Zoso Achilles
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Thanks, that sounds familiar. I start forgetting this stuff way too quickly.
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A Song of Ice and Fire -- **Unmarked Spoilers For All Books including ADWD**
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Cpt.Underpants
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Wow the same line that Lommy Greenhans said before Raff the sweetling stuck a spear through his neck.
BobTheFork
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Damn, that was really an amazing chapter.
I took me a minute to remember who that was.
Outstanding.
I took me a minute to remember who that was.
Outstanding.
Haha, glad it wasn't just me who got that feeling.
I'm fighting so hard with myself not to read it.
Spider from Mars
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Must...not....read
Can't wait to read it in 2019!
Can't wait to read it in 2019!
...On second thought.
PhoenixDark
Banned
Amazing chapter...one of the best I've read in the series.
Every now and then Martin gets an opportunity to write something that might normally feel out of place in the series. His prose tends to have some flourishes of course, but you can tell when he really gets to have fun. The septon monologue in AFFC comes to mind first, and after reading this chapter we can add those mummer stage scenes to the list. It's thick with Richard III references. The entire chapter was amazing of course, but I found myself almost wishing the POV perspective could stay in the theater just to hear more.
The first thing I thought of when I read ADWD's prologue back in 2011 was that Harys Swift would run into Arya; someone on Reddit called it even more accurately. He has survived so many books despite being a dumbass lmao but it seems like his luck is running out.
So I guess Arya was going to play Sansa in the play?
The first thing I thought of when I read ADWD's prologue back in 2011 was that Harys Swift would run into Arya; someone on Reddit called it even more accurately. He has survived so many books despite being a dumbass lmao but it seems like his luck is running out.
So I guess Arya was going to play Sansa in the play?
Exterminieren
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OH MY GOD.
First sample chapter to properly get me excited for TWOW.
First sample chapter to properly get me excited for TWOW.
The Artful Dodger
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That chapter...
FootballFan
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T`was a good chapter that.
Much Mercy
Such artery
wow
Such artery
wow
Bob Dobalina
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Supermanisdead
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Oh my GOD TWOW new chapter spoiler:
Bran watching Arya's wolf warging. I wonder if he knows it's Nymeria.
Also, do you think Arya was playing Sansa in the play?
edit: lol, i'm dumb. lady stork
Also, do you think Arya was playing Sansa in the play?
edit: lol, i'm dumb. lady stork
The Artful Dodger
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You're a stonger man than I.
If I cave in and click on the spoilers, I'll have to read the whole chapter. Better leave the thread.
New chapter
I dont think there are many female direwolves in westeros let alone female direwolves in the riverlands where his sister took hers. So i'd say yea. I would love to know if he knows that she is warging her because wargs can tell that kind of stuff
Basileus777
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I caved in and read the sample chapter. It was well worth it. Though now I want more, and that's not a good expectation to have when the book is a year+ away.
A Human Becoming
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Anyone else think (new chapter):
Arya is losing more of herself over time, with these incidents (such as when she killed Dareon) being small glimpses of her returning? Or has she simply been able to mold her lives together only considering the past when needed? Isn't she almost 12 by now? I think Winds of Winter takes place in 301AL. Also lol at ANOTHER name change. Mercy is a good one.
Great chapter. Arya is my favorite character because of her unique storyline.
Great chapter. Arya is my favorite character because of her unique storyline.
Me neither, create a new topic or something please, all the white lines are making my fingers itch damnit.
Anyone else think Arya will be heading back to Westeros soon? I don't think the Faceless Men will be too happy with her killing people on her list, and she seemed to revert pretty much right back to being Arya at the end. Plus she's obviously a pretty skilled assassin by now.
She could either go back to King's Landing along with Swyft, or if she waits a bit she could head back with Massey, the guy Stannis sent to Braavos to round up sellswords.
She could either go back to King's Landing along with Swyft, or if she waits a bit she could head back with Massey, the guy Stannis sent to Braavos to round up sellswords.
Morrigan Stark
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Are you guys sure she was meant to play Sansa? I thought so too at first but just re-reading the beginning, she says "tonight I’ll be raped and murdered.". That sounds more like Shae? Then again, the "Please, m’lord, I am still a maiden" line from the play is indeed more fitting of Sansa. So I dunno.
I have to say, while the notion of Arya playing her own sister is irresistible, the idea of her playing Shae is just too damn hilarious.
I have to say, while the notion of Arya playing her own sister is irresistible, the idea of her playing Shae is just too damn hilarious.
Hahaha nice pic, very fitting.
That chapter...
Memento Mori
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Sansa disappeared without trace, so it wouldn't surprise me if people think Tyrion killed her as well as Joffrey.
About a minute depending on how it's cut.
Supermanisdead
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One of the other mummers was playing a Lady Stork, so I thought that would be Sansa. Arya was probably just another victim. But it would have been hilarious for Arya to play Sansa unknowingly.
Speaking of that fact; whether or not Arya was playing Sansa, do you think she knew this story was about the people in Kings Landing? She is familiar with all of them, but not of what happened except King Robert's death.
Speaking of that fact; whether or not Arya was playing Sansa, do you think she knew this story was about the people in Kings Landing? She is familiar with all of them, but not of what happened except King Robert's death.
PhoenixDark
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interestingly Arya has no reaction to the play, which features her father and sister, yet immediately reacts to someone from her death list.
It almost seems like Harys isn't a target, at least not right away. Arya notes he'll be upset about Raff which he'll presumably learn of after the play is finished. Could Arya sneak back to King's Landing on his ship? Or perhaps she'll stay and later board Massey's ship back to the north.
I wonder what her mission is; the FM must have known about Harys' plan to come to Braavos I guess.
It almost seems like Harys isn't a target, at least not right away. Arya notes he'll be upset about Raff which he'll presumably learn of after the play is finished. Could Arya sneak back to King's Landing on his ship? Or perhaps she'll stay and later board Massey's ship back to the north.
I wonder what her mission is; the FM must have known about Harys' plan to come to Braavos I guess.
Supermanisdead
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TWOW new spoiler chapter:
WAIT! Do you think Mercy was playing Arya in the play? The timeline would be muddled, but people could attribute her disappearance to Tryion secretly raping and murdering her. It would be an interesting parallel, but it's probably a stretch.
PhoenixDark
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She goes back to finish the play, which will be her last performance. That's why she says she'll miss Mercy and the mummers she met. The items in her pockets - the key, knife, and gold - are going to be used in her mission, which seemingly will begin after the play; so after he play she'll no longer be Mercy, and will never see her friends again . Killing Raff was a detour.
Yeah, this is my favourite TWOW chapter so far.
I'm really curious as to how her plot will influence the overall storyline...
A Human Becoming
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Something I just thought of:
What are the chances Arya is wearing a different face?
Ha, I never assumed she didn't. From my point of view 100%.
Well, you have plenty of time to re-read before the next book comes out.
I might have to read through the series a 3rd time when I think we're getting closer.
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