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7 minutes ago, Lord Varys said:

And if we imagine Arya being reunited with the remnants of her family or reconnecting with any of her old friends it is going to be something akin to a funeral procession. They will have nothing in common anyone, only the memories of the past. Even Jon - the family member closest to Arya - would struggle with the person she became. She can fulfill plot roles as assassin, of course, but if imagine a not-so-bad ending of the story we must struggle at imagining how Arya could ever settle down or become normal again.

I think she will struggle with that too. Which is why:

28 minutes ago, sweetsunray said:

Make her think that someone attempted to poison her.

What would that accomplish if there is no clear suspect, though?

5 hours ago, Sandy Clegg said:

These heresy threads are fun, but why are they all hiding in the ADWD subforum where nobody ever goes, instead of general? We need some interesting ideas over there. At the moment it's all 'Who is the most evil XYZ? 

To be fair, it’s pretty hard to generate new ideas after more than a decade of intense discussion.

3 hours ago, Hippocras said:

I think fans get very hung up on loyalty, but GRRM knows that even the most loyal people have their breaking points and their own personal needs and interests to juggle.

One prominent exception to this could be Davos. 

On 10/16/2023 at 5:19 PM, LongRider said:

If Jon is dead, he won't be revived, as the dead cannot be revived.  So, no worries about him being alive again. However, if he is reanimated by magic, which is how all the dead are reanimated, then he will be a wight and continue to be dead. 

What’s the difference between revival and reanimation?

27 minutes ago, Craving Peaches said:

I got attacked by a bounty hunter in Skyrim once.

Arrow to the knee?

1 hour ago, SeanF said:

Would I kill a man like Daeron?  No, but then I have the option of turning him in.

Although I’m not sure that the Braavosi authorities would even accept him as a prisoner if desertion from the Night’s Watch isn’t a crime there.

15 minutes ago, The Commentator said:

When Beric died and then got revived by Thoros, he basically cut ties with the Dondarrions, to the point of even barely remembering his bethroted, his castle and lands.

Although it’s not that he wanted to cut ties with them, it’s that he was physically unable to remember.

55 minutes ago, Craving Peaches said:

Renly was fine with Joffrey as king as long as Ned was regent and Cersei was not.

Yes, you're right. And earlier he toyed with the idea of replacing Cersei with Margaery at Robert's side.

With that in mind, one would think that Renly was simply anti-Lannister, but if so, why didn't he support Stannis in his fight against them?

Ser Pounce is the first one that comes to mind. Scaring off Balerion is no easy feat.

1 hour ago, sweetsunray said:

Not if the Dothraki and Viserys originally were meant to create chaos and destabilize Westeros for Aegon to swoop in and save the day.

But would the Golden Company be powerful enough to defeat the Dothraki? Or were they counting on support from Westerosi lords?

What’s the deal with Cersei telling Catelyn that she and Robert lost a black-haired child once? Many show watchers were thrown off by this and believed for a long time that Jon Snow was actually that child.

20 hours ago, Alester Florent said:

he trusts LF, but not Renly, which was arguably Ned's single biggest mistake

Following Renly’s plan would have been fine if they gave the throne to Stannis afterwards, but Renly wanted it for himself.

8 minutes ago, Craving Peaches said:

Jon Arryn's symptoms were not like Belwas's though.

Maybe Belwas got his name because of his bad belly? 

22 hours ago, Many-Faced Votary said:

What do you mean?

Melisandre claims that she can see Azar Ahai in her flames, but she hasn't seen Ser Pounce. 

On 10/13/2023 at 1:43 PM, Takiedevushkikakzvezdy said:

I think the only viable counterpoint is that Melisandre didn’t see Ser Pounce in her visions. As far as we know.

Melisandre claims that she can see Azar Ahai in her flames, but she hasn't seen Ser Pounce. 

12 minutes ago, Alester Florent said:

You're allowed to mention donkeys here without self-censoring, you know.

Does any character in the series actually use a donkey, other than maester Luwin?

52 minutes ago, Darth Sidious said:

The throne is not a conscious intelligence who judges the as$ sitting on it. Robert was not an evil person but his policies and his governing ruined what was once a prosperous Targaryen kingdom. A living throne, possessing of conscience, would have bled Robert to spare the people from the mass suffering he created. 

Maybe Robert simply got too fat to sit on the throne in his later years?

2 minutes ago, SeanF said:

Every sympathetic character kills people.

I don't know what it would take for Tommen to kill someone, for example.

5 hours ago, Alden Rothack said:

I doubt that anything hes done has benefitted anyone other than himself.

Except teaching Sansa how to play the game. I guess she is such a blind spot for him that he doesn't even consider the possibility of her using it against him.

10 hours ago, sifth said:

Let's be real, Robert is better than any of the other living kings in the series.

Technically, the only living king in the series is Tommen. 

6 minutes ago, Alester Florent said:

Well, that is indeed the standard fan-take on Robert, the one I think may be too harsh.

I find it strange that Robert is considered a bad king, while at the same time Jon Arryn is considered a good Hand. Even though they ruled together, and Jon Arryn seems to be the one doing most of the ruling.

9 minutes ago, kav2001c said:

I know this is a trait of GRRM but seriously the splits / overlaps we have seen previously (Clash+Storm & Feast+Dance) have both been done quite poorly as there was little preplanning.

Just out of curiosity, how would you split Clash and Storm?

38 minutes ago, astarkchoice said:

Theyve been loyal to themselves, as poor vale lords LF was able to reach out to them and get them a fantastic deal.

Their father seems to be loyal to Littlefinger, at least.

8 hours ago, Many-Faced Votary said:

This is a counterpoint, though.

I think the only viable counterpoint is that Melisandre didn’t see Ser Pounce in her visions. As far as we know.