re: Crackpot ASOIAF Theories SPOILERS

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About joncon and the greyscale...will he give anybody else the bug before he croaks?

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JonCon is fricked. I think that he and Shireen are ticking time bombs in that regard. You have the bloody flux going on the East where Dany is, and with the dampness of Winter coming, I wouldn't be surprised if he spreads greyscale around Westeros before dying.

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And the wildlings are convinced Shireen is doomed (even though maesters say greyscale wont kill you in childhood) She gon die?

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I would imagine that the Wildlings probably know more about greyscale than what the Southron folk and Northerners do. At that cold of temperatures, and with the dampness and snow, I would imagine that it's possible that it could reactivate. And I know some of the spoiled ASOIAF forum fans whine about how much of a bitch Val is to Jon about Shireen having greyscale, but I see it as a precautionary warning about the disease. Perhaps the Wildlings know that there's a chance that she could spread greyscale around at those temperatures.


Aside from the Others and cold weather/not having enough food, I believe a lot of Westeros is going to die from a full-fledged Greyscale plague (like the Black Plague) and possible if the Bloody Flux plague spreads from Essos to Westeros (which is possible from all the trade and ships). I could see Martin using both diseases/plagues to parallel the Black Plague and how two-thirds of Europe died from it in the Middle Ages.