or Young Griff is the rightful heir of the Iron Throne. I'm a Dany fan, I want her to succeed and rule Westeros in some manner, and I want Jon or YG to be below her on the totem pole. She can be stupid and she doesn't have a lot of experience but she's written to the point where I (as someone who also doesn't have a lot of life experience) sympathize with her. I want her to win, and I would be diddly damned burnt if I saw Jon or some blue haired pretender steal her rightful place.
In other news, I'm not a fan of the Lemongate theories that posit her to be of weird ancestry (Rhaella/Rhaegar, etc). Yes, it's weird there's a lemon tree there. BUT, to extrapolate all other sorts of information is just fanfiction, not a logical theory. There's a lot of stuff for who the Knight of the Laughing Tree is, or R+L=J. Extravagant theories aren't my thing.
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1 hour ago, kissdbyfire said:
Nah, different targets same dumb fanfic.
lmao bruh
1 hour ago, Castellan said:I thought the OP was quite amusing.
They are amusing, in a frustrating manner. You have to admire the sheer persistence of whoever set this up.
In all honesty, these people are probably Flat Earthers/Young Earth Creationists irl
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Did the old haters try to back it up with evidence from the books, or were they along the lines of our haters?
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19 minutes ago, kissdbyfire said:
And then you found out Insta reels is genius level stuff.
It's almost as stupid, idk why every space reel has to have an army of goddamn flat earthers lol
my point was just that I thought stupidity was going to be more rare, but then I went on that site and learned the opposite.
Those folks on there hate everyone lmao
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8 hours ago, astarkchoice said:
Nope they were used in combat efffective esp in india until gunpowder made them obsolete.
Were they? I remember reading that the Romans and Macedonians were able to deal with them, and scaring them off sounds like it worked pretty well.
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Probably the Vale or the North.
The Vale has a lot of troops and relatively full larders, along with the ports to try and bring in more. It's also a pretty hard land to invade, since the mountain route is blocked by the Gates and the landing areas are probably also populated or garrisoned.
The North because it's big and empty, full of stubborn folks that are hard to rule. They do have a food and numbers problem, though.
In general, Dany's troops will have a hard time keeping supplied with food, boots and all the other knickknacks you need to run an army. The winter will probably be hard for her troops accustomed to warm lands, but I think that the Dothraki might actually fare better in this sector. Given that they live in the steppe without a bunch of big bodies of water to moderate the temperature, their winters are probably pretty hard. From that, they'd likely have the clothes or the capability to make the clothes in order to stay warm.
Everywhere else is either terrain that's not too defensible or is war torn and hungry.
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On 2/18/2024 at 8:57 AM, H Wadsworth Longfellow said:
Jon was the famous Night's King
I must truly compliment you upon your creative ability. Notwithstanding the fact that it belongs what's most likely a sad, dry ham sandwich of a person.
So far as I know, we've never gotten any evidence that the above is true, so I would appreciate it if you provided the evidence to back it up. Page numbers and all.
On 3/2/2024 at 8:12 PM, sifth said:I mean Dany abandoned her people in Meereen, to fly away on her dragon. It's a shame she's likely to make a pact with the savage horse lords, and likely to go insane in their service, lol
She probably won't go insane because of anything mentioned previously, unless she brings the Dothraki to Westeros. If she does do that, she'll go postal because of the sheer logistical and diplomatic headache they would give her lol
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With the fact that spear-men and pike-men are mentioned a lot, alongside archers, they probably won't pose that much of a threat. Getting continuously bombarded by arrows and stabbed with pikes and spears would probably injure/freak out the elephants to the point where they pose no true military threat. That's my relatively uninformed opinion.
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7 minutes ago, Craving Peaches said:
Not as much nonsense as this thread.
Didn't bother to disguise bias, zero quotes from book, disconnected from the text and reality.
1/10.
I used to think that people would be intelligent on Internet forums and comments sections (with the exception of a few people)
Then I went on instagram reels and learned the opposite.
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20 minutes ago, kissdbyfire said:
Please, speed up your posting of totally inane and laughable ideas that are 100% free of any connections to the text of the novels. Then this blasted thread can reach 20 pages asap and be put to rest. Cheers.
How exactly did this get to 17 pages worth? I would've thought that people would've gone insane trying to argue for seventeen damn pages.
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I personally would've like to see why exactly the troops love him so much. When he comes across the troops blocking his path I would've like to see him truly use charisma and his past relationships with the troops to convince them. I like history too, so fleshing the situations, politics and such out would've been interesting.
This movie (I'm sure people have said it before) seems more like Napoleon and Josephine, than simply Napoleon and his rise to power. In the beginnning, stuff just seems to happen for him to do it, and I didn't really understand why exactly Russia would turn on him. I learned more about Napoleon from reading internet articles than I did watching the movie.
His son appears in a couple of scenes and then disappears without explanation. I know he died at around 21, but a little bit of end exposition would've been nice.
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@Lord of Raventree Hall, at this point with how this guy's threads go every single time, I would just suggest that people simply mute/ignore him.
I've done that (but I will admit, it's not wholly successful. I'm only here because I wanted to read this thread out of boredom and me having the flaw of liking to witness people I disagree with get absolutely dogged on).
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This wiki stuff again?
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12 minutes ago, chrisdaw said:
And if she was up against it she'd have called in all available arms and the bulk of them would be like Osgrey's. Sure there's a tip of the spear, but when he gives us that Sworn Sword call to arms and training and writing that they took pot boys with stolen kitchen knives in the War of the Nine Penny Kings I doubt GRRM is setting up conventional Westeros armies as professional fighting forces.
Well, I don't think that Aldarion and I are trying to tell you that they're professional troops. They're more like a National Guard/territorial defense force that has alright training and equipment. They're semiprofessionals that have a job doing something else, but can be called up.
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On 11/27/2023 at 8:18 PM, Darth Sidious said:
They got rid of a traitor and an oathbreaker who was putting their mission and their lives in danger.
And how does that factor in with trying to kill a skinchanger who was protecting the Wall?
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6 minutes ago, chrisdaw said:
Yeah I disagree as it is literally in the Sworn Sword, that's one of the themes of the story.
It could be argued that the Osgrey situation is the odd one out, since he has tiny domains, only a few villages, no real set of retainers...whereas Lady Rohanne shows up with six knights and squires, mounted crossbowmen, etc. Only 33 in total for her, but better trained and equipped than any of poor old Osgrey's. And she's hardly a rich lady compared to others we've seen.
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We just deal with it, I suppose. I just tell myself that it's fictional and that since you paid for it, you might as well finish it.
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Jaehaerys and Alysanne are really crappy parents. Not too bad with their sons, but they handled the daughters so bad.
Saera was a spoiled brat, who did need discipline, but Jaehaerys just hardlining her was kind of shitty.
Daella and Viserra was a crap situation. Why exactly does Daella need to be wed off that early? Considering the amount of kids they had, it's not that big of a deal to hold off on a marriage for five or so years.
Sure, Viserra can be married off some time later, but why's it gotta be to some fat Northerner? Marrying her to Lord Manderly was stupid in that he already had a billion heirs, was fat and unhealthy, etc. If I was a teenage girl who was being married off, I sure as hell wouldn't want to marry an fat old dude with a million kids.
On second thought, that might not be that unpopular.
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1 minute ago, KingAerys_II said:
They never concede, they are like Stark hater", please, go to sleep.
I am done with the thread, have fun, goodbye
It is true. People with big theories almost like a fanfic in and of itself in my experience won't concede their points, because it doesn't fit into their headcanon and they get pissed off.
Thanks for proving my point.
@SaffronLady I see why your sanity is fading away.
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3 minutes ago, SaffronLady said:
What little sanity I have left refuses to compare Aerys to the likes of James Cooper, Mor Sedai and The Commentator.
He at least tries to argue with evidence. It's better than them, but this is still a thread that is probably you and him arguing back and forth.
4 minutes ago, SaffronLady said:On a more serious note, though, would the Faith have been involved in Dorne's defiance? IIRC Dorne does follow the Faith too. Another reason they would refuse to use pagan magic even if they found it, hah.
Maybe some of them would have objections, but I feel like the invasion would be such a calamity that if they could, they would try it as a last resort.
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19 minutes ago, SaffronLady said:
o other readers of this thread:
I am sorry to make plain my deteriorating temper and sanity by using cuss words more and more. But 11 pages of pure unrepentant madness is driving myself mad.
People who have these big theories/conspiracies always tend to be hella stubborn, so I understand this.
They never concede, they're like the Stark haters.
26 minutes ago, SaffronLady said:Aerys:
You deserve every single insult I hurl your way. The thread stands witness to my vindication.
This is known.
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7 hours ago, Lord of Raventree Hall said:
Okay, really, I promise. I am done. I find this tedious and boring. I don't like Lord of the Rings, you guys do. Great. We disagree. Can we just agree to disagree and move on. I feel done talking about a set of book I read once ....10 years ago? 15 years ago? (I don't even remember when I read it), and didn't even like. Yeah, it is the one case even where I liked the movies better than the books, because the movies cut out the worst part of the books - The walking. The constant walking everywhere with nothing else happening.
Aight, bet.
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1 hour ago, Lord of Raventree Hall said:
Disagreed. I don't think Tolkein's world is more realistic...at all, by any stretch of the imagination, and I honestly feel like...I'm existing in an alternate reality.. in order for anyone to think that. I don't think his world is realistic in anyway basically whatsoever. The Simpsons or Rick and Morty feel like more realistic worlds to me than Middle Earth.
Neither of them are fully realistic, but at the very least Tolkien's armies don't move around by teleportation or fast travel. Supply lines are important and the fights have to be planned around it.
Gondor does not necessarily need to have exposition for a clever reader to discern the social, governmental and military structure used. Does Tolkien sound a bit dry? Yes, he does and I see that every time (and compare it to ASOAF), but I feel like there's less suspension of disbelief to understand the systems.
Isn't Rick and Morty the one with the mad scientist with a bunch of clones of himself? That's more realistic?
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13 minutes ago, boltons are sick said:
Also, if you read the scene where he tries to marry her for a second time when she is an adult and the Queen Regent (which means she technically has more authority than him) she is literally incapable of making a stand against his request despite what she is saying and even Tyrion knows she has lost the battle.
He was the Hand of the King and her dad, so I think that most people in Westeros would believe in Tywin's authority over his kids.
Aegon the Conqueror's Blunder?
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We don't know, but considering that he's polygamous and married his sisters...if I were Argilac, it wouldn't really be that big of a logic jump to assume he might accept a third wife.