The Edgiest Character Cut from Game of Thrones

[@xtragedgnolf]

- Shows up - "I am Darkstar, and I am Of the Night" - Maims child -Leaves

[@VibeMusicSoul]

The maims child part is questionable, no one ever saw him do it - I think it's a misdirect for sure.

[@ab-mi4eu]

absolute gigachad

[@raingulfdrengot195]

Aemond Targeryan reborn

[@badyoutuber1986]

Refuses to elaborate for a decade or so.

[@HOTD108_]

It's so funny that David and Dan's Star Wars project was cancelled before we heard a single thing about it lmao.

[@BlackstreetBoys2Men]

This is what gives me peace, the karma

[@Zenmaster_0-0_]

​@@BlackstreetBoys2Men 100%

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

Star Wars announces new films to convince investors that more money is coming in. Announced and cancelled around 10 films. D/D wrote the 3-body problem and tbh they did a good job at making GOT better than the books...before s5

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

Too bad they were allowed to touch Three Body Problem. The books are great, but I will never watch that series.

[@anonymous-hz2un]

​@@JoshuaKevinPerry better than the books??? Get out of here 😂😂

[@jj947]

I think the difference between Gerold and Euron is that we learn about Euron from people that are genuinely scared of him (Asha, Vic, Aeron), while most of the “cool” things about Gerold are said by Gerold

[@davidlewis5312]

Darkstar comes off as someone's first tabletop rpg edgelord baby Euron comes off as the DMs villainous villain

[@jj947]

@@davidlewis5312also Euron has an actual history before we meet him. He’s captained a ship, fought in wars, was banished by his brother, and sailed to all of these exotic places. As opposed to Gerald, who’s just “a good fighter”

[@gokbay3057]

@@jj947 Yeah, he has accomplishments (a whole ship and crew, able to give tons of gifts/bribes in the Kingsmoot) vs Darkstar, who allegedly failed to kill a 10 year old girl.

[@thor30013]

@@gokbay3057 that's basically my thoughts as well. Even without establishing Euron before hand, he comes in with plenty of stuff to prove how accomplished he is. Darkstar, on the other hand, has been all talk so far.

[@cliffordrose4335]

We learned about the perception that others have of Ser Gerold Dayne from others such as Ser Daemon Sand, Prince 🤴 Doran Martell and Princess Arianne Martell who add to his mystery.

[@breesway9749]

If Darkstar has 1000 fans I’m one of them. If Darkstar has 1 fan it’s me. If Darkstar has 0 fans it’s because I’m dead.

[@maylabrown4584]

*I will be the reason that Darkstar has 0 fans* - Lord Jay of House Brown.

[@billychops1280]

No brother I stand with in défense of dark star

[@Clear224-77]

So Zased

[@rodrigovaccari7547]

Bro is on the verge of his villain arc

[@pyramidion5911]

Thats Dark

[@judeconnor-macintyre9874]

Holy shit, Darkstar only appears in one chapter. I swear to god he was in two at least. We give him shit but he is pretty memorable for being in such a small piece of such a large story.

[@mementomori771]

Memorable for the wrong reasons

[@Lumistrocity]

​@@mementomori771average Doran propaganda believer

[@CrusaderChris]

No one can make me hate you, Gerold, my sweet Sword of the Evening

[@mgonzo3881]

You’re the Darkstar of ASOIAF channels

[@j84martinez44]

He is lol

[@handlethesenutz]

>rolls into the story apropos of nothing >gets people to start calling him darkstar >fails to kill a little girl >flees into the desert >never heard from again unfathomably based, lord jerry

[@Akiraspin]

>be a Dayne, a legendary house of swordmasters associated with a legendary blade that glows in the dark that only the most worthy can wield >have an exotic and bizarre streak of black in your otherwise pale hair for no explainable reason >be so physically attractive that the Princess of Dorne thinks about having your kids >name yourself 'Darkstar' and claim that you are "of the night." Are we absolutely *sure* Gerold Dayne isn't a fucking anime character?

[@badyoutuber1986]

Shouldn't it be this ?

[@emilybarclay8831]

He’s a seinen protag if I’ve ever seen one

[@tsarcastic3722]

I heard they filmed all of Darkstar's scenes for the show, but when they went to edit the footage it was all pitch black, completely unusable.

[@incitatus953]

Nobody knows this, but Darkstar was visible for a few frames in "The long Night", making the rest of the episode so dark.

[@pyramidion5911]

Keanu Reeves turned down the role around season 3 and George never regained interest in the series.

[@MA-rf6bu]

Didn’t stop them before

[@davidferrero3055]

The general darkness that crept in the later seasons and you couldn't see shit was actually Darkstar in his true form

[@Yungdrizzle]

@@pyramidion5911 Gerald "Dogstar" Dayne haha

[@GreyWasteTim]

"Call me Darkstar." Dude, your name is basically Jerry. Just a total Grateful Dead reference through and through.

[@jj947]

“I mean, what’s the deal with Queenmaking?”

[@bjam27]

Oh come on !

[@Matt-xc6sp]

Drop some shade of the evening and jam out on the harp

[@buxzw1945]

Which makes me worried that GRRM actually thinks Darkstar is a cool badass haha

[@troperhghar9898]

Darkstar: I am of the night Shadow the hedgehog: ... buddy, you need to lighten up

[@yorlanex1270]

Batman: And I am Vengeance. I am the night. I AM BATMAN.

[@OrangeBurgerSC706]

Lmao

[@1998topornik]

XD

[@fpl_djhammer]

"buddy.... u think u look strong? you're wearing purple drapes"

[@tk423b]

Dark Star is so cool. He taught me how to ollie off of a curb. It is known.

[@joshtedmanson6078]

This gave me a genuine laugh. Well played sir

[@j84martinez44]

It is known

[@Novabunny_]

It is known

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

Okay, but let's be honest, Darkstar is an awesome name. That's one of those names that you secretly hope people start calling you, but you probably have to apply it to yourself

[@jj947]

George Costanza ordering t bone steak

[@littlebabycarrotful]

I do in-home TV repair. In my twenties i went to a customer's run-down apartment: inside was a Charles Bukowski look-a-like. Pretty sure he was a fan of the author, too. Of course this guy was one of those customers who left a porno tape playing in his VCR for me to find(it happens). Anyway I left my multimeter there and had to come back for it later. My co-worker who was with me said when he came to the door to return it(which he actually tried to refuse to do) apparently had his genitals exposed(yeah this happens sometimes, too). I didnt look down but i believed it. Anyway, the point of this story is that this guy told us his friends call him Darkstar. I know, he was probably lying about having friends

[@kaelplummer3932]

@@littlebabycarrotful yeah that sounds like the type of dude that thinks dark stars is a cool name

[@heinrichschmehl611]

Sounds like a name for a horse to me

[@status_quo_post]

Dorans goals truly are beyond our understanding.

[@Astromamut]

He neither doing nothing nor plotting, but a secret third thing

[@davidlewis5312]

or his probably, but defintely beyond his reach.

[@davidlewis5312]

@@Astromamut pooping?

[@Rebel_Lord_Taron]

Dark stars biggest problem is he is so butthurt that he is not the most famous Dayne and that he does not get to wield Dawn

[@gokbay3057]

Yeah, that part of him + Euron and Daemon having results vs failing to kill a ten year old is probably what makes the difference of the latter two being cool badasses and Darkstar being a wannabe edgelord.

[@Rebel_Lord_Taron]

@@gokbay3057 he's so overcome with the just the sheer weight of butthurt that he'll do anything to try to outshine Ser Arthur Dayne, whether it be evil or cruel or anything really I'm sure

[@ramonfernandomirandanoguei365]

@@Rebel_Lord_Taron I think he wants Dawn more than anything, but he clearly despise the title of "Sword of the morning".

[@Rebel_Lord_Taron]

@@ramonfernandomirandanoguei365 oh yeah I guarantee you he's going to steal Dawn. And I had a theory that I told another KZbinr a while back that it would be funny if this happens because you remember Cersei at 1 point said she wanted to get another Master of arms from Dorne it would be hilarious if he stole the sword and then made his way to King's landing I don't know where this hair colored and a beard or something using a different name and secretly became the Master of arms at the red keep LOL

[@Mymmii]

I think a lot of his edginess stems from reading his quotes out of context. I'm not saying he's not an edgelord but the famous "I am of the night" quote is clearly a joke to Myrcella when they were introduced to eachother and Myrcella was being courteous and recognizing the fame of Arthur Dayne and asking whether Gerold was the sword of the morning. I mean it's not like he is barging in to conversations with his epic one-liners.

[@DiviAugusti]

Yeah I never understood the hate for that line either. He is just saying he doesn’t have a lot in common with his “of the morning” cousin.

[@jam_jor]

Exactly, people always ignore the fact that he was talking to a 10 year old, I never understood that

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

Great point!

[@MahatmaKaneJeeves-r9y]

If no-one has yet I think it's also worth mentioning how he never actually says "I AM DARKSTAR" but "men *call* me 'Darkstar'", which isn't quite the same thing.

[@mr_yoru5834]

I think Darkstar is easy to make fun of because other edgy characters like Euron or Daemon have real accomplishments to back up their claims of badassery. Euron, at least, has his creepy crew and a magic horn to suggest that he really has been places few people have been and is genuinely unhinged. Daemon was famed as one of the last great Targaryen warriors to ride a dragon. Darkstar just attacks a little girl and runs away after spouting nonsense about being "of the night" like he's freaking Batman. Maybe if he had done some things to back up the perception GRRM was going for, then he wouldn't come off as a poser.

[@gokbay3057]

That and he is incredibly obviously jealous of Arthur Dayne. "Why is my cousin the only Dayne people remember"

[@MrFredstt]

I wonder if that was actually GRRM's intention for us the reader to view him that way or if GRRM actually does think Darkstar is this cool badass

[@badyoutuber1986]

What was he supposed to do in such a short period of time? And also i always thought that he grazed her on purpose.

[@sheagaming]

Idk how to explain this but Gerold has to tell everyone how cool he is, while Euron shows it! Also someone else said we don’t have 3 different POVs whose internal monologue expresses how scared they are of Darkstar. Also there’s no Darkstar “Forsaken” chapter as of yet. All bro has done is cut off a little girl’s ear and talk about how cool he is

[@jj947]

Show don’t tell, exactly. The difference between someone Arianne Martell finds “cool” and someone *Victorian Greyjoy* finds scary is taller than the wall

[@gailf1617]

Exactly. Darkstar is a bad joke. "I am of the night" - does he think he's Batman? (sorry, there's only one Batman and he doesn't maim children). Handsome guy with fighting skills who takes himself way too seriously, and proves how badass he is by attacking and maiming a little girl.

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

​@@gailf1617yet women still thirst hard over him lol. Life is not fair

[@LordKamos777]

We DO have internal monologues of how scary Darkstar is, lol. Arianne repeatedly mentions how dangerous he is.

[@sheagaming]

@@LordKamos777 that’s fair but i read it more that arianne thinks darkstar is a hot bad boy, similar to Dany thinking about Daario. While i feel that Victarion Asha and Theon dont have this internal monologue, more that they’re genuinely unsettled by Euron’s existence. the damphair is up for debate whether he find euron as hot as he is scared of him tho

[@mario167100]

Darkstar is an anime character that was born into the ASOIF world.

[@mementomori771]

ASOIF is super anime lol it has children winning wars against seasoned generals

[@ranfan1820]

​@@mementomori771There were real life people who ruled or waged war at young ages. It was different times where you had to grow up fast and having experienced advisors or older people certainly helped.

[@lkrnpk]

Charles XII of Sweden became the king at 15 and won first battles at 18... but ok, he was not fighting at 13 tho. Granted, he died at 36 too, in a battle

[@fakeplaystore7991]

He holds no candle to Black⭐Star from Soul Eater (aka "the loudest assassin on Earth")

[@Rebel_Lord_Taron]

Finally I've been waiting for a video dedicated to just Set Gerald Dayne

[@cliffordrose4335]

So have we all 😮

[@Rebel_Lord_Taron]

@@cliffordrose4335 Hazaah

[@realhillkell]

Haha "Showrunners as desperate to work on Star Wars as David and Dan"

[@aleksanderkorecki7887]

They should've worked on Darkstar.

[@tommythecat4961]

Love the voice crack at 00:58 because that's exactly how I imagine Gerold Dayne's voice to sound when he introduces himself!

[@xpertcraft]

I think the reason people like Euron more than Darkstar is because Euron can back up all his talk with actual feats. Darkstar kinda just talks a big game then fails to kill a 10 year old girl

[@pyramidion5911]

Euron is gay

[@MahatmaKaneJeeves-r9y]

EURON GREYJOY: I have SAILED THE SMOKING SEAS and seen VALYRIA! RODRIK HARLAW: Have you?

[@KarlKarsnark]

Yes, "Aquiline" sounds like "Aqua + Line"(aka "The Roman Nose"). Means lit has a prominent ridge that then "bend"/turns downward a bit(from Latin "aquillinus"/Eagle-like). Charles Dance(Tywin) is a great example as is the drawing of Darkstar you showed. A sign of "Class" and "proper breeding"(Valyrian), as it were. The whole "Sword of the Morning" becoming the "Sword of the Mourning" is a pun that GRRM can't resist. Makes me think that it will be used to kill one of our favorite characters, hence the "mourning" implication. Doing so would then end the Long Night and allow for the literal "morning"/"Dawn" to break. The only characters I can think of would be Dany or Jon, but that also seems a bit obvious. Maybe it's both!

[@bjam27]

Aquiline is from the latin aquila meaning eagle. 😂 good try so

[@KarlKarsnark]

@@bjam27 I know, That's why I said so ;) I can reading comprehension isn't really your thing, is it?

[@ingen_nate_kenny6588]

"Why is that my cousin is the only Dayne that anyone remembers?" is actually a funny line though. I don't think Doran Martell is one to try to orchestrate an attack on a little girl under his care. And Areo Hotah is a trusted companion to Doran --- why would he send him off after Darkstar? The Camera That Rides having three chapters makes me think there will be something more than Darkstar in his chapters. Interestingly, the next closet POV character would be Sam in Oldtown, and we know Obara is joining Areo Hotah. Obara knows that Alleras is Sarella. Recall that Sam told *everything* to Sarella, all of stuff about the Others, and Sarella knows about the dragons as well. I think more like that Darkstar flees again (perhaps a recurring theme for this character), joining the Dornish armies of Lord Yronwood and Fowler that may/will help Aegon and the Golden Company. After all, if Dorne is at war with the Lannisters, why wouldn't they want them? I think him being a Kingsguard member, paralleling his cousin, with Dawn in toe seems like a relevant outcome for this character. Do a video on Ronnet Connington!

[@Ifyoucanreadthisgooglebroke]

"The Camera That Rides" is so much better than my own "Fly on the Wall with a Halberd" that I've long nicknamed him in my mind.

[@johnnye87]

Darkstar as a catspaw has the same vibe as Lyn Corbray being the agent of Littlefinger. The Dornish plot also demonstrates why it's so crucial to have plausibly deniable false-flag operators - their entire vendetta against Tywin is rooted in the fact that everyone knows Gregor Clegane acts on his orders. Clegane would be the PERFECT "hey you can't expect me to control that guy, he's wild" agent, except that Tywin makes such a huge show of how he crushes all disloyalty that he can't possibly make that excuse ring true.

[@fenixchief7]

DnDnD is a combination we are lucky to have missed. With what they turned Euron into, I can only imagine the kind of edge lord they would have turned a guy named "Darkstar" into.

[@Seelenverheizer]

a finger in the bum!

[@cloudbloom]

I could picture him staring at the moon while smoking a clove cigarette and listening to Type O Negative thinking "nobody understands my pain"

[@badyoutuber1986]

😂😂😂 next to a lake that reverberates his reflection.

[@CulinVlau]

I see Darkstar as the Dornish version of Lyn Corbray.

[@Mr.PepeSilvia]

Well said never thought about that. Although Lyn has more feats currently.

[@davidlewis5312]

@@Mr.PepeSilvia pretty much Badass prick Probably a good swordsman Magic Sword Gerald needs Dawn to complete the checklist

[@MahatmaKaneJeeves-r9y]

Oh come on, there's nothing to indicate that Darkstar's a pederast.

[@gold067]

Lyn Corbray smashes

[@oofwa]

"smash that like button like you're darkstar and its an unarmed 10 year old girl" is so wild i had to give it a like

[@aprilmae274]

1 minute in and already you got me rolling-'...he prolly gave himself THAT name' o MAN the pure SMARM with which you say that is in perfect tone.

[@gokbay3057]

IIRC you are following Preston's fanfiction Winds project. What do you think of what was done with him in that (and to Areo "Camera that rides" Hotah)?

[@QuinnTheGM]

Those chapters are tied with Alayne II as my favorites, I think they've done a fantastic job capturing the central conflict in Areo moving forward - the difficulty of putting morality aside and living only by one's vows.

[@sophiaisbased9621]

Wait wtf I made the meme at 1:18 lol

[@thanos_karagiannhs5320]

Honestly the the, I am of the night line is peak dialogue compared to the average exchange between characters in season 8

[@tyr4489]

I always thought Darkstar was a straight ahead version of the brooding, sneering anti-hero grimdark protagonist from the 90s that Jon seems to be subverting. George seems the type to simultaneously appreciate something (Darkstar) while also wanting to move beyond it (Jon)

[@Rebel_Lord_Taron]

Honestly I feel almost like in some way or another Dark Star is working with Prince doran. He may very well be the one that is full name of the princesses plot

[@joshuamagee2272]

“He probably gave himself that name” made me laugh so hard I woke up my dog

[@merengueatang4]

Personally, I think the funniest thing for his character is for him to be a legitimate badass, but also super edgy. I love him.

[@gangstapenguin2773]

Darkstar - the most blatant Grateful Dead reference GRRM put in. Once I read that, I started picking up on a shit ton more, starting with the hilltribes Mountains of the Moon

[@Seelenverheizer]

I think the true key to our edgelord over here is the fact that GRRM was building little Ned Dayne up to wield Dawn after the 5 year skip. Then as he realised the 5 year skip is not happening Darkstar has been included and poor Ned stoped beeing mentioned in the background. We dont know what Ned Dayne was ment to do then likely wield Dawn at some point but i am pretty sure Darkstar is his replacement and at one point will do what little Ned was ment to do. Sure he has his own story and his involvement will the queenmaking incident but i feel confident that will be left behind for him. Good chance that the camara that rides will become buddy with Dankstar and go on a journey to do what GRRM needs them to do. Both of them feel very much like tools born of a narrative problem GRRM ran into to fix that problem. GRRM beeing a good writter did build them in a way like they do seem like actual characters not just as replacement and fixes and therefore they get involved into the Dorn stuff.

[@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.]

With what we've seen of Doran, I would be very surprised if he told Darkstar to harm Myrcella. Doesn't seem his style to me, his whole vibe is that he doesn't want the innocent to suffer, and he seems genuinely distraught over Myrcella being hurt. But maybe t here's some wishful thinking there, I like Doran.

[@connors9597]

5:18 this is the moment that Darkstar became ‘Derold’

[@eversor10]

Darkstar was framed

[@Bewbscueser]

It beaks my heart that videos like this are the closest we will ever get to a finished story. George hasn't worked on the main series for years and will never finish Winds let alone ADoS. My best friend and the person who gave me my first copy of AGoT passed away unexpectedly. I wonder how many people who love these books will never know how the story ends.

[@AstaraBrightwing]

5:17 "We learn of *Deeerrrrrald's* next movements.

[@ughhhSawyer]

Gerold's entire... everything... plays very well into my thesis that Arthur Dayne also wasn't shit, actually, and Jaime's rose-tinted memories of him are very much similar to a kid who peaked in high school dickriding his football coach who was nice to him before dying in drunk driving accident. Ned and Howland are very cool and sexy and valid for stuffing Arthur full of poison darts and stabbing him in the back or whatever else "dishonorable" thing they did at the Tower Of Backstory. Hope Gerold end up like that also. Ashara and Little Ned are the only valid Daynes. (this thesis is borne entirely out of my desire to ruin knight powerscaling circlejerks lmao, its not serious)

[@DrBusiness9]

Lol you don’t need the disclaimer. It’s rather obvious

[@pyramidion5911]

"Everyone's into powerscaling until they get punched in the face" -Gerry Darkstar

[@MA-rf6bu]

Arthur is the real shit, Barristan fought with him and acknowledged that he was the finest knight he ever saw.

[@iRob-tr2oj]

I wish I could like all your videos twice. Keep up the great work I love your videos.

[@jamiecarr7372]

Raspberry. There's only one person who would give me the raspberry. Darkstar!

[@blackop013]

George gave him that nickname to call him asshole without actually saying it.

[@error-err-1016]

My head canon is that I was the inspiration for this video (I'm the guy who's been commenting about Darkstar on the other videos)

[@error-err-1016]

Btw Darkstar is going to resurrect Twin, and they're going to give birth to a time traveling fetus (who is Jon Connington)

[@sophiaisbased9621]

Jerry Dorkstar my beloved edgy emo boy

[@mikewaterfield3599]

Love the sarcasm. I still think it’s funny tweedle dee and tweedle dum never did get a Disney’s “Farce Wars” deal.

[@HerbCoswellBornAgain]

Personally, I always thought it he a fun idea of Darkstar was Jon Snows twin and he'd somehow be the key to revealing his true parentage, and maybe Ned had Darkstar sent to be raised by the Daynes to avoid the burden of having to raise to children as bastards or something. But I don't think that'll be the case, for multiple reasons but mainly because I feel like if George was going that route, he'd make Gerold look more like how Jon does, but just with Silver hair instead of Black hair, as well as write him more as a dark reflection/opposite parallel to Jon.

[@gokbay3057]

That would be a hilarious idea ngl, I kinda love it. Someone should write a fanfic with that being a central part of it.

[@josephpotter7776]

Great video. Keep up the great work

[@cliffordrose4335]

My favorite aSoI&F alternative theory is that Ser Gerold Dayne aka the Knight of High Hermitage shares the three physical traits "that bespoke the Valyrian blood" of Ser Laenor Velaryon as recognized by ArchMaester Gyldayn on page 📄 374 in "Fire and Blood": 1) Silvery-White hair 2) Aquiline nose 3) Purple eyes. Laenor Velaryon has these three Valyrian blood traits and so does Gerold Dayne curiously 🤔. I submit that just as Ser Laenor Velaryon was born from a royal Targaryen womb via Princess Rhaenys Targaryen . . . Ser Gerold Dayne was born from a royal Targaryen womb via Queen Rhaella Targaryen. That streak of midnight black in his Platinum head of hair is very likely to be dye ala Prince 🤴 Aegon Targaryen VI in his false identity of Young Griff with Blue hair. Gerold Dayne has no father or mother . . . no sisters or brothers . . . no birthday or year of exact birth rather. He could be the boy 👑 Viserys Targaryen III formerly crowned by her Grace 👑 Rhaella Targaryen at Dragonstone Castle 🏰 after the sack of King's Landing as his father the Mad King was slain by Ser Jamie Lannister. High Hermitage sounds like a really remote and reclusive (royal?) residence in the Red Mountains of Dorne. The word hermitage translates to "the disinherited" curiously enough 🤔. Could High Hermitage have been financed and constructed by the Lords of Tourantine at the direction of her Grace Queen Rhaella Targaryen to serve as a secret stronghold sanctuary for her last living son after the horrific slaughter of her beloved Targaryen grandbabies Princess Rhaenys and Prince Aegon VI?!? 👑 Viserys Targaryen III was the Great-great-grandson of Prince Maekar Targaryen and Lady Dyanna Dayne afterall!! Where else would her Grace turn to for help after she had been so brutally betrayed by close family friends in House Lannister but her noble cousins of House Dayne!?! There were certainly a good supply of proper prospects at Dragonstone village for a royal decoy to rhe newly crowned boy 👑 Viserys III as Dragonseed children were known for having Valyrian blood traits of Purple eyes and Platinum hair and some surely had Aquiline noses too. Princess Myrcella Baratheon was appointed a royal decoy in her cousin Rosamund for her security protocol down at Dorne waa she not?!? Why wouldn't King Viserys III be afforded the same precautionary protocol . . . there was mo question that he was the legitimate last living male heir to House Targaryen rather than a false Baratheon princess right!?! Targaryen royal babies have been slaughtered . . . not taken hostage . . . BUTCHERED!! What 🤯 was the likely fate of Targaryen royal boy then . . . last living son of her Grace 😭 👑 Rhaella Targaryen?!? She got him the hell out of there!!!!! 👑 Viserys III lives and may reveal himself in the epilogue of "The Winds of Winter" as he rallies the Anti-Martell Dornish nobels in a bloody coup of Sunspear while weilding the legendary sword 🗡️ "Dawn" after washing out that midnight black streak of dye from his Silvery-White scalp.

[@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158]

I'm currently rereading whole series and I finished "Feast" yesterday. I almost forgot how much of an edgy piece of 💩 Darkstar is and how much I loved him because of it. He and Euron are definitely standouts among the newcomers in the book.

[@thehalfmanTL]

7:11 took me back to the show when you said " Dorne's sigil " 😂😂

[@QuarterRican04]

Great vid! Still don't understand at all how this plot line helps George wrap up the story in 2 books tho 😂

[@AS-qy1zl]

I would say Dorne was hastily done but that show was the same one that made the Ironborn into a laughingstock

[@samuelleask1132]

Great video mate!

[@jonaschristensen2295]

I also like the alt shift x speculation that darkstar is in the story to wield/put the Dayne sword "Morning" on the field

[@Picking.a.name.is.hard1]

Darkstat cracks me the fuck up😂 He feels like one of the original characters/self inserts people make up in fanfics - silver hair and purple eyes bc thats special - dark streak in the hair - "I am of the night" - "nobody remembers me" The only trait hes missing is actually being a secret Targaryen😂 I think the reason that Gerold over here is funny whereas Euron and Daemon Targaryen are not is bc Euron, while saying cringe shit all the time, actually can back it up hed legit fucking EVIL. And bc people speak fearfully of Euron, especially his brother The Damphair (that passage abt "Euron taught him how to pray" creeped me tf out) He is evil in the eldeitch villain sense, but also in the human sense Daemon is similarly shown to actually ACT and be a literal war criminal. Meanwhile Darkstar is just kinda telling everyone hes so dark and whatnot. Giving very 🥀⛓️my soul is black as night⛓️🥀

[@ThePariahDark]

If you want to go maximum edge while using a sword called Dawn, you call yourself "The Knight of Twilight" - the sword, Dawn, being pulled by your darkness - creating a mix of light and dark, a twilight.

[@MeetThaNewDealer]

Westeros' every own edgelord

[@hann8103]

I wonder what Darkstar knows about Eddard Stark's visit. He could reveal many things about Ned, Arthur Dayne, Ashara and whichever children were at Starfall.

[@mingthan7028]

I am absolutely certain that he is going to wield the Sword of the Morning and do some cool shits again

[@billberndtson]

I see the Darkstar stans in the comments; I think he's ridiculous. Other Vampire the Masquerade players think he's a bit much. He wants to cosplay Batman but can't imagine covering his face. He eats Hot Topic Hot Pockets. He's a clove cigarette wearing a knock-off Korn tee-shirt.

[@judeconnor-macintyre9874]

No actor could handle Darkstar.

[@jj947]

To channel his inner darkness, you’d have to live in Bulgaria for 36 hours

[@DrBusiness9]

Oh totally, it would be almost impossible to play a mysterious dark character in a show full of… mysterious…. dark characters…. Hmmmmm

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

@@jj947 Or maybe spend a winter at the Arctic Circle. Iqaluit anyone?

[@Slender_Man_186]

Euron is an eldrich Pirate lord clad in Valyrian Steel armor about to turn a naval battle into a blood sacrifice Daemon is the mother fucking Rogue Prince, wielder of Dark Sister, rider of the Blood Wyrm, he won a war out of spite. Gerald “Darkstar” failed to kill a 10 year old and isn’t worthy of his family sword. Two of these characters earned their edginess, the other did not.

[@quoc-nam6286]

everyone calls darkstar an edgy teenager but the guy has actually given all the clues to guess he's as roguish and competent a fighter as Bronn

[@miguelbelizario6636]

1:38 *pauses Taste by Sabrina Carpenter* he left what?

[@jf_kein_k8590]

That TWOW cover made me overthink for a moment that I missed the release.

[@johnnye87]

I think the issue with Darkstar is that (Arianne aside, and she already seems like an unreliable narrator on the subject of hot boys), he's the ONLY character who talks about himself in those terms. We've never heard of him before and he shows up thinking he's hot shit. Euron's a giant narcissist, but based on other characters' opinions of him and his on-page achievements, he does have something the brag about; he is, in fact, dangerous and powerful and wealthy. If Darkstar had been previously mentioned as someone Doran was respectfully wary of, or who Arys or Areo considered a worthy opponent, then we'd be cued up to think he was something special and his high opinion of himself would feel at least a little earned. In fact his on-page achievements *contribute* to the image of him as a paper tiger; he tries to kill a little girl and fails, then he's reported to have killed a knight when he actually didn't. Those events might be inconsequential if we already thought he was a capable warrior, but when they're all the information we have to go on, he looks incompetent and overhyped.

[@state_song_xprt]

I half-thought this was going to be about Euron Greyjoy then remembered that a character of that name does appear in the show

[@fakeplaystore7991]

I learned from him that all women love THE FINGER IN THE BUM maneuver.

[@aprilmae274]

I didn't mean to post that-I was typing in segments as your video played out, sorry. Euron isn't going to take Starfall by land-he is going to go by water. LOOK at how Euron is taking ALL of the land BY river/causeways. lol I know, nobody really believes me, but all I am doing is reading the story in the books. The Daynes ARE going to be attacked by Euron. Period. Euron wants their sword. I love that you can tell what has to be coming-and it has to be right. Dark Star and Euron almost HAVE to come together in some way. And Eddric Dayne. SOMETHING HAS to happen between these 3 somehow in text going forward, regarding Dawn.

[@shawn6669]

Also, Darkstar reminds me, if I may be allowed to make an allusion from cinema, of the Bandit who's the older brother of Guy Pearce's character that he makes a deal with the authorities to "beard in his own den" in the movie "The Proposition".

[@emilybarclay8831]

No, you are not allowed to make an allusion from cinema. Attack dogs have been sent to your location and the police are on their way

[@gabrielcanejo187]

3:00 then Martin does NOT know how to write this Type of Characters.

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

He likes it in the Darkstar. He and Euron would get along well.

[@booyakuhsha24]

Was dark star potentially Arthur Dayne’s squire during the events at the tower of Joy? Maybe that’s why he is the most dangerous man in Dorne?

[@QuinnTheGM]

I think he’s too young for the timing to work out on that.

[@ChuJungyin]

Gerold Dayne Men call me Darkstar, and I am of the night. Deadpool: You're so dark. Are you sure you're not from the DC universe?

[@spadinnerxylaphone2622]

I think Euron earned his spot as a horrifying monster; Darkstar just kinda shows up and we're expected to give it to him.

[@thepunisher6674]

I don’t know why darkstar wants dawn he doesn’t need a sword with all the edge he has

[@gabrielcanejo187]

3:18 i Mean it's Beyond Obvious why! I Really can't see how could anyone not understand and fully agree why people are scared of Euron and not of... Gerold (he doesn't derseve the Darkstar Nickname), Author Intention Be Dammed!

[@ashleyofnaath]

Darkstar is of Oberyn Martell. It is known. This is why he attacked Myrcella, and why Doran considers him dangerous. He wants what all the sand snakes want- vengeance for their father.

[@sanketmishra3590]

Tbf Doran did call him “The Most Dangerous Man in Dorne” 😅

[@GreyWasteTim]

Dark star crashes, pouring it's light into ashes Reason tatters, the forces tear loose from the axis Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion Shall we go, you and I while we can Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds? Mirror shatters in formless reflections of matter Glass hand dissolving in ice petal flowers revolving Lady in velvet recedes in the nights of good bye Shall we go, you and I while we can Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds

[@jazzycat8917]

I think the Euron vs Darkstar disparity that we know what Euron's done enough for the edge to be backed up. Euron has committed crimes against the gods themselves and seems to be getting away with it like an absolute champion. Darkstar failed to kill a child, and then ran away. His edgelordery isn't yet validated or surpassed by enough legitimately intimidating action.

[@Music-AsLife]

I would love it if he could end a few sentences with "per se" in his next appearance. Nothing edgier than those south park vampire kids lol

[@Seelenverheizer]

GRRM mentioning the fact someone sold the queenmakers out is a strong indication that Darkstar is actually working for Doran or at least they have a mutually beneficial partnership. Darkstar can become famous and powefull while Doran can partially cover him but also has enought stratigic deniablity for having any influence on him. Makes a lot of sense. To me Darkstar always felt like someone who is on his journey to becoming a badass but is trying really hard to already be a complete badass and thefore does come actually as an emo edgelord. Also this does unfortunatly date the books. Darkstar was absolutely written in a time where edgy dudes were percieved much more favorably as they are now. The series is taking so long the character archtype and audiences perspective on that changed since he first appeared on page.

[@samuelschonenberger]

Coincidengally, I named my iPad Gerold specifically because it sounds like a really uncool and like an old person name, how fitting that it's Mr Edgelord himself

[@veila0924]

Wasnt his edgy quote told to Myrcella though? I always thought he was being cute/teasing, the way adults do to small children, not trying to be edgy

[@badyoutuber1986]

Or just trying to scare the little princesses.

[@attackhelicopterjr4481]

I'll tell you one thing and I'm not ashamed to say it, my estimation of D and D as a producer just facking plummeted.

[@JizzMasterTheZeroth]

I find it exceedingly questionable that Darkstar was behind the maiming of Myrcella (actually Rosamund). If so, it was to mark the fake Myrcella so as to make them distinguishable in the future - likely on the behest of Doran Martell himself.

[@badyoutuber1986]

We experienced the chapter through the point of view of Aerys oakheart who points out she has known the princess since birth so no there probably is no body double.

[@reidcacaro2919]

Unless I misunderstood (which is a real possibility) I wouldn’t say he straight up betrayed Arianne. She was trying to make Myrcella queen to start a war. When they got caught dark star knew they wouldn’t be able to finish their plan so he tried to kill Myrcella to start the war anyways.

[@fredhw2871]

To all Darkstar fans out there, I would recommend reading GRRM's "Fevre Dream", since it's a book all about people of the night.

[@squidysquid9687]

I’m trying to find this vid, it’s about how possibly Darkstar didn’t cut myrcella. If anyone finds it can you send me the link

[@danny_oliver]

I remember Preston Jacobs saying that on his Dornish Master Plan series I think, not so sure, don't know if that's what you're looking for

[@squidysquid9687]

@@danny_oliver I will check one out, thank you

[@NYCfrankie]

I think darkstar stealing dawn and ending up in faegons kingsguard makes sense the "son" of Rhaegar putting a Dayne on his kingsguard just fits because arthur dayne was rhaegars best friend and a knight of house Dayne with dawn would give faegon legitimacy

[@picklejarmonsterfanboy9367]

The quote isn't THAT edgy in context. They ask him if he will get the sword Dawn, and he answers how it's not just about being a great swordsman, but a true knight, The Sword of The Morning, but he is Darkstar, of the Night.

[@TheStoneTargaryen]

Your voice is. Very easy on the ears 🫠

[@j3fr0uk]

Did he slash her face tho?