Lady Stoneheart.
Here are my thoughts on why we should be looking at her as more of a possible candidate:
- The series kicks off with the Starks vs the Lannisters. Sure, Cersei makes a lot more enemies as the series wears on, but Catelyn has more reason to hate her than others. She indirectly got Ned killed, she held Sansa captive and facilitated Tyrion marrying her, her family conspired in the Red Wedding, etc, etc.
- This from Maggy's prophecy: "And when your tears have drowned you, the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you." This from Catelyn to Brienne: "I have no skill with swords, but that does not mean that I do not dream of riding to King's Landing and wrapping my hands around Cersei Lannister's white throat and squeezing until her face turns black."
- George RR Martin has repeatedly said that he enjoys when prophecies are true, but not in the literal sense. Cersei expects that Tyrion will be the valonqar because he's an actual little brother she shares animosity with. But Jaime is another actual little brother. If the two have beef, it would be illogical for Cersei not to expect Jaime to become the valonqar. And with Jon slaying Daenerys, the chances of Jaime pulling a similar "go in for a kiss but stab you instead" move seem minute, since it would be fairly anticlimactic or--if it occurred earlier--make the big Jon/Dany twist underwhelming. Catelyn is leading the Brotherhood without Banners, and is likely more dimunitive than its other members, especially since she's undead now, thus "little brother."
- The valonqar bit was eliminated from the show. Back then, we thought maybe it was because it was too obvious that it was Jaime. But watching Cersei's fate in the show play out, and how disappointing it was, I felt fairly certain that GRRM would offer each character a more fitting end. Why didn't Cersei get the ending she deserved? Well, can we recall another important storyline omitted from the show that GRRM repeatedly said he didn't think should be omitted? Lady Stoneheart.
- People are wondering what the point of Stoneheart's arc is. That, to me, suggests there's more to come from her. I doubt she'd have lasted this long, or been brought back to life in the first place (since we know there has to be some purpose for that) if she isn't involved with something major.
People have been generating theories about GoT and ASoIaF for ages so I'm sorry if this reiterates points someone else has made. But it's been a thought of mine for a long time now and I'm wondering why discussions of the valonqar often include tons of people but I never see Stoneheart brought into them.
Submitted November 20, 2019 at 01:29AM by sleuthwood https://ift.tt/2O49af3
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