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It’s rare for me to make a theory and then so quickly be given all the evidence I could want for it. And yet that absolutely happened with my Larys: Spymaster of Greenseer of the Weirwoods theory. Episode 5 and 6 though…oh they are treasure troves for Larys Greenseer enthusiasts, of which there was once 1 and now there are many. We are way past speculation and straight into maybe theory confirmed? Larys Strong, the three eyed rat and the voice of the Weirwoods. Let’s do this.
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01:00 The Magical J Cut
02:40 Lord Larys the Weirwood
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@vidarrboot72 Год назад

Larys Strong = Best Strong, so very helpful and concerned with everyone else's problems despite his own. He's such a little trooper putting on a brave face after suffering the tragic loss of his family.

@JoeMagician Год назад

I hope they one day catch the real killer

@vidarrboot72 Год назад

@@JoeMagician I do hope so. There were several eye witnesses, but they appear to be silent on the matter.

@user-nv2wt4hi8t Год назад

@@vidarrboot72 It really is a burning question as to why someone awful would want to reduce most of the house of Strong to smouldering embers like that? Poor Larys.

@vidarrboot72 Год назад

@@user-nv2wt4hi8t I blame the ghost of Black Harran... That and Westoros' woeful fire safety regulations, I'm amazed more stone castles haven't gone up in flames tbh.

@Darkstar_Dayne Год назад

@@user-nv2wt4hi8t It's the curse of Harenhall the actual killer doesn't matter In the books Littlefinger is the current Lord of Harrenhall he will clearly die in the show too he died(I hated his death tho)

@kj2016 Год назад

If Larys is indeed a Greenseer it would make an interesting trend of Greenseerers having physical disabilities, (Bran's paralysis, Bloodraven's missing eye, and Larys' club foot) and having them overcome these disabilities with their magical abilities.

@0ussama01 Год назад

That sounds like a fair observation. Physical loss and magical compensation

@silvertrimhill9844 5 месяцев назад

Euron’s missing eye

@joywagner979 14 дней назад

@@silvertrimhill9844 Aemond also losing an eye, then becoming a super-arsehole who mans the world's most powerful known weapon of mass destruction

@JohnnyCatFitz 6 дней назад

@@joywagner979he did by his own efforts become the best sword in, all 7 Kingdoms?

@joywagner979 6 дней назад

@@JohnnyCatFitz I don't know! It just kinda fits the theme of physical loss leading to a leveling up, whether it was supernatural or not!

@dinodob4430 Год назад

Isn't it also said that skin changers can take on the characteristics of the animals they possess if they stay in the same one too often and too long? Maybe Larys has taken on some characteristics of rats, who will eat their own to survive and thrive in the same way Larys metaphorically consumes his own family to get ahead?

@JoeMagician Год назад

Yes absolutely

@Brickwinds Год назад

Excellent observation.

@regulomarte6338 Год назад

I was just thiing about this, I also wonde how does skinchagind into a raven changes you, in the case of Bloodraven.

@paschamaryalophand9200 Год назад

The rat cook story also comes to mind. I wonder if there’s any connection with his family. Also, his family is seated at Harrenhall which is believed to be cursed. Lots to go on here!

@alyssinclair8598 Год назад

this isn't an actual thing rats do

@elsamariahertervig6171 Год назад

Larys is one of the creepiest character ever created. He is literally the demon who whispers into the ears of powerful people who he can manipulate by playing on their weaknesses and ambitions.

@georgecatton Год назад

I think an important thing to note is that in the books it's mentioned several times that too lie in front of a weirwood is a really bad idea, and here we have Rhaenyra lying in front of a weirwood only for a apparent greenseer to suddenly start moving against her

@datumzinememories Год назад

Yeah but in fairness she did answer them question truthfully since alicent just asked if she screwed d.... Which is a bit ghastly to straight up ask. Also i thought the lie had to be presented to the tree and old gods?

@The-Doctor6969 Год назад

@@datumzinememories she said daemon didn't touch her- which is a lie

@zoeshaclarke8315 Год назад

@@The-Doctor6969 no she said they didn’t lay together- that was the distinction she used No- she didn’t lay with Daemon (But she did lay with Criston) At least that’s what I rmbr from that scene I don’t rmbr the words “daemon didn’t touch me/ I didn’t touch him” in any vatistion

@zekemyers4444 Год назад

@@zoeshaclarke8315 she literally says Daemon never touched me

@zoeshaclarke8315 Год назад

@@zekemyers4444 I understood it in the context of “he never effed me” not literally he never touched her. The wordplay was what Rhaenyra was doing throughout the convo I don’t know why that particular phrase would be different.

@MaximumManda Год назад

Late to this, but also very interesting that Larys, Bran and Bloodraven are all physically disabled in some way (Larys' club foot, Bran's legs, Bloodraven is a one-eyed albino). I wonder if perhaps Bloodraven will take cues from Larys, further paralleling how Bloodraven taught Bran after his 'death'. Very interesting.

@williamhermann6635 4 месяца назад

I think the link here is the old gods are clearly trying to cull house targaryen and their dragons. First it was Larys being a sparkplug for the Dance of Dragons, then its Bloodraven and his revenge in all the blackfyre rebellions, and now Bran who has been promised he will learn to fly (likely warging a dragon). The old gods' motives are coming into focus.

@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 14 дней назад

Well if they’re all connected via the weirwood hive mind. No need for inspiration. Bran, Bloodraven, and Larry could all be literally working together as a single entity towards a shared goal.

@wil4648 Год назад

There is also a moment, when Larys is talking to Alicent, right before he goes to the dungeons, you can hear the sound of rats 🐀 whyle the camera is still on Larys face

@JoeMagician Год назад

Ooo I missed that, good catch

@MadeUpLikeADoll Год назад

I’ll look out for that, when I rewatch the episode.

@wil4648 Год назад

@@JoeMagician it's very subtle, just as it transitions to the dungeons

@carrieforrester6263 Год назад

Could he be the rat in Viserys bedroom

@mi3helle707 Год назад

😶

@Smalltown_Man Год назад

Anyone noticed the rats didn't start showing up until the strongs entered the picture? Like seriously episode 1&2 no rats, then larys enters and so do the rats

@JoeMagician Год назад

No I didn't but that is really interesting. At least until Larys showed up, Lyonel was there in episode 1 and 2.

@Smalltown_Man Год назад

@@JoeMagician that is true! I completely forgot lyonel was there. But yeah it wasn't up till his son showed up. Maybe this is why when it comes to game of thrones they mentioned having a cat problem 🤔

@alanpennie8013 Год назад

@@Smalltown_Man .. Lyonel comes across as a completely transparent and decent person. No one would suspect him of being a greenseer.

@childfreescallywag Год назад

I didn’t notice this, but I’ll surely be rewatching and paying attention

@MsZeeZed Год назад

@@Smalltown_Man well by Robert Baratheon’s time maybe Bloodraven had made sure there was an established colony of cats to catch the rats in the Red Keep, especially if they smelt a bit Strong to him?

@arcticredpanda4598 Год назад

I'm thinking about the scene where Alicent is getting rodded by Viserys and she looks up at the ceiling rafters and sees a rat.

@JoeMagician Год назад

He's got a thing for Alicent I think

@aussieflintkapping Год назад

"rodded" holy fuck 😂

@Drew_Thompson Год назад

We just need him to look at her and tell her how pretty she was.

@JoeMagician Год назад

@@Drew_Thompson Oh god

@leah66 Год назад

Oh. Oh no. Oh NO.

@RandomKai27 Год назад

One of my favorite J-cuts in GOT is when Tommen jumps out the window the audio cuts to Frey saying "For House Lannister!" then the video cuts to a toast at The Twins

@TheGenXer Год назад

He mostly uses all his powers to look at feet.

@greenforce68 Год назад

He definitely looked at Alicent feet before. That's why he chose to help her?

@kekero540 Год назад

Feet that smell of cheese. Maybe the rats like the scent and it rubbed off on him?

@youngforever5442 Год назад

😂😂😂

@babalu7737 Год назад

Well its actualy geniuse why he likes feet

@danika9411 11 месяцев назад

Of course someone would misuse such a gift for feet p0rn 😭

@DarkTyrant Год назад

If Larys' objective to get rid of all dragons, setting the Targaryen's to civil war is definitely the best course of action

@alanpennie8013 Год назад

He appeared at the right time too. During the reign of Viserys dragons were proliferating, and everyone a potential threat to the realm (except possibly Cannibal).

@greenforce68 Год назад

I was thinking, he probably knew something. He definitely working with Daemon but why? What makes Larys want to work with Daemon? He literally saved ALL his children. He saved Aegon's iii lives in return of his own life. He must be knew something

@williamhermann6635 4 месяца назад

I dont think its his objective. Its the old gods' objective and they are working through Larys.

@maggyfrog Год назад

at some point, the red keep became home to cats. back in book 1 if i remember correctly, arya was made to catch cats as assignment from her waterdancer swordmaster. i wonder if there is a deliberate reason for the cats being there.

@gholamdapantaloonsniffer8218 Год назад

I mean Larys could just as easily Warg a cat, like Arya does in the books

@maggyfrog Год назад

@@gholamdapantaloonsniffer8218 yea true. but i think i remember tyrion saying that at some point, the red keep had a rat infestation. these could just be bits of unconnected things, but my interest is piqued.

@pyramidion5911 Год назад

Great point! Maybe there was a hostile takeover of some kind. I also think the cats were being controlled to lead Arya to the tunnel entrances in preparation for her escape. Rhaegar is probably Serio. And the black cat missing part of its ear most likely belonged to the princess that had just been killed. So maybe the cat was a royal spy as well.

@mariavi33 Год назад

Spoilers for Fire and Blood In Fire and Blood, it says that Otto Hightower brought in a bunch of cats to catch rats after Aegon II had all of the rat catchers in King's landing executed due to the Blood and Cheese plot.

@alchapwn Год назад

blood and cheese kill one of the princes and they hang all the rat catchers in response and release 100 cats to deal with the rats in the castle.

@a_whitlow21 Год назад

This fits so well. The Strongs are descended from the First Men. Larys being in the godswood was just perfect on the writers’ and director’s part.

@sadas6866 Год назад

Even more interesting, because Bloodraven on his mother's side is a descendant of Lucamore Strong

@commiehunter733 Год назад

Larys constantly interacting with plants and having specific knowledge of them, is a tell

@JoeMagician Год назад

Absolutely, he's constantly around plants and flowers

@tommysoliz3064 Год назад

Hibiscus

@ericpettit3889 Год назад

Just remember this is still GOT style. Until they pay off some foreboding we can just assume this is b.s. to keep us guessing.

@mredwards6432 Год назад

I watched your video about Larys being a greenseer, because Alt Shift X mentioned it. Seemed plausible, but kinda far fetched. A few days later, Episode 6 came out and I was astounded how on point you were. Congratulations!

@leah66 Год назад

Same here. I thought ‘man that’s cool, but the show runners don’t have the balls, surely’ and then bam, next episode Larys is fully cosplaying as Bloodraven. I’m curious to see if they’ll even touch on the Isle of Faces, or just leave the green seeing as an Easter egg for fans. Great stuff either way!

@burtan2000 Год назад

Once you realize that just about every event of import in the War of the Five Kings was facilitated or orchestrated by BR, you begin to suspect any and all well-informed persons with a drop of First Men blood as wargs and skin changers. Any adult with a disability is only alive due to some massive advantage. Missing an eye or limb doesn't always count but I don't think many small folk would survive an amputation

@jeffreyruttibaker1081 Год назад

Congratulations?? He POSSIBLY made a correct prediction, not cured Cancer.

@mredwards6432 Год назад

@@jeffreyruttibaker1081 People congratulate eachother for having birthday... If you only congratulate someone for curing cancer, then you obviously have zero experience in this area and therefore I don't value your opinion. Thanks for trying to be so constructive and helpful

@snowwarden1249 Год назад

@@jeffreyruttibaker1081 it’s called enjoying your hobbies, you should try it Jeff

@lingojimmy Год назад

Considering what Bran and 6 skins are capable of in ASOIAF, if Larys can warg rats couldn’t he have survived his execution in the books by warging into say…Tyland Lannister? Would explain a lot about the “hooded hand” in Aegon III’s reign.

@legendsofthebravebard Год назад

I already miss Emily Carey's Alicent. She was superb.

@balletboy94 Год назад

Maybe we’ll get a scene of Brynden Rivers coming into the weirwood cave with a nearly 200 year old larys wrapped in the weirwood but instead of the tree coming through his eye it’s grown into his foot. Would be a funny post credit scene.

@twiss9341 Год назад

LOL

@wildercerrate7295 Год назад

I've been a Larys fan since listening to fire and blood I've been a Larys truther since episode 3

@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 14 дней назад

We all coming around to Larry. Didn’t read fire and blood. But oooooo man is the show fantastic, and Larry is the guy.

@UAPReportingCenter Год назад

I'm still in mourning over the Harwin and dear old dad. Great chatacters! Such a bummer.

@alanpennie8013 Год назад

Harwin we hardly knew ye.

@eric2500 Год назад

I really like the Greenseer/Earth magic theme in the books. The Greenseers are the balancing force in the struggle between Ice and Fire. The First Men have a relationship of balance with the Children, but under the influence of the Andals and then the Targs, they neglect it - except in the North. Something has to bring it back.

@TealWolf26 Год назад

The themes are synchronizing smartly so far in this series.

@lexj.2162 Год назад

I enjoyed that bit involving Viserys observing the rat. It's as if he has a different understanding of the world than most around him, just to become so fixated on something that subtle and supposedly ordinary, which could lead to tremendous ripples through Westeros.

@xLovepie Год назад

Now we know why the showrunners added a heart tree there... For Larys.

@ThatSB Год назад

George RR Martin added the weirwood there

@xLovepie Год назад

@@ThatSB No he didnt. You are saying this because he wrote the books? Id love a source for your claim. The books say that there are no weirwoods in kings landing and Ive heard plenty of these asoiaf channels that know the books inside out say the same. Also GRRM isnt directly involved in the series.

@zacharybosley1191 Год назад

@@xLovepie Not agreeing or disagreeing but GRRM is a Executive producer on the show

@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 14 дней назад

@@xLovepieGRRM is directly involved in the series. He is with all the shows based on his world. He’s also executive producer on the upcoming Dunk and Egg show.

@aharonvarna5992 Год назад

Larys Strong reminds me a bit of Zaheer in Korra. "New growth cannot exist without first the destruction of the old." "When you base your expectations only on what you see you blind yourself to the possibilities of a new reality."

@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 14 дней назад

lol they’re nothing alike 😂 If anything, Larry is working for the old gods. Not destroying the old ways, but bringing them back. Also Zaheer was just a poorly written character made for babies.

@mimimurlough Год назад

This is a great analysis. The greenseer magic really adds another dimension to the various goings on in Westeros. Alas, the conflict between Alicent and Rhaenyra still seems to petty in comparison.

@scroogemcduck2820 Год назад

Maybe larys was the boar that tried to kill rynaera

@rhaenyralikesyoutube6289 Год назад

Hmm..maybe. As a greenseer, or warg, he could use a few animals to skin change into to be a better spy, rather than rely on 'little birds.'

@ScaredofAquarius Год назад

"If anyone is controlling the face tree or the rats they would know everything" - frig too right

@MC-gj8fg Год назад

If the rat in Viserys's chambers is controlled by Larys as a silent observer then why is it doing everything in its power to be noticed by racing across the mantle like a bull in a China shop rather than quietly watching and listening from the shadows?

@pankratos5017 Год назад

Perhaps the rat is confused as to why it always finds itself in the king's chambers even though it was clearly on its way to the kitchens for some cheese? As soon as Larys leaves the rat, it hastily scurries off by the most direct route.

@billyshakespeare1696 Год назад

The rat woke up wondering where the hell it was once Larys jacked out of the Matrix.

@henryokoro3140 Год назад

@@pankratos5017 The Rat 🐀 is also seen licking Visery’s blood 🩸

@babyyoda3460 10 месяцев назад

@@pankratos5017 yeah bc the rat shows up after viserys and alicent do the deed. maybe after hes out of the rat, it just wonders around?

@veiledwhisper Год назад

In episode 7 Larys' demeanor towards Alicent mirrors those rats we have been seeing until now 🧐 Amazing video btw

@alokinrainborn Год назад

The show is getting more interesting with every new episode!

@Brickwinds Год назад

There are quite a few videos put out recently about Larys the Greenseer, but this is easily the best.

@JoeMagician Год назад

Helps to be the originator of the theory!

@xyeshyx Год назад

This video made me a subscriber. You’ve done an amazing job piecing this together using subtle and more direct clues provided in the show both through the audio and visuals beyond just the dialogue, absolutely bought in to this theory and look forward to watching more of your stuff.

@ruthbennett7563 Год назад

I’m a holdout for “Three-Eared Rat”, but I’ll accept it.

@karentargaryen7959 Год назад

I really love this theory. Even if it's not book canon, but show only canon, it's bringing a much needed mystical element into the story.

@TyrannosarusRexX Год назад

Karen Targaryen... nice name lol.

@toddgakk5783 Год назад

Because dragons under human control isn't mystical

@alinmeleandra3175 Год назад

I think that it is not explicitly mentioned in the book because there is no POV from Larys. The Maesters who mostly composed the history either where oblivious to Greenseers or they had not interest to mention a "magical" help in the plot since they were some much against the idea of magic...

@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 14 дней назад

Book canon for Fire and Blood is tough because it’s not a character POV. It’s not a first hand account. It’s histories told by people who didn’t even witness the events unfold.

@Razyelgore Год назад

The Three Eyed Rat lol

@rogueprince1341 Год назад

This video could go along with your Strongs being secret Starks video. If they had Stark blood that could explain why Larys can greensee through the Weirwood.

@SalsaStork Год назад

IIRC anyone with the blood of the first men can be a warg and/or greenseer. Isn't like 1/1000 first men descendants are wargs and 1/1000 wargs are a greenseer? Going by memory, so those ratios could be off, but it's something like that. Edit: maybe I am wrong, I can't find the quote I'm looking for

@rogueprince1341 Год назад

@@SalsaStork yeah I think your numbers are right. 1 in 1000 can warg and then 1 in 1000 of wargs are greenseers. It sounds right.

@rhaenyralikesyoutube6289 Год назад

True. Anyone with strong enough blood ties to the First Men can be a green seer, it doesn't rely on families like the Starks.

@rogueprince1341 Год назад

@@rhaenyralikesyoutube6289 that is correst but I was just saying the Starks because he has a video saying the Strongs are actually lost Starks so I was trying to tie it together but you are absolutely right any one with first men blood can be a greenseer.

@rogueprince1341 Год назад

@@rhaenyralikesyoutube6289 I mean Bloodraven the second best greenseer is a Blackwood. A first men strong family.

@monaradu5165 Год назад

Looks like you have unlocked one of the biggest mysteries of Fire and Blood. I love it. ❤

@ladyashleytheironunderneat5363 Год назад

In a cyclical world, all we need is to know who/what happened first bc it will happen later. I knew Larys was up to something important when he made a comment about hibiscus growing "only in Braavos" just like stories we've heard about lemon trees a century later. He holds a hibiscus flower at other times. But not before he sits down with all of the women, who've always got the gossip, and eats a lemon cake! It's put together beautifully.

@Blodhgarm12 Год назад

Love these videos! Larys is so fascinating, and you're doing an awesome job of unlocking that for us here 👏🏻

@samsmom1491 Год назад

I wondered about the rats and also thought he knew way too much to not be informed. I didn't put two and two together until I watched this video...actually it was you that put it all together tbh! Because of this alone, I'm subscribing to your channel, if I haven't already.

@ShindlersFiist Год назад

Wow the camera direction is incredibly detailed 👍

@beeztrapp1612 Год назад

I thoroughly expect Larys to have a hand with the Blood and Cheese incident.

@candydandy2694 Год назад

Larys is an excellent character, I'm really enjoying his portrayal in the show, the actor is doing an awesome job.

@TheRealOmniMan777 Год назад

As much as I can't stand him. I agree. I think that goes to show how good he is.

@omarbey3868 Год назад

Larys also meets the physical requirements of a Greenseer - Greenseers have the blood of the first men. The Strongs are a first men house - Greenseers are physically weak or crippled in some way. His club foot

@RSquaredOnline Год назад

Once again Joe, fantastic video. I've been a fan of this channel for a bit now and am so so glad to see you getting huge props and shoutouts from everyone from Alt Shift X to In Deep Geek to New Rockstars!! You deserve all the attention and recognition for your hard work. Keep up the amazing eye for detail and thank you for your time and dedication!

@JoeMagician Год назад

A lot of people noticing these and shouting them out, the recognition feels great.

@Darkness-ie2yl Год назад

This is a true story. Rearranged and transformed into fantasy.

@Aahe42 Год назад

Great video love the talk about the editing found your channel after Larys was subtly introduced in episode 3 and wanted to know more because I knew he wasn't going to be a simple character

@dee8263 Год назад

I’m sold on this theory JM. Thanks for pointing out the cinematic clues. Now I know to have a sharper eye as I watch.

@pallen2645 Год назад

Thank you for acknowledging Bran's agency in the atrocities. He put Daenerys on the path to genocide, and does so knowingly. Once you become a part of the Children and their Gods, you can no longer be relied upon to possess a sense of human morality. Bran is the host to an amoral alien intellect. If Larys was taken in at the isle of faces, it stands to reason he might be as well.

@lesliemisaacs Год назад

What!? How did Bran have anything to do with what Dany did?

@jsan3743 Год назад

This is fascinating! Thank you!!

@pallen2645 Год назад

@@lesliemisaacs It's touched on in this video. Daenerys learning of Jon's parentage is what started her on her path to madness, and the show runners confirmed this for whatever that's worth. That knowledge found it's way to Daenerys only because Bran passed of that knowledge to Sam (exactly when Sam was most likely to want to take action against Daenerys). For any other character that sort of sequence of events cannot be blamed on the person who starts the snowball, so to speak. But Bran can see the future. So when he begins a chain of events that just happens to result in him taking over the world, it's entirely reasonable to wonder how much he knew about what was going to happen. "But Bran is a good kid!" you might say. And maybe he was, once. But he's not Bran anymore, something he says directly.

@ProYada Год назад

"Bran is the host to an amoral alien intellect.". So. The white walkers were created by the Children of the Forest by magically integrating dragonglass in them. And there are hints that there is something greater going on. The religion of the Lord of Light is centered on belief in the existence of two deities, in the words of Melisandre: "A god of light and love and joy, and a god of darkness, evil, and fear, eternally at war." R'hllor is the god of fire, which provides light, heat, and life, and struggles against darkness, cold, and death, represented by an opposing deity, the Great Other. At Castle Black, Melisandre refers to the Others as the "cold children" of the Great Other. So the White Walkers are the servants of the Great Other, who is Death, and the prince that was promised was destined to fight him according to the religion of the Lord of Light. If Bran is with the Children of the Forest and the Children have made the White Walkers then is Bran an extension of the Great Other, of Death? In search of the last dragon. And Jon Snow aka Azor Ahai, destined to fight the Great Other. The story of Game of Thrones, if anyone's is that of Bran and Jon. is the final battle for the iron throne be between Bran and Jon? Ice and Fire.

@jsan3743 Год назад

@@ProYada you just turned my brain inside out

@paulsawchuk9934 Год назад

Haven't clicked that fast for a video in a while. I'll be watching Larys' career with great intent. And yours, of course. This video brought me back to my heyday of ASOIAF theorizing in such a great way.

@joepagram8287 Год назад

Absolutely brilliant video! Very interesting theory that seems to completely add up. Good job man

@JoeMagician Год назад

Glad you think so!

@chrisw1966 Год назад

The fact that Lyonel's bedroom door was nailed shut but Harwin's obviously wasn't begs the question; was Harwin actually a target or just collateral damage?

@tyrroo Год назад

How do you figure Harwin's door "obviously wasn't nailed shut"? He couldn't get out, duhh!

@chrisw1966 Год назад

@@tyrroo He was in the hallway trying to break his father out when the ceiling collapsed on him. What do you mean he couldn't get out?

@bcmoney5272 Год назад

@@chrisw1966 ignore him 😆 🤣 He spoke without comprehending the question. You know how people be on RU-vid

@alanpennie8013 Год назад

@@chrisw1966 Probably collateral. His death wasn't necessary to reinstate Otto as Hand.

@babyyoda3460 10 месяцев назад

i thought larys killed them so he could be lord to harrenhall? trust me, larys's motives are a mystery@@alanpennie8013

@lobomedina6312 Год назад

Absolutely brill analysis. The kudos from other talented ASoIaF/HotD RU-vidrs is well deserved. If Joe had written GoT S5-8, it would've continued the mastery of S1-4 rather than Derp& Derpier's Project Ruin.

@AlexisofTocqueville Год назад

I like the Larys theory, I think you're right about the Weirwood editing. But I think the rats are foreshadowing something different, and it's not necessarily Blood and Cheese. I think it is conspicuous that the rats have always shown up when Viserys is around. They appear when Viserys is talking with Rhaenyra and he is revealing the Song of Ice and Fire prophecy, just after the death of his wife. They appear when he is sleeping with Alicent and we see his rotting back. They appear at the wedding after he collapses and they drink the blood on the floor. They appear when he is alone and doing nothing of significance other than mourning Aemma. The connection is these all have to do with death and weakness and Viserys. What this foreshadows, I think, is a change or additional detail regarding his eventual demise. I believe that either he will be consumed by rats after his death, or that he may even be killed by rats during a nap. That he will be too weak, too feeble to defend himself against rats or to even call for help. The rats, symbolically, are like vultures, or even like the crows that he compares his small council to in the first episode.

@Mar032891 Год назад

Next episode should reveal your theory. I’d love an update on your theory after it shows.

@Ass_of_Amalek Год назад

I don't know if you'll bring this up here, but I actually think that the firefly sigil is a reference to larys being a warg. in medieval times or thereabout (maybe also earlier), people had a common misconception that eyes work not by just passively absorbing light, but by radiating sight that works kinda like light. in german, the word for eyesight is still eyelight (augenlicht) because of it. so having a sigil of an animal emitting light could very well symbolise seeing through animals!

@marcos-ll2yr Год назад

Your previous video about him is amazing. He is the best player so far, Larys become my favourite. The actor is so good.

@jasonwalsh3267 Год назад

I just subscribed loved this in-depth video that no I was not aware of. But I totally see it now. The clues are there.. and apparently so are the rats. Great video!! Can't wait too see more.

@MikolajKnas Год назад

Shit, what a theory that popped into my head. The entire Dance of the Dragons was set up by Larys only for Lord Stark to come south and marry the Blackwood woman. The descendant of this pair will be Bran Stark endowed with the magical powers of the Blackwoods. The Green Seener has created the Ultimate Green Seener.

@staceyrose5821 Год назад

Very cool video pointing out so many things I noticed, but hadn't thought of as significant! You prove here that it's the quiet things that speak the loudest!

@Hamandcheesemuffins Год назад

After your first video on this noticed that cut this episode. Watched it after alt shift x shoutout, immediately came back and subscribed. Love this content duder!

@marcyc1695 Год назад

I love this video, AMAZING video. i couldnt wait for a in depth discussion on Larys Strong.

@toneholler3020 Год назад

Larys is also crippled like Bran (not as bad) but still crippled maybe they are given this ability because of that disability

@clareb8015 Год назад

Yes I was thinking the same thing - possibly to compensate for their physical disability?

@BryndilleYT Год назад

Also when Larys is in the jails recruiting his mercenaries, we can hear quite loudly rat sounds.

@RLSteffler 16 дней назад

I have found lots of these videos from other channels have spoilers(mostly minor but some major) here and there so hearing that thing about "the rat thing from the books" and how he fully avoided it, this seems like the best channel to ensure no spoilers. I went through the Willem Blackwood video just waiting to pause and exit if I started hearing spoilers haha.

@regulomarte6338 Год назад

Antoer thing to watch for in Larys case is that the animal you skinchange to changes your behavior, if you choose a bird you might lose yourself to the sky, choose a deer a you'll become a coward so I wonder how does skichanging into rats has changed. While they are not exactly cowards, they can defend themselves, but their mindset is to survive/adapt, him killing his family with little remorse makes sense considering rats will sometimes eat eachother if they need food.

@NoConsequenc3 Год назад

Note: Humans have a long history of eating each other, don't need to be a rat for that.

@Megshroom Год назад

Larys is top tier, excellent character. Littlefinger could learn a thing or two.

@KalderAhm Год назад

Im glad I watched your previous vid on Larys cuz it got me so hyped when New Rock Stars gave you a shoutout.

@b.p.879 Год назад

Those of us Deep Space 9 fans definitely got some strong Odo the shape shifter vibes when seeing those rats. Odo would often change into a rat to spy on criminals and some of the rat-laced scenes in HotD made me think of him!

@loveoffilm4327 Год назад

I think Larys is the current version of the Three Eyed Raven. If the three Eyed Raven is just a compendium of knowledge connected to the weirwood net and working on behalf of the children then it could be a role that's been passed down for generations and used to weaken the realm steadily until it was weak enough for Bran to take over as the supreme overlord of Westeros

@lesliemisaacs Год назад

That would make Bran a really evil character and I don’t see that for him.

@pallen2645 Год назад

@@lesliemisaacs He's not Bran anymore. He tells you that. And even when he was still Bran he was totally willing to use mind control to steal his friend's body to go spelunking, an act which explicitly caused his friend intense terror.

@pallen2645 Год назад

It's plausible. In this era the Isle of Faces would have been home to a functional weirwood overmind, and wouldn't have lost that functionality until magic goes dormant south of the wall much later. So a crippled boy with First Men blood living right by the God's Eye would have been an obvious candidate to act as an agent. The mistake, I think, is treating the Three-Eyed Crow as a fundamentally separate entity from the rest of the weirwood collective intelligence.

@iloveyourunclebob Год назад

@@pallen2645 "abomination" - me, through every Bran chapter

@ertfgghhhh Год назад

Larys is Larys. The three eyed Raven is who he is. Every character in SOIAF is unique and exist on their own.

@TheCoconutKangaroo Год назад

Great content! I noticed the tree & the snake analogy & saw your video about this character & was like "something to think about." When I saw the rat in the last episode, I was like "he"s right!" Viserys most likely Knows what the rat really is. Viserys knows a lot, but he purposely plays dumb (on the show). The problem is he is too forgiving, not stern, and refuses to take action in the name of keeping peace. Yet, playing feeble (if he is) in this case, is the smartest thing to do. He is too clever to be really feeble to me. About the 3 Eyed Raven, Bran- I was on to him thanks to the books. I believe that He could also see through the 🔥 as well & in the intro he stood in the background mean mugging Dany - I was like "right" she is his opponent.

@bearcubdaycare Год назад

Good point that Larys knows quite a lot to plan that first bomb drop. Wouldn't work as he wishes without an awful lot of knowledge.

@void.lawyer 6 месяцев назад

Nothing in film and television, or even literature, is on screen to further the narrative. Nothing is pointless. We were showm those rats everywhere for a reason and that reason has to be this. Dope catch, man.

@chriscross5112 Год назад

This is really good content. I'm glad some of the bigger asoiaf yters are starting to shout u out. Really good stuff

@TyrannosarusRexX Год назад

Really enjoyed your Larys Greenseer video and I'm glad to see you've made another video on the conniving rat-spy. I think we can all agree that character is starting to become one of the most intriguing characters in HOTD **sniffs flower**

@PatJWilliams Год назад

Warging and green sight isn't exclusive to the Stark bloodline. Moreso of ancient houses that tie back to the First men and the Children of the forest

@PatJWilliams Год назад

And actually the Strongs and Stark most definitely have crossed and share roots in the North going far back

@TyrannosarusRexX Год назад

@@PatJWilliams I really hope the show introduces Larys as a greenseer, would suck if not.

@TyrannosarusRexX Год назад

We have magic in the form of dragons but it would be nice to see some magical humans too like Quaithe, Melisandre, etc

@figjam9530 Год назад

*sniffs feet*

@diamonddylanpage7150 Год назад

thanks Joe, I hadn't made the Stark/Strong family link connection with Warging until now. good job my man.👍

@jessejohnson8365 Год назад

Speaking Howland Reed. I have always been baffled by Meera's tale to Bran about him going to the Isle of Faces. Without actually telling Bran or us the reader she tells Bran one of two things either Howland reached the island more then 40 years prior to the day he left or carried a boat overland 100s of miles before entering the lake somewhere nowhere near harrentown because he has never scene Harrenhall before which he couldn't have missed when entering the gods eye and at very least would have heard about Harrens castle If he had trekked overland and detoured so far out of the way of the route he would have taken which it seems like she tries to explain that he always tried to make the times he exited the water minimal. Since being out of water meant danger also has to carry a boat every time he does. Anyway given all of this him having never scene or heard about the castle prior to seeing when he leaves and the fact that it took forty years to build had it not been there when he first goes to the gods eye would make sense to his utter surprise of finding it there after but from its creation to when that tourney would have been is literally like 340 years so is the gods eye a place where time doesn't move the same way it does on the rest of the planet or does this show the long life of the children and it being passed on to the reeds who supposedly married and breed with children of the forest.

@jessejohnson8365 Год назад

Also with Meera's story and the way in which she describes his fear of the lord of the crossing made me think on top of great place for bridge it is In a key area to try and block people in the neck from being able to travel down river and Harrenhal now blocks and guards anyone's easiest route from Trident to gods eye entrance made me wonder if these two castles were built in these key locations to stop access to the gods eye from neck dwellers. Meera also talks about how many knights are drown and under the bog waters but there are never any direct wars or key histories that explain why a group of people so secret and so alienated by rest of world that prefer solitude would in such modern times still be such a disturbance that people want to clear them out. Wonder what your thoughts are. Am I reading into a over exaggerated children's bedtime tale or key details to the story are said between the lines

@Revolution-tl5wo Год назад

Really cool analysis. I never caught any of that when I watched the episodes. Thanks!

@ZugzugZugzugson Год назад

man i can't wait for your review on Sunday/Monday or whichever day you decide to do it after the next episode i have become an overnight superfan of your videos :) i'll admit i didn't watch the aftershow streams because they're a tad long, but i have watched every single episode deep dive you've done since the first episode by now. it really helps me establish extra aspects of the character's personalities (and intents), and i absolutely cannot get enough of it. i did have a suspicion in regards to the rats before i came upon your channel, but i couldn't really nail what was going on with them. needless to say; now i can. at this point i am fully convinced that Larys is a skinchanger/warg(or is it worg?)/greenseer or a variation thereof. please more.

@chadczternastek Год назад

Holy fuck. I just watched this and am floored. To think that the show is being done on such a high level. Man I read the books, I pay attention, I think of myself as highly intelligent, but if you sat me down and made me watch raptly for ten years, I would of never came up with that genius conclusion. My hats off to you sir. You should be working on that show. This video just revolutionized how I'm gonna watch everything from now on. And I would guess that max I could count on one hand the number of shows/series that are at this level of complexity. I would love your recommendation of anything out there that is at this level. You really deserve so much credit. Like I seen some of your older stuff, from this show as well as Game Of Thrones and just wow. The show after the show podcast was just great. 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 You are next level bro. I still have the last of the three books on the GOT series and I just ordered them again and even the Fire & Blood...I'm gonna start over now. 🙏

@jackharkness363 Год назад

great video! it made me subscribe instantly. Keep up the good work!

@va1tiel Год назад

this is such a good theory! iirc the weirwood tree isn't in the books so adding it into the show had to be for a reason. same sort of principle as chekov's gun.

@DerrisDerrison Год назад

You've earned a subscriber, this analysis is so well research and explained, Im glad I now have you to follow through the next decade of westerosi television xx

@JoeMagician Год назад

Welcome aboard! I'm gonna do my best

@jazzycat8917 Год назад

"The enigma that is Larys Strong the Clubfoot has vexed students of history for generations, and is not one we can hope to unravel here. Where did his true loyalty lie? What was he about?" - Gyldane Of course Gyldane would say this if he didn't know (or refused to entertain) that Larys was a greenseer. When you can see or hear nearly everything going on of course your loyalties are going to be ambiguous and shifting. People can complain about there "not being any evidence" of Larys being a greenseer/skinchanger in the books but thats literally only because its the exact thing Gyldane wouldn't admit to himself was a possibility

@mariavi33 Год назад

Yes, a lot of people need to be reminded that the book is intentionally written as a very unreliable and biased history book. It was never meant to be accurate, so them using it as the evidence for their argument is a little ridiculous.

@Former_Halo_Fan Год назад

@@mariavi33 The problem with this argument is that while it’s true the book isn’t accurate, that really only brings us back to square one. The book being biased still doesn’t prove Larys is a greenseer, and the book is our only source on the matter. “The book doesn’t support it” is absolutely a fair argument. For the people who are claiming Larys is a greenseer, the burden is on them to come up with solid evidence. It’s not enough for them to just say that all the sources against their argument are unreliable (especially when their own arguments rely on the exact same sources.) Lack of counter-evidence does not serve as evidence, but lack of evidence does serve as counter-evidence. Fire and Blood is inaccurate or unreliable because it’s meant to create ambiguity. As far as we know, Gyldayn could still be 100% right about all his speculations and theories. Or he could miss the mark on everything. However, it doesn’t mean the opposite of everything he thinks must be true.

@mariavi33 Год назад

@@Former_Halo_Fan I didn't claim that it proves they're wrong or anything else. I was just talking about the people who claim that they have to be right (because of the book), that the source they use as evidence isn't reliable.

@bodhi_satfa Год назад

Friggin fantastic vid, bruv. Bravos like ya in Braavos 👏👏👏

@SaveUsMarku Год назад

Awesome content as per usual.

@SaveUsMarku Год назад

Your editing on this one *chefs kiss* good stuff Joe

@JoeMagician Год назад

Much appreciated!

@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145 Год назад

Really fascinating theory, I think you've convinced me. Can't wait for the next season. Have some audible credits, thought about getting the book... but I think I'd rather wait for the show. Did the same with LOTR when I was in high school, ASOIAF, and The Expanse... oh, and Dune. I like reading/listening to the books after getting some visual context.

@yazui.i.9368 Год назад

Damn, that makes him really powerful and a useful ally for Alicent.

@simpvanas Год назад

You sold me in the first video. I subscribed to your channel, and your theory. Well done.

@JoeMagician Год назад

Welcome aboard!

@stevenparker3952 2 месяца назад

Did anyone else clock when helaena was playing with a spider at driftmark and she shut the spider in a shell with her hand, it cuts to larys instantly regaining his balance (I think?)

@MiscellaneousAB Год назад

I'm sorry, "three eyed rat" has me screaming!🤣🤣🤣

@rickandrews9302 Год назад

Maybe Larys is the Lord of Light's Rival's version of Bloodraven? I mean he plays a huge role for the Greens, and he's way more loyal to the Hightowers than the Dragon Lords (who know about the coming Long Night). Plus, we know this war wipes out House Targaryen's most formidable weapons against wights

@untroubledwaters2137 Год назад

Whoa, now you're at 33,000!!! Awesome, you deserve it! Much love!!

@mikejones-mo8xh Год назад

He deserves 100k. There's guys im subscribed to who don't even try they just say what everybody else is saying. This dude is actually original

@JoeMagician Год назад

I do my best, really appreciate the kind words

@machinimaaquinix3178 Год назад

Gosh I just love coming back to these types of vids again in the GOT universe. I would never guess any of this. Love it.

@bottombarrelbudgetfilms1854 Год назад

I've never even heard of your channel before but the algorithm sent me this and I loved it. Guess you got a greenseer in the algorithm helping you out! I never considered this Theory but now I'm sold

@bottombarrelbudgetfilms1854 Год назад

I've only ever come up with one theory of my own in GOT. Even though I never had too much evidence to back this up aside from what a messed up person she is and all the messed up deeds that she did. Melesandra mention that she serves the Lord of Light against the Great Dark One. I think she was unknowingly serving that very devil she was trying to defeat.