re: Crackpot ASOIAF Theories SPOILERS

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And i wouldn't be a bit surprised if man is the evil the wall is meant to protect against.

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yup

I like to think Benjen is still alive in human form--perhaps as a hostage/prisoner of the Others.

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Because of the reveal last night from the show I would say that this is a strong possibility and probably likely to be what happens.

I have to do more research but it may even have paved the way or hinted at Jon becoming the Great Other

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Whatever y'all are smoking, it must be some really good shite!

I don't think that I'm going out on too much of a limb here by saying NO, Jon will not be a WW, a wight, the Great Other...y'all just stop. Did I miss the part where there was an Other standing by when Jon got stabbed who was able to bring him back? If the theory is that they send his dead body north of the wall and then the Others change him, do you think the Wildlings, or the brothers of the NW, for that matter, would do that and not burn him knowing what happens to dead bodies left on the other side?

My money is still on Mel bringing him back Thoros-style or that he never died at all and didn't need to be brought back. I'm leaning toward the former because we know that she knows that Jon is AA (another obvious reason Jon won't become a WW)and from the fact that she knew what was going to happen and was in the vicinity when it went down. We also have the foreshadowing with the detour in the show of Mel meeting Thoros and being particularly interested in how he brought BD back. I also still believe that this will be Jon's "out" to leave the NW.

And whatever Colhhands is, he is more like the WW and the wights than he is like the living, and he can't enter or cross the wall. Men can. Based on that alone I think it's safe to assume that the wall was meant to protect the South, not the North.

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So much crack in this thread lately

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Amen, my brother! Also, I just realized that the Hound himself is a little extra-crispy, which makes your avatar that much more awesome!

I can say safely that the Night's Watch built the Wall and not the Others.

Also I now feel safe in saying after that episode, Coldhands is one of the Others.

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The White Walkers seem like they are pretty much 100% evil

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Can you give some evidence as to why you think this? So far I have never seen anything to indicate they are good or evil. They did kill those members of the NW in the first prologue but we have no clue as to what may have caused them to do that

Do the Others speak the Common Tongue though?? We know Coldhands does. .

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Do the Others speak the Common Tongue though?? We know Coldhands does. .

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If the theory that they can turn adults into full forms of themselves, I see no reason why certain Others wouldn't know the Common Tongue.

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in an ice castle?

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Where is this ice castle?


Do you people not have HDTV?

It was a mountain and a tiny Stonehenge structure.

Jesus man, Ice Castle was a placeholder for Ice Shrine in the middle of the heart of winter.

Bran started the wall, my point is still the same. I will say that we don't know that the guy we saw is the night's king. Something else interesting I just read is that the first hero rode out with 12 companions. I wish someone on one of the serious nerd forums would figure out what significance the shrine itself could have.