A Game of Thrones Spoiler Thoughts and Question
Rodrick Su
First Some Spoiler Spaces
A couple of questions on this book that left lots of threads hanging...
1. At one point Ned Stark's daughter Arya was lost in the maze below
the Red Keep in King's Landing, where she overheard, but not
understanding 2 men involved in a conspiracy. One of the men is
quite easily identified as Varys, the Spider, who made the statement
that the King's brother Stannis is safely beyond his reach in Stannis'
own powerbase of Dragonstone. The conspiracy apparently involved
getting Daenery or her brother with troops into the Seven Kingdoms
as soon as possible. My question is, who is the person Varys was
talking to? He cannot be any of the Lannisters since Varys mention
their plans as to how that matches up with his own plan. He cannot
be Littlefinger, since Varys also mention him in third person tense.
2. The line of sucession is now really screw up. Robert Baratheon died
without leaving any legimate heir, with the exception of many bastards
he sired. His so call legimate heir were product of Lannisters. By
law, his next heir should be his brother Stannis, who is busy building
up an army, since he is next on Lannister's hit list. Renly proclaim
himself to be king in the south, and appears to have the support of
his own powerbase of Storm's End and House Tyrell (Whose daughter
he married) and Martell. And in the North, Robb Stark has been
crowned as King of North.
3. Daenery's Dragon. It is my impression that only those of Targaryen
blood can command the Dragons. There are 2 such confirm persons in
the novel, Daenery and Aemon. Which leads me to the last question...
4. Jon Snow's parent. It is wholely consistent that Jon Snow is the
offspring of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. Ned probably
keep this a secret because Rober Baratheon is obsess with killing
off all Targaryen, especially any offspring of Rhaegar.
5. If Jon Snow is a Targaryen, then by tradition, he is the most likely
mate to Daenery, being that she is his aunt...
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The Blue Rose
r...@primenet.com (Rodrick Su) wrote:
First Some Spoiler Space
>A couple of questions on this book that left lots of threads hanging...
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>1. At one point Ned Stark's daughter Arya was lost in the maze below
> the Red Keep in King's Landing, where she overheard, but not
> understanding 2 men involved in a conspiracy. One of the men is
> quite easily identified as Varys,*snip* My question is, who is the person Varys was
> talking to?*snip*
A stout, scar faced well armed man who Arya found vaguely familiar.
Someone who is familiar with the castle and what is going on. Hmmm a
good question.
>2. The line of sucession is now really screw up. Robert Baratheon died
> without leaving any legimate heir, with the exception of many bastards
> he sired.
But wasn't there the implication of keeping the boy in the armourer
aside for a possible eventuality. Or am I confused?
> His so call legimate heir were product of Lannisters. By
> law, his next heir should be his brother Stannis, who is busy building
> up an army, since he is next on Lannister's hit list. Renly proclaim
> himself to be king in the south, and appears to have the support of
> his own powerbase of Storm's End and House Tyrell (Whose daughter
> he married) and Martell. And in the North, Robb Stark has been
> crowned as King of North.
I think that is why war is planned on all sides <droll grin>. Of
course what about Daenrys, her family had the throne before Robert
took it from them.
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>3. Daenery's Dragon. It is my impression that only those of Targaryen
> blood can command the Dragons. There are 2 such confirm persons in
> the novel, Daenery and Aemon. Which leads me to the last question...
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>4. Jon Snow's parent. It is wholely consistent that Jon Snow is the
> offspring of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. Ned probably
> keep this a secret because Rober Baratheon is obsess with killing
> off all Targaryen, especially any offspring of Rhaegar.
Well!! I had considered it a slight possibility that Jon was Lyanna's
son but I thought Ned was the father. That is why he was so funny
about it when Catelyn asks about her. Your reasoning puts an entirely
new light on things indeed.
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>5. If Jon Snow is a Targaryen, then by tradition, he is the most likely
> mate to Daenery, being that she is his aunt...
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And if not?
I am going to have to read it again now dammit :-)
Stacey
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RACHEBROWN
>>A couple of questions on this book that left lots of threads hanging...
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>>1. At one point Ned Stark's daughter Arya was lost in the maze below
>> the Red Keep in King's Landing, where she overheard, but not
>> understanding 2 men involved in a conspiracy. One of the men is
>> quite easily identified as Varys,*snip* My question is, who is the
>person Varys was
>> talking to?*snip*
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I believe the person you think is Varys is actually Illyrio, who married
off Dany -- this is the fat man with the forked yellow beard, a detail
mentioned in both descriptions. I'm not sure who the other man.
>>5. If Jon Snow is a Targaryen, then by tradition, he is the most likely
>> mate to Daenery, being that she is his aunt...
Possibly, but Dany has already broke tradition by marrying outside of the
family. Also, if we believe Mirri Maz Duur, who may not be reliable, Dany
will never have another child, which would make an alliance by marriage
with Jon problematic. And Jon swore not to marry or have children. Still,
you never know.
Personally, the most burning question on my mind is what's going to happen
with Rickon and his Shaggydog. I think they may be headed in a very nasty
direction.
Rachel
The Blue Rose
rache...@aol.com (RACHEBROWN) wrote:
>>>A couple of questions on this book that left lots of threads hanging...
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>>>1. At one point Ned Stark's daughter Arya was lost in the maze below
>>> the Red Keep in King's Landing, where she overheard, but not
>>> understanding 2 men involved in a conspiracy. One of the men is
>>> quite easily identified as Varys,*snip* My question is, who is the
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>I believe the person you think is Varys is actually Illyrio, who married
>off Dany -- this is the fat man with the forked yellow beard, a detail
>mentioned in both descriptions. I'm not sure who the other man.
Yes now that you have reminded me of his name, that is who I first
thought the speaker was. I initially agreed with the previous posters
idea of Varys cos I could not find a physical description of him to
disprove my idea.
Even so - who was the other man?
Daniel Ban
On Tue, 23 Sep 1997 06:39:56 GMT, sta...@xtra.co.nz (The Blue Rose)
wrote:
>rache...@aol.com (RACHEBROWN) wrote:
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>>>>A couple of questions on this book that left lots of threads hanging...
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>>>>1. At one point Ned Stark's daughter Arya was lost in the maze below
>>>> the Red Keep in King's Landing, where she overheard, but not
>>>> understanding 2 men involved in a conspiracy. One of the men is
>>>> quite easily identified as Varys,*snip* My question is, who is the
>>>person Varys was
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>>I believe the person you think is Varys is actually Illyrio, who married
>>off Dany -- this is the fat man with the forked yellow beard, a detail
>>mentioned in both descriptions. I'm not sure who the other man.
One of the men is definitely the merchant Illyrio but I believe the
other is not Varys but is Littlefinger - I believe that this goes a
long way to explaining the game Littlefinger is playing - Littlefinger
is loyal to no one but himself but I believe that he still desires
Catelyn Tully - I think he intends to aid Illyrio in overthrowing the
established order and then claim Catelyn as his "prize".
Rodrick Su
The only problem with that is, the other person who is not Illyrio and
a citizen of the Seven Kingdom is most certainly not Littlefinger.
During their conversation, they mention several names in third person
form, and Littlefinger is one of them.
karl Griffin
The Blue Rose (sta...@xtra.co.nz) wrote:
> r...@primenet.com (Rodrick Su) wrote:
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I agree that Jon is most likely a Tarygeon bastard.
And I think the two conspirators are Illyrio and Varys
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> offspring of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. Ned probably
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Peter Trei
Well called!
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> the Red Keep in King's Landing, where she overheard, but not
> understanding 2 men involved in a conspiracy. One of the men is
> that the King's brother Stannis is safely beyond his reach in Stannis'
> own powerbase of Dragonstone. The conspiracy apparently involved
> getting Daenery or her brother with troops into the Seven Kingdoms
> their plans as to how that matches up with his own plan. He cannot
> be Littlefinger, since Varys also mention him in third person tense.
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> without leaving any legimate heir, with the exception of many bastards
> up an army, since he is next on Lannister's hit list. Renly proclaim
> himself to be king in the south, and appears to have the support of
> his own powerbase of Storm's End and House Tyrell (Whose daughter
> he married) and Martell. And in the North, Robb Stark has been
> crowned as King of North.
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> the novel, Daenery and Aemon. Which leads me to the last question...
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> offspring of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. Ned probably
> keep this a secret because Rober Baratheon is obsess with killing
> off all Targaryen, especially any offspring of Rhaegar.
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> mate to Daenery, being that she is his aunt...
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> 4. Jon Snow's parent. It is wholely consistent that Jon Snow is the
> offspring of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. Ned probably
> keep this a secret because Rober Baratheon is obsess with killing
> off all Targaryen, especially any offspring of Rhaegar.
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> the Red Keep in King's Landing, where she overheard, but not
> understanding 2 men involved in a conspiracy. One of the men is
> quite easily identified as Varys, the Spider, who made the statement
> that the King's brother Stannis is safely beyond his reach in Stannis'
> own powerbase of Dragonstone. The conspiracy apparently involved
> getting Daenery or her brother with troops into the Seven Kingdoms
> as soon as possible. My question is, who is the person Varys was
> talking to? He cannot be any of the Lannisters since Varys mention
> their plans as to how that matches up with his own plan. He cannot
> be Littlefinger, since Varys also mention him in third person tense.
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> 2. The line of sucession is now really screw up. Robert Baratheon died
> without leaving any legimate heir, with the exception of many bastards
> he sired. His so call legimate heir were product of Lannisters. By
> law, his next heir should be his brother Stannis, who is busy building
> up an army, since he is next on Lannister's hit list. Renly proclaim
> himself to be king in the south, and appears to have the support of
> his own powerbase of Storm's End and House Tyrell (Whose daughter
> he married) and Martell. And in the North, Robb Stark has been
> crowned as King of North.
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> 3. Daenery's Dragon. It is my impression that only those of Targaryen
> blood can command the Dragons. There are 2 such confirm persons in
> the novel, Daenery and Aemon. Which leads me to the last question...
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> offspring of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. Ned probably
> keep this a secret because Rober Baratheon is obsess with killing
> off all Targaryen, especially any offspring of Rhaegar.
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Cryptoengineer
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It's not that uncommon for people who don't pay attention to reply
to long-dead threads.
Its not even unknown for them to reply to threads over 20 years old.
But it is unusual for them not to make any new comment at all, or to
respond to a thread post the content of which makes it obvious it's long
been overtaken by events.
pt
Scott Lurndal
twenty years before season 7.
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Dimensional Traveler
the books.
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>> On Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 10:44:12 PM UTC-4, hamis...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Monday, March 12, 2018 at 1:17:33 PM UTC+11, The Zygon wrote:
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Scott Lurndal
>On 2018-03-12, hamis...@gmail.com <hamis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Monday, March 12, 2018 at 1:17:33 PM UTC+11, The Zygon wrote:
>>> Am I wrong that this series stopped at the height of its popularity with so
>>> many lose ends open? Why? Or am I wrong?
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>Which segues neatly into a planned post of mine on Series On Hiatus That Have
>Recently Updated:
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>First off, a few weeks ago the last book in Michelle Sagara's YA Queen of the
>Dead trilogy finally appeared, Grave. Thinga get wrapped up, questions get
>answered, etc.
the editor.
The next book in the Wilks _Lupus_ series has recently debuted.
The next book in Campbell's follow-on series to the Pillars of Reality
series has recently been published.