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Winter is here. What does that mean exactly?
Posted on 6/27/16 at 8:45 am
Posted on 6/27/16 at 8:45 am
What does winter in GoT actually signify? Is it a little Ice Age? Is it just a time where all hell breaks loose? Being a strict viewer of the show, I don't recall this ever being addressed. I remember Ned telling Arya about how she was born during the long summer so I suppose it has been several decades since the last one (Pre Robert's Rebellion). Also, was there anything significant during the last winter?
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Posted on 6/27/16 at 8:46 am to CharlieDay
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"Winter is Coming" is the motto of House Stark, one of the Great Houses of Westeros. The meaning behind these words is one of warning and constant vigilance. The Starks, being the lords of the North, strive to always be prepared for the coming of winter, which hits their lands the hardest. The inevitable truth of the words are mentioned by other characters, who occasionally note that sooner or later, the Starks are always right.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 8:47 am to CharlieDay
it's a time for wolves, brother.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 8:48 am to CharlieDay
I liken it to Orcs in Lord of the Rings needing the cloud cover over the sun to march and attack.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 8:49 am to CharlieDay
It means dem baws is coming baw
Posted on 6/27/16 at 8:50 am to CharlieDay
The temperatures are lower than they were before.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 8:52 am to CharlieDay
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Winter is here. What does that mean exactly?
Ice Demons stacked. Humans fricked.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 8:58 am to CharlieDay
Oh, my sweet summer child! What do you know about fear? Fear is for the winter, when the snows fall a hundred feet deep; fear is for the Long Night, when the sun hides for years and children are born and live and die all in darkness. That is the time for fear, my little Lord.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:07 am to VermilionTiger
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I liken it to Orcs in Lord of the Rings needing the cloud cover over the sun to march and attack.
really?
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:14 am to CharlieDay
I thought it meant two things: winter is literally coming (in this universe, doesn't "winter" last for years?) and that the Whitewalkers will try to move south of The Wall.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:15 am to CharlieDay
Winters typically last for years (all seasons do), so it is a time of extreme hardship in the north.
I believe there was a very short "false" winter after Robert's Rebellion. At the start of the series it's been about 10 or 12 years since the last winter.
I believe there was a very short "false" winter after Robert's Rebellion. At the start of the series it's been about 10 or 12 years since the last winter.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:17 am to CharlieDay
Winter lasts for years. Can't grow crops. People drop like flies either from cold or hunger.
No southron army can invade the north in the winter. Book Stannis will soon learn that since he didn't technically die during winter on the show.
No southron army can invade the north in the winter. Book Stannis will soon learn that since he didn't technically die during winter on the show.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:21 am to UncleBlazer
quote:WTF, bro?
Book Stannis will soon learn that since he didn't technically die during winter on the show.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:22 am to CorporateTiger
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Winters typically last for years (all seasons do), so it is a time of extreme hardship in the north.
Do places like KL and Dorne look like Winterfell is now with the snow or do they typically go unscathed?
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:24 am to CharlieDay
But of both. KL doesn't get the huge snowdrifts, but it is too cold (and the days too short) to grow crops. I believe a significant snow in KL would be quite rare even in Winter:
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:45 am to CorporateTiger
What about Mareen and the countries across the Narrow Sea? Are they affected by winter?
Posted on 6/27/16 at 10:30 am to CorporateTiger
Does the Winter ever get to Dorne? I wondered that.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 10:44 am to The Sad Banana
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WTF, bro?
What?
Posted on 6/27/16 at 10:49 am to UncleBlazer
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Book Stannis will soon learn that since he didn't technically die during winter on the show.
Brienne of Tarth begs to differ.
He hasn't died in the books yet, but he is well and truly dead on the show unless you are calling Brienne of Tarth a liar.
I know I wouldn't call her a liar. Just sayin... ;)
This post was edited on 6/27/16 at 10:50 am
Posted on 6/27/16 at 10:52 am to Bard
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He hasn't died in the books yet, but he is well and truly dead on the show unless you are calling Brienne of Tarth a liar.
I'm saying he didn't die in the winter. He technically died before it started
Whereas when he dies in the books, it will technically be winter
This post was edited on 6/27/16 at 10:53 am
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