Sweetrobin = Bloodraven, Jr.? Or Bran II?
Are we supposed to compare Sweetrobin to Bran, Bloodraven or both? I noticed similarities when re-reading AFfC, Alayne II, in which Sansa and Sweetrobin (and Mya and Myranda and Maester Colemon) descend from the Eyrie. Elements of Bran's journey and the scenes in Bloodraven's cave seem to match with details of this Alayne POV. (I posted this yesterday in the, "Wow, I never noticed that . . ." thread, but the Fattest Leech suggested that the potential discussion might warrant a thread of its own
No. Although all this 'milk symbolism' is associated with the ever-present danger of a mental break, taken together with all the other references, the implication of the symbolism is that rather than the illness being intrinsic, there is an extrinsically administered infective or toxic agent which is poisoning the milk. This is in line with LmL's recent thoughts that the weirwood is harboring and/or attempting to detoxify a harmful agent that might have forced its way into the tree. This make