DireWolfSpirit Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Arya because she not only has honed those survival skills so well.But also due to her ability to befriend characters high or low born.She doesn't seem to discriminate in that respect.Gendry, Hot Pie and Aryahttp://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/31000000/Gendry-Arya-Hot-Pie-gendry-31069584-245-359.pngThis ability to not be intimidated by the powerful (Tywin,Joffrey, etc),while also not looking down on the commoner (Mycah, Hot Pie, etc),is a favorite theme of her character for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimJames Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Stannis would jump off a cliffThe serious answer is that Stannis would probably be a bailiff in some backwater Stormland village.The fun answer is that he would become a smuggler and go on wacky smuggler adventures with Davos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good Guy Garlan Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Varys would say Aegon, but I call bullshit on that because the smallfolk usually don't have a master at arms, a maester and a septa I think Arya takes the cake, since almost everything that Varys said about Aegon applies to her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Tail of the Dragon Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Are most smallfolk in Westeros even free enough for their personalities to matter? I thought in the middle age Europe, although there were independent farmers and townspeople depending on the region, most of the commoners were serfs tied to their lord's lands. Therefore, I kind of assumed that the rights that Aegon V tried to give the smallfolk were the rights to move around and take up trades and professions, and that those rights were cancelled after Summerhall. Is there anything else Egg could have been doing? Obviously, in the disruption caused by the war of the five kings people can move around and do stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimJames Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Now for the others ...Cersei would be a prostitute. She seems like the type of person who would use sex as a bartering tool. All of the Targaryens be would be shepherds in the Valyrian hills.Gregor and Ramsay would start their own Bandit Brotherhood.Oberyn would be the commander of an Essosi sellsword company. Tyrion would be a Maester or a Septon. Sansa would marry a HedgeKnight, a swornsword, or (if she's lucky) a holdfast knight. If she's really lucky than her husband will be given a landed estate of his own after the fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Cersei wouldn't be the same Cersei we know if she was born a peasant. Probably most of the characters would be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodor the Articulate Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 You know, the series does have washerwomen, septas, handmaids, entertainers, crafters, etc, so not every low born women has to be a "whore". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyenon15 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Asha Greyjoy would be fineprobably most of the Greyjoys wouldas well as the Umbers.I think Sam would have had a better life as a smallfolk.Dany has shown strong evidence that she would be ok without highborn status Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Dany has shown strong evidence that she would be ok without highborn statusVery true. Not only is her main desire just a house with a red door, when she was younger she told Viserys she wanted to be a fisherman, and she was happy living with the Dothraki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyenon15 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Very true. Not only is her main desire just a house with a red door, when she was younger she told Viserys she wanted to be a fisherman, and she was happy living with the Dothraki.I never even thought of those things,thats even more evidence. I was just thinking about how she has so much charisma and charm that a lot of people would like her regardless of her birth status. The Dothraki seemed to respect her unlike Viserys.I think Robert would be okay in a similar way, people just seem to genuinely like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Tywin. Remember that episode of Sabrina when Libby was making fun of her for joining the Science Club and called her a nerd? Then Sabrina turned Libby into a nerd so she would experience the bullying but it backfired because Libby was a dictator in any kind of universe and she made the nerds cool and they made fun of Sabrina for being not nerdy enough? Tywin would be the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyenon15 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 The nobles who during any interaction with a peasant immediately retreat into "I'm your superior, so blah blah blah" would be the first to go.The nobles who really know who to talk to people without immediately falling back into their superior status should be alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ser Septon Maester Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Tywin. Remember that episode of Sabrina when Libby was making fun of her for joining the Science Club and called her a nerd? Then Sabrina turned Libby into a nerd so she would experience the bullying but it backfired because Libby was a dictator in any kind of universe and she made the nerds cool and they made fun of Sabrina for being not nerdy enough? Tywin would be the same.Not sure I follow (I haven't seen Sabrina) but I agree Tywin would dominate anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ser Septon Maester Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 You know, the series does have washerwomen, septas, handmaids, entertainers, crafters, etc, so not every low born women has to be a "whore".Yes but many of the characters would wind up whores if lowborn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hos the Hostage Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Sam would have had a better childhood. (Assuming he is still from the Reach. Won't be so hopeful if he was born in Riverlands). He could have become a maester much sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Doe Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Davos. I don't know if this is even a contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyenon15 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Because Davos isn't highborn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ser Septon Maester Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Davos. I don't know if this is even a contest. Obviously we know Davos pulls it off, the question is more about the lords and ladies pulling it off without the advantages of birth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aryagonnakill#2 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Dany had multiple servants when she was with the Dothraki, I don't think that really counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Wylla Manderly Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Arya could do well as a thief, spy or cutthroat Except no, because despite what a lot of people seem to think, Arya is not defined by how many people she's killed or how good she is at it. If we disregard all that she's been through as an exiled noble girl, why would she need to kill anyone in the first place? Why would she end up killing professionally? She'd probably work on a ship, as she enjoyed being on Titan's Daughter and briefly wondered if they'd have her. Arya is the most adaptable character in the series, she'd probably be good at most things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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