Mithras

Think I'm right in saying (text not in front of me) that Mance was a wildling orphan who was raised by the NW so he doesn't really know Westeros at all I imagine, apart from maybe some parts of the north?

Even if that is the case (which I highly doubt), Mance should have learned in Winterfell what Ramsay would do to his foes.

The last chapter of Dany in ASoS is full of references to Lord of the Flies.

I'm pretty sure the pink letter was sent by Mance, There are just too many things to just let slide. Who from the 7 kingdoms has ever called the Night's Watch 'crows'? That's just 1 small reason. If for som reason it isn't Mance, I would say it was Ramsey. But Stannis?????? No.

at the last dany chapter, she was bleeding between her thighs just before the dothraki outrider appeared. what could this bleeding mean?

It is most probably a miscarriage caused by the poisonous green berries she ate.

Is Mag the Mighty a homage to Mighty Mack from Blues Brothers 2000?

Crackpot Theory.

Pycelle and three-eyed-raven are brothers.

I think Tormund will replace Leathers as well. He will be the master at arms and translator of the Old Tongue.

Having said that, I think he did bring some wildlings with him. You're right, they'll probably have Jon send Tormund to round up some wildlings in the show.

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He brought thousands of wildlings.

Replace her as what? Jon's potential wife?

As the one who will bring the large wildling population that will flee when Stannis arrives.

Rattleshirt has been cast when Jon killed Qhorin. I don't think they will replace him.

By the way, did anyone notice something in the fight of Styr and Jon?

The sucker smashed Jon to the anvil and then threw him to the fire. This looks like he is "forging" Jon like a sword. And the scene ends with Jon burying the hammer to his head.

I think this was a nod from the show implying that Jon is the Lightbringer.

The mindblowing theory is here (a very long read but totally worth it.)

Looks like Val will not be cast and Tormund will replace her.

By the way, did anybody think that Orson Lannister sounds quite similar to Whoreson Lannister.

A more important question: Did he poison Tywin before the duel?

How did Lyanna Stark die? Or, assuming R+L=J and she died in childbirth... What lie did Ned tell Robert and everyone else?

He lied that Jon is his son.

You think Tycho wont make it back safely?

His ships are sent to Hardhome by Jon and it is highly probable they they either sunk or used as palisade walls Mel saw in her vision.

Then what would all of Sansa's dealings with Ser Dontos and LF been about?

It is here.

The TV show has its own canon but in the books, there is a very interesting theory that Cersei tried to poison Tyrion with the pigeon pie but Joffrey came and ate it. So, Joffrey died before the Tyrell plot was played.

Interesting - I didn't find it so. The Craster stuff last episode I found pointless and ridiculous, but the Dreadfort insert didn't bother me at all. It showed us how drastically Theon has been broken better (and more economically, time-wise) than could otherwise have been done in the show, as opposed to books.

I do agree that the dogs were a bit ridiculous - it's not like they are immortal :) It would be much more credible if the Ironborn ran because they've been found out and were obviously far outnumbered, once the garrison was awake and aware of their presence.

Lol. The best killers in the Iron Islands armed with axes and shields are making a night raid and killing armed Dreadfort men but they are running on their heels from Ramsay's bitches.

Yara's night raid to Dreadfort was the most ridiculous thing ever done in the GoT.

I think the TRUE IDENTITIES lack the Plumm Ancestry of Lannisters as an alternative to Aerys/Rhaegar + Joanna = Jaime/Cersei/Tyrion theories. By the way, when TWOIAF is released within a couple of months, this theory will be tested for good.

Oberyn poisoned Tywin theory has a second part here.

OTHER TOPICS might include a well-argued and mind-blowing Alternative Purple Wedding theory.

The knight appeared a moment later, cursing and staggering, clad in breastplate and plumed helm and nothing else. His legs were pale and skinny, and his manhood flopped about obscenely as he chased after his horse. The watchers roared and shouted insults. Catching his horse by the bridle, Ser Dontos tried to mount, but the animal would not stand still and the knight was so drunk that his bare foot kept missing the stirrup.

“Mercy,” squeaked the dwarf Bobono, “Mercy, something’s amiss with my laces, my cock keeps flopping out.”

There is also some Ser Dontos in Bobono. Joffrey made him his fool and later tried to make a fool of Tyrion too.

I am not comfortable with Slynt being more intelligent and Thorne acting dumber in the show. Book Thorne was ever a hateful creature, a nasty piece of work, but he was extremely manipulative and dangerous. And he was cunning. I would like to see a Joffrey-level of antagonism with the addition of cunning from him.

This is an argument disproved with one name: Barristan.

The fact that the famous for his honor and nobility Barristan Selmy didn't go running off to serve Viserys means the KG are human and fallible. Their presence at the Tower isn't them doing their duty, it was them failing their duty. Probably under orders from Rhaeghar, but the king, the crown prince, the king's grandson, and grand daughter all died when the guarded the prince's mistress. Considering the weakness of communications, they probably thought it likely Viserys was dead or captured as well. When Eddard showed up with a small force, they almost asked to be killed in combat, an "honorable death."

Barristan was severely wounded after the Battle of Trident. I think the ToJ was regularly and secretly getting help from Starfall. Surely they were getting the news as well. They stayed quite a long time in ToJ. 3 KG, a dying woman and a baby alone do not give us a meaningful picture. The must have squires, serving people, a wetnurse (Wylla) for provisions and so on.

2) Even If so, unless Lyanna and Rhaegar were married, he's a illegitimate son and heir to... nothing in particular.

If Jon was illegitimate, then 3 KG would not protect him at ToJ instead of the rightful king Viserys III in Dragonstone.

3) Robb contemplated making Jon his heir. I still think Jon's fate is tied to Winterfell/North, not the Iron Throne.

Robb thought that all his siblings except Sansa were dead. Besides, Jon is not a Snow. He cannot legitimize Jon. Jon has a lot of foreshadowing to be the king.

4) His last chapter in ADWD , he was getting stabbed repeatedly...it remains to be seen how and if he gets out of that one. Warging into Ghost isn't much good if you don't have a body to get back to.

GRRM said Jon is not dead. That means he is wounded and alive, most likely in a coma similar to Bran in AGoT.

5) Remember Ned's prayer in ADWD about the "two growing up as brothers and his lady wife forgiving him". That, along with the fact his wolf is also related to the other direwolfs, makes me think Ned is the father.

I don't think this necessarily implies Ned is the father. Bran also saw Lyanna after this vision, which hints that Lyanna is the mother of Jon. Ghost is different than the other wolves in many ways. He is an outsider.

6) Only in the last published book, ADWD, we got Aemon introduced. You really think anyone else with as much as a speck of Targ blood is coming forward in the final books ?

I thing that is Aegon you are referring to. Jon is already with us right from the beginning. He is a trueborn prince and king as foreshadowed in AGoT.

starki

GRRM's recently published novella, The Princess and The Queen, makes it quite clear that

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uncle and a niece can marry, so why not an aunt and a nephew

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So Jon & Dany will marry, and their Hand will be

Tyrion

; thus, fulfilling the three-headed dragon prophecy. :D

The three-headed dragon is probably a single Targaryen with three heads (Jon-Ghost-a dragon) similar to Varamyr Sixskins (Varamyr-3 wolves-shadowcat-snowbear).

The clues point that Dany will die at the Wall/North from childbirth and Tyrion is already infected with greyscale, which will drive him to choose the time of his death, which might be a heroic sacrifice.