Winter's Knight Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Jomance. 'nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxhound Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Why isn't Mance Azor Ahai reborn? Cause he's too OG to just be a rehash, that's why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tagganaro Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Out of likes at the moment, but I got 100 coming along for this thread lol. No one is more of a badass than Mance. Let's not forget that he not only united a 100 different wildling tribes, but he did it with the lowest birth possible and the wildling hatred/stigma against "crows". How? Do you ask? He kicked all their asses, and in the process somehow made them all extremely loyal to him. You see, he is such a badass that people aren't angry about losing to him, they have a similar reaction to Jon who was like "Oh well, that guy is freaking incredible, gotta go against the best, it was an honor to get my ass kicked by the Mance".On the subject of Jon, important to remember that during his battle yard duel with Mance, Jon is literally sitting there thinking to himself, "That's not possible, he can't wield that sword like that, he should be tiring out, he should be slower" etc.. That's Jon, an experienced swordsman in his own right, literally being stunned by how good Mance is. As for Mance himself, he's not just a pretty face or a total badass. He's smart, compassionate, tricky, and impossible to predict/manipulate. Perhaps most awesomely, he not only loves to sing "I tasted the Dornishman's wife" (and make no mistake, he most likely has in fact, tasted the Dornishman's wife), but he can cleverly change the lyrics on the fly to courageously make both Roose and Ramsay Bolton laugh at the joke. How awesome is that?Qhorin Halfhand- former friend and colleague and awesome legendary ranger- "Oh well, Mance was better than me".Make no mistake, Mance is the most awesome character in the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnorak Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 <snip>Perhaps most awesomely, he not only loves to sing "I tasted the Dornishman's wife" (and make no mistake, he most likely has in fact, tasted the Dornishman's wife), but he can cleverly change the lyrics on the fly to courageously make both Roose and Ramsay Bolton laugh at the joke. How awesome is that?Not just that, check out the reactions to Mance singing.He was still waiting for his porridge when Ramsay swept into the hall with his Bastard’s Boys, shouting for music. Abel rubbed the sleep from his eyes, took up his lute, and launched into “The Dornishman’s Wife,” whilst one of his washerwomen beat time on her drum. The singer changed the words, though. Instead of tasting a Dornishman’s wife, he sang of tasting a northman’s daughter. He could lose his tongue for that, Theon thought, as his bowl was being filled. He is only a singer. Lord Ramsay could flay the skin off both his hands, and no one would say a word. But Lord Bolton smiled at the lyric and Ramsay laughed aloud. Then others knew that it was safe to laugh as well.An entire army is afraid to laugh until Bolton laughs, but Mance has no fear of singing it and risking the wrath of that army. And look at some of the lyrics:But the Northman's blade had a song of its own,and a bite sharp and cold as a leech."Brothers, oh brothers, my days here are done,the Northman's taken my life,He's singing about Ramsay getting killed and comparing Roose's leeching to getting stabbed -- to their faces. You know they remember this when he steals Ramsay's wife too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tagganaro Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Not just that, check out the reactions to Mance singing.An entire army is afraid to laugh until Bolton laughs, but Mance has no fear of singing it and risking the wrath of that army. And look at some of the lyrics:But the Northman's blade had a song of its own,and a bite sharp and cold as a leech."Brothers, oh brothers, my days here are done,the Northman's taken my life,He's singing about Ramsay getting killed and comparing Roose's leeching to getting stabbed -- to their faces. You know they remember this when he steals Ramsay's wife too.Wow, this is really interesting. I never looked carefully at what Mance was actually singing...All I remember is changing the words from Dornishman's wife to Northman's daughter. Great find as per usual Ragnorak. If Mance is singing about it, that means it's about to happen, because again, it's Mance, and he is an awesome kicker of asses. This does not bode well for Roose and Ramsay lol...On the plus side, it means that Roose and Ramsay are about to become Stark loyalists, because as we all know it as an honor to get one's ass kicked by the Mance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toccs Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/834/mance.jpg/Says it all really, Mance is the ultimate badass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woman of War Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Stannis? Bah! Uptight and unsexy, grinding his teeth into climax.......But a singer who is a badass - he needs not be handsome, he has a beautiful voice and a sharp brain to charm a woman onto his bearskin...... That's different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter's Knight Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Stannis? Bah!Uptight and unsexy, grinding his teeth into climax.......But a singer who is a badass - he needs not be handsome, he has a beautiful voice and a sharp brain to charm a woman onto his bearskin...... That's differentI agree-the Stanstans sometimes makes do a Spock-face but roManciing the King-Beyond-the-Wall? Yes please and I'll be back for seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywater Reed Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Mance is a brilliant character. I hope we never have a POV to wreck the image ;)I sure hope Ciaran Hinds can sing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grip Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 He has a helmet adorned with raven wings (could have been crow though), surely that speaks in his favor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord.Snow Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Jon "i killed a white myself, watched it burn"ygritte "you killed one....mance had killed a hundred"Threre is a reason the wildlings backed Mance when the dead rose up to hunt them.Mance is Key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fassreiter Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redriver Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 bump.There is not enough Mance love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat of the Canal Girl Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Yes he's the best.After all the blessed fire/ice people fight out their war, Mance should be the normal guy who ends up with political power in Westeros. He's the one who earned loyalty with his personal actions. The others were born into leadership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold-King Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 mance is pretty badass and hey fairly brought the smack down on Jons ass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon's Queen Consort Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Well, Jon tricked Mance so he is cooler and Stannis won him in battle so he is cooler too...1 Jon&Stannis2 Mance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Turtle Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Well, Jon tricked Mance so he is cooler and Stannis won him in battle so he is cooler too...I'm sure Mance has some surprise for Stannis left. I think that while Stannis will be freezing his balls outside Winterfell, Mance will organize rebellion in the castle and defeat Roose and take all the glory. Poor Stannis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrish Swamp Thing Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Not just that, check out the reactions to Mance singing.An entire army is afraid to laugh until Bolton laughs, but Mance has no fear of singing it and risking the wrath of that army. And look at some of the lyrics:But the Northman's blade had a song of its own,and a bite sharp and cold as a leech."Brothers, oh brothers, my days here are done,the Northman's taken my life,He's singing about Ramsay getting killed and comparing Roose's leeching to getting stabbed -- to their faces. You know they remember this when he steals Ramsay's wife too.So, how did he pull off the rhyme? I don't remember the details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therustman Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Well, Jon tricked Mance so he is cooler and Stannis won him in battle so he is cooler too...1 Jon&Stannis2 ManceThis does not denote coolness. Neither Jon (emo bs) or Stannis (uptight) are cool and I love Stannis but no where near cool especially compared with Mance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toccs Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Stannis' victory over Mance isn't impressive for Stannis. Stannis had an army of well armed and well armored men whereas Mance was leading an army of people with rusted swords and sticks. The fact that Stannnis considers this victory to be one of his notable accomplishments is testament to just how awesome Mance was as a commander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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