Melifeather

What a difference a few months make, plus being influenced by the Heresy thread, my earlier posts that you've linked from July and August no longer reflect my feelings towards Melisandre and Lightbringer.

WHAT the heck??? LOL

It's not a real word. lol Skin, skinned, skun and skunned...I guess the people that say it think its the past tense version! lol Minnesota rednecks, I guess!

Do you want to know what word that I happen to hear a lot that drives me nuts? "Skunned". As in, I skunned an animal. Drives me insane.

I don't think Bran has progressed to the point where he knows if he's looking at the present or the past.

Widow's Wail was a suggestion thrown out at court within Joffrey's hearing. He liked it and named the sword Widow's Wail. Jaime named the other sword Oathkeeper because he wanted to fulfill his oath to Catelyn to bring Sansa and/or Arya home...even though he gave the sword and assignment to Brienne to complete.

^ You two are being silly. Yes, when Ned had the sword it was called Ice. Tywin had Ice remade into two swords, one of them Jaime named Oathkeeper. Lady Stoneheart made the comment that it should be called Oathbreaker. End of argument! :cheers:

It's also worth noting that he did not play up the San/San relationship as much as the San/San fans were hoping for.

Sorry, but the poison scene with Cersei and Tommen was only the TV version. It's not in the books. That was my favorite episode, though.

Yes. That was my assumption also, that all three would be crowned before they died.

From the wiki: There is widespread speculation that Brienne descends from Ser Duncan the Tall. A shield bearing his personal arms was in the armory at Evenfall Hall, and Brienne later used these arms when she was traveling in the Riverlands. Though Martin confirmed that a descendant of Dunk appeared in the books he did not give a name.

I think Podrick and Brienne are a version of Egg and Dunk. And I believe I read somewhere that Brienne is actually a decendant of Sir Duncan.

Try this: http://georgerrmartin.com/if-sample.html

Do you think Cat, or anybody for that matter, really knows or understands what Petyr has done? I think his actions are still secret, but Sansa is starting to learn. My wish for the series is for old man Frey to be killed by Lady Stoneheart! And for him to realize who she is right before his head is cut off, or something equally gruesome!

Lady Stoneheart is not going to be open to anymore do-overs when it comes to Jaime. It would be more likely if Brienne and Jaime fight their way out of this one.

Hopefully we won't have to wait 5 or more years for the next book! I really haven't been able to get intereseted in any other books since reading these!

I've read the entire series twice and neither time did I think Jaime and Brienne love each other. You're seeing way too much into their thoughts and reactions. Thoughts and bodily reactions can be unconsious, random and unedited.

Where is this supposed "love" between Jaime and Brienne coming from? I think they have mutual respect for each other, but neither one is attracted to the other sexually or romantically. I'm sure GRRM has an interesting storyline planned for Jaime and Brienne, and I suspect it includes Jaime as the valonqar, but I cannot see Lady Stoneheart allowing Jaime to get away (in her eyes) a third time. As for Lightbringer and Nissa Nissa...the sword is already forged. Why would it need to be plunged into anyone's heart a second time?

I was wrong. Melisandre is a shadowbinder according to A Clash of Kings, soft cover, page 20.

The first word in a sentence is typically capitalized.

You are automatically assuming that "shadow binder" and creating "shadow babies" are one of the same? I don't see the connection. Do you have any words from the books that connect the two? I haven't read anything in the books what shadow binding could be. It sounds like this could be an ability to "bind" a shadow, as if Qaithe could catch or bind a shadow. Melisandre creates "shadows" after having sex with whom she makes the baby from. Doesn't sound like the same ability to me.

I haven't seen any evidence that Melisandre is a shadowbinder, but you are right by saying that Quaithe is not a red priestess. From the wiki: Quaithe, also known as Quaithe of the Shadow, is a priestess of Asshai. It was my mistake for including Quaithe as a red-priestess. She belongs to a different religion. She's a priestess of Asshai.

What's with the Mel hating? I wish there were an "don't like" button. I think Mel is still "human" just as the other Red Priests in the series. That she is always warm to the touch, indicates that something has happended to her that enables her to live without food and be able to see visions in fire. She doesn't need food, because she receives sustanence from R'hllor. It seems like each of the Red Priests have different abilities, for example Thoros of Myr can raise the dead, while Quaithe of the Shadow provides cryptic future telling. An interesting sidenote: the Red Priests all have the ability to raise the dead, but they don't seem to be able to "heal" the dead once they are un-dead. Cases in point: Beric Dondarrion and Catlyn Stark. Which reinforces my belief that Jon isn't going to die. I think he'll be near death, and Melidandre will heal his wounds with fire, similar to Moqorro's healing Victarion's hand.

He can't enter because the magic prevents wights from entering and he is a wight, even if he's working with the Children of the Forest.

R'hllor's antithesis is The One Who Shall Not Be Named or The Great Other. Light against Dark, Fire against Ice. I think Coldhands is simply a wight that the Children of the Forest have been able to control. The high priest of R'hllor, Benerro, sends Moqorro to mentor Daenerys. The same faith as Melisandre...although, I'm not sure how good Moqorro is. I guess we'll see if he's only using Vicatarion until he gets to Dany.