#the two brothers battle every six month - essentially representing the changing of seasons and passage of time

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Just thinking about Summer being a representation of Bran, the Fisher King. Summer taking several wounds over the course of the story, notably one to the leg just as Bran did. Summer who goes beyond the ice wall to lands of snow (closer to lands of winter) and becomes emaciated…summer getting thinner and being wounded as winter nears/gets stronger. It’s almost like the changing of the seasons. We see that summer journeys to the lands of snow, biding his time before he returns - just as Bran will surely return. The return of Bran meaning the return of the summer. Have to wonder if we’ll see Summer (the direwolf) start to get bigger as spring is ushered in. Winter = death, but Spring = rebirth/growth. And after spring comes summer, when the summer king reigns.

#asoiaf #summer the direwolf #bran stark #valyrianscrolls #summer being called prince of the green by bran like #it’s giving oak king and holly king #it’s part of why I believe bran’s main role in the story is to set the seasons back to balance #the cyclical nature of time - the passage of time - being mirrored in his wolf’s body #not to mention the wacky time travel stuff going on with bran’s greenseer abilities #re the oak king and holly king: #my guess is that Jon and Bran are representing this cycle in asoiaf #Jon is the older brother - the oak king - who rules for half the year until midsummer #he’s strongest during the winter #then bran is the younger brother who comes into his throne during midsummer and will rule for the next half year #the two brothers battle every six month - essentially representing the changing of seasons and passage of time #I mention Jon because he’s got the whole corn king/spring/fertility deity thing going on #it fits in with the theory that Jon will rule in the winter and step down for bran #I tend to have similar but different thoughts #I believe bran as the rep of summer will rule down in the trident - harrenhal basically - as the green king #Jon will be in the lands of winter as an old man winter type figure - so that’s how he’s the winter king #the two brothers keeping the seasons in balance #I’ll write about this in detail one day…