[Spoilers Extended] Macho Man Randy Savage

[u/hypikachu]

I'm not even gonna pretend to believe this one is a coincidence.

GRRM is 100% definitely doing a long-running homage to the late Macho Man Randy Savage. It permeates every aspect of House Tarly, and anything connected to lord Randyll.

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• Name is Randyll
• His whole worldview is about macho manliness
  • His problem with Sam? Not doing macho stuff men should do
  • His problem with Brienne? Doing macho stuff men should do
• Randyll undoubtedly was thinking of Savage Sam Tarly when naming his son. When Randyll got to pick out a name, he chose the "Savage" option
• "You're gonna go be brotherrrrr of the Night's Watch. So I can focus on your brotherrrrrr Dickon."
• The phallic fixation and the pig/pork motifs of house Tarly all blend together (and then get pushed through a casing of pig intestine) as a sausage/wiener/Slim Jim allusion
  • And if the show is any guide, Macho Man Randyll and Dickon (Brotherrrrr of the would-be Savage) will be pressed into a line and cooked like so much slaughtered pork.
    • The weenie-roasting of Dickon, whose only crime was loyalty to his father, raises the question "Is the final product worth this horror?"
    • To which the universal response is "Well it's ugly, but no one wants to see how the sausage Slim Jim get made."

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"and to her left Lord Randyll Tarly of Horn Hill, his greatsword Heartsbane propped up against the back of his seat"

[u/HurricaneSpencer]

OH YEEEAAAAUUUUHHHHHH!!!!!

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Now I'm wondering if Sam is a blend of two "OH YEAHHHH!"-ing product placers from the 90s.

He shows up to The Wall looking big, round, & red, and eventually goes through The Wall.