Depends on what period of Cnaiur’s career we’re talking about, but if we’re talking about early, I feel like Euron would have the edge, because he’s got the manipulative style that’s Cnaiur’s weak spot.
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Do you think that the Peake-Manderly rivalry might have stemmed in part from cultural differences between the Marcher lords and the rest of the Reach?
Maybe, but we don’t see other rivalries of that kind. I think it’s more of each of them wanting to be the power behind the throne.
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Same anon who asked about an independent Dorne after the Rebellion. I’m not sure I fully understand how that would’ve meant disowning their Targaryen kinsfolk. Do you mind explaining?
Saying that Dorne is now independent means that Viserys and Daenerys are no longer the rightful sovereigns of Westeros (and thus Dorne). Hence why, in OTL, Oberyn wanted to raise an army to put Viserys on the Iron Throne, not to separate Dorne from Westeros.
If the Tyrells had joined the rebels during Roberts Rebellion how would the war have been different?
Well, that would be wildly unlikely, as the Tyrells don’t have a motive. But if they did, it transforms the war immensely: the Battle of Ashford and the Siege of Storm’s End don’t happen; instead Robert links up with the Tyrell forces after Summerhall, most likely defeats Connington decisively given his much larger than OTL numbers. With the changed geostrategic picture, I don’t know if the Trident still happens, but almost certainly King’s Landing is put under siege before the Lannisters arrive.
Why do you think the Targaryens failed to preserve anything of the Freehold’s magicalsupernatural practices? From what we know, even early Targaryens had no clue about the “sorcerous horns” & treated dragon bonding as a more trial & error approach like taming any other normal wild animal. And they seem to have had no knowledge of the other magical arts like making of dragon roads, valyrian steel, glass candles or blood magic even in the days of Aegon I.
I think it’s a bit more complicated than that. There definitely were elements of magic that were preserved – dragon dreams, prophecies, hatching eggs – but I think the reason we see less magic over time is that “Magic had died in the west when the Doom fell on Valyria and the Lands of the Long Summer, and neither spell-forged steel nor stormsingers nor dragons could hold it back.”
Maybe the spells stopped working…
Why do you think the Others just haven’t turned every human they can find north of the Wall into wights?
I think what’s happening at Hardhome suggests they are, just at a leisurely pace.
After Robert’s Rebellion, could Dorne have declared itself independent? In other words, could they have said that since they came into the realm by way of marriage to House Targaryen, said house being overthrown meant they no longer recognized the sovereignty of the Iron Throne?
I don’t think that would have happened, because that would have involved Doran and Oberyn essentially disowning their Targaryen kinsfolk.
Have you seen Blackadder ? Your thoughts ?
It’s one of my favorites. I’d recommend watching Series 2-4 first and then doubling back to Series 1 to catch BRIAN BLESSED hamming it up.
The Series 4 episode “Goodbyeee” is a vital work of art in its own right, demonstrating the power of comedy to speak truth to power without losing one’s love of human frailty.
Hey, how do you think the small folk will react to the Golden Company’s invasion? What about Daenerys’s eventual invasion?
If I’m right about the “mummer’s dragon,” Aegon will be greeted as a liberator.
Dany I think will be greeted with awe and trembling.
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