I was actually talking about Benjen, not Ned. Ned was actually older. There’s a bunch of flashback stuff showing they were really close, and stuff like that. Plus, I’ve always subscribed to the theory that Benjen went to the Wall because, you know, helping Lyanna run away kind of led to the entire war and got his oldest brother (Brandon), his father (Rickard), and sister (Lyanna) killed as a result and he kinda felt just a little bit shitty about it.
I don’t know.
Maybe.
I don’t think he helped it happen, though.
Not only would he not need to, due to, y’know, Rhaegar being the heir to the throne of the kingdoms, but Lynna herself was no timid girl.
She DID win the Harrenhall tournament, after all… even if she bowed out, and left it for Rhaegar to “win”.
That makes more sense, it explains his service at the wall. I can dig that, he’s curiously absent from Roberts rebellion.
I feel like Ned would have beheaded his ass though jk.
Ned also had a high opinion on Tywin for a while.
Point taken, not the best judge of character but all the evidence we had shows that the prince was all class. Tywin def changed after his wife died and his friendship soured with the mad king.
I could be swayed on the Benjen theory however I’m hesitant to put any stock in the current season.
I’ll see how bran chapters play out in the book before I jump to that conclusion.
Tywin was not a Machiavellian villain before his wife died, though.
Ned’s estimate of his fellow Alpha Males is still batting 100%
Shame about those Beta reads, doe.
Class or not, Rhaegar’s stupidity started a war which killed basically his whole family and destroyed a dynasty which had been in power for hundreds of years. When you’re the prince, you really don’t get the comfort of having full, unrestricted choice with who you get married to.
Rhaegar’s bad choices get 'dat plot armor, doe.
He was doing his best to follow prophesy, at that point in his life.
Ever since he put his harp down, and picked up the sword, actually.
Just opened up the GoT bible. According to the histories as told by maester Yandel BrandonStark was so furious he had to be restrained when the prince placed the Garland on Lyannas head. Ned also was distraught but was a bit calmer according to him.
Benjen reaction is left absent from the re telling. What’s also interesting is he describes the abduction “to well know to be worth repeating here”. That just tells me it’s going to get its own short story at some point… Thank the seven.
Batting 1000. I mean I guess since you included the ‘%’ what you said makes sense but the saying is batting 1000. Batting 100 means getting a hit every 1 of ten times: .100 AVG. Getting a hit every at bat equals a 1.000 AVG.
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Also we were talking about Wun Wun fighting weaponless earlier and look what shows up on reddit yesterday:
Tywin ain’t got shit on Bloodraven. Time traveling, murderous Old God. Bran, Meera, and Jojen were not having visions or dreaming; they were speaking to Bloodraven Freddy Krueger style. Bloodraven’s power level was so high his “little birds” were actually hundreds of little birds he was warged into at once, not a spy network like Varys. I wouldn’t be the least surprised if Brynden drove Aerys mad Hodor style and pretended to be other “deities” talking to people in GoT. When Northerners pray or sacrifice to the Old Gods, they are praying to Bloodraven as the one who dominates the other “live” and barely sentient greenseers buried within or under the weirwood (think WERE = man as in WEREWOLF, cognate to the Latin VIR so weirwood = MANWOOD) trees. He’s basically the Elder God of the Tree Matrix who wasn’t teaching Bran, he was merging his conciousness into Bran so that Bran becomes him when the original him dies even if it’s not the same Bloodraven conciousness kinda like how technically everyone was killed everytime they used the transporters in Star Trek so they are dead forever but nobody around them notices as an exact clone was created.
I suppose so.
I dislike baseball.
I find it dull, and boring; snore inducing, even.
That Wun Wun batting was dope, though… and proved my point from a few back.
“Baseball is dull only to dull minds.”
- Red Barber
Red Barber AKA a fan of baseball.
I do understand not liking it but it is really a good game. The ball is in play the same amount of time as it is in american football, with less time in between plays.
Maybe if you really stretch the math. Or squint your eyes or something.
The amount of time anything meaningful is happening in baseball is pretty minor. A pitch that isn’t swung on, or a half assed throw back to first base for a pick off, isn’t exactly exciting even though by that definition, it would be a play.
Also in football, all 22 players on the field is important for every single time the ball is in play. In baseball, its rarely more than 2-3 guys involved per play. Theres something to say for the rhythm of the game, the build up to the hike, then the ensuing chaos of the play. And then back again to calm, until the next build up. Its why I don’t mind the downtime too much. And then when an offense is in hurry up mode, no huddle offense? You feel the tempo change, and it is exciting.
I do tend to like baseball overall, but not nearly as much as I did as a kid.
Baseball is very much like cricket, shite for TV, great to be there.
I’d rather watch cricket than that NFL crap, to be honest. And I don’t even know anything about cricket, lmao.
Shit
Holy shit
Damn RIP Tyrells
Holy fuck