The Hidden Horses of ASOIAF 🐴

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Chapters:
0:00 Prologue
2:26 Chapter 1
6:46 Chapter 2
15:42 Chapter 3
18:20 Chapter 4

[@mxmlnlcdcdffmnt2232]

Can't believe he forgot that people are also furniture, as can ba demonstrated with Alicent in HotD asking Rhaenyra to stay abed.

[@merrittanimation7721]

Bed lore requires another separate hour long video

[@FlyingwithFire]

she was clearly telling her to rename as the popular tv show character abed. its really the genius of georges writing

[@liliesaregoodfortheliver2954]

​@@FlyingwithFire cool cool cool

[@ericdavidson1043]

He says stanis was ‘abed’

[@shanestevens5352]

Bran at many times after his fall is abed

[@herbertschulz4313]

Asoiaf is actually a my little pony spinoff

[@MiraArrr]

Interesting Nerd Club’s second horse theory is My Little Pony

[@vfanon]

Sunset Shimmer is a secret Targaryen.

[@yakirchernin6015]

Canterlot's red wedding

[@iainhansen1047]

Flurry heart is actually darkstar

[@thebeavpercabethftw9604]

Queen Chrysalis is literally the Cersei Lannister of MLP.

[@MattJDave]

It's official. Glidus has gone insane from no Winds.

[@troo_6656]

Who wouldn't go insane he too needs to eat after all

[@simcoe4045]

At this point, who hasn't?

[@TimeTravelingFetus]

No WoW? 🤨

[@TheObiareus]

George, look at this man. Look at what you are doing to him! Please, just write winds and this poor soul along with thousands of others will finally be at peace. (after Glombus has eaten the book ofc).

[@connorgrimshaw5457]

@@troo_6656 I mean he could actually finish the house of dragon blisstake he started 😂

[@mrbobbyboucher6695]

I love how 99% of the evidence for characters being horses is George's use of the term "ahorse".

[@Prawnsly]

it LITERALLY can't mean anything else

[@belablanck]

They're literally being ahorse!

[@Prawnsly]

@@darthsnarf ... there's always one

[@wilius1428]

what more evidence do you need besides the text saying they are ahorse?

[@seekingabsolution1907]

Poor literacy is the source of many fan theories.

[@Charles-In-Charge]

Actually explains how everyone moves so fast in the Dragon Show. When they’re not on screen, they are ahorse.

[@angrynerdgirl]

Varys wasn't a merman and Littlefinger didn't have TARDIS. They were both just ahorse.

[@tentaclepawn1548]

Explains how Gendry got back to Eastwatch so fast. After the camera cuts away from him running, he is actually ahorse.

[@calamondin8918]

​@@angrynerdgirl i recently watched the interview w nik where he said varys was a manmaid so i read that sentence....very incorrectly💀

[@seekingabsolution1907]

​@@angrynerdgirlvarys had a Trident of Riptide 3.

[@nealfirstofhisname]

The term dismounted for Ned clearly means that he no longer was a mount (a horse), so that's the moment he transformed back.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

It could also mean he was standing atop a small hill, and simply chose to move to lower ground.

[@AmeshaSpentaArmaiti]

​@@PlatinumAltaria Ned was a top.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

@@AmeshaSpentaArmaiti Cat was a switch, definitely.

[@starseeing]

​@@PlatinumAltariaWait, you're the person in the comments of the Connor Quimby video. I'm the ditz who didn't get why /j/ is a consonant. What are the odds?

[@PlatinumAltaria]

@@starseeing The odds are very high. You are being monitored. Do not resist. /j

[@Carbon2861996]

Brynden Tully is also a horse The Knight of the Gate lifted his visor. “I thought the lady looked familiar. You are far from home, little Cat.” “And you, Uncle,” she said, smiling despite all she had been through. Hearing that horse, smoky voice again took her back twenty years, to the days of her childhood Catelyn VI, AGoT

[@Glidus]

you've blown this whole case wide open

[@Carbon2861996]

@@Glidus I know, also Jon may not be a horse but he apparently can speak horse language, though not very well They know, Jon realized. “My father is no traitor,” he said horsely. Even the words stuck in his throat, as if to choke him. AGoT, Jon VII He has trouble with pronunciation, it seems

[@reecev2087]

this also implies that Catelyn is a 'little cat'

[@Carbon2861996]

@@reecev2087 Let's put aside the lizard-lions and speculate on what horse-cats could be

[@greazypozer]

​@@reecev2087impossible

[@Aezeus]

This is what happens when a fandom waits 12 years for a sequel, we’ve all lost our damn minds SECRET TUNNELLLL

[@za1du]

SECRET TUNNELLL! TROUGH THE MOUNTAIN!

[@realdaggerman105]

THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN

[@metalvoiceguy1232]

@@realdaggerman105 SECRET SECRET SECRET SECRET TUNNEL!

[@jackwaterman5120]

this is really an indictment of Lyanna’s warging abilities, if there’s so many horses in Westeros but she can only get to “half a horse”

[@PlatinumAltaria]

Perhaps there are benefits to centaur form that we haven't considered.

[@mikalepoot6634]

Maybe she has ED (equestrial disfunction)

[@nealfirstofhisname]

Maybe Lyanna was so powerful that she could split her conciousness, remaining both human and horse at the same time. Bran, Arya and Jon all go into dreams/transes when they warg so if Lyanna could be half a horse, she might be the most powerful skinchanger we see in the story.

[@lyannastark3839]

Slander! Slander, I say! I am a full size horsy.

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@PlatinumAltaria Lmao, imagine if they existed in Westeros with the first "First Men" before the other First Men arrived?

[@asco4310]

The thought of Glidus hitting control F for “ahorse” and “afoul” through the entire ASOIAF canon, while giggling uncontrollably, makes me worry for his health.

[@lysander3262]

CTRL+F > Alt+Shift X

[@PlatinumAltaria]

It's said that GRR Martin only used so many horses because he was sure it would never be adapted to film. HBO's choice to replace all the horses with humans is a little disappointing, but it would have cost a lot more to hire horse actors for all of these roles.

[@jj947]

Now we know why Stannis killed Renly with a shadow baby. There’s no way he could have taken Storm’s End if Renly’s entire host combined into one massive horse Voltron

[@nolansunderland3648]

I think the reason Martin isn't releasing winds is because he enjoys watching this decent into madness from all the fan theorists

[@victormeunier9075]

bwahahahaha! ^^

[@kingdancekiller]

Glidus: “Horse Theories have forever stained the fabric of the ASoIaF community and I don’t know how to feel about that.” Also Glidus:

[@erickfromthegrave]

We need to open this theory up to more animals, as Catelyn is sometimes referred to as a "Cat"

[@ninjalectualx]

Cats love fish though, so her old house's sigil makes sense

[@barcelomrozovic1625]

'The concept of honor itself is a horse' is peak humankind moment

[@sardonically-inclined7645]

How in seven hells do you keep this funny for twenty minutes?😂

[@gerson.escalante]

🤣🤣🤣

[@TheUmart]

BY NOT GIVING US FUCKKING EPISODES

[@Mitcheck315]

wherever horse go is one of the funniest things I've hear in a while

[@ljb8157]

I was just in the grocery store, laughing like a crazy person whilst this played in my ear. I'm 100% sure more than 1 person thought I was a lunatic!

[@TheUmart]

@@ljb8157 grocery store deeznutzz

[@raiden1766]

“So are you 2 friends?” Alt Shift X: No, we just cover similar topics Glidus: We braid each other’s hair sometimes

[@evamarie9692]

Thank the drowned god, Glimbus takes the source material serious.

[@parmavee]

*horse material

[@mrsputum4082]

You forgot to mention Doran Martell also being a horse. “Arianne Martell was a princess of Dorne, and Dornishmen did not waste water lightly. It was a near thing, though. It was not her father's kisses nor his horse words that made her eyes glisten, but the effort that brought him to his feet, his legs trembling under him, his joints swollen and inflamed with gout.”

[@gpu213]

Wow i didnt know horses could get gout

[@tentaclepawn1548]

I mean it would explain why all his plans come to nothing. Horses just aren't very good at grand strategy.

[@gokbay3057]

Are you sure he is not a goat?

[@tombick9311]

This is ridiculous, clearly it’s just describing his words as horse. Where he learned to speak horse who knows, perhaps he’s a Dothraki. What do Dornish and Dothraki have in common? They hate water! Clearly Doran learned to speak horse in Vaes Dothrak

[@doger944]

I didn't think I would ever be sat here giggling like a child at the word "ahorse" a hundred times in twenty minutes.

[@robotgorilla-man6193]

George is going through some massive rewrites for winds trying to incorporate a parallel horse-universe into the story to explain all this stuff.

[@megamovieman101]

“Wherever horse go” 😭 help

[@Glidus]

it's the third day of silly week! yippee! hope all you crazy horses are enjoying it as you might be able to tell, this video was supposed to come out on april 1. thought it'd be a banger introduction to silly week. oh well. the episode 8 video is complete. it is currently available for "nice"-tier supporters on patreon and members here on youtube. like this video, it got held back by the youtube robot, and manual reviews are taking a very long time on my channel. weird.

[@voltairethegoldflame9280]

this is pretty epic glimbo. btw jaime is azor ahai

[@polgraugil_8656]

I'm too fuckin high for this

[@Tauramehtar]

Fucking KZbin. Humor of this quality should never be censored by any platform.

[@TheHellyeahmen]

where are the pisstakes?

[@jordonby]

Lovin this content boom

[@theobarr9218]

So this is what George meant when he thought there were too many horse in the books for a show to be made from them

[@MrSmetanka]

"She (Brienne) was still ahorse, an arrow lodged in her back and another in her leg." O, the poor she-horse of Tarth.

[@wayneivers732]

Do you think GRRM stays in permanent delay because he, too, lives in fear of what he's created?

[@RealHorsen]

New theory: Glidus is a horse

[@neuralmute]

Did we not know that already?

[@joelschittenhelm5571]

Theory? Fact!

[@lisajefferies3392]

Forget secret tunnels, we’re all just here for the hidden horses

[@resstie]

Maybe secret tunnel is where horses go?

[@lisajefferies3392]

@@resstie 👀 someone tell Tyrion

[@resstie]

@@lisajefferies3392 the first rule of the secret tunnel: you don't talk about the secret tunnel (singing only lol)

[@evannesbitt7852]

Paraglidus fans: *blisstake pls* Glib Gorbo: "Haha horse go vlahad"

[@ninjalectualx]

I recognize nearly half of these words

[@nicodemusedwards6931]

8:34 When a character who is a horse dismounts, they are returning to human form. They are disengaging their mount form.

[@danielonley7684]

George please release Winds, I found Glimbus curled up in the shed with "TYREK IS A HORSE AND ALSO THE NIGHTS KING" written all over the walls in his own feces.

[@DeadViperofDorne]

I’m always surprised that Gorman Goodbrother isn’t more upset when he finds out that the wizard Aeron Greyjoy turns his son into a disembodied singular human foot! “Where is Gormond?” Gorold asked when he saw Aeron.” “He returns afoot. Send your women away, my lord. And the maester as well.” Excerpt From A Feast For Crows As a proof that Aeron is a wizard who can transmogrify people.

[@MaynardCrow]

Good catch.

[@FreeFolkOfFandom]

Concerning Lyana stark, Arya is said to look like her and she is also called Arya Horse-Face. This basically confirms the theory

[@chyawanprash]

I can't stop imagining a giant Balerion-sized horse trotting towards Meereen.

[@mp40mason]

Its crazy that even now, 20 years on, we are still learning new things about ASOIAF. GRRM is truly one of THE writers of all time.

[@shan_2933]

We are living in the brightest timeline. Three glidus video in three days 🥵

[@HOTD108_]

The only timeline. They one we deserve.

[@rachelrodewald2546]

“Gallus being the Latin for B’KAARKK” just about broke me on my work break earlier

[@slowsephbrostar3626]

“Mad,” someone said, “she’s lost her wits,” and someone else said, “Make an end,” and a hand grabbed her scalp just as she’d done with the logic of the story, and she thought, ‘No, don’t, don’t roast my theory, Ned is a horse, it says in AGOT chapter …’ Then the steel was at her throat, and its bite was red and cold.

[@Mj_Jetson]

Glidus, you forgot about all the characters who are seals! 🦭🦭🦭 Robert Baratheon: "the king's seal," (Catelyn I AGoT) All of House Arryn: "the moon-and-falcon seal of House Arryn." (Catelyn II AGoT) Some bloke that Catelyn kills: "Catelyn broke the seal." (Catelyn II AGoT) Ned's official pet who sits on letters? Or maybe the Glovers and Tallharts live under a seal: "Ned turned back to his wife. "Once you are home, send word to Helman Tallhart and Galbart Glover under my seal."" (Eddard IV AGOT) Some half-seal half-doggo mutated at Asshai or whatever: "Cayn returned as he was pressing the direwolf seal" (Eddard XIII AGoT) Walder Frey: "Walder Frey's seal" (Catelyn IX AGoT) Tywin Lannister's official pet: "I bear a letter from my father, Lord Tywin Lannister, the Hand of the King. There is his seal." (Tyrion I ACOK) Some half-seal half-caaaaaat mutated in Asshai or whatever: "Cersei's lion seal" (Tyrion VII ACoK) Stannis Baratheon: "The king's seal" (Davos II ASOS) There's probably more, but I haven't had enough grass to see find them all yet.

[@carterepstein2982]

This is why Winds is taking so long, George has to edit out every time he uses the phrase "ahorse"

[@merkbromerkington3215]

“Wherever horse go” -Tywin So glad this popped up in my feed for whatever reason

[@gabrielhall5754]

I like imagining the entirety of asoiaf’s narrative now as though everyone has the ability to transform into a horse at will and still take it seriously

[@ninjalectualx]

None of them know anybody else can do it, they all think they are the only ones and need to keep the ability a secret

[@baronnolanvonstraya5743]

It's OK Glimbus, you don't need to put in all this effort to normalise it, we know you're ahorse and we love you

[@DoubLL]

Thank you big Glimbus, my eyes have been opened. However, I am also a bit confused as I remember watching an HBomberguy video a few years ago in which I learned that horses are actually fake and don't exist at all.

[@nurdersvw8070]

Sorry for breaking your heart but ASOIAF is actually just fiction. Otherwise there would be no horses in it.

[@DoubLL]

@@nurdersvw8070 WHAT?! Then why are there history books? We studied them intensely back in '76 when I was in high school!!

[@BiggestCorvid]

​@DoubLL the Chinese call a train an iron rooster but that doesn't mean the locomotive is a bird, silly. The horses were boats.

[@Shadowplay4Cats]

Ah the power of fantasy, my friend

[@Haveldorf]

Hullen will be king of Westeros. It was hinted in the very first chapter of GOT; "Hullen, the master of horse," It is known.

[@shanestevens5352]

At 15:05 it mentions an “ornate Sedan chair”. A Sedan is a type of car. They found a car and removed the seats and adorned it to carry Reznak. Cars exist in asoiaf

[@iainhansen1047]

Now I want a version of the show where instead of riding horses every character just animorphs into one and nobody mentions it

[@hatientacetlen4246]

I love the Catlyn becoming a horse fusion with her company. So happy to hear horses work on SU fusion rules.

[@04whim]

I can't tell if GRRM is now going to rewrite The Winds of Winter to remove all uses of "ahorse" or to add even more, all I know is you've pushed its publication back another two years.

[@fulviopontarollo2952]

I was afraid Glidus was going down the GURM route, giving us new unrelated videos to better delay on his magnus opus Glad the pinned comment clarified the next episode exists

[@Glidus]

the one person who actually read it 🙏

[@PheOfTheFae]

Theory: Glidus is a secret Targaryen and we are watching his descent into madness in real time.

[@Tauramehtar]

Horses are the most efficient form of transportation! *shows dangling wiener* Butters: Aaaaah! 😞

[@kawikaahina1759]

"Some tumblr girl I know" GLIDUS. Since when do you talk to girls?? Im just kidding this is my favorite channel and my constant pain of waiting for another one of your videos to drop is only second to the waiting for winds of winter

[@theguywithpants]

Wow Glidus. I’ve been listening to all the main books since September, and have been writing in my notes app every time someone is “ahorse” because of your last April Fools video, and now you’ve just gone and did all of this before I could finish. Bravo

[@rammyistoohawt1120]

I think you should’ve done another fake theories quiz. It genuinely was the funniest video I’ve seen in a while, and I felt once a year was very little but potentially enough.

[@corriannder6883]

I was so disturbed by the implications of how many of these characters were regularly purchasing the “personal services” of horse from brothels and what not. But it makes total sense if they themselves were horses all along!

[@Arkios64]

Ah, this explains how Glimbus was so knowledgeable about all of the different birds in the food description stream. Makes perfect sense, totally logical and sane reasoning there, not more questions.

[@stoshpehowic3590]

"Rhaenyra Triumphant, Get Hype" Glidus you sly dog

[@louisroy4911]

I still watch last year’s video regularly. It’s just so much fun

[@MiraArrr]

I watched it the night before the bar exam in July to calm my nerves

[@MRosen613]

Khal Drogo, Lyanna Stark, Sandor Clegane, and Tyrek Lannister walk into a bar. The bartender asks: "Why the long face?"

[@KatMBurkett]

the "i have so many ducks at home" bit is the funniest thing i've ever heard

[@connorcorn7309]

14:00 Raymun Darry's horse was Gladden Wylde in horse form. That’s why he “died there with him”, it’s elaborating on the previous point of the horse’s death.

[@sorsha295]

Stannis as Abed wow wasnt expecting that

[@lukaslambs5780]

The April Fools joke is actually Glidus uploading, he will delete these Saturday at 12:01 am.

[@UZiBLASTER7]

All characters in ASOIAF are either horses or trees that's the whole symbolism behind the Bracken - Blackwood rivalry

[@SanguinaryBlade]

This is pure art.

[@thaneofwhiterun3562]

Glimbro rose from his slumber specifically just for April fools, and this is the result. Please we need more

[@evancarlson5805]

Gurm writes slowly because it's hard to type with his hooves.

[@Captain_Ista]

The way you can get through saying all this without laughing is what made me actually need to pause like four times just to catch my breath. This video is probably the funniest one I have seen in years.

[@anthonyschuh2775]

There hasn’t gone a week without me thinking of the Tyrek ahorse theory. I needed this video

[@AgoutiGhost]

That's where horse go. Thats it. Thats the best bit. Im in tears

[@NaniMoose]

I did a re-read of some of the books after last April Fools vid, and burdened with the new knowledge of what "ahorse" truly means has utterly ruined the act of reading the books. I can't not think of it every time I see the word. Congratulations.

[@viviandarkbloom1447]

Can’t wait for the book tie-in of Animorphs: Tyrek Lannister Ahorse- the cover looks excellent

[@RBoobitydoo]

I think my favorite part of this is that Glimby finally gave us the Taxonomy Review he threatened ages ago! Though I was confused when suddenly I was intently fixated on the northward direction when Renly was on screen. That was unexpected.

[@FreorgeWeasley]

I am now accepting that Stannis is Abed as canon

[@rhi717]

mr glidus i have secretly been praying to the gods you would expand on asoiaf secret horse lore, so thank you for this incredibly illuminating analysis xx

[@andrewfoss5311]

Thanks! Sir Crayton Longbow is Varys sneaking out of Kings Landing; Varys is also the I’ll fated Tyroshi dwarf hunter that Cersei throws into the dungeons (it’s how he sneaks back in)

[@Tauramehtar]

I didn't know until now that the acronym ASOIAF was pronounced...ass wife.

[@eric2500]

" I have so many ducks at home!" Yeah, me too. They are an obsession.

[@gpu213]

I love how this starts out as almost making sense and descends into complete nonsense lmao

[@WeesanTV]

I'm ACTUALLY glad for this content. Thank you for the hard work and be well in the coming wars.

[@karentargaryen7959]

Thank you, I really needed this today.

[@chinacaat1880]

that video was so fucking fun tbh i remember watching it and pausing with each question and legitimately getting worked up about the results in my room by myself like a totally sane person

[@maxwellgoode5798]

George really needs to release Winds, the community can't take anymore of this

[@jonoxes8662]

I can't believe we got 20 minutes of this xD It just gets dumber and funnier the longer I watch lmfao. I loves "wherever horse go" that cracked me up.

[@-wghof-9784]

Thanks for your amazing content. Your deep theories truly recontextualize GRRM's work again and again for me.

[@Cybermat47]

As someone who lives in close proximity to maned ducks, I too will come for anyone who hurts them.

[@genlob]

I'm convinced. It's a very stable theory, despite the neighsayers

[@jolinefields3460]

Aweee u earned this ❤ and I that prank theory video was 🔥

[@chazsaw]

I am honestly amazed Glidus was able to go 20 minutes.

[@elael7366]

I love taxonomy review - my favourite segment - glad to see her again

[@bokimalou]

Thank you Glimbus, I will now never be able to keep a straight face whenever I read "ahorse" in Winds if it ever comes out.

[@Wintyyyy_]

THE VIDEO IVE BEEN WAITING FOR

[@EASY4V1]

I honestly would love another game show where you and the gang do another quiz. Your editing made that video so good. Top notch.

[@kinginthenorth5760]

For real, best thing that came out, from this immense time of waiting for the books, is the crazy-ass Fandom, theory-eater community. Love all of ya guys!

[@TiagoMorbusSa]

This is the best channel I have found on youtube for a LONG while

[@MsDaudur]

I laughed out loud the whole way through. Amazing work. 👏

[@Gunner8070]

the sigh and the unenthusiastic secret tunnel really sells it

[@Maegor_BrightFlame]

My eyes have been opened. Thank you