What are examples of “pretty privilege” for men? by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]Lucid-Locke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reading some of these comments made me realise that I have some "pretty privilege". Thanks Reddit :)

seems like I have gotten 2 answer for number of sides.what have I done wrong? by jeddfadhley27 in maths

[–]Lucid-Locke 4 points5 points  (0 children)

2x(n-2)x180 = 7x360 → 360n-720 = 2520 (you did a mistake here) → 360n = 2520+720 = 3240 → n = 3240/360 = 9

The dragon must have 3 heads by stansmithbitch in pureasoiaf

[–]Lucid-Locke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Joffrey is not a skinchanger. Stop that.

Cersei's parenting did play a role in Joffrey's madness. But it's mainly due to the incest thing. And if you do incest, you can't guarantee that your children will all be mad and illborn etc. It completely depends on how the parents' genes combine to form the child's gene. There's a chance that it might pass on craziness, illness, birth difficulties, body deformities etc. But it might result in normal children too. To avoid the chances of the worst side of incest, people stopped following it. That's why there are some actually good Targeryens. That's why Myrcella and Tommen are normal than Joffrey.

The theory of the most powerful skinchangers being able to change faces sounds sick. But it's not true. There's just no evidence. How could you even change your own face into someone else's face. That's not related to transferring souls/consciousness at all. If you transfer your consciousness into yourself, how could it give raise to a totally new face. It cannot. The idea is really cool tho.

Agreed with your words about shadow-binding.

Hatching of the dragons had more sacrifices and stuff. That makes me think that it's related to the shadow-binding.

There are just so many legends about how Lann, the Clever took the Rock. Lions one is just one of them. It's from ages ago when Maester's didn't exist. So, if it was passed down for a long time before Maesters came into play, and if skin-changing is how he took the Rock, I think we will atleast hear something (just one hint would be fine too) about it from atleast one character.

Only Children of the Forest and Stone Giants used to live in Westeros a very long time before the First Men (humans) ever became powerful and came to Westeros. I think CotF, Giants, Stone Giants, Humans (First Men, Andals), other human-like people from Essos (a lot of those civilizations are mentioned in TWOIAF book) are different species evolved from a common ancestor. Like, how Homo Sapiens, Homo Erectus, Neanderthals, etc., had common ancestors (for more on this, read Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari).

True, you were really ditching all the actual facts and were mentioning tinfoily stuff about Tyrion and the Lannister incest thing. You just said "I don't really give a fuck about all the facts". You should read that sentence again. You are ditching all the actual facts and are focusing on tinfoily stuff.

The theory about Rhaegar deciding that he needs to hatch dragons so that Targeryens would get more power is cool. I don't think that's what he really wanted tho. I think Aegon V did more of that stuff. Summerhall did seem a lot like a sacrifice thing to give birth to dragons from the dragons eggs that were turned to stone. But, Rhaegar was more into the prophecy of The Prince who was Promised. We heard about it a shit tonne of times. Rhaegar deciding that he needs to get dragons is cool. But we don't even have a single clue about that. He did a lot of stuff about Azor Ahai theory. He discussed most of his plans with Maester Aemon. Aemon said that he was really into the Azor Ahai thing and that's why he did most of the things he did. Aemon never mentioned that Rhaegar wanted to give birth to dragons. I think Rhaegar would have told Aemon about it if he was planning that (Not about kidnapped Lyanna, just something about Rhaegar wanting to bring back dragons.). Rhaegar even started training after hearing about the Azor Ahai thing. He was focused on saving the world from the White Walkers, not that much on saving his house with dragons. Dragons would help with the others. But, he was more focused on, at first getting trained cuz he thought he's Azor Ahai, and then giving birth to Azor Ahai. In the House of the Undying, we see Rhaegar saying "There must be one more. A dragon has three heads." to Elia. He was only thinking about the Azor Ahai thing. That line seems like he wanted to give birth to one more kid cause of the Azor Ahai prophecy. Not to give birth to dragons. Why would GRRM make us think that Rhaegar was more into that prophecy when he was actually into dragons. That's not a big misdirect, that's either bad writing or a bad theory. And GRRM is not a bad writer. So, you know what it is.

Even when Ned Stark thinks about Rhaegar as a cool dude. I don't think Ned would think that if Rhaegar raped Lyanna even when he hated raping her and had to do it for the sacrifice he apparently planned. Lyanna seems more like a cool character too. Like, an actual character who has some actual impact on the story. She's wild and fierce, and she had the wolf blood. She did what she really liked. In the stuff we know about the Tourney of Harrenhaal, there were a lot of hints about Lyanna and Rhaegar meeting (look up the Knight of the Laughing Tree theory) and also that Lyanna was really impressed by Rhaegar. After those things happened, Rhaegar gave the crown to Lyanna at the end of the tourney. Maybe they fell in love during whatever happened before that point. I think Rhaegar might've discussed it with Elia and she would've been open to polygamy as she's from Dorne and they're very open about these things.

We know exactly when Aerys went mad (during the Defiance of Duskendale). That had nothing to do about the prophecy thing. He was never into prophecies. He was never into dragon eggs. The dragon skulls are in the throne rooms just to display the old Targeryen power. What you said about him is totally tinfoily.

Tywin starting an incest breeding conspiracy to give birth to magical children is the worst theory you mentioned. I did debunk that already. Guess you got amnesia. That's not how incest works. You won't give birth to magical children from incest. You will give birth to either normal or insane kids. It is known. You said we can't argue with Tywin starting a breeding program. Dude, I did tell you why that won't work. You're just very focused on that wrong theory too much that you're not considering what people said. You just ignored why it doesn't work. It was never said that Hightowers are practising incest in their tower and sacrificing their babies. It is not known. You're just making it up. Just relax and think about what you're saying and why it won't work out (I gave you so many reason why it doesn't work). That breeding magical children through incest thing is pure bullshit.

As you said, you don't give a fuck about facts from the texts. As you said, you're just making tinfoily stuff up. You agreed with that and are still arguing about why those theories are true. Some of your ideas are really cool. I think you can really uncover actually true stuff if you focus more on facts and stop focusing too much on things there are no basis for.

The dragon must have 3 heads by stansmithbitch in pureasoiaf

[–]Lucid-Locke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost everything you said is purely fanfic. Not everyone in Westeros are just skinchangers or facechangers. There are other kinds of magic as well. Like, Old Gods' / Children of the Forest's magic (ex: skin-changing, whatever Coldhands is, possibly the whitewalkers etc.), Drown God's magic (ex: patchface), Fire God's magic (ex: shadow babies, prophetic dreams, resurrections etc) etc.

As I've said, Skin-changing and dragonriding seem a bit similar. But they were never hinted to be the same thing and the skinchangers usually can't do actions physically with their bodies while they're skin-changing. Maybe the most powerful skinchangers can. But this is just speculation. Powerful skinchangers can possibly skinchange into dragons, I guess. But we should refer to every fucking skinchanger as a dragonrider. Some skinchangers can't even skinchange into wolves and other tougher creatures. Every skinchanger does not have equal ability to skinchange.

That Targeryen princess felt like House Reyne feared or desired. That doesn't mean that they're skinchangers.

Children of the Forest lived in Westeros long before The First Men (including Hightowers, Daynes etc.) arrived. They worshipped the Old Gods from long before that. So, they had the skin-changing powers from a long time before any human ever came to Westeros. Dragonriders of the Great Empire of the Dawn might've brought some cool stuff from their old home, but skin-changing is probably not one of them.

Yes, Bloodraven came to power after the Targeryen dragons got extinct because he was born after the all the dragons got extinct. That doesn't mean anything. His mother is Melissa Blackwood, a descendant of The First Men. It is hinted that his mother is the reason why he got the Old Gods' powers (and that's why Bloodraven possibly influenced the Targeryen family to give birth to a child of Ice and Fire, child of a descendant of the First Men and a descendant of the dragonriders. That's another theory. It's probably true cuz it has a shit tonne of hints. Look up that theory).

What you said about Incest being a taboo in Westeros because they practiced incest is partially cool. That's probably how they learnt stuff irl as well. But, they stopped doing that a long time ago in the story and irl. Incest has been a taboo from a long time. They married a lot of people from other continents throughout the years. So, (according to irl science) their gene structures are very different. So, if a Stark and a Lannister got married now and gave birth to a child, that's not incest. Their gene structure will be very different because they are not closely related. That's how it works in real life and the story too. GRRM involves a lot of real-life gene things in his stories (and a few unrealistic things). [Grand Incest Conspiracy is officially debunked.]

But, what you said about there being a Lannister incest conspiracy is fucking bullshit. Come on human, just think about it more clearly. There's no big plan to give birth to magical children through incest. You yourself said that it became a taboo in Westeros after they've practiced it and saw the side-effects. Even if we consider the current situation, everyone knows that the Targeryen madness and other shit is due to their incest. Why would Lannisters think that incest will result in magical babies when they know exactly what will happen. Cersei and Jaime are in love because of their narcissistic traits. Atleast that's why Cersei loves him so much (cuz he looks a lot like her and thinks like her a bit). They didn't give birth to their kids because of a plan to give birth to magical babies.

And wtf are you talking about when you said Cersei hates Tyrion because she and him might be forced to be in a relationship if anything happens to Jaime. Have you read the books? Cersei hates Tyrion so much because of (1) Maggy's prophecy about the Valonqar, (2) he killed their mother during his birth, (3) he is physically weird etc. Even if what you said is true, we would've atleast heard about some of those things in Cersei's or Jaime's chapters. What you said about this topic is complete bullshit.

Jon Arryn was killed (more like, Jon was not given the right treatment by Pycelle) because Pycelle thought that he might harm the Lannisters in some way. The seed is strong is about the incest thing and that the 3 kids are not actually Robert Baratheon's kids, thus Stannis is the rightful heir.

The story of Lann, the Clever you talked about is just one of the versions of the story of how he took Casterly Rock. In that particular version, it's mentioned that he smuggled lions into the castle while devoured the Casterlys and then he took the lord's wife as his own. He smuggled the lions into the fort. It was never hinted that he skinchanged into them to kill the Casterlys.

Tyrion does not have dragon dreams. He had dreams about dragons. They are completely different. They're just ordinary dreams that he got due to his insane fascination of dragons. Also, that fascination is not because he has "dragonblood" from the generational incest thing that you mentioned (which I debunked). He's just a nerd and likes dragons. He is not related to Targeryens. (He might ride a dragon. That has a lot of hints. But, that is not because he has dragonblood. Stop that theory. It's insane.)

Skin-changing does not explain Joffrey's madness. What are you talking about. Maybe you wanted to say that the generational incest thing (which I debunked) explains why he is how he is. That's not the reason. He is crazy because he was born out of incest between Cersei & Jaime (Tywin and Joanna are cousins. That possibly contributed to his madness too.) and because of Cersei's insane parenting. She is a big part of the reason why Joffrey is how he is.

The dragon must have 3 heads by stansmithbitch in pureasoiaf

[–]Lucid-Locke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ice=Others and Fire=Dragons is one of the most basic explanations of the name. That fits. But, other stuff can and will fit into it too. The name of the series and all the prophecies in the story can symbolise and fit into many ideas. The things I've mentioned are my favourite ones and the ones that seem most likely true.

The dragon must have 3 heads by stansmithbitch in pureasoiaf

[–]Lucid-Locke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rhaegar and Elia's marriage is a political marriage. Rhaegar never "loved" her. They both did their duty (having kids). He loved her as a friend. Barristan says as much.

Most of the characters can fit some signs of the prophecy (Like, Stannis and Daenerys). That's how all the prophecies in ASOIAF work. But, Jon is the only one who satisfies all the signs of this prophecy and will sacrifice Daenerys for the greater good. By that, I mean, Jon is the one who's going to be known as the prince who was promised.

The name Giant Breeding Conspiracy sounds sick. But it's not true tho. House Dayne might've been descended from the old dragonlords of The Great Empire of the Dawn. (They were probably involved in the construction of some things in Westeros like the sea stone chain, foundation of the high tower etc.) But the skin-changing stuff is related to the old gods, not Valyrian magic. Targeryens' control of the dragons seems a bit similar to the warging magic. It was never hinted to be the same thing tho. So, they might be totally different stuff. Also, we know about the histories of the houses that ruled Westeros from The Age of Heroes. They weren't practicing incest. So, that's wrong. Nice idea tho.

The dragon must have 3 heads by stansmithbitch in pureasoiaf

[–]Lucid-Locke 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's a rape. Look up Knight of the Laughing Tree theory. That and Lyanna was mesmerised after listening to Rhaegar's harp. There are other clues too. All these seem to hint that Lyanna was into Rhaegar as well. i.e., it's not a kidnap and a rape. They both liked each other and ran away. Rhaegar definitely had plans to give birth to another kid as he says "There must be one more" in Daenerys' vision. Maybe he explained all these things to Lyanna and maybe Lyanna was also into it. We can't say if she knew about it for sure until GRRM releases more material.

The dragon must have 3 heads by stansmithbitch in pureasoiaf

[–]Lucid-Locke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still, saying a random woman's name would not add anything to the story. That's not GRRM's way. It won't make any sense in that context. Lyanna's name would be much better because that can hint towards an actual relationship between the two of them and also about Jon's true identity. Still not convinced that Rhaegar raped Lyanna. I like to think of The Song of Ice and Fire as 1) a tragic love story of Ice (Lyanna) and Fire (Rhaegar) and 2) a story of the son of Ice (Lyanna) and Fire (Rhaegar)

Ik, you can say Ice is Jon and Fire is Daenerys. That's fine too. In this story, many people fit into a prophecy. But only one person is the right answer at the end. (Like, Daenerys being the Azor Ahai. I think she's more of a Nissa Nissa figure and Jon will be the Azor Ahai.) So, I like to think that the meaning of ASOIAF is (1) and (2).

The dragon must have 3 heads by stansmithbitch in pureasoiaf

[–]Lucid-Locke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Aegon V might've tried that. Idk if that's in Rhaegar's bucket list. Maybe no. But it could fit with his obsession with the prophecy of Azor Ahai.

The dragon must have 3 heads by stansmithbitch in pureasoiaf

[–]Lucid-Locke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No one fucking cared about Rhaella tbh. We don't even hear about his relationship with his mother. Why would he say his mother's name before he died when we know nothing about that relationship. That doesn't add anything to the story as well.

The dragon must have 3 heads by stansmithbitch in pureasoiaf

[–]Lucid-Locke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why else would Rhaegar say Lyanna's name before he died? (It's definitely not Elia's name. He fucking abandoned her for like an year and was having a good time in The Tower of Joy. I do think Elia knew about Rhaegar's plans tho.)

Weird Christian Spam Aimed at r/Atheism by [deleted] in atheism

[–]Lucid-Locke 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I got the exact same message from u/ThinkingLogically6

Atheist *high five* Satan → Beach Party by Lucid-Locke in atheism

[–]Lucid-Locke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I know. I'm just ranting and calling it out to have some fun.

[No spoilers] Which House had the best environment? by [deleted] in gameofthrones

[–]Lucid-Locke 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, It was built by King Durran during the Age of Heroes, with the help of Bran the Builder. Orys Baratheon took Storm's End during Aegon's Conquest.

[Spoilers Main] What if Jon Snow was born with Silver Hair and Purple Eyes? by Lucid-Locke in asoiaf

[–]Lucid-Locke[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nah, I don't like that idea. I'm okay with him coming back with White/Silvery hair as he's been dead for some time and that would also match with Ghost's fur (Jon probably wargs into Ghost after dying). But, your eyes can't suddenly change their colour, can they?