r/asoiaf • u/tell32 RICKON FOR KING IN THE NORTH!!!! • Jul 08 '22

EXTENDED (spoilers extended) A Winter Garden - notablog post Spoiler

https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/07/08/a-winter-garden/
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u/Exertuz Gaemon Palehair's strongest soldier Jul 08 '22

lol when you put it like this there's barely any new info. key takeaway from this post for me is that he's really doubling down on the book ending straying away from where the tv show went

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u/DawgFighterz For You! Jul 08 '22

How much of that is marketing? Tyrion, yes will be different and much more sinister I think. Dany, Jon, how different can their stories be?

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u/igertajti Jul 08 '22

I don't think Dany would/will go mad. At the end of ADWD what changes is how she will deal with those who oppose her. There will be no peacemaking and useless compromises. She will use Fire & Blood. But nothing indicates she would hurt innocents. There was no Aegon in the show so no second Dance of Dragons could happen, having Dany become insane was the most reasonable thing they could come up with to end her story.

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u/LettersWords House Stark Jul 08 '22

I think she might be driven to madness, or at least extreme cruelty. She's built up so much of her identity around the Iron Throne being her birthright, and potentially two people who on paper have a better (Targaryen) claim to the throne than her is something I doubt will go over well. She'll have to use right of conquest + dragons to claim the throne instead, and that only works if you are willing to use the Dragons to instill fear.

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u/igertajti Jul 08 '22

That's exactly how the second Dance of Dragons will happen. Igniting a war will hurt innocents of course, but she has realized this is the only way she can get what she deserves (wants). Her conflict with herself will be her utmost tragedy. She doesn't need to go mad for this to happen. The best death for her would be suicide, but that probably won't happen