Read A Song Of Ice And Fire 2016 discussion

A Storm of Swords * 44. Arya VIII *Discuss only this chapter and anything prior

Summerhall again. I'm intrigued!
Hmm... Edric Dayne of Starfall and Wylla possibly being Jon's mom... and then Ashara Dayne.... lots of possibles/potentially important information.

Hm, I wrote down everything the old woman said, I'm curious to see exactly what each of her dreams means.

Wait, is Ned a Targaryen? His eyes are described as deep blue, almost purple and his hair is light blond, ash, rather than honey. He might not be, though it's curious that someone who looks like this is Jon's milkbrother or whatever the word was.

My deduction about the story Meera told Bran is officially conifrmed and now I know the girl was Ashara Dayne. Fascinating chapter.

About Balon's death: (view spoiler)[I find it annoying that Balon, Joffrey, and Robb didn't die in the same order Stannis threw the leeches in the fire. I wonder exactly what the connection between these events is, though. I mean, would they've died anyway? (hide spoiler)]

I feel like I'm walking in an empty graveyard, writing in the ASoS threads. It's getting lonely, I should catch up with you guys soon.

RE: Ned (view spoiler)[I think Ned is Edric Dayne (if I remember right...) (hide spoiler)]

RE: Balon's death (view spoiler)[I never noticed that out of order thing with the leeches.... I wonder if it just happens in the order that is easiest-like first opportunity? (hide spoiler)]

I'm also way behind, but we'll get caught up! :)

Brianna wrote: "RE: Ned [spoilers removed]

RE: Balon's death [spoilers removed]

I'm also way behind, but we'll get caught up! :)"

About Ned: Yeah, he presented himself to Arya in this chapter, which is why I assume he's not a Targaryen after all, yet I couldn't help noticing his Targaryen-like traits.

Balon: (view spoiler)[Perhaps you're right, though the perfectionist in me is cringing, and to be honest, the fact the two events don't match makes me think they're not 100% related. Also, since only Balon died of what might be considered an accident, aka an act of God (and even that's questionable), it makes me wonder even more if the leeches actually did something. (hide spoiler)]

Yeah, there's plenty of time, it's only the beginning of July after all. And A Feast for Crows is shorter than this one.

Balon: (view spoiler)[I definitely agree about the leeches. Now that I know it's out of order, I can't help but wonder if the timelines are all at the same point (to make the order line up) or not (if that makes any sense). I feel some chapters cover shorter periods of time than others so I'm curious if everyone is within the same time frame or if some peoples POV are ahead of others. (hide spoiler)]

Brianna wrote: "Balon: [spoilers removed]"
That actually does make sense, but I think they are all in the same time frame. Otherwise it would have been too confusing. See, for example, the wedding hasn't happened yet in Arya's chapter and it hasn't happened for any of the other characters as well - in Catelyn's we see they're getting ready to leave for the wedding, in Jaime's we see Bolton has just left for the Twins as well. And each character only learns about another's decisions or actions after the reader's read about them in said character's chapters. If the time frames were different, there would be at least one character who knows stuff that haven't happened in the previous chapters and no such character exists (so far). So yeah, it's an interesting idea, but I don't think it applies. There might be a slight time difference for characters who are too far away, like Daenerys, for example, but even if so, it would make no difference, because her plotline doesn't interact with the others' much.

True true. Sometimes it's hard to tell when there's not one major even going on for so many people.