The Stannis Inquisition

I have hope for the Freys as well. Hope that more interesting characters don't choke on them.

I like Stannis and his whole dark, twisted court. That prologue in ACoK at Dragonstone really cemented them as my favorites in the series and are what got me to continue reading. I always thought it brought to mind a sort of warped take on the Arthurian mythos.

If future novels aren't like the end of an episode of Scooby Doo with everyone pulling off masks and revealing that they were actually middle-aged men trying to make a buck off some kind of real estate scam I will be sorely disappointed. "Like, zoinks, Ghost, I can't believe that the Bolton army was actually old man Jenkins this whole time!"

Daeron was a little bitch (an admittedly unlucky one). I wish a red priest had given him the kiss of life so Arya could kill him again.

Nah, Hot Pie is obviously the prince we deserve. TPTWD if you will. Which is why it can never come to pass. We were too greedy with our theorycrafting, and delved too deep into the text. Now there is only darkness... Do you hear that? The Redditors are coming.

Hot take: The fact that the series is unlikely to be finished means that it will never truly be possible to definitively shoot down some of the crazier theories that pop up. This is forever, folks.

I could see all of them ruling the North in some capacity before the story is over, but if any Stark is ruling in Winterfell by the end I think it will be Sansa. I may be letting what I remember of the show's ending influence my thinking, but I think it makes sense for her arc. She goes to Kings Landing as a spoiled girl with decidedly Southron sensibilities, but through various trials and tribulations is rebuilt (reborn? Not sure what word I should use there) into a proper Northern queen. Rickon is basically a non entity at this point. Even if he returns to Winterfell I really doubt that will change; he's just too young to really be anymore than a figurehead. And with his wolf's name being Shaggydog? I will be extremely surprised if he ever does anything that really matters as far as the main plot is concerned. And I just don't see Jon winding up on any throne, at least not for long.

The answer is Stannis. Look into the flames and you too will see this to be true!

Thanks, guys. Nothing like waking up to a warm welcome.

Hello, everyone. I'm a recent convert to the ASoIaF fandom. I enjoy reading, particularly fantasy, science fiction, horror and historical fiction. Oh, and I also like puns.