Sylva Santagar Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 What if Rhaegar, instead of messing around with prophecy's had took the Iron Throne from his insane father? Actually think he was in the middle of this process, would explain why three Kingsguard, three of the best where in Dorne instead of at the Kings side. Well, it would be a completely different story then..... It's impossible to make rational predictions. Hell, what if I would have gotten out of bed an hour earlier yesterday morning... for all I know I could have been dead by now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolves Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 What if Ned had stayed North?(I'll never let this go) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod The Rod Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 What if Robb had married Margaery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad Wolf Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 What if Robb had married Margaery?Ohhhh good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good Guy Garlan Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 What if Robb had married Margaery? Ok, this easily deserves its own thread, but I'll bite: (I'm assuming we're talking after Renly's death, not at the beginning of the series) Stannis takes KL and kills Tyrion, Cersei, Joffrey, etc. Sansa either dies or becomes a hostage of Stannis. Ditto Tywin, though he'd be caught by Robb's team. Jaime likely dies too.The city would still be a mess of famine and riots because the Tyrells would keep the roseroad closed. Sandor takes Arya to the Twins. No RW happens, so Edmure marries Roslin and Arya marries Elmar or whatever his name is. Robb kicks the Ironborn off the North, kills Theon and Ramsey, defeats Mance and retrieves Rickon. Meanwhile, Edmure and the Tyrell army defeat the Lannister remnants in the Riverlands and start going westward, conquering the Westerlands in name of King Robb. Depending how dire his situation is (and if he has Sansa as hostage), Stannis may or may not try to fight Robb. I could see most of his advisors urging him to accept a peace if things are too messy in KL. Euron attacks the Reach, but the Redwyne fleet is free to fight him head-on and Robb/the Tyrells could also have Lannisport by this point, so the Ironborn wouldn't be that much of a threat. Littlefinger would presumably be in some place like Bitterbridge, after negotiating a failed alliance with Mace. So I guess he gets caught and let's say he gets tortured to see where he keeps the gold and then killed. Regardless, his match with Lysa would be a no-go, so the Vale remains neutral. Dorne is a wildcard. Stannis could offer to marry Shireen to Trystane, maybe, but Robb's team would have better things to offer, like lands in the West, Willas, or Sansa, if she gets returned to them in one piece. I think Sansa-Quentyn would have been an awesome match. Also, with Tyrion dead, Aegon goes to Meereen. With some luck he gets killed by the Stone Men (with no Tyrion to save him), but if not he probably still dies in Slaver's Bay, killed by the pale mare or the slavers. And with no Tyrion and Jorah to give Brown Ben the idea to switch sides again maybe the battle goes bad for Dany too and she dies. In that case, I see Robb being King of the North, West, Riverlands and Reach, maybe even the Iron Islands too. If Stannis accepts that, he ends up as King of the Stormlands, Crownlands, Vale and maybe Dorne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidrun Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 What if ... Dany had decided NOT to get the blood magic done for Khal Drogo and thus her son (probably) would have been born fine. She probably would have remained with the khalasar, probably eventually remarried. Some Central Asian tribes that the Dothraki are modeled on, it was the duty of the brother or other close male relatives to take widows of their make kin as their wives. Dany probably would have eventually remarried, given birth to Rhaego. But her journey to Westeros would have depended on the new khal. Probably no adventures in Astapor or Meereen, which may be a good thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmarshal Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 What if ... Dany had decided NOT to get the blood magic done for Khal Drogo and thus her son (probably) would have been born fine. She probably would have remained with the khalasar, probably eventually remarried. Some Central Asian tribes that the Dothraki are modeled on, it was the duty of the brother or other close male relatives to take widows of their make kin as their wives. Dany probably would have eventually remarried, given birth to Rhaego. But her journey to Westeros would have depended on the new khal. Probably no adventures in Astapor or Meereen, which may be a good thingShe would became a crone and the other new Khals would have smashed Rhaego's head to the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanml82 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Stannis would have killed him . Jon would have killed Stannis.Castle Black would have fallen from the south, the Free Folk pour in and fight Stannis, who doesn't have siege equipment nor too many men, from the Wall.Maybe Jon, with Mance's approval, would then try to raise the mountain clans to wrestle Winterfell from the Boltons in Sansa's name. But it's tricky as he's now known as a turncloak. Maybe he can justify it claiming the Watch turned their cloaks by protecting Craster, but who's buying that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmarshal Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Jon would have killed Stannis.Castle Black would have fallen from the south, the Free Folk pour in and fight Stannis, who doesn't have siege equipment nor too many men, from the Wall.Maybe Jon, with Mance's approval, would then try to raise the mountain clans to wrestle Winterfell from the Boltons in Sansa's name. But it's tricky as he's now known as a turncloak. Maybe he can justify it claiming the Watch turned their cloaks by protecting Craster, but who's buying that?Are you joking? The wildlings are the enemies to the northerners, they rape their women and steal their crap. Do you think they would side with them after they attacked CB? As to Stannis, why would he need siege weapons? He can just meet the free folk south ,CB has no walls and he has the element of surprise, as well as East watch on his side. The same reaction just one dead Jon Snow. Seriously, this just giving Stannis more hero points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Lannister Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 What if Jorah sold Longclaw to the Lannisters in order to provide a lavish lifestyle for his wife? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylin Stark Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I still believe that if Joanna survived childbirth, complete ASOIAF would have been different... And that would also affect RR, which would affect Wo5K etc, etc... Completely different universe And Tyrion had to ruin that! Bloody Imp :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocoalover1956 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 What if Jorah sold Longclaw to the Lannisters in order to provide a lavish lifestyle for his wife? His family would hate him forever giving up their rare, priceless sword for a woman. Mormonts of the future will call him Jorah the Sell-out. The Lannisters would over the moon though. And Tywin would give Longclaw to Jaime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod The Rod Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 -snip- You know, I think I'll take you up on that. Making that thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twatbeards conspiracy Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 What if king bob was sober and Ned the drunk womanizer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod The Rod Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 What if king bob was sober and Ned the drunk womanizer? Catelyn would've murdered him. Also, we the fans wouldn't be nearly as big Stark fans. In terms of impact on the world, Ned would've never come south as Hand because Sober Bob wouldn't need his help and wouldn't want it even if he did need it. So Wot5Ks never starts. Heck, if Bob had been sober, Cersei wouldn't have minded being married to him so much and might've actually borne him trueborn kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Lannister Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 What if king bob was sober and Ned the drunk womanizer? There would be no bastards and Robert's rebellion will not happen because Lyanna will not run away with Rhaegar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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