Night King's New Body? Jon Snow? Ice and Fire Endgame Theory 

Have you heard that GRRM is going to an ayahuasca ceremony to help break his writer's block on Winds of Winter?

@@ModMax69 No.

@@ModMax69 Can I get a source for this?

Sending love and positive energy

These vids are so comforting! Hope you are ok sending good Garth vibes

I hear you - I'm in the same situation. Sending good vibes.

Thanks for all the good vibes and kind words. They're much needed. I send you all back much gratitude, and the blessings of the Old Gods. Love from the North. (That means Canada.)

oh no it's not new, it's back to the good ol' days!

What's at the bottom of the crypts anyway?

@@alvimgabriel4400 We may or may not ever find out.

@@neuralmute Why?

What if Winterfell is the original Nightfort?

@@alvimgabriel4400 There's a lot of doubt about whether GRRM will ever actually finish this series - ADWD is older than my 12 yr old niece now, and we still haven't got Winds of Winter yet.

oh interesting parallel

​@@DavidLightbringer Oh, Gods! Thats beautiful! And the story is full of people opening a "postern gate" during a siege! Oh, new theory this second: Jon is going to lead the Other's through the Black Gate! You heard it hear first! David Lightbringer you are welcome to use it! It is building on your thousands of hours of hard work! All of our community really!

​@David Lightbringer It ties in to all the door symbolism doesn't it? Probably it's the door Hodor will hold, right? Fuck, that was your theory from like five years ago, wasn't it? Well, full cirkel! Or a spiral, going a little higher every time we start back.

Moat Cailin is itself a nice Nightfort parallel. It is a big black abandoned cursed castle with a reputation of dark magic. It is in itself a kind of wall, or a fort on the wall that is the swamp of the Neck!

i don't see how LSH and Jon get in the same location, LSH isn't leaving the riverlands IMO. And no, the animosity wasn't played up in the books at all, it was more so in the show, and then even more so in the fandom, it's a very minor plot point

@@DavidLightbringer I usually agree with you, but I've been thinking about this theory for quite a while now, and I do think it could happen. Lady Stoneheart might hear rumors about Arya reaching the Wall (whether it's actually Jeyne Poole or Alys Karstark, it doesn't really matter), and ride there after avenging the Red Wedding in TWOW. Arya won't be at the Wall, of course, but Bran might be there after surviving the Others' assault at Bloodraven's lair thanks to Hodor's sacrifice. Bran would then reveal the truth about Jon's parentage to Lady Stoneheart, who would finally overcome the shame and pain that the idea of Ned's infidelity caused her, being able to love Jon enough to give him the Kiss of Life, sacrificing her own life for his. It would be a beautiful, seriously unpredictable ending for Lady Stoneheart, so it makes sense in regards to George's poetic, subversive writing. What sold this theory to me is Ned Stark's prayer in Bran's vision: "Let them grow up close as brothers, with only love between them. And let my lady wife find it in her heart to forgive". George could have written "let my wife forgive" and it would still work as literal foreshadowing, but the fact that he chose to include the very specific words "LADY" and "HEART" turns the sentence into a subtle reference to Lady Stoneheart. The absence of the word "stone" might imply that Catelyn will stop being Lady Stoneheart after forgiving Ned's alleged infidelity, since the heart of this lady will no longer be made of stone. It is true that Catelyn's hatred towards Jon is mostly a thing from the show, but we don't need Catelyn to hate him that much for this theory to work. It's more about her finding peace by knowing that her beloved husband never betrayed her, so she was never actually dishonored as a woman. Lady Stoneheart's actual hatred and thirst for revenge would then be redeemed coherently, by one last good deed. And I think it fits perfectly with Jon too, since he would be resurrected by the love of the mother he never had, fulfilling an honest prayer made by the man who swore to protect him. Ned isn't his father and Catelyn isn't his mother, but they are his family, and both of them are still taking care of him even in death. Whether this ends up happening or not, I think Catelyn needs to do much more than just killing the Freys. Beric Dondarrion was resurrected several times for a purpose, but the man didn't came back after giving the Kiss of Life to Catelyn. This means that the Lord of Light's sole purpose for Beric's resurrections what bringing Catelyn back to life. I don't see R'hllor using Beric to resurrect Catelyn only to avenge the Red Wedding. Why would an actual god give two shits about that? But I do see him resurrecting Catelyn for something truly important, such as giving the Kiss to Jon Snow, the person who will literaly end the War for the Dawn. If she doesn't do this, she needs to do something equally important for her resurrection to make sense.

I love this theory! I think it could totally work & give a satisfying end to LSH/ Cat.

@@misery441 great theory!

Lady Stoneheart is a great story line. I can't believe Dan and Dave left it out of the TV series.

oh hadnt even thought of that but yes

One more winter...

A Westerosi one though.

Have you heard that GRRM is going to an ayahuasca ceremony to help break his writer's block on Winds of Winter?

@@ModMax69 that’s news to me. Sounds like something George would do though.

Wierwood is a made up word, but it has meaningful parts. The Wier part comes from historic water management, Wier is a word for fish trap, or a structure to manage water levels within a section of stream, or nests for some fish, like salmon, and the last name of a favorite musician of GRRM's. It could be any or all of these definitions.

wow thank you!

check out the video "Secret Origins of the Green Men: Garth the Green Man"

he might be able to have like, a shadow baby, but yeah I don't think he and Dany need to conceive

@@DavidLightbringer The only one I can imagine conceiving a baby with her is Crow's Eye much like what Randall Flag did.

@@DavidLightbringer And why don't you make a video showing how toxic masculinity is debated within ASOAIF? It's so curious George RR Martin doesn't read manga and watch anime but still has so many characters who look like women and are cisgenders like Karl The Maid,Loras Tyrell who object in this society dominated by men like Victarion, The mountain who are more adept at masculinist ideas, because they are the best warriors than ALL of them together. Even Jaime looks like a woman at the beginning of the books.

Yeah I feel very strongly about it! Do you have art posted online then?

@@DavidLightbringer I do, but at this time it is predominantly Warhammer themed with the exception of fan art from the GoT show. Going forward I'll probably attempt to illustrate some of the ASOIAF theories - there's a lot of inspiration to draw from! Thanks again for your consideration David and for providing the imagination fuel!

Ayyy first heart from sensei

Jon Snow is the Azor Ahai. Stannis does not have all the attributes to be considered the Azor Ahai. Other than that George.R.R Martin loves surprises, and Melisandre saying that Stannis is the azor ahai every 5 seconds It wouldn't be a surprise but something obvious if the story went that way.

​@@TheOneLobo.He's not Azor Ahai. Stop ignoring pretty clear facts

@@claiku Dude, Let the next Book launch, and wee will see who is right or wrong.

@@TheOneLobo. We all know who is Azor Ahai even without the next book. Some people just prefer to ignore, because it's not their fav 🤣

great comparison

check out the House Tully stream - I talked about Joyce and Finnegan's Wake for a solid half hour I think :) and yes absolutely thats the tradition I GRRM partaking in

@@DavidLightbringer lovin it

oh yeah that's right, Hardhome. I should just fire all my tinfoil one day

yes absolutely, that could be the case. Azor Ahai coming back out of the wnnet as NK.. that could be a body-snatching, absolutely

yeah something like that, they need Jon to be part Targ for some reason

Also just wanna add that your speculation regarding Jon, while potentially shocking, is a great deal more well reasoned and logical than Dany's senseless heel turn in season 8. I am definitely on board with this theory.

that's real NICE thank you!

something a Banshee might do, or the skirl o the pipes (bagpipes)

just for you Boba

I am assuming he will betray the Others and become Azor Ahai reborn

god find, and it's even heavier when Jon goes beyond the Wall to meet Val in ADAD. It's an entire NK / NQ thing. They're quite the pair

Thank you :D If you'd be so kind as to indulge an unrelated question I noticed a snippet from a Clash of Kings I thought was intriguing. Does this excerpt from Sansa (during the battle of the blackwater) read like an early foreshadowing of Brans adventures beyond the wall to you? Through the quiet, the singing pulled at her. Sansa turned toward the sept. Two stableboys followed, and one of the guards whose watch was ended. Others fell in behind them.

yes sir and my cousin on keys

Right on so yeah you're touching on a very interesting dynamic with some of us picked up on a long time ago as we were hashing out the original archetypes. essentially, both Jon and Dany are constantly doing both AA and NN things. Dany is obviously the moon wandering close to the sun in the pyre, and her being impregnated by solar king Drogo is more of the same. Yet, she inserts the torch into the pyre, sets it on fire, and is reborn as AA. Drogo is too, riding up to the sky to become the red comet. Jon is called a man maid several times, and his murder is quintessential Nissa Nissa material. and yeah if you want to say his body is like a moon, that's true in a way as well. It's more than Ghosts body is the moon and his spirit is zooming back and forth between the bodies, something like that. This is all a type of alchemy to Martin, constantly mixing and transformation . every offspring has an aspect of both the father and the mother, just as the fiery moon meteors have solar fire and moon rock. Jon and Dany are definitely sun and moon combination people