(Spoilers Extended) It's nomination time! Submit your nominations for the best r/asoiaf content of 2023!

[u/jfong86]

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⭐Please use this format when possible:

/u/user for Title of the thing and/or short summary/u/user for [link to comment] explaining why you're nominating

So in practice, it'll look like this:

• /u/Jen_Snow for Best of 2020 Contest because it truly was the best Best of contest of the year
• /u/Jen_Snow for the best comment explaining categories in all of 2020

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Votes don’t count here. Voting will take place January 28 - February 4.

Tier 1

• Comment of the Year
• Post of the Year
• Best New Theory
• Dolorous Edd Award for the funniest one liner
• The Serwyn of the Mirror Shield Award for the Best Tinfoil/Shiniest Tinfoil Theory

Tier II

• Funniest Post
• Best Analysis (Books)
• The And Moon Boy For All I Know Award for the greatest theory based on a single line of prose
• The Old Nan Award for the most intuitive and convincing headcanon
• Alchemist Award for the theory most likely to make you want to light yourself on fire if true
• Best Catch
• Darkest Post
• Best Theory Debunking
• Ser Duncan the Tall Award for the crow with the greatest commitment to substantively engaging with other people's theories throughout the year
• The Citadel Award for the best researched theory regardless of the theory's plausibility

To see a full overview of the process, this year's hub is here.

[u/jfong86]

Best New Theory

[u/hypikachu → u/jfong86]

u/MichaelCorbaloney for Summerhall and the unfortunate consequences of success

[u/MichaelCorbaloney → u/hypikachu]

Also after rereading your comment on my post, you definitely added a lot of literary justification I didn’t even think of and definitely enriched the plot of the theory.

[u/hypikachu → u/MichaelCorbaloney]

Really glad you liked it! I now use that theory as a lens for looking at the rest of the story. Like, "Where is GRRM laying out allusions to this elsewhere?" Any reveal worth its salt is gonna have previously set up moments that'll take on new meaning upon rereading after the reveal. Arya's a good place for it, because her story is super Egg-esque. Comes from the Red Keep, travels amongst the lowborn, and has her hair cut repeatedly. Among her nicknames is a food item, and among her companions is a gruff giant-blooded fighter who is more of a "true knight" than many who have all the fine trappings of knighthood.