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by Wimsey
Sun Dec 17, 2017 3:02 pm
Forum: HOTD & GOT General Discussion
Topic: Do you think Bran is the Night King?
Replies: 9
Views: 30785

Re: Do you think Bran is the Night King?

Stormborn wrote:
Thu Nov 30, 2017 10:42 pm
Having said that it was an enjoyable theory but I don't think there's anything to support it in what we've seen so far.
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! :D
by Wimsey
Thu Nov 30, 2017 1:29 pm
Forum: HOTD & GOT General Discussion
Topic: Do you think Bran is the Night King?
Replies: 9
Views: 30785

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...
by Wimsey
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: 227577

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...
by Wimsey
Sat Nov 25, 2017 1:43 pm
Forum: House of the Dragon Spoiler-Free Talk
Topic: Dany - Villain? Savior? Something else?
Replies: 39
Views: 494701

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 ...
by Wimsey
Sat Nov 25, 2017 1:28 pm
Forum: House of the Dragon Spoiler-Free Talk
Topic: Dany - Villain? Savior? Something else?
Replies: 39
Views: 494701

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...
by Wimsey
Sat Nov 25, 2017 1:14 pm
Forum: The Winds of Winter
Topic: The She-Wolf of the Vale
Replies: 5
Views: 61019

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...
by Wimsey
Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:59 pm
Forum: HOTD & GOT General Discussion
Topic: My predictions for season 8 before knowing any spoilers
Replies: 27
Views: 227577

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...
by Wimsey
Fri Nov 24, 2017 2:06 pm
Forum: The Winds of Winter
Topic: Jon/Aegon in the books
Replies: 9
Views: 82786

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...
by Wimsey
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: 227577

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 ...
by Wimsey
Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:04 pm
Forum: The Winds of Winter
Topic: Jon/Aegon in the books
Replies: 9
Views: 82786

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...