Hee, I love #3 and it makes a terrifying amount of sense. ;)
I just got to the bit in AFfC where Euron brings out the Strange Valyrian Dragon-Horn of Dooooooom (which I think is its proper name) and I think there is quite a bit to be said for #2. Too many magic horns cannot bode well for anybody, really. Although it would be hilarious if someone at Castle Black did blow what they thought was the Horn of Joramun and suddenly Pyke gets swallowed up by a giant kraken...
Re: #1, I did find myself following the references to Lyanna a lot closer on this most recent reread of the series, and it does seem as though GRRM is pointing to somebody being the bastard child of Lyanna and Rhaegar. Whether or not this is Jon is of course totally open to question, and there are so many bastard children running about in Westeros that it wouldn't surprise me if he pulled the metaphorical rug out from under everybody's feet and the mysterious Stark-Targaryen bastard did turn out to be Grenn or someone totally random.
It is a shame about missing the book! Any chance you might be able to get it shipped to China? It would be awful to get spoiled out of sheer bad luck...
I was planning to put together a squee/speculation post of my own after I finished AFfC (which might even be this week). At the moment, though, I have a few totally random theories that I rather like:
1. Sansa pwns Littlefinger. I admit, this is something that I really, really want to see because it would make me absurdly happy to see Sansa finally get her own back.
2. Melisandre vs. Dany's dragons. I've been wondering ever since my reread of AGoT whether Dany's dragons were hatched through the same kind of blood-magic that Melisandre is practicing (c.f. this essay about Mirri Maz Duur). The description of dead, lizard-like Rhaego really made me think about Melisandre's attempts to use fire sacrifices to bring stone dragons to life. This isn't so much a speculation as a random thought...
3. Arya finds Nymeria. Again, this is just something that I want to happen. I want Arya to have her wolf back, dammit!
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I just got to the bit in AFfC where Euron brings out the Strange Valyrian Dragon-Horn of Dooooooom (which I think is its proper name) and I think there is quite a bit to be said for #2. Too many magic horns cannot bode well for anybody, really. Although it would be hilarious if someone at Castle Black did blow what they thought was the Horn of Joramun and suddenly Pyke gets swallowed up by a giant kraken...
Re: #1, I did find myself following the references to Lyanna a lot closer on this most recent reread of the series, and it does seem as though GRRM is pointing to somebody being the bastard child of Lyanna and Rhaegar. Whether or not this is Jon is of course totally open to question, and there are so many bastard children running about in Westeros that it wouldn't surprise me if he pulled the metaphorical rug out from under everybody's feet and the mysterious Stark-Targaryen bastard did turn out to be Grenn or someone totally random.
It is a shame about missing the book! Any chance you might be able to get it shipped to China? It would be awful to get spoiled out of sheer bad luck...
I was planning to put together a squee/speculation post of my own after I finished AFfC (which might even be this week). At the moment, though, I have a few totally random theories that I rather like:
1. Sansa pwns Littlefinger. I admit, this is something that I really, really want to see because it would make me absurdly happy to see Sansa finally get her own back.
2. Melisandre vs. Dany's dragons. I've been wondering ever since my reread of AGoT whether Dany's dragons were hatched through the same kind of blood-magic that Melisandre is practicing (c.f. this essay about Mirri Maz Duur). The description of dead, lizard-like Rhaego really made me think about Melisandre's attempts to use fire sacrifices to bring stone dragons to life. This isn't so much a speculation as a random thought...
3. Arya finds Nymeria. Again, this is just something that I want to happen. I want Arya to have her wolf back, dammit!