LordManderBlee wrote:
I love Manderly more than anyone
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but I don't think for a second that he's escaping this story intact. He is the villain in virtually every medieval story ever, he fed people their own kin in pie form and enjoyed every second of it. His end will probably be quite brutal.
Could be, but I'm not so sure...
I mean yeah, he's probably going to die, but he's not exactly the Rat Cook or anything. In all fairness, they totally deserved it (both the ones that went into the pies and the ones that the pies went into), and you gotta remember Manderly not only ate a slice of each of those pies too himself, but actually went back for seconds... But mainly:
"It was not for murder that the gods cursed him, {...} nor for serving the Andal king his son in a pie. A man has a right to vengeance. But he slew a
guest beneath his roof, and that the gods cannot forgive."
So the guest gifts Lord Wyman gave those 3 Freys constitutes a Westerosi divine loophole, which earns him a pass on this one. He wasn't their host anymore, and Old Nan gives vengeance against non-guests the thumbs up.
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When has old Nan ever been wrong about anything?
If there's still confusion about who Tyrek Lannister is (/was), he's the one who was married to a baby, earning himself the name "Wetnurse". Personally, I think we're more likely to see Benjen again, and I doubt that will happen. I'll be glad if I'm wrong though, even if he is a wight or something.
It's entirely possible Stannis himself dubbed Ser Davos "The Onion Knight" upon knighting him - after Blackwater I remember there was a Brune (Lothor?) who was given the name "Apple Eater" from the king (via his hand IIRC?). So it might even be quite likely. Even though it is more often used derisively by Stannis' other (highborn) knights. And speaking of apples, I think that either I misunderstood something that was said in this podcast episode, or else you guys got the Fossoways and the Florents mixed up there - just for a brief moment - talking about them being either red or green. No big deal, only mentioning it because it ties in with the apple eater thing.
It's so awesome that you guys seem to be recording more often these days! Should've called this episode "The Return of Ashlo". 'Cause I'm pretty sure she missed a few... Seems right anyhow. But with the kind of day I'm having, I wouldn't be too surprised to learn I'm mistaken about that and probably a shocking amount of other things I've just typed as well...
Anyhow, back to work now...
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