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Post by Melifeather on May 10, 2016 4:51:19 GMT
Symbolically a feather should represent a wind god. Robert is a storm lord, so was that like his calling card? The Inside the Episode gave some explanation about how that was Bob's thing, he would go all over to all these exotic places that have these exotic birds, and bring back a feather for Lyanna as a symbol of his love. So, ShowFic....nothing more. That's just dumb.
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Post by min on May 10, 2016 6:39:31 GMT
I mean, Bran was already there in Ned's past, but Bran didn't know it because he had yet to experience that moment until his present self did so. Yeah, I know what meant. It's the time paradox thing, Bran had to call out, because Ned already heard him. So Bran's fulfilling his role by do what he did. In other words, it wouldn't matter how many times he goes back, that moment of Ned pausing and turning is already there, the only factor that was missing was Bran experiencing it. Bloodraven seems to confirm that when he tells Bran that the past is already written.
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Post by min on May 10, 2016 6:58:51 GMT
The Inside the Episode gave some explanation about how that was Bob's thing, he would go all over to all these exotic places that have these exotic birds, and bring back a feather for Lyanna as a symbol of his love. So, ShowFic....nothing more. That's just dumb. LOL! cornball show stuff... although feathers as a connection to the spiritual realm and new beginnings? angel feathers
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Post by Weasel Pie on May 10, 2016 11:27:54 GMT
Eddie Eyre playing Gerold Hightower ...who is creeping more into the show's consciousness, since he was also mentioned at the small council
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Post by Weasel Pie on May 10, 2016 11:34:23 GMT
Any ideas for the feather Robert Baratheon places in statue Lyanna's hand? It's significantly not a blue rose, and that's about it. At the time, I figured D&D didn't want to connect blue roses with Lyanna, or didn't want to introduce such a significant prop into the show. So then they gave the blue rose to Dany.
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Post by Melifeather on May 10, 2016 13:28:03 GMT
Anybody else think that the show is deliberately changing a few details so as to not spoil the next book?
I am thinking (hoping) that they are feinting some of the popular theories, but leaving enough ambiguity so as to leave room for a different outcome.
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Post by freyfamilyreunion on May 10, 2016 14:17:40 GMT
I just watched the show, and noticed something a bit disturbing. Correct me if I'm wrong, but after the fight at toj is over, doesn't it look like Howland Reed starts to loot the bodies? Damn, first the stab in the back and now this? Maybe the Freys were right about the crannogmen after all.
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Post by Melifeather on May 10, 2016 14:22:56 GMT
Maybe the Freys were right about the crannogmen after all. The Greyjoys don't like them much either. Victarion calls them bog devils, and reports that they poison their spear and arrow tips like the Dornish.
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on May 10, 2016 14:45:27 GMT
I just watched the show, and noticed something a bit disturbing. Correct me if I'm wrong, but after the fight at toj is over, doesn't it look like Howland Reed starts to loot the bodies? Damn, first the stab in the back and now this? Maybe the Freys were right about the crannogmen after all. Funny you should say this. When I initially watched the ep, not only did it show HR pilfering the body, but I could have SWORN that after Ned dealt the killing blow but before he heard the scream, there was an exchange where HR said "you go, I'll take care of this" or something to that effect. However, this one second interaction isn't in the youtube vids. I'm going to see if I can recover the ep from my DVR deleted folder to check if I'm losing my mind. Either way, I think you're right - Howland was pilfering. Wonder if he took something specific?
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Post by Ser Duncan on May 10, 2016 15:04:00 GMT
King Robert Baratheon laid this exotic, tropical bird feather in her hand. Oh please, it's the feather off a guineafowl and they're all over the world, both wild and domesticated! Yes they were originally African birds, so I suppose that's exotic, but tropical? Truly, they need to stop talking sometimes. Robert's feather and guineafowl feathers.
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on May 10, 2016 15:14:23 GMT
Oh please, it's the feather off a guineafowl and they're all over the world I know, right? You'd think it would be some gloriously colored parrot feather or something at least, but no....
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Post by freyfamilyreunion on May 10, 2016 15:34:45 GMT
There's actually a greek myth about the guideafowl. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeleagridsPerhaps a reference. Of course this could be giving the show writers too much credit.
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Post by freyfamilyreunion on May 10, 2016 15:35:50 GMT
Anybody else think that the show is deliberately changing a few details so as to not spoil the next book? I am thinking (hoping) that they are feinting some of the popular theories, but leaving enough ambiguity so as to leave room for a different outcome.
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Post by Ser Duncan on May 10, 2016 15:43:54 GMT
Perhaps a reference. Of course this could be giving the show writers too much credit. From the link above... Hence the names of some species of guineafowl refer to the Meleagrids: Numida meleagris and Agelastes meleagrides. Also the family name for turkeys is Meleagrididae.Fitting.
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Post by min on May 10, 2016 16:17:05 GMT
Is it Gerold Hightower who is missing? I came across this bit in an another essay I reading this morning: I have argued elsewhere that Qhorin is Gerold Hightower, wounded in the hand by the Kingswood Brotherhood in 281, just before Robert’s Rebellion, a wound that eventually cost him fingers. Is Gerold a man of the Night's Watch about this time? A Song of Ice and Tootles
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