💀 Gods and Magic in A Song of Ice & Fire 💀

📝 Chapters

- 00:00 GRRM about the Gods in ASOIAF & Which Gods actually exist?

- 04:06 Religious Beliefs & Similarities

- 19:27 Why are some Religions “useless”?

- 28:27 Is Magic real because of Deities?

📚 Sources:

- A Song of Ice and Fire book series

- Game of Thrones & House of the Dragon HBO TV series

- The World of Ice and Fire

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🐎ASoIaF Theory - The Stallion who Mounts the World: Sarnor and Azor Ahai connections 🐎

📖 Sources: ASoIaF book series, Game of Thrones & House of the Dragon HBO TV series, The World of Ice and Fire, Dunk & Egg Novels.

🎬 Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:43 Dothraki Culture & “The Stallion Who Mounts the World” Prophecy

06:14 How the Stallion Prophecy Lead to the Fall of Sarnor

11:12 Sarnor: the forgotten middle child of Great Kingdoms

17:51 The “(Ice)Spider VS (Fire)Serpent” pattern

21:32 The Stallion Prophecy is the same as the Azor Ahai one and it is about Daenerys (Winds Predictions)

26:17 Conclusions & Outro

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🍁🩸 Theory about the Green Powers of the First Men 🍁🩸

📝Chapters:

- 00:00 Intro

- 00:38 What counts as a blood sacrifice and what doesn’t?

- 07:23 Green Powers & Humans

- 15:32 Children of the Forest, Crannogmen & Free Folk

- 22:34 Skinchanging is not Hereditary - 24:40 Heart Trees, Free Folk & King’s Blood

- 35:53 Outro

📚Sources:

- ASoIaF book series, The World of Ice and Fire, The Hedge Knight Novels, Fire & Blood

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🌍 The Andal Invasion happened in Multiple Waves 🌍

📖 Chapters 📖

00:00 - Intro

01:52 - Who are the Andals

03:21 - Contradictions & Inconsistencies: The Issue with the Andals and the Timeline

12:16 - ~2000 Years Ago: The Founding of Pentos and Norvos & the Scouring of Lorath

19:06 - ~4000 Years Ago: Western Expansion: Founding of Volantis, Myr, Tyrosh & Lys

24:46 - ~6000 Years Ago: Religious wars

38:32 - Andals in Westeros

56:34 - All 3 dates are correct

57:55 - Place of Origin

01:14:50 - Summary & Andal Cover Up

01:17:09 - Outro

📚 Sources 📚

ASoIaF book series, GoT: Histories and Lore & House of the Dragon HBO TV series, The World of Ice and Fire.

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🖼️ Art Credits 🖼️

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🤍🐺 Analysis of Jon Snow's identity as a bastard, a crucial part of his personal journey, and how this might affect the events of The Winds of Winter 🤍🐺

📑 Chapters 📑

00:00 - Intro

01:10 - Bastardy in the ASOIAF Universe

04:03 - Jon’s Character Development & Internalized Hate of Bastardy

16:56 - One of GoT’s Biggest Flaws We Don't Talk About Enough

24:12 - Not a Safe Space if You Don't Believe in R+L=J

29:18 - Moral of the Story & Cliché Fantasy Tropes

34:52 - Bloodraven Parallels & Why His Targaryen Blood Wouldn't Matter

39:30 - It’s Way Too Late for His Targaryen Blood to Really Matter

42:32 - Conclusions & Outro

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🎬 Credits 🎬

Clips from HBO's GoT

Intro Illustrations by Magali Villeneuve & Sam Hogg from ASOIAF Calendars

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❄️ Theory: The Wall, Its Construction, and the Importance of Salt in ASOIAF ❄️

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00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Salt in Real Life 03:02 - Salt in ASOIAF: Religion & Blood 05:29 - Salt in ASOIAF: Hospitality 07:37 - Salt in ASOIAF: Status 09:20 - Salt, Fire & Ice 14:52 - Salt, Life & Death 17:17 - The Wall is Made of Saltwater 22:20 - The Horn of Winter Raises the Wall 30:55 - The Sunless Sea Under the Wall 42:23 - The Others Helped with the Wall 47:51 - The Weirwoods' and Giants’ Role in the Wall 52:54 - Salt and Wights 54:39 - Outro

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📚 Sources 📚 ASoIaF book series, House of the Dragon HBO TV series, The World of Ice and Fire, Fire & Blood, Prose Edda, Poetic Edda.

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Analysis: Daario Naharis & His Role in The Winds of Winter

~~ Chapters ~~

00:00 - Intro

00:58 - Daario in ASOS & ADWD

03:35 - The Role of Daario in the Story

08:59 - Similarities with Racallio Ryndoon

11:33 - Daario's Valyrian Traits

16:02 - Is Daario Naharis a Dragonseed?

22:54 - Daario in The Winds of Winter

27:39 - Daario Naharis Represents Every Man in Daenerys’ Life

31:50 - Conclusions + Outro

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📚 Sources 📚

ASoIaF book series, Fire & Blood, Dunk & Egg novels.

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🎬 Credits 🎬

Clips from HBO'S GoT: Histories & Lore

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TN Art by Riccardo Moscatello

Intro Illustrations by Magali Villeneuve & Sam Hogg from ASOIAF Calendars

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🐉 Targaryen Madness: Not Hereditary, Dreams, & Foreshadowing in The Winds of Winter 🐉

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📜 Chapters 📜

00:00 - Intro

00:40 - Targaryen Madness & Dreams

02:56 - The Prince that was Promised & Men Dreamers

08:24 - Aerion Targaryen, Daeron the Drunken & Maester Aemon

16:17 - Aerys the Mad King & Viserys

20:22 - Baelor The Blessed & Rhaegel Targaryen

27:28 - Maegor the Cruel

29:44 - Aegon V & Rhaegar: Overconfident not Mad

34:42 - Why this is important to the current storyline.

38:30 - The Sphinx is the Riddle - The Dragon Has Three Heads

42:01 - Outro

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📚 Sources 📚

ASoIaF book series, Game of Thrones & House of the Dragon HBO TV series, The World of Ice and Fire, The Hedge Knight Novels, Fire & Blood.

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🔍 Keywords 🔍

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Patchface Theory: Jiggles, Resurrection, and Future Predictions

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📖 Chapters 📖

00:00 - Intro

00:34 - Creepy and Malevolent?

04:13 - How Did He Get Resurrected?

12:06 - What Do Patchface’s Jiggles Mean?

38:32 - Patch and Shireen Will Be Burned Together to “Wake Dragons from Stone” by Stannis

45:36 - Outro

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📚 Sources 📚

ASoIaF book series.

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📝 Three (Technical) Writing Choices in ASOIAF I Do Not Like 📝

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📖 Chapters 📖

0:00 - Intro

0:37 - Fire & Blood

3:07 - Dothraki

4:48 - Pacing (AFFC & Boring Chapters)

13:11 - Outro

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