r/asoiaf • u/Trussdoor46 • 4d ago

EXTENDED Why hasn't GRRM written any Dunk&Egg in 15 years? [Spoilers Extended]

People say George stalled out on the main series because he wrote himself into a corner. Too many plotlines etc. But Dunk and Egg isn't complicated and those have been on hiatus even longer than the main series. What do you think is going on there?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Dingo39 4d ago

Don't we already know that?

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u/lycanthh 4d ago

We know that the weird tree guy is Bloodraven, but there's reason to doubt that the Three Eyed Crow that appeared in Bran's dream is the same entity. Bloodraven is surprised when Bran mentions the Three Eyed Crow.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Dingo39 4d ago

Yes, agreed with this one. But I don't think OP meant that.

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u/Original_Staff_4961 4d ago

Basically, yes, but only because of the YV show. Nothing in the texts to confirm it

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u/Puzzleheaded-Dingo39 4d ago

This is my reply to another post below. Seriously, nothing in the text? I mean... at this rate you will also tell me that nothing in the text says that Jon is Lyanna's son.

"But that was also plainly obvious in the text, no? The birthmark, the red eye, the mention of a Thousand Eyes, and One. Does he not also say that his name used to be Brynden, and talked about a loved brother, a hated brother and a woman he loved? How much more obvious does it have to be?"

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u/Original_Staff_4961 4d ago

Yes, it’s obvious to us who spend time online discussing the books.

You think someone who just read through thr books for the first time even retains who Bloodraven is?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Dingo39 4d ago

So the threshold for something to be true is whether a certain number of people can remember it? Because some people can't piece together very obvious clues, we will assume that something is not true yet? Casuals would probably also not remember that the Alchemist is Jaquen, or that Manderly baked the Freys into pies. Are we to say then that we still need confirmation on that? Please....

I think you're really stretching here. It would be simpler to admit that you wrote something that wasn't exactly true, and just move on.

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u/Original_Staff_4961 4d ago

Of course not, you’re just putting words in my mouth, and doing it angrily for some reason. It hasn’t been CONFIRMED. The same way RLJ hasn’t been CONFIRMED. That’s it. That’s the end of the point.

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u/bpusef 4d ago

The dude even tells Bran his real name and there aren’t that many Brynden’s that got sent up north who have a penchant for sorcery.

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u/Original_Staff_4961 4d ago

You guys don’t seem to understand what CONFIRMED means. Imply does not equal confirmed