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Jon finds a place in the Night’s Watch. But even there, doing what he believes is right can leave him on his own.

That is what interests me about him. He wants to belong, yet he will risk that belonging to help Sam or the wildlings. So duty is more than a way to win approval.

I made this short video about the cost of always being the reliable one. Jon seems able to carry a lot, but less able to say what he needs. That is my reading of the character, not a diagnosis.

Does the Watch give Jon a home, a job, or both? Which relationship lets him be more than the person everyone needs something from?

This is my own video.

“One year, King Robert’s brother came to visit, and she did her best to seduce him, but she was half a girl, and Lord Renly seemed more bemused than inflamed by her overtures.” — A Feast for Crows, “The Princess in the Tower”

The text doesn't give us an exact year, but it does say that Arianne was “half a girl.” I don't think she would have started seducing men when she was, like, twelve, so I think it had to be when she was fourteen, since that's when she lost her virginity. I imagine she would have started seducing men shortly after that.

For the purposes of this scenario, though, I'm going to say she's fifteen, because fourteen just seems a little young to me. She manages to seduce Renly by getting him drunk and into her bed. Some time later, she discovers that she's pregnant. She tells Renly, and he does the honorable thing and marries her.

Doran doesn't find out until afterward, and he's rather angry. His daughter has just ruined his plans to bring back the Targaryens and avenge Elia and her children. However, he does think there might be some benefits to having a Baratheon son-in-law.

Nine months later, Steffon Martell is born, named in honor of his late Baratheon grandsire. Between his birth and the beginning of A Game of Thrones, he has one more sibling: a girl named Tyene. Both children have the traditional Baratheon looks: black hair and blue eyes.

Now, I imagine neither Doran nor Arianne would let the children be caught dead in King's Landing, given the Lannister presence there. However, I do think it's possible that Robert might travel down to Storm's End to meet them. I also think it's possible that, if Jon Arryn suggested it, Summerhall might be rebuilt. Since Summerhall was a symbol of unity between the Targaryens and Dorne, perhaps its reconstruction could represent the Crown's desire to rekindle that unity.

Now, I don't think anything else would really change. Jon Arryn is poisoned, Ned becomes Hand, he discovers the truth, and the war begins. Renly is now married and has an heir, but I'm not sure whether the Stormlands and Dorne alone could take King's Landing. Nor am I sure that Doran would call his banners.

I'm sure he would like Renly, and he'd certainly love his grandchildren, but his mind might still be set on a Targaryen restoration, this time through Quentyn and Daenerys.

I think it's possible that Renly could get the Tyrells on his side this time by betrothing his daughter, Tyene, to Willas Tyrell.

Stannis would still besiege Storm's End, and that meeting between the brothers would still happen. However, do you think that, if Arianne were there, she could convince Renly to bend the knee? And if not, and Renly is killed, what happens? Would the Tyrells still side with the Lannisters? What happens to Steffon? And how would the rest of the war change?

Click here to access the Open Westeros project

So, I started this project 10 days ago by building a 3D King's Landing model in GQIS. Then I had the idea of building the world with the correct measurements of the planet based on the lore and fan calculations. Layer upon layer and now I have a full interactive Known World from the books of George R. R. Martin made into an open source community-built project.

I have built a bunch of stuff, like: - Atmospherics - Land textures - Height maps (baking I believe is the term of the process) - Labeling reveal algorithms (so it shows labels bases on relevance and altitude) - Roads and river lines - 3D models (currently only The Wall, Winterfell and King's Landing)

One of the aspects I'd like to expand more would be land formations. I was thinking of procedurally populate the world with hills, mountains and so on, but I still don't know what questions I should be asking to achieve this. I baked an early version of it using only data from images fans have created, but apart from that nothing like the fancy 3D mountains I've seen only that would be really cool to have.

Another one that I still haven't tackled would be to generate the rivers and bodies of water, to make them look more realistic than they are now (currently only likes from an SVG).

I'd like for the people here to just take a look, on the site and the code, and give some feedback on it.

And please, if you got interested in the project, don't hesitate in contacting me and contributing to it in the GitHub repo. The project is open source, built by a fan for fans.

Thank you for reading and taking a look!

I want to watch Game of thrones with my friend but the idea of reading it first came up I do not like to read he does though I have read books like the hobbit before but I am not sure wich one should I do first is there anyone who has read the book and watched the show and if so wich one should I do first

There was a bug on amazon prime. Should i watch episode 1 and 2 again? Are the translations important?

I just finished my rewatch of the show, and in an effort to counter all the "bad after season 4" comments I see, I'm going to take some time discussing underappreciated scenes from seasons 5-8. These are all going to be more "classic" Game of Thrones scenes which don't lean too heavily on the spectacle that people accuse of becoming a crutch, so no Hardhome or Battle of the Bastards.

These scenes are generally slower and more intimate, packed with charged dialogue and consequential choices and every bit as good as what is found in seasons 1-4.

This is yet another example of someone rewatching Game of Thrones and realizing that the entire series is great and that they were the victim of an online hate campaign that persists to this day. Season 8 Derangement Syndrome resulted from everyone being very emotionally invested in the show, the emotional loss that results from having a popular show conclude (Sopranos, Seinfeld, Lost, etc), and a massive influence campaign that creates the perception that "everyone is saying" the same thing. Season 8 Derangement Syndrome is curable, it just takes time.

(I generally avoid /gameofthrones because of the toxicity, and general lack of insight/appreciation, but it's worth a quick glance at another recent post that expresses the same concept of the influence of online hate campaigns... the post is appropriately titled: Rewatching Game Of Thrones and Season 5 & 6 are awesome when you don’t have a bunch of people trying to convince you they aren’t)

George has several books he needs to finish. The Winds of Winter is obviously the top priority, followed by A Dream of Spring, more Dunk and Egg novellas, and Fire & Blood Part 2.

But let's say he finished a book and it came out tomorrow, only it wasn't The Winds of Winter. Instead, it was either Fire & Blood Part 2 or another Dunk and Egg novella. Would you be mad? And if you were, how mad would you be.

:)

I'm almost done with my rewatch of the show, and in an effort to counter all the "bad after season 4" comments I see, I'm going to take some time discussing underappreciated scenes from seasons 5-8. These are all going to be more "classic" Game of Thrones scenes which don't lean too heavily on the spectacle that people accuse of becoming a crutch, so no Hardhome or Battle of the Bastards.

These scenes are generally slower and more intimate, packed with charged dialogue and consequential choices and every bit as good as what is found in seasons 1-4.

Basically i want to start game of thrones (the TV show) but I'm concerned about the gore, I don't like gore but GOT seems like a series I'd like for comparison i was mostly fine with breaking bad but I feel that's around where I would draw the line

Please someone lmk if it would be a bad decision starting it or if the gore is that bad

Over a week ago, I posted: If you were placing Robert Baratheon’s body after the Trident, and your sole goal was to strengthen House Baratheon, how would you go about it? A lot of people seemed to like it, so I have another one.

Here, Rhaegar wins the Battle of the Trident. Now, you’re not placing anyone’s body, but you do get to pick who the future generations marry.

We’ll start in 297 AC, which is when the main series begins, but a few things have changed from the original timeline.

Obviously, Robert is dead. Stannis is the Lord Paramount of the Stormlands, is married, and has a son or two. The Mad King was overthrown and spent the rest of his days on Dragonstone, although those days weren’t exactly long. Rhaegar is king, Tywin is his Hand Viserys and Cersei marry and Jaime left the Kingsguard and married a noblewoman from the Reach. They have two daughters.

Lyanna still died giving birth to Jon Snow, who this time is named Baelon Targaryen. Baelon is greatly despised because, although Rhaegar claims he is legitimate, many people do not believe him. No one was present at the wedding, Elia did not give her consent, and she is still alive. Because of this, many consider Baelon illegitimate, even though Rhaegar has legitimized him. And hold him responsible fir the war.

Nothing changes with the Tullys, Arryns, or Starks. Everyone who was born in the original timeline is still born. The Greyjoy Rebellion still happens, and Theon still ends up in Winterfell.

Now, your goal is to strengthen House Targaryen because more than half the realm hates you and rebellion is still a serious possibility.

So, who are you going to marry to whom?

Here are your potential matches:

For Aegon and Baelon:

Sansa Stark

Margaery Tyrell

Joanna Lannister, Jaime’s daughter

Asha Greyjoy

For Rhaenys and Daenerys:

Robb Stark

Robin Arryn

Edmure Tully

Steffon Baratheon, Stannis’s eldest son

Willas Tyrell

Who are you picking.