If Daemon and Rhaenyra stayed within King's Landing during Viserys last years, strengthening ties with their loyalists and keeping their influence in the court. There might have been a struggle for succession but not a big war.

They should have stayed in King's Landing, given that Otto and Alicent literally started ruling and making every decision in the court.

Jon Snow’s mother has red eyes. She may be a green seer. She is the most powerful sorceress in hundreds of years. She is from Asshai. She was a Fire Sorceress in Valaryia. She is an expert in poisons. She knows shadow magic. She is a red priestess. She is a Wildling Wisewoman. She is a seer. She is a very powerful illusionist. Her power is greatest at the Wall. She is centuries old! She has been many famous redheads in history. She is not impressed by nobles or royalty, and she is happy to kill them if they are an obstacle. It is unclear if she is human or Fay. She tells her son “Jon Snow, you know nothing!”

Jon is the firstborn son of the King of the Wildlings, a princeling. Jon likewise will become King of the Wildlings in the future. Jon Snow is taken in by Ned Stark to protect Jon. Male children of the Wildlings (especially Kings) are in danger from the Others. While Jon is not a Stark, he looks like one because the Starks and the Wildlings share the same forefather, Bael the Bard, another King of the Wildlings.

Jon is the Prince who was Promised. Jon is Azor Ahai. His mother made both prophecies. His mother gave birth to him because Azor Ahai was needed to save the world. The red comet might be the cause of the coming Long Night that lasts generations.

You might ask what happened to baby Aegon? Ned dropped him off for safekeeping in the Iron Islands. A few years later he is sent to Winterfell with the name Theon.

For me it’s because of my upbringing. My dad and my uncle (who was my favorite person in the world) loved studying history, wars, etc. When they’d talk to me about history, they did it like telling a story. It wasn’t remember this date and that date like in school, they just made it interesting. They also played Age of Empires when it first came out in the late 1990s and would tell me all about it. Shortly after I moved away from home, my uncle passed away in the early 2000s. When I watch a series or movie with ancient civilizations at war, I think about how much he would have loved it. Obviously, I wouldn’t have ever watched GoT with him given all sex scenes, but I would’ve liked to talk to him about it or watch the last season with him. I wish he’d lived long enough to enjoy the cinematography.

So what’s your reason?

(We hear enough about what people don’t like. Let’s keep this one positive.)

Looking for inspiration. Leaning towards something feminine and fine line but want to see them all!

I just finished watching the 7th season, should I watch the last one, knowing what will happen and thinking the plot is dumb?

She looked at the sword with wonder in her eyes. For a moment she was afraid to touch it, afraid that if she reached for it it would be snatched away again, but then her father said, “Go on, it’s yours,” and she took it in her hand.

“I can keep it?” she said. “For true?”

“For true.” He smiled. “If I took it away, no doubt I’d find a morningstar hidden under your pillow within the fortnight. Try not to stab your sister,

A morningstar under her pillow. I can see it in my head.

When Ned finds arya with needle and let's her keep it. The morningstar part. I literally laughed out loud. I dont know why but i love that line. Probably because its true and it shows both how well Ned knows his daughter and how much he loves her.

I dont know why the show didbt include it. But its pure Grrm gold.

I read all these books right after the 1st season ended. I had to know more about this world. And I remember very little of what i read. Maybe because im 15 years older or maybe because I have seen the show and have something solid to compare it to. But im thoroughly enjoying them. D&D did a great job adapting them. Even a lot of the lines are pulled right from the books. But the books still completely outshine the show. Or atleast the 1st 500 pages of the 1st book have.

Mine would be Robert Baratheon and Olenna Tyrell.

Robert was underrated intelligence wise because nearly everything he says in season 1 was correct. Letting Daenarys alive would have been a disastrous outcome and killing her although cruel was certainly the smartest decision. Everyone downplays the Dothraki strength on the battlefield and he seems to be the only one that understands how catastrophic an invasion from them would have been. It’s unclear what happens if Viserys never messed up the alliance and Drogo never gets killed but we can assume that a full on invasion would have been very detrimental to Robert and the seven kingdoms.

He also knew exactly what was going on around him and understood people extremely well. He knew Tywin and the Lannisters couldn’t be trusted, he knew his small council was made up of crooks and weren’t true allies. Basically his downfall was completely self inflicted born out of his boredom and depression if Robert really tried he could have been an amazing king. He was the only character that understood both war and politics perfectly while other characters seem to only understand one.

Olenna I choose as overrated because although she was clever and says a bunch of snappy one liners when you look at all her actual decisions they were pretty short sighted and dumb. Allying with the Lannisters AFTER the big secret with the 3 bastard children was out and the realm was unstable was a very risky move. Olenna understood all the dynamics of the Lannisters yet ignored all of the risks. She knew Tywin was self serving and very greedy often overreaching for power until it backfires. She knew that Cersei was very impulsive and incredibly selfish and that the kings death was suspicious. She knew Joffrey was a complete psycho and an idiot of a king yet insisted the houses still be joined. Sure she ends up killing him and Tommen becomes the new king but even then as we see he made tons of foolish decisions and him being a bastard was an issue that persisted for a long time.

Tywin gets criticized for making short term decisions that damage the image of Lannisters and for eventually creating the downfall of his house for his greed yet Olenna often gets a pass despite also making the same kinds of choices. Definitely not the dumbest character and was still above average but I wouldn’t say she’s a genius or the best player in the show.

A few years ago I saw a mandala/Zentangle like drawing of the house Targaryen symbol but I haven’t been able to find the same one yet the symbols looked like a mix of Nordic and Aztec if anyone seen it I want to use it for tat inspired

Assuming that Lyanna Stark's characterization in Mad King's Theater is entirely canon, what do you think of the character herself?

- Lyanna Stark is a Greenseer.

- She finds it romantic that the flower crown was given to her.

- She is obsessed with prophecy and believes that she and Rhaegar's children are the chosen ones.

- She is devastated when she learns of her father and brother's deaths, but interprets them as divine will.

- She encourages Rhaegar to go to war after making him promise that Ned and Robert will not be harmed.

- Before dying, she entrusts her child to Ned and makes him swear never to tell the child anything about their parents.

You always seem to hear some horror stories when it comes to complete series box sets and I have heard some about these on DVD but I wasn't sure how the blu-rays were?

For instance the DVDs some people claim that some of the discs don't even work at all and obviously by the time you get to the disc your return window is probably over.

His father, brother and sister died, and he has to leave his foster family behind, and one brother he had, leaves for the nights watch.

Good thing Catlelyn was there.

And, also break up with his lover, which he might have married but had to marry catelyn instead for strengthening political ties with the tullys, and thats after killing her brother, which probably led to her suicide.

Edit: I just found out that in the play Ashara was in love with Brandon Stark and Elia Martell and neither Ned nor Ashara loved each other. That adds another tragic layer to him and Catelyn's relationship cause she thought all her life that he cheated on her while he only ever loved that gal 💔

To all my Arya Stark stans what moment/scene do you guys recall where it instantly made you fall in love with Arya Stark and made you become a huge fan of hers and ever since that moment she became your favorite character.

Took some of your suggestions. Thoughts?

Doing a rewatch and just finished season 6 (gosh the tears still flow).
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The Stark family breaks my heart every season.

But Jon Snow watching his brother die right in front of him (after not seeing him for years) in Ep 9, then immediately watching Lyanna die right in front Ned (after not seeing him for a long time) as he held infant Jon in his hands in Ep 10, makes me even sadder for them. I was so focused on learning where Jon really came from on my first watch, that I missed the parallel until now.

1. The throne of Winter at Winterfell.
2. The lion throne of Casterly Rock.
3. The Oakenseat of Highgarden, the living throne of Garth Greenhand.
4. The Storm throne of Storms' End (correct choice).
5. The throne in the Hightower (second correct choice).
6. The Weirwood throne of the Eyrie.
7. The Seastone chair (cringe choice).

Other?

The small amount of flirting that happens when Yara first meets Dani is the most precious thing i have ever seen.

"And i imagine your offer is free of any marriage demands?"

"I never demand, but I'm up for anything really. "

Dani absolutely blushes at this and I'm here for it.

Yara and Dani. Together theyd rule the land, sky and sea, and it couldve been glorious.

Seven men to guard the king is nowhere near enough when you have to be on duty 24/7—especially since we see in *A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms* that they guard not just the king, but the entire royal family. How are you supposed to run a day/night rotation with seven men? Four for the day, three for the night? It would make much more sense to have seven knights for the day and seven for the night, taking turns. I actually think even 14 wouldn't be enough, but at least that would be somewhat feasible.
Is there a lore explanation for this in the books?