TWoW: Barristan 1 (Reading & Commentary)

Oh BARRISTAN............Oh BARRISTAN..................won't you be BOLDDDDDDDDDDDD............my darling whitebeard............

LmL in 2021: TWoW release date will be announced any day now

me, watching this in march 2023: lol

"winds of winter should come out this fall" oh you sweet summer child.

Sir Psycho Sexy that is me

The old knight speaking some fuckin truth about battle yo

I would pay a lot of money for these live reading with commentary
For every chapter from book 1 to now

One thought: if Hizdahr is innocent and does truly care for people, he might be a candidate who rules Meereen when Dany finally leaves for Westeros. He is a king already, he is from a noble house, and he knows his people and culture.

I'm with you on believing that the green grace is the Harpy. And for some reason I think that Hizdar is related to her. Thus his ability to stop the killings. And the masters' insistance on his release once Barriston arrests him. I also believe that their s some kind of "blood" war going on in the whole area with the "wise masters" in all of the cities around Mureen. Similar to the battle in Westeros between the houses for the iron throne. And it all hinges on gaining Pentos. They keep asking for Pentos as a concession of stopping the killings. What does Pentos have or who has ,Pentos that stops this "family" for want of a better word, from taking over the whole area?

I think whether or not Hizdar is the harpy, it was a mistake for ol Barry to arrest him. Not the best timing

Tyrion has been reading a lot on Dragons. Too.

Watching this video and listening to all hopes about TWoW after watching your Reasons Why GRRM is Stuck vide is soooooo sad. But I'll not give up! I'll still think positively for George!

this chapter reading and commentary format is really nice. I don't remember the exact line, but in the kingbreaker chapter I remember reading a line that made me think Hizzdar might be genuine.

I'd always thought that the green grace is the harpy, but recently I've thought maybe there is no one person and it's just a conspiracy of the noble families.

Barristan is so lawful-good that he sometimes slips into "lawful-stupid" territory lol

You have a charm about you. Pleasant gravely masculine voice. Progressive but not a preachy prick. And 420 friendly lol. Not to mention you are consistently discussing things I have not heard anywhere else. I am skeptical of some of your symbolism stuff but that's in large part because I'm ignorant of alot of it. You seem like a great guy. I'm gonna try to contribute to the channel when I'm not broke. I just recently found you because Alt Shift X mentioned you. I was surprised I had never heard of you considering how I'm a giga asoiaf nerd. Anyway cheers you degenerate Californian 😘

Germans can definitely say squirrel, Mr Karsnark. Also his full name was Adolf fyi

Sooooo wholesome of you to call George out as your favourite artist!

Seeing how Meereen is similar to Dorne, is Meereen a fire moon symbol? The dragons break out of the pyramid after Quentyn-Ahai tries to ride them.

“it was the hour of the wolf, the longest, darkest hour of night.” interesting that it’s the hour of the wolf. feels like a pretty blatant long night/stark heroes call out

My 4 year old loves the Red Hot Chili Peppers! And I had your video on the tv and he flipped out when he saw he was matching with you! Haha he happened to be wearing that exact shirt 🙌🏽 love it!

Lots of ‘Other’ talk in this one.

I doubt that Baristan would support Ageon. Firstly, I think he will die before news of Aegon will reach Dany. Secondly, Baristan very distinctly thinks that Aegon is dead with great sorrow, it would be a rather big think to overcome. Also, Baristans arc in the books is about knighthood and up keeping of wows, and he sort of soiled himself already, all that is left is to experience the consequences. His death would be yet another blow to Danys reputation once she gets to westeros (if she kills him for locking up Hizdar).

Had the video open as a picture-in-picture and I thought that the Barristan picture at the beginning had Juggalo facepaint.

Funny we say adidas wrong but in England they were saying Nike wrong... They say it like it should sound with that silent E.. Great stream man thank you for all the hard work you put in these.

I'd hate for it to happen, but part of me thinks Barristan will die during the sortie. Maybe by Daario's blade.

I think Hizzdar is a pawn of the Green Grace. I think He wants to do good and has no idea he is a pawn.

Australian here. We say "ADi-dasss".

P.S. Baristan regrets being negligently loyal to Aerys for so long, so I think that if Dany makes just one pretty questionable move, he's gone.

P.P.S. There's a really good, and dare I say..."creepy", version of Creep, by Scala (I think).

He still wanted Drogon dead that’s enough for me to remove him as king. How else would you deal with someone who called for the death of one of the queens children?

great video, and i love how you always credit the artist any time you use a drawing or photo. really cool edits with the glass candle and tormund image! was really sick!

You make Barristan sound like Sean Connery's character from The Rock!

Thank You LML for the stream🙏🏻👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️‍🔥💙❤️‍🔥🙋🏼‍♀️🇨🇦

I think Barristan will stay with Dany. He wouldn't have left Robert, or even Joffery's side had he not been thrown out first. And I've always speculated on what would have happened with him if they hadn't thrown him out; would he push the truth of the letter Ned gave him from Robert.

Great content, thanks for the insight into the chapter. Looking forward to the next one

Can't be stopped. I thank you for that and everything. By the way, I heard this american pronunciation of Adidas the first time in your stream and it took me a few seconds too :D

Years ago I named a D&D character Adidas Zarmunimos, exactly the way you pronounced Adidas, but as a joke. And now it’s equally hilarious and not hilarious at the same time.

Had a theory, is it possible that there are two completely unrelated azor ahai because there are two lightbringers? so as you know dragons are metaphoric meteors. then you have the valyrian steel swords which are also metaphorical meteors. in each case both are portrayed as being the result of Azor x Nissa but what if this is a aspect of the "alchemical wedding" or to be more specific it's a magic equation or recipe and by making slight changes to the recipe people were getting drastically different but equivalent powerful results. Now what im thinking is the most important part isnt the result of the equation but the "sword" which is being forged. The first Azor Ahai was likely the bloodstone emperor and was likely not evil, i think he was practical and is closest in personality to maegor, I think the First's Sword was his literal seed which when mixed with that of his sister allowed the exact DNA to mix to produce a tameable dragon, this resulted in a situation exactly like Aerea which killed his Nissa. If true it means that Dragon Lords must have incredibly volatile DNA that requires it to be "mixed down" or else, which would explain them taking slaves from the four corners of essos, to produce as genetically distant young as possible to "slow" the metaphorical burn in their genepool which would be whittling their numbers, however because of shared descent from the empire of the dawn it was a losing battle. This may explain Aerea, who may have traveled to valyria only to get pregnant from a surviving dragon lord and die from it. The Second Azor would have likely used meteoric iron, which due to rare minerals what some of the strongest pre-modern steel, creating valyrian steel squared as it's a frozen iron crystal from space. That would mean that you are right, the ending cant be a violent conclusion because that would mean one Azor used his lightbringer sword to kill the lightbringer dragon when in all likelihood he made use of both, the ending is about correcting the initial wrong, perhaps although we are told differently, The second Azor couldn't and simply staved it off creating Valyria to help fight off the initially greater threat to mankind only to have it to become it's match. perhaps the first Azor committed multiple crimes Dragons, The Two magic trees, Blood Magic (which could've started off as magical crossbreeding) only for it to be remembered in generalizations. Perhaps the dragons are literal parallels to the Others as well, maybe dead dragon lords possess the bodies of dragons, hence their changing genders, and this was accomplished through the Weirwoods, maybe that was why Azor took them over. It makes sense especially when you consider how many targaryans think fire turns them into dragons maybe it does but only if there's a dragon body for them. it also explains the long night, it was the Empire of the Dawn deviating from it's initial values which involved causing magically induced catastrophes and continued with people assuming it ended at different times because they escaped EotD's influence at different times, with each "Azor" being the person who pulled them away, with the primary second being the valyrian one (who also used blood magic) hence confusing the two into one while having dozens of local variants who brought a end to their own long nights being absorbed in aswell due to "Interpretatio Romana".

Sending positive vibes to GRRM and writing comments for the algorithm 🙌🙌🙌

I thought Adidas was prounounced like you pronounced it . . . .

hearts!

I don't believe Baristan is naive in any since of the word. He's extremely honorable and an idealist but he seems to have a pretty clear understanding of the realities of human nature, warfare, and politics. He's displayed some pretty keen insights about the people around him and has called several people out on their B.S.. Both Cersi and Hizdar made the mistake of being dismissive of Baristan because of his age and apparent simplicity. Tyrion, Victarion, and all the others on their way to Mereen may regret making the same error.

Another lightbulb: Barristan being a “good other” thinking of his men as the closest things he’d had for sons reminds me of the Others being sacrificed children/sons

It baffles my mind they didn't use any of this in the show. George set them up for success, but they wanted to do their own thing.

Baristan didn't reveal his identity or swear loyalty to Denerys until he judged her to be a worthy leader. That was the whole point of the Arstan Whitebeard ruse. Also keep in mind this man fought for Aerys Targarian to the bitter end. Baristan does not swear or break oaths lightly.

Too late. Already drunk.

Great stream! Definitely one of your best. I wish I could have caught it live. Positive Vibes..

Everyone’s always asking who is the harpy, never how is the harpy :(

I think Cleo (spelling?) was geeking out at her reflection in one of your frames😂

So glad you got the Adidas thing sorted! 😂 lol, sorry it's taken me awhile to get through.
Cleo my little Aussie buddy is so cute, her tanty behaviour reminds me of galah's in the wild hanging of small flexible tree branches, they hang and swing and bounce around. Did you know that they form strong bonds with their flock and will grieve if one gets injured. I've seen a group of galahs trying to lift an injured one off the road when it was hit by a car.
Oh also great discussion on Barry! I think he's going to try to unite Danie and Aegon

Positive vibes love it!

In SA we have German influence in our language. We also say Adidas as in Europe.