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Daenerys Meta Masterpost Part 6 - ASOIAF

This is part 6 of my Daenerys Meta Masterpost. I’ve compiled more than 2000 metas about Daenerys, both about the books and the show, and I intend to constantly update this post with more metas. The metas listed here will be linked to their reblogs in my blog, (since many people tend to change their usernames, and I don’t want the links to stop working in this case). Of the metas linked here, the ones that I wrote are in bold text. It’s also important to note that the metas here reflect my own opinions about the characters, I don’t claim to be listing every meta that was ever written about Daenerys.

In this part 6, I’ll list metas about the following topics:

MAGIC AND PROPHECIES

DAENERYS AND FERTILITY

ENDGAME, SPECULATION AND STORY STRUCTURE

HOUSE TARGARYEN

DRAGONS

DOTHRAKI

WORLDBUILDING

This is a list about the books, but there might be a few metas that mix books and show if I think they bring up interesting points about the books.

Link to the complete Masterpost: HERE

Last update: July 18 2021

OBS: This post has reached (or is close to reaching) the limit of links established by Tumblr (250 links). To read more metas about the topics of this part 4, see the PART 6B and PART 6C.

MAGIC AND PROPHECIES

Drogon is lightbringer

Dany’s Destiny & Prophesies of Essos - Azor Ahai, Stallion who mounts the world & Promised Prince

Dany being fireproof

the bleeding star

Dany didn’t intend to die when she walked into the pyre

Daenerys is Azor Ahai/Prince that was Promised

Azor Ahai and the Prince that was Promised are the same prophecy

Daenerys is Azor Ahai reborn

Magic is returning to the world because of Daenerys

Dany is not Nissa Nissa, she’s Azor Ahai

Problematic implications of Dany as Nissa Nissa

Interpretation of the House of the Undying

Daenerys' Fevered Dream

From Broodmare to The Stallion who Mounts The World

The role of prophecy in A Song of Ice and Fire - Dany, Quaithe

What are Dany’s treasons?

The betrayals against Dany don't follow the pattern of the prophecy, so most likely Dany will be the betrayer

How do you interpret the Slayer of Lies prophecy?

Will Dany have to sacrifice the magic that frees her and makes her feel at home for “the real” world? Or should magic continue in the world?

What does “daughter of death” means?

Did the Long Night happen in Essos? Are all the prophecies that Dany fits different prophecies or the same prophecy? (this meta is only marginally related to Dany)

The Blood of the Dragon

A comparison between the warg bond and the dragonrider bond

Daenerys’ ultimate destination: Beyond the Wall?

Why Dany as Azor Ahai is more subversive than Jon

Edits: Azor Ahai/Princess that was promised: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Edit: Stallion who mounts the world is the same as Azor Ahai and PTWP

Edit: Stallion who mounts the world

Edits: House of the Undying: (1) (2)

Edit: Quaithe’s prophecies

Without Dunk, Azor Ahai and the three heads of the dragon wouldn't be born

Bookends - Foreshadowing of Dany's role in the War for the Dawn: (1) (2)

Dany is Azor Ahai and the dragons are Lightbringer

The idea that the subject of the "Song of Ice and Fire" prophecy has to have ice and fire lineage lacks basis

Drogo and King’s Blood

Dany X AGoT vs. Davos I ACoK: Azor Ahai

The Birth of the Dragons (how Dany pieced together the clues to birth them)

Is the foreshadowing for Dany as Azor Ahai too in-your-face for it to be true?

Azor Ahai and the color red

The shadows Dany sees in Mirri's tent

Daenerys being Azor Ahai is inherently subversive

Speculation on why the wording of the prophecies of the fires changes from "for" to "to" in "fire to love"

Theory: the Stallion Who Mounts The World is about is about protecting the Dothraki from the Long Night

The Stallion who Mounts the World is the same as The Prince That Was Promised

Drogo is Nissa Nissa

The mummer's dragon is not Jon

Euron's association with the Long Night and him going after Dany is another evidence that Dany is Azor Ahai

Dany’s dream of ghosts of kings with eyes of different colors, their connection to her dragons, and their connection to Azor Ahai

Ghost grass is part of the Dothraki myth of the Long Night

Three treasons prophecy: Dany is the betrayer

Dany is the Stallion who mounts the world, not Drogon, and the Dosh Khaleen sensed it, but assumed it has her child due to sexism

Dany's dream of the cold manhood can be interpret as both Euron and Hizdahr

Theory: heroic ideals involved in the Azor Ahai legend, and Azor Ahai could be a bad guy

How Dany made the magic in the world stronger

The magical bond of Targaryens and their dragons and Starks and their direwolves makes them stronger

Who is the blue eyed king who casts no shadow?

What does the prophecy of the three heads of the dragon mean?

to anyone who thinks the "stallion who mounts the world" prophecy died with rhaego

What were the shadows Dany saw in Mirri's tent?

Daenerys, House Targaryen and Prophetic Dreams

The Stallion who Mounts the World: A Positive Prophecy

Dany's treason for love

House of the Undying (and how the colors foreshadow Dany's future fight against the Others)

Why Drogo's and Rhaegar's expectations for their sons mean that Dany is Azor Aha, and why prophecies do matter

How Dany's prophecies are a subversion of the tradicional fantasy prophecy that often promises success and heroism

Dany is not Nissa Nissa, she is Azor Ahai, and why dragons are more likely to be Lightbringer than a flaming sword

Born to Burn the Others (Daenerys Targaryen)

The dosh khaleen sensed that Dany was the Stallion who mounts the World, but didn't realize it because of patriarchy

Quaithe’s Circle

Another hint that the Stallion prophecy is the same as Azor Ahai and the Prince that was promised: the Others are the milk men of the Stallion prophecy

Dragonstone is another evidence that Daenerys is Azor Ahai

Azor Ahai is not just a tale, and being just a tale is not more “woke”

The birth of the dragons and king’s blood

Dany and Jon fitting prophecies is not contradicting any theme, Dany and Jon won't "guess correctly" the prophecies

Dany is AAR; is Lightbringer the giveaway?

DAENERYS AND FERTILITY

An argument for Dany having children in the next books

Daenerys Stormborn: The Barren Woman

Did Mirri really “curse” Dany? Could her “prophecy” have been fulfilled?

Daenerys will have children because of the “threes” in her story

Mirri never said that Dany couldn’t have children

Did Dany have a miscarriage in ADWD?

Speculation: Mirri was not telling Dany that she was infertile, but that she couldn't have children because she was going to be a dosh khaleen

In her last ADWD, was Dany just having a miscarriage, or did she also have the pale mare?

ENDGAME, SPECULATION AND STORY STRUCTURE

Reasons for Dany to be queen

The dragons fates

Child of Three - Breaking the Cicle (with three different additions to the original post): (1) (2) (3)

The Three Stages of Dany’s Journey

Dany will destroy the Iron Throne

Dany closed out the first two arcs of ASOIAF

Show ending vs book ending

Does Dany has the arc of a tragic heroine

Dany's new path post ADWD: Will she be a mad queen?

Will Tyrion be able to tell Dany about the wildfire in King's Landing?

Who will be responsible for the destruction of King's Landing? Could Young Griff or Euron be involved?

King’s landing being destroyed by wildfire theory

Why I think death is a bad ending that doesn’t fit Dany’s story and arc at all, no matter how this death happens

Would you accept an honorable and memorable death for Dany?

More reasons why I think self-sacrifice is a bad ending for Dany

Objections about death being Dany's endgame

The sexist implications of Dany dying or being evil considering the fate of past female Targaryens

Dany’s arc and the possibility of her death - A queen belongs to her people, not to herself

Daenerys Targaryen is The Great Other (criticism of the idea that Dany should die fighting the Others, and how her war against slavery shouldn't be secondary to the War for the Dawn; see addition to this meta HERE)

Dany's story is about how the job of a ruler is never finished, and how it's important to fight the human monsters, so saving the world from magical creatures and dying is not really a good ending

Dany’s death as a hero in the War for the Dawn would cheapen her character arc and fight against slavery

Peace and war, fire and blood, double standards against Dany's choice for war in ASOIAF, and sexist implications of her likely endgame

Political problems that would arise if Dany died, and why the end of House Targaryen does not mean the end of oppression or feudalism

Does Dany have a secret origin? What about the lemon trees that supposedly don’t grow in Braavos?

Will Dany be evil or die in the books? Books and show evidence

Potential foreshadowing in AGOT Bran VI

Would Dany give up on the throne if she learned the truth about Jon? What would be her reaction?

About Dany rebuilding Valyria: would this ending make sense? Could this be a good ending for her?

Will Daenerys free the Wildlings from Hardhome taken as slaves?

Second Dance of the Dragons (internal conflict, and why Dany won't go on a bloody rampage)

Speculation about Dany dying in the end and discussion about whether her story is about politics or not

Endgame speculation: Targaryen restoration vs Stark restoration

Refutation of the claim that there are many mentions of "kinslaying" in Jon's chapters and that this somehow indicates that Jon will kill Dany

When will Dany use Targaryen colors in the books?

Speculation on Dany's endgame and criticism of GRRM's bias in favor of the Starks

Criticism of a Dany dying endgame, and how every theme in ASOIAF is already present in Dany’s arc

The Walls of Qarth, the prophecies of the House of the Undying, and foreshadowing of how Dany’s story will be

Dany’s people will be left unmoored and unprotected if she dies or if she becomes a mad queen

Speculation: Jon Connington will be the one to burn King’s Landing in the books, not Dany

Why the theory of Dany accidentally burning King's landing should be criticized

It's quite likely that many girls in Essos will be named after Dany

There’s little to no foreshadowing of Dany burning King’s Landing: (1) (2)

GRRM already debunked the Dany burns the Water Gardens theory, so there's no point in speculating that she would burn King's Landing on purpose

Bran, Sansa and Arya are not more qualified than Dany, Jon and Tyrion to rebuild

Jon and Dany - both beyond the Wall at the end? (discussion)

Does GRRM's claim that "anyone can die" have to apply to Dany? Do the heroes really have to die?

A speculation that Dany’s story happens in phases: maiden, mother, crone

A possible foreshadowing of the accidental ignition of the Wildfire in King's Landing

Could Jon Snow kill Daenerys in a way that is not sexist?

Volantis is Doomed

The characters of ASOIAF will be turned into songs

The theory that Dany will burn King’s Landing accidentally and have to sacrifice herself to redeem herself is not groundbreaking and has already been done

The double standards and bias in the fandom speculations about Daenerys can be criticized even if they are correct; in that case, the criticism serves as a criticism of the writing

Why Daenerys is relevant to the main story

The idea that Dany would urn King’s Landing on purpose is even more ridiculous when you consider that people don’t expect this even from darker characters

Dany dying doesn't make sense and goes against the ruling themes in the books

Do the maiden/mother/crone references in Dany's story mean that she is going to die?

Dany's character goals go beyond the War for the Dawn, meaning that it doesn't make sense for her to die

GRRM subverting fantasy tropes doesn't mean he won't follow his own foreshadowing and write a bleak and nonsensical ending

Foreshadowing that Jon Connington will burn King's landing, not Dany

Will Dany die?

Criticism of a King Bran Endgame

About the theory of Dany accidentally burning King's Landing and the double standards between Dany and Tyrion

Dany's tragic life is another reason why a tragic ending wouldn't be a good idea

HOUSE TARGARYEN

Did House Targaryen bring “bad feudalism” to Westeros?

All Houses built their power on feudalism and conquest, not just House Targaryen

Is House Targaryen obsessed with blood superiority?

House Targaryen and Dany’s claim to the throne

House Targaryen and Northern Independence

House Targaryen and the use of force

Dragons and the power of Targaryen women

House Targaryen and the color red

Targaryen Colors and Villainy

House Targaryen and their huge importance to saving the world

Dany’s claim to the throne

House Targaryen and willingness to think outside the box

How many Targaryen were actually mad?

Targaryen rule in Westeros: positive aspects

Reminder that the Starks might be cousins once removed of Dany’s

How and when was Dany conceived?

The complications of the succession order, and the precedent against women

More about the order of succession

Does Jon have a better claim than Dany? Would he be able to prove it?

Genetics of Fire Resistance

Comparison between House Targaryen, other houses and their conquests (or why other houses don’t have the moral high ground): (1) (2) (3)

Targaryens cannot be compared to Nazis: the belief in superiority is not based on race, but on class, and is shared by all noble houses

Dany's claim to the throne comes not just from Aerys, but from Rhaella, and therefore, even if Aerys' claim is invalid, Rhaella's and Dany's are not

Stark conquest and restoration vs Targaryen conquest and restoration, Aegon's intentions and Dany's intentions

House Stark and House Targaryen + Parallels

If the Targaryens were oppressors for uniting the Seven Kingdoms, then Robert and Ned would have separated the Seven Kingdoms after the Rebellion

Does the North hate the Targaryens in the books?

The narrative of ASOIAF does not ask people to unequivocally support any of the houses

Is Jon's claim (if he is legitimate) stronger than Dany's? Did Aerys really pass over Rhaegar and his children?

Did Aerys pass over Rhaegar in favor of Viserys?

Was Aegon the Conqueror aware of the Long Night?

Dany has the same right to the throne that the Starks have to Winterfell, and House Targaryen was no different from House Stark

Dany's claim does not depend on the approval of House Martell and Dorne

Jon is not the heir to House Targaryen, and it's Daenerys who represents House Targaryen, not him

Dany is actually the rightful heir of the 7 kingdoms (in the books at least)

Get off my dragon - The Targaryens didn't rule just by dragon and fear

Theory that Aegon decided to unite Westeros to prepare for the threat of the Others

"Three heads of the dragon" prophecy and House Targaryen

Viserys says Daenerys is not a fish, but Targaryens actually have Velaryon blood

There’s a reason GRRM gave dragons to a Targaryen woman

A few clarifications on how Aegon’s Conquest went

Do Targaryens have albinism?

Did GRRM make the Targaryens awful?

Do Targaryens have resistance to getting sick?

DRAGONS

Reasons why dragons are just overgrown cats

Related to the above meta: House Targaryen and their fondness of cats

death & rebirth: Dany’s children

A potential parallel between Daenerys and her dragons

Why only the Targaryens remained dragonlords after the doom?

Theory: The Valyrians mated with dragons: (1) (2)

Dany and her dragons' relationship (list of book passages)

Why GRRM chose to make the dragons suckle on Dany’s breasts

Does Dany admit that dragons are untamable? And how does she control the spreading of this information?

A few comparisons between ASOIAF and dragon lore throughout history

How do people sit on a dragon? What kind of saddle do they use?

Are there living dragons or dragon eggs in Asshai?

Is it possible that Dany’s eggs were Elissa Farman’s eggs?

DOTHRAKI

Prohibition of spilling blood in Vaes Dothrak

Dothraki/Mongols

How would Dany deal with the Dothraki in Westeros?

Possible historical parallel for the dosh khaleen

Khaleesi of nothing, the millionth of your name

Women in Dothraki society, dosh khaleen, and a criticism of GRRM’s writing

Speculation about the sexism of Dothraki society in the past

Do Dothraki care about bloodlines and inheritance?

The complexity of Dothraki culture

The word "I" in the Dothraki language

Part of the Dothraki language came from the TV show “The Office”

How pregnant Dothraki women are not only expected to ride until the end of pregnancy, but to give birth in carts

How do Dothraki handle gifts?

Schwarzer's Canvass: The Dothraki and Westeros (Could Drogo and his khalasar conquer the Seven Kingdoms?)

Dothraki and art

Meta Monday: The Horde

WORLDBUILDING

Ghiscari Empire

How do people in Essos count the years?

Is it realistic that Dany and Viserys were left to wander Essos in penury?

In Essos, do languages have a common ancestor?

Speculation of how Astapor could have been built with the blood of slaves even more literally

A Song of Ice and Fire Series - Character Word Counts for Books 1 ~ 5

Daenerys Hurricane-born: Hurricanes in Westeros

Valyrian as a lingua franca, and why Grazdan speaks Valyrian instead of Ghiscari given that he thinks that Dany doesn't speak Valyrian

Parallel between Vaes Dothrak and Winter Town

Parallel between the Water Gardens built for Daenerys of Dorne and the springs of Winterfell

How to speak “If I look back I am lost” in High Valyrian

Why is slavery illegal in Westeros?

#daenerys targaryen #asoiaf meta #valyrianscrolls #asoiaf #masterpost #daenerys meta masterpost #my meta

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the bleeding star

I firmly believe that prophecies about Azor Ahai, the prince that was promised and the stallion who mounts the world are all about the same person and that person is Dany. For me, it’s kind of obvious, because let’s be real, no other character has reached this level of epic heroism* ** or fits into all criteria at once. But it’s always nice to find new details confirming your opinion :3

So, the star. The comet, really, and that’s how it’s called in the text most of the times. What’s more interesting is the instances when it is named differently.

The red comet is called the bleeding star in the prophecy about Azor Ahai:

It is written in prophecy as well. When the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt to wake dragons out of stone.

In Volantis, thousands of slaves and freedmen crowd the temple plaza every night to hear [the red priest] Benerro shriek of bleeding stars and a sword of fire that will cleanse the world.

The prophecy about the promised prince also calls it that:

Born amidst salt and smoke, beneath a bleeding star. I know the prophecy.

Dothraki prophecy about the stallion doesn’t mention comets (though it calls “him” a prince and Jorah says this prince was promised long ago). But the bleeding star is still here:

The Dothraki named the comet shierak qiya, the Bleeding Star. The old men muttered that it omened ill, but Daenerys Targaryen had seen it first on the night she had burned Khal Drogo, the night her dragons had awakened. It is the herald of my coming, she told herself as she gazed up into the night sky with wonder in her heart. The gods have sent it to show me the way.

That’s really neat, don’t you think? And parallels nicely with impressions of people who never even think about prophecies.

The comet was splendid and scary all at once. "The Red Sword," the Bull named it; he claimed it looked like a sword, the blade still red-hot from the forge. — Arya. "I've heard servants calling it the Dragon's Tail." — Sansa. "Dragons," [Old Nan] said, lifting her head and sniffing. She was near blind and could not see the comet, yet she claimed she could smell it. "It be dragons, boy," she insisted. — Bran. "That thing's not crimson," Ser Brynden said. "Nor Tully red, the mud red of the river. That's blood up there, child, smeared across the sky." — Cat.

Oh, and also! The Lightbringer, Azor Ahai’s fiery sword, got its power from Nissa Nissa’s life. The bleeding star heralding Azor Ahai’s return appeared on the next night after Drogo died.

When a horselord dies, his horse is slain with him, so he might ride proud into the night lands. The bodies are burned beneath the open sky, and the khal rises on his fiery steed to take his place among the stars. The more fiercely the man burned in life, the brighter his star will shine in the darkness. Jhogo spied it first. "There," he said in a hushed voice. Dany looked and saw it, low in the east. The first star was a comet, burning red. Bloodred; fire red; the dragon's tail. She could not have asked for a stronger sign.

Did the bleeding star actually appear because of Drogo’s death? Who knows. But this star was shining when dragons returned, and later it led Daenerys to new victories, making her the hero everyone waited for.

*No really, she is the living legend already, even Jon and Tyrion aren’t comparable. **Bran is different because, while he is becoming the closest thing to a god in the series, his journey is spiritual and happens invisibly for others.

#asoiaf #asoiaf prophecies #daenerys targaryen #red comet #the prince that was promised #the stallion who mounts the world #azor ahai #she is everything at once #girl is gonna save the world #asoiaf quotes #my post

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i-just-like-commenting · 7 years

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Yes, the books were adaptable, part 4: What about season 6?

That brings us, of course, to the question of what season 6 would look like if we’d actually followed the books. A lot of viewers consider season 6 to be “the best so far,” and while I agree there were a lot of well-designed action scenes and setpieces and it was often fun to watch, it also didn’t make a lot of sense when you think too much about it, and almost all the good parts were jammed into the last few episodes. A more book-faithful season 6 could potentially have all of the positives of season 6, plus be more logically coherent and better paced.

While there are a few short-term things I can predict based on storytelling logic and preview chapters, at this point the showrunners will have to actually listen to Martin and follow an (abridged for TV) outline of the story. Spoilers for some of The Winds of Winter preview chapters, much speculation, and me giving up on caring about episode titles below the jump:

Episode 1: The Two Battles

After ending on a lot of cliffhangers, we open with a BANG! as the Battle of Meereen and the Battle of Winterfell happen right away. It’s the Battle of the Bastards x 2, an hour long episode most likely; a lot of characters die, including, I would guess, the Boltons and Barristan Selmy. But it ends with Stannis and the northern lords winning in the North and Victarion’s dragon-taming horn saving the day in Meereen – and if the hints that Tyrion is going to wind up riding that dragon are true, well, what an end to the first episode!

Episode 2: Using Up the Remaining Chapters

In the second episode we touch base with where everyone else is.

Oldtown: this episode opens with Jaqen infiltrating the Citadel by stealing a young maester’s face. Sam and Gilly sail past Euron’s ship and barely escape, wondering why he’s here. Sam leaves Gilly at an inn and goes to the Citadel. Right after a Dorne scene, Alleras/Sarella rescues Sam from bureaucracy and takes him to Marwyn, who tells him to hide what he knows about magic and dragons. Reveal that the maesters killed off the dragons the first time around. (Then cut to Dany scenes below)

Dorne: Arianne, Tyene, and Nym meet with Doran, and he sends them off to investigate Griff, infiltrate the Faith, and escort an injured Myrcella back to King’s Landing respectively.

Kings Landing: Cersei is recovering from her walk of shame and plotting with Qyburn. Kevan is growing tired of Mace Tyrell and Tarly. He delivers Cersei the news that Jaime has vanished into the Riverlands and she refuses to believe it because in spite of their arguments he’s still her brother, he’d come for her. Kevan goes back to his room and gets murdered by Varys to destabilize the city for Griff’s invasion.

Riverlands: Jaime is off in the Riverlands. Because of where the book ends I don’t know if Jaime is walking into this blind or can tell that Brienne’s lying (she’s a terrible liar) and is still going anyway. Regardless, this is probably them at least on their way to confronting Lady Stoneheart

The Vale: Harry is aghast that his family wants him to marry a bastard, but Sansa dances and flirts with Harry and wins his interest.

The Wall: Less clear what will be happening here, but I’m guessing chaos as Jon is dead and the Watch and the wildlings will be fighting. We should have lots of shots of Ghost, some seemingly from the wolf’s perspective, and maybe Melisandre will be the first to figure out that Jon’s inside Ghost.

The Dothraki Sea: final shot of the episode is Dany riding her dragon over a khalasar as they head towards Vaes Dothrak.

Episode 3-10: I’m Not Sure

Meereen: My guess is the Westerosi probably decide to appoint a local ruler in Meereen (Missandei or Grey Worm?) and head off to Westeros to join Griff and Euron.

Winterfell: Stannis, I think, is going to have trouble holding the North because of his rigid ideas, and yes, Shireen will get burned by somebody as an act of desperation, maybe related to her greyscale.

The Wall: Melisandre brings Jon back and…I don’t know what happens next? Seriously, I really don’t, but given that he has a wight on ice in the books the show may be correct about him trying to use that to prove the threat beyond the Wall (Tormund could have brought it back from Hardhome in my version of last season). Regardless, his coming back from the dead is going to be a much Bigger Deal here.

Kings Landing: I don’t know whether Cersei’s trial with Frankengregor will still take place, but probably. Loras will recover from his injuries, there’s too many hints in the books that he isn’t actually dying, but why hide this from Cersei? Whatever, things will go badly in the capital, but a lot is still up in the air. I do hope the sept still goes boom. Cersei’s been compared to Aerys too many times and she already used wildfire to burn the tower of the Hand; I think that may be one of those plot points from the book that wound up in the show in a completely different context.

Dothraki Sea: I’m fairly confident that Dany will ride dragonback with a horde behind her to Vaes Dothrak, be named Stallion who Mounts the World by the Dosh Khaleen, and then head…back to Meereen? Straight to Volantis? I’ve seen theories and arguments for both, and I lean towards the latter. Cut off the demand rather than the supply for slaves.

Beyond the Wall: Bran is presumably going to continue his training, learning secrets about the real origin of the White Walkers – the explanation in the show does not mesh with what we know from the books, and my guess is they really are the Great Other, the power of cold and darkness. Bran will learn Jon’s identity as part of finding out he’s Azor Ahai or the Prince Promised before trying to contact him to help him. We’ll see the real context of “hold the door” and hopefully have Bran finally realize how much skinchanging hurt Hodor and feel guilty. He’ll also stay in contact with Theon throughout the season.

Oldtown: The show can even get out in front of the books in progressiveness by having Alleras/Sarella be a trans man rather than a girl disguised as a boy (it’s open to interpretation so far). Euron will use magic learned in Valyria to attack the city, steal the horn, and bring down the Wall, as we see him communicating with the Night King and being promised power, immortality, etc.

Everything Else: I have no idea about the plots of Sansa, Arya, Sandor, Brienne, Jaime, the Brotherhood, Rickon, and Davos from this point on. Your guess as to what happens is as good as mine. Ask Martin.

What this means is that instead of a season that wastes too much time dragging out the arcs with the Boltons and Meereen, and brings back plots they should have used in seasons 4 and 5 (Iron Islands and the Riverlands), we get a much further advancement in the story. And the big shocker ending will likely be Dany arriving on Dragonstone as the Wall falls and the Others swarm into Westeros.

Now that’s a season worthy of an Emmy.

#asoiaf meta #a song of ice and fire #game of thrones #the books were adaptable #theories

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