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"i shall take no wives. father no sons"

cant wait for jon and satin fathering their daughter at the end of Spring.

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people: i love grey complex characters. you know? like nobody is perfect and flawless and its cool that they are complicated and deep

people: omg theon and jaime <333

daenerys, catelyn, sansa: *exist*

also people: wAiT HOLD THE FUCK UP HoW DaRE yUO?!?!????!??!??????!!?!?!!???

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if antagonist why sexy

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rickon is so full of rage i love it

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we dont talk enough about how jaime entirely ignored lysa and instead had a complete fanboy moment over our gay uncle brynden

he just went like "no girls only glory"

legend.

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SANSA [about Janos Slynt] AGOT

Sansa stared hard at his ugly face, remembering how he had thrown down her father for Ser Ilyn to behead, wishing she could hurt him, wishing that some hero would throw him down and cut off his head. But a voice inside her whispered, There are no heros...

JON, ADWD

The smile that Lord Janos Slynt smiled then had all the sweetness of rancid butter. Until Jon said, "Edd, fetch me a block," and unsheathed Longclaw.

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do you constantly think about satin's reaction to jon's death or are you living a happy life?

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Tyrion Lannister might lose his tongue.

Tyrion Lannister might loose his tongue in future books!

-- it has been forshadowed, A LOT.

"Do all dwarves have tongues like yours? Someone is going to cut it out one of these days", -Oberyn, in Tyrion IX DWD

"i should have your tongue out." -Cersei, in Tyrion V ACOK

"Guard your tongue or loose it", -Jon Connington, in Tyrion III DWD

"I could have your tongue out"

-Joffrey, in Tyrion VI ASOS

Now, you might think that a violent threat like this is very common in westeros. well yes it is but it has been given to tyrion far too much. but its not the multiple threats that make me wonder. the next point does.

-- there seems to be a pattern going on in the stories of the Lannister siblings. they seem to be being stripped off of their treasures.

Cersei treasured her beauty and her position as queen (and queen mother). she referred to her hair as her crown when her actual crown was snatched from her. it seems that both her crowns have been taken, she has been stripped off of (literally and figuratively) her pride and will now be made to regain power and shape her identity from scratch.

Jaime's entire identity revolved around his pride for killing the Mad King. he is easily one of the strongest swordsmen in westeros. his sword defines him, it makes jaime lannister the person he is. but now, his hand, his sword hand has been chopped off. his identity has been taken. ("who am i now" jaime V ASOS) and it has obviously changed him. he had to start from scratch and build his identity anew and that is exactly what he is doing.

-- other than the Lannisters, we have seen more characters have their most treasured trait/item be taken from them. theon who relied on his sexuality to hide his insecurities has been castrated. arya relied on her sight, and was blinded. bran loved and was skilled at climbing, had his feet were taken. we know that martin likes to do this. through these characters and their arcs, we know that martin likes to take away our characters' defining traits and makes them start anew. he puts them in a place a crisis. at a stage where they are in conflict with themselves and with the world around them.

it would be fair to say that one of the main reasons for tyrion's survival so far is his witt. he is a smart man, a talkative man. he talks his way out of life or death situations, he has gained respect for his useful counsel. his identity revolves around that big mouth of his and the wonders it does for him. which is exactly why it might be taken away from him. he would have to build a new identity for himself, figure out new ways to prove himself and gain respect.

it is not an unlikely theory, and it clearly would make for an interesting character arc for tyrion lannister.

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yes i am thankful for joffrey's existence because who else would tyrion bitchslap into oblivion every 0.03 seconds

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if you haven't yet read Adam Feldman's "untangling the meerenese knot" essays then you must! they talk about the many political plotlines happening in meereen during ADWD and about Dark Dany! read it before you start calling me a slavery apologist:)

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he's so perfect i love him so much :'(

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6 WAYS THE BOOKS WILL END LIKE THE SHOW

1. Bran, ths King of Westeros

A lot of people felt that Brandon Stark being king of Westeros made no sense, and that anyone but him would have been more suited for the job. I personally feel that not only does it make sense but it has also been foreshadowed. But lets start with the facts first. Isaac Hempstead Wright (the actor who played the role of Bran) has said this; "David and Dan told me there were two things that George R.R. Martin had planned for Bran, and that was the Hodor revelation, and that he would be king." [via HBO website]

This obviously tells us, for a fact, that Martin has planned to make Bran the king. But its not his style to simply leave it at that, Bran's fate had been foreshadowed.

We know that the Stark's direwolves (or in this case, they're names) tell us something or the other about them. They often foreshadow their owner's fate. Lady hints at the fact that Sansa might rule the North at the end of her story, Ghost hints at Jon's death. The name 'Summer' suggests that Bran will rule Westeros for the many summers to come. We also have Melisandre's vision in her first and only chapter.

The red priestess closed her eyes and said a prayer, then opened them once more to face the hearthfire. One more time. She had to be certain. Many a priest and priestess before her had been brought down by false visions, by seeing what they wished to see instead of what the Lord of Light had sent. Stannis was marching south into peril, the king who carried the fate of the world upon his shoulders, Azor Ahai reborn. Surely R’hllor would vouchsafe her a glimpse of what awaited him. Show me Stannis, Lord, she prayed. Show me your king, your instrument. Visions danced before her, gold and scarlet, flickering, forming and melting and dissolving into one another, shapes strange and terrifying and seductive. She saw the eyeless faces again, staring out at her from sockets weeping blood. Then the towers by the sea, crumbling as the dark tide came sweeping over them, rising from the depths. Shadows in the shape of skulls, skulls that turned to mist, bodies locked together in lust, writhing and rolling and clawing. Through curtains of fire great winged shadows wheeled against a hard blue sky.

A face took shape within the hearth. Stannis? she thought, for just a moment… but no, these were not his features. A wooden face, corpse white. Was this the enemy? A thousand red eyes floated in the rising flames. He sees me. Beside him, a boy with a wolf’s face threw back his head and howled.

[DwD ch. 31]

When Melisandre asks R'hhlor to show her the king, she sees a vision of The Three Eyed Crow and of "a boy with a wolf's face," who, almost certainly is Bran.

2. The White Walkers will be dealt with way before the end of the books

It is very likely that our characters shall deal with the White Walkers well before the end of the books. This leads us to believe that the second and final threat will be in a familiar place with a known enemy. Martin has talked about how

J R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings has had a huge influence on his work. In an interview with The Observer, Martin mentioned how he loved the bittersweet end of LOTR.

"And the scouring of the Shire—brilliant piece of work, which I didn’t understand when I was 13 years old: 'Why is this here? The story’s over?' But every time I read it I understand the brilliance of that segment more and more. All I can say is that’s the kind of tone I will be aiming for. Whether I achieve it or not, that will be up to people like you and my readers to judge."

Martin is talking about LOTR's and how it's characters first dealt with an unknown foe, and then with a known, familiar enemy. This leads us to expect something similar for ASOIAF.

3. Sansa Stark, the lady of Winterfell

Sansa will rule the North, either as a lady or the queen. We can relate this to Sansa's direwolf's name; Lady. We know how the direwolf's names often reflect their owner's fate. It is also important to note that Sansa has been around strong players of the game; the Lannisters and now Littlefinger. She is becoming stronger, independent and smarter. There is no reason to think why she wouldn't grow to be a key player of the game in future books.

4. A girl is Arya Stark, and she will fuck you up

Arya Stark will likely come back to Westros very soon, and she will murder some bad guys! (HELL YEAH!!)

It makes no sense to have a character who's storyline revolves around a list of names she'd kill without having her actually execute that list. In 'Mercy', Arya's sample chapter for WoW, we see her kill Raff the Sweetling. She has already started killing her enermies. We also have Nymeria's wolf pack. Arya is still very much connected to her wolf and often has wolf-dreams. It is possible that the wolves might play a role in Arya journey. The pack is also one of the major Checkov's guns in the books, and so is Arya's list.

5. Brienne of Tarth, a knight of the Seven Kingdoms

Brienne of Tarth is the closest thing we have to a true knight in all of Westeros. She is noble, loyal, just and strong. She respects her oath to Catelyn Stark even after her death, and continues her quest to find Sansa and Arya. Recently, Martin revealed that Duncan the Tall is Brienne's ancestor. Duncan is one of the most noble knights in history, but in truth, he was probably never technically knighted. This is interestingly like Brienne's case. And they are also related by blood. It makes sense for her to be knighted, it would also make for a very heartwarming point in her story.

6. The darker Daenerys

Perhaps the most controversial arc in the show was Daenerys' maddening turn. Of her burning innocents and turning King's Landing to ash. I dont know if she will burn King's Landing and murder it's innocents. But I have strong reasons to believe that her character arc will be a dark one.

(read the meereenese blot essays by adam feldman)

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THE STARKS AND THEIR DIREWOLVES

Grey Wind and Robb

Grey Wind symbolises Robb's nature, they are both fierce, bold and loyal. They went into battle together, and eventually died together.

Ghost and Jon

Ghost and Jon are both silent and smart. Ghost's eyes were first to have opened from the entire pack, this might be a comment on how Jon is one of the first ones to see and understand the absolute urgency of the threat of the White Walkers. Ghosts was also the smallest of all the direwolves, but grew to be the strongest one of them all. This could talk about the potentially symbolic (and practical) importance of Jon and how he might be the key to save the North (and the world.) Ghost have a white fur and red eyes, he looks different from his siblings and is immediately set apart, much like how Jon is easily set apart due to his birth and his appearance. Ghost's name might indicate to the fact that Jon dies. (cause death=ghost, get it?)

Lady and Sansa

Lady is well-mannered, elegant and highly graceful, much like Sansa. Lady's untimely death could symbolise the death of Sansa's innocence and of her fairy-tale world. Lady's name might also comment upon Sansa's fate. In the GoT, Sansa becomes Queen/Lady of the North. Perhaps something similar to that might happen in the ASOIAF books.

Nymeria and Arya

Thought we didn't much of Arya and Nymeria's interactions, we have lived them. In the books, Arya constantly wargs into Nymeria, through this, we see how Nymeria is highly powerful, vicious, and has giant wolf pack of her own. She seems to be murdering multiple Freys. This could potentially bring attention to the fact that Arya might do the same in the future (she does it in the GoT.) Nymeria is named after Queen Nymeria of the Rhoynar, who had sailed to the West, and had landed in Dorne, where she and her people lived for the rest of their lives, she was the princess of Dorne for a very long time and is considered to be a very symbolic person in history. This might direct us to the fact that in the show the GoT, Arya also sails West, into an unknown land, to have an adventure. But there is another intriguing theory present.

In the books, we are constantly reminded of Nymeria's wolf pack and of her and Arya's connection. Arya always says that she wants to be a she-wolf and have a pack of her own, and about how much she enjoys (unconciously) being in Nymeria's skin. We know through George himself that the pack will play a greater role in the books, ("you dont hang a giant pack of wolves on the wall unless you intend to use it") the theory suggests that Arya might die in the books, and warg into Nymeria's body (we already know that this is very possible) and live as a wolf for the rest of her life. This is simply a theory but it still makes one think.

Summer and Bran

In Bran and Summer's case, I think it might talk about Bran's fate. A lot of people felt that the GoT's fate for Bran was not the right one, however, some people think it makes sense. Bran will potentially be the most important person in the entirety of the Ice and Fire world, and him being king would symbolise the fact that he will rule Westeros for the many summers to come.

Shaggydog and Rickon

Shaggydog and Rickon are both short-tempered and childish, they are on a whim and are often unpredictable. Rickon's story will be long, messy and stretched out, but in the end, it would all be for nothing, much like the name of his direwolf.

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literally no one talks about how loyal the Cassels were. Ser Rodrik Cassel and Jory Cassel need more appreciation.