Lady Whent is unaccounted for. Could she reappear and dispute the ownership of Harrenhal or is she just one of the many dead bodies in the Riverlands?

I think she’s probably dead or she would have shown back up at the gathering of the Riverlords after the Battle of the Camps or something like that.

Going to go see Spiderman: Homecoming

Will share thoughts tomorrow.

Could we definitively confirm the theory R + L = J?

At this point, it’s as confirmed as something can be without being on the page.

Does it mean something to you that the mothers of Daenerys (Rhaella), Jon (Lyanna) and Tyrion (Joanna) died during childbirth?

See here.

If House Blackfyre built a kingdom in Essos what do you think would have been the name of their capital?

Probably Tyrosh.

Where do you think Haegon I and Bittersteel landed initially? The Vale, the Stormlands, or the Crownlands? What would be the pros and cons of each? I thought of the Reach too initially but the west coast seems awfully far for them and the GC to risk sailing. What do you think?

I doubt it’s the Vale, the Blackfyres never had much support there.

If they’d landed in the Crownlands, or arguably even in the Stormlands, I think the Third Rebellion would have been much shorter than it was, as was the case in the Fourth Rebellion which began and ended with a single battle.

So I actually like the idea of a landing in the Reach, despite the extra distance, especially if the Blackfyres thought they had naval support from the Greyjoys.

Why was Argilac known as the Arrogant? Also, do you think he was known that way before or after his death?

A young military prodigy who had inherited his family’s temper in full? Of course he was going to be known as the arrogant from an early age.

Since Garth the Seventh is your favourite Pre-Conquest monarch (I’m a Benedict the Just man myself but it would take a truly leaden soul not to admire the greatest Gardener King), may one please ask which Monarch of this period you Love to Hate above all others?

Leaving out the ones that come across as boring or annoying, probably Joron Maidensbane or Qhored the Cruel (leaving aside his evil Time Lord tendencies). They’re great heels.

You’ve often said that Lord Paramounts always keep the richest, most productive lands over their direct control when discussing feudalism. However something that seems weird to me keeping with this line of thought is why the Crown only kept direct control over the Crownlands, arguably one of the less productive regions in Westeros. Why didnt the Targaryens or the Baratheons carved for themselves a better fief?

Discussed here.

I know you believe that Victarion will bite the dust quite soon, suggesting maybe even some kind of trick with dragonbinder and him getting roasted. However, I am not so sure about this, he has a brand new Chekhov’s lava arm that has to do something before Victarion dies. So, what do you really think is up with this arms? Do you think it there’s enough time before the Battle of Fire for this “pirate gun” to be meaningful?

kuvirametalbender:

racefortheironthrone:

I think the lava arm will be quite useful in the battle, but the rest of his body can still burn.

ok but now i cant stop imagining a lava arm walking on it’s fingers strangling people left in right during the battle of fire as in The Thing from The Adams family. *snap snap*

You read my mind!