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Jory Cassel's death kinda breaks my heart a bit. His father died at the Tower of Joy, Ned probably looked at Jory as something akin to an adopted son, or at least as someone to whose father he owes a debt of loyalty that can never be repaid. He died bravely, true...but there's a reason they found Ned cradling his body. He had a very paternal relationship with Jory and the grief and regret he must have felt at Jory's death must have been incredibly deep and painful.

I agree they literally gaslight us into thinking the guy was bad for killing a terrorist

These are great pls make more inheritance cycle videos

stannis cut of his onion knights fingers for touching him somewhere he shudnt have

The prince who was promised

My favourite character in the whole series..

stannis is cool and all, but chopping the fingers off someone who helped you doesn't inspire loyalty

Whoop whoop! #1

The one true king of kings. One King, One Westeros, One God! Fury burns.

People just spent less time behind the screen. Then you get things done.

This is just incorrect. Some things are worse but most things are better.

Stannis the Mannis is the my second favorite character, Tyrion Lannister is number 1 of course, and Walder Frey is number 3.

Holy crap we got the Mannis

You saw me searching “exploring fiction stannis” last week didn’t you

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YES! BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Hell yeah!! The one true king of Westeros... Stannis the goddamn Mannis Baratheon!!! Awesome this is going to be a good video

Robb died because he let himself become a simp

Honestly, if you didn’t know, you would think Garland and Willas Tyrell were sons of Eddard Stark. Chivalrous, Honorable, and knightly gentlemen. (Even if Willas never officially became a knight) I also believe someone like Garlan is a character that Tolkien would create, though with a Happy Ending. George will probably rip Garlan away from us and his family. 😢🙏🏻

holy brain rot

Review what is new in fantasy? I like your character analysis. Cheers for 2025!

Congratulations and Happy New Year! I’ve really enjoyed your channel and it would be cool to branch out to other fantasy stories, but that’s your call. Also, could you make an analysis of Vaegon Targaryen? I’m reading Fire & Blood and though he’s not a main focus, I find him fascinating nonetheless.

Videos as often as you like if fine. Whatever works for you! I LOVE the ASOIAF stuff. I’m also getting into Dune now. Content on the movies, the books, and the TV show would be really interesting.

It's been a great year of content. You've made some great videos! Bi-weekly would be fine; and a step outside to other fantasy content would be welcome. Especially from Timothy Zahn novels! Looking forward to 2025!

I would watch a weekly video or a bi weekly video. I enjoy the Song of Ice and Fire stuff but would be willing to try watch different content.

I prefer bi-weekly uploads because it's still a lot of work but not as much work as weekly uploads maybe tri-weekly(meaning every 3 weeks)?

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How about fewer poetic flourishes and some actual analysis? This is basically just a summation of Robb's story, with no analysis, and it's an extremely superficial version, simply repeating the popular in-universe myth that Robb's honor got him killed and his marriage was the cause of his downfall. The truth is that Robb's downfall was orchestrated by greedy and treacherous people for their own profit, taking advantage of opportunities that arose through no failure of Robb's, but by self-destructive actions of other people who abandon, reject or fail him. The whole point of the Tully marriages in the Rebellion was to create a system of allies, an extended family who would support and back each other up. If Robb does not ride to the defense of Hoster Tully, what point to making an alliance with House Stark? Lysa should have come to their aid as well, and her failure to do so is radically against her own self-interests. With the apparent defeat of Houses Stark & Tully, there is no one left with an interest in Lysa's well-being and she is easily disposed of by the man who convinced her to turn her back on her family. Had Lysa done the smart thing, the thing that 99.9% of nobles in her position would have done, the Stark-Tully-Arryn alliance would have been too powerful for the Freys & Boltons to cross, or the Lannisters to defy. Robb offered an alliance to Balon Greyjoy, because it was in both their best interests. No other king in Westeros was willing to see the Iron Islands be independent. But Balon acted for his own petty emotional validation, and did not have a plan to conquer the North or actually gain any benefit, just tie up all his troops in an impossible war, with no allies and committing to the fight so the Lannisters did not even need to give him anything, since he was already stuck in a war with the Starks. Again, someone was too stupid to see the obvious gain in cooperating with Robb (Theon even pointed this out to Balon in their first meeting, and Balon had no answer). Some will point to Theon taking Winterfell and say that sending him to Balon was a mistake, but when Theon arrives, Balon's forces are already mustered. Balon was preparing to go to war against the North before Robb sent him home. Everything Balon says is trying to find fault with his son upon their reunion, because he is trying to justify the decision he already made to sacrifice Theon for his revenge on the Starks. All that keeping Theon close would have done was force Robb to execute his best friend. And the worst consequence of sending Theon home is not remotely something Robb could have anticipated - there is no way he should have been able to take Winterfell with such a small force, when it is the seat of a King and the home of his only male heirs. Theon needed the extreme good luck of Rodik failing to leave enough guards on a pair of princes to fight off a couple dozen ironborn. Even Bran's wolf being allowed to run free would have foiled Theon's plans. For both Baratheon brothers, the Iron Throne was the goal, but getting rid of the Lannisters was an absolute necessity, because Cersei & co could never let them live. But rather than strike for the throne to get rid of the Lannister claimants, their false nephews, and gain the appearance of legitimacy that comes with sitting on the actual throne, they chose instead, to fight one another, giving the Lannisters a critical breather to prepare defenses and make alliances to keep their hold on the crown. And even after that fight is settled and Stannis is driving for Kings Landing, bad luck with the weather delays his army for days, waiting for the storm-halted fleet to carry them across the river. Without that storm, Tywin & Mace Tyrell arrive at the Blackwater to find Stannis already holding the city and sitting on the Iron Throne. The sheer misfortune of Edmure's disobedience also thwarts Robb's plan to lure Tywin into a trap, and either defeat him and cut off the head of the Lannister snake, or at least delay him so that Stannis can take the city and end Tywin's pretentions to be acting in the name of the king. All of these things, over which Robb had little control and what control he did have, could not foresee these outcomes, combine to place Robb is an unpleasant strategic situation near the end of aCoK. Because the other claimants to the Iron Throne are defeated, and the Lannisters allied with the Tyrells, the fight for Northern independence looks too difficult. Walder Frey is willing to settle for Robb holding the North as Lord of Winterfell & Warden, so that Walder's descendant can one day inherit that position and the Freys will finally have elite status. But since Robb inconveniently keeps winning battles, and has principles and understands good rulership, he can't and won't kneel to the Lannisters to make the Freys' lives easier. So Walder has another grandson-in-law, in Roose Bolton, and through Roose he can still obtain that half-Frey ruler of the North, with bonus rewards from the Lannisters, if he betrays Robb and puts Roose in his place. Roose Bolton is always up for getting rid of the Starks so he can rule unchallenged, answering to no one. The loss of Winterfell the feigned deaths of the other Stark males means that all they need to do is get rid of Robb and the North is free for the taking. So, with Roose in Harrenhal, conveniently close to Kings Landing (that's why Tywin was using it for a base), he can contact Tywin and offer to kill Robb with the help of the Freys... for a price. Meanwhile, Robb is in the Crag, and Sybelle Spicer is the wife of Lord Gawen Westerling. She has ambitions of climbing the ranks of the nobility, but her merchant grandfather and herbalist grandmother mean that the nobles won't accept her as one of their own. Only her family's wealth got her a lordly husband, but her common blood had created obstacles for her childrens' marriages. So with Robb Stark, conveniently close in age to her daughter, under her care, she arranges to have Jayne left in close proximity to him, allowing nature to take its course, perhaps helped by the secret addition of love potions like Grandma Spicer used to sell. She contacts Tywin offering to end Robb's chances for a marriage alliance by shackling him to her daughter instead, in exchange for a deal that will give the Spicer-Westerling family the clout and connections to be truly accepted among the aristocracy. Tywin agrees with the caveat that Robb not have any children, promising her lordly husbands for her daughters, a bride of Twyin's own kin for her eldest son and a lordship for her brother to elevate her birth house's standing. According to Tywin himself, none of those coconspirators knew about one another! Roose & Walder were planning to betray Robb BEFORE they knew about his marriage. Sybelle had no idea that Robb was going to be murdered by the Freys, and neither did her brother, Rolph, whom Grey Wind identified as a traitor to Robb. Rolph was assigned by Robb to exchange Lannister captive to secure the release of Robett Glover, ranking survivor of the ambush of the Duskendale expedition ... and witness to Roose Bolton's treachery! Robett is next seen alive & well in the North, plotting against the Boltons with Lord Manderly. If the Spicers knew anything about the Bolton plans, Rolph would have killed Robett or kept him hostage. But he let him go, because he had no idea that Robb was about to die. And sending Robett Glover & Helman Tallheart into that ambush was Roose's event horizon. Once he gave those orders, he was committed to his treachery, because when Robb found out, he was a dead man. And they needed to cut down on the numbers of loyal troops and commanders, in order to succeed at the massacre at the Wedding. So, because Tywin does not give rewards to people who already betray his enemies, as we see with Balon, Roose HAD to have a bargain in place with Tywin before he sends out Glover and Tallheart, and he sends them out the same day that word arrives of Robb's marriage. The perpetrators of the Red Wedding were committed to the plan and promised their rewards from Tywin, BEFORE Robb was married! Robb had NOTHING TO DO with the motivations for his own betrayal. Walder did not kill him out of outrage at breaking the betrothal, he did it to get a lordship for his second son, power in the Riverlands and immunity from the crown. Roose did not go along with the murder because he dreamed of his kids and Robb's being cousins through their Frey moms, he wanted ascendancy in the North, a decree of legitimacy for his bastard son, and a Stark bride to give his family a claim to Winterfell. Had Robb kept his word and left Jeyne behind to uphold his pledge to marry a Frey, he would still have needed to go east to cross the rivers and return North. With his brothers believed dead, everyone would be urging him to father a son ASAP, which would mean consummating his marriage pact, and since his betrothed's home is on the way... And thus Robb would have been the groom at the Red Wedding, rather than Edmure. Except Roose has no motive to keep him alive as Walder did Edmure. Robb's downfall was NOT his fault.

Kevan Lannister & Alphonse Elric

I served as one of the first Gen Z elected officials in California history. The experience broke me but Lord of the Rings and Tolkien characters were some of my greatest sources of inspiration, as well as finding resilience in my battles. I’m brainstorming a book or comic book as an inspiration for Gen Z to make change in a decaying world and would love to connect.

Idk why people hate on his chapter. Seeing his psychology really showed how great Arianne's manipulation is.

Awesome. Waking up to a new video is always awesome.

Could be a more deadly battlle than any of the other conflicts. Euron: Hold my shade of the evening.

Fool, eh? Speaking of fools - would love a video on Patchface

Poor Arys Oakheart. He seemed like a good and loyal man, but he did break his oath. Hey, have you heard of, “A Song of Three Sons?” It’s a Game of Thrones fanfiction and it’s really good. 👍

Poor brave fool. He deserved better

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Like King Theoden at the start of The Two Towers i think a lot of us have just given up and we aren’t very optimistic. This was great

"Alas that these evil days should be mine." No! The darkness of the age we find ourselves in shouldn't be cause to despair, but a call to greatness! To rise up above all our forefathers in strength and virtue, to face the darkness with boldness. Maybe my expectations are too high, but I think the greatest Saints the world has ever seen will rise from this generation.

Gen Y, here. Boromir (movie version) was always my favorite. Though Theoden has made a strong case in recent years. He just had so many great lines and moments.... But a little post-Christmas Anecdote; my Alpha/Zoomer nephew just found an Extended Edition DVD set on the shelf during the holiday, and felt the urge to take it home with him. I have no idea who his favorite character is, but just the fact that he made that decision gives me hope!

I'd say you haven't understood Dune, at all. Below is a quote by Frank Herbert that can be found everywhere on the interwebs, but the source original is somehow never mentioned, so I cannot attest to the correctness of the quote. What I can attest to, though, is that the quote accurately reflects Herbert's views: "I wrote the Dune saga, because I had this idea that charismatic leaders ought to come with the warning label 'May be hazardous to your health.'" See, Paul is not the chosen one. He just posed as the fulfillment of a Fremen prophecy that was consciously planted many generations before by the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood in case it was needed someday. In the next book in the series, Dune Messiah, we learn that Paul's actions have caused the death of more than sixty *billion* people. What a great hero.

I really like the disney style music there did 🎶 🎵

I would squire for the Lady Brienne.

The poor Pooles man. If any house in ASOIAF deserves a break it's them.

Ser Patrek was trying to steal Val, as he wanted to marry her and heard about the Wildling practice of Bride Stealing. Wun Wun was protecting Val. Wun Wun trying to protect a maiden made him more a knight than See Patrek

Ser Patric had it coming. I have no doubt he started it.

Jon’s kind treatment of Wun Wun is one of my favorite things about him. At his core, Jon is a very sweet kid

I actually found it very sad and poignant when Donal Noye and Mag the Mighty were found to have killed each other at the gate of Castle black. Losing Mag must've hit Wun Wun and his fellow giants hard...maybe that's why Jon related to WW.

Yo. Are you the guy that used to have the intro with Darkstar and dungeon synth BGM? Been looking for that.

The fact in the Series during the Battle of the Bastards, D&D didn't even have the brain Capacity to even arm Wun Wun with even a big stick let alone a fresh forged blade for his size goes to show how stupid they are.