The Revenge of the Children of the Forest (King Bran Theory Game of Thrones season 8) 

Demons is exaggeration. It’s just forces of nature. Primitive and primordial powers

That's a very black and white view of morality. All is fair in love and war the children of the forest were slaughtered. Is it evil because it's magic and not steel that being used to fight a war?

Or they had been slaughtered and had their homes and lands taken, their sacred trees cut down ...it's all perspective. To the children, the humans are evil, they aren't breaking the rules of nature and mind raping people, BRAN, the human is doing it. They are seeking retribution against the people who refused to cooperate and slaughtered giants and almost wiped out their people. That's genocide. The people enslaving Africans thought that the old gods they worshiped are demons. Almost all the demons listed in the Goetia are just pagan gods called evil because they aren't the god the conquerors worship. Man from their perspective? are the evil ones.

I dont see it this way. The children are the symbol for nature in this story. They only began using their powers aggressively in self defense symbolizing nature defending itself against the terrors of man.

Now you’re missing out entirely on the genius that is GRRM’s writing. What exactly is “evil?” You can’t just dismiss the children as “demons” when their motive is to preserve the world around them. Sure, to a modern human their practices may be disturbing, but that’s just the way it is for the children. For all characters, we get their POV, every action, thought, it has a reason. And a lot of them oppose others, but it’s never as simple as just “good” or “evil.” That’s the brilliance of this entire franchise.

Last time they ended a war they tricked humans into worshiping trees they used to spy on them. This time they tricked them into electing one king.

Michael Talks About Stuff wish they had done this, but imagine if the Raven/Crow is the one really controlling the Others/White Walkers, their puppet leading their weapon. Could’ve been a big “holy crap” twist.

@@johnmichinock752 Yea I can't decide if they are actually fully controlling them but it is certainly possible considering the children made them. I can say they definitely aren't taking the best actions to stop them with minimal damage. At least with how it went in the show...

Michael Talks About Stuff yeah, that’s the issue as you say, we see in season 6 a Walker and wights killing COTF. Aside from that; I would say that the reason NK killed Bloodraven was because the Crow/Raven commanded him to do so, this body was dying anyway and uploaded into a new younger body.

@@johnmichinock752 I like that reason for killing bloodraven, and yea the killing the children in the show is honestly the only thing that makes me think that evil bran wasn't fully implied. But then again there are even more logical flaws if bran was supposed to be a good guy.

It would also tie this into the Wall theories about some children cooperating with the First Men through mutually assured destruction. The children were never of one mind on this - some favoured total war at the risk of annihilation, some sought a truce.

Glad you enjoyed it and subscribed. I think I agree that the pact and the babies in the wells probably does deserve its own video. I will put that on my to do list. Got a few theories I want to do write ups on and see what people think. Pretty busy these days but you can expect occasional videos from me through the fall and then probably more regular in the winter when my life is a little less hectic. About A song of ice and fire as well as lots of other things I hope people will find interesting. Also if there is ever an official announcement for the next book I will no doubt fall back down deep in the asoiaf rabbit hole and that will probably take the channel back over completely for awhile. As far as jon in the show I agree he was also a huge whitewash. I honestly would have to probably sit back down and fully rewatch season 8 at this point to try make sense of if there was anything to any of the prophecies in the show. I think they were mostly ignored. In the books if it goes that way I could see the prophecies also being vague and not lining up one person to a roll in the prophecy. But I think they will impact how the characters act and we will see the internal monologue and know how they are driven by them and I think that will make it more satisfying. Even if the prophecies don't exactly end up being fulfilled. Personally I would say Jon being the prince that was promised and the hero who stops the long night is the way it will play out in the books. But at the same time I have no idea how that would be handled with a dark bran the way I think GRRM is setting up. Should be very interesting. Also the direwolves are for sure being used by bloodraven to influence the starks and drive their actions. Bran doesn't get north or back without his wolf and ghost is likely how Jon will survive the end of the last book. Nymeria will also play a roll I'm sure in GRRMs end game. Shaggydog is probably actually just a shaggydog.

@@michaeltalksaboutstuff If you haven't checked out YezenIRL on YT or read his blog 'Weirwood Leviathan' yet I highly recommend them. Your Others theory here dovetails nicely with his Bran-centric work. AFAIK, Yezen's the only writer who predicted darkBran as king years ago.

@@xajaso sounds interesting, ill have to check it out.

There is no "You go girl" narrative of Daenerys or fire breathing flying dragons on Children's side, that's why. People love to burn others as it looks more chaotic while freezing occurs gradually and steals away the life in an ordered fashion. Bloody simps have just ruined the grey areas of the story and made discussions near impossible

it was all a plan dude

Read the novels 👆

lol I was drunk as fuck when I posted this.. the children of the forest were cute lil things in the show tho lol

👆 Read the novels

If the “gods” are a psychic root system feeding on blood & pain telepathically, I would assume it could interpret sociological and theological factors.

Look at what Bran is willing to do to Hodor, imagine what he’d be willing to do for a “greater good”. Once Hodor’s confirmed then pretty much every death in the show within Bran’s lifetime, falls on Bran. The boy lives in a single changeable timeline; and we can only assume what we’re reading is his plans coming to fruition. You might disagree with the word Evil, but he’s certainly gonna be unattached.

Wolfways me too

they were fighting the giants back then. they re sort of human too, no peace, sorry.

The smiley face at the end is way to cute to accompany a comment wishing for the annihilation of an entire people.

@@thetypingdragon2239 Why? I always smile at the thought of the human race getting wiped out :)

@@ismata3274 Meh, kill the giants too.