I’m on board with most of this… although (speaking as a parent) I don’t agree that Lyanna would either want to, or expect Rhaegar to be okay with the idea of naming his newborn son after his (now dead) son....
I try to keep the two as separate as possible, but I’d be lying if I said I found that easy. The biggest thing for me is faces, I really struggle to envisage the characters how they’re written in the book rather than how they look on the screen.
I’m currently working my way through the series for a second time (took a decade off). I’ve just finished Clash and I guess my main takeaway right now is mainly the following:...
Just finished a re-read of the series, first reread since beginning to engage with fan theories and such. A fan observation that I’ve seen and think is really valuable, is that when characters in asoiaf make plans and we see the details, the events usually go awry. Most of the speculation I’ve seen regarding Aegon VI has his...
Granted, I am not active in many places where theories get bandied about… but I have never heard any connection being made between the “Lightbringer” and the sword wielded by the House Dayne, “Dawn”… which is apparently hanging out in Dayne HQ waiting for the next Sword of the Morning to drop in and grab it....
Im specifically asking for channels that discuss the books, not the show. With my yt searches, it was difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff, so i thought id ask here.
I thought this community might find it interesting to talk about some of the more unusual peripheral characters. And I thought we could start it off talking about Penny....
House Targaryen had arguably been the most influential in Westeros for centuries prior to Robert’s Rebellion. But them aside, which other house has also played a huge role in the shaping of Westeros? And why?