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stewardship generally isn’t hereditary in asoiaf and many stewards seem to be glorified servants (or viewed that way). so why did the gardeners “reward” the tyrells (for what seems to be awesome service) by making their family the stewards permanently? would an ambitious and clever family like theirs have had better prospects in the long run if they hadn’t been made stewards or was that the best they could’ve hoped for?

This strikes me as a bit of fanon. Stewards have last names, it’s considered an honorable enough title to have Lord Stewards of the Watch and High Stewards of the Vale, etc. Stewards are very close to lords and kings – Eddard says to give his letter to Stannis only and “not his steward, nor the captain of his guard, nor his lady wife,” which shows you how close. 

Remember, in a feudal society, proximity to the king is power. So in our world, noblemen competed to get the position of being the Groom of the Stool despite the fact that most people today would consider that extremely degrading labor. 

Did you see anywhere how Ser Duncan the Tall and Brienne of Tarth are related? Totally on-board with that, but just how since more interesting than the if. For Hodor’s line, it was a bastard born to old Nan and Duncan, right? But how’s Lord Selwyn (safe bet it’s through her father) descended from Duncan in a way that’s secret since if Brienne knew her direct-line ancestor was one of THE most famed knights in history, she mentioned in somebody or even in her thoughts in her POV chapters, no?

Yes I saw that, altho that revelation depends on how we parse the question and GRRM’s response, so I wouldn’t necessarily bet the farm on that yet.

In terms of the Tarths of Evenfall Hall, if it is a secret, it’s got to be a semi-open secret because they have his shield hanging in their armory. 

FULL Analysis of New Winds of Winter Excerpt: “The Forsaken” (Aeron I)

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FULL Analysis of New Winds of Winter Excerpt: “The Forsaken” (Aeron I)

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THIS IS NOT A DRILL, REPEAT, NOT A DRILL.
At Balticon 2016 the other night, GRRM read out a brand-new Aeron Damphair chapter from TWOW. Many many thoughts on the chapter below the cut:
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What about Quaithe for the tall woman? She’s a shadowbinder, a prophetess with likely access to glass candles, a source of influence on Dany whose motives are never clear. It doesn’t seem outside of her scope to have a mystical meeting with Euron while he is en route to ‘his’ dragon queen, and thereby shift her allegiances – supposing they ever belonged to Dany in the first place. 

Yeah, didn’t think of that. Maybe? We don’t really know where she is or where she’s going. 

Speaking of Tommen and The High Sparrow, who do you think made Tommen side with The Sparrows? HS? Margaery? Both? If Margaery, what could she achieve with that?

Both, but mostly Margaery. In terms of what she can achieve – it gets her out of prison, it improves the monarchy’s popularity with the smallfolk in the short-term (which if you’re going to face-off against the High Sparrow in the future, you’re going to need to do), and it blunts if not completely neutralizes’ the HS’ more radical ambitions, because now he’s bought into the system. 

It’s a defensive desperation play – it doesn’t get Loras back or the Faith Militant disarmed – but it’s probably the best she’s got at the moment.