A Dance with Dragons - Chapter 49 - Jon X

[@StoryTrades]

Jon was working towards building something so beautiful, it's a shame everyone around him couldn't see that. His past enemies using their war drums and horns to make music for a wedding, a wedding between two people from cultures separated by centuries of mistrust. People toasting to the gods of their would-be-enemies, now hosting them beneath their halls. George created such a wonderful moment here.

[@kristopherspence8053]

I couldn't have said it better myself!

[@ciandryl]

i see george trying to organize different weddings at this point such as danny, alys, asha, and i forgot who else. if this was a series, it should be titled as Vows.

[@theelectricprince8231]

Jon as king, Asha as Queen and Tyrion as hand would have made a better Westeros

[@ciandryl]

@@theelectricprince8231 and their first command or inaugural decree is to legitimise the bastards and the non binaries 💀

[@ythandlename]

I enjoy the ironies in GRRM's writing. A older noble 'lord' curses, swears and throws shit around like a savage while a younger freefolk warrior tries to act as gentlemanly as possible in his wedding.

[@comradestannis]

All lords are stupid. Feudalism is a fuck.

[@elioharrington]

The fact Satin helped Alys with her wedding look😭

[@molleh3180]

Satin is bestie

[@comradestannis]

@@molleh3180 Satin's the best...in

[@renaigh]

the Thenns were done dirty by the show, Bronze Warriors defending the Free Folk from the Black Marauders, only to be made into savage flesh eating monsters.

[@DavidReadsASoIaF]

Making all the wildlings dour savages was one of the early signs of how far off the rails the show was gonna go.

[@comradestannis]

@@DavidReadsASoIaF That, and they ruined Stannis.

[@oz4087]

Wildlings in the books are so intresting to me. Im kinda sad we dont get more unique cultures like the Thenns.

[@RobertP.Trebor]

Thenns probably stand out more cause they actually know how to fight.

[@kristopherspence8053]

This is my Friday, bowl of ramen, side of dumplings, and Jon p.o.v. chapter read by David hell yeah

[@jackwess6462]

thats the life!

[@bensonfang1868]

I made the mistake of tryna eat while listening to Reek I

[@twa9342]

@@bensonfang1868😂😂😂

[@jerrywhoomst1116]

Good to see an actual likable Karstark.

[@comradestannis]

Yeah

[@majesticchinchilla8692]

Ngl I ship Alys and Sigorn. This is probably one of the happiest weddings in the series.

[@comradestannis]

A rarity.

[@maksimnikiforovski2034]

Despite the Starks being 'the heroes of the story' I love how Martin paints the North. On one hand, it is a traditional, just, honorable place, but on the other hand, people are stubborn, unyielding, conservative and often 'savage' (the Boltons, the Skagosi, etc.). His world building is top-notch! Nothing is black and white.

[@nont18411]

He loves to write cultures as “these people are like this by stereotypes, but….” - The north are loyal and honorable, but there are also those who are evil and opportunistic like the Boltons and Karstarks under Arnolf, or very conservative and bigoted like OG Karstarks under Rickard. - The south are full of untrustworthy and backstabbing traitors, but there are also goody two shoes and extremely honorable folks like Davos, Samwell, Podrick and Brienne. - The ironborn are savages, except there is Asha who tried to revolutionize the culture to be more peaceful and Theon, who is more accustomed to the Starks way of life than the Greyjoys. - The Tullys are good guys like the Starks, except that one of them literally started the war by poisoning Jon Arryn and conspired with Littlefinger to frame the Lannisters, while the others have a terrible judge of character. Catelyn and Blackfish hate Jon simply because he’s a bastard (the Blackfish case is even worse, he didn’t even know Jon. He just listened to Cat so he hates Jon like her to the point that he believes that Jon conspired with Tywin to become a lord commander at Night’s Watch) while trusted in Littlefinger, Walder Frey, Roose Bolton and Lysa. - The Lannisters are full of violent war criminal psychopaths, except that there’s one a-hole who started to realize the error of his ways and try to redeem himself like Jaime and another who understands the struggle of marginalized people and has empathy like Tyrion. And many more examples. This is what made GRRM writing so good. It feels real.

[@forcecaptainoverlordsuprem2964]

Conservative

[@maksimnikiforovski2034]

@@forcecaptainoverlordsuprem2964 Yes they stick to their traditions. The Dornish are the opposite.

[@maksimnikiforovski2034]

@@nont18411 That is very beautifilly written!

[@renaigh]

Satin must really Hot if he's making everyone uncomfortable

[@mtlacunae8659]

Lord commander that oldtown 🅱️ussy got me acting dishonorable.

[@comradestannis]

If something anti-gay is going out, then something really gay is going in.

[@jorikrouwenhorst7220]

He’e Castle Blacks resident fem-boy.

[@sweetpotatofries99]

People like the Queen's men don't like guys who used to do gay stuff. Jon always notices how pretty and capable he is tho.

[@comradestannis]

@@sweetpotatofries99 The Queen's men are sexist assholes

[@anyoneattheendoftime4932]

Most wholesome chapter in the series.

[@comradestannis]

Once again, a rarity.

[@BloodyFoxDK]

A peaceful wedding is such a joy :)

[@comradestannis]

A true rarity.

[@facelessdirewlf]

Jon must seem like a crazy person being the only one worried about them wights

[@jimboslice6367]

Well that’s what the Wall is for

[@oz4087]

Darn my Jon x Alys ship was sunk before it even left the port.

[@abrarbw]

If only Jon could end up with Val byond the wall in the end. I'd die a happy man. But I don't think fire-zombie Jon will even have such emotions.

[@kristopherspence8053]

Ha

[@IngTomT]

Jon + Arya anyone?

[@billyguyjoe1858]

@@IngTomT what

[@IngTomT]

@@billyguyjoe1858 what what?

[@lokmanehammad25]

"But the snow was blowing from the east along the wall, cold as the breaths of the ice dragon.." Some foreshadowing that is 🙏 #Eastwatch #Visyrion #WallFall

[@oz4087]

Viserion deserves better. Hes a good boy/girl who likes to fly about, sleep around his peach tree And blow up slaver pyramids. He deserved better.

[@jimboslice6367]

I don’t see an ice dragon happening in the books, but I can’t deny GRRM added 2 references to them in Dance

[@Doodmove]

@@oz4087 Raeghal deserved better too 😔

[@alsharpe7213]

All praise Rallor!! Thanks David you the man

[@highgrounder2012]

It's a shame that alice and val didn't make it into the show, stanis'plan to join the freefolk with the northmen isn't a bad one even though val is no princess or lady, but the thens being an ancient people makes them a perfect ones to make a joining with marriage and my nerdy heart is soft for cool stuff like jon ordering his men to improvise a standard for the thens that's derived of the karstark who'll make them partof the 7 kingdoms

[@mymaynee5963]

alice is in the show but not like this lol i belueve shes in 7x1

[@highgrounder2012]

@@mymaynee5963 forgettable

[@DLR1997]

She was there, but she was aged down and forgotten

[@highgrounder2012]

@@DLR1997 as good as not existing

[@comradestannis]

@@highgrounder2012 Pretty much.

[@kylew9454]

Man I’m sad they passed up Alys in the show so hard but the move of putting Sansa in Jeyne’s place probably ruined that since Mel thought Alys was Arya in the vision.

[@ryanboggs5919]

Patchface being a prophet of the drowned god confirmed! Lol mellisandre sees him in her flames, Rhloor is trying to warn her about him and the dark god he serves

[@Doodmove]

I wish grrm would do a book about all the gods like it’s actually them, they seem so interesting

[@ryanboggs5919]

@@Doodmove that would probably be interesting ya, but I actually kind of like how they're really seldom directly in the forefront of the action, but often alluded to or pointed to. I think that gives them an aurora of mystery and otherworldly terror.

[@vanessasempireoftwigs198]

I like to interpret asoiaf as just that. The gods are playing themselves out through the actions of the humans.

[@ryanboggs5919]

@vanessasempireoftwigs198 this one guy I met at a coffee shop years ago told me about the theory that the whole story is just the story of a battle between the God of fire, rhalor, and the God of darkness (the others or whatever power animates them) hence the name, A Song of Ice and Fire. Idk if I buy that but it's an interesting theory

[@vanessasempireoftwigs198]

@@ryanboggs5919 yea i feel like it lends itself to many interpretaions. i kinda tend to see it the same as ur coffee friend, and try to see how the elements represent themselves in each individual chapter/story arc. the elements are always vying for power over the other or hopefully some balance in the end!

[@IchBinSirai]

Damn dude. At first I was bummed out when I couldn't find the roy dotrice versions anywhere, but you're doing an amazing job! You have a gift for sure!

[@comradestannis]

DavidReadsAsoaif > Roy Dotrice, tbh

[@kaelplummer3932]

@@comradestannis without a doubt

[@martinebner3522]

I like this Episode and the introduction of new characters.

[@Minds_prod]

While listening to this chapter i can’t help but think as Maester Aemon said - Daenerys is truly the chosen one. Hear Melisandre and the Queen glorify Relor , how they praise the light and heat that come from the flames. And there is Daenerys - literally Unburnt, she who woke the Dragons out of stone. The Dragons who breathe fire she really does match the description of a possible chosen one, alas she is somewhere far in Essos and her dragons are in dungeons at this stage

[@thegrimmarcher202]

He posted on my birthday! My life is complete.

[@dasdexus3889]

Happy Birthday

[@thegrimmarcher202]

@@dasdexus3889 thank you

[@lokmanehammad25]

Happy birthday man

[@thegrimmarcher202]

@@lokmanehammad25 Thanks

[@mellohi2899]

happy birthday!!!

[@grenadepaddy]

We all love your readings David. X thank you x

[@justmhr7598]

The Bearded Queen gives me Serious Evangelical Karen vibes

[@comradestannis]

Stannis suffers because of her.

[@kristopherspence8053]

Ha

[@Jennifer-di4nl]

Voice of Queen Selyse 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂!!!

[@georgiamackinlay5706]

It's spot on to her charecter 🤣

[@birdnerd119]

It produces a visceral reaction in me every single time 😂😂 cringe so hard

[@comradestannis]

Queen Karen

[@vanessasempireoftwigs198]

I always like it when its once again implied that robb marched the wrong way. All the high lords played too much and now theres no food left :(

[@tonyrisklive1648]

Your queen voice is the perfect voice for her! Crazy bat shit nuts!!

[@我主也]

THIS IS THE 60'S VISION!!!! the multiculturalism, the universality, the multitudes of human life coalescing not clashing... we got a Dream of Spring before we got the book itself. we have a wedding between a Northern woman and wildling man, overseen by a red priestess amidst winter, with the Southron royalty in attendance... we have people and gods mixing and melding and becoming stronger, together. THIS is the life worth dying for.

[@huxley1559]

Multiculturalism fails more often than not

[@我主也]

@@huxley1559 indeed, the ingroup/outgroup bias is a biological constant - and has undone countless societies - so it is our burden as conscious humans to overcome base animal instinct. empathy is not universal by nature, so we must consciously be universal in empathy. otherwise we are Bowen Marsh, fracturing relations while crisis is at our door.

[@huxley1559]

@@我主也 while I appreciate some realistic view of biology, this is also a cultural issue. There are cultures that are adaptable and more compatible with others and those, who lack that mingling capability, most often because of an at least partly totalitarist worldview.

[@krushnaji4940]

@@huxley1559 cultures are not ingrive in stones they are like rivers they shift the shrink they come together

[@huxley1559]

@@krushnaji4940 there are such and such.

[@TheCbot88]

“Well” said Egg, “I’d sooner have a clout than a wife. Especially a dead wife ser.” A wight wife. A white wife. 😂😂 I’m dead. 💀

[@Sylla-Cybin]

That was half a clout at best! If I have you a full clout, you’d know

[@karinelemaire6402]

This young man is kind of adorable trying to be gentleman... :3

[@comradestannis]

He *is* a gentleman.

[@molleh3180]

Oh my GOD your voices are perfect. Loving Patchface

[@comradestannis]

Oh oh oh

[@janjanbinks1710]

Okay so I'm leaving a lot of comments because I'm listening to my favorite chapters rn and this one was oddly wholesome ngl

[@knightsfb32]

The anticipation for the 3rd blast. 😂

[@LH74]

I LOL when you read in Melisandra’s voice when she’s praying out loud. 😂

[@Caramelo23606]

3:50 ... The first time I read these books I didn't think twice about Shireen. Neither did I this time when she was still running around Dragonstone. But now winter is coming closer and closer and knowing what I do now I ... feel sad about it. Cruelest thing George will ever do, if it ever gets done.

[@comradestannis]

Hopefully not. Hopefully it's Selyse.

[@erocgittens5962]

It just goes to show how blind the crows and the southern lords are by prejudice. If the wildlings wanted, they could've taken anything they wanted to and destroyed the nights watch and rampaged, but they didnt. Its like, how far are they willing to go to condemn these ppl for nothing!

[@strangerrrrrrr]

the drawing is so cute stopppppppp

[@TheSDC81]

Excellent 👍👍

[@basedchimera5859]

I love George's sly little jab at women who have spiritual revaluations to cope with menopause and an unhappy life with Celyse.

[@oz4087]

Isnt she not even that old, i always imagine her as 40ish but if i recall shes like 30in books since stannis in books is 36.

[@kingofcards9]

Ain't nothing wrong with finding a bit of religion in your life.

[@comradestannis]

@@kingofcards9 Religion is dumb.

[@kingofcards9]

@@comradestannis what a thoughtful, insightful, idea. You truly are a high IQ individual.

[@comradestannis]

@@kingofcards9 I am.

[@Eonsplay]

"R'lhorr light of my life, fire of my loins"

[@comradestannis]

lol

[@dondonfilms2005]

Are you going to read TWOW sample chapters after ADWD?

[@renaigh]

yes

[@comradestannis]

Yes.

[@davewight]

*Tormund and his gigantic member returns

[@renaigh]

Half-Giant

[@oz4087]

That thing was too big to be called a dick. Too big, too thick, too heavy, and too rough, it was more like a large hunk of iron

[@bulldogsbob]

38:40 If Val was there she would gut that Florent. If somehow The Queen a tully got Val to Marry him she would cut his throat.

[@ciandryl]

"Karhold remembers."

[@comradestannis]

Hell yeah!

[@theinvisiblewoman6783]

Both the bride and groom should worship the Old Gods. Why is Melisandre even marrying them?

[@ryanboggs5919]

I think I remember in a Jon chapter that a handful of wildlings did take the red god as their god. Idk maybe this Thenn guy was one of them

[@evilsimeon]

She is a priestess, that is why.

[@felipepascal9493]

Anyone else find Jon’s chapters a drag?

[@JayDee-gs2uv]

Man I reaaaaaallly wanna read the story of mance uniting the people north of the wall. Including besting the magnar thrice 😭

[@Waan313]

Mary Todd Baratheon scares me

[@christophertracy4377]

Everyone knows that I was born at Dragonstone and only I have awakened Dragons from stone! I will come from the East with my children. Dracarys!

[@qjames0077]

What are you

[@christinestreeter8566]

I see so many theory videos about stone dragons awakening and all I can think about is three stone dragons already awoke in the Dothraki sea.

[@comradestannis]

@@christinestreeter8566 Yeah

[@realstateguzmandr248]

I know I klnow oh ho, ho

[@comradestannis]

Wow there, Patchface!

[@TheCbot88]

Wouldn't someone with receding hair have frozen to death already? i say Sygorn would have ate it by now.

[@coldhands2802]

Seriously..?

[@TheCbot88]

@@coldhands2802 Yeah, I’m also wondering how them there lizard lions (reptiles, no doubt) birds and everything else survives the years-long winters but especially beyond the wall I think bald people would not be selected for naturally or selected sexually. There’s a reason the mammoths are so woolly. This is fantasy, true, but I really don’t think anything could survive the long night if it lasted a generation. I would have loved if the show had a long night that was at least longer than, say, any other night of the year. Really it seemed like the sun was only down like 6 hours. lol. Maybe the Thens used to live underground.

[@coldhands2802]

@@TheCbot88 You do realize that humans have survived multiples ice ages correct?

[@TheCbot88]

@@coldhands2802 ice age just means you have polar ice caps like we do now. I doubt any of those glaciers made it past Texas, if that far. And people migrated south for the most part. Also how do starving wildlings share food with wun-wun the giant? I would have killed that mf and ate him.

[@evilsimeon]

Hats

[@joshuamanalakos1128]

Y.t.m.d!

[@comradestannis]

What?

[@sweetpotatofries99]

​@@comradestannis"You're the man now, dog!"

[@comradestannis]

@@sweetpotatofries99 Oh thanks

[@basedchimera5859]

UwU a new chapter?

[@comradestannis]

OwO new chapter

[@RossOzarka]

anybody else find the Jon chapters tiresome? Sick of Stannis, sick of Melisandre, sick of R'hllor, and even though she just showed up, sick of Celyse,. We've had TEN CHAPTERS of arguing over the Gift and the Shadow Tower and Eastwarch and Molestown, that's been PLENTY.... go fight Ramsay Bolton already, or get murdered like in the show or something

[@matthewtait2939]

No now hush now

[@butterscotch_695]

Nah, Jon's chapters are one of my favourites.

[@theinvisiblewoman6783]

I like Jon in these chapters. But Melisandre, Celyse and their red god can jump off a cliff.

[@waltonsmith7210]

Thays called political drama. Its great.

[@d_randy]

You’re saying ADWD Jon chapters are tiresome when Dany’s ADWD POV exists?!!

[@foxxy46213]

I don't kno why people mock Roy dotrices voices...every other one I've heard just butchers them..if you can't do voices don't even try, just read it like book an leave theatrical readings to people who can. Dotrice didn't get that world record for most individual voices in an audio book for nothing. I seriously can't listen to ASOIF read by anyone but him.

[@coldhands2802]

His reading sucks I can't stand it. The way he butchers so many names too.

[@theinvisiblewoman6783]

I couldn’t get through him saying please one more time in an Arya chapter in Clash Of Kings.

[@foxxy46213]

@@coldhands2802 his reading is spot on. His is the only one I can listen too, the rest just sound like 3rd grade kids doing a school play.

[@AnthonyA0424]

To each their own

[@comradestannis]

@@foxxy46213 His reading misses the mark.

[@angelined9814]

Boring chapter. Whole book has been boring really.

[@fazediamond5671]

No

[@nathan.w9906]

then stop listening and stop complaining

[@thesamejackalsniperthatkil117]

Mummer's farce

[@danibee9943]

I know your comment is a year old but I'm curious to know what you didnt like about it.

[@comradestannis]

@@danibee9943 Same here.