Song of Ice & Fire Discussion:What do you want in the next 3 books? (SPOILERS)

[Cor Azer]

Bran and Meera will hook up.

My only problem with that is Bran is between 7-9 years old, whereas Meera is mid-teens or older. The age difference may not mean much to older people, but the boy is hasn't even reached pre-teen status.

Oh yeah, and if Tyrion is Martin's favorite character, that almost assures that the Imp will be offed sometime soon. I can't recall where, but I'm pretty sure I've read that Martin is afraid of liking his characters too much, and if he does start having a favorite, he kills that character so that the stories don't focus on one person too much.

 

[Mercule]

Just as long as Dany is not a hero and dies before it is all over. I just don't like her character, or her chapters

Agreed.

I do like Jon, Arya, and Tyrion, though.

 

[Viking Bastard]

To me, Arya seems to be his fav character.

Her chapters just. Go. On. Foreeeeeeeeever!

 

[drnuncheon]

Tyrion (Viserion), Jon (Rhaegal) and Dany (Drogon) will be the 3 dragon riders. Martin has already said that not all three dragon riders have to be Targaryen.

I've got a friend who is convinced that not only is Jon a Targaryen (as many people think), but Tyrion is one as well. If I remembered all of his evidence, I'd put it here, but there was some indication that one of the Ts had been sleeping with Tywin's wife, and the fact that Tyrion's mismatched eye was the right color for a Targaryen.

He's thinking that Tyrion, Jon, and Dany wil be the riders and will kick the Others back up North where they belong.

J

 

[ssampier]

Pure Speculation

I love thread like this. I (like almost everyone) want the Freys to get their Comeuppance . I would rather see the Freys DECIMATED by the Others, rather than by dead-but-alive again Catelyn Stark. If her past mistakes were any indication, she's not all that wise.

I would like to see more of Bran's connection or ability to become his direwolf. I see Bran of the more "hero-type", he's just young right now. Jon character is likeable, but not really heroic. I'm not how to quantify that.

I would upset to see the dwarf die without his potential being reveal ("The giant of Lannister"). I'm indifferent to Arya, I don't dislike her, but she seems chaotic and vengeful, a perpective that I really don't identify with. Sansa is ignorant, hopefully she'll "wise up" to the workings of the world, sooner or later. Otherwise, off with her head. I believe that Littlefinger will marry her or just take advantage of her (hinted at by the kiss they shared in the snow).

Rickon I really don't care what happens to him. Sandor is not a "good guy", but I respect him. He could have killed Arya or left her to die and he did not.
I would like to see what become of Arya sailing across the sea. My guess is she's toast.

 

[Avouz]

I'm a bit surprised at all the Dany hatred here. She's my second favorite character (after Tyrion.) I'm also not fond of the younger Stark children (Bran and Rickon) while most folks here are.

Like most everyone else, I want bad things to happen to the Freys.

My suspicion as to where the stories will go from here is that GRRM will start to "clean up." He's got some 2-3 dozen major characters (and indepentent plot lines to go with them.) While it's impressive that he can maintain cohesion with that many, he's likely to start thinning things out, by killing off characters (more of the same) or creating new alliances (e.g. Tyrion-Dany, which is hinted at in the preview material for AFfC.) Now, granted, he's got three books to do it in, so I don't know how soon we'll start to see this.

 

[CrusaderX]

The title of the next book, "A Feast for Crows", implies alot of death. And for this series, that's a scary thought.

So who do you think Martin will kill next? Maybe we should start a AFFC dead-pool.

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

I'm a bit surprised at all the Dany hatred here. She's my second favorite character (after Tyrion.) I'm also not fond of the younger Stark children (Bran and Rickon) while most folks here are.

I rather like Dany, myself. No one will ever accuse her of being smart, but she's beginning to learn how to think. Plus, she hasn't done anything truly reprehensible to anyone who hasn't already deserved it.

I also really do like Sam. He's cool.

I'll have to look around for the preview materials. The only parts that I've seen were in Dragon and the preview in the back of ASoS, but it sounds like there's more floating around.

Brad

 

[ssampier]

I rather like Dany, myself. No one will ever accuse her of being smart, but she's beginning to learn how to think. Plus, she hasn't done anything truly reprehensible to anyone who hasn't already deserved it.

I also really do like Sam. He's cool.
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I almost forgot about him. Sam is a likable guy, more of a "everyman" than a hero. Plus I like I share the namesake, since many Sam characters are dunderheads (Samwise in LoTR has his moments thankfully).

I'm not too particularily fond of Dany. She's does has more going for her than her laughable, now deceased brother. From her PoV chapters, I always get the feeling that she's still young and ignorant of the world. Hopefully her story will improve. I'm sure of her exact motivation for "conquering the world", besides revenge and greed. Perhaps I missed something else. Hmm....

 

[Particle_Man]

I'm sure of her exact motivation for "conquering the world", besides revenge and greed. Perhaps I missed something else. Hmm....

A sense of destiny? She does have the blood of the dragon. That seems to lead to megalomania, for some reason (in-breeding?)

While there are a lot of things I want to happen, I don't expect them all to happen in book 4. After all, what would be left for the next 3 novels then? So I actually expect book 4 to be more of a "training/holding pattern" for most of the major characters. Thus The Mountain and/or the hound and some minor Freys might die, but I don't actually expect that much major character death.

But hey, here's hoping little Rickon gets old enough to have a viewpoint chapter of his very own.

And I would also be interested in a viewpoint chapter of the mother of the infant Lord of Winterfell. I mean, her husband got killed by Freys, and she has a kid that Cersei Lannister would likely want to see dead. Gotta be something there...

Funny, I had expected The Hound to be a sort of "replacement wolf" for Sansa, but I guess that was too obvious so it never happened. Or will it...?

What else...oh yeah...I think that Cold Hands might turn out to be Jon Snow's mentor that he was forced to kill. But I could be way off.