Good morning (or afternoon, or evening, or whenever you’re reading this), adventurers!
As you may or may not know, Wars and Politics of Ice and Fire has its own Tumblr page (as well as its own Twitter and Facebook pages). Even more excitingly, we here at the blog have partnered with ASOIAF University to answer questions about A Song of Ice and Fire. We – that is, SomethingLikeaLawyer and I – take the text-based questions submitted to us, write up thoughtful, text-based answers, and publish these answers on the Tumblr.
A little bit of a quieter week at Headquarters, but nevertheless got out some solid answers to solid asks. The Hand went back to his great Aegon Doctrine to explain why Aegon took away royal titles, and reanalyzed Viserys I as a poor Targaryen king. For my part, I looked at Littlefinger’s financial blackmail of Anya Waynwood, and the decline of Visenya’s ideal of the Kingsguard. We also released two – two! – essays this week: one from BryndenBFish about Aurane Waters, and one from me about Tyrek Lannister.
So, without further ado, here’s The Ravenry for the week of February 1:
- SomethingLikeLawyer underlines the importance of the Aegon Doctrine in relation to royal titles
- NFriel spells out a popular theory about Maynard Plumm
- SomethingLikeaLawyer answers whether a crown prince unhappy in his marriage could invalidate it upon becoming king
- SomethingLikeaLawyer balances the sides in a dragonless Aegon v. Daenerys battle
- SomethingLikeaLawyer agrees on the importance of dragons to the end of the story
- SomethingLikeaLawyer points out what makes Jaime the likeliest valonqar
- NFriel analyzes the current legality of the Tyrion-Tysha marriage
- NFriel speaks to the Targaryen reliance on, and forcing of, prophecy
- NFriel clarifies the last known location of Aegon the Conqueror’s crown
- NFriel speculates on the fate of unmarried Northern daughters
- SomethingLikeaLawyer gives Argella Durrandon a ladyship for bending the knee to Aegon
- SomethingLikeaLawyer defines the Others as omnicidal anti-humans
- NFriel disagrees that Rhaegar was insane or suffering from a hero complex
- SomethingLikeaLawyer confirms a martial tradition for women in at least part of the North
- NFriel explains the legal problems faced by lords on the eve of the Dance of the Dragons
- NFriel denies that Willas Tyrell could, or would, have married a bastard
- SomethingLikeaLawyer reminds of Walder Frey’s probable bad faith acting in any Robb Stark scenario
- NFriel contemplates what degree of relation makes one a kinslayer
- NFriel considers how Littlefinger arranged a marriage between Harry the Heir and a “bastard”
- NFriel offers a theory on the motivation of the Others
- NFriel admits the possibility (but nothing stronger at this moment) that Daenerys could be Cersei’s “younger and more beautiful” queen
- NFriel hypothesizes on what Coldhands could be
- NFriel gives an in-world explanation as to why the North has never had a ruling lady or queen
- SomethingLikeaLawyer challenges the idea that Hoster would press Robert to marry Lysa
- SomethingLikeaLawyer separates the Targaryen plans of Doran and Varys
- SomethingLikeaLawyer predicts Prince Maron Martell’s death if Daemon Blackfyre won
- SomethingLikeaLawyer agrees with a line of Frey foreshadowing
- NFriel discusses the ideal fundamental qualification of Kingsguard knights
- SomethingLikeaLawyer theorizes on why Bloodraven was given Dark Sister
- NFriel opposes the idea that the valonqar could be anyone’s younger sibling (of any gender)
- NFriel provides Yandel’s definition of the vale mountain clans’ origins
- SomethingLikeaLawyer reviews Viserys I in light of the “worst kings” list
- SomethingLikeaLawyer submits his ideas on the Ashara-Stark love affair
- SomethingLikeaLawyer believes Young Aegon truly believes his proffered identity
- NFriel presents some ideas why House Durrandon (or House Baratheon) has no ancestral weapon
- NFriel affirms House Gardener’s male-line (but not complete bloodline) extinction
- SomethingLikeaLawyer explores why the Great Spring Sickness did not lead to greater reforms for the Westerosi peasantry (and responds to racefortheironthrone’s comments)
- NFriel judges why Aegon might have loved Rhaenys more than Visenya
- NFriel notes why Aegon refused Sharra Arryn’s offer
As always, we love to hear your text-based questions, so if you have a burning question about ASOIAF, click this link to send us a raven.
Be safe and make good choices,
The Queen Regent (NFriel)
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