Brianna’s Comments (group member since Dec 09, 2015)

Brianna’s comments from the Read A Song Of Ice And Fire 2016 group.

OMG. I loved this episode. I think it was really strong premier. I knew they would play certain things close to the vest (what will happen with Jon!) and there were a few surprises.

I'm really excited to see what happens with Mellisandre. I mean-WTF?!

I really think the women are going to get the men back for what they've had to deal with. We definitely saw that with Dorne and Sansa. I'm curious about what the repercussions of the Dorne stuff will be.

It's such a conundrum for her. If she were to choose Tywin or Joffrey, things may be over, but who knows how long it would take for it to happen. Thus, she probably focused on immediate action so she could escape.

♪ Leslie (aka Basesloaded32) wrote: "I answered your private message Brianna. I tried the spoiler tag but did not know if it would work in a private message or not.

And I just tried to watch it again and they must have found their er..."

Thank you!
I googled it to see if there was any news about it, but didn't see anything. It looks like no one tried to post it to a torrent site which is awesome.

House Martell is a house from Dorne. It's where Prince Oberyn is from (his wife/girlfriend is who killed Cersei's daughter). I'm not sure if that helps.

thoughts while reading:
It's crazy (but understandable) to see Sansa's complete 180 change from loving to Joffrey to having such dislike (if not hate) for him.

thoughts while reading:
Theon definitely regrets what he did. That dream is very telling of this.
thought from this chapter & from the TV show to avoid spoilers→ (view spoiler)[Theon talks about how it's his sister's fault-all the bad going on. He thinks she wants to take his place. In the show, she really does care for him and tries to help him when he's taken captive. I wonder if we'll see that side of her in the books. (hide spoiler)]
"Tell me true, which one gave you the fiercest fight, the cripple or the babe?"
I find it interesting that he considers actual Winterfell (so the buildings basically) as his prize.
Asha is definitely smart about what location is better for the Ironborn to want/need/protect.
I know the Starks' dreams mean things, so I wonder if Theon's dream means anything.
Yay! Bran and Rickon seem to still be alive!

and just sent you a message... lol #noshame
I like spoilers. I'm not sure why lol

thoughts while reading:
I understand why Catelyn feels so bad, but I think she deserves it. She should have gone back for them long ago. Or even had them sent down.
That is a valid point that the wolves wouldn't have let Theon hurt the boys.... Hmm...
Sorry Brienne-the Queen does not have that nice of a heart.
So the dagger that was used to attack Bran was won by Robert?
WOW... what Aerys did to Ned's brother and father is so messed up!

I am so excited for this book! I've read the first three and part of the fourth before and the third was DEFINITELY my favorite.

thoughts while reading:
I feel like this dinner with Cersei and Tyrion is full of unsaid things that I'm not quite getting.

thoughts while reading:
I also think Jon (as Ghost) is talking to Bran (in some form). I'm not sure if it would be Bran from the future though. Maybe, since Bran hasn't accepted his third eye yet. Hmm...
"Dead men walk and the trees have eyes again. Why should we balk at wargs and giants?" ← I get the reference to dead men walk, but what trees have eyes again?

thoughts while reading:
"Queen Cersei and the Imp and Lord Varys and their like, they all watch each other keen as hawks, and pay this one and that one to spy out what the others are doing, but no one ever troubles themselves about Lady Tanda's daughter, do they?" ← Why does he feel Lady Tanda's daughter is important? Or am I misunderstanding what he's talking about?
"Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same."

thoughts while reading:
"Fire is life up here, but it can be death as well."
"One step and then another, and I will not fall." ← I agree Leslie! It's very inspirational.
"He was his father's son. Wasn't he?" ← Why is he doubting he is his father's son? Is it because he feels it is wrong killing Ygritte?

thoughts while reading:
Why is Wex sleeping at the foot of Theon's bed? (Who IS Wex? I don't remember him...)
I wonder why Theon DIDN'T kill the direwolves when he first took over Winterfell.

thoughts while reading:
"You don't suppose there are any dragons about, do you?" ← lol I find it interesting that news of Dany's dragons haven't quite reached King's Landing. I am also curious, is it the dragons that brought back magic or was magic coming back that allowed the dragons to hatch? (kind of like what came first-the chicken or the egg lol)

thoughts while reading:
Is it just Drogon that she has with him? Where are the other dragons?
things that she sees→
-woman being attacked (?) by 4 men
-a feast of corpses, one of which had a head of a wolf w/ an iron crown
-her childhood home in Braavos
-the main hall at King's Landing
-a man who looked similar to her brother naming a baby Aegon, talking of the song of ice and fire, the dragon has three heads and they need one more (?)
-Pyat Pree trying to get her to go to him
-a group of wizards
Did they really send the comet? Or are they just capitalizing on its presence?
-a human heart surrounded by the Undying Ones
"the shape of shadows... drink from the cup of ice...drink from the cup of fire...mother of dragons...child of three...three heads has the dragon...
three fires you must light...one for life and one for death and one to love...three mounts you must ride...one to bed and one to dread and one to love...
three treasons will you know...once for blood and once for gold and once for love...."
from Tower of the Hand chapter summary about the visions: (view spoiler)[A series of visions comes to her faster and faster: Viserys covered in molten gold; her stillborn son Rhaego as a man with a burning city behind him; Rhaegar dying on the Trident; Stannis holding aloft a flaming sword but casting no shadow; a cloth dragon swaying on poles amidst a cheering crowd; a great stone beast taking wing from a smoking tower; her silver riding towards a stream beneath a sea of stars; a corpse with bright eyes and gray lips smiling sadly on the prow of a ship; a blue flower growing in a chink of ice; Mirri Maz Duur performing her shadow magic; a young Daenerys outside the house with the red door; Mirri Maz Duur dying as Daenerys's dragons hatch; a bloody corpse, naked, bound and dragged behind her silver; a white lion, taller than a man, running through grass; a line of naked crones coming out of a great lake and kneeling before her; and ten thousand slaves reaching out to touch her and crying "mother" as she rides past. (hide spoiler)]
The Undying Ones are so creepy!

thoughts while reading:
Arya is sneaky! I like it. lol
Jaqen definitely has a soft spot for Arya and it's kind of adorable. He also seems to be really annoyed with her.
So... I'm not quite sure what happened. Did the Bloody Mummers switch who they were supporting? Is that how Bolton got to be in charge?

thoughts while reading:
I think it's kind of cute that as a wolf, he's remembering things from when he was able climb. (not sure if cute is the right word though...)
I completely understand that no one really saw that coming. Even Robb trusted Theon. :(
"Cruel places bread cruel peoples, Bran, remember that as you deal with these ironmen."
Poor Hodor. :(

thoughts while reading:
I don't think Catelyn should be meddling in what's going on. She doubted her brother and he seems to do okay. Why is she meddling in what Tyrion's terms are? This could be dangerous....
"But if we are winning, why am I so afraid?"

thoughts while reading:
I find Shae to be really interesting. She seems proud to be a whore and wants all this money and jewels, but thinks she's above being a kitchen maid.
"I trust you like one of my own blood, in truth." ← so not so much trust then? lol
"The dwarf, the evil counselor, the twisted little monkey demon. I'm all that stands between them and chaos."

thoughts while reading:

"There are worse ways to die than worm and drunk. I knew a brother drowned himself in wine once. It was a poor vintage, though, and his corpse did not improve it." ← That's crazy! And kind of gross.... lol
I wonder what Mance is looking for in the mountains.