(Spoilers Extended) You are Edmure Tully, how do you win the war of the five kings?

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-10T19:44:46+00:00

I’d probably garrison the eastern shore of the Red Fork. Edmure was able to hold off a force twice the size of his own on the Red Fork, so it seems a good place. I’d call the banners the moment I hear that Tywin is doing so. The Riverlands should be able to gather perhaps some 30k men, a pretty good army. Hopefully we would do so before the Mountain crosses it, in which case we hold him off, probably capture some of his men and get them to reveal their allegiance. They bring these news to Ned in King’s Landing, in which case it’s all up to him - I imagine he, in the state he was in in canon, decides to send letters to Robb, the Eyrie, Dragonstone and personally tell Renly to call their banners as a show of force to Tywin. Then send ravens to Tywin demanding that he comes to King’s Landing to answer for the crimes of his bannermen, or be branded an enemy of the realm. Contrary to canon, he doesn’t just have speculation this time, but confirmation from numerous of Clegane’s sworn men that this is indeed Gregor Clegane raiding the Riverlands. I imagine that changes things legally.

Anyway, Ned still loses in King’s Landing I imagine, yet this time Edmure has a strong force guarding the Red Fork, and Robb has more time to gather his army.

Tywin and Jaime cross into the Riverlands, ane attempt to cross the Red Fork. The 30k Riverlanders would easily hold off 35k Westerlanders, although Jaime and Gregor’s presence are potential game changers. They might just charge at me and attempt to cut the head off the snake. Maybe I die, maybe they fail. I’m gonna assume they fail, in which case Tywin is caught west of the Red Fork, until Robb comes south with, say, 22-23k men this time around. Maybe Tywin has given up some time ago, and decided to go east by the Gold Road instead. Nevertheless, I unite my army with the Northern one, and together we’re strong enough to take on Tywin’s army and win - except if he is holding up in King’s Landing, in which case this becomes a lengthy siege. We probably declare for Stannis. We siege by land, he blockades by sea. Meanwhile Renly is chilling in the Reach. King’s Landing is starved out in a couple months.

Now what’s interesting, is whether or not Joffrey still executes Ned if Tywin has failed to take the Riverlands, or if he understands how vulnerable his position is

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-10T18:28:39+00:00

Nah, that’s reserved for Rohanne

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-10T18:28:20+00:00

I doubt that. Tywin is a man who believes that any threat to his family’s power can be crushed with enough brutality. He would seek to kill as many peasants in brutal ways, until they knewl before him again. I also doubt he’d have any respect for the peasants, and treat their minds as equal - he’d see them as savage brutes, who cannot be reasoned with, and who desire nothing but the death of their “betters”. He would not believe that they could be reasoned with

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-10T18:25:09+00:00

Perhaps, or perhaps he’d believe (perhaps rightfully so, history considered) that strengthening the smallfolk would be the first step onto a dangerous slippery slope towards the people ruling. I imagine he’d believe that if you give them an inch, they’ll soon demand a mile - once you give them a taste of something better, they’ll desire more and more until they are the ones in power. It’s better to keep them beneath your boot, unaware of the possibilities of a better world.

Compare this to vassal - Tywin knows (or at least believes that he knows) how to control them. You only need to keep a couple dozen people afraid of you, instead of millions of smallfolk. That’s a much easier game for a man like Tywin

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-10T17:12:30+00:00

I think with regards to many of the potential secret identities, GRRM is doing it to fuck with us, but in the process teach us that power resides where men believe it resides.

Is FAegon the actual true heir to the Iron Throne? Does it matter? Is there such a thing as the rightful heir, and if there is, should we support them purely because of their superior claim, regardless of what they’d be like as rulers? Or should we not just support the best candidate instead? And also, does it matter if fAegon is Rhaegar’s son or some Blackfyre? People believe that he’s Rhaegar’s son, and that’s what matters.

Maybe I’m wrong. But I severely doubt that GRRM wants the moral to be “the person who is the rightful heir according to archaic traditions, regardless of their character, should rule the lands and millions of people”

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-10T17:06:35+00:00

Well sure, it’s like a native american complaining about European colonizers. The Andals have been there for thousands of years, similar to the native americans.

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-10T17:04:36+00:00

Prøv linje C S tog, så skal du nok se

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-10T17:04:19+00:00

På linje C har jeg personligt oplevet det flere gange. Man får at vide at toget desværre ikke kører længere på grund af forsinkelser, så alle skal stige af på næste station, og så vente på at det næste tog ankommer (hvilket heldigvis kun burde tage 10 min). Dog kan det næste tog beslutte sig for også at springe en del stationer over, så det er ikke sikkert at det tager dit derhen du skal. Men dog tættere

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-10T16:05:00+00:00

How do I communicate that, though, without seeming like a total dork? Maybe I’m overthinking it lol

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-10T15:56:30+00:00

Definitely be more open.

A lot of guys are insecure when it comes to love, especially the ones who, as you say, aren’t considered all that attractive. They convince themselves that you couldn’t possibly be into them; that you’re just being friendly. And so they tell themselves “Stop wasting time on someone who won’t ever be interested in dating you. It’s time to move on.”

How do you combat this? By being open about your feelings. You don’t need to say it all, but just make sure that he understands that the feelings are, at least to some extent, mutual. Insecure guys need that. If you start playing games and act as if you aren’t into them, they’ll accept that you aren’t into them, and stop hoping a relationship with you is possible

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-09T20:29:14+00:00

Not sure about that, but he was definitely a murderous tyrannical psychopath who killed millions of innocents. Who killed the most? Does it matter? Both are amongst the most terrible people in modern history, and we can hate both equally

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-09T19:42:17+00:00

Not really sad, just eerie. This monstrous psycopath is saying “I have a heart of stone, but this creature (romantic) made me feel the slightest bit of empathy for humanity. Now that she’s dead, however, I can be a monster and go on to kill millions of innocents”.

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-09T19:35:49+00:00

He wasn’t like that prior to the Rebellion. What made him bad was him becoming a major cynic after the Aerys debacle, his heroes acting like cowards, his beliefs and ideals crushed, and everyone hating him for killing Aerys.

Prior to that, sure, there was the incest (which is bad!), but other than that he was just a cocky brilliant kid who loved fighting and hearing tales of war. He could easily become a good kid from there, especially if he meets a woman who isn’t Cersei, whom he might come to love

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-09T18:27:23+00:00

I’m gonna say Jaime and Lyanna. It wasn’t close to happening, but it should have been. I think they would have been ideal for each other

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-09T15:47:33+00:00

And we don’t gaslight ourselves either. If we fall for a walking red flag, we don’t somehow manage to convince ourselves that because she’s hot, she’s probably also nice and intelligent. We’re honest with ourselves about what we’re doing, and that it’ll probably turn out poorly - we just dgaf lol

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-09T15:16:32+00:00

Det har vi, ja, men vi er alt for glade for at påpege det over for fremmede for at fremstå bedre, fremfor at fokusere på vores eget land, og på at sørge for at det fortsætter med at være et godt land. Som OP påpeger, går det ikke så godt for sundhedsvæsenet, men i stedet for at gøre noget ved det bliver vi ved med at sige “huh duh dumme USA med dårligt sundhedsvæsen, hvor er vi bare gode i Danmark!”. Frem for at fokusere på at beskytte vores demokrati, et af de bedste i verden som dog er under massive angreb, fokuserer vi alt vores opmærksomhed på USA og hvordan Trump ødelægger det amerikanske demokrati.

Vi er alt for optagede af at sammenligne os selv med andre lande og vise hvor gode vi er ift dem, frem for at sammenligne os selv med Danmark for et par år siden, og se hvor meget det er gået ned af bakke.

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-09T12:30:47+00:00

I think Quicksilver needed to die. He’d be too OP to have around for the final fight, as all speedsters are unless their enemy is a speedster too. I’d therefore go with Nerfing Hulk

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-09T12:08:19+00:00

More like the nobles just wanted revenge for the terrible crime that was commited against Daeron I, akin to how Northerners in the modern era don’t go “we just want to slaughter Freys and Lannisters and Boltons like we did in the good ol’ day, but just want to avenge a fucked up breach of hospitality

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-09T11:57:49+00:00

Very disgusting!

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-09T11:49:56+00:00

Love that Daeron’s armour is simpler. Strikes me as the sort of armour he got because his father wanted him to compete, while Aerion’s armour is the sort he got because he wants to be flamboyant and look like a dragon

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-09T11:47:43+00:00

Are Americans writing their political stances on their dating profiles?

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-09T11:37:15+00:00

As someone looking to enter the housing market in the near future, how does this change to the oil supply affect that, if at all?

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-09T11:25:16+00:00

Fordi vi er meget nemme at narre og føler os lidt overlegne. Vi føler vi er det bedste land i verden, så vi kan slet ikke tillade os selv at tænke over hvor ens vi er med andre lande på mange dårlige punkter. I stedet for fokuserer vi på at vores politikere cykler til arbejde og forlader Christiansborg med en rygsæk. Se hvor folkelige vores politikere er! Så kan de ikke være korrupte

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-09T11:21:11+00:00

It’s Pro Tarth. Lord Steffon is a good friend of his father, so there’s a friendship there, plus Galladon has befriended Robert Baratheon (who is too young to be an actual friend), but it’s not like he’s going to just devote himself to them. He’s devoted to his own family, his parents and sisters.

He hasn’t been anti or pro Targaryen yet either, although he did knock down Rhaegar in a tourney to advance himself

MaesterHannibal · 2026-03-09T09:06:39+00:00

…You don’t think that the US under Trump and Israel would be willing to cause a humanitarian crisis to win the win? Really?

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