Like most fan theories, it employs Macco's Sponge: look for the least parsimonious explanation and assume that it's true even after it doesn't happen!
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- Sun Dec 17, 2017 3:02 pm
- Forum: HOTD & GOT General Discussion
- Topic: Do you think Bran is the Night King?
- Replies: 9
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Re: Do you think Bran is the Night King?
- Thu Nov 30, 2017 1:29 pm
- Forum: HOTD & GOT General Discussion
- Topic: Do you think Bran is the Night King?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 32501
Re: Do you think Bran is the Night King?
There are holes in the theory that the NK is Azor Ahai/prince that was promised/the last hero, but I think it's very possible. Any thoughts? It is much more plausible that R'hllor is both the remnant and apotheosis of Azor Ahai. The Great Other was around before Azor Ahai, after all, but we've no i...
- Mon Nov 27, 2017 4:13 am
- Forum: HOTD & GOT General Discussion
- Topic: My predictions for season 8 before knowing any spoilers
- Replies: 27
- Views: 259496
Re: My predictions for season 8 before knowing any spoilers
In any event, I really just want to see something that NOBODY saw coming. :D heh, at this point, EVERYTHING has been predicted by someone! I think that there are two possibilities for relatively big surprises: the Why? of the White Walkers, and what exactly R'hllor is. Neither will be something tha...
- Sat Nov 25, 2017 1:43 pm
- Forum: House of the Dragon Spoiler-Free Talk
- Topic: Dany - Villain? Savior? Something else?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 532550
Re: Dany - Villain? Savior? Something else?
I personally feel that it would be DnD to blame, not the viewers, for portraying power as corrupting for women more than men. (In the systemic/covert way). I do not think that this is true. Show!Cersei is not portrayed as having been corrupted by power: she is portrayed as a selfish and unthinking ...
- Sat Nov 25, 2017 1:28 pm
- Forum: House of the Dragon Spoiler-Free Talk
- Topic: Dany - Villain? Savior? Something else?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 532550
Re: Dany - Villain? Savior? Something else?
I think there is a degree of dislike of Dany that is unfair and subconsciously sexist. I agree entirely. A certain group of fans have been "Hillarying" Daenerys since before Hillarying was a verb. Well, almost entirely: I think that there is some conscious sexism involved, too! Fantasy fandom is fi...
- Sat Nov 25, 2017 1:14 pm
- Forum: The Winds of Winter
- Topic: The She-Wolf of the Vale
- Replies: 5
- Views: 65496
Re: The She-Wolf of the Vale
I am a person who has never disliked Sansa the way some readers have. For me, it was not so much dislike of Sansa as dislike of Martin's writing of Sansa. Given what we've gotten on the show, I am beginning to appreciate the idea of the "Stupid Duckling" character arc. However, I think that the arc...
- Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:59 pm
- Forum: HOTD & GOT General Discussion
- Topic: My predictions for season 8 before knowing any spoilers
- Replies: 27
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Re: My predictions for season 8 before knowing any spoilers
Just a hunch. He talks with Cersei and suddenly she (falsely) commits her army to the cause? Sure he hated his father but he always wanted to prove he belonged in that family, didn't he? Cersei falsely promised her army because she spotted a potential opening. Remember, Tyrion thinks that one of Ce...
- Fri Nov 24, 2017 2:06 pm
- Forum: The Winds of Winter
- Topic: Jon/Aegon in the books
- Replies: 9
- Views: 88696
Re: Jon/Aegon in the books
The Blackfyres are related to Rhaegar Targaryen and with all the inbreeding there is not much genetic diversity. What inbreeding? There is no indication that the Blackfyres continued this level of inbreeding. Given their circumstances, the Blackfyre males would have been taking wives/lovers from al...
- Fri Nov 24, 2017 1:59 pm
- Forum: HOTD & GOT General Discussion
- Topic: My predictions for season 8 before knowing any spoilers
- Replies: 27
- Views: 259496
Re: My predictions for season 8 before knowing any spoilers
I suspect Tyrion has been playing the long con and will turn on Dany in an attempt to win his way back into the Lannister family. Why? Tyrion hates his family, save for Jaime: and Jaime no longer is on great terms with Cersei. Tywin is dead: and although Tyrion always craved Tywin's acceptance, he ...
- Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:04 pm
- Forum: The Winds of Winter
- Topic: Jon/Aegon in the books
- Replies: 9
- Views: 88696
Re: Jon/Aegon in the books
Yes, Jon's birthname will turn out to be Aegon in the books. And it will be because Lyanna named him that, thinking that Jon's older half-brother was dead. And as for Jon's older half-brother.... I'm not sure why the Blackfyre supporters would want to install a Blackfyre (who they believe is the leg...