I honestly think I'm going to have to start rereading this series every year, because there are just so many details I miss a lot. I read them last year before Dance With Dragons came out, and that was the first I'd read them since about 2005.
I can understand the prophecy thing being hard to do well, so I don't mind too much. And I did enjoy the scenes in the show, especially at the end with locking Xaro in the vault. But it definitely made me go get my book so I could look at what the scene there was like.
Agreed that Dany and Jon Snow are important for the endgame. Even more so if the fan theory that Jon is Lyanna's and Rhaegar's son, and not Eddard's bastard, proves true, as that would make him him half Targaryen, and as they keep repeating, "the dragon has three heads." Three dragons, three riders, and with Jon and the introduction of Aegon(?) in DWD we now have three Targaryens.
Jon has definitely developed his leadership skills at the Wall and I was really disappointed (but not surprised) he got so much resistance when he tried to point out to the Watch that, you know, the Others/White Walkers are coming and why shouldn't they team up with the wildlings to fend them off and save the kingdom? But then you have Melisandre up there too and all kinds of strange things that could possibly happen. I'm less certain about Dany as a leader... I think she has the potential, but she's definitely more of a conqueror and she ends up having more good intentions than actual reform. She's obviously fiercely loyal and protective of her people, but I don't know how well she actually handles the realities of ruling. And of course we don't know much about the other guy at all.
Yes, Rickon disappears with Osha and Shaggydog at the end of Clash, and we have yet to see him again. I heard that there are some hints in Dance with Dragons that he is on some island in the North or that Davos is sent to find him... I really don't know. I skimmed much of that book and need to reread it because I obviously missed a lot. Not sure if they'll introduce Jojen and his sister next seasons. They might not need to; their importance was mostly that they remembered the stories of the Children of the Forest, which is who Bran ends up going to find. If they have Osha along she can serve the same purpose.
I agree, they probably do have to have Shae betray Tyrion, but it's definitely going to break my heart to see it. Tyrion has far and away become my favorite character, and I already feel really bad for him at the end of this season.
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Date: 2012-06-17 11:32 pm (UTC)I can understand the prophecy thing being hard to do well, so I don't mind too much. And I did enjoy the scenes in the show, especially at the end with locking Xaro in the vault. But it definitely made me go get my book so I could look at what the scene there was like.
Agreed that Dany and Jon Snow are important for the endgame. Even more so if the fan theory that Jon is Lyanna's and Rhaegar's son, and not Eddard's bastard, proves true, as that would make him him half Targaryen, and as they keep repeating, "the dragon has three heads." Three dragons, three riders, and with Jon and the introduction of Aegon(?) in DWD we now have three Targaryens.
Jon has definitely developed his leadership skills at the Wall and I was really disappointed (but not surprised) he got so much resistance when he tried to point out to the Watch that, you know, the Others/White Walkers are coming and why shouldn't they team up with the wildlings to fend them off and save the kingdom? But then you have Melisandre up there too and all kinds of strange things that could possibly happen. I'm less certain about Dany as a leader... I think she has the potential, but she's definitely more of a conqueror and she ends up having more good intentions than actual reform. She's obviously fiercely loyal and protective of her people, but I don't know how well she actually handles the realities of ruling. And of course we don't know much about the other guy at all.
Yes, Rickon disappears with Osha and Shaggydog at the end of Clash, and we have yet to see him again. I heard that there are some hints in Dance with Dragons that he is on some island in the North or that Davos is sent to find him... I really don't know. I skimmed much of that book and need to reread it because I obviously missed a lot. Not sure if they'll introduce Jojen and his sister next seasons. They might not need to; their importance was mostly that they remembered the stories of the Children of the Forest, which is who Bran ends up going to find. If they have Osha along she can serve the same purpose.
I agree, they probably do have to have Shae betray Tyrion, but it's definitely going to break my heart to see it. Tyrion has far and away become my favorite character, and I already feel really bad for him at the end of this season.