If A Storm or Swords was a transition period for Dany’s dragons (call it their teen years), I would say that A Dance with Dragons is their final transition to adulthood. No longer are they lovable beasts; they are now dangerous creatures, with fully developed personalities – and wills – of their own. This applies […]
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Last time we discussed zombies in A Song of Ice and fire, specifically how some of them can give us insight into the mechanism of the foreshadowed resurrection of Jon Snow. In particular, we discussed my theory on how I think Mirri Maz Duur purposefully killed the horse of Khal Drogo in order to prevent […]
A Simple Connection about Little Dornish Princesses: Getcha popcorn ready, and don your tinfoil hats! You’ll also want to put on some sunscreen, because we are going to Dorne, a place linguistically tied to the phrase “Little Princess!” #asoiaf #lemongate
The first parts of this series: Kingsblood (on YouTube), Kingsblood II (on YouTube) It is written in The World of Ice and Fire, when the God-on-earth exited, not stage left but directly to the stars, that: Dominion over mankind then passed to his eldest son, who was known as the Pearl Emperor and ruled for a thousand years. […]
This episode is in follow up to my prior work, “Kingsblood, Elitism, Magic, and 10,000 years of Sex in Westeros,” where I focused on how widespread I think Kingsblood is in GRRM’s TWoIaF. This episode I’ll focus more on why I think the texts are hinting at the interpretation I presented there. I think the […]
Part 2 in my series on Dany and her 3 dragons, focusing on A Clash of Kings #ACoK. We see that Dany’s bond to Drogon is strongest. #asoiaf #GRRM
Many ideas out there for the perfumed seneschal are good, but Dany doesn’t need to be warned about them; they are suspicious as hell and obvious, so mayhaps GRRM fakes us out with some tinfoil #asoiaf
Update: This essay has been posted as a YouTube Video, as a podcast on Spotify under “The Bard’s Truth,” and as a podcast at anchor.fm/Bards-Truth. It has also been posted on Reddit, Last Hearth, and A Forum of Ice and Fire. Please submit your reactions, share, like, follow, and subscribe at your preferred medium. I […]
The Green Bard 