Bloodraven: what’s the three-eyed raven’s secret plan?

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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024

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  • @lollyholly3005
    @lollyholly3005 4 года назад +4292

    I love how stern and serious these episodes are and then you get random gems like “he stepped out for a ciggy and never came back” 😂😂

    • @Ismail-kv3ex
      @Ismail-kv3ex 3 года назад +169

      His voice makes it all the more better

    • @osmiumplanet8681
      @osmiumplanet8681 2 года назад +246

      Or “His children were out of the question, as they were dead or dumb or female”

    • @alang.2054
      @alang.2054 2 года назад +9

      this video is about books, hbo Andies

    • @bathorimikihorsemanship
      @bathorimikihorsemanship 2 года назад +114

      "And that bear Tormund f*cked"

    • @TheFlowerQueen
      @TheFlowerQueen 2 года назад +105

      "He pinky promised he wouldn't kill him, and then he totally kills him"

  • @decoderma
    @decoderma 6 лет назад +1619

    Alt mentions that Bloodraven might've warged the boar that killed King Robert. If you'll recall, Robert killed it with a knife through the eye, and called it a bastard. Making it a one-eyed bastard like Bloodraven. He even jokes that a god sent the boar.
    "Drove a knife right through his eye"
    "I killed the bastard, didn't I?"
    "the gods sent the boar... sent to punish me,."
    Also in a Clash of Kings Stannis says, "If someone said I had magicked myself into a boar to kill Robert, likely they would believe that as well."
    -

    • @alastairbond7104
      @alastairbond7104 6 лет назад +106

      decoderma that is a really good point, never made that connection before

    • @pintavodki
      @pintavodki 6 лет назад +52

      WOW

    • @EvanSol919
      @EvanSol919 6 лет назад +23

      James Gravil The three Frey pies.

    • @EvanSol919
      @EvanSol919 6 лет назад +5

      James Gravil It was a joke.

    • @post-leftluddite
      @post-leftluddite 6 лет назад +3

      A Warg is a specific type of skinchanger that controls a wolf, and ONLY skinchanging into a wolf is called warging

  • @kelpme2757
    @kelpme2757 5 лет назад +3865

    Euron in the books: A mad God-wannabe
    Euron in the series: A fuqboi

    • @el6237
      @el6237 5 лет назад +24

      No Shit Sherlock
      I love The Hounds comment:
      “God is a Cunt!
      All Gods are Cunts!”
      👍🏻🦉

    • @alphagamer9505
      @alphagamer9505 5 лет назад +18

      @@el6237 cersei - thats why there gods

    • @XiyuYang
      @XiyuYang 5 лет назад +119

      Euron in the book is seriously terrifying, an insane sadist through and through who can also use magic.

    • @markbernardvidad459
      @markbernardvidad459 5 лет назад +114

      Xiyu Yang
      A pedohile, wizard, priest-killer, kinslayer, kingslayer, childkiller, raper, reaver, and insane sadist --- Euron is seriously fucked up in the book. Not mentioning sailed into the ruins of Valyria and lived to tell the tale.

    • @muss2055
      @muss2055 5 лет назад +94

      @@markbernardvidad459 the show euron: "finger in the bum" great job d&d

  • @FelixTheNomad
    @FelixTheNomad 5 лет назад +3904

    This is way more interesting and more well thought out than what actually happens in the show.

    • @tathan201120
      @tathan201120 5 лет назад +90

      Even the bad lame theories are better. 🙄

    • @BCSBB
      @BCSBB 5 лет назад +92

      That’s why I’m constantly watching all of Alt X videos. Because his theories and explanation are much better than what D&D did to the show

    • @ecMonify
      @ecMonify 5 лет назад +50

      i totally agree, but imagine if EVERYTHING in the books happened in the show, it would have to be ten times longer! not that i would complain, of course :D

    • @zkgkilla1
      @zkgkilla1 5 лет назад +19

      @@ecMonify and cost a lot of money but also more profit.... I think its more to do with actor maintenance like their contracts and that... Maybe they will do spin offs later

    • @jazzbeaunola
      @jazzbeaunola 5 лет назад +40

      Just a reminder that The Show is not The Books.

  • @EL-Barazi
    @EL-Barazi 5 лет назад +3265

    bloodraven lost 50 years of his life saying "ah shit, here we go again" for each boy who falls hahahahahahah

    • @fletchergillespie3242
      @fletchergillespie3242 5 лет назад +225

      Another crippled child: falls towards the spikes
      Blood raven: aw shit, here we go again.

    • @lost7149
      @lost7149 4 года назад +131

      Bloodraven: Its surprising how common of an occurance this is

    • @nicknumber1512
      @nicknumber1512 4 года назад +6

      It goes something like this:
      ruclips.net/video/Btdp-sC8MJI/видео.html

    • @deadchild3927
      @deadchild3927 3 года назад +66

      I don't think he only did it to people who lost their legs, it looks like he does it to any greenseer he can find, it's very likely he tried to do it to euron but failed and saw how that turned out so went for Bran because chances are you can't take over the world and make yourself a god if you can't walk

    • @MonteCreations
      @MonteCreations 3 года назад +82

      Bloodraven: "No, no, you're supposed to fly with your mind; Stop flapping your arms!"

  • @09-caokhanhduy89
    @09-caokhanhduy89 5 лет назад +6181

    When a fan theory is actually better than the actual plot.

    • @IcoKirov
      @IcoKirov 5 лет назад +477

      well this is mostly from the books, the show cuts like 70-80% of it. so even if we remove the fan theory from this video and leave only the facts from the books, it's still way better what what it ended to be in the show.
      what we expected from him at the start was some real magical shit, something that can manipulate the world probably. seeing everything and maybe whispering and guiding the people to victory.
      instead we received the world's archives. i mean we technically have this in the library in Oldtown.. and a glorified spy.

    • @chrisbarker2086
      @chrisbarker2086 5 лет назад +158

      The plot of the show**
      I hope to god GRRM's last book is better than the shite we had to sit through

    • @filipferencak2717
      @filipferencak2717 5 лет назад +38

      GRR Martin may not have written WoW or DoS yet, but he's had 8 years to think about what he wants to put in there. I'm pretty sure it going to be amazing if he ever actually bothers to finish it.

    • @upstream5316
      @upstream5316 4 года назад +4

      Happens quite a lot.

    • @thegreatskinkpriest8104
      @thegreatskinkpriest8104 4 года назад +18

      Duy Khanh I’m not one to praise theorists, but Alt Shift X and bridge4’s videos are legitimately amazing in terms of quality and the coherency of their theories. It’s like what game theory used to be.

  • @sgernz1986
    @sgernz1986 5 лет назад +1747

    Now that Bloodraven is king of the 6 kingdoms, can we all agree that (at least in the TV show) he is the real Villain having manipulated everything to make himself King.

    • @kristythomas2919
      @kristythomas2919 5 лет назад +103

      That has been along the lines of what I was thinking. I didn't know as much about Bloodraven, but just about the 3ER/3EC being an extension of the Children of the Forest - so I had thought they were manipulating events through Bran. But now that I know all of this back story, it's even more compelling that Bloodraven is manipulating. But for good or for ill? I guess in GOT it's never cut and dry. Fascinating. Just makes me want to read all of the book all the more.

    • @AriaIsara
      @AriaIsara 5 лет назад +150

      But the problem is that the writers are selling this storyline to us as _positive_ and I've seen quite a number of viewers who buy it and who say he'll be a great king lol.

    • @kristythomas2919
      @kristythomas2919 5 лет назад +1

      @@gavomorg762 thank you!

    • @patrickoliver9133
      @patrickoliver9133 5 лет назад +13

      @@kristythomas2919 the fact that he can literally see anything past/present/some future is an indicator

    • @alphagamer9505
      @alphagamer9505 5 лет назад +3

      but the guy died,he wasnt king

  • @NeonLeonNoel
    @NeonLeonNoel 5 лет назад +395

    This just makes me really appreciate how much time George RR Martin spent creating this intertwined history of the world. Everything's so detailed, that it doesn't feel like he just made a timeline with an ancient past, but created stories within each generation tied them together.

  • @RafaelLSmith
    @RafaelLSmith 5 лет назад +3393

    The makers of season 8 should be sent to the wall for treason 😠

    • @xrik7865
      @xrik7865 5 лет назад +72

      nah send em to Valyria

    • @cholt9876
      @cholt9876 5 лет назад +65

      Rik Jones BURN THEM ALL!!!

    • @dahkteromar749
      @dahkteromar749 5 лет назад +78

      -only the writers
      They shall take no wives, father no children.

    • @davidtuttle7556
      @davidtuttle7556 5 лет назад +22

      @@dahkteromar749 Nah. They should be led to the Lands of Always Winter, stripped naked and tied to rocks and left for the animals.

    • @LurkerAnonymous
      @LurkerAnonymous 5 лет назад +102

      ​@@dahkteromar749 They shall write no scripts, receive no paychecks.

  • @donnie8032
    @donnie8032 5 лет назад +2303

    You could probably account for Brandon's crippleness to the Bloodraven as well. He was chasing a bird when he went by that window.. and seeing how Euron turned, Bloodraven must have thought it safer to have the boy be crippled before the dream, so he doesn't get adventurous.

    • @Emajenus
      @Emajenus 4 года назад +269

      That's a great theory.
      Actually, the age of the three-eyed raven is completely irrelevant if he's capable of time travel and influencing events from the past. He could've been stuck in that tree for 1 year or a 100 years, doesn't change a thing.
      He's truly horrifying. The show got everything so wrong.
      I wonder if GRRM regrets doing the show. It kinda destroyed his legacy and created a huge negative perception of ASOIF.

    • @notmocka
      @notmocka 4 года назад +313

      @@Emajenus weirdly i think the opposite, in my country the outright rage against the series finale made the books sellout in every major book selling chain, because the people (like me) who didn't want to read the books were ahem, big mad about how it ended
      It was such a huge NO HOW DOES IT ACTUALLY END WTF that he became immensely popular, highlighting how bad the series was in the meantime

    • @kikima258
      @kikima258 4 года назад +9

      @@Emajenus and don't forget that possible jojen paste 🤢🤢 just sick

    • @tanmaykumar4561
      @tanmaykumar4561 4 года назад +11

      @@kikima258 meh, i wouldn't be surprised if that isn't true and there are other ways to absorb blood power.
      But it actually seems like it is true, and could be forcing Bran to see the dark side like Sansa and Arya. And it would be interesting to see how the stark children escape the dark as all of the (major ones) are currently less powerful than the people around them. Also all of them kinda signed up for this willingly.

    • @9595itachi
      @9595itachi 3 года назад

      LMAO

  • @TheElderNexus
    @TheElderNexus 5 лет назад +3529

    turns out his secret plan was to become King of the Six Kingdoms.

    • @dusansedlan4398
      @dusansedlan4398 5 лет назад +12

      Lmai

    • @antoniomarino9444
      @antoniomarino9444 5 лет назад +309

      "bran will be important in the war against the white walkers"

    • @RagingRevine
      @RagingRevine 5 лет назад +368

      @@antoniomarino9444 Yeah, he was real important alright. Did absolutely fuck all, said nothing and hid next to a tree protected by the almighty Theon Grayjoy. WOOOOOO

    • @pappoochacha
      @pappoochacha 5 лет назад +163

      @@RagingRevine hahah.. exactly.. the series was sooooo rushed they didnt have the time to even think to justify the scenes they were shooting

    • @samarthrana8861
      @samarthrana8861 5 лет назад +20

      A 3 eyed raven being the king of Westeros seems fine to me...i think reign under 3 eyed raven will be most peaceful one

  • @svagglaorde4387
    @svagglaorde4387 5 лет назад +1378

    "Brynden sent these Direwolf pups to keep an eye on the Starks
    Me: Ok...
    "He might have sent the boar that killed King Robert."
    Me: Ok...
    "and that bear Tormund F*cked"
    Me: Yes....wait WHAT?!

  • @ProducShuns
    @ProducShuns 5 лет назад +8549

    I swear if George RR Martin lived 2000 years ago he would have created a religion.

    • @Alexandra.AI.
      @Alexandra.AI. 5 лет назад +978

      That's.... a valid, and scary thought.
      Tells you too much about religions.

    • @ALEXANDERATTACK
      @ALEXANDERATTACK 5 лет назад +81

      Why? He wouldn't have created a TV show 2000 years ago and as far as we know he's no conjurer of tricks.

    • @sweetfry
      @sweetfry 5 лет назад +141

      he's already created a few :p

    • @cheeks8112
      @cheeks8112 5 лет назад +62

      I’ve already buried a time capsule in my yard with the box set of season 1-7 for future generations to know what happened......wait...I’m not digging another hole.

    • @cheeks8112
      @cheeks8112 5 лет назад +14

      @alexander brown and @james danby you two should hang out man

  • @AltShiftX
    @AltShiftX  6 лет назад +822

    One of the other cool things about Dunk and Egg is you get to see Jaime's great-grandma hook up with Brienne's great-grandpa. It's better than it sounds.
    Free audiobook here! www.audible.com/asx

    • @sannyoliveira3071
      @sannyoliveira3071 6 лет назад +8

      Alt Shift X I had never think about that!

    • @Zardichard
      @Zardichard 6 лет назад +22

      Alt Shift X Do they, though? That remains the question still. I say we need an Alt Shift X video on that :D

    • @mancity5179
      @mancity5179 6 лет назад +3

      Then it's all set up😂😂😉😉

    • @deuceyd8468
      @deuceyd8468 6 лет назад +35

      The level of detail you put into these videos, Jesus If I look away for a second I've missed a thousand things. You are truly talented and I love the amount of work you put into these, please keep it up until the end!

    • @hammadahmed8690
      @hammadahmed8690 6 лет назад +14

      So will Jaime be cleansed of his obsession for Cersei (which seems really likely with the events unfolding right now) to find happiness with Brienne, who has very similar values regarding honour and dignity to Jaime.

  • @KingDaveth
    @KingDaveth 4 года назад +282

    "Now Bloodraven, don't go killing that guy."
    "Dude...I won't...**Lifts bow**"

    • @nathanhughes3763
      @nathanhughes3763 4 года назад +4

      This is way more interesting and more well thought out than what actually happens in the show.

  • @alexmc7798
    @alexmc7798 4 года назад +602

    So basically, everytime a Targaryen and a Stark bang and make a kid, you’re gonna get some serious shit to follow ...

    • @jamessloven2204
      @jamessloven2204 3 года назад +117

      Hate to be that guy... but Bloodraven's mother was a Blackwood, not a Stark. So a Targaryen and a Northern.

    • @PrinceIsot
      @PrinceIsot 3 года назад +11

      @@jamessloven2204 was she not half stark? Am I misremembering?

    • @PedroLucas-mg5je
      @PedroLucas-mg5je 2 года назад +23

      @@PrinceIsot Blackwoods and Starks have blood of the First Men!

    • @samudragupta4395
      @samudragupta4395 2 года назад +17

      @@PedroLucas-mg5je That doesn't matter. Blackwoods are a riverland house pledged to Riverrun. Not every smart guy has to be a Stark. So don't try

    • @tariizm1500
      @tariizm1500 Год назад

      @@samudragupta4395 how doesnt matter still they have magic as other norther first men descendants

  • @joshevans080397
    @joshevans080397 5 лет назад +393

    "Went off for a ciggy and never came back." That cracked me up 🤣

    • @logicplague
      @logicplague 3 года назад +6

      Tell him to say hi to my dad, lol.

  • @LINUXLINUXLINUXLINUXLINUXLINUX
    @LINUXLINUXLINUXLINUXLINUXLINUX Год назад +87

    *"All crows are liars"* - Old Nan to Bran after he had the flying dream.

    • @redrenegade13
      @redrenegade13 4 месяца назад +8

      Old Nan is a wildling confirmed.
      She's been playing a loooooooong con on the Starks.

    • @nicolasnamed
      @nicolasnamed Месяц назад

      ​@@redrenegade13 Never thought about Old Nan being a willing but honestly it would explain a lot

  • @chico1786
    @chico1786 6 лет назад +427

    Hope Davos survives the series. Love the actor and the character. One of the few "good" characters in the show.
    Normally I am really into "grey" characters, who aren't really good or bad, but in a show full of those, one person with an intact moral compass is surprisingly a breath of fresh air.
    Didn't think I'd ever say that.

    • @AriaIsara
      @AriaIsara 5 лет назад +29

      My favourite characters are grey characters like The Hound, Jaime, Melisandre, fierce characters like Arya or characters who evolve a lot like Sansa, and then there's Davos lol. A few days ago I was thinking: I don't think anyone dislike Davos. He's such a likeable guy, and even though he's normally not my type of character he's still among my favourites!

    • @jonshadewalker1105
      @jonshadewalker1105 5 лет назад

      xxaleenazxx
      No, Black and White ones are boring and predictable.
      Go back to school.

    • @azzypoo
      @azzypoo 5 лет назад +21

      Jon Shadewalker Black and White can be interesting, just as grey characters. Depends on how they’re written.

    • @jonshadewalker1105
      @jonshadewalker1105 5 лет назад +6

      Joshua Fleming
      Yes, they can be interesting, of course.
      But my point is, the “boring” or predictable ones are the Black/White ones.
      If someone is “Black” you know he’s completely bad and you can predict he/she will be doing bad things.
      A Grey one is not predictable, he/she can surprise you doing bad/good things when you dont expect it.

    • @dangeld5972
      @dangeld5972 5 лет назад +3

      @@jonshadewalker1105 you don't seem to understand. Grey characters have no clear morale hense either way they end up going wouldn't really be a surprise. Unlike a black or white character doing something slightly different from their charted characteristics

  • @LittleFingerVideoEditor
    @LittleFingerVideoEditor 6 лет назад +2175

    I would love to see Mads Mikkelsen as Bloodravel in a series of prequels

    • @LucasVieira325
      @LucasVieira325 6 лет назад +94

      perfect casting

    • @tylerbaldwin3269
      @tylerbaldwin3269 6 лет назад +40

      That would be amazing.

    • @Rastley85
      @Rastley85 6 лет назад +100

      I just want Mads to play SOME character

    • @TheBurgerkrieg
      @TheBurgerkrieg 6 лет назад +76

      He certainly has experience playing characters with a fucked up left eye.

    • @cuzIambatman
      @cuzIambatman 6 лет назад +4

      Did you love the Altshift X vides since You were a boy Petyr?

  • @jonnybaynham1689
    @jonnybaynham1689 5 лет назад +707

    'Sit in chair underneath the Weirwood tree, wait for Night King to slowly mince his way toward me, then get ninja sister to give him such a stabbing'
    Easy secret plan really.

    • @rukaks
      @rukaks 5 лет назад +5

      😂😆🤣 Perfect!

    • @malcolmcarey6519
      @malcolmcarey6519 5 лет назад +22

      I feel like they could have just done this in Bloodraven’s cave but sub in Meera for Arya and save us all the trouble

    • @thefirst3762
      @thefirst3762 5 лет назад +1

      Jonny Baynham , what a joke it was the season 8....Your comment made my evening 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @PrinceIsot
      @PrinceIsot 3 года назад

      I don't think NK will actually be killed that way

  • @awesomeisthename22
    @awesomeisthename22 6 лет назад +186

    You're definitely my favorite GoT theorist by far. Even though you don't have the budget to have 40+ min edited video to put out each week like the bigger channels I love the way you explain the theories and bring the books and show together. Thanks man

    • @alastairbond7104
      @alastairbond7104 6 лет назад +4

      awesomeisthename22 Would recommended Preston Jacobs not that I don’t enjoy asx

    • @atro-city
      @atro-city 6 лет назад +4

      @@alastairbond7104 I think Preston has contributed more to the community than anyone, and he's the only theorist I know who actually has a pretty good thematic grasp of not just asoiaf, but the entirety of grrm's work. Plus, Preston actually comes up with his theories, as opposed to asx, who takes material from westeros.org and the asoiaf subreddit; I'm not complaining, asx never claims that he came up with the theories he presents.

  • @kevinheintz4046
    @kevinheintz4046 5 лет назад +2120

    How in the HELL did you put all this together? Amazing.

    • @garlandremingtoniii1338
      @garlandremingtoniii1338 5 лет назад +23

      Kevin Heintz He is absolutely FUCKING AMAZING!!! Is he not?????

    • @ninjawizard7021
      @ninjawizard7021 5 лет назад +1

      yeah pretty amazing, pretty amazing how a guy, doing NOTHING else but talk about a show, make this amount of cash, pretty fair right? hes amazing right? such a guy... i wish i could be like him... a blood sucker brainless individual

    • @midwestkings420
      @midwestkings420 5 лет назад +95

      Lmao wtf why are you even here? Your envy is toxic @@ninjawizard7021

    • @MiniMotoAlliance
      @MiniMotoAlliance 5 лет назад +39

      Never knowing the warmth of a woman means having tons of free time.

    • @gbowser4984
      @gbowser4984 5 лет назад +4

      @@ninjawizard7021 you can, just start making in depth, well made tv / book theories. It's that easy!

  • @psicomonista
    @psicomonista 2 года назад +130

    Anyone noticed that Bloodraven's time as Lord Commander lasted 13 years? 239-252. He mimicked the night's king archetype as well. He killed a brother he possibly loved (one brother he did love) and probably the Night's King did as well at some point.

    • @bestdadakasongoku4157
      @bestdadakasongoku4157 2 года назад +23

      I believe the story with the Night’s King revolves around his brother killing him actually, it’s a story Old Nan tells Bran about how the Night’s King could have been a Stark and was killed by his brother the Stark King she implies that the Night’s King’s name could have even been Bran. The records of the Night’s King were destroyed so that adds credence to the story.

    • @jerishnayas2109
      @jerishnayas2109 Год назад +1

      it happened the other way around bro...!! though 13 years is the same number of years both of them ruled as king/lord commander...!!

  • @noahg2
    @noahg2 5 лет назад +658

    bloodraven is the coolest nickname in the whole show

    • @human678
      @human678 5 лет назад +31

      Kinda edgy tho

    • @jamesnetherian4981
      @jamesnetherian4981 5 лет назад +16

      diablo 2 act 1 says hi

    • @noc_yt
      @noc_yt 5 лет назад +10

      I don't think they call him bloodraven on the show do they?

    • @cvpuga
      @cvpuga 5 лет назад +4

      Bloodraven and “the mountain”

    • @sweetfry
      @sweetfry 5 лет назад +1

      @@noc_yt i dont think they do

  • @gasjet2000
    @gasjet2000 5 лет назад +94

    It was Brynden Rivers behind the grassy knoll, the biped with a big footprint, and the he was also the shining light in Marcellus Wallace's briefcase.

  • @scottgeorge-mcleod3055
    @scottgeorge-mcleod3055 5 лет назад +110

    This was so professional and well read.
    Then you dropped the 'went out for a ciggy' and the Australian in you shone through the professionalism! Hahah gold love the video

  • @BanditRants
    @BanditRants 6 лет назад +1384

    Oh how I miss these videos.

    • @tonyrawmen4966
      @tonyrawmen4966 6 лет назад +2

      +BanditRants nice vids on ur channel

    • @leafyisheresucks4842
      @leafyisheresucks4842 6 лет назад

      same

    • @reaper3569
      @reaper3569 6 лет назад +13

      Sometimes I enjoy watching these more than the actual show.

    • @gotfan4074
      @gotfan4074 6 лет назад +2

      Ah me too, I found his channel sometime after S7 binge watched and was just as sad for the break he took as I was for the show's break.

  • @Andersella
    @Andersella 5 лет назад +298

    Its so complex that even the author doesnt know how it ends

    • @lucasbortoluzzi9369
      @lucasbortoluzzi9369 5 лет назад +18

      it's not about complexity, but more about a choice, see lord of the ring as super complex mythologie, but tolkien knew what it was leading to. it's the choice he made, also how do you know that the autor of GoT doesn't know exactly where he's going. (it might be true)

    • @kikima258
      @kikima258 4 года назад +10

      @@lucasbortoluzzi9369 i think that asoiaf is more complexe simply because of the more 3 dimentional characters even the others are not "eivil" but i agree with the choice part grrm was more intrested in the world building than actually ending the story

    • @lucasbortoluzzi9369
      @lucasbortoluzzi9369 4 года назад +6

      @@kikima258 it was not the same intention neither the same period, tolkien have a very religious approach with a morality, while got is more about chaotic reltionships that leads to many turnarounds. that's kinda what George RR martins reproach to the lord of the ring. it's wasn't chaotic and cruel enough for him. in the lord of the ring the complexity is more in the maps, languages, family trees etc. and if you reed stories that happens before the lord of the ring, there's often more complexity in the behavior of elves that are split in half between their pride and love for the silmaril and their love for the valars etc. you find the same kind of complexicity with numenor lineage.
      while got complexity is a lot more about politics. i really think that's directly linked to the period

    • @kikima258
      @kikima258 4 года назад +16

      @@lucasbortoluzzi9369 the lord of the rings is my all time favorite book but i'm gonna be honest asoiaf charachters are more compeling and more complexe it's not the politics it's the charachters

    • @nikoloznasaridze6328
      @nikoloznasaridze6328 Год назад +6

      @@lucasbortoluzzi9369 what was complex about LOTR? It was obvious the kind would have defeated the evil, that's the whole point of the story. ASOIAF is different. There are no kinds and evils, there are 10 plots as I've counted now, so it might just be true that even now the author may have no absolute idea how the show will end, because it's incredibly difficult to finish something like this so that all your fans would stay satisfied. It's not like "Jon comes back, then he unites Dany, Aegon and Cersei to defeat the Night King and bring the peace in Westeros" lmao we don't do that here

  • @doncorleone7940
    @doncorleone7940 5 лет назад +119

    Meanwhile in Essos, Summer King awakened and creating dry spell and drought together with his summer zombies.

    • @Picking.a.name.is.hard1
      @Picking.a.name.is.hard1 4 года назад +36

      There's this army of just random zombies in floral shirts and khakis, marching holding beach balls and floaties and ice cream.

  • @MrMarinus18
    @MrMarinus18 5 лет назад +261

    They often portray thin characters as archers. In reality though size and strength are most important with the bow. Power depends on how hard you can pull back and greater size means greater draw length and therefore higher arrow speed. A faster heavier arrow not only has more power but also greater accuracy.
    English longbowmen were usually the tallest and most muscular people in the kingdom.

    • @Blackhawk211
      @Blackhawk211 4 года назад +46

      While you are part right you are also part wrong.
      Long lanky frames are better than shorter muscular frames for drawing the string. Skinny frame doesn't automatically mean weakness.

    • @rapidspeedraptorghkaaa1904
      @rapidspeedraptorghkaaa1904 3 года назад +6

      @@Blackhawk211 he's right your nitpicking get a life bro

    • @MrMarinus18
      @MrMarinus18 3 года назад +22

      @@Blackhawk211 It does. Muscles take up a certain amount of volume so to get more strength you need more muscles.
      Though there is more to athetlic performance than just raw strength. The number of blood vessels is important for endurance and skill plays a big role. But with archery it's raw strength that's the most important. Also if the choice is between a long lanky person and a short strong one the short and strong one is better. Since a shorter bow can be drawn faster.
      That and also for archers speed and agility doesn't matter since they are not supposed to directly face their opponent. With melee soldiers agility matters a lot for sneaking in blows, deflecting them and moving around the battlefield.
      If he tried Gregor Claygane would have been one of the greatest archers Westeros had ever seen.

    • @Blackhawk211
      @Blackhawk211 3 года назад +17

      @@MrMarinus18 I said skinny frame not lack of muscles entirely
      You can have a slim frame whilst still having muscles

    • @MrMarinus18
      @MrMarinus18 3 года назад

      ​@@Blackhawk211 Muscles take up space.

  • @Rurusa11
    @Rurusa11 5 лет назад +101

    Good thing that Bran wasn't busy watching Avenger's Endgame during the battle

  • @QwenTD
    @QwenTD 5 лет назад +224

    3 eyed raven's secret plan is to sit on the Iron Throne all along

  • @Kriegerdammerung
    @Kriegerdammerung 6 лет назад +203

    [SPOILERS]
    8:15 also in Samwell III, ASOS at the end of the chapter there is a raven that helps Sam and Gilly to escape from a group of wights, here an excerpt:
    He crept to the door. The air was so cold that it hurt to breathe, but such a fine sweet hurt. He ducked from the longhall. "Gilly?" he called. "Gilly, I killed it. Gil-"
    She stood with her back against the weirwood, the boy in her arms. The wights were all around her. There were a dozen of them, a score, more . . . some had been wildlings once, and still wore skins and hides . . . bot more had been his brothers. Sam saw Lark the Sisterman, Softfoot, Ryles. The wen on Chett's neck was black, his boils covered with a thin film ice. And that one looked like Hake, though it was hard to know for certain with half his head missing. They had torn the poor garron apart, and were pulling out her entrails with dripping red hands. Pale steam rose from her belly.
    Same made a whimpery sound. "It's not fair . . ."
    _"Fair."_ The raven landed on his shoulder. _"Fair, far, fear."_ It flapped its wings, and screamed along with Gilly. The wights were almost on her. He heard the dark red leaves of the weirwood rustling, whispering to one another in a tongue he did not know. The starlight itself seemed to stir, and all around them the trees groaned and cracked. Sam Tarly turned the colour of curdled milk, and his eyes went wide as plates. _Ravens!_ They were in the weirwood, hundreds of them, thousands, perched on the bone-white branches, peering between the leaves. He saw their beaks open as they screamed, saw them spread their black wings. Shrieking, flapping, they descended on the wights in angry clouds. They swarmed round Chett's face and pecked at his blñue eyes, they covered the Sisterman like flies, they plucked gobbets from inside Hake's shattered head. There were so many that when Sam looked up, he could not see the moon.
    _"Go,"_ said the bird on his shoulder. _"Go, go, go."_

    • @trex1652
      @trex1652 5 лет назад +6

      This was mentioned around the 13 minute mark real quick in a flash of the scene and quote from same passage

  • @naw6903
    @naw6903 5 лет назад +754

    Everyone:h...
    Bran:I Know.

  • @1985BELKO
    @1985BELKO 5 лет назад +342

    watching this after Season 8 episode 3 is so fun....

    • @rajko15
      @rajko15 5 лет назад +1

      Yup lol

    • @lucerysvelaryons
      @lucerysvelaryons 5 лет назад +25

      its painful.

    • @profquad
      @profquad 5 лет назад +36

      tbh the show is hard to take seriously at this point. they ignore so much.

    • @faizantalib8177
      @faizantalib8177 5 лет назад +8

      theatre of dogs “after all the books are finished” hahahah nice one

    • @blobfish2755
      @blobfish2755 5 лет назад +6

      @theatre of dogs a Game of Thrones BROTHERHOOD
      the same thing happened with FMA

  • @vaibhavbhatnagar1563
    @vaibhavbhatnagar1563 6 лет назад +2788

    George RR Martin secretly watches these videos and laughs

    • @danielnemirovsky3570
      @danielnemirovsky3570 6 лет назад +187

      You may be GRR Martin. How can we trust you?

    • @randalrichardson4019
      @randalrichardson4019 6 лет назад +19

      He does

    • @hockeyking30
      @hockeyking30 6 лет назад +74

      vaibhav bhatnagar whenever a good theory pops up and George sees it, HE INCORPORATES IT IN THE STORY, BUT THE OPPOSITE HAPPENS

    • @patriciacastromedina9072
      @patriciacastromedina9072 6 лет назад +6

      I bet he does :)

    • @atthecore4560
      @atthecore4560 6 лет назад +11

      vaibhav bhatnagar He's probably lapping it up as influence.

  • @romanxkostan
    @romanxkostan 3 года назад +32

    This one video was better than the entire tv series, you have inspired me to actually read the books. Thank you so much.

    • @final_animal
      @final_animal Год назад

      The books are genuinely really good, the show sucked (unfortunately, great casting and acting for the most part).

  • @elgererolon1489
    @elgererolon1489 5 лет назад +318

    *DONT LET NIGHT KING'S DEATH DISTRACT YOU FROM THE FACT THAT THE HOUND HAD HIS NERVOUS BREAKDOWN*

    • @YYchrisYY
      @YYchrisYY 5 лет назад +15

      again.

    • @rolanddelasse8585
      @rolanddelasse8585 5 лет назад +60

      Beric: We need you, Clegane!
      Sad boi Clegane: FAK AFF

    • @adlerfg
      @adlerfg 5 лет назад

      PSD

    • @spicat16
      @spicat16 5 лет назад +4

      Lol.... & the red women said that Aria's eyes would turn blue next.... does Aria become the Night King??? Similar to Queen of the Damned movie. ...you kill the Queen...you become the Queen... 😆

    • @wooshi8243
      @wooshi8243 5 лет назад +25

      @@spicat16 I think you need to rewatch that scene, cause you completely missed it.

  • @melindam128
    @melindam128 6 лет назад +237

    Not only did Brynden send Tormund's she-bear, I think he secretly WAS the she-bear... I mean, it must get lonely in that tree!

    • @flyingcapsicum
      @flyingcapsicum 6 лет назад +21

      That's brilliant. XD

    • @DawidKov
      @DawidKov 6 лет назад +9

      Abomination!

    • @melindam128
      @melindam128 6 лет назад +5

      Eh, everything that is fun SOMEONE considers an abomination. ;)

    • @proffesionalidiot5994
      @proffesionalidiot5994 6 лет назад +1

      Melinda Suzanne I don’t think ASoIF is considered a abomination.

    • @NamFlowEN
      @NamFlowEN 6 лет назад +5

      that's definitely a theory I can get behind!! Sounds more realistic than for example time traveling fetus.

  • @HouseofObiwan
    @HouseofObiwan 5 лет назад +219

    If you watched the series finale this video is 100x better

  • @Coldnavy1
    @Coldnavy1 5 лет назад +235

    ***UPDATE*** Season 8 Episode 3 Did no favors to the last 7+ seasons. The writers basically gave the viewers the finger and answered nothing. There is no story. Period. The build up was for nothing. Zip.

    • @abhishekbhowmik3456
      @abhishekbhowmik3456 5 лет назад +1

      Goddamnit why do you think that the The buildup was for nothing and The Night king is dead?

    • @andreilyas1426
      @andreilyas1426 5 лет назад +22

      @@abhishekbhowmik3456 just fuck off

    • @BCSBB
      @BCSBB 5 лет назад +11

      And to think 🤔 that there are some people with a happy face thinking that episode 3 was awesome! 🤦‍♀️
      Seriously 😐... only Hollywood and it’s followers. 🤦‍♀️

    • @xostler
      @xostler 5 лет назад +4

      To be fair to the writers, they’ve had no source material for the last few seasons.

    • @profquad
      @profquad 5 лет назад +14

      @@DJDaisho Game of Thrones is jus the title of one book, the series is called "A Song of Ice and Fire" where the Ice is obviously the Others. They've clearly been the main foe this entire time. Very let down by this half-assed fanservice demise of the primary antagonist.

  • @arthurmont-morency5027
    @arthurmont-morency5027 Год назад +23

    I like to believe that, after learning about Aegon's Song of Ice and Fire and the Long Night Prophecy, in an attempt of stopping it he awakened the powers of Euron (or of someone who took up his body), and started a chain of events that will end up in Euron (the Bloodstone Emperor incarnation) starting the Long Night he tried to avoid in the first place. So, his plan for Bran and John is actually a desperate attempt, guided by guilt, to stop the apocalipse he started.

  • @ajbolt7
    @ajbolt7 5 лет назад +740

    Apparently nothing at all...

    • @leviminnis1286
      @leviminnis1286 5 лет назад +16

      I came here to say this lmao

    • @37927Dufresne
      @37927Dufresne 5 лет назад +9

      Stupid sexy Flanders!

    • @apathy526
      @apathy526 5 лет назад +18

      xD fucking disappointing

    • @robertandrews6828
      @robertandrews6828 5 лет назад +28

      Right. Three eyed raven was a waste of time.

    • @natashawallace7424
      @natashawallace7424 5 лет назад +7

      Bran is the three eye raven and is the true villain! He has been playing chess! This theory is on point with some of its theory! Do we really think the last 3 episodes is about fighting Cersei for the throne!

  • @emanueljanda9591
    @emanueljanda9591 5 лет назад +322

    A than HBO producer said ....no it will be Arya ...because "blue eyes" word, from 5 second in third series ...

    • @tathan201120
      @tathan201120 5 лет назад +43

      I'm still in denial. 😔

    • @BurningFreesias
      @BurningFreesias 5 лет назад +80

      "We didn't feel it would've been right for Jon to do it"
      Then WHY all the stare downs between Jon and the Night King over the seasons?! Why SO MUCH build up between them, only to have NO pay off?

    • @munjiful
      @munjiful 5 лет назад +10

      @@BurningFreesias you don't always get what you want, jon wanted that showdown so much but he didnt get it. its more realistic

    • @rocksfire4390
      @rocksfire4390 5 лет назад +14

      @@BurningFreesias
      to make you think it would be him. honestly it wouldn't make sense for him to do it. how could he.....hes not a assassin Arya is. he has all of his generals with him, no way in hell is Jon going to walk up to him and kill him. the Night King made this apparent in the same episode when...instead of fighting Jon he raised a army and walked away. the NIght King had no intention of fighting him, really fighting anyone. it was clear many seasons ago that Arya was going to be the one.

    • @nararanaraiii2022
      @nararanaraiii2022 5 лет назад +51

      @@rocksfire4390 That's just stupid, Arya has her arc, she trained to get vengeance on people who did wrong to her or her family and she has a list to clear, Jon has his arc which was since the begging to defend and unite everyone against the White Walkers, he's a great swordsman probably as good as Jaime, a great leader and a good man, they build him up until this moment just to have Arya steal the kill because "it's unexpected", nonsense that throws GRRM lore thru the window, at least now I'm more hyped for the book since the show fucking stupidity is clear

  • @calikal1968
    @calikal1968 6 лет назад +694

    "went for a ciggy..." still laughing!!

    • @seameus91
      @seameus91 6 лет назад +2

      at what mark?:P

    • @1987AnimeBoy
      @1987AnimeBoy 6 лет назад +15

      Seameus
      5:38.

    • @calikal1968
      @calikal1968 6 лет назад +1

      1987AnimeBoy thanks for putting the mark!

    • @seameus91
      @seameus91 6 лет назад

      thanks buddy

    • @alisterfolson
      @alisterfolson 6 лет назад +5

      Alex Kalix Ilkr, love when he throws "modernspeak" in his videos

  • @liamimbriolo6066
    @liamimbriolo6066 6 лет назад +372

    Dude, if he's good with a longbow then he is Damn strong. A big misconception thanks to fantasy and historical games and films. Bowmen had to be strong, and Brynden would be strong af.

    • @warpdriveby
      @warpdriveby 6 лет назад +39

      Awesome point, that I should have caught. I practice archery with one of my daughters and she mentioned this too. Basically, I'm 6'3 230lbs and shoot a 70lb compound. I can practice comfortably for half an hour. Old full size longbows had draw weights between 90 and 120lbs with no cams. If he was a bowman he'd have been tremendously strong.

    • @ryanthomas9306
      @ryanthomas9306 6 лет назад +42

      Strength in game of thrones is crazy. Robert b was strong enough to wield a two handed war hammer with one hand, ned couldn't lift it with both

    • @atthecore4560
      @atthecore4560 6 лет назад +7

      Still pussy-ass bitches who attacked from afar.

    • @atthecore4560
      @atthecore4560 6 лет назад +3

      @Shirley Timple Sounds like you need an arrow up the butt to make you feel like a Woman again ;)

    • @ninjacat1711
      @ninjacat1711 5 лет назад +3

      Considering most bows back then were a 200lb. draw weight MINIMUM, yeah I would say he would be pretty dang strong.

  • @unclebob7052
    @unclebob7052 3 года назад +9

    I love how professional, well thought out and proper your videos are ..... and then just pepperd with some aussie banter. Its really well done

  • @monkeymoomeow
    @monkeymoomeow 6 лет назад +161

    Don’t know if this has been commented already but in the show Old Nan says "Don't listen to it. Crows are all liars." There seem to be some theories on reddit about this possibly being foreshaddowing for future deception. I haven’t read the books so learning the three eyed raven is called the three eyed crow made that little thought click so much more.

    • @claudiotheobaldo3630
      @claudiotheobaldo3630 5 лет назад +5

      That's fucking sick m8 pretty fun to wonder about

    • @themysticfedora
      @themysticfedora 5 лет назад +3

      @@claudiotheobaldo3630 ye ye righto m8 righto - notha cuppa?

    • @bobsanderson6520
      @bobsanderson6520 5 лет назад +11

      Hence, what would be the biggest lie? "The past is already written, the ink is dry."

    • @rogerelzenga4465
      @rogerelzenga4465 5 лет назад

      I've found a cool theory on how its going to end, its a theory but i think its a 100% right...
      So i guess.... !!!SPOILER WARNING!!!

  • @mikebanks8900
    @mikebanks8900 6 лет назад +77

    This is one of your best video’s. Excellent analysis of Bloodraven’s storyline incorporating both the ASOIAF books and the GOT television show. Your unique video’s are a perfect example of quality vs. quantity. Keep up the good work and continually raising the bar for all others to follow. And believe me, this analysis of yours will be picked-up and elaborated on, by the various ASOIAF/GOT communities out there. With probably and unfortunately, no credit going to you. Cheers…

  • @jamesdolan5888
    @jamesdolan5888 5 лет назад +76

    I think the 3 eyed raven is the villain. The Night King only crossed the wall to go after the 3 eyed raven. It seemed very personal and there is something GOT is covering up.

    • @thesocialtournament
      @thesocialtournament 5 лет назад +24

      ​@@GGxKiwi Because Bran is the new three-eyed raven. Even Bran says that he is not Bran.

    • @megazion34
      @megazion34 5 лет назад +1

      Jason Agron fuckin bullshit...

    • @AnthraXXmS
      @AnthraXXmS 5 лет назад +5

      James Dolan So the NK killing millions and raising them as zombies is the good guy, and Bran helping pplto stay alive is the bad one ? Huh?

    • @Chunderthunder420
      @Chunderthunder420 5 лет назад +1

      @@GGxKiwi a simple tv show. this aint fucking blues clues my guy where everything is straight foward. also fuck joe, steve was better.

  • @GodotOfficial
    @GodotOfficial 6 лет назад +1699

    Anyone hear about the theory that Hot Pie is Azor Ahai?

  • @r_c1048
    @r_c1048 6 лет назад +23

    This is one of my favorite RUclips channels. Such amazing detailed content. Thank you for putting so much time and effort into your videos. Keep up the good work!

  • @armankamalzadeh8016
    @armankamalzadeh8016 5 лет назад +18

    Man... I am so sorry the show has let you down! This video was more interesting that s08!

  • @versus1066
    @versus1066 6 лет назад +61

    Is it a coincidence that there was another Reed present at the Tower of Joy, ensuring Jon's safe return to the north?

    • @hector-m-carrillo
      @hector-m-carrillo 6 лет назад +2

      EvanSol919 yes there is
      Many writers profess that quite a few things that readers notice is a happy coincidence

    • @johnfleming4886
      @johnfleming4886 5 лет назад +3

      Probably was a coincidence. Howland was one of Ned’s best and most loyal bannerman. It would make sense Ned would only bring men he could trust.

  • @maxb2021
    @maxb2021 6 лет назад +451

    A 20m Alt Shift X video? I'm not ready to watch quite yet, I need to be in the bathtub with candles and some wine first.

  • @alyansilos380
    @alyansilos380 5 лет назад +10

    THE FINAL EPISODE MAKES SENSE NOW. THANK YOU.

  • @garlandremingtoniii1338
    @garlandremingtoniii1338 5 лет назад +29

    You are without a doubt, a human Game Of Thrones Encyclopedia!!

  • @pabloepi14
    @pabloepi14 5 лет назад +32

    HBO should hire this guy. Amazing!

    • @Dasanie
      @Dasanie 5 лет назад

      Pablo Epíscopo to do what exactly

    • @pabloepi14
      @pabloepi14 5 лет назад

      ​@@Dasanie don't be jealous.

    • @Dasanie
      @Dasanie 5 лет назад

      Pablo Epíscopo jealous of what? All I asked is what they should hire him for?

    • @gcg8187
      @gcg8187 5 лет назад

      @@Dasanie yeah to do what?

    • @Dasanie
      @Dasanie 5 лет назад

      Dr. Siracha I guess fan theories entitle you with a job on the show now apparently

  • @jwr3289
    @jwr3289 2 года назад +8

    How could so much depth shown in all your videos get reduced to what we was given in the show 😬 years later and I still can't begin to rewatch!

  • @Laur0sie
    @Laur0sie 6 лет назад +137

    13:10 I wasn't looking at the screen and thought you said "That bear TOMMEN fucked." Had to frantically rewind.

    • @manwe1532
      @manwe1532 6 лет назад +1

      wamon are stoopit

    • @eds1942
      @eds1942 6 лет назад +16

      It’s a lot more complicated than that. Einstein had a brain volume that was slightly lower than average. The male brain mass volume deteriorates after age 40, where as a on average the female brain shows little deterioration until much later in life. Women are also or more likely to be better multitaskers, which makes some evolutionary sense in that women had to take care of a multitude of things from, raising the kids, gathering certain types of food, cooking, cleaning, making clothes, doing repairs, dealing with tribal politics, and healing/medical concerns. Where as most of the men normally just needed to worry about hunting, village defense, and their masculinity.
      You could use the
      Encephalization Quotient. Brain volume v. Body mass. But that shows that women have about the same, if not slightly higher than average, EQ when compared to men. It also shows that dolphins and some whales have a larger comparative EQ to humans.
      At best, the brain volume issue might be a general predictor of an individual’s intelligence potential within there own species, if you use the EQ method and factor in a whole lot of other variables. At worse, it’s been a tool used to justify racial and gender superiority.
      In the end, it really comes down to brain capacity, complexity and density within certain regions of the brain v. age, genetic, education, experience and environmental factors of any given individual as to that individual’s intellectual potential or aptitude towards certain skill sets and reasoning, as opposed to that of their actual overall intelligence only being based on that individual’s brain volume, regardless of gender or ethnicity.
      So no, a woman’s brain volume on average is near irrelevant as to the way that you’re using it.
      And no, sorry but, “wamon ain’t stoopid”. Well, maybe just maybe, women are more complicated than men and some of us men can’t handle that. In which case it might be time for society to rethink the patriarchal system, because too many of us men seem to be either regressing or stagnating rather than evolving.

    • @manwe1532
      @manwe1532 6 лет назад +1

      Get the fuck outta here with that feminist bs. wamon are stoopit and they are only good for fucking, PERIOD (there is even a wamon joke for you there)

    • @manwe1532
      @manwe1532 6 лет назад +1

      +Emma J. Quinn Hey, its better than being a vaginahead

    • @zeeiremonger9201
      @zeeiremonger9201 6 лет назад

      well said

  • @Seansworldd
    @Seansworldd 2 года назад +4

    I LOVE your editing style. The way everything flows so naturally makes things so much easier to keep up with

  • @tylerstevens1904
    @tylerstevens1904 4 года назад +8

    Loved the Bene Gesserit reference. Bloodraven's teaching to Bran?:
    I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

  • @Anoteros69
    @Anoteros69 5 лет назад +25

    Just watched the last episode, and could not stop thinking watching this video like months ago. Your analysis is so well thought that it feels like Bloodraven (Brynden Rivers) got what he really wanted by sitting on the Iron Throne at the end of the series. a small example of his master plan is that he is the one who tells Jon Snow, and Sansa (Arya) that he is a Targaryen leading to Dany and Jon off the table for Queen (murdered by Jon) or King (not accepted by the people because of killing Daynerys) at the end. This is an extremely smart move, something that even in your video isn't mentioned since it's so unexpected!! i mean even Martin didnt originally think that Bloodraven is the guy, he should really consider making this theory a reality.

  • @amynurss1375
    @amynurss1375 5 лет назад +242

    They should do a prequel, and do it right.

    • @Ben.Hubble
      @Ben.Hubble 5 лет назад +21

      Already happening, 4 new shows have been confirmed by hbo

    • @amynurss1375
      @amynurss1375 5 лет назад +3

      @@Ben.Hubble Really, that's awesome! I'm buying the books.

    • @rainxp1318
      @rainxp1318 5 лет назад +2

      Ben Hubble LETS GOOO

    • @BCSBB
      @BCSBB 5 лет назад +2

      Ben Hubble after what they did on Sunday, I can’t trust D&D to do well
      So I’m out.

    • @Gibblets411
      @Gibblets411 5 лет назад +3

      I heard something about a prequel "The Long Night"
      Why the fuck would anyone want to watch that now?

  • @eCs0y41iuD
    @eCs0y41iuD 5 лет назад +29

    D&D: lol wft is this nerdy shit? Just have Arya kill the bad guy and finish up here. Time for vacations!

  • @manuelfernando9729
    @manuelfernando9729 2 года назад +4

    AM I the only one who think who writes these stuff? in such detail of these fictional characters...the creativity is unbeleivable

  • @roninikigai
    @roninikigai 6 лет назад +97

    Bran didn't sign up to become a tree boy, he signed up to become a tree BOI

  • @guilhermebarbosa2519
    @guilhermebarbosa2519 2 года назад +5

    Sometimes i forget how obscenely well written a song of ice and fire is (read the books quite some time ago)... I come here from time to time to remember that waiting this long for a book will probably be worth it

  • @Radcaster
    @Radcaster 6 лет назад +76

    The Quaithe extended-life/preserved-beauty thing is interesting because Quaithe's mask has the same symbolism that we are with Melesandre's necklace (this pattern is echoed with other red priests/priestesses as well)

    • @stephengrant4841
      @stephengrant4841 6 лет назад +4

      Radcaster you could easily argue that thats just the Red Priest fashion or fashion of Ashai tho.

    • @Radcaster
      @Radcaster 6 лет назад +1

      Stephen Grant Yeah very true, probably insignificant.

    • @JimmyBasquiat
      @JimmyBasquiat 6 лет назад

      Aren't they both from Asshai? Melisandre and Quaithe.

    • @ludovicofabris5819
      @ludovicofabris5819 5 лет назад +3

      Not in the books. She wears a solid wooden mask.

  • @hagarthehonorable8133
    @hagarthehonorable8133 6 лет назад +10

    Brynden Rivers could be a great main character for a prequel series. Lots of untreaded ground to uncover for HBO.

  • @inboom5478
    @inboom5478 5 лет назад +53

    It’s strange that the Mad King is Jon’s grandfather.

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 4 года назад +15

      The Mad King is father and uncle to Jon's auntie gf.

    • @moreira999
      @moreira999 3 года назад +19

      His grandfather killed his other grandfather.

    • @MrEmmanuel678
      @MrEmmanuel678 3 года назад +2

      @@nunyabiznes33 that’s targaryean bloodlines for ya in a nutshell lol

  • @MagnirProductions
    @MagnirProductions 6 лет назад +273

    Damn that was a good video (checks timecode). There's another FIFTEEN goddamn minutes!?

    • @needycatproductions6830
      @needycatproductions6830 6 лет назад +25

      Exactly. This has so much quality content that other people would take 3-4 videos to get through it.

  • @Chevelio
    @Chevelio 6 лет назад +94

    You're the reason I learned to read

  • @aliadibyaici7650
    @aliadibyaici7650 5 лет назад +125

    6 seasons and so many sacrified character for absolutly nothing ! RIP Hodor

    • @infirmux
      @infirmux 5 лет назад

      either quiet before the real storm, or a dud...

    • @DennisOfDragons
      @DennisOfDragons 5 лет назад +1

      Turns out it's a dud

  • @Hermes6060
    @Hermes6060 6 лет назад +6

    This is a prime example of quality content, great work, in this and all your videos.

  • @potatofairygaming7245
    @potatofairygaming7245 6 лет назад +5

    This channel is one of my favourite to visit when I need some good GOT theories and content, it's probably because George takes FOREVER to finish the books,

  • @asaul6718
    @asaul6718 4 года назад +3

    The puppeteer meme at 13:27 got me. It's the perfect description of the series

  • @manamejeffbeezos
    @manamejeffbeezos 5 лет назад +890

    Not gonna lie, my opinions on incest might have wavered if I was half brother to Shiera Seastar

  • @brendan8827
    @brendan8827 5 лет назад +106

    “Bran doesn’t want to be a tree boi” lmaooo

  • @moonlight-im8ik
    @moonlight-im8ik 2 года назад +1

    God bless this guy, as someone who can't access the books, this channel is gift 🙏🏻

  • @frangalic7306
    @frangalic7306 5 лет назад +74

    And than arya poke night king with a pointy end

  • @danhjnny
    @danhjnny 6 лет назад +33

    So when we getting a Brynden Rivers prequel trilogy. I’d settle for a Hodor stand alone film.

    • @AltShiftX
      @AltShiftX  6 лет назад +18

      Hodor Cinematic Universe or nothing

    • @Snowmunkee
      @Snowmunkee 6 лет назад +2

      Hodor? Hodor.

  • @SwfanredLotr
    @SwfanredLotr 3 месяца назад

    Can't get enough of these descriptions and narrations, espcially the part with Euron Greyjoy wanting to become a lovecraftian god or the different members in his crew.

  • @James-dn8dh
    @James-dn8dh 6 лет назад +5

    Damn. This stands out as one of the best and most important GoT/ASOIAF commentsry vids ive ever seen. And honestly, ive seen farrrrrrr too many of them lol

  • @rkarcade7417
    @rkarcade7417 5 лет назад +27

    This video is an example how the information of the books may be analyzed and how you may create at least not bad ending for the TV show. Everything seems logical and connected. The three main plots (rivalry between Starks and Lannisters, Targaryen rise, King of the Night) should have climaxed probably in the battle of light and darkness (including mystical and magical powers).
    Thank you for the video. Well done and very interesting.

  • @adrienbroditore
    @adrienbroditore 5 лет назад +2

    I commute a lot and watching these have made my travels so much better

  • @atthecore4560
    @atthecore4560 6 лет назад +11

    Azor Ahai is such a legend in the GoT universe that I can't help but be reminded of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Maybe this character and maybe some of his underlings are really just reincarnations of previous entities. Maybe John Snow is just the new Azor Ahai.

  • @Peter.Young21
    @Peter.Young21 5 лет назад +10

    This just sold me the Jon is Azor Ahi. I no longer have doubts on that

  • @captainpetrson5812
    @captainpetrson5812 Год назад +4

    Bloodraven gotta be one of the coolest names in the whole a song of ice and fire series.

    • @shannond7437
      @shannond7437 Год назад +1

      One of the coolest characters. Wish someone would have covered it on screen!

  • @vasaries2107
    @vasaries2107 5 лет назад +37

    Brynden is Chaotic Good, best way to put it.

    • @rinokumura7371
      @rinokumura7371 4 года назад

      Chaotic Neutral Maybe, Since He Done A Lot Of Bad Shit

    • @MaynardCrow
      @MaynardCrow 4 года назад +1

      @@rinokumura7371 Mostly good. Everything he did in life was to protect his family and the kingdoms.

  • @ahmedouardani2370
    @ahmedouardani2370 5 лет назад +8

    Great story telling ! I really thank you for crediting the artists.

  • @evejakull7491
    @evejakull7491 5 лет назад +13

    Council:Don't kill the Blackfyre.
    Bloodraven:'Kay.
    *Kills Blackfyre at once*
    Bloodraven:I have done it,arrest me

  • @JoniukasVader
    @JoniukasVader 6 лет назад +80

    Aegon IV "The Banger King"

  • @danb6742
    @danb6742 6 лет назад +78

    So Bloodraven is a son of ice and fire like Jon Snow ?
    Plus bloodraven looks like Ghost, Albino with red eyes

    • @Brandonhayhew
      @Brandonhayhew 6 лет назад +5

      Ice and Fire like black and white, north and south, duality between two opposition sides?
      in my opinion if Rhaegar had a dragon it be a white dragon with red eyes, like ghost and bloodraven?

    • @danb6742
      @danb6742 6 лет назад +1

      soyon manlai makes sens

    • @Brandonhayhew
      @Brandonhayhew 6 лет назад +2

      whats your opinion if some fans made an AU fan animation episode where Rhaegar got a white silver dragon with red eyes, and i bet his name be specter just like ghost?
      Plus i bet Brandon would have been a better leader then ned, ned may joining the second sons like tyrion did be ironic, they are second born sons they joined the second sons?

    • @danb6742
      @danb6742 6 лет назад +1

      soyon manlai Hell Yeah I would watch 😂

  • @Darthpsychonis
    @Darthpsychonis 5 лет назад +11

    Although the show didn't go this deep into Bloodraven's history it does in retrospect make the end a bit more disturbing..........and less disappointing. Hopefully, Martin will flesh out this idea more whenever we get the last two books.

  • @01Sunshine234
    @01Sunshine234 6 лет назад +7

    I...I can't explain my love in words. You are amazing. George Matin is amazing. This whole thing is amazing.

  • @wafflingmean4477
    @wafflingmean4477 6 лет назад +7

    Something that gives me the shivers about Bloodraven is that his one red eye is described in a similar manner to the eyes of Melisandre and Lady Stoneheart. For all of them their eyes are like the most alive and powerful part of them at first glance. Catelyn literally looks dead now, but her eyes are described as powerful, red, kind of glowing and terrifying, very similar to Bloodraven. Could there be some connection between the powers of the Lord of Light and the powers of the old gods, despite Melisandre viewing the old gods as non-existent (when Bloodraven and the children of the forest explain otherwise), and their servants such as Bloodraven and Bran as servants of the Great Other? She's been known to misinterpret her visions.
    Also, through the show it is suggested that Melisandre is actually an old crone disguised by her glamour, with her ruby throat necklace thing. Perhaps the ruby does actually keep her young, not just change her appearance. When Jon spars with Mance, thinking its Rattleshirt, he notes that Rattleshirt is faster than he ought to be. We later realise it's because it isn't Rattleshirt. So Melisandre if she's just using a glamour should be as feeble as an old woman right? But she's not, so maybe she's using something else. Perhaps she is keeping herself young and an effect is the red eyes, similar to Bloodraven, who never technically died, just like her, but became akin somewhat to a wight just like Lady Stoneheart. And the wights of the Others have eyes described in a similar manner, just blue. Perhaps that could indicate the difference in the beings behind such powers.
    It will be very interesting to see what happens if Jon is resurrected in the books too. I doubt it will be like the show. He will be changed, physically and mentally. The question is how much? Lady Stoneheart seems to be so fucked up physically because she was rotting in a river for days, as for mentally, the time may have done it, but also she was resurrected using the life of Berick, who'd been a shadow of himself after six resurrections, struggling to remember his former life, and if I remember right, he didn't eat or sleep, just like Coldhands. The question is, if Melisandre resurrects Jon, how well is she going to do it? Is Jon going to be obviously dead like Catelyn? Or is he going to appear alive like Berick, but not truly be so? Is his death, the betrayal of it and all his years of pent up anger he's finally allowed to unleash on the Boltons and Lannisters (as death frees him from his oath) going to turn him into a monster? Will he still be able to Warg with ghost? That one is very important in my opinion. That will be another link between the old gods and R'hollor, as Brydnen despite his condition seems to still be able to skinchange. And also, will he be able to warg into Viserion?

  • @hbartz99
    @hbartz99 3 года назад +39

    After watching this and not having finished the books, Bloodraven comes off as a total Odin reference, which I somehow didn't realize until now.
    Odin has his two crows, Huginn and Muginn, who scour the worlds finding secrets for him.
    Odin also sacrifices his eye in exchange for magic, and is said to see more with his one than he ever did with two.
    He also sees a prophecy for Ragnarok and tries to prevent it, but ends up setting up the dominoes for his own downfall.
    Euron seems like he's in a similar role to the wolf, Fenrir, the last thing Odin can see is his own death. Devoured by a great wolf.
    When it's revealed Loki has three monster children the gods take them back with them and Odin decides their fates.
    For the wolf child, Fenrir, Odin and the rest of the gods trick Fenrir and bind him with an unbreakable chain.
    Fenrir tells Odin that he could have been a friend to the gods, but now harbors hate towards them.
    Eventually when Fenrir breaks loose during Ragnarok, he devours the Sun and Moon as well Odin.
    This is before being slain by Odin's son, the god of vengeance, Vidarr.
    I definitely get similar vibes from your summary of Bloodraven to Odin with his whole "long-game stop the apocalypse" thing.

  • @davcarps8807
    @davcarps8807 5 лет назад +6

    Great explainations using useful illustrations. Best one of the kind I've seen so far.