@soleilpirate “ Finally he looked north. He saw the Wall shining like blue crystal, and his bastard brother Jon sleeping alone in a cold bed, his skin growing pale and hard as the memory of all warmth fled from him. And he looked past the Wall, past endless forests cloaked in snow, past the frozen shore... Continue Reading →
For the sake of storytelling…
As a Jonerys/Dany stan, I can’t help being slightly offended when I read opinions that goes like “it’s unfortunate how these people can’t see how more complex and well-rounded the story becomes with Dany as an antagonist”. Daenerys starts off as a full-fledged, classic heroine: she’s young, she’s beautiful, she’s royalty, she’s kind, she’s stuck in... Continue Reading →
Do dragons and direwolves fare well together?
@geekyfeminist-love @northernlights37 @glitta @oadara I went through Bran’s POV chapters in ACOK, gathering every possible reference to direwolves and dragons, because, well, we were told that “there are far too many passages in ASOIAF that hint at animosity between direwolves and dragons.” Hum. 1) Summer and Shaggydog howling at the red comet. Summer’s howls were long and sad, full... Continue Reading →
JON SNOW, OR HOW HE MADE HIMSELF VULNERABLE AROUND DAENERYS
tatticstudio55 We’ll put ourselves in the shoes of someone who was raised in the mentality that 1) obviously, bastards are less worthy than trueborn, and 2) bastards aren’t entitled to anything de facto. Everything they own must be bought or earned. So here I am, having fun trying to pinpoint crumbs of Jon’s personality: he’s an introvert... Continue Reading →
WAS JON AN HONORABLE FOOL IN THE DRAGONPIT?
I wanted to address this for a while, now, given that antis have used that example as “proof” that Jon couldn’t be that stupid and refuse to lie to Cersei simply because it would’ve been dishonorable – no, he needed an ulterior motive to tell the truth, right? He needed to convince Daenerys of his loyalty to... Continue Reading →
The scrub
The scrub (Written for the Jon/Arya/Dany appreciation week) Like Daenerys’s, Arya journey is a cathartic one: where Daenerys purify with fire, Arya’s story arc is one where wildlands purge themselves in water. Water brings what’s rotten at the surface. On her way North with Yoren and the Night’s Watch recruits, Arya hear wolves howling almost... Continue Reading →
ARYA STARK: OF WHALES, SHELLS AND DRAGONS
In a previous post (“The scrub”), I briefly mentioned that Arya’s story arc in ACOK (and ASOS, to some extent) had some Noah’s arch elements to it. I won’t dig too far into it since others discussed this before. However, I’d like to expand on another biblical myth perhaps found in Arya’s storyline – this time in Braavos... Continue Reading →
Meta tidbits for the Sansa stans
Meta tidbits for the Sansa stans I just finished the Sansa chapters in ACOK and found some pretty interesting parallels between her story and a certain fairy tale we’ve all heard of, plus some myth elements. This will touch to the Sandor/Sansa relationship quite a bit. Sansa Stark as the Little Red Riding Hood For... Continue Reading →
“Good boots are hard to find”
November 20 – day 3 (foreshadowing and parallels) The day before she goes blind, Arya slices the throat of a Night’s Watch deserter in Braavos, throw his body in the water and keep his boots. That’s both echoing what happened to her mother at the Twins (her throat was sliced and her body dumped in... Continue Reading →
The thumbs of Westeros
The thumbs of Westeros Little Thumbling and the Red Wedding / Thumbelina in the Great Grass Sea You probably all heard the tale “Hop-o’-My-Thumb”, or “Little Thumbling” (Le petit poucet in French), but for those who’d need a refresher, Little Thumbling is the youngest son of woodcutters too poor to feed their seven children. The parents... Continue Reading →
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