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When reading Fire&Blood it occured to me how come in that timeframe after the war of conquest, why didn't the Iron Throne ever bother to properly integrate the iron born? They would've proved to be strong allies to have in the fold and in turn they would've seen the benefits of westerosi trade and intermarriage with othet house. Plus the end of long term hostilities
I got a feeling that if this was real then someone else from the Kingdom would just say "fuck this shit" and put the Islanders to the sword. They would have support from pretty much every kingdom in Westeros tired of their raids.
@@augustusfreeman4032 You should know that most ASOIAF fans don't actually read the books. The amount of times I've seen someone say that "the Starks loved Theon" and "Sandor is a true Knight", tell me that they've probably never read their wiki pages much less actually read the series.
@@virgilhawkinsstaticshock Yeah, those are definitely among some of the worst takes I've seen from the fandom. I think fans have preconceived notions of characters and themes of the series that the gained from D&D's horrible misrepresentation on the show. People will be under videos about the Ironborn defeating the combined might of The Trident and the Stormlands and post comments calling them "stupid", "weak" or" incompetent". And they'll be in book only discussions saying that the Starks treated Theon "like family" and that Ned "would never" harm Theon. It's quite hilarious to be honest.
@@augustusfreeman4032 It can cause actual discussions about the series unbearable however. Because if someone who actually paid attention while reading the series go against the mindless parroting among the fandom, you get downvoted into a oblivion or they basically ignore what you said and start quoting the TV show. A series that apparently ruined their favourite characters and their arcs. But is a legit source that contradicts what's written in the books.
@@virgilhawkinsstaticshock Yeah, lot of people call D&D horrible writers but then say that every season before Season 8 was apparently a masterpiece. Ignoring that Seasons 7 and 5 were complete dumpster trucks and Season 6 was a generic action movie with some good payoffs. Heck, they've been bastardizing characters and plotlines even before that. Writing Theon as a pathetic wimp that's treated bad by the Starks and Northerners but apparently he "loved" them 😐. Arya's arc basically reduced to revenge power fantasy, and Robb marrying for love instead of honour. There's a whole lot D&D messed up, and it still echoes throughout the fandom to this day.
I had a thought the other day: is it possible harren hoare's brother knew about aegons dream and thats why he didn't try to avenge his family? After all ironborn aren't exactly known for sticking to oaths but if he knew there was a greater threat beyond the wall, mayhaps he could have refrained from breaking his nights watch vows to help the targaryens defend against the others
After how royally they messed up the Ironborn in GoT, I really hope HotD will do them justice. I do fear though that given the 8 episode next season, the Ironborn will end up on the cutting board. :/
I am SO with you on this! After reading/hearing a bit on the Dance of the Dragons lore my attention was immediately captured by the Red Kraken. Such a badass title! Pretty sure he'll side with the Black's tho, i remember something about him "Joining the side who fought against the Lannisters" and pretty sure Lannisters are going Green. But we shall see!
I hope they don't age him up too much- I mean, part of what made that part of 'Fire & Blood' so insane to read about- was *how **_young_* so many of the players were...
@@mappingshaman5280but they never have any interest in seating in small council and think what the primary job of master of ships is too built a fleet & too defend Crownland with that fleet when the Ironborn are more of offensive ones like reaving aka: pirating they will never be a fit in that position of master of ships nor the position of Lord Admiral of Royal Fleet.
In the current story the sword is belonging to house Harlaw and wielded by Ser Harras Harlaw who is loyal to Euron, so maybe Euron takes that beautiful blade from Ser Harras for himself, or maybe he'll take Red Rain that belongs to house Drumm who are also loyal to him I think
@@ugly_larva Don't forget that people would rather give up vital bodyparts, or their children, than ancestral Valyrian steel swords; if Tywin couldn't *buy* one from any of a dozen lesser houses- with all the wealth he has access to...
Greyjoys, was the ones i was wondering about too when i was watching the dance of the dragons first season. Because you can hear basically all the other houses get mentioned.
considering they haven't even shown Daeron yet, im not wholly convinced they'll include Dalton. his story mostly takes place in the westerlands and idk if they'd bother to show that in HOTD. Would be really nice to have a scene in which Otto tries making overtures to him but gets rejected tho
Can dragons from GOT swim ? This never crossed my mind before. They like to fly close to water and dip their tale in it for sure as we seen. But i would like to see dragon making a full dive to a water without their rider and then see the dragon risen from the sea. That would awesome.
I'd assume they cant, maybe like birds who fish dive in and then out after they caught a fish. I could see dragons do that to snack on some marine mammals.
Are "fingers in the bum" an Ironborn custom for consummating marriages? Or, just Euron's personal kink? "Crow's Eye", more like Pink Eye. They absolutely butchered that character. I guess trashing the entire Dorne plot wasn't enough for them.
