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Its magical potential is untested, in the time frame of the series. It can easily do what Valyrian Steel is implied to do, and then some. At the very least, it has the same durability, and agelessness.
I was so fucking angry when they cut it from the ToJ scene in the show. It felt like such a slap in the face to all the fans, to depict one of the greatest warriors in Westeros' history whose entire identity was wrapped up in the fact that he wielded a particular sword, and then just cutting that out entirely... Damn, now I'm getting angry just thinking about it lol
IIRC Dane does in fact wield Dawn in the ToJ scene, one of his swords bared its embellishments just without it's faint glow or its milky glass appearance. agreed tho, Dawn in all its authentic appearance would have been godly
@Notorious Colorado. Because he has driven past me in my neighborhood, been spotted at local restaurants (before everything closed) and has said in blog posts that he's holed up in his mountain retreat writing, and not socializing.
The RP would be near impossible to maintain because the storytelling would just drag you in as someone who listens instead of participating: DM GRR Martin: "Discomror? Your turn" Me: W-wait what?
D&D DM'd by GRRM (That is literally too many acronyms) would be terrifying. Imagine you just go to enter a random tavern, or open an innocuous chest, and you just hear him quietly chuckle under his breath, "Roll initiative."
"Who knows what magic properties fallen stars bring to Earth?" I'm impressed that the fandom doesn't talk a lot about this quote. Dawn is going to be important.
@@hameed My theory is that he's been finishing both books, rather than just The Winds of Winter...I've got no real foundation to base it on, just a personal theory lmaoo. It would make sense though, given all the other books released much closer together
"Dawn is going to be important." Maybe it would be if the books ever came out, but they won't. I think it's actually going to take him dying for the brainlets to realize they ain't getting more ASOIF. Even then you people might start speculating that he finished them and they'll be released eventually. It's pathetic, rip off the band aid and realize he has failed us all.
"Sometimes it's very painful for me to kill them. They're my children, for good or ill." George's application to adopt did not go as well as he'd hoped.
I love just listening to him talk. He is entirely at ease with himself and his ideas.. By that I mean, he is unhindered by ego when fielding questions, or just recounting his processes. He is not afraid of ever appearing foolish.. I feel because he has sufficient confidence in his thoughts and views, he doesn't feel compelled to bolster them with "manliness" or trying to appear a big shot. Paradoxically, it is through this that I look up to him.
Hang out with any old Dead head like George and you'll see that a lot. Me thinks George has dissolved his ego at some point or another. In fact I believe thats where his inspiration for shade of the evening came from as well
I think it’s pretty amazing that while there are many different fantasy writers, some very different than Tolkien, that he still influences them today. I love finding those kinds of connections between different authors.
I’d say pretty confidently that it’s impossible for a modern fantasy writer to not be influenced by Tolkien. While there were already existing story tropes from stories such as King Arthur and Beowulf, they were all mastered and perfected for narrative by Tolkien. It’s simply impossible to write proper narrative without using those basic tools that are so ‘Tolkien’ in nature.
@@pepelechad536 I would say long term his immense influence hurt epic fantasy (western fantasy) as many Authors kept sticking to the template and not experiment enough. Nowadays its not a problem anymore but back in the day its what caused Fantasy to be viewed as meh for a long while. Back then only few Epic Fantasy really got published and big backing before fantasy re-emerged. Malazan was one of those, highly recommend it, Its the only fantasy series that has felt the same as ASOIAF in terms of how it draws you into the world and the characters.
Do yourself a favor and read them. If you're not a big reader it may seem daunting; the books are thick, each between 1200 and 1500 pages I believe. But after you read them you'll be wishing they were each twice as long. They're simply fantastic.
I really enjoy Tyrion’s Trial for Joffrey’s Death, were we see how his actions and threats are used against him to make a somewhat reasonable case against him, even though he’s innocent of Joff’s death.
Before Elenna Tyrell confessed, I always sort of suspected that Tywin himself decided to cross Joffrey off the list. Thommen was more tractable and more willing to be taught.
@Dominic ey that is dawnbreaker, but lightbringer is the sword of the legendary hero, azor ahai in the books, made by piercing through the heart of your loved one
i mean it could be , but it can be that Dawn is the original Ice , its described as milkglass , and how u would name a white sword used to kill the others? maybe im wrong but its strange that Ice has that namee when valyrian steel has a darkest color than normal swords(black as smoke) ,while in the other hand Dawn forged with the metals of a fallen star , also in a Catelyn chapter on the first book she said Ie is a ceremonial sword
@@ashenone3050 unlikely. Dawn is a longsword, but ice is a greatsword. it was also in the stark family hundreds of years before Ned or Arthur dayne were ever born.
@@kebrongurara1612 true but dayne house is said that came to westeros following a fallen star , in the world of ice and fire it is said that maybe it was even before the first man arrived to westeros , the point im trying to make is , targraryens bring the valyrian steel like 350 years ago from the point in what we are now , that means Dawn has been in westeros at least 1000 years before Aegon the conquerer , maybe Dawn is Lightbringer , i mean during the long night westerosi didnt have valyrian steel , and in any place is said that Lightbringer was made of dragonglass, so the only sword i can think off is Dawn , or just some random sword using some kind of magic , i hope my broken english doesnt bother u( edit: House Dayne was supposed to be in westeros before even thee andals arrived , they claim the blood of the first men run through his veins , thats not something half of westeros an really say , even less the dornishmen , who are basically rhoynar and andals)
I've been watching a lot of Lucifer Means Lightbringer videos and I thought he was gonna say Dawn. And when he even highlighted that it's made from a meteorite I was like maybe LML really is onto something
Not surprising. When asked who would win a fight between Arthur Dayne and Barriston Sellmy, he said if they both had normal swords it would be a complete toss up. But if Arthur Dayne is allowed to wield Dawn, he wins.
Dorne was always the most interesting place to me in Westeros. I always wondered if dorne was more ethnically closer to the martells then say the Danes lol As far as the whole region
Dorne is very interesting ethnically. There are actually 3 distinct ethnicities in Dorne. In the south eastern part of the country near the Broken Arm and the Greenblood River you have the Salty Dornish who have the most Rhoynish blood from their Rhoynar ancestors that came over with Princess Nymeria and her people when she came to Dorne after leaving Essos. Near the Red Mountains and by the western river known as the Torrentine you have the Stoney Dornish who have the most Andal and First Men blood from their ancestors who look like most of the rest of the Kingdoms. Then you have the Sandy Dornish. Man, I don’t even know how to describe them since they seem to be a culture all their own and don’t look like either the Stoney or the Salty but have a skin coloring more like African Americans. Dorne is a weird place with a few pretty distinct divides and I’m sure we will see more of it in the future books.
He did say the Danes shared similar looks with the targaryens yet no one else in dorne is described that way so I wouldn't be surprised if they're somehow connected to valeria
@Yarp Yarp “All three sorts seemed well represented in Doran’s retinue. The salty Dornishmen were lithe and dark, with smooth olive skin and long black hair streaming in the wind. The sandy Dornishmen were even darker, their faces burned brown by the hot Dornish sun. They wound long bright scarfs around their helms to ward off sunstroke. The stony Dornishmen were biggest and fairest, sons of the Andals and the First Men, brown-haired or blond, with faces that freckled or burned in the sun instead of browning.” That’s an exact quote from Tyrion’s inner monologue in Tyrion V A Storm of Swords and has also been spoken about in the Dorne section of A World of Ice and Fire. Maybe actually read the material before you try to correct someone on something...
@@mtvervSandy dornish are more like northern africans/andalucian spaniards, not african americans. The only black dornish Is Sarella Sand but because she Is born from Oberyn and a summer islander who are indeed blackskinned.
I have heard this theory. But in the prologue of game of thrones the Others sword freezed and shattered a steel sword. So if someone touched one of those things wouldnt it freeze their hand off?
It must be so weird having people geek out over something you thought up in your head only to be asked an opinion on which detail you made up you like the most.
i love how logical he is in his thinking, other writer's might pick a certain dragon or sword for some quirky reason, but george is like "well i would pick the best dragon and best sword, obviously" 😂
I like the part in feast where brienne is taking in the view west in the crownlands. Just the aura he created through briennes observation. In a pinetree forest. No one else around anymore. Oh except this guy following. So quiet. Cliff sides. Etc.. Favorite. Oo and Reek 1 is the best opening to a chapter ever. Holy shit.
I think fans today need to look back at this interview when they start questioning why he hasn't finished writing the books. He just told us how painful it was for him to write the Red Wedding, a scene he had known was coming and had been building towards. I can't imagine that its gotten any easier for him since then.
@@TheGreatestJediOfAllTime Right, because you've spent 30 years on probably the most complex series of novels and characters ever put to book. You don't even have an idea as to what it means dedicating 30 years into anything. hush clown or go write your own novels
Hmmmmmm....Hearing GRRM mention falling star and metal from a falling star with magical properties gives me hints to where the inspiration may have come to write up General Radahn, his dual crag blades and his gravity sorceries along with the falling star beast. Damn, I hope they (FromSoftware) collab with him again in the future.
As great and amazing as George is, Tolkien is just...on another level. He created so much, inspired books and films, and had his creations implemented into Dungeons and Dragons. Not to mention the symbolism and alagories tossed into his books that make you think while at the same time, not being pretentious. It's nearly perfect.
Not at all. Lightbringer is describe as having the same magical properties as dragonglass and therefore Lightbringer is the name given to the dragonsteel sword of the Last Hero. Dragonsteel is magical steel rooted in fire and blood magic, there is only steel like that: Valyrian steel. And in the show we can that valyrian steel blades do the same thing as dragonglass and confirming that valyrian steel blades = Lightbringer.
We don't know that Dawn is as effective against White Walkers as Valyrian steel, so if I were actually living inside the ASOIAF universe I'd pick Longclaw.
But it definitely will be when the time comes. Valyrian steel is made from dragon fire, and so is the obsidian dagger Sam kills the White Walker with in A Feast For Crows
@Jerry Cregan Stark Mathurin I really have no idea lol. I had just watched Alt Shift X's video on house Dayne though, so maybe that's why that popped into my head when I heard him talk about Dawn.
When John is saying bye at winterdwll aftwr bran had his accident, and he’s saying by to bran and cat is being horrible to him.... gets me every time I read it. So sad
