sifth Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 1 minute ago, Corvo the Crow said: Did Merryweather fought on Robert's side? Did he? Sorry, there's way too many houses in this series for me to keep track of everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvo the Crow Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, sifth said: Did he? Sorry, there's way too many houses in this series for me to keep track of everyone. No he didn't. My point was Robert has granted him his lands (well a portion) back, so it's not something Robert didn't do, he could've done it for Dontos as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvo the Crow Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 28 minutes ago, AlaskanSandman said: Not a ruined house like Dontos', with only a drunk left in the family that makes Robert look like a functioning drunk. There is no political gain from it, no alliances to be made, no quarrels that are fixed by it that are better off for it, nothing. Other than losing an opportunity to give those lands to someone else that does present and advantageous future prospect. Dontos wouldn't even make a good puppet save for Little Fingers Except that we don't know if Dontos was a drunk 15 years ago and it's no more a lost oppurtunity than a lord paramount sending his only daughter on month long trips so a half wildling bastard NW member can have his way with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskanSandman Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Just now, Corvo the Crow said: Except that we don't know if Dontos was a drunk 15 years ago and it's no more a lost oppurtunity than a lord paramount sending his only daughter on month long trips so a half wildling bastard NW member can have his way with him. Dontos is a dead character whose plot is done. Pondering him is far less useful than pondering Jon. Still salty mate? Again, even if Dontos wasn't a drunk then, he is mostly useless. Its just him, who is even going to run his house for him? Its a castle that requires more than one man. Dontos had no one. He was useless. No allies, no ties of usefulness, no money, nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Peres Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 4 hours ago, Corvo the Crow said: No he didn't. My point was Robert has granted him his lands (well a portion) back, so it's not something Robert didn't do, he could've done it for Dontos as well. Robert still empted the coffers of house Merryweather for this "favor". (I don't have the quote here, but the wiki lists The World of Ice and Fire). Dontos does not have the money for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gizzard of Oz Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 The family who now control the land would not like it returned to Dontos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fossoway Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 11 hours ago, Corvo the Crow said: Except that we don't know if Dontos was a drunk 15 years ago and it's no more a lost oppurtunity than a lord paramount sending his only daughter on month long trips so a half wildling bastard NW member can have his way with him. He is called Dontos the Red for a reason (ambivalent, as George usually does it, meaning his sigil and the usual drunken blush). It is not slapped in one's face but to me it is pretty clear that he developed alcoholism during his stay in King's Landing. There's really not a reason, as a narrator, to delve on it too deeply, since Donto's relevance to the plot is mainly to be Baelish' tool, and then die. He was drunk when he first appeared in a Sansa POV's, drunk when he presented himself in a tourney, drunk during his whole job as court's fool. What more proof can one ask for? A spinoff on Dontos the Red's adventures in the vineyards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Peres Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Jon Fossoway said: A spinoff on Dontos the Red's adventures in the vineyards? This made me laugh more than it should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loose Bolt Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 7 hours ago, Jon Fossoway said: A spinoff on Dontos the Red's adventures in the vineyards? In my head canon D is incarnation of Tom Bombadil and J.R.R wrote The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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