The Reckoner Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 The Aegon reveal in ADWD and, STANNIS! STANNIS! STANNIS!. I was not expecting that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Half Of Tormunds Member Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 A few have already been mentioned but also Jaime losing his hand. At first I thought they had executed him and I had to reread a few times. ETA: And I still wasn't much of a Jaime fan at this point but it shocked me a lot as I didn't see it coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRose1989 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 The biggest has been mentioned (Red Wedding)....a close second would be Jamie meeting Cercei again in sept in front of dead Joff.Wowzers guys.And for third place, the entire 'Mercy' Chapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoffa Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 When Ladystone heart said that Brienne had to bring Jaime back to her. I also threw my book across the room. It hit the wall hard and laid there for a week or so before I picked it back up again.Haha, That is EXACTLY what i did after the red wedding. Threw the book across the room in to the wall and let it lay there in shame for a week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddard Scissorhands Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 I threw the book against the wall the moment The Hound defeated Beric, probably my favorite character. (And I hated book Hound until I warmed up to Tv Hound).Smashed the book at The Red Vipers demise.My jaw dropped to the floor when Stoneheart was revealed.Didn't know if I was to be happy or sad, the chapter in which Jaime came to his senses with his hand dangling from his neck.Varys' Aegon speech was also a wtf moment. Most other shocking moments were either spoiled for me or I got acclimatized to GRRM's writing style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fattest Leech Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 When Arya went blind - I guess I didn't expect that. And then when she recovered - I kinda didn't expect it from GRRM to be so kind these are the exact two things I was thinking. When I read both of those chapters all of the sudden got all dusty in the room and this clear liquid was leaking from my eyes. My husband thought I was nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makk Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 When Robb died. And again when Jon "died". I could see the first one coming sort of and it did seem to fit in and make sense no matter how sad I was about it. When Jon "died" I was more shocked. I thought WTF??? thats f***ing stupid, what was the point of all that story??? It took a long time to dawn on me that he probably wasn't dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random girl from westeros Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 At oberyn's death. I put the book down and sat at the end of my backyard staring at nothing in particular, I had flashbacks of the red wedding. It took me a week to pick the book again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Stop throwing books! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walda Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 "Only Cat" took me completely by surprise.Even after I paused and asked why, it still didn't make sense to me that Petyr Baelish would spare Sansa, who is very certainly a liability, and, in the unlikely event that she ever comes into land or money or armies, his access to those spoils will be dependant either on trading her to someone who could just as easily kill him for sheltering her, or on her husband's judgement of Petyr, rather than on Petyr's judgement for her. Contrast with Lysa, who has given him the Vale, which (it seemed to me) he could hardly hold without her.The second 'wow' movement was the Shy Maid approaching the Bridge of Dream for the second time. That reminded me strongly of the Farewell to Lorien, in that they were clearly passing through a mote of time, but in spite of using the fog as an obvious build-up (and scene setter - which reminded me of Bleak House), it absolutely surprised me - the reappearance of the bridge ( I'm trying to think of another instance of magic in ASoIaF that is completely unsummoned, as this appears to be, and off the top of my head, this is the only instance), the attack of the stonemen, even the apparent drowning death of Tyrion kept me in shocked suspense for a few chapters.Dance with Dragons as a whole did not overly impress me on my first read, but this chapter was a shining exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloody Ben Blackwood Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 The biggest shock was Oberyn dying, I was sure Tyrion will live because I had seen his chapters later and only way for him to survive was Oberyn winning, but when he got his skull crushed I was thinking no this cannot be, must be dream of Tyrion or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonnyscouse Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 I had seen the Red Wedding coming, the bit that caught me off-guard was Roose being at the heart of it, his chainmail was the WTF moment for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthGirl Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 The whole massacre at Craster's, with the Old Bear getting knifed and all. That's the definition of "That escalated quickly"This. The aborted attempt during the prologue of Storm gave me a false sense of security when it came to Mormont wrt mutiny. Which is super fucking dumb because I had watched the freaking show...to be fair I didn't pay much attention during season 3. Still saw the Red Wedding coming, not the specifics but I was sure Robb wouldn't make it out of season 3. Cat dying shocked me though and Lady Stoneheart surprised me as well.When Robb died. And again when Jon "died". I could see the first one coming sort of and it did seem to fit in and make sense no matter how sad I was about it. When Jon "died" I was more shocked. I thought WTF??? thats f***ing stupid, what was the point of all that story??? It took a long time to dawn on me that he probably wasn't dead.I wasn't shocked that he was stabbed, it was the sequence of events that made me go WTF. Jon just like, completely lost it and told his men he was intent on deserting. Although, I always assumed he would either be brought back or wasn't full on dead (although that would be super dumb if that was the case because...four stab wounds).Of course the Jon Arryn murder reveal just blew my mind.I think that was all that shocked me plot wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterfreak Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Lysa's death really shocked me. I already knew about a lot of the deaths in Storm (thank you Dance blurb for spoiling Joffrey and Tywin) and that sort of came out of nowhere. Janos Slynt's death was so much shocking as it was pleasing. It's one of my favourite book moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Suburbs Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 When a POV seems to die, like Bran and Rickon or Arya at the RW, does anyone else flip through the upcoming pages to see if they have another POV? Just to get a little comfort? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicAndTheSquidSquad Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Stop throwing books!Exactly!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicAndTheSquidSquad Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 When a POV seems to die, like Bran and Rickon or Arya at the RW, does anyone else flip through the upcoming pages to see if they have another POV? Just to get a little comfort? I always check it. After Tyrion went down in the Royne, the ones you wrote Ned's beheading etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sullen Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Cat and Tyrion at the Crossroads Inn is probably the moment that made me go "Whoa..." the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime4Brienne Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 A few have already been mentioned but also Jaime losing his hand. At first I thought they had executed him and I had to reread a few times. ETA: And I still wasn't much of a Jaime fan at this point but it shocked me a lot as I didn't see it coming.Yes Jaime losing his hand was a huge shocker...and also Shae in Tywin's bed...I was like WTF!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fattest Leech Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 When a POV seems to die, like Bran and Rickon or Arya at the RW, does anyone else flip through the upcoming pages to see if they have another POV? Just to get a little comfort? I wanted to with Jon's stabbing, but alas, I can't When I first read that I freaked a bit and then realized that a key character can't be offed like that, that this is not a Ned situation. I looked where I could online for answers but there really weren't any I could find at the time. It was only when I did a re-read of the prologue a few weeks later that I could comfort myself For some reason Arya going blind hit harder to me at the time. I think it would be worse to live and be blind, never to actually see your family when you finally return to them, than it would to be Ned-Dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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