@muertesillo Arya. I wouldn't even count her as important tbh lol but if I say that people will just spam me with george saying she's one of her favorite characters
@ArmenPL4Y@opaliteaditya That's meaningful in its own right without having to assume an additional familial symbolism you can't establish.
This will be my last tweet otherwise we'll stay the whole day here
@ArmenPL4Y@opaliteaditya if you can't explain what the connection is beyond "I don't know what it means, but it's there", then the simpler explanation is that GRRM is just foreshadowing important events in the wider story.
@ArmenPL4Y@opaliteaditya But that's precisely where your argument becomes questionable: you're assuming the shared detail is "family" rather than "people and events relevant to the history of Westeros."
@ArmenPL4Y@opaliteaditya The fact that several figures are connected to Dany's family doesn't mean family is necessarily the organizing principle behind every room. There's another common denominator: these are people and events central to the history and the political landscape of Westeros.
@ArmenPL4Y@opaliteaditya With Robb, you're essentially saying his presence in the house of the undying must have some deeper meaning, but you haven't established what that meaning is or why Robb specifically belongs there
@ArmenPL4Y@opaliteaditya Your Rhaegar example actually has a clear textual basis: Dany's vision places her in the context of Rhaegar, the Trident and the imagery surrounding the last dragon. There's an identifiable connection to support that reading.
@ArmenPL4Y@opaliteaditya My argument isn't that the visions are random or meaningless. It's that
foreshadowing doesn't require the specific symbolic interpretation you're proposing. You're yet to explain why Robb's appearance must be about Dany's family rather than the wider events unfolding in Westeros.
@ArmenPL4Y@opaliteaditya And Robb looking directly at her doesn't establish that the room represents him in some deeper symbolic sense. It makes the image more striking, sure, but you're treating a visual detail as evidence for an interpretation you haven't actually demonstrated.
@ArmenPL4Y@opaliteaditya you're still conflating something being relevant to Dany's journey with it being specifically connected to her on a personal or familial level.
These are all major events shaping the political landscape. That's already a reasonable narrative explanation for their inclusion.