6:13 "You must learn to gaslight, gatekeep and greensee." Absolutely dying, incredible, what a giggle!

You really don’t understand how much I love waking up to these videos. It’s to the point I Check my KZfaq feed before I check my messages. Thanks for content! You are doing such a wonderful service for us ASOIAF nerds!

Even in The Hobbit/LOTR, the fact that Bilbo finds the ring, is theorised by Tolkien scholars to have been part of Eru Iluvutar's great plan (Eru Iluvutar being the "Main creator God" of the Tolkien universe). So even in the "original" Epic Fantasy, there is precedent set for a god manipulating things to cause the destruction of the Great evil of the world

This is becoming my new favorite ASOIAF channel. You have so many ideas that I’ve never heard or thought of before. Thanks for the awesome content!

Great. Bran was the only character from the "5 that will survive" from George's original outline that I was still 100% convinced that it would survive until the bitter end if the books ever get finished (altough Tyrion still very likely to survive, just not that certain). Now you convinced me that he is actually very likely to die.

I think theres another entity at play in their dreams. When Bran meets BR, he calls him the 3 eyed crow and BR responds "Crow?" like he has no idea what Bran is talking about. BR came to Bran as the tree in his dream but I think the crow is someone else entirely. Euron alludes to having had a flying dream like Bran had too but theres no weirwoods in the Iron Islands. If this wasnt BR, then who was it? None other than Leyton Hightower with his Mad Maid daughter, books of spells, and most likely a glass candle too. Most speculate Euron is going to destroy Oldtown. I think he and Leyton are going to form an evil union of Master and Apprentice. The name Leyton stems from the word "latent" as in hidden. So why would George hide this mysterious yet extremely powerful man in a seemingly magical tower for the entire series only to kill him off just he is introduced? He wouldnt. The true baddie of the story is about to make his entrance.

If only George was working on the Winds of Winter as hard as you work on your videos

I feel so conflicted watching these because I love this universe so much but it feels like the creator doesn't want anything to do with this story anymore

David Lightbringer brought me here and I'm very glad to see a new(er) ASOIAF content creator :) You've definitely persuaded me about a ragnarok-like event taking place towards the end.

Love it! Bloodraven's using Euron the way Tywin talks about Clegane. The guy you have do the dirty work, and reward under the table. While the public face remains pristine.

Crowfood Umber was also visited by the Crow. I can't decide if he bit the head of the Crow to wake up with out going along with the Crow or if he did it finding out that he was meant to be eaten by someone else for the awakening Crow Food. But him essentially putting a glass candle in his eye socket to replace a missing eye essentially having sacrifice a real eye like Oden for powers

You’re the best ASOIAF “theorist”. Honestly I don’t mind if the books don’t get finished, since your theories are just as good as the books.

Summer King = Bran (who will be King) with his direwolf (Summer)

splitting this hero role between two different characters seems like a very George thing to do. what I want to know now is what put bloodraven into action!

Thank the algorithm gods for sending me this channel's videos

Good Point, but ASOIAF doesn't only borrow from Norse Mythology, it also borrows from Egyptian Mythology. The Whole Story of Death and Rebirth is also prominent in the Story of Isis and Osiris and Seth and their Son Horus. This is why I think some images in the Books are actually Hints about who will play what Role in the Story. For example, I think that the Sphinx is an Image and a Hint towards working together for Survival, just like the Harpy in Essos is a Hint towards fighting together against Dragons. And it actually connects very well with your theory about ending the old way and starting a new Way. But some things of the Old ways have to die first, like Dragons and the Weirwoodtrees. Some things must be reborn and some things have to die forever. And the Sphinx is a Hint towards those People who will be important in this Process. The People with a lot of Bird metaphors and Imagery, like Sansa, Bran and Jon will be crucial for survival because they are also strongly connected to the food shortage issue. Sansa lives in Kings Landing where it comes to the Bread-riots, she overhears how Baelish talks about the abuse of the Food-Shortage to gain more Power and Money, At the same time, she is called Bird-names, goes on a Falcon-Hunt with Margery, etc. Jon is the same just with food shortages at the Wall, and he starts to negotiate with the Iron Bank for Credit for their fur to buy food in Essos. At the same time, he is called a Crow, that's what the Free Folk call the brother of the Night's Watch, Bran is nearly starved to death, etc. So there is a Connection between Birds and Food and how to solve that. The Lion in the Sphinx is probably a Hint towards the Death of the Old Ways. Lions and Cats were strongly connected with Death and War. We not only have a Family whose Banner shows a Lion, but there is also a version of the Egyptian lion god (Osiris had a Lionheaded God in his Judgement in the Afterlife, during its Peak Ancient Egypt had 49 Judges in the Court of Osiris, ask Wikipedia, you will get more Information about it) in the House of Black and White, here it is called the Lion of the Night and is a personification of Death. Also, the Lannisters have the most name-dropped killed family members, Stafford Lannister, Willem Lannister, Tywin Lannister, Kevan Lannister, Tyrek Lannister and we could also count Joffrey Baratheon into the Mix because he has the Name Baratheon but only Lannister Blood. And the Lannisters have also the highest Body count after Daenerys. Not to mention that Jaime is called a Kingslayer, Tyrion is a Kinslayer and Cersei is also a Kingslayer, Also Daenerys gets the Fur of a Lion and after that, she kills her Son to save her Husband, kills her husband to end his suffering, kills Miri Maaz Duur as Revenge, during her Conquest in Essos she kills Masters in the Slave cities of Slavers Bay, etc. So the Lion and the Death are also highly connected and probably point towards the People who will be crucial to ending the Old Ways. To restart Society you need to understand the old ways, you need to know what was wrong to avoid these Mistakes, and for this Knowledge stands the Head of a Human in this Sphinx. But the Head of a human is not a picture that can be found in the Story, but a Metaphor for the Head can be found. As Tyrion said "A Mind needs Books like a sword needs a grindstone" so People who like to read and are shown to read and surrounded by Books are probably who will be important here, so for sure Sam will be important in this Way. I should mention at the End of this long Comment, that the People in these possible Scenarios don't need to survive the Story, you can be important even if you die. I even expect some of those Characters to die before the End, without Ressurection.

24:50 this comparison is even better, if you add, that the first line of the standard version of the epic, reads: "He who saw the Deep, the foundation of the world, and who knew everything, was wise in all matters, Gilgamesh." Like, replace Gilgamesh with Bran, and you have the powers and experiences that are expected for Bran to have in the future. A little correction is that, the order of events is. First, Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh realizes that, since his equal has died, he will die too; that's why he starts his search for eternal life.

Yes, yes, Yes!!!! YES!!!! I love your videos. Thank you again for giving me some closure on these books before I die

Thanks for the content, it really is thought provoking! I have a theory about Euron which is similar to yours, as far as BR’s manipulation goes. I am almost convinced that Euron went mad because of BR ( the three eyed crow). I think Euron was one of his choices to be the next greenseer, but saw hunger for power in him and never taught him how to actually fly. This may explain why he is addicted to the shade of the evening which has similar powers (and taste) as the wierwood paste Bran had to consume.. he is using the shade of the evening to “see” and “fly”. Plus he has the Dragonbinder, and he needs someone to blow it. Mind you, that the glyphs are said to be valyrian, and when the hoen is blown the glyphs glow in hot RED and hot WHITE! These colours connect the horn to the wierwoods and albinos such as Ghost, BR, Ghost of Highheart, etc. So I think that the dragonbinder is the horn of Joramund. It is also possible that the horn of Joramund is the other horn of the same dragon that the dragonbinder was made of. Euron is after Daenerys’s dragons, he wants to bind them to his will, and like you said in the video essentially become a god. The problem is that he is made of the sea, and dragons are made of fire, so they won’t like each other naturally. If the dragonbinder can make the dragons obey him, then they will obey him when he tells them to tear the wall down. Remember, none of the known dragons have ever flown over the wall before. So, he may as well bring it down. If Bran is the last greenseer, and the greatest wargs of all time, I think that he will be the only one who can stop Euron. Bran might be able to command the army of the dead and the white walkers. Especially if Jon becomes one of them. Since Jon is dead, probably warged himself into Ghost, the white walkers may want to bring him back as a whight. Melisandre’s magic could play at hand when Jon is coming back as a wight, that somehow Jon can warg himself back to his own body, thus becoming a fiery white walker (a son of ice and fire). And as such, he can also become the King of Winter. Under his and Bran’s command the whole north, including the Children of the Forest, and the white walkers, the wights and the wildlings, may be able to crush Euron. But I don’t think that Euron can bind Dany’s dragons to his will, maybe just one of them and not for long. Viserion is most likely to betray Dany, because her brother Viserys had betrayed her too, so if any of them, Viserion might the one that will obey Euron. If anyone can blow the dragonbinder it’s going to be either Jon, or Melisandre. Since Ser Beric Dondarrion is dead for good, these are the only two candidates who are not exactly humans anymore. I highly doubt that Ser Robert Strong would be willing to blow it, but if he obeys to commands, then he can be ordered to do so, so he is also a possibility. But why would he obey Euron’s orders? We have a slight idea how Cersei will turn out in the books, but we don’t know if she and Euron will ever cross paths. We shall see 🤓 This theory of course only stands if we see BR as a positive character, but there are theories where BR is the evil mastermind behind everything, so in this case Euron’s thoery changes a lot. If the three eyed crow is the main villain, then Euron becoming as mad as he is may as well come in handy. BR can reach out for Euron whenever he feels like, so it literally takes a dream or two to call him to the wall. With whatever forces he has. It is also possible that his madness is the doing of the three eyed crow this is why he is so convinced that he can always win. He wants all the magical items one could find in the world, dragons, valyrian steel, shade of the evening, because he is under the influence of the three eyed crow and he wants to “fly”. If this is the case, then when he goes to the wall to tear it down with whichever force he has

I've been reading you for a while now, but was not one of your early fans.... That being said I am so glad I finally got here. In fact your hypothesis have re-awakened my curiosity and I am now re-listening to the entire book series again - this time paying MUCH more attention to people and events that you have mentioned. Thank you for all the time you have spent so far. I never miss your videos these days. I took a college class in 1977 on Tolkien's books that started with the study of many of the old mythologies, epics & hero's journeys that Tolkien pulled ideas from (Beowulf, Arthurian legends and Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung) so I REALLY appreciate the analogies that you covered here. You get an A++ from me!!

Love the connection between dumbledore and bloodraven. Bran even thinks about all he wanted for a mentor was a kindly wizard, just like dumbledore.

Not sure if this means anything but Euron could pull up by Oldtown or a fleet nearby, he could sacrifice all his many blood captives and that could trigger the whole giant squid thing drawn to blood in the water and potentially wipe his whole fleet along with others or even see any potential bonds like with dragons trees etc “everybody gets a squid🎉!”

Bloodraven is ABSOLUTELY manipulating events. He is an "ends justify the means" type of character. I believe that he and Aemon would have had many conversations about prophecy while at the Wall, and that it is also possible that the "three-eyed raven" is a role rather than a character. Meaning there has been one controlling the Greenseers for as long as the Wall has been around. Why else would he need a replacement? Perhaps he thinks his work is not yet complete, and he won't survive to finish it, but his personal ambition is nothing compared to protecting the Greenseers from the corruption in the weirwoods. And why would he think to journey off into the wilderness if not called by the one he would replace? Bloodraven wasn't stupid.

i had a thought on Bran recently that alot of his story beats mirror the God-Emperor Leto II, the weirwood paste is the sandtrout

Bro said if George ain't gonna finish these books than hold my ale.

He knew he would be sent to the Wall, it was part of his plan and he never protests his sentence to our knowledge; arguably expecting it by packing up Dark Sister and bringing along his Ravens Teeth archers to freeze and scheme with him. Blackfyre was already missing by this point so Dark Sister was the only remaining Targaryen family sword and should’ve been returned to the Crown or retrieved by Aegon V. His company of archers committed no crime and we aren’t lead to believe they’re complicit in his crime, but they take the black all the same.

'Thanks for helping with our rebirth Bran, we will try our best to be less bloodthirsty next age' lol i died.

Lmao. "Being one of the old gods is kinda cool." So true.

1. This (The Wall, the screwed up seasons, needing to do a Ragnarok) seems like a Westeros problem. Let's go to Essos, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over. 2. The Bloodraven-Bran relationship is starting to remind me of Raistlin-Fistandantilus from the Dragonlance novels

When people used to be "Shanghai'd" and they ended up being lost at sea or just running out of food for some reason or another they used to eat what they called "long pig". Which was one of the people abducted and brought aboard the ship to sell into slavery.

But will Bran's tax policy be?

Brilliant analysis! I loved your connections to other myths and stories like the epic of Gilgamesh, that added a lot to the theory and was quite interesting hearing about how this story could follow similar structures as other fantasy narratives

About time someone called him out instead of blindly pretending that brynden rivers isnt an actual fucking monster. Any sacrifice for “greater good” and “by any means necessary” isn’t how I want to win the dawn.

That makes sense, often so much was added to the show for the drama but based on what happens in the books. We never see what happens at Hardhome but something happens, and we see Jon go to it in the show. D&D could’ve easily seen notes about Bran going near Craster’s and decided to write the scene where Jon almost runs into Bran there 14:11 . I’ve started to use the dragon show as almost this hobbled spine of what the books will become. Arya may not slay the Night’s King but maybe she will deal the true killing blow to the Heart of Winter. 15:48 ok is it me or does the description of Blood Raven here sound like the Emperor of Mankind. I’m still convinced there is a connection between Tywin and Lion El Johnson. 27:24 More are more I begin to see story moments from asoiaf pop up here and there throughout other media. Bran is the master of Summer after all, and with that what if Azor Ahai’s flaming sword is summer itself?

7:31 hearing it explained like that, really reminds me of the part pf Dark Souls games. Makes sense both would find the same mythological sources intriguing

Keep these videos coming so glad i spoted you

Told my mate about ya vids and he dismissed the main theory etc. Funny thing is, he told me this vid dropped so he clearly has finally seen the logic 😅

So essentially, Euron is Gollum? I find myself hesitant to fully embrace it, though I would agree it doesn't make sense and seems likely. In the last video Disputed Lands did, she made a reasonable argument that Euron will light a green fire at the top of the Hightower. As I pointed out in my response, it is very likely because the book is an interwoven set of 5 narratives that reflect eachother. For example, Quent was burned by the green dragon and now rests at the top of the pyramid in Meereen. A green burned sacrifice. So it would make sense for Euron to make something narratively similar to a green burned sacrifice in the Hightower. My issue is that I worry BR is being given too much credit. I actually prefer your argument the 3eyeCrow is Bran. I think BR is also being equally manipulated. As the narrative is a set of roughly 5 streams it may make more sense for BR to be playing a role similar to 4 other people rather than playing the same role in all narratives. This is my main issue with LmL. He's incredibly good, but he still sees the story as a single narrative with many echoes that reinforce themes. What he sees as echoes are parallels. There were 5 heroes in the original and likely 5 this time too. Each one just as important and going through a template journey in their own unique way. I really like your work. Perhaps some day I'll get the chance to speak with you.

As someone who has just finished watching the 8 seasons of GOT and never read the books, this is just insane.

Bran being the summer king makes sense as to why his wolf is called summer. Maybe Jon is called Ghost because Jon is a ghost… cold ghost… white ghost… white walker… wight… other… the night’s king??

I'm also reminded of the story of Baldur, who was killed by Hodr with a spear made from a tree parasite, and whose wife and horse were sacrificed on his funeral pyre, plus a dwarf was added to the pyre at the last minute... Do you think GRRM is familiar with that story? 🤣

From what George has said, we expect the resolution of the conflict with the Others will NOT be the result of simply stabbing all of them with dragonglass, but will instead result from choices made by Jon Snow, Daenerys, Bran, etc.. It therefore makes sense to prefer a weaker Night's Watch and chaos in the south because it develops those characters & gives them power. If the Night's Watch was stronger it's less likely Jon becomes Lord Commander. If the chaos in the south doesn't happen it's less likely Daenerys births the dragons & less likely Bran goes north of the wall. Everything basically had to happen this way to prepare the major players, at the cost of fewer (useless?) rank and file.

He's not the crow... The crow in Bran's dreams is the Great Other. When Bran asked Bloodraven if he's the three eyed crow, Bloodraven is confused and says he used to be a crow once, referencing the nightswatch. Bloodraven comes to Bran's dreams as a weirwood tree

You are so close but there are two things you seem to be unaware of. Who led Bran to the window in order to insure that he couldn't go off to war and get killed like all the Brans since the Night King have done? Blood Raven's father is never mentioned, but Brendyn is a bastard. The House he hails from is quite close to the North...and so many members have names like Starks. So the Night King Bran makes sure the new Brans go to war and never become Green Seers...but one bastard slipped by with a slightly disguised name, and now one cripple, eh?

Damn, son, I think you've solved every mystery in ASOIAF. How'd you do that? BTW, your diction reminds me of Young Sheldon.

19:56 I wonder what your thoughts would be on Chett actually being the one to bury the cache with the horn he was Amens steward before Sam took that roll. He also plans staying beyond the wall and if he'd heard these things give protection or would fetch significant value to wildlings it might encourage him to bring it with him encase he gets a chance to break from the nights watch. The reason I say this is because around this time Chett and his mean have been caching supplies everywhere. One of the men starts making alot of noise about the snow covering there caches of food and other supplies and that they are dead now if they cannot find there caches. What are the odds that a random third party also dug a cache in this area at this same time. Why would George include this information of Chett caching supplies all around the fist of the first men. Thoughts ? Also if you look up golden cup or golden chalice flowers which are one of the flowers Chett gives the women he murders before killing her when she refuses sex. There is some very fascinating stuff about the real world lore behind it. The other flowers seem like abortion tonic when mixed together. I thought it interesting he spends all day finding certain flowers that seem to be used as a medical birth control or abortion medicine. Which seemed like him having this as a way to say hey you won't have a baby by me you sleep with everyone no risk to you. She refuses he kills her because not even with that as a bonus she still refuses him but says yes to everyone even without them having this. Anyway wonder what you think as why geroge put this in could it be chett or this is a misdirect

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Unfortunately this leaves out entirely Azor Ahai, dragons, and the Faceless Men. Dragons might be seen as mobile magic batteries which would oppose the stationary trees' anti-magic shells (they disrupt warging, after all). That's simple enough. Arya still needs to be sent by the Faceless Men to "free" the tree slaves who are not being allowed to die. A fire version of this was done at the doom of Valyria. Arya, not Bran, needs to return to the story to do this and take down the weirwood network. Azor Ahai - whomever that is - may be nothing more than the conductor of the symphonic orchestra that puts this whole thing in motion and brings it to a close at the end. But still, they have a significant fighting hero role to play that wouldn't necessarily be the story we expect from Bran or Bloodraven. While I like the idea that Bran has a role to play, I don't think we can simplify it to make him the kingpin for the ultimate change. There are too many other parts in play that aren't Bran related.

When the Billy Joel song bubble popped up...I lost my fucking mind lol! THAT shite was hilarious! When Bran and co. {prolly did} eat people-they were in a very different situation. I really don't think the paste is Jojen. I am not sure Jojen is going to die-not yet. I think they plan on wrapping him into a tree, like those sad husks in the down-deep that Bran found on accident. Leaf isn't worried about Bran getting lost in an efing cave system that her people have been in for a 1000x1000 years. WtF. I do not give a fuck if he wanders for 3 weeks. They know THAT much of THAT fucking cave lol. I really do not think he was meant to find those husk-root peoples. I AM SURE though that Bran is going to loose his shit completely if he feels his friends lives are threatened. Especially once he reflects upon the Oaths he and the Reeds exchanged. Bran LOVES all of them-Bran LOVES Meera. He LOVES Jojen. He loves Hodor and Summer-this is WHOLE world right now. This is only going to be compounded by his shared crush on Meera with Hodor and his warging ability. If ANYTHING happens to Jojen-shit man. Honestly-I can see Bran and Meera and Summer and Hodor killing every living being in that cave. The way it is reading to me, I am not sure Bran will even be able to help it. Crow's Eye/Euron is difficult. Is he a Blood Raven broke-ass brain-child, or was he a Drowned God sea-seer originally? He talks about crows-he dorwned and went mad-I can't get away from how he compares to Patchface to me. Euron and Patchface-were both interfered with by Blood Raven, and driven "mad?" And why hasn't Euron sent anyone to look for Blood Raven? Dude has been to Valeryia-and lived. I don't think anything really stops Euron from going to GET Blood Raven if he had any idea how to find him. If Euron really knows that he is a living being that can be taken, he WOULD take him, wouldn't he? MoFo has Pyat Pree, etc. Don't get me wrong, I can see the CLEAR Euron-Crow's Eye/Blood Raven connections. But Crows and Ravens are different for being the "same." To tell them apart in a pinch; the Crow shines greenish while the Raven shines blueish. "Says the Raven to the Crow" is one of the coolest things said, on so many levels. I don't kow man-I feel like Bran is going to lose his shit when he follows where that "singing" is coming from. I feel like BR has underestimated Bran and it is Blood Raven who is about to get schooled.

This is brilliant ❤never thought about it like that

I'd ti think that some of our characters are indeed aspects of the old gods and the seven gods and the gods of fire and ice, all being gathered for a final battle type scenerio.

It's possible Bloodraven is initiating a Great Reset

So what your saying is Bran Stark is The Dragon Reborn. Everyone go read The Wheel of Time series. It's up there with A Song of Ice and Fire and it's finished ❤❤❤ Don't watch the show (Wheel of Time) It's hot garbage. I love your videos they are a refreshing take on Ice and Fire theories and sence.the books probably won't be finished at least we can speculate on the ending.

In the Norse myths ice and fire meet in Ginnugagap during the initial creation, not during the renewal(/"end"). Altho it is mention that Surtr will sail from Muspelheim at the start of Ragnarok, nothing is said regarding Niflheim.

I think a big hole in this whole theory is the idea that Old Gods faith is somehow wholly revolving around human sacrifice, when we know it isn't true, at least not in the modern day in the books. Yes you can argue that the whole abandoning babies and Ned's cleaning his sword in the godswood it something alike sacrifice, but if the "Old Gods" were truly manipulating northern society as much as you say, don't you think they'd hold human sacrifice in much higher regard? After all, the notion isn't alien to Westeros: Drowned Priest perform human sacrifices also. I do agree that maybe Bloodraven could seek to end the Greenseers somehow, or at least fundamentally replace them at some level, but the idea that the whole system is tied together by blood sacrifice when such a thing is so hush hush doesn't track to me.

I think Bloodraven's greatest character flaw from all those years ago will remain consistent. He's always too hasty when it comes to trying to deal with the Blackfyres, and I think his judgement will be clouded by their return.

So...... If Bran is the Summer King and "Reborn" is he not Garth Greenhand?

Apropos of nothing: Do none of the Ironborn wonder why Euron's lips are blue and he's drinking thick blue-black goo that smells like rotting flesh all day every day? Presumably, his lips weren't blue before he was exiled, so why don't our POV characters ask about it when they're seeing him for the first time in 2-3 years? Other characters observe that his lips look dark, but I can't find them asking him about it. The fact that he continuously ingests a substance that gives him bizarre visions seems like it might be useful info. I mean, they gotta be wondering what's going on with this dude

"I am Bloodraven and I speak for the trees"?????

i think you missed a pretty big thing grrm confirmed hodor will hold the door meaning bran has to leave the cave therefor doesnt become a tree dude

This reminds me a bit of Ender's Game where a child of the next generation is manipulated into unwittingly solving a humanity-scale problem. It would be interesting to see some parallel in Bloodraven not just physically/magically lacking the power to break the system, but his mindset from years past corrupts what he sees as the solution (and Bran has to be the one to concoct the ACTUAL solution - think Bloodraven trying to destroy the Others, whereas Bran might "kill" the others by letting them return to the greater hivemind/salt sea/weirweb) or following Bloodraven's plan through to its end is what reveals the true nature of the problem and leaves our heroes to come together and right humanity's wrongs (like Ender going off with the formix queen - note i didnt read the rest of the enders game books)

I've heard some cannibals claim that men taste like pork but women taste more like beef.

Can you explain why dragonglass melts and possibly permanently kills the ice shadows? Before hearing your theory on how the others are created and permanently sustained, I'd always thought it was simply magic ice being is destroyed by magic fire/frozen fire. But I expect you may have a more thought out explanation for why dragonglass and possibly valyrian steel have this effect. Thanks for all the great videos!!

Do you think Euron was being groomed by Bloodraven since before his younger brother’s death or after? Or what event triggered Eurons bloodraven dreams just like the fall from the tower did for Bran

I read that thumbnail to the tune of Evolution by pearl jam

12:18 that scene that people believe Bran wargs or tries to warg Meera where he is in Hodo and thinking how he should tell Meera he loves her then she runs off. I believe that she runs off because she hears the children firing up there ritual sacrifice of Jojen . Jojen is missing in the scene we know her hearing and sight is far better then everyone else's. Shortly after her running off down the cavern Bran begins to hear the chanting singing of the children from below. The next scene we get with Bran is Jojen paste. We also do not see meera again once she runs off to I believe stop the sacrifice of Jojen. I feel like Bran is going to find Meera locked up being bread with since Nimble Dick says squishers eat male children breed with the females. I think this will be what gets Bran to discover the evils of the children and get him out of the cave. Obviously everything after Meera running of is speculation but what are your thoughts do you think this is why Meera ran off.

So the others are pretty much like the elemental type creatures or ghosts in elder scrolls games. They leave a pile of goop, shards, or ash depending on what they were. I know, dumb comparison, but thats just what i imagined when you talked about the others disingrating into an ice shard pile cause they were basically frozen ghosts/shadows.

24:17 Small correction: in Nicene theology Jesus is not part man part God, but fully man and fully God.

I'm curious where the Darkstar story line goes

Bloodraven didn't necessarily trick Bran so much as he tricked/showed(?) Jojen what was going to happen

yo basically Bloodraven is doing a Lunar Princess Ranni plan

It's very confusing when you use show character images and book storylines.

I think D&D botched this in the show. In order for me to keep "Bran" as a character in my head, I truly believe that the "3 Eyed Crow" couldn't pass the Wall, which explains why Bran is still "Bran" while he was talking to half-dead Benjen while they were about to cross back through the Wall. And as soon as they do, Bran is now a complete robot. But D&D botched it. Smh. Also. GRRM points out multiple times that a crow and a raven are not the same thing (obviously), and yet so many people just jump to Blood *Raven* is the 3 Eyed Crow. Even though Bran has a dream where Blood *Raven* and the 3 Eyed Crow are in it at the same time. With Blood *Raven* calling to Bran as a Weirwood Tree while the 3 Eyed Crow is messing with him.

if bloodraven wants to end the system, why not just do it himself?

If nan was nettles, how do you retcon her saying all crows are liars etc. apologies if previously asked 😊

Meera was right... Bran "died in that cave" but I think he "was in Hodor" and then tried to go back to his body finding he could not as Bloodraven was now in it. Bran has to animal hop to get to Jon and warn him that the Brynden Rivers (Almost a Brandon, but very flexible, morally, like a river, and unstoppable and compared to time) is now on the throne and is not just "not him" but confirming Millisandras vision that Bran, Bloodraven, The Children and the Others are indeed all working in concert, though Bran did not know it. This would also confirm the "Blacked out" section of his drafts which describes Jon having to face off against "Evil Bran" for the throne.... Which would mean that Everything up til Season 8 was all "prequel" to the actual long night which they did not actually win at all. It seems clearly that there are many people and or gods all playing games with literally everyone... Is Rhellor Bran trying to fix things? Are the "Old Gods" that seem to come from space and be associated with certain objects that fell previously not be also involved? Or were they knocked out of the game by Bran the Builder, still stuck in Winterfell's heart tree down in the crypts and battling the children and their magic, his last adversary... He was likely the Three Eyed Raven from the books who woke up Brans powers initially before he was lead north by Bloodraven... Also why does Dawn not corrupt like other bloodstone objects? The killing of old Bran could rebirth new Bran as you predicted, but new bran is then tasked with making summer happen and lead the new age from the old ways. In fact, the expression "There must always be a Stark in Winterfell"... This passage, when read with your insight suggest there is a King down there, but also that Summer, Fenrir, wants to kill the tree/or Bran such as when Odin hangs and gains wisdom... "Summer stalked out in the echoing gloom, then stopped, lifted his head, and sniffed the chill dead air. He bared his teeth and crept backward, eyes glowing golden in the light of the maester’s torch. Even Osha, hard as old iron, seemed uncomfortable. “Grim folk, by the look of them,” she said as she eyed the long row of granite Starks on their stone thrones." Interestingly, several main images form from this.... All regarding Odin's long list of names... "Hooded One" combined with Grim indicates the Grim Reaper, Death and of course, Winter... "Enemy of the Wolf" means much more especially if that wolf is named "Summer". "father of men (or of the age/world)" That is Bran the Builder in the Stone Throne... and lastly..." Flaming Eye, Shifty Eyed" which may also back up the claim that OG Bran the Builder is Rhellor. 'Bale-Worker' or Evil Worker or Evil Deed may be directed at him... As could "Lord of the undead"... Also, as an aside, the names of the Stark Direwolve's also seems to denote the end of the characters.... Jon's is Ghost, for he becomes dead. Sansa's was Lady, since she becomes Lady of Winterfell... Bran's is Summer for he becomes Garth of the new age, Nymeria is an in game warrior god. Please feel free to steal any and or all of this. (a hat tip would be nice, but I'm not married to it :P )

I think if Euron Grejoy had a pov chapter it would reveal way too much lol

Here's the thing. The books will never be finished. Ever. You can have all your theories but never get an answer because not only does Martin write at the speed of a sloth, he has written himself into too many corners and CAN'T finish it.

Bloodraven brought bran to the heart tree so he could warg into bran because he needs a body that can worg.

So he gets to be a true knight after all

Man, Bran taking over Hodor's body is SO uncomfortable to read. I really want him to stop so I'll stop hating him.

Yes, blood raven is evil and I do not think he is the tree eyed raven.

Interesting theory but the Old Gods and the old ways have been irrelevant for centuries south of the Wall.

Wouldn't Bloodraven be the three-eyed Raven? 😆

Honestly don't know if I can forgive a HP comparison

Just like baelish and Varys

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Ngl I estimate next book December 2024 or 2027 no in between

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Human meat does taste like pork though

Gilgamesh and Enkidu were lovers. In one of their stories shared, they battled and Gilgamesh beheaded Enkidu. Gilgamesh, sullen from the slaughtering of his friend and comrade, croed for days over his corpse. The gods witnessed this love and resurrected Enkidu. I believe this has a lot of relevance for SoIAF, but more as a thematic element for John and Danny.

Are you calling the 3 eyed raven the 3 eyed crow? Not trying to be snarky but I don't know the story as well as you do. Anyway, if so, ravens and crows are different species.

You are mixing Bloodraven with Three eyed raven... there is no trace of Bloodravens personality in his body... body is just a vessel for Three eyed raven... Bran will be gone also... show depicted that well

I was all aboard on this until the Harry Potter. comparisons because Harry Potter is a badly written pile of shit