ASOIAF Swords RANKED (plus Theories)
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- I had three guests over to help me rank the various swords from the ASOIAF series.
Link to the theory about Dawn:
• Wight Bones (ft. Meera...
Link to Chiron’s Gift:
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Also, _Lady Forlorn_ is such a badass, classically romantic name for a sword. 8/10 would use to fight Blackfyres with.
Awesome tier list! Loved that you brought up how Tywins will couldn’t be forced on Ice, never thought of it that way before. My head cannon was the sword was stubborn like northerners lol
Thank you!! So glad you enjoyed it
“For reference, [Dark Sister] was first wielded by Westeros’ first Dommy Mommy.”
I mean, where’s the lie?
Oh heck yeah. I'm stuck at work, and I love the Swords and stuff. I'm totally listening to this.
There is a chance that Widow’s Wail will be incredibly important in Winds and Dream. One theory is that Brienne and Jaime represent an Azor Ahai/Nissa Nissa pair; if this is the case, and assuming Jaime uses Widow’s Wail in the show, then both names become fairly applicable.
I do like the name theory, but with Cersei being Nissa Nissa. Since I can’t imagine Brienne getting married
I hadnt realized how many swords disappeared long ago in conjunction with how many currently have unexplained origins... I guess even if you know which house you stole your valyrian steel from, you dont wave it in their face that you did so.
I have a friend whose brother's son was named Theon.
So glad to see another shameless Hound defender who also doesn't sink into sansan grossness... I think he's the most criminally undertinfoiled character and I have plenty of my own. Excited to watch your other videos on that.
Sandor is great stepdad material, tbh. Maybe he should get together with Stoneheart 🤔
@@MeeraReads I haven't given a ton of thought to shipping him beyond refuting SanSan but I do think he is tied by fate to both Sansa and Arya. I agree with one of the oldest fan theories that he is basically Sansa's stand in for a direwolf and so will eventually serve a role kind of thematically similar to the others (obviously deeper being a human). I've considered maybe instead of warging Sansa will "warg" metaphorically into Sandor by having him be her enforcer and basically providing whatever macho/brute force/masculine energy she might need being a more genteel type. Maybe she'll also warg birds or something like some think, but that can coexist with Sandor being her knight.
I think his role w/ Arya is something the shows actually did take from George and just cut back into one speech. I think Sandor and Stoneheart are two sides of the coin that will (maybe) flip Arya from a life obsessed with vengence. Stoneheart is a being possessed totally by it, and Sandor is someone once consumed like Arya but who has moved past it (and this is why he won't Cleganebowl).
I don't know about romance, but thematically the woman Sandor is most closely parallelled to is Brienne. I will try not to go on forever haha. Both oversized, shamed for appearance, struggle with their social roles, complicated relationships with knighthood, both tied powerfully to animals, both (in a way) serve the Starks both educating and learning from them. They have a similar journey but coming from opposite ends. Both face personal demons and find a new type of moral compass that (Brienne, starting naive, holds onto elements of hers after facing horror/confusion while Sandor, starting cynical, creates one after finding some kind of hope)
I think Sandor's new morality has to be more complicated than "i won't fight for any reason or do anything now" which is what people who think his arc is over seem to find fitting.
I think they both have a lot more to do in service of and relation to the Starks and maybe to the common folk (which both of their stories also seem to tie to). I don't exaclty care to pair them romantically, there are ways that could work but I do think it's possible they are meant to be images of each other and may wind up close allies in Stark service. There are also those two sellswords who some theorize are their alternate selves who serve together. There's also the fact that hounds have a strong medieval use as bear baiters and Brienne's character references bear baiting a lot. Lots more to think about but I already am scared to look back at how long this comment is...
@DD-qo1tw I was partially joking about shipping Sandor and Stoneheart. I kind of like Sandor’s story ending on the Quiet Isle, letting him have some peace and anonymity after a lifetime of pretending to be hard.
Love your thoughts and analysis!
@@MeeraReads Haha knew you were joking but just took the opportunity to ramble I guess. I don't think anyone can just chill forever with winter coming and I believe DD took Hounds getting back into action from GRRM, but like many things bungled it... But guess we'll have to see in WoW. Cheers from a new subscriber!
PS your "Gods found Sandor innocent" take was new to me and actually makes total sense IMO. Very cool insight.
@DD-qo1tw glad to have you!
The “Just Maid” is actually an RPG as I read on a reddit post
OMG "dommy-mommy". That's going into vocabulary right now.
Ngl I fell in love with Peej a little bit for giving me that one
Heartsbane should have been named Hartsbane.
Agreed 😂 likewise Harteater
@@MeeraReads Puns make everything better
ooooh when we got to Lamentation, i was right in where it was from! i couldn't remember the house, but due to the fact its name was remniscent to me of Lady Forlorn (awesome sword name) i knew it had to be from the Vale!
Micah was 14! 14 year old were going to war already. Let’s not talk about it like the Hound took out Rickon or something
He wasn’t armed and was probably half Clegane’s size. I can get behind the argument that he was bigger and stronger than Joffrey. But what Clegane did was a straight up execution
Also there’s precedent for taking Valarian steel to the wall by way of
Blood raven and Dark Sister
@SerDezBlackfyre very true! Good catch
2:44, don’t get me wrong Aegon 4 was a bad person. Buuuut if you’ve been forcibly married to your sibling, you have every moral right to cheat as much as you want, that isn’t the problem with him.
Fair. I think I meant that as shorthand for all the heinous things he did in the process. And the cheating is relevant because of the bastards. But you’re right, that’s not what made him a bad person
@@MeeraReads totally fair! And his conduct towards his mistresses was certainly vile.
22:45 Hearteater could be for Stannis' personal crest - a stag on a burning heart. A-tier
Edit: You missed Orphan-Maker the Valyrian sword of House Roxton, which is immediate S-Tier. "It can make Widows too!!!"