What will the Prologue to the Winds of Winter be about?

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@user-bp1vu4dz6b 15 күн бұрын

I'm glad I'm not elderly... My grandfather is about to turn 92 years old and has been waiting on this book for almost two decades.

@thomaslance5428 15 күн бұрын

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at that.

@zacmccollum7144 15 күн бұрын

I'm sorry bro. That's one reason I wish I could live forever. Someone will finish this series one day

@user-bp1vu4dz6b 15 күн бұрын

@@thomaslance5428 there has been times I have made a life choice or decided not to do something because it carried a risk of me dying and I refuse to go before a dream of spring

@derekweiland1857 15 күн бұрын

@@zacmccollum7144 Nope. GRRM has made it very clear in multiple interviews that he will never allow anyone to finish his novels should he die before they are completed. He has left stict instructions with wife, children and numerous lawyers to destroy what remains and to sue anyone who even attempts a fiction in the same world he created. He has always had a zero tolerance for this kind of stuff in any if his works.

@Laketwig 15 күн бұрын

@@zacmccollum7144 hope not.

@CSNA_Gaming 14 күн бұрын

Damn. I remember when this channel has like 20k subscribers. 711k is crazy. Shoutout to Robert for all the hard work.

@ErinDionysusBee 14 күн бұрын

Bump, bump, bump this to top, everybody to the bumpy bump!

@Tophatjones358 14 күн бұрын

Right! I do too! Robert is a legend!

@robotempire 13 күн бұрын

712k now

@emilywells2825 13 күн бұрын

its 712 now

@AlexDRohmat 10 күн бұрын

714!

@grayapple4837 15 күн бұрын

Prester is a good choice for the POV, and you're right that GRRM probably built him up in Jaime's estimation for that reason. Personally though, I hope it's Lady Sybell Westerling (Spicer). Of all the characters on that wagon train, hers is the head I'd most like to see into. She could tell us a lot about Tywin's machinations on the Red Wedding, the politics of the Westerlands and Riverlands, and her own family history, including the magic of her mother, Maggy the Frog. Plus, having Nymeria kill someone who betrayed the Starks would be great poetic justice! Great video as always.

@E_T_31 14 күн бұрын

Great point, I totally forgot that she was Maggy the Frog's granddaughter... I take every bit of justice for Robb I can take :')

@Matthew10950 14 күн бұрын

I like this a lot and can see some good potential. But Martin isn't clever enough. I have no hope he can pull it off. Give Sanderson the notes and let him finish it in my son's lifetime.

@aprilmae274 14 күн бұрын

If we don't get to get inside her head, we will def still get some shit on her family background. There is no way around that in text. You will get some satisfation-but! There is some background in Fire and Blood and some in what Kevan says about her when talking about how he would let his son marry a Westerling...but never a Spicer. That Westerling was ill to marry her lol

@inthefade 14 күн бұрын

Because she can give so much information is why GRRM won't use her. He would rather obfuscate things. That's why we like his writing.

@SkywalkerSamadhi 14 күн бұрын

Jeyne Westerling is the granddaughter of Maggy the Frog??

@kenchin77777 15 күн бұрын

If I ever get famous enough for a biography, I want Robert to narrate it lol. Most calming voice in the genre

@toms169 11 күн бұрын

04:48 Robert misspoke here. The Tullys were Lords Paramount of the Riverlands, not the Reach, as most of you will know.

@TheStoneTargaryen 15 күн бұрын

SO HAPPY YOU MENTIONED HIM SAYING THE POV MIGHT NOT DIE. I’ve been repeating it for years and all the big channels ignore it and - it just feels great to see it in a video.

@ObsydianShade 14 күн бұрын

I'm more worried about the author dying...

@Svensk7119 14 күн бұрын

@@ObsydianShade My fear, exactly!!!!

@alexmars1511 14 күн бұрын

Perhaps now in the prologue, someone will be born or reborn

@NukeMarine 14 күн бұрын

Chett didn't die in his POV. He wet his pants but he didn't die till a later Samwell chapter. It's silly to say epilogue or prologue POV characters die given this blatant "exception". The "epilogue" to A Game of Thrones though might have ended with the death and resurrection of Dany. There's that mysterious shift in POV where we're told what other characters see finding Dany in the remains of the funeral pyre. A similar shift was noted in a Victarion chapter.

@yardknight4953 14 күн бұрын

Catelyn died though.

@Valkanna.Nublet 15 күн бұрын

I think that the wolf pack directly attacking 400 soldiers is a bit too much. My idea is that it's the Blackfish and Riverlands survivors who launch an attack, and as they win the Lannister forces scatter. That's where the wolves come in, hunting down the fleeing Lannisters.

@millibillionth 14 күн бұрын

Plus, George likes to create puzzles. Having multiple forces add to the confusion, helping him to obfuscate things.

@ALtheuncommonicedragon8360 15 күн бұрын

My guess is POV will be Sybelle Spicer. That in the prologue will have Jeyne westerling caravan being intercepted by lady stoneheart. Catelyn will capture Jeyne & execute Sybelle.

@rustiouk760 15 күн бұрын

Excellent thinking, I suspect you may be correct

@kasey670 14 күн бұрын

The timing is all wrong for that. They leave riverrun mid dance of dragons. In that time Jaime has travelled to raventree lifted the siege gone to penny tree run off with Brienne. Then have enough time for word to get back to kings landing when Cersei was still in jail. Then Cersei has her walk of punishment then kevan is killed by Varys. If the caravan was attacked we would have heard about it in the last book.

@allthatishere 14 күн бұрын

@@kasey670 I haven't read the books, but didn't the dance of dragons happen well over a century before this series started?

@janekgaazka8683 14 күн бұрын

@@allthatishere fifth book is called "A Dance with Dragons", that's what they probably meant

@pieceofgosa 14 күн бұрын

This is a fantastic shout. Fits perfectly.

@pieceofgosa 14 күн бұрын

Not sure if this is just a coincidence but: AGOT - beyond the wall ACOK - in the south ASOS - beyond the wall AFFC - in the south ADWD - beyond the wall Somewhere in the south seems a safe bet. I agree with the person who said Sybelle Spicer for the PoV. Stoneheart attacking Jeyne's transport seems an excellent shout.

@thomaslance5428 15 күн бұрын

I'm glad Martin doesn't feel chained to bad tv writers. It's like they didn't know what they were doing, at least towards the end, writing themselves into corners. Martin, on the other hand, has had this stuff stewing in his subconscious for YEARS.

@filipeventura7588 14 күн бұрын

at this point it's stewing for so many years i hope it did not fizzle away

@kredonystus7768 14 күн бұрын

Writing himself into corners for decades you mean.

@sannyassi73 14 күн бұрын

Writing himself into corners for decades, you mean?

@Cyballistic 14 күн бұрын

I think what happened is that Martin’s ending was not too far off from the ending in the show, which had terrible reception. So he had to toss out years of work and try to rewrite something else. Combine that with being sidetracked by dozens of different projects to build his wealth, and you have a recipe for disaster. This book will not come out before he dies.

@indoorplant2392 14 күн бұрын

@@sannyassi73why copy

@dfailsthemost 15 күн бұрын

Thank you for running through each prologue character. Saved me googling it lol

@mori1bund 15 күн бұрын

My guess is Jeyne's mother Lady Spicer will be the pov. It would be poetic justice if she's killed by a wolf. ^^

@Levacque 14 күн бұрын

The one thing that makes me doubt it will be her POV is that she sort of already dumped out her whole purse for Jaime Lannister - she told him everything she did while conspiring against Robb, so what else is there to learn from her as opposed to being within an unknown entity? I like that the prologue POVs are nearly unheard-of characters because we get entirely fresh information.

@mori1bund 13 күн бұрын

@@Levacque good point!

@user-hj7uc4mu7r 14 күн бұрын

This channel is the only thing that still keeps me in this fascinating but unfinished universe. Kudos to Robert!

@LegitimateEU 15 күн бұрын

The Bible volume 2 hitting the shelves long before I get to read this prologue

@ggenie7489 14 күн бұрын

The Bible 2, Electric Boogaloo.

@username.exenotfound2943 14 күн бұрын

the bible 2 the newer testament staring jod and gesus

@Levacque 14 күн бұрын

You uhhhhhh... You know that the Bible already got a Volume 2, right? Old and New?

@DeCode343 14 күн бұрын

Part 3. Sadly there is already an old and new testament

@nigredoooalgown6245 13 күн бұрын

You mean the Quran...

@merlinho0t 13 күн бұрын

RIP to all the fans who will die before the book will be finished, which is every single person reading this comment.

@crazychimp1324 11 күн бұрын

I had doubts about seeing GTA 6 and it got announced. I’d be 100% more elated to see just an announcement of a winds of winter

@tylergrey7985 10 күн бұрын

I won't be able to RIP

@7thmizukage 15 күн бұрын

Glory to The Riverlands! 🐟

@zacyule4674 15 күн бұрын

In deep geek and quin the gm in the same day. God is good

@thing_under_the_stairs 15 күн бұрын

Praise the Old Gods and the New!

@molleh3180 14 күн бұрын

We’re eating good today

@timopraxis 13 күн бұрын

All the time.

@gustavoferroni2693 8 күн бұрын

This is a very good breakdown of possibilities, thank you!! I think you are spot on. Nymeria will attack! My money is on Ser Forley Prester being the point of view. The big question is, will the pack kill Edmure and Jeyne or will he? Could they kill everyone, afterall doesnt matter how big the pack is, 400 soldiers is no joke, right? Or will the soldiers end up killing Nymeria - maybe this prompts Arya to abandon the faceless men and come back to Westeros? She would feel it, right? This could be a good way to solve several threads: wolf pack finished, Edmure and Jeyne dead, Lannisters lose hostages and many soldiers, succession in Riverlands and North gets more open for Sansa to claim it, Arya gets incentive to head back. If the prologue goes this way it would help move the story more quickly. Also, imagine the shock of so many important charcteres dying in the prologue!

@calebesagaz5226 14 күн бұрын

Only years later when I read again ADWD I realized the prologue with Varamyr paralleled Jon Snow's ending, suggesting that his soul had entered the Ghost.

@mythal0620 15 күн бұрын

Great analysis and assessment! I've actually kind of said goodbye to the books because I can no longer believe that the series will be completed - but you've given me a renewed approach today, as well as you obviously know the books. The only thing that bothers me are the film images, because the film version completely lost me after the second or third season and I just found it absurd by the end.

@ruanialuvizotto2521 11 күн бұрын

Great video, it's a shame that we will never know since this book will never see the light of day 😢

@EmpyreanSasarai 15 күн бұрын

It will definitely set the tone for the book of swathes of characters dying.

@eric2500 14 күн бұрын

Shivers up my spine! Nice! I think our man in command is loyal but conflicted -Prester IS LOYAL but has been in the habit of being loyal to the West - _" Gawan's girl?"_ he does not want to harm the child of another ( formerly loyal, mostly loyal) lord of the Westerlands.

@richardtabor8686 14 күн бұрын

Very interested to hear IDG's educated guess. Ty so much for the continued amazing content.

@averageyoutuber7252 15 күн бұрын

It's been 13 years since ADWD, at this point I've just about lost hope :(

@derekwarr8567 14 күн бұрын

and interest

@PalmelaHanderson 14 күн бұрын

I've long since bought into the idea that GRRM either doesn't know how to finish the series or simply doesn't really want to. It's not like he hasn't been writing - he's written lots of things since ADWD. 13 years since the last book isn't simply writer's block - he either doesn't know how to finish it or doesn't care to because he's bored with it.

@dolorousjohn5499 14 күн бұрын

@@PalmelaHanderson I think there's some spite mixed in because everywhere he goes he gets hassled about it too.

@viperswhip 13 күн бұрын

@@PalmelaHanderson I remember when HBO announced a host of new shows, and a fan asked him if he was going to be involved in one, and he, not reading the room at all, said, no I will be involved in all four!

@toms169 11 күн бұрын

A big chunk of Winds of Winter is written already. My best guess: it will come out eventually. We will never see A Dream of Spring.

@stevencarver-fd8ii 11 күн бұрын

14:32 I do love the idea of the super pack getting involved.

@AndrewK23777 14 күн бұрын

Great vid as always IDG. Interesting thoughts / theory IDG , i think this prologue scenario could work really well on many levels. I had been leaning more towards LSh but perhaps underestimated the size of the Lannister force protecting Jeyne's caravan , especially considering their preparedness with them on the alert for any attack. I was between LSh and possibly even the Blackfish maybe converging unknowingly at the same time with the same aim. That would make for an interesting Tully reunion of sorts. Didn't really think of the wolf-pack in this instance , had thought more about the pack helping take out the Freys more specifically but I do like it to intercept Jeyne en route to Casterly Rock. The use of the wolf-pack in the prologue would actually be a fitting introduction in terms of the pack taking action on a grander scale , with ideally more to come from them. And could be the start of the Stark comeback in a sense and a catalyst for them with Arya and beyond.

@joe_fizz 15 күн бұрын

Thank you again Robert

@spliffertonsheldrake6007 14 күн бұрын

I think this is a really cool prediction, well thought out. Nice work!

@thelateescapist8266 14 күн бұрын

I would love it if the prologue is from the perspective of Jon in Ghost. Which would break the rule of prologue POV chacter death in that (A the character is technically already dead and (B will take part in the main action after the prologue. And as for Jayne appearing in that prologue, well it's already been established that the direwolves have a magical awareness of their siblings whereabouts and specific activities. Bran through Summer has even had a fairly vivid vision of Rickon and Shaggy Dog on a different land mass (Skaggos). So it's perfectly probable that Jon/Ghost could have a vision of Nymeria in the Riverlands or the Westlands. And maybe now that John/Ghosts are one flesh they will be able to have visions of the Starks who have been separated from their wolves, such as Arya and Sansa. Such a prologue could well forshadow all of the Starks gaining conscious control of their skinchanging abilities.😊 🐺

@LovelyCentaur-or5qd 7 күн бұрын

I liked this. I was really into it, by the time I realised it wasn't GRRM himself talking about the prologue 😅

@NukeMarine 14 күн бұрын

@kevinbazarek 12 күн бұрын

great job as always, Robert. can't wait for the next one. thanks!

@stephenconroy5908 13 күн бұрын

I like this, that opening of Jeyne and/or Edmure being killed in an attack by wolves, which while defeating the enemy comes at the cost of a family member and/or key player, could also foreshadow Rickon Stark's death during the Battle of the Bastards. It could be his funeral in the last chapter, not necessarily the battle itself.

@R0CKDRIG0 8 күн бұрын

I don't think Edmure is going to die, if not then who's gonna rule the Riverlands at the end of the story? Plus he's shown to care about the common people more than the average lord and I don't think Martin would punished him that easily.

@stephaniespain9849 14 күн бұрын

I love these videos. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us!

@73fi55 12 күн бұрын

Thanks for your work! We will get this book one way or another, so let's hope for the best

@rezman69ify 13 күн бұрын

Another great video. Love listening to you talk about agot. Keep upnthe great work. Looking forward to the next one

@Birdbrainz420 15 күн бұрын

great video thank you!

@evanmcdonald9134 14 күн бұрын

This isn’t exactly related to the winds prologue but I wanted to talk about my favorite chapter so far and thought this would be a good community to do it in. I just read the chapter where Brienne, Hyle Hunt, Podrick, and a septon are on their way from maidenpool. The way the septon speaks about the common man’s experience in war and how it breaks them moved me more than any of the other writing in the books. Obviously we see everything from the point of view of the rich and privileged, so anything from a common man’s point of view is interesting to a certain extent, but the emotion conveyed in this part was just incredible. At the end, they ask him which war he was in and he says he was a young boy. Hyle tells him “The war of the ninepenny kings?” “So they called it, though I never saw a King or earned a penny. It was war though. That it was”

@treetrunk8794 14 күн бұрын

So excited for this video.

@PelosiStockPortfolio 12 күн бұрын

My cousin fought cancer for 3 years waiting for this book. It never came out and he died

@dakotademery3649 2 күн бұрын

I always love your videos! Could you make a video explaining warging in depth?

@scotthammond3230 15 күн бұрын

"Ah theyve guessed it, which means Ill have to change it, and it will take a few extra years for me to rework some plot lines to accomplish this.."

@Radiotomb 14 күн бұрын

Its about Maester Jon Vance. Preston Jacobs took care of writing it for us.

@samuelleask1132 14 күн бұрын

Masterful video my man!

@NR-rv8rz 14 күн бұрын

I truly wish you would do Dune lore videos.

@maxb8749 14 күн бұрын

I would love a Forley Prester POV because having a chapter from the POV of a old and expierenced knight is the perfect opportunity to get more random lore about the previous conflicts in Westeros like Robert's Rebellion.

@Levacque 14 күн бұрын

Ooooooh, yeah! He would definitely have been a young man during the uprising of the Kingswood Brotherhood, maybe even a teenager during the war of the Ninepenny Kings!

@maxb8749 14 күн бұрын

@@Levacque exactly!

@andrewverdone4957 3 күн бұрын

Varameer Six Skins could be a prelude to Jon taking over the superpack

@callumtindal9856 14 күн бұрын

Thank you for this video, very very good👌

@Lotschi 14 күн бұрын

What a masterpiece of a video, once again!

@wellactually1510 14 күн бұрын

It's cute that you still think that we'll ever get to read the Winds of Winter

@corydora2894 13 күн бұрын

I'm not so sure Lady Stoneheart would be concerned with Jeyne's wellbeing. At Catelyn Stark she was kind enough, but we do know that she attempted to hang Brienne without allowing her to explain, and most of her merciful side is lost. It's fully possible that Lady Soneheart will be included, but will she try to rescue Catelyn Stark's daughter in law is a bit up in the air.

@MichaelR-kl6hk 2 күн бұрын

I'm going to havebto reread these.

@georgeagathangelou5303 15 күн бұрын

Excellent video

@GKLechuguilla 15 күн бұрын

I fully agree with this.

@cipher48 14 күн бұрын

You forgot to mention there is a tendency for a certain type of character to be the POV of the prologue. The first one was beyond the wall, the second one a maester, the third one beyond the wall, the fourth one a maester (or close to it), and lastly, the fifth one was beyond the wall, again. It is likely the POV is a maester Another thing, about Jeyne's hips. Yes, GRRM said it was an author error her description, but I remember it being refered to be the one description made in AFFC, not in ASOS

@Levacque 14 күн бұрын

The other thing about the hips is who was looking at Jeyne. Catelyn, being extremely preoccupied with motherhood and procreation (especially in ASOS, it's a major theme in her chapters), would be much more likely to pay close attention to her son's wife's body. Jaime, on the other hand, has absolutely no reason to find Jeyne's body interesting. All he sees is a thin young girl who isn't ready for any of this. Jaime see a fragile person in need of safety, so the thinness of her frame emphasizes that.

@nathanhursey6779 4 күн бұрын

Since it will never be finished my ending is Roose kills everyone and steals their skin! THE ROOSE IS LOOSE!!!

@marcfrancisteodoro7720 10 күн бұрын

Amazing theory!

@apstrike 14 күн бұрын

The worst thing is we'll never know because GRRM's position is if he doesn't finish his work then no one will.

@pumas2342 15 күн бұрын

it will be tyrek lannister revealing how he come to be Ser Robert Strong

@Levacque 14 күн бұрын

Ok now, look. I get that Qyburn is a certified mad genius and all, but even he has limits. How could he possibly fit an entire horse inside of that suit of armour, oversized though it may be?

@rexrivers2220 15 күн бұрын

I love the theory of Nymeria but I’m going to be hella sad as the stark second saying goes “The lone wolf dies, but the packs survives.” Who left of the stark wolf pack again • ghost (at the wall) • Nymeria ((riverlands)) • Summer (( beyond the wall)) • shaggy dog (( Skagos)) Is this correct?

@CSNA_Gaming 14 күн бұрын

I believe so.

@carlbradley4872 15 күн бұрын

Marvelous! I don't even READ the books. Just a committed Show fan who loves the depth and expansive story discussion here!

@johnracine4589 4 күн бұрын

You should read the books! They’re incredible!

@MeetThaNewDealer 15 күн бұрын

Rhaegar returns 😮

@erikthomsen4768 15 күн бұрын

I'll believe that when his son rises from the grave and dragons roam Valyria again.

@guyledouche7939 15 күн бұрын

Somehow Rhaegar returned.

@onyedikachukwumiracle 15 күн бұрын

What is dead may never die

@justmhr7598 11 күн бұрын

How epic a prologue that would be , the descend of a Unnatural amount of wolf Carnage at the Center of It , A Great Magical Beast, a Horse Sized Direwolf , like the DeadKings wolf is, the Reverent Level Mauling - Death

@TrainerCTZ 14 күн бұрын

You're a great writer!

@johnpotts8308 14 күн бұрын

While I doubt the Brotherhood would attack 400 men, a smaller force can successfully ambush a larger one if they attain surprise (and this is the Blackfish's country). Perhaps Nymeria's wolf pack attacks the Lannister camp throwing it into chaos and the Blackfish/Brotherhood uses the opportunity to rescue Edmure and/or Jeyne. The problem with that is it requires a degree of co-ordination between Nymeria and the Blackfish/Brotherhood, neither of which seems particularly likely (unless we go with the old stand by, "Bloodraven did it").

@tmcleanful 15 күн бұрын

LOL is the only comment that makes sense here. Winds of Winter is the Star Citizen of literary fantasy fiction, only moreso.

@carlrood4457 15 күн бұрын

The question is WHY Nymeria would make such an attack? If it were Arya's warging influence, then how would saving Jeyne and/or Edmure be relevant? While related to her, she doesn't know them as far as we've seen. How would she have the intelligence to even know about the transport? She wouldn't. She couldn't. That would mean someone else is behind the superpack and Arya's just been around for the ride. Arya's chapter mentions a tree watching, so it could be a , "When in doubt..." situation.

@thing_under_the_stairs 15 күн бұрын

Are we blaming Bloodraven or Bran here?

@clatricia 14 күн бұрын

For a practical purpose, it could be due to the size of the company itself. Prey becomes scarce with winter coming, so the wolves attack as much for survival as anything influenced by magic.

@carlrood4457 14 күн бұрын

@@thing_under_the_stairs I'm going with Bloodraven as I doubt Bran will have fully taken over the job by the first chapter.

@thing_under_the_stairs 14 күн бұрын

@@carlrood4457 Leaving out the possibilities of all time-travelling Bran theories... for now. ;)

@SL56043 15 күн бұрын

Mormont's Raven (Jacqen Hgar) is Hodor because it is in Ser Pounce's mouth inside Brynden Rivers' weirwood network.

@silver057 15 күн бұрын

@QuinnTheGM made a video were he theorized that the POV will be the Maester who assists Jeyne Westerling when she gives birth to Robb's heir. The heir would then be kidnapped/secured by the brotherhood without banners and Lady Stoneheart.

@Zveebo 15 күн бұрын

That makes no sense - we already know she’s not pregnant.

@R0CKDRIG0 8 күн бұрын

My favorite candidate is Ilyn Payne, it would be such an interesting thing to hear the thoughts of a mute man; and that he would survive an attack of Lady Stoneheart only to get killed by Nymeria's pack.

@collins7426 15 күн бұрын

George does not care about us or the books anymore it doesn’t take this long to write a book

@darkjezter1980 14 күн бұрын

Joke's on you. GRRM will never finish The Winds of Winter.

@seponsacoolya 13 күн бұрын

How a dream of spring is gonna stay a dream

@SamButler22 13 күн бұрын

I think having the wolf pack appear in any prominent way later in the story will require a reintroduction and the prologue would be a great place for that

@stevencarver-fd8ii 11 күн бұрын

3:55 I think the prologue will feature Jeyne Stark being moved from River Run to Casterly Rock and being rescued by Lady Stoneheart (the magical element of the chapter). Since GRRM also said there will not be any new POV characters, the chapter will be from the POV of Catelyn Stark, who will die at the end of the chapter. Either her body will be totally destroyed, or Catelyn loses the war of wills with the Stoneheart spectre, or she finds out that Jeyne gave birth to Robb’s heir and “gives up the ghost” to save her grandchild from death. Has Edmure been a POV before?

@user-pf1st2fy5n 15 күн бұрын

He, GRRM, has no intention of finishing the last two books! He has no financial incentive now.

@gcs7817 13 күн бұрын

The winds of winter is nothing but a whisp of clouds … kinda like how Saruman passed in LOTR

@PiagetianDisequilibration 8 күн бұрын

I think Robert just did GRRM's heavy lifting for him. Thanks, Bob, maybe now we'll get the final book. I hope GRRM is watching.

@onyedikachukwumiracle 15 күн бұрын

We deserve the Winds of Winter, GRRM must finish the books

@username.exenotfound2943 14 күн бұрын

careful you will have his fanboys saying you dont deserve anything from him and shit when all george has to do is say he cant finish the books and people will just go on their merry way

@TerenceGrimstone 14 күн бұрын

I hope the Blackfish is the prologue. I loved Kevan being an epilogue character since he is a character that we have seen quite a lot of before his epilogue and I still remember how i felt way back when i saw him as the POV to the epilogue.

@smartmouth4444 13 күн бұрын

It will just be a troll face released after his death. He's not working on it and he doesn't intend to either.

@paulsarnik8506 15 күн бұрын

Pennytree! Again! Dunk's Mentor would be proud! 🤓😎✌🏼

@gerganakoleva4137 11 күн бұрын

I can see your point. Still, there are questions, for example - what part of the magic will be revealed in this prologue. May be that Catelyn's resurrection is similar with the wights resurrection magic, the God of Light and the Others being "opposite side of the same coin"? Also what exactly the role of Jane will be - I am pretty sure she is not pregnant, so may be Catelyn will want to kill/sacrifice her? This is all based on the assumption the brotherhood are the attackers. It will be interesting if one of them realizes that the wolf is Nymeria and that Arya is alive. Will that make Catelyn look fro her, forsaking her revenge?

@nastropc 15 күн бұрын

The publishers should definitely get Robert as a consultant to whomever they pick to finish writing the books after GRRM’s inevitable massive heart attack.

@short11000 14 күн бұрын

Yes, I do agree. That explanation was chilling. I was shaking in my slippers. OMG! 😯🤫

@lukealdridge4407 14 күн бұрын

Robert Baratheon?

@bigbossvi429 14 күн бұрын

I think I read he has prepared for that not to happen. He taking it to the grave.

@rollinronin8125 14 күн бұрын

He will continue on through AI in the Metaverse.

@viperswhip 13 күн бұрын

GRRM has said he will not allow someone to finish it. But we can all just ask ChatGPT to write the next couple of books for us haha I can imagine a Reddit thread where people collate the best bits from everyone's attempt at getting the books done and we end up with something epic.

@saadude96 14 күн бұрын

"Tully's deposed as lords of the reach" 4:45. Huh 😂??

@Ammoniumbicarbonat 13 күн бұрын

He obviously misspoke; we all know he meant the Riverlands

@NeilOB9 14 күн бұрын

Just thinking about this a couple of hours before this video released.

@FULANODETAL 14 күн бұрын

what will be release first...star citizen or Winds of winter?

@DrunkTalk 14 күн бұрын

A super pack of dogs crushing a small army just like the others and their undead at the end of book. I had not considered that. That would be pretty cool.

@Mathemagical55 15 күн бұрын

The prologue will be George's obituary and a description of how the ghost-writers finished the book from his notes.

@freekedit7007 15 күн бұрын

This is so disgustingly on point

@The-Mstr-Pook 15 күн бұрын

Apparently he has stated his notes be destroyed on his death and no one to publish any Got works posthumously

@arvetis 14 күн бұрын

@@The-Mstr-Pook It only takes a quick google to dispel this myth. He's talked in the past about relations finishing his books after he's gone, and all his papers that he supposedly wants destroyed are archived at the Special Collections at Texas A&M University

@LoLotov 14 күн бұрын

Hadn't occurred to me before, but a Jeyne prologue where she's captured by and meets lady stoneheart, revealing the fates of pod and hyle hunt, would be fantastic whether she lives or dies.

@sophdog1678 14 күн бұрын

George: Quick - write that down!

@iDuckman 14 күн бұрын

Damn, Geek, you make me want to return to the books. But I'm older now and I think I'll wait until WoW actually sees print.

@Chrisytigers 15 күн бұрын

Its honestly just a race against his health, i some times think things like him wanting 2 be mre like Tolken put Winds in his will... sick of getting hopes up and impossible puting it in the back of ur mind coz spot on vids like this pop up every week. Pffffttt 🤞

@00Kuja00 13 күн бұрын

What do you mean? Tolkien finished his work, the Lord of the Rings.

@burntorangehorn 11 күн бұрын

@@00Kuja00 That was one book. He left many things unfinished, hence the existence of things like Unfinished Tales and the Silmarillion.

@00Kuja00 11 күн бұрын

@@burntorangehorn I know. Some were not even meant to be published. My point is Tolkien finished his story, the rest is more his life's work that he started long before LotR even came into his mind.

@la_scrittice_vita 14 күн бұрын

Just a thought: the prologue POV character might not die because she is already dead.

@grahamthorpe5033 14 күн бұрын

I think it will be a maester finding the 7th ruby of the Trident. Telling us what happens to brienne. Maybe a major mililltary movement is mentioned. (Birds fly south for the winter)

@moldyketchuphead 14 күн бұрын

The Arya quote also hints at a tree watching the wolves. It's possible even that Bran uses some tree magic to aid the wolf pack in their attack on the Lanister force heading to Casterly Rock. I just don't recall exactly what sort of magic he might use or what sort of things he could know about that Lanister force.

@Daeron_I 11 күн бұрын

I actually had the thought that Stoneheart (or someone under her direct command) might be the one to kill Jeyne. It would certainly make for a tragic twist, and Stoneheart (in her twisted way of viewing the world) might want to kill Jeyne as revenge for her perceived role in Robb’s death.