Heresy 235 The Winter Snow
Welcome to Heresy 235, the latest episode of the long-running thread taking a slantwise look at the Song of Ice and Fire.
As threatened, this time around I’d like to take a look at Jon Snow and the R+L=J theory. Fear not, this isn’t going to be a rehash of the old [very old] arguments anent Jon’s parentage. Instead, we’ll suspend those arguments for now and for the purposes of this particular discussion proceed on the basis that its actually true. [!]
What GRRM has written and is still
Are the king and the friend the same person?
I keep coming back to this essay and this line in Jojen and Meera's oath:
"We swear it by fire and ice." Does this refer to a bloodline?
A Dragonfly Among the Reeds - Is Howland Reed the Grandson of Duncan the Small? - General (ASoIaF) - A Forum of Ice and Fire - A Song of Ice and Fire & Game of Thrones (westeros.org)
I can't help thinking that awarding the crown of roses to Lyanna is a reference to "Jenny of Oldstones, with f