Anyone have any suggestions of where Hodor got his name?
We know he is one of old Nan's grandchildren (or maybe great grandchildren) anyway, somehow related.
I was listening to the first book at work, and thought about when Eddard realized Joffrey wasn't Robert's because Sansa said they don't look anything alike.
He said something like, how could he be so blind that he needed a child to point it out. ...from the mouths of babes.
so i started thinking maybe the simplest minded charact
The poor guy is just asking someone to hold the door for him, since he's always carrying someone else around. After a while, "Hold the door" became "Hold the doorHold the doorHoldoorHodoor. Dammit! Hold the door!" His mind finally snapped, and now all he can say is Hodor.