Ser Arthurs Dawn Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 14 hours ago, EggBlue said: cool! ... what theories?!* *some of us have never experienced a new book release. so please do elaborate! Hey same here! I didn't start reading the books until around the time s6 came out. EggBlue, Many-Faced Votary and Raven Princling 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrorthatflapsinthenight9 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Too many candidates, I can't recall even a good portion of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Melnibonean Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 19 hours ago, Curled Finger said: I think many people know the idea but haven't read the theory. If I'm not mistaken @Lost Melnibonean crafted this wicked bit of theory some years back. The ideas is of course, dreadful, but the theory is...well you would just have to read it to really appreciate what it is. Had the pleasure to post with him a few times in the past. Clever dude and well worth reading. I did not originate that theory. I just helped to develop it. This one is all mine, though... Many-Faced Votary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curled Finger Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, Lost Melnibonean said: I did not originate that theory. I just helped to develop it. This one is all mine, though... Hehehehe, ah I remember that one! It's sure good to see you. This topic certainly fits in right here. Have at it, gang! hehehehehe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 3 hours ago, Adelstein said: This has to be the single worst and most easily falsifiable theory anyone has ever come up with. It's the best theory ever! Lost Melnibonean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetsunray Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, kissdbyfire said: As others have said already, there are far too many ideas out there that are... well... insane, to put it nicely. And I say 'ideas' b/c many can't be called theories since they lack everything a theory needs to be called that. There are plenty of proper theories that are outright wrong or, in other cases, just theories that are wrong in my opinion and I acknowledge I may the wrong and not said theories. So, the inane 'ideas' that are not worth being called theories are just good material to excercise one's sarcasm muscles. On the other hand, the theories that I disagree with but are intellectually honest are worth engaging with because the exchange is often interesting. I also think there's no reason to mock or shoot down [real] theories just because one doesn't agree with them. The third category is that of theories that are sort of grounded n the text but not really. Like, they use the author's understanding of the text but in such bizarre ways that it becomes almost impossible to engage. I remember a few years back somone had a totally convoluted idea based on thoroughly incomprehensible notions, and when this was pointed out, the argument was that Martin is super elitist and has written the books in such a way to deliberately make it impossible for anyone but the geniuses who have read everything ever published in world history to be able to 'decipher' the clues. And I was like, 'WUT?'. So, if it's a real theory w/ thought put into it and textual support, I don't think mockery is warranted at all. That would be narrow-minded and petty imo. But since the thread is about just that, I will name the theories that I laugh at because they are the very worst ever: anything by the Order of the Green Hand. Seriously. I want to add the "plotzee" category: throw names, abilities, swords, titles, etc in hats and pull one of each and then make up some prediction plot out of it. All of a sudden you end up with Moqorro will skinchange Ghost and wield Widow's Wail and become Lord of Rook's Nest with Margaery for wife. It's as if they're playing clued: Colonel Mustard killed them in the billiard room with a leadpipe. Edited February 17, 2023 by sweetsunray Craving Peaches, SeanF, kissdbyfire and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craving Peaches Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 29 minutes ago, sweetsunray said: It's as if they're playing clued: Colonel Mustard killed them in the billiard room with a leadpipe. It was Robb Stark in the Red Keep with Lightbringer...wait! It was Cersei with Dawn in Old Wyck! Many-Faced Votary, Admirable Privy, sweetsunray and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Tristifer_IV_Mudd Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 It was recently brought to my attention that there is a theory that Jon is the son of Brandon and Lyanna Stark. And it made me laugh. It’s baseless and disgusting, and seems to come from Targ-fanatics that want to make the Starks look as bad as the Targs Corvo the Crow, Craving Peaches, Lord of Raventree Hall and 2 others 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EggBlue Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Lord Edmure of Riverrun said: And it made me laugh. It’s baseless and disgusting, and seems to come from Targ-fanatics that want to make the Starks look as bad as the Targs yeah ! and might I add it's pretty hypocritical?! like, let's praise Targaryens for incest but the Starks are filthy monsters for incest?! Corvo the Crow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Many-Faced Votary Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 19 minutes ago, EggBlue said: yeah ! and might I add it's pretty hypocritical?! like, let's praise Targaryens for incest but the Starks are filthy monsters for incest?! Indeed; incest is awesome no matter who practices it! Sandy Clegg, EggBlue, Raven Princling and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castellan Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 On 2/17/2023 at 11:54 PM, Adelstein said: This has to be the single worst and most easily falsifiable theory anyone has ever come up with. I am so glad you put that link up. That was the first really funny thing I read on the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 (edited) On 2/23/2023 at 7:27 AM, Many-Faced Votary said: Indeed; incest is awesome no matter who practices it! /cdn-cgi/mirage/d061fbc8a99b74d9127f1b0a19a8d29641ec2a7e3541937299ee1540bc7d0bf1/1280/https://asoiaf.westeros.org/uploads/emoticons/default_thumbsup.gif Incest is Wincest, as well as being Normal for Norfolk. Edited February 24, 2023 by SeanF Craving Peaches and Many-Faced Votary 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craving Peaches Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 9 minutes ago, SeanF said: Incest is Wincest, as well as being Normal for Norfolk. I've also heard Fife is an incest hotspot...Never go to Fife anyway though if you can avoid it (no offence on the small chance that anyone from Fife is reading this, and I am not including St. Andrews as that might as well be a different country). Many-Faced Votary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 8 minutes ago, Craving Peaches said: I've also heard Fife is an incest hotspot...Never go to Fife anyway though if you can avoid it (no offence on the small chance that anyone from Fife is reading this, and I am not including St. Andrews as that might as well be a different country). I remember reading an article about the favourite types of searches per US State on Pornhub. Inter-racial porn was most popular in the Deep South. I was puzzled that it was not incestuous porn. A colleague explained that porn is about fantasy, not humdrum reality. Many-Faced Votary, Nathan Stark and Craving Peaches 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Many-Faced Votary Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 12 minutes ago, SeanF said: Inter-racial porn was most popular in the Deep South. I was puzzled that it was not incestuous porn. A colleague explained that porn is about fantasy, not humdrum reality. This works so well on two levels, both of them with horrific implications. But, indeed, whenever there is any sort of assessment of porn searches, that fact generally explains things perfectly. SeanF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, Many-Faced Votary said: This works so well on two levels, both of them with horrific implications. But, indeed, whenever there is any sort of assessment of porn searches, that fact generally explains things perfectly. Indeed. Fantasising about inter-racial sex in a region founded on slavery is full of squick. The most popular searches in the UK and Australia, incidentally, are for lesbian porn. Many-Faced Votary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Many-Faced Votary Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 4 minutes ago, SeanF said: Indeed. Fantasising about inter-racial sex in a region founded on slavery is full of squick. The most popular searches in the UK and Australia, incidentally, are for lesbian porn. Unfortunately, that might partially be an indication of LGBTQIA+ people feeling the need to hide their sexual orientation in those countries. (Coupled with porn as an industry being predominantly geared towards straight men.) Not to say there aren't countries that do much worse in those respects, such as my own (the U.S.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 12 minutes ago, Many-Faced Votary said: Unfortunately, that might partially be an indication of LGBTQIA+ people feeling the need to hide their sexual orientation in those countries. (Coupled with porn as an industry being predominantly geared towards straight men.) Not to say there aren't countries that do much worse in those respects, such as my own (the U.S.). Lesbian porn is almost 100% geared towards straight men (so friends tell me). Many-Faced Votary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castellan Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 I like the way this thread has wandered away from the opening question! Many-Faced Votary and Raven Princling 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Tristifer_IV_Mudd Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 22 hours ago, SeanF said: Lesbian porn is almost 100% geared towards straight men (so friends tell me). Ok I missed where this threat turned Raven Princling, Lady Isis, Craving Peaches and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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