Prepping for Winter: Mercy, Part 6

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Preston Jacobs

Preston Jacobs

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@mpalfadel2008
@mpalfadel2008 4 жыл бұрын
Love those references to the lack of proper citrus growing environment on Braavos #Lemontreesdontgrowinbraavos
@darylchurch2115
@darylchurch2115 4 жыл бұрын
#citruslies
@e22ddie46
@e22ddie46 4 жыл бұрын
I was coming here to comment. Typical shill Preston trying to sell us his lemongate shirts for big conspiracy. I joke. I love how much he is trying to beat us over the head with this.
@Julians0329
@Julians0329 4 жыл бұрын
#notmycitrus
@diepie5144
@diepie5144 4 жыл бұрын
@@e22ddie46 #Lemongate
@geoffwilliams6072
@geoffwilliams6072 4 жыл бұрын
Can i get an L in the chat?
@camrn_brian
@camrn_brian 4 жыл бұрын
Preston: “Bravos it seems is not a good place to grow fruit.” Me : 😏
@onlythequestion
@onlythequestion 4 жыл бұрын
See, but that doesn't make sense, 'cause Dany dreams of a lemon tree outside herooooooOOOOO MY GOD!!!!!
@TheDelinear
@TheDelinear 4 жыл бұрын
I'm fully on board with the lemon tree hypothesis, but I would say the fact that they're possibly importing apples is not good evidence of this. It's just as likely that in such a thriving port city, demand far outweighs supply and apples are one fruit that it is feasible to import. Alternatively, these could be the result of a ship selling off an excess of its supplies on arrival.
@onlythequestion
@onlythequestion 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheDelinear It could be the result of any number of things. But it is redolent of one major idea: the harvest is long in, winter is here.
@Jord73
@Jord73 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Preston, a couple of your subscribers put forth their suggestions for future videos. Let me do that as well, (because George is still taking his time): could you perhaps make a video in which you go back to older videos and tell us where you changed your mind during all those years of studying ASOIAF. It can be about big picture stuff or just interesting details. Keep up the good work!
@alanpennie8013
@alanpennie8013 4 жыл бұрын
Good idea. He did kinda do that with his Deeper Dorne video I suppose.
@onesquirrel2713
@onesquirrel2713 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, please, great idea!
@sirrolanddestark58
@sirrolanddestark58 4 жыл бұрын
Would LOVE to watch that!! I rewatch all your videos. Just because.
@nymerianan4short314
@nymerianan4short314 4 жыл бұрын
I would like more explanation on what's up with the red waste?
@MrVonFrom
@MrVonFrom 4 жыл бұрын
Alan Pennie Deeper Big Picture will be the longest running video series in Internet videos for 100 years.
@rickyvandusen1744
@rickyvandusen1744 4 жыл бұрын
Shots fired at lemon trees
@wulozhiro6009
@wulozhiro6009 4 жыл бұрын
Lord Preston As a loyal, long time Prestorosi bannerman i implore you to consider doing a "How i would finish the story" series after the "Prepping" series is complete. Based on your various theories of course.
@sirrolanddestark58
@sirrolanddestark58 4 жыл бұрын
Uh YES.
@manofhonor1685
@manofhonor1685 4 жыл бұрын
He loves the sound of his voice too much he’ll think he has a better ending than George
@georgewood6211
@georgewood6211 4 жыл бұрын
The house of thegeorgetalk will have peace on those terms. We know no king but the king on the Tube named Jacobs!
@joeyrozic1100
@joeyrozic1100 4 жыл бұрын
That makes the most sense. Most of Prestons ideas seem more thought-provoking than george's, unless the man has been crafting the most holy fuck story for over a decade. hard to tell, i have faith in Grr martin, but then again, he taught me not to have faith. Preston i hope you write your own series one day.
@WezMan444
@WezMan444 4 жыл бұрын
Man of Honor [yung turt] he’s not Benioff and weiss
@chadsummerchild1120
@chadsummerchild1120 4 жыл бұрын
Preston giving us the gift of Mercy this Easter! Just what I wanted
@mpalfadel2008
@mpalfadel2008 4 жыл бұрын
Welcome back Preston Hope you and your family are weathering this crisis well Good health to you and yours
@equinoxomega3600
@equinoxomega3600 4 жыл бұрын
Concerning the skin tones of Summer Islanders: maybe there is some range between the different islands (in the sense of 'not all Africans look the same') and they are not as ethnically homogeneous as they might appear to outsiders. Also in real life (white) people tend to describe black skinned people relative differently depending on their exposure to different ethnicities and occasionally different levels of racism.
@shendogg1
@shendogg1 4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking exactly all of this
@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin
@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin 4 жыл бұрын
Sure, people vary - it's just that Victarion is the most well-traveled of our characters and he makes the comment about Summer Islanders generally. "His skin was black. Not the nut brown of the Summer Islanders on their swan ships, nor the red-brown of the Dothraki horselords, nor the charcoal-and-earth color of the dusky woman's skin, but black." Then Cersei, Sam, Tyrion and Daenerys use terms like "jet," "ink" and "black as midnight" to describe four different Summer Islanders. There's a huge difference between brown and jet black. I think GRRM simply screwed up.
@ktoth29
@ktoth29 4 жыл бұрын
In the real world women of all races are generally lighter toned than their male counterparts because they need more UV to make vitamin D for producing Milk. Its why men tend to be attracted to lighter skinned women...I'm not sure how thats relevant here; if there is a gender bias in whether characters are described as nut brown or jet black, but it might explain the inconsistency.
@JessHart006
@JessHart006 4 жыл бұрын
@@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin I think you're missing the obvious point that characters speak and think according to their experience and POV throughout the books, and this is done very carefully and purposefully. Events are described differently among POV characters who were all present based on their biases and agendas. The fact is, Xalabhar Jho is probably the darkest person most of those characters have ever seen, and would thusly be considered at that extreme. Victarion, more worldly and traveled, knows further variation. Most notably, none of those other characters have been to the Summer Isles, while Victarion presumably has.
@Yannis1a
@Yannis1a 4 жыл бұрын
I also think this is the case, but unless two characters describe the same person as different tons of black there is no way to know if it is racism or an author error
@asoiaftr
@asoiaftr 4 жыл бұрын
Arya doesn't use her own face, she use another dead face. Mercy's face is different. They cannot know her.
@robnewton7042
@robnewton7042 4 жыл бұрын
With the 'Spring Sickness' locking everything down, I've been chain-watching your videos, Preston.
@sheilahilton356
@sheilahilton356 4 жыл бұрын
I could listen to you all day Preston. I am eager for more content but I appreciate how much work goes into producing these videos. So I just want to thank you for the treat and wish you and your family Happy Easter 🐇❤️
@nopenope3228
@nopenope3228 4 жыл бұрын
I love the way you use some old portraits to give faces to the characters. It's hilarious 😂
@Gui101do
@Gui101do 4 жыл бұрын
Ford planned it all! Mercy is a host!
@malicewonder8345
@malicewonder8345 4 жыл бұрын
The Prestayn family was probably named for Presteign from Bester's _The Stars My Destination_ , most likely. The mighty Presteign clan owned a fleet of spaceships, among other things.
@kawadashogo8258
@kawadashogo8258 4 жыл бұрын
The apples could just be old. I live in a cold, wet, foggy northerly region which is climatically much like Braavos, and apples grow where I am. In fact I have apple trees in my own yard. Apples grow in cold northern regions. For example, Japan's prefecture of Akita, the second-most-northerly prefecture in Japan, is famous for its apples.
@kqwentin
@kqwentin 4 жыл бұрын
Oh my God, Preston thank you so much for uploading prepping and not something else. Been quarantining for a month now. Just me and my dog Davos. I was really really looking forward to this. Stay safe.
@tokevarvaspolvi8999
@tokevarvaspolvi8999 4 жыл бұрын
That is a great name for a dog! Just... go easy on the justice.
@jsull81
@jsull81 4 жыл бұрын
So needed this !! Thank you Sweetrobin : )
@MeetThaNewDealer
@MeetThaNewDealer 4 жыл бұрын
And we are back to your regularly scheduled programming
@rheeventures8144
@rheeventures8144 4 жыл бұрын
Prestayn? Did GRRM name a character for you???
@WezMan444
@WezMan444 4 жыл бұрын
I think GRRM is making a statement with the class system of Braavos. Westeros is a feudalistic society with a huge class disparity. Braavos much like contemporary western culture favours capitalism. However the class disparity is just as bad.
@edi9892
@edi9892 4 жыл бұрын
Good point.
@db7213
@db7213 4 жыл бұрын
The class system in Westeros is a de jure one, with no social mobility. Braavos are descendants from slaves, so they clearly have social mobility. And a merchant does not have the right to execute people working for him, like Westerosi lords can. So it's not the same, even if the income gap might be the same.
@WezMan444
@WezMan444 4 жыл бұрын
@@db7213 oh sure capitalism is leaps and bounds ahead feudalism. But its far from the perfect system some try to make it out to be.
@db7213
@db7213 4 жыл бұрын
@@WezMan444 But you can't say anything about whether "capitalism" is "perfect" or not based on Braavos, as they have a Sealord. For all we know, it could be his policies, rather than the market, that are the cause of the divisions between rich and poor.
@MrVonFrom
@MrVonFrom 4 жыл бұрын
It’s The Animal Farm all over again. After a while some animals are more equal than others and the leading families in Bravoos are rigging the game to hinder the social mobility their ancestors enjoyed.
@canser4
@canser4 4 жыл бұрын
I cant believe d & d managed to turn arya into such a cringey wolverine. Its such a shame!
@e22ddie46
@e22ddie46 4 жыл бұрын
Just smirks for days.
@onlythequestion
@onlythequestion 4 жыл бұрын
BUT S HE SO GCOOL CUZ SHE KILSLS EVERYONE LIKE STABTSBTABSTBSATBSTBSAB!!!!
@evilmerv4645
@evilmerv4645 4 жыл бұрын
onlythequestion they made her a mostly sane Cicero
@wisdommanari6701
@wisdommanari6701 4 жыл бұрын
George has said that Ice and Fire trumps the World of Ice and Fire.. And everything else... Lol more shade being thrown at the show I love it
@baitbait65
@baitbait65 4 жыл бұрын
Next video: "and we're back with book one, chapter one, of the book that started it all: 1996's Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin." By the time you get through the series Martin may be able to wrap this thing up.
@kaiw522
@kaiw522 4 жыл бұрын
I would watch Preston go through each chapter anyday
@dirrdevil
@dirrdevil 4 жыл бұрын
"may"
@brittanydimartino941
@brittanydimartino941 4 жыл бұрын
@@kaiw522 Let's start a petition for a chapter by chapter analysis of the entire series
@SuperPeacebreaker
@SuperPeacebreaker 4 жыл бұрын
Preston is like GRRM in that he takes forever to make something ASOIAF related nowadays :D
@dmurphy915
@dmurphy915 4 жыл бұрын
I'm convinced preston IS George with a voice changer
@wulozhiro6009
@wulozhiro6009 4 жыл бұрын
Worth it
@c.v.emmans
@c.v.emmans 4 жыл бұрын
With the minor, yet noteworthy difference that Preston has finished a series in the last 9 years.
@duxxoo
@duxxoo 4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad that we're not done with WoW videos
@thewatcher6360
@thewatcher6360 4 жыл бұрын
and we are back
@Ethan-vv3hu
@Ethan-vv3hu 4 жыл бұрын
Indeed we are
@jscott7777
@jscott7777 4 жыл бұрын
Can anyone clarify if Mercy has Arya’s face or wears a different face?? I thought the kindly man said he’d give Mercy “a pretty face, prettier than her own”...cheers
@DanielArnett
@DanielArnett 2 жыл бұрын
These are the last published words about Arya: "The city watch is looking for a certain ugly girl, known to frequent the Purple Harbor, so best you have a new face as well." He cupped her chin, turned her head this way and that, nodded. "A pretty one this time, I think. As pretty as your own. Who are you, child?" "No one," she replied." A Dance with Dragons, The Ugly Little Girl
@StuJ3
@StuJ3 4 жыл бұрын
An Easter Miracle!!!
@akros29
@akros29 4 жыл бұрын
Preston, cound you make a video on Harrenhal, some day? Including Harren the Black and the Ironman. Every big event in Westeros is somewhat strongly related to Harrenhal, and GRRM already said that Aegon decided to conquer the seven kingdons when "he saw a danger coming up, the same danger that is coming up in A Game of Thrones". Of course it was in the same time that Harren finally built Harrenhal.
@Willz828
@Willz828 4 жыл бұрын
damn didnt know this series wasnt over, unreal to see a new video now that ive watched all the others
@SarmonOflynn
@SarmonOflynn 4 жыл бұрын
How does that god damn lemon tree keep coming up?!?!
@alanpennie8013
@alanpennie8013 4 жыл бұрын
It's The Tree That Was Promised.
@herdinstinct8282
@herdinstinct8282 4 жыл бұрын
Glad you and yours are doing well in these troubled times Preston. Thank you for your videos.
@deLumren
@deLumren 4 жыл бұрын
Preston, how likely do you think is the possibility that GRRM plants all these similarities and allusions (like a dyer in the theater right before Arya meets her friend's killer) just as a reminder for readers? As a hint to make the readers go "Ah, that guy on Arya's death list killed someone who also had colored hands! Now I remember!". After all, the gap between the books being published is so big, that some sort of "Previously on the show.." is in order.
@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin
@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin 4 жыл бұрын
That's an interesting idea, though I do wonder if a typical reader would see a dyed-hand character and remember 4 books back. It was only on my third read of the chapter or so that it occurred to me. Of course, certainly if a reader is expected to remember Lommy, Arya would.
@deLumren
@deLumren 4 жыл бұрын
@@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin That's true. I've read all the books once in the summer of 2011 and I would never recall the boy called Greenhands if not for youtube videos on ASOIAF that I frequently watch.
@shannonlnmayne8078
@shannonlnmayne8078 4 жыл бұрын
Any chance of a series on Daenerys' Hatching, Dragons and Magick? You've mentioned uncodified thoughts thereon before...
@marcmarc4776
@marcmarc4776 4 жыл бұрын
You should do an ASOIAF Movement Map showing where everyone is during different times, their movements from place to place, and what others are doing during the same time. I'm still trying to figure out exactly where Stannis, Renly, and Lady Cat all met and how they all got there around Tywin's troops.
@EdgedShadow
@EdgedShadow 4 жыл бұрын
1:50 Lemongate mention, everyone do your shot
@Lionstar16
@Lionstar16 4 жыл бұрын
Happy Easter Preston - hope you and your family are well :)
@Firstofhername007
@Firstofhername007 3 жыл бұрын
(Preston’s intonation) “And so here I find myself watching Preston’s videos at all hours of the night.”
@konst80hum
@konst80hum 4 жыл бұрын
It's good to see you still out and about, still working on explaining that massive tail. I still hope for a final book that will end beautifully this epic.
@dutchpangermanist5673
@dutchpangermanist5673 4 жыл бұрын
Could it be that some of these people are merely hired to train Arya and don't know she's a faceless-man, in Star Wars the Sith would hire trainers as well to train apprentices without revealing their true nature?
@justing5501
@justing5501 4 жыл бұрын
Your previous images of Cosomo the Conjurer were more spot on. Closer to what he really looks like. In real life. Here. Now.
@ronanshanley7829
@ronanshanley7829 4 жыл бұрын
apples are actually one of the main fruits that New England is known for growing. New England isn't as humid as England is but it is much colder so I don't think that apples growing or not growing in Bravvos speaks to anything regarding if lemons can grow in Bravvos
@redblueproductions9739
@redblueproductions9739 4 жыл бұрын
It took GRRM real life great spring sickness to finish the Winds of winter.
@iksarguards
@iksarguards 4 жыл бұрын
That’s what I’ve been calling Covid19. No one gets it
@shendogg1
@shendogg1 4 жыл бұрын
Don't count your dragons before they're hatched...
@transquelaag
@transquelaag 4 жыл бұрын
Only death can pay for life
@pyrho1
@pyrho1 4 жыл бұрын
AND WE ARE BACK!
@Mprator
@Mprator 4 жыл бұрын
Littlefinger planned it all!
@mankytoes
@mankytoes 4 жыл бұрын
And we are back!
@edi9892
@edi9892 4 жыл бұрын
Regarding skin color: I knew an Austrian who was sort of white in winter, but became brown in summer. Thus, every summer he stood out and was facing more xenophobia than in Winter! If brown people move to a different climate, they might visibly change. Moreover, who says that the summer Islands are mono ethnic? They seem to be frequented a lot...
@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin
@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin 4 жыл бұрын
I wish it were that, but Victarion specifically says that Summer Islanders are not black, but nut-brown, while every other character describes them as really, really black. GRRM screwed up.
@edi9892
@edi9892 4 жыл бұрын
@@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin thanks for the clarification. Did you happen to see my other comment? It seems that it got deleted. I don't think that my comment was this precious, but it still annoys me a lot... I didn't say anything racist, at least from what I can tell...
@db7213
@db7213 4 жыл бұрын
I'm in total agreement the faceless men probably orchestrated Arya's murder of Raff, but isn't it quite overkill for them to send dozens of their agents to this aim? If they want him dead (in order to mess up relations with Westeros), I'm sure there are easier ways for them to achieve that. Or is it that they don't care about the Westerosi envoy, and it's all just a game to manipulate Arya? As in "You murdered a member of the Westerosi envoy! We are very angry! Now you must do X to compensate"
@mcocchiola
@mcocchiola 4 жыл бұрын
About damn time... Thanks Preston!
@corbinskywalker
@corbinskywalker 4 жыл бұрын
BACK!!!
@danjordan1
@danjordan1 4 жыл бұрын
GRRM PLANNED IT ALL
@annelieberman7221
@annelieberman7221 4 жыл бұрын
Summer Islanders have mixed ethnicity. The Isle of Women was colonized by Nymeria, therefore making them half-Rhoynish. I imagine that there is a similar theme across the Isles. That could explain the differences in skin color.
@alexandertsamourlidis646
@alexandertsamourlidis646 4 жыл бұрын
Hey here's a fun thought. GRRM knows exactly what he is doing with the descriptions of the summer islanders. The people who describe them are more or less "racist" based on how many people of colour they have actually seen. So a Braavosi that is accustomed to meet a lot of Summer Islanders and Basilisk Islanders would have a better colour definition between the two, whilst Westerosi might describe any Summer Islander, as pitch black as their cultures are so predominently white. Like Greeks meeting Ethiopians. So Ethiopians are some of the lighter coloured African people right, but when the Greeks first meet the Ethiopians, they considered them too dark skinned, and called them Burned faced. By the way Ethiopia is a Greek word and it literally translates to Burned face.....
@turtleanton6539
@turtleanton6539 2 жыл бұрын
Impressive if true !
@canser4
@canser4 4 жыл бұрын
Can you analyse your favourite chapters in all of ASOIAF after you are done with prepping for winter?
@jdiiacova1364
@jdiiacova1364 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you 😀
@mikeraycroft9568
@mikeraycroft9568 4 жыл бұрын
Man, so needed this thank you Preston. Also what would you think if Rockstar games developed a Game of Thrones game. I was playing Red Dead Redemption the other day and thought wow this should be done. If you game at all what do you think?
@Firstofhername007
@Firstofhername007 3 жыл бұрын
One thing I’ve come to notice as that sometimes it gets choppy when the summary is given for only a few lines at a time. I think it flows better when you break down longer passages. Just my 2 cents. Love all that you’re doing, my friend. Can’t wait to see all that goes over my head when I watch your vids after Winds is out! >:)
@nialloliverkempson8210
@nialloliverkempson8210 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Preston, I'm a household knight of House Summerchild. I'd love it if you could do a video on the politics/intrigue of the houses in The Reach.
@mpalfadel2008
@mpalfadel2008 4 жыл бұрын
Seems like bravos would be parallel to Italian Condottieri Soldiers for hire for the wealthy
@cyrneco
@cyrneco 4 жыл бұрын
More like the 'bravi', 'gorillas', than condottieri who were merc soldiers. Sure some bravi were former soldiers or aspiring to be so, but their status and role was completely different. They were the private enforcers and bodyguards of nobles and wealthy, not soldiers. The equivalent of the condottieri are chars like Plumm, Naharis or the tattered prince who hire out (with a 'condotta', 'contratto') the company. But the individual merc didn't work for the client, like in the case of the 'bravi', the individual merc worked and owed his allegiance to the company.
@jeffgustafson4552
@jeffgustafson4552 4 жыл бұрын
Great Stuff!
@RYANOSAURUSrexxx
@RYANOSAURUSrexxx 4 жыл бұрын
CITRIC ACID CAN MELT STEEL PLAYHOUSE BEAMS
@lilpeach101
@lilpeach101 4 жыл бұрын
Why do you say Mercy uses Arya's own face? In the last Arya chapter in Dance it is specifically stated that Arya will receive a new one, just as pretty as her original face, this is something you repeated yourself in earlier PFW video on this chapter. Also, if summers can last over ten years, I don't think anyone will wait till fall to harvest their apples, but instead to whenever they become ripe. This just happens to coincide with fall in our world, but most likely not usually in Planetos. Your point that fruit doesn't grow well can still stand.
@lastEvergreen
@lastEvergreen 4 жыл бұрын
Happy Maidens Day!
@billmorse5724
@billmorse5724 4 жыл бұрын
Considering, according to the map, the Summer Islands are almost twice the size of the British Isles. There are probably multiple ethnicities. So, not getting into different perspectives, the points of view characters are not necessarily contradicting each other.
@jhallen2260
@jhallen2260 4 жыл бұрын
Hey chief, you got any bright insights on Jaime's fever dream from ASOS? It's such an interesting dream.
@210SAi
@210SAi 4 жыл бұрын
It’s inferred that he wasn’t dreaming as he’s one handed in his dream. His ‘mother’ specifically brings that to Jaime’s attention.
@itsanameisntit
@itsanameisntit 4 жыл бұрын
Once again: Mind = Blown!
@JoniukasVader
@JoniukasVader 4 жыл бұрын
Back are we and
@marijntaal1531
@marijntaal1531 4 жыл бұрын
Finally, the content I subscribed for. #waitingforthewindsofwinter
@rheeventures8144
@rheeventures8144 4 жыл бұрын
How u like them apples😏
@goon143
@goon143 4 жыл бұрын
Big love !
@lakesexorama
@lakesexorama 4 жыл бұрын
Can you see what players there were in the northern lord's at the beginning of the the war if 5 kings who counseled Robb into his path?
@prof.cecilycogsworth3204
@prof.cecilycogsworth3204 4 жыл бұрын
The Princess of Eboli would like a word with you. ;-) In any case, stay safe!
@malicewonder8345
@malicewonder8345 4 жыл бұрын
LOL. Trema per te, Preston.
@numanbuyuk940
@numanbuyuk940 4 жыл бұрын
We are back to the good stuff. Oops, wrong channel.
@nikolay4101-s7r
@nikolay4101-s7r 4 жыл бұрын
18:30 - Why would Viserys be a Plumm if his mother was not at least married to a Plumm.
@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin
@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin 4 жыл бұрын
She was married to a Plumm. It was an affair. Like Joffrey being a Baratheon.
@nikolay4101-s7r
@nikolay4101-s7r 4 жыл бұрын
@@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin I misunderstood your idea. What you are suggesting is that a daughter of Aegon and the black pearl married into house Plumm, not that Viserys himself was their son (which is why I asked about him being associated with the house at all). Still I find it unlikely that Elaenna Targaryen and another Targaryen princess both married into a relatively minor house at around the same time.
@bronhaller
@bronhaller 4 жыл бұрын
Two thoughts: didn't Arya get a new face for Mercy? After she was the Ugly Little Girl, the Kindly Man said she would get a new face "as pretty as her own" for her theatre job, so those from The Happy Port wouldn't recognise her unless they knew who they needed to look for. You may be leading up to this for your next video, but maybe Arya has been set up and the Faceless Men *want* her to kill Raff (as you said, they know her list, and they know who is accompanying the envoy) to create further tension in the leadup to the election and reduce the chances of Swyft being successful in his negotiations? I feel like Dareon was a setup, in that the FM should know that desertion from the NW is death, so she was really just doing what needed to be done; she was rewarded for that by moving her to the next phase of training (Blind Beth). I wonder if this is a similar scenario, where they are putting her in a position where she thinks she is doing something of her own accord, but is really being guided to it.
@bronhaller
@bronhaller 4 жыл бұрын
@ thanks, will have to go back and watch … I don't think I've seen it, and I'm always looking for stuff to watch!
@theletterm5425
@theletterm5425 4 жыл бұрын
3:27 Wait, do we know for certain that Arya used her own face for Mercy? I don't have the chapter on hand right now but I do seem to recall that Mercy is described as "pretty", something Arya is specifically stated to not be (Sansa was beautiful, Jayne was pretty, Arya was "horseface"). Can anyone confirm wether Preston's statement is actually true or not?
@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin
@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin 4 жыл бұрын
The final line of the Ugly Little Girl chapter has the Kindly Man saying that her next face will be "A pretty one this time, I think. As pretty as your own. Who are you, child?" I took that to mean that it was her face. Reading it again, I suppose there is a possibility that its an equally pretty girl.
@theletterm5425
@theletterm5425 4 жыл бұрын
That line actually seems kind of mocking by the kindly man. "As pretty as your own" implies that Arya is not "no one", that she has her own face, her own identity. I think Mercy was someone who originally died at the HoBaW . She has a distinct personality (giggly, charming), quite different from Arya which could come from the original Mercy (whoever she was), much like how Arya experienced the memories of the Ugly Little Girl. I don't think Arya is that good of an actor yet that she could believably pretend to be someone so different from herself (Mercy is much more like Sansa than Arya). Arya hasn't actually received any acting lessons yet (her gig in Mercy is her first speaking role IIRC) and she's always had had her own headstrong personality that would be hard to suppress. Great video by the way! I really only watch your ASOIAF related videos so it's been a little while. Made me quite happy to see this pop up in my subscriptions ;)
@sploosh6433
@sploosh6433 4 жыл бұрын
I don't think Arya is hiding from the other, supposed members of the faceless men, at all. But rules state she can't interact with them.. though this would mean she might know something is up
@Cronoo
@Cronoo 4 жыл бұрын
Lemon....trees...
@smotp
@smotp 4 жыл бұрын
can't believe i'm not first. heartbroken
@goodtrubble9688
@goodtrubble9688 4 жыл бұрын
Arya beat them all. Why argue the wolverine?
@snbjornbrynjarsson4705
@snbjornbrynjarsson4705 4 жыл бұрын
We don't know if all summer islanders look the same. Take f.x. the idea that most people from Ireland have red hair, they don't, but when a person knows just a single irish with red hair they can make all sorts of assumptions. There may be different emigrations of tribes to the Summer islands, their genetics may be just as varied and complicated as Westeros. And I think GRRM is quite aware of how people generalize and make all sorts of assumptions, take f.x. how Jorah Mormont is called Jorah the Andal by the Dothraki, despite him not even being an andal. Jalabhar Xho is a prince who may be descendent of an invasion from the basilisk isles some hundreds of years ago, who knows, the upper classes of the Summer Islands could have darker skins than the general population, just like I imagine the upper class of Westeros in general may or may not look slightly more Valyrian than the average Joe, or the upper class of medieval England look slightly more norman. All this to say, we never run into a group of Summer islanders in the books, individuals are a poor way of estimating how the population looks like, not to mention how unreliable the POVs. All this to say, GRRM may or may not be consistent. :) But as always, I enjoy your reading series, thank you!
@DolorousDillon
@DolorousDillon 3 жыл бұрын
So none of this makes sense you have an envoy of a king whom you're trying to please so you provide him with the black pearl an extravagant gift but then take him to a middle class play ? A play mimd you that has been hastily written an practiced , why wouldn't Swift be taken to the Dome or the other playhouse in the purple harbor? Maybe its because of the play itself? Well that does add up either why would Syrios relative (the playwright) only give The Gate permission to preform his play? Why isnt it being done at other place? An this is really all highlighted by the fact that the Sealord is attending for the first time mind you, it all just doesn't make sense.
@Trustworthy_McLegitimate
@Trustworthy_McLegitimate 4 жыл бұрын
She is wearing another face. _ On the morrow you will go to Izembaro to begin your first apprenticeship. Take what clothes you will from the vaults below. The city watch is looking for a certain ugly girl, known to frequent the Purple Harbor, *so best you have a new face as well* .” He cupped her chin, turned her head this way and that, nodded. “A pretty one this time, I think. As pretty as your own. Who are you, child?” “No one,” she replied _
@nogodsnomasters7669
@nogodsnomasters7669 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@benenlynch9733
@benenlynch9733 4 жыл бұрын
Yes some asoiaf
@made-line7627
@made-line7627 4 жыл бұрын
What slaver is helping Young Griff?
@JonasBM3
@JonasBM3 4 жыл бұрын
Brown Ben Plumm confirmed upcoming dragon rider?
@Tyranastrasza
@Tyranastrasza 4 жыл бұрын
Well, the dragons seem to like him.
@thefilmeffect6089
@thefilmeffect6089 4 жыл бұрын
Can we get a video on how Shitmouth is really Azor Ahai reborn?
@mpalfadel2008
@mpalfadel2008 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Preston How much money would I have to donate to your patron to enlist you to do a empire of the dawn series Heard a lot of the “others” do the series (hehe) I am curious what your analysis of the data would yield Send me a number and I’ll make it happen Cheers
@larochejaquelein3680
@larochejaquelein3680 4 жыл бұрын
FINISH THE BOOK GEORGE....
@04McE
@04McE 4 жыл бұрын
Could the apples be wrinkled because they were cooked?
@williamjameshoffer4405
@williamjameshoffer4405 4 жыл бұрын
Or, because the Summer Islanders are based on Sub-Saharan Africans, their skin tones vary from brown to dark.
@PitH0und
@PitH0und 4 жыл бұрын
Whoa. You make ASOIF content?
@makenamaehara2815
@makenamaehara2815 4 жыл бұрын
Do you think you assumed her to be a hetro lover or mistress to aegon. But why not dany? We know she goes both ways
@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin
@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin 4 жыл бұрын
That's true
@makenamaehara2815
@makenamaehara2815 4 жыл бұрын
@@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin I have seen videos talking about how bravvos and dorne are aligned with dany. Due to history I think that is an insane statement. Would the sealord. A leader of a city that was founded by freed and escaped slaves hiding from the dragon. Why would he sign a marriage pact helping the last of the dragons gain power? But maybe the black pearl much like many of the other characters (person tyrion meets with penny) who claim they want to serve dany. But really want her power for something? But honestly if you read this that was a dumb rant. What I really want to know is more about the sea horse house. I can't spell good. Im a big black supporter of the rightful Queen. The bastard brothers posible son or grandson of the lord. Or neither
@Sporking
@Sporking 4 жыл бұрын
First nerd here!
@onlythequestion
@onlythequestion 4 жыл бұрын
House Prestayn JACOBS??
@ProMovieBlogger
@ProMovieBlogger 4 жыл бұрын
F***ing FINALLY! Jesus this Part took long to make. A month? I figured it would be two hours long after all this time.
@biglenin7306
@biglenin7306 4 жыл бұрын
Yesss!
@VanHonkerton
@VanHonkerton 4 жыл бұрын
Is there some problem with the microphone/recording or is it just my headphones?
@Tia-Marie
@Tia-Marie 4 жыл бұрын
How many sample chapters are there? I heard like I've seen 3-5% of the book here.
@turtleanton6539
@turtleanton6539 2 жыл бұрын
Might just be true
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