desire Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/winds-winter-spoilers-author-confirms-show-spoiled-brutal-death-1508531 “Winds of Winter” author has confirmed that “Game of Thrones” Season 5 has already spoilt a brutal death of an important character. Fans of the book series were hopeful that the next book in “A Song of Ice and Fire” would be released before the next season of the TV series, but they should now prepare for more spoilers. [Spoiler alert] Author George R.R. Martin has confirmed a major death in the next book in the commentary of “Game of Thrones” Season 5, Den of Geek reports. The commentary is available in the Blu-ray edition of the season and it includes details about how some of the major scenes were filmed and other behind the scenes information. Martin confirmed that it was always his intention to make Stannis (Stephen Dillane) and Melisandre (Carice Van Houten) sacrifice Shireen Baratheon (Kerry Ingram) to the Red God. The character was burned alive in Season 5, with Stannis hoping that the sacrifice would help him gain a victory against the Boltons. In the end the brutal death did not have the desired effect that Melisandre and Stannis had hoped. Instead, the tiered and worn army of Stannis was thoroughly routed by the Boltons and Stannis himself lost his life. Both Shireen and Stannis are still alive in “A Song of Ice and Fire” book series. Martin appears to have confirmed Shireen’s death in “Winds of Winter,” but it is still not clear if Stannis will lose his life in the book series too. Martin and the producers of the TV series have stated multiple times in the past that the show and the books are diverging. It is not necessary that the show will spoil the books going forward. Some of the dead characters on the show may continue to live in the book series and vice versa. With the premiere episode of “Game of Thrones” Season 6 fast approaching, Martin is putting in more efforts to complete the book. However, “Winds of Winter” is not expected to be released before the first episode of the show airs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissdbyfire Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 No, that's from a comment made mistakenly by Iain Glen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 I am a proponent of the theory that Mel will sacrifice her at the wall while Stannis is away at battle ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stag_legion Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 11 hours ago, kissdbyfire said: No, that's from a comment made mistakenly by Iain Glen. This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aFeastForDragons Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 "confirmed" Meaning someone else said someone else said supposedly it happens in a future book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandros_of_Lys Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Being rather fond of the girl, I hope Shireen doesn't die in the next books. Even if she does, hopefully, GRRM won't kill her in the same way as the show. Rather, I don't want Stannis to be involved in her death at all, primarily because it seems out of character for him. Moreso in the books, but even in the show I wasn't convinced. I don't think him turning back to Winterfell would've been terrible for him, politically speaking, even if it stung his pride a bit. I just can't believe Stannis would kill his daughter, his only heir, to win against the Boltons that exact battle. And I agree -- it isn't confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of the North Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 On 3/16/2016 at 2:59 PM, W. Wrycthen said: I am a proponent of the theory that Mel will sacrifice her at the wall while Stannis is away at battle ... Yep, because Book!Stannis would never do it. But Book!Mel would do it if she felt it was necessary to bring back Jon Snow who she thinks is important, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 3 hours ago, Prince of the North said: Yep, because Book!Stannis would never do it. But Book!Mel would do it if she felt it was necessary to bring back Jon Snow who she thinks is important, etc. Yes. Book Stannis being able to go through with it is questionable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of the North Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 54 minutes ago, W. Wrycthen said: Yes. Book Stannis being able to go through with it is questionable. Yeah, it's not even a possibility for Book!Stannis. As has been said, he even told Massey to keep fighting to put Shireen on the IT should he die. That's not something anyone would say about someone else they could possibly sacrifice if the need arose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 1 minute ago, Prince of the North said: Yeah, it's not even a possibility for Book!Stannis. As has been said, he even told Massey to keep fighting to put Shireen on the IT should he die. That's not something anyone would say about someone else they could possibly sacrifice if the need arose. Truth. That bespeaks his need to put her before his own campaign. That's why when that happened on the show I was like "What?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Drunkard Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 What campaign, though? He wouldn't do it for the throne, but if it is a question of sacrificing his daughter or losing the world? The main point of the Azor Ahai story is that he had to sacrifice what he loved most before R'hllor gave him the power to save the world, and by the end of ASOS Stannis does believe himself to be Azor Ahai Reborn, that stopping the Others is his duty. If he's faced with some hopeless scenario against them and it does come down to that question, I see him picking the sacrifice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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