Night's Watch: The Secrets of Craster's Keep Part 3

[@masonduke5647]

"there are infinite ways to dispose of a baby or child" -Preston Jacobs, 2018

[@ClintSprayberry]

Mason Duke lol I know right 🤣

[@prof.cecilycogsworth3204]

I see this done in cross stitch, in one of those samplers that are framed and hung on the wall.

[@bel8122]

I'm surprised he didn't make a list with fun background music in the style of the list of things Jon and Sansa could have talked about when they met

[@Xob_Driesestig]

What is a foot long and can make a woman scream? Stillbirth.

[@stimulanttree]

xbob Driesestig someone watched Let's Drown Out

[@SadisticSenpai61]

Let's also remember the phrase "Others take..." There's never any mention of Others killing, just taking.

[@only_one_chrisfantazzi]

"why ruin a perfectly good well by throwing a baby in it " Preston Jacobs.. great quote

[@drfaisalkamal1275]

Yeah throw that baby in the sea

[@adviel]

Is it possible that because Rickard and Brandon died at the same time no one told Ned about the dark secrets of the Stark family? There are often mentions that Ned wasn't trained to rule.

[@williamcobbett4943]

True, which makes 'the north remmebers' ironic

[@Steelrat1994]

@@williamcobbett4943 yeah, it seems the north forgot pretty quickly.

[@dutchpangermanist5673]

"It's worth noting that one needs a woman to produce children" -Preston Jacobs 2018

[@alexandergangaware429]

Duly noted

[@dariuneme]

We love educational king

[@pl33]

Controversial these days.. 😂

[@eldevenirdelostiempos9764]

@@pl33 that didn't age well I guess.

[@X-Bones]

Me taking notes: "Fascinating".

[@BiteThis]

The story of the rat cook always reminded me of bloodraven. Killing a guest under his roof, transformation into a rat and bloodraven's slow transformation into a weirwood, the rat being albino.

[@chadsummerchild1120]

George planned it ALL!!!

[@abcdefghijklmnop2580]

Queen in Da NORF

[@wisdommanari6701]

House summerchild, "none so awesome"

[@_e1i]

Real talk tho this is the best criticism of Preston’s work overall

[@jfr9964]

Yeah he even planned to release TWOW before the show caught up...

[@richardlancelot3829]

Your videos are like drugs dude. Best ASOIAF content on youtube!

[@swapnilbatle]

Watch it at 1.5x speed when you are high. Best shit.

[@SiccazHD]

are you saying that drugs are the best ASOIAF content *off* youtube?

[@Buy_Scratchers_Til_I_Win]

@TheStatistnr27 yeah I agree. He is reaching on alot of this to make "his" theory fit

[@corbinskywalker]

Bran 9000 planned it all !!!

[@ByteMe619]

It wouldn’t be a Preston Jacobs series without an episode on genetics

[@Marvee78]

Yay. Another Preston video and we're taking a deep dive into infinite ways to dispose of children. Things got dark pretty fast😂

[@roebuckmckinney]

And of course Alysanne's struggles with the northern lords to give up the New Gift to the Night's Watch, to end the right to the first night and to end the sacrifices are all in parallel to Dany's difficulties in abolishing slavery in Essos. That's the part that really makes this one seem very probable. I'm generally not on the PJ train, but this time, I was just checking stuff off on my list one after the other. Solid analysis.

[@madambutterfly1997]

"the thing that came in the night" scares the s*** out of me

[@makouras]

Sounds like a Lovecraft story.

[@Ratchet4647]

Cosmic horror, with the eldritch horrors being so far outside a human's understanding that they all witnessed it differently.

[@t-rexcellentreviews1663]

Me to mate, me to

[@abbefaria2596]

and we wonder why grrm takes so long to write these books. if half of Prestons theories are true (pun intended), it would be surprinsing that he ever got one done after the first... fun theory, thanks Preston!

[@rhaenyrareigns2200]

People who understand how complex these books are are the ones who do not mind waiting. They understand why it takes so long to finish another book and why GRRM can't write it faster. Quality needs time.

[@o3941]

@@rhaenyrareigns2200 ...random 3 year later comment....How's that wait coming along? I personally gave up.

[@avian8778]

@@o3941 well i personally just live my life knowing that if one day i wake up and find out the new book has been released i will be extremely happy ;)

[@hobbes1887]

Yeah, this is Middle Earth complexity but written in a 3rd person limited. So a factor of 20 more complex. Martin is truly a genius.

[@MortredMaul]

@@hobbes1887 Actually I think this is more complex than Tolkien‘s world. Or am I wrong? Well maybe it isn‘t more in terms of history and sheer mass, but it is in terms of interwoven complexity, foreshadowing and coherence in general, isn’t it?

[@Mprator]

Thank the Gods for whatever they made Preston's brain out of. Never in a million years could I piece this stuff together.

[@alecnava5465]

VERY Excited yo see that She Wolf video in 2021

[@Aronmathew1]

some of the art in this video was straight up amazing, props to the artists.

[@psevdhome]

I was just listening to this again and only payed attention to the detail about wells as places of sacrifice this time around. In our Finnish folklore, wells were not a place of sacrifice. But there were some elements about wells that fascinate me regarding asoiaf. Wells would have pikes in them. Pikes are a type of fish that eats carrion and other fish. They used to put pikes in wells to eat any trash, animals or food that fell into a well so the water would not be tainted with rotting material, thus requiring a new well to be dug. Possibly for this reason the pike was also considered a psychopomp: a servant of the gods who would take the souls of the dead to the underworld. So I'm not saying GRRM was aware of any of this, but rather that our beliefs might be associated with some broader ancient common themes about wells connecting to sacrifice and death that GRRM is also aware of. Also in another interesting mythological parallel our national hero Väinämöinen seems to be associated with Orpheus the singer. Both of them visit the place of death (Hades and the North, a place of the dead in Finnish mythology). Orpheus to retrieve his wife, Väinämöinen to create and then steal the Sampo. BOth quests fail and at the end they both play a sweet song that saddens all those who hear it. Väinämöinen even plays his song on the kantele a Finnish harp, made from the jawbone of the giant pike of the Underworld, that he killed while escaping.

[@desireefarris6480]

There has to be a connection here with the Night's Watch vow, of fathering no sons. When were these vows first made? After the Lord Commander Night's King's rule? Maybe as a way to "starve" the Others? Or did it happen when the Wall switched from taking men of noble houses to taking criminals? Great video.

[@connor479]

Spot on guess about Alyssane ending the first night. Confirmed in Fire and Blood after having her women’s meetings in the north

[@calikesh6475]

“Kill the boy Jon Snow” has a deeper meaning

[@e22ddie46]

At the time I read the book, I initially thought he was referring to crasters or mances kid when he was saying it to himself.

[@ashenone3050]

@@e22ddie46 i think u r wrong , thats what máster Aemon said to Jon but i could be wrong

[@Yandereiter]

@@ashenone3050 It is, and it having a double meaning doesn't make sense because Aemon said it to Egg when he became king

[@saranemcova5448]

"Kill the boy, Jon Snow." "Oh, you are telling me to become hardcore adult man in a poetic way... fine, I will switch the babies." "... No, dummy, kill it. Throw down the well. Fetus Deletus!"

[@lilaskiwan2987]

Knowing there will be a forth part is both elating and frustrating. Love all your GRRM videos!

[@WhiteSargent]

Your work is so so good. And your cliffhangers make me mad! In a good way.

[@midasderrek]

Just what I needed this Sunday

[@SHARKVADERS]

PJ IS BACK !!!

[@feyh]

The tales of the nightfort being largely centered around children being taken by monsters, point to the fact that... the Old Nan was telling stories to scare children! Let's think a little bit inside the box. Though, the overall theory makes sense and I think you will convince me with the genetic analysis in part 4.

[@poseidonc1259]

I am always awaiting the next video in this sequence. Thank you for your insight & content.

[@grasakfairy8969]

Super Hurra! Good thing it’s a Sunday, I can watch right now :)

[@OdedSpectralDrori]

I could listen to these all day Please organize them into one of the playlists Preston!

[@cjpeterson2530]

What a Sunday surprise!! My favorite current series. Thanks PJ. 🙏 You are a gentleman and a scholar.

[@ramonzeiro]

Best 2018 series of video PJ, keep going!!!

[@d.l.4141]

Your videos are infinitely better than the last season of Game of Thrones, and they have been responsible for fueling my love of GRRMs universe and works. Thanks for another great video and cant wait for the next one!

[@tylermccrea9371]

You uploading at a killer rate keep it up

[@QueensBeryRules]

New Preston!!! My weekend is complete 🙏

[@korakys]

You're in top form again with this series.

[@undarkwin]

Never have been this hyped for a future video before!

[@andrewjones9798]

Glad you’re back

[@taylorgayhart9497]

I was always confused by the story about the thing that came in the night, because why were there so many kids at the wall? I’m sure younger boys are useful for chores and squires, but they’re not really referred to as children within universe. Having actual children around doesn’t make sense because they wouldn’t be useful, if anything they would be a burden on the night swatch.

[@DubsUp-pf9xz]

PRESTON!!!!!!! Been impatiently waiting 2 months for this. Thanks?... U tease

[@FaLLeNVM]

Just started the video! Ty Preston!

[@vallraffs]

Interesting point about the first night being a religious tradition. That could make sense.

[@flowersofedo]

One of your best series. Simply excellent.

[@jesseandersen4055]

Also I think it would be perfect if aegon had a vision of something terrible invading from beyond the wall, and yet it was his own successors abolishing a practice that kept them at bay. So they didn’t need to be there to defeat them, they created the circumstances that led to the invasion.

[@tulkas42o22]

WTF Preston?!!!!! We the old Republic need more of these videos from you. ;) Some of these themes are revisited but to know you're still out there is a gift. Thank you

[@Likeitornot91]

I know it's a great video because I can't wait for the next one.

[@nexishadow]

Random thought. House Ryswell sigil is a horse and Bittersteel had a sigil similar to the House Bracken sigil a horse. Is it possible house Bracken comes from a branch of the Ryswell? Like the Greystarks and Karstarks. If so what implications does this have in regards to the Blackwood who were once in the north. Is it possible that the Blackwood are a branch of the Starks and thats why a marriage to them was acceptable to Lord Stark of year 131? Is the Blackwood vs Bracken really a convoluted continuation of Stark vs Ryswell? Especially considering in the intermarriage of Blackwoods and Brackens and how in a way they are really just one house similar to the Targaryens and the Velaryon, and it's possible Starks took Ryswell wives after taking the north from the barrow kings. I'm not sure what my question is. Please help. Great video, eagerly awaiting conclusion.

[@ddpsf]

Thank you PJ!

[@WhatAKing1]

This is one of the best videos you've done in the last year. Sometimes I really wish George would watch your videos. Where you compared the events past the wall reform and compared them to present time events it blew my mind. Obviously the Blackwood marriage was a big deal, and ive always wondered what caused the wildlings to attack the wall in the past. I really feel like you've got this one right and im excited to see the next video.

[@egoborder3203]

maybe the Children of the Forest threw the bastards down wells as both sacrifice/biological warfare?

[@katherinederoet4114]

Happy days! This was good to wake up to on a Monday morning 😊 Cheers Preston

[@rina123456]

BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!

[@TheAwesomoe]

Glad we're getting to the genetics of the Starks, always wondered why there was such an insinuated burden of incest among the Targaryens but not for the Starks.

[@kahaluuboy808]

Damn mate, clutch timing you got there on the uploads.

[@HenRab1]

Why does no high-ranking Night's Watch official tell Jon all this when he becomes Lord Commander, like a briefing that new PMs get when they take office?

[@Sasa-ql5lp]

Thank you for another great video

[@SvenTuSventu]

Always love the posts

[@prettyheart1784]

Preston you’ve done it again! Now I can’t wait for Part 4!

[@BobJimboOfDeath]

I love these videos, keep it up!

[@victoriasantoro6692]

Nice..something to listen while im still in my office working.

[@hi_austin]

Hell yeah. Good Sunday

[@jeffjohnson8681]

Thank sweet baby Craster jesus.

[@MultiMystery]

Feeling pretty depressed today but this managed to cheer me up a bit. Thanks Preston!

[@brad2888]

ayyyy been waiting for this for ages!

[@andy420bb]

This was such a good one, can't wait for the next one!!

[@theletterm5425]

Preston I‘m studying. Did you have to upload this *_now_* ???

[@Shiftinggers]

Bruh I shit you not, I'm also studying for an exam right now

[@sidhaarthln6914]

Well, June is when most terms end

[@kefkapalazzo1]

Nigga its june wtf

[@jackwess6462]

Same, good luck everybody

[@Lionstar16]

Preston loves to torment us by posting videos when we're suppose to be studying or sleeping lol

[@jonathandugan7100]

Your attention to detail is astounding. No one who’s read this books would have connected the dots on Alyssane and Lord’s Right and mobilization of the wildlings in connection with cyclical Other movements. Thanks for letting us pass the time while we await the winds of winter.

[@ZakRoks487]

im loving this nights watch series!

[@interregnum_]

Here's hoping "discussing genetics" is code for "opportunity to work in the Rogue Prince theme music."

[@gabrielgoes0]

I like it when these videos are more exposition focused rather than mad theorizing focused. Also, please add episodes 4 and 5 to the "Theory Videos" playlist

[@edi9892]

Wow, it all makes sense. Why didn't I notice those connections earlier? Some of them seem blatantly obvious now.

[@DoReMi123acb]

I fell down a well when I was a kid in Nigeria. No joke! How am I still alive? Immediate medical response from family and med professionals, and the earth beneath the well was still soft and wet and with very little water as it was still under construction.

[@jsull81]

I don't know if there's any evidence of a direct connection but I believe the direwolves stop being seen around the same time (according to Theon in Bran I) as good Queen Alysanne's stay at Queen's crown

[@rhaenyrareigns2200]

Maybe her dragon feasted on some? O.o'

[@brightglory5734]

Whoop whoop!

[@thedecembomber]

Really appreciate all your work keep it up!

[@only_one_chrisfantazzi]

ive been waiting for this

[@sflr38]

Great video. I need the next part ASAP.

[@nelyafinwe]

thanks for putting together all the lore on the wall, i did sort of remember half of those old nan's stories. the recounting of the known facts post banning lord right to the first night was brilliant. looking forward to the genetics video on this one ~

[@michaelbell9776]

Thanks Preston!

[@watchouttheangel]

Cant wait for next 4 chapter!!!!!

[@benderc.moriarti3419]

about time! I was expecting this one.

[@olskoolsm10]

I love you preston

[@james543]

So. I clicked on the Half-hand video from January instead of this for some reason and took all the way to the end to realize I had seen it before. Now to watch this one.

[@lbonts]

think you're spot on with the children being part of the deal that ended the first night, I read it much like rome or some other conquering force demanding tribute in the form of soldiers - just extrapolating I think it would be a very GRRM move to have all of the human realms be some measly conquered backwater of a giant Others empire in the north

[@conniesuper9892]

I love these vids!!!

[@thelaughingtree4264]

I just finished reading the Nightfort chapter to my kids 😂 they wanted a scary story 😂 great analysis of the stories 👍👍

[@baz5042]

There he is!!!

[@BobbyFlay14]

Hey man just wanna tell you I’ve just found your channel and I’m absolutely loving all the asoiaf stuff!!

[@wisdommanari6701]

And we're back!!!

[@petranavratilova5883]

A few notes here to the right of the first night thing: 1) main reason for this idea, „why wait for the girl to find groom, before feudal will bang her“, is have dadies for this „surplus babies“. Unlike in popular fiction, where sons are oftenly describe as basicly a younger twins of there fathers, genetic mix make hard to tell the parent. Approximately tenth of the children is happily raised by different dad and no one cares (science says). Not counting distinctive genetic features (Valyrians, diferent race - none of this applies in the north). The oldest child of a newly married couple would just get a few extra “looks exactly like daddy” comments from the grandparents. 2) not important to the story, there are no hard evidence, that this right ever existed in our world, 3) go deeper, love you channel

[@onesquirrel2713]

Preston, you are the best!

[@tiagotozo811]

YEEEESSSS, and we are back!

[@Battleschnodder]

I am blown away that this is about telepathic genes. Who could have seen it coming

[@VenomousStare]

Great videos. Love your ASOIAF book vids

[@jacobcurlee5917]

High quality video PJ. 9/10

[@paulkuch420]

Sunday with PJ, in my pj's! Ehhhhhhhhh!

[@sidhaarthln6914]

Evening looking up

[@TheAzzabi]

thank you sir!

[@sukipeace8986]

What a nice surprise.

[@inthefade]

So is it possible that the Others are in some way the true defenders of the North from some greater threat, and they need undead soldiers and sacrifice in order to fight it? I'm extremely sleep deprived, so maybe this sounds more stupid than I think. Just thought I'd mention the idea.

[@mattbt2k0]

I like the way you think, memespace.

[@katherinederoet4114]

I agree with this idea. I also think that the Others are all female.

[@mbrad5179]

This take is the best thing ever. However, when you say, "general fear of something from the north… ...driving the Winter Wolves south." The Winter Wolves were heading south to fight in the Dance of the Dragons. That sounds like a mistake or an argument padder, which you don't need. Everything else is the jam.