poorquentyn:

racefortheironthrone:

I – and I think @poorquentyn? – think that it’ll be done in a parallel to Catelyn calling on the sworn swords of the Riverlands to aid her at the Inn at the Crossroads, with Sansa showing a level of understanding of both the heraldry of the Vale and of Winterfell and Sansa’s life that Alayne wouldn’t have. 

Yes, I think Littlefinger will be there, because I think she’ll use that opportunity to denounce Littlefinger. 

Agreed wholeheartedly, though credit belongs to @liesandarbor.

Apologies to @liesandarbor for the misremembering; it’s a great theory and you deserve all the credit for it.

The Stormlands had already been given to Renly. 

I’ve read some convincing arguments. 

Kevan had more distance and less of Tywin’s existential fear of the Lannisters becoming figures of mockery and disrepute. 

That is a tough one to answer, especially because of the way that nostalgia and recency effect bias are going to push and pull on this one. 

The worst is a bit easier: I would go with something like the Black Cauldron or the Aristocats, one of the less inspired efforts from the pre-Renaissance era of roto-scoping and copying (not that you couldn’t have good results from roto-scoping: the original 101 Dalmations and Swords in the Stone are classics for a reason). 

The best is harder, because while I can’t deny the impact of the major Renaissance films (especially Lion King, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast), I have a major soft spot for the Great Mouse Detective and Lio & Stitch. 

Well, yes, that was the strategy of the New Way Kings of the Iron Islands. And one of the things that can come with marriages is land given as dower or dowry.

But in general, I would emphasize seaborn commerce rather than agriculture as a means of economic development.  

Well, assassination wasn’t particularly common, but when assassinations did occur, bribing a servant isn’t a bad way to do it, because they already have access to the building and don’t raise suspicion by guards, etc. 

I’m pretty sure that the Battle of the Mummer’s Ford happens before Jaime arrives at the Lannister camp. 

I think that’s a bit too far. Ramsay is a perfectly human monster. 

I – and I think @poorquentyn? – think that it’ll be done in a parallel to Catelyn calling on the sworn swords of the Riverlands to aid her at the Inn at the Crossroads, with Sansa showing a level of understanding of both the heraldry of the Vale and of Winterfell and Sansa’s life that Alayne wouldn’t have. 

Yes, I think Littlefinger will be there, because I think she’ll use that opportunity to denounce Littlefinger.