Oh Wow, I am pretty sure in the 100 sq km of where I live, I am in the top 10 game of thrones weirdos, but I have never heard of this theory - specifically the part about the “Sentient Meteor” and “Bloodstone Island breaking the arm of Dorne”. That said, I like this part of the theory.
I know they did that, but I always thought it was limited to only a very few people.
Aeron Greyjoy
Ehh… The dude’s a misogynists as well, did the deep ones program that in him too or leave that in? People change after near death experiences, I am sure Martin is playing with that rule. But I can still see it.
Davos Seaworthy
That is an interesting… speculation - tenor.com/…/interesting-speculation-the-terror-re…
See, this one is just not believable.
He wakes up delirious and with an immediate driving compulsion to kill Melisandre, even though she had nothing to do with the deaths of his sons
People aren’t rational beings. He, of course, wouldn’t hurt his liege lord, but a foreign woman influencing your lord? She’s the perfect scapegoat for his monkey brains at that moment. Dude lost four sons, he has to cope with the fact that he willingly let them all go into battle for a man whose odds of becoming the king are very low.
It seems his personality change was the most minor and temporary, possibly because he drowned the least badly.
Also because I don’t like this fact. ‘Least Badly’ is not the modus operandi of the gods in ASOIAF. The magic in ASOIAF is cruel, weird, erratic, costly and full of mockery. I don’t think deep ones would just leave him like that. And I don’t think martin meant it and if he did, I’d chalk that up to “overwriting”. Though, he’s good at avoiding that. (so far)
That’s how GRRM writes, he repeats the same themes over and over with slight variations.
Sure there are aspects to this that I like, but I think it too often veers into the territory of “He is the chosen one” or “My brother is actually cold hands or the hound is the grave digger” for my tastes. The way GRRM executes the chosen one story line is the most interesting one out of all the other authors, but it still is a chosen one story line. I like things to be less connected, that gives the world a sense of massive scale and depth.
Thanks for the videos, I have something new to binge.
Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 4 days ago
ACoK 58 (Davos III) is the relevant chapter here, the Battle of Blackwater Bay from Davos’ POV. The only time he mentions Melisandre is that he’s glad that Stannis left her behind because otherwise everyone would credit victory to her sorcery. After he drowns, he about faces and gets immediately pissed that Melisandre wasn’t there to save his family - which you could chalk up to hypocrisy from Davos, but you could also say is a distinct change in his opinions.
Davos recognizes during the battle that it was lost due to A) wildfire and B) the chain boom that Tyrion set up. Neither of these would indicate he should be mad at Melisandre for some reason.
SpicyColdFartChamber@lemm.ee 4 days ago
But he had lost so many of his sons, that would change any man’s constitution. It’s a deeply traumatic event.
True, I don’t remember it well enough. But, stranger things have happened, people look for things to blame after traumatic events even when there’s no one to blame.
I’d say we can’t expect him to be perfect. Though I suppose, it could be possible. I’d have to read it again.
Hmmm, True that.
But, like you said GRRM likes to repeat themes and such. I don’t see how insinuating that Davos may have been possessed affect the story line in anyway. But I suppose, that’s where Euron’s plot could come in.
See, now that part does make a little sense. I always thought those chapters felt like a different story. Why not skip to the Manderlys, why linger on the three sisters, right? (it could have been an effort to expand upon the world building, but story wise, it still feels weird)
I guess you’ve convinced me that there’s something going on with the Davos plot. If Martin truly meant it, it would be interesting to see. I wonder what’s the skagos storyline going to be like and if Rickon will have something to do with the Deep ones. The skagosi are also known to be cannibals right? I wonder if there’s a connection between them and the deep ones. Some sort of feral mixed form of worship of the old gods and the deep ones.
Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 3 days ago
I think Davos having a psychic link with the Deep Ones will come into play later on, he will receive frightful visions that try to convince him to do something that furthers the agenda of the Deep Ones.
I think he will be vulnerable to this due to Stannis/Melisandre burning Shireen (which I do believe will happen), who Davos is very close to. Sacrificing children has always been his moral red line and this will drive him to do something extreme, perhaps guided by the Deep Ones.
It makes sense that Patchface will be burned at the same time, as the only reason anyone suffers him to be around is because Shireen likes him.
Do you see how these things are all wrapped up together?
SpicyColdFartChamber@lemm.ee 3 days ago
The reference to dead things in water is definitely about white walkers and the hardhome shenanigans.
But I do see the sacrifice happening, feels like such a significant plot point and very earned for the story so far. But I wonder who’ll do it. Stannis is all the way near winterfell.
I’d love to …if we had the books 😶🌫️