re: Game of Thrones Re-Read/Re-Watch Project (Multiple Book Spoilers)

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Yeah, I reread it, it's from ASOS, Jon's not there. It's the very last part of the chapter where Mormont is killed as well as Craster. Gilly asks Sam to take her and the baby, or else "They" will. Sam asks who They is, and one of the older wives responds: "The Boy's brothers," "Craster's sons. The white cold's rising out there, crow. I can feel it in my bones. Those poor old bones don't lie. They'll be here soon, the sons." I think it goes without saying that Toddler wights aren't really going to be that fearsome, so she's most likely referring to Others, particularly since it was the others themselves that always took Craster's sons.

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While it may be true that they are being converted into others, I personally don't think thats the case.

I think these women see these monsters come and take their sons and assume that they are becoming like them since the monsters come and never grow older and never go away they assume that their children replenish their ranks.

I think that The Others take these sons as sacrifices. Either The Others are "gods" themselves (which is more than likely what Craster and his wives believe) or The Others then sacrifice these children in the names of THEIR GODS (what I find most likely).

I just don't know if I can believe that humans can be transformed into Others, that doesn't seem like the world GRRM has been painting for us. Though, like always, I could easily be wrong.