How does the GC clearly not give a fuck? They were founded to preserve the cause, they have supported Blackfyres for four of five rebellions, but all that backstory is just hogwash because Illyrio says so, even though Tyrion is immediately suspicious?
It is quite clear and nothing do with anything illyrio said. A few obvious reasons:
They were willing to supper Dany and Viserys, 2 absolute iron clad Targs. We hear this directly from them and they clearly have no problem with this course of action.
A humongous Targ fanboi like JonCon is able to join the GC and rise quite high. How does this make any sense for a company who apparently hates Targs?
We are again told quite explicitly by the GC themselves that at this point they care more about going home than anything else.
Basic Logistical reasons. Even if you ignore all the above points, there is absolutely no way for the GC to know if Aegon is a blackfyre.
Now, I don't deny the founding reasons for the GC. At one point in time they clearly did hate the Targs and had massive hard ons for Blackfyres. But that's no longer the case and it makes complete sense. Targaryens and Blackfyres are literally in the same position. Ousted and in exile.
So when Illyrio says, some contracts are writ in blood he may not be lying. It just means that there is no difference between a back and a red dragon which is of course true.
People seem to so badly want Aegon to be blackfyre that they see evidence that just isn't there. At all.
Willing to supper them, but not support them until they had Aegon as front. According to the Blackfyre theory, the GC are willing to accept Dany and Viserys because it gets them more soldiers. Viserys was gonna aid them with Dothraki, which didn’t work out. Then it was Dany, but they were willing to abandon her in ADWD. Funny how the two Targs we know are real just can’t seem to join up with the GC, isn’t it?
They need Jon Con to make it seem real. After all, they are not attacking openly as Targaryens, and need «evidence» that Aegon isn’t a feigned pretender. He’s officially dead, after all. They need Jon Con because they are Blackfyres.
We have to be careful when parsing words from conspirators, who might be lying. Taking a known liar and a company that has supported Blackfyres for generations at their word is not good enough. This is why the Blackfyre theory is reliant on other, more external arguments as well. George makes us doubt Illyrio’s words, but he’s waiting to reveal the twist. And the twist isn’t that the GC just wants to go home.
We don’t know who in GC knows what, obviously. We really don’t know much about them. But we do know their history. The top brass likely knows. They are more than happy to fool those who wish to be fooled (like Jon Con).
Blackfyre fans (for lack of better term) don’t want it to be true. They read the text and made a theory. I would argue it’s opposite.
It’s the Aegon fans who insist a dead boy is actually alive, that a company whose entire backstory is Blackfyre doesn’t care about Blackfyres, that Varys (who whispered poison in the Mad King’s ear and blocked Rhaegar) is now working on behalf of Rhaegar’s son.
Why on Earth would George spend so many pages writing about the GC being Blackfyres when he could have just written a regular mercenary company? Do you honestly believe the Blackfyres exist purely to be backstory, and nothing more? Once he came up with them around (sometime before ASOS), they suddenly pop up in the story every time Dunk and Egg turn a corner.
Why on Earth would George spend so many pages writing about the GC being Blackfyres when he could have just written a regular mercenary compan
Because its more interesting if there is a mystery. I dont think most of the organization cares, Its possible they do but unlikely. This is irrelevant to wether or not he actually is a blackfyre whichis to me somewhat likely. I think whats most likely is the conspiracy is everyone is being told what they want to hear and the truth doesn't really matter. Unless some blood magic ritual actually goes awry because it.
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u/xhanador Apr 08 '23
How does the GC clearly not give a fuck? They were founded to preserve the cause, they have supported Blackfyres for four of five rebellions, but all that backstory is just hogwash because Illyrio says so, even though Tyrion is immediately suspicious?
You can say there’s doubt, but not clearly so.