illrede Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 i think that is hilarious I'd think so, but I noted that Tyrion noticed he didn't much care. What shattered him was Daenerys marrying a Ghiscarri noble. Ultimately it just served to keep up the hype of Jorah being a nobleman "never at a loss", with a near-terminal case of Chivalry. And then he starts casually expounding on the dawning strategic picture and giving background exposition on the Second Sons while tattooed and half naked, and that clinched it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grensinger5 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 If Lord Janos can be believed, he is trying to make common cause with the wildlings, warned Grand Maester Pycelle. Savages in skins, declared Lord Merryweather. Lord Stannis must be desperate indeed, to seek such allies. Hmmm, who else could be that desperate? The IT, that's who. They also made an alliance with savages in skins. The Boltons. Add to that the Lannister coalition's use of the Mountain Clans to fight Stannis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reek Da Villain Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Illyrio Mopatis wed Daenerys to Khal Drago and sent her off to die. Yet it was his wedding gift to her that has kept her alive and made her a threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Stannis is insulted and pissed that he was given Dragonstone and not Storm's End. Yet, it's that island, and the fact that you need a fleet to assault it, that has allowed to him to stay alive and still be a player for the Throne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Illyrio Mopatis wed Daenerys to Khal Drago and sent her off to die. Yet it was his wedding gift to her that has kept her alive and made her a threat.We know that wasn't his intention though. His plan was for Aegon to join forces with Viserys IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondancer Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Hey what about this one. Sansa wishing at the end of AGOT that a true hero would throw slynt down and chop his head off.Jon fetch-blocking (bear with me, ok) Janos wasn't GRRM's original idea; the solution came to him after few possibilities. In this light, it can be argued that GRRM never planned for this, and therefore the scene isn't intentional and doesn't pertain to the foreshadowing business the forum members like so much. :) ...Unless GRRM was rereading Sansa's chapters and went - "oh! This could totally work." :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Broke Howard Hughes Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Cersei's desire for the power to protect her children being the thing that ultimately gets them all killed.Roose getting what every Bolton has wanted for a thousand years only to find out he's not equipped to do the job and it will likely end his family's rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forestlass Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Metaphorically, Elmar's princess (Arya) is already dead in the sense that her arc leads ever away from highborn status. Stylistically it extends the complex irony of her death list/death wishes. A stupid princess, she thought, that’s nothing to cry over. “My brothers might be dead,” she confided. Elmar gave her a scornful look. “No one cares about a serving girl’s brothers.” It was hard not to hit him when he said that. “I hope your princess dies” she said, and ran off before he could grab her. Personally I don't think everything has to be a metaphor of the events that had happened or what's to happen in the series. Arya was miffed of the thoughtless reply of Elmar Frey to her own worries for her brother so naturally she said those words about his princess to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Scorpion Knight Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 We know that wasn't his intention though. His plan was for Aegon to join forces with Viserys IIRC. especiqally if you consider Illyrios offer of extended hospitality to viserys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnivil Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Jon in ADWD “Pyp should learn to hold his tongue. I have heard the same from others. King’s blood, to wake a dragon. Where Melisandre thinks to find a sleeping dragon, no one is quite sure. It’s nonsense. Mance’s blood is no more royal than mine own. He has never worn a crown nor sat a throne. He’s a brigand, nothing more. There’s no power in brigand’s blood.”The raven looked up from the floor. “Blood,” it screamed. Even Mormont's raven can't stand the irony. Even if we ignore R+L=J, he's still got King's Blood in his veins from both the old Kings of Winter as well as being the brother of Robb Stark, the last KitN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycah Bluth Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 If the theory about Lyanna fighting as the Knight of the Laughing Tree is true, it makes Cersei's bitterness at not being born a man even more poetic. The woman who "stole" Rhaegar and Robert from her did so while being a warrior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainGhost Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Tywin Lannister working his whole life to secure the legacy of House Lannister, only to have his House close to collapse after he dies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minstral Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 The hatred Cersei had for Robert and the way he ruled... and then mimic his whoring and drinking habits to a tee and being an even more ineffectual ruler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Tiger Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 The only irony I see is that Ned gets beheaded with ICE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfmaid7 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Jon not being allowed to fight Joffrey because "bastards can't hit a prince" :lol: Hohoho we have a winner :bowdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Tiger Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 "Arya is listening to a song of a princess who threw herself off a tower after her brother was killed and is unimpressed, thinking she should have tried to kill the man responsible. The princess is presumably Ashara Dayne, whose brother was killed by Eddard Stark, Arya's father." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faceless Man Friday Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Did not read entire thread so forgive me if this has been stated. When Squire Frey was crying because he could not marry a princess and Arya tells him she hopes his princess dies not realizing that she was the princess that had been promised him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Ser Barristan: "Once a man turns his cloak, he will not scruple to turn it again." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salafi Stannis Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Gared had pretty good reason to betray his oath IMO. Ned should've listened, not just chopped. And even in the unlikely event that Ned still left Winterfell and gone off to be King's Hand while believing the North was first in line if the Others invaded, at the least he wouldn't have been concentrating on all that black of hair hoo-ha would he. Ned had no reason to believe him, the Other's where a fairy tale to most Westerosi. It's like getting framed for a crime committed by a ghost and being found guilty. And having people say "That asshole judge! Finding him guilty when it was all a ghost!" Is the judge supposed to believe the guy who says "It was all a ghost your honour!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferocious Veldt Roarer Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Stannis snorted. “If you step in a nest of snakes, does it matter which one bites you first?”“Lannister or Stark, what difference? Viserys used to call them the Usurper’s dogs. If a child is set upon by a pack of hounds, does it matter which one tears out his throat?” Don't those two sound deliciously similar? B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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