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A Thread of A Series of Books of A Song of Ice and Fire (BOOK AND TV SPOILERS HERE)
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Not only are there more than one set of genes that determine those pigments, there are probably more than 2 competing alleles for said genes. Lot's of combinations.
I personally have brown hair brown eyes. My father is brown hair/blue eyes, my mother is blonde with brown eyes. I have the recessive genes. The kicker is, my mother's family has Irish blood in them, with my great grandfather having bright red hair. My brown hair got red highlights in the summer for much of my youth, so somewhere in that yellow hair gene there is some red.
Point is it's not just straight one gene fifty/fifty.
If 'brown eyes are the dominant gene' as I was told in school, that would never happen unless lots of Japanese people were recessive carriers of the blue-eye gene, and if that was so, there would be lots of blue-eyed Japanese kids.
But that 25%/50%/25% thing was just so elegant that it took me a couple of years to let it go, without having had a decent science education.
The Blackfyres are named after the Targaryn Valyrian Steel sword that was given to the first Blackfyre bastard.
I just finished up reading The Hedge Knight, The Sworn Sword, and The Mystery Knight so... [minor spoilers in regards to Targaryen/Martell genetics]
Baelor's one son (Valarr) was brunette with a platinum streak.
Three of Maekar's sons (Aerion, Aemon, and Aegon) were platinum while one (Daeron) had sandy brown hair.
Additionally (saw this when I checking spelling on the wiki) apparently GRRM has stated that Rhaegar's daughter Rhaenys looked Dornish while Aegon looked traditionally Targaryen.
Edit: I'll add that the Dunk and Egg stories are pretty fun if you haven't gotten a chance to read them yet. But be prepared for a lot of heraldry descriptions, and a lot of jousting in probably too much detail.
"He enters his house, cheerfully waving to Penny as she rides away on her Schwinn, but as soon as the door closes, his face goes slack. He tosses his now signature grey trench onto the sofa, and makes his way to the mantle, resting his forearm against it and staring at his reflection in the crooked mirror. His eyes, once alight with wildfyre, are dull, unresponsive, the verve of life all but eroded from a granite mountain to sand. Riding the dragon, burning the White Walkers, his heirs rendered to him justly with Queen Daenerys - nothing would rebuild the ruins of his everlasting life.
The whiskey burns in his gut as he tries to fix the mirror, but it will never hang straight.
'Go-go-gadget sword hand,' he whispers, his voice breaking.
Nothing happens this time. Nothing happened the last time. Nothing happened the last thousand times he's uttered those words.
Except for the propeller ejecting from his head.
THE END."
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Though a little heavy handed I can respect the people who don't want the story spoiled. But too many people are complaining that the scenes add nothing and they don't get it and they don't understand what is going on. They don't want to know what happens next, but they want an explanation for why everything is happening right now. Well, the solution is simple. Read the books.
And if people in the show thread are complaining about time wasted on less interesting sub-plots and characters... just wait until they get to books 4 and 5!
Only kidding. I liked 4 and 5. But that Martell prince in book 5. Didn't get it. Was he there just so Barristan could give the speech about mud? Otherwise he's the only character in the whole saga I find completely pointless.
His entire purpose I feel was:
1. Further sour Dany's expectation of Westerosi people (just my perspective, he kinda did that whole-heartedly)
2. Let the dragons out
"Oh," he said.
Put like that it makes sense. Yes, I am dumb. He works as a male counterpart to Sansa. Naive romanticism being brutally thwarted by reality. Yet one more fantasy trope subverted. Yet one more reason why Martin is a millionaire author and I'm not.
I'm 99% convinced that it's just people bitching about the scenes simply because they are uncomfortable with what is being depicted, possibly in part due to demanding punishment for Theon's actions and now being confronted with what they've essentially been clamoring for. And it's not satisfying to watch, it's uncomfortable. Because of said discomfort, they want the scenes to be over with, and don't even bother thinking about what is going on and simply want the paydirt from all the plot development happening without having to sit through that part of the plot. In part due to distaste, in part due to feelings of guilt(I'm speculating like hell here, btw).
And yes, it's irritating as fuck. Hasn't the production crew and the plot so far shown that the series is not filled with spurious bullshit, and almost everything carries the plot forward in some way? People should have a little faith instead of trusting their 10 second analysis of what is happening and considering the result as gospel. Maybe there is a point to these scenes, and they have just missed it. Maybe the point is revealed later, and the events they've seen tie certain plotlines together.
Certainly looks like it.
The show has had a lot of these little book shout-outs this season. My favorite was Cersei telling Tyrion that his nose didn't look as bad as she had heard - rumors were that it had been cut completely off.
There are going to be some very annoyed people after Theon's subplot isn't resolved in any meaningful way this season.
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I dunno, they've dealt with Dany doing nothing for 3 years, they can wait for Theon. They actually seem to like Dany even, so maybe Theon Reeking around the North will be interesting to them too.
Most of the time on this show, scenes that are basically setting up an arc in the far future are also good scenes in and of themselves. I'd argue Bran's scenes this year suffer from the same problem, but they're also not intentionally annoying to watch. Generally, hiding a character's motives and not giving anyone a hint is a bad thing, both here and with Jojen.
People can have differing opinions about art!
They'll probably have reason to be distracted enough to forget Theon.
Yeah, fuck the Ironborn. They're like vikings, but lame.
For like 95% I agree. If you pay attention like you would to say, The Wire, you know what's going on and can have a decent idea what's coming.
Does Robb and Grey Wind net you $40? Or is it negated since it's just a switch.
Aww that joke hit me right in the feels.
Oddly enough, I never gave much of a shit about Robb and what he got up to, so some of the effect got lost on me.
Was just about to cross-post that. Ooof.
Not to mention we may get a threat of another 'other little finger' removal next episode.
Feral Vanu Magrider Jockey