Preston Revisits The Pink Letter Mystery, Part 1

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  • @PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin
    @PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin3 жыл бұрын

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  • @daddyleon

    @daddyleon

    3 жыл бұрын

    *+Preston Jacobs* Suggestion: lower the original volume if you insist on talking over yourself. For some people (especially non-native speakers with hearing problems), it may be exceedingly hard to follow. Also I really like this idea! Hope It'll become a series. Especially if tWoW keeps getting postponed and the content dries up.

  • @wisdommanari6701

    @wisdommanari6701

    3 жыл бұрын

    PJ I love you but man you look tired. Baby Jacobs keeping you up at night?

  • @LabTech41

    @LabTech41

    3 жыл бұрын

    Any chance you can do some theorycrafting as to why GRRM is dragging his heels on TWoW?

  • @conradoccaminha

    @conradoccaminha

    3 жыл бұрын

    So, in the future, if you could always stop the video when you're speaking, I'd appreciate it. When there are two voices at the same time I can't focus on either one...

  • @conradoccaminha

    @conradoccaminha

    3 жыл бұрын

    But, generally, I liked the idea.

  • @sweeners8950
    @sweeners89503 жыл бұрын

    Mans in so deep he's gonna start making theory videos on himself

  • @ComradeCommissarYuri

    @ComradeCommissarYuri

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fourth wall theory!!

  • @KrisCasey4

    @KrisCasey4

    3 жыл бұрын

    I always knew the Night King was a Jacobs

  • @chippersonsencyclopediaemp1318

    @chippersonsencyclopediaemp1318

    3 жыл бұрын

    Preston wrote the pink letter confirmed

  • @Halbared

    @Halbared

    3 жыл бұрын

    Preston planned it all?🤪

  • @sweeners8950

    @sweeners8950

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Halbared yep, he pulls a bran and goes back in time to become GRRM

  • @Toast4tw
    @Toast4tw3 жыл бұрын

    I mean... we all know Preston is a faceless man so that guy in the video could literally be anyone...

  • @Jeffari1

    @Jeffari1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Preston did a face reveal a few years back though. The big question is will Carmine go on cam now? Hahaha

  • @PewPewPlasmagun

    @PewPewPlasmagun

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Jeffari1 Who gives a crap? Carmesine Boy has nothing insightful to offer.

  • @MeSoTrashed

    @MeSoTrashed

    3 жыл бұрын

    A face cut from pure soy

  • @joshhoffman5233

    @joshhoffman5233

    3 жыл бұрын

    He peeled off some poor lads face to wear

  • @S2Tubes

    @S2Tubes

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MeSoTrashed Just like GRRM.

  • @melly2094
    @melly20943 жыл бұрын

    Heeey there Preston! I still can't shake the feeling that your voice is some sort of unimbodied entity that shouldn't have a face but it's a nice idea!

  • @Banquet42

    @Banquet42

    3 жыл бұрын

    Preston is a Faceless Man?

  • @davidrich27

    @davidrich27

    3 жыл бұрын

    I always envisioned him as a strange sickly boy, but maybe it’s just me.

  • @melly2094

    @melly2094

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Banquet42 he is either a faceless man or a hive minded consciousness messing with the world's events and sending people visions

  • @johnnyskinwalker4095

    @johnnyskinwalker4095

    3 жыл бұрын

    same! lol

  • @aslanevrim4348

    @aslanevrim4348

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly my feelings !

  • @CadaverJunky8
    @CadaverJunky83 жыл бұрын

    Preston be like "and we're back revisiting this subject for the 6th time." Never stop tho. We're the only ones keeping this fandom alive until the fat man gives us what we need.

  • @alphasierra.

    @alphasierra.

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's optimistic of you, I've given up hope

  • @redseaford9426

    @redseaford9426

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@alphasierra. same

  • @Hector_Moira

    @Hector_Moira

    3 жыл бұрын

    Preach!

  • @dustin628

    @dustin628

    3 жыл бұрын

    Amen!!

  • @anthonyvasquez7050

    @anthonyvasquez7050

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have no idea why, but I read this in Prestons Voice !!! Lol..

  • @stefanomusilli7001
    @stefanomusilli70013 жыл бұрын

    I feel like an idiot. After all this time my brain just assumed you looked like Sweet Robin.

  • @MrCosmos3

    @MrCosmos3

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too, friend. Me too.

  • @atlas6145

    @atlas6145

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol. If you go through his videos, there are two that I remember off the top of my head where you can see Preston irl. He put up his wedding vows (or at least a clip from his wedding) and you can see a picture of him when he met GRRM (from the video "When Preston Met George"). I think there is also a picture of him holding his kid in the short update video where he announced the birth.

  • @juliehall9252

    @juliehall9252

    3 жыл бұрын

    Preston the Mannis

  • @S2Tubes

    @S2Tubes

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, a cartoonish version of SR. Seeing him live and move as he speaks is ruining the effect.

  • @ulture

    @ulture

    3 жыл бұрын

    I thought I was the only one

  • @HialeahFlorida
    @HialeahFlorida3 жыл бұрын

    PRESTON SHOULD HAVE KEPT THE CAMERA ON DURING THE AD. I WANT TO SEE THE EXCITEMENT FOR RAID SHADOW LEGENDS

  • @stefanilic0421

    @stefanilic0421

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or rather, lack of excitement :)

  • @jonttopia

    @jonttopia

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@stefanilic0421 it's funny, he apparently actually got hooked on raid and spent money on it to unlock everything.

  • @MrHotSalsa

    @MrHotSalsa

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@jonttopiathat is hilarious

  • @Anacronian
    @Anacronian3 жыл бұрын

    I once called it the "Bastard letter" but I was drunk and people rightfully beat me up for it.

  • @Mizelei2012

    @Mizelei2012

    3 жыл бұрын

    What? You poor thing

  • @0ussama01
    @0ussama013 жыл бұрын

    Omg George, we're doing revisits now. Hurry !!!!

  • @akrybion

    @akrybion

    3 жыл бұрын

    What will come first: Winds of Winter or "The Pink Letter Revisited:Revisited"?

  • @InvisibleMan95
    @InvisibleMan953 жыл бұрын

    I think George R R Martin himself wrote the Pink Letter.

  • @basedchimera5859

    @basedchimera5859

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahahah there's no way.... Unless?

  • @MrVonFrom

    @MrVonFrom

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nah you can clearly tell it was Tuf

  • @PBRStreetgang

    @PBRStreetgang

    3 жыл бұрын

    I've been telling people this for YEARS and they don't believe me. It's pretty obvious GRRM wrote the Pink Letter, all the clues are there.

  • @thaibreuer3533

    @thaibreuer3533

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Lionheart Lucas then stop wasting letters on YT comments and go back to toil on WoW. Please.

  • @MadIvano

    @MadIvano

    2 жыл бұрын

    Holy shit this changes everything.

  • @wulozhero6684
    @wulozhero66843 жыл бұрын

    In order to go forward, we must go back. Has Prestoros come full circle?

  • @joshuaherbert30

    @joshuaherbert30

    3 жыл бұрын

    If I look back, i am lost

  • @bryantaylor9874

    @bryantaylor9874

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh no Preston is Tenet! We're breaking the 4th 5th and 6th wall up in here!

  • @GabrielRodrigues-ro1ep

    @GabrielRodrigues-ro1ep

    3 жыл бұрын

    Next series: preparing for preparing for winter

  • @dustingaethje1332

    @dustingaethje1332

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@GabrielRodrigues-ro1ep And the main theme of that series is should we prep for winter knowing that it will probably never arrive 🤣

  • @polivkamikulas6401
    @polivkamikulas64013 жыл бұрын

    Can this get even more amazing? Pink lettter, Preston on webcam and 38 minutes long video?

  • @immakitty88

    @immakitty88

    3 жыл бұрын

    So many likes

  • @polivkamikulas6401

    @polivkamikulas6401

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sermetheu8147 absolutely

  • @daddyleon

    @daddyleon

    3 жыл бұрын

    Preston, on cam, reading tWoW, in several installments, with images on the background, and Preson's unique voices for each pov-chapter.

  • @BalerionFyre

    @BalerionFyre

    3 жыл бұрын

    and the Bears won!

  • @lisatkachenko1784

    @lisatkachenko1784

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is too unusual) Preston should be the Mystery voice)

  • @AlternativeExplosion
    @AlternativeExplosion3 жыл бұрын

    Preston, i remember when i discovered your channel by accident way back when your only video was this very Pink Letter Mystery video, i think you had about 300 subscribers (i might be wrong). After i finished the video i said "wow this makes no sense, but it was entertaining, I'll subscribe, maybe he makes another video." And i've been watching the channel ever since. I'm sure that i'm not alone when i say you've given me hours of entertainment over the years. Keep up the good work! :)

  • @shobhitkaul8076

    @shobhitkaul8076

    3 жыл бұрын

    I concur

  • @brianhourigan

    @brianhourigan

    10 ай бұрын

    Same.

  • @ryanramos7456
    @ryanramos74563 жыл бұрын

    Lol that little side eye at “Fake Aya”. Like, “Im just gonna ignore that one ..”

  • @snuggie12
    @snuggie123 жыл бұрын

    "Oh man, look at how old this video is..." Then I realize that this is after ADwD and we still haven't gotten TWoW...depressing

  • @akrybion

    @akrybion

    3 жыл бұрын

    Next year will be the tenth anniversary of ADwD and ASoS will be old enough to legally drink in America.

  • @lilaskiwan2987

    @lilaskiwan2987

    2 жыл бұрын

    So depressing…

  • @sammyjenkis5260
    @sammyjenkis52603 жыл бұрын

    Damn dude, preston is a looker. Who would`ve figured

  • @vitormattos5368

    @vitormattos5368

    3 жыл бұрын

    Handsome Jacobs

  • @originalsamshu1

    @originalsamshu1

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's tall as well, a full 2 meters... maybe more.

  • @e22ddie46

    @e22ddie46

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@originalsamshu1 yeah, since I don't know the conversion, he's said he's 6'6"

  • @GeminibBorn

    @GeminibBorn

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol. Great name.

  • @JAClary
    @JAClary3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for putting out this video. I would say that I prefer the "Deeper Dorne" style videos when revisiting your older stuff. Just a scripted video where you put out your updated theories, with a brief mention of where you have updated your thoughts.

  • @ruthbennett7563
    @ruthbennett75633 жыл бұрын

    Constructive video critique: I really want to hear what you’re saying when you speak. Whether it is your new insight or the older content you’re addressing, it is distracting/difficult to track both audio streams comfortably. (Lower more, or fully stop, the audio on the subordinate track? You stop the original video often, but not consistently as you continue along. Are you making an update, or are you (ack, please no!) making a reaction video?) You might want to check out how Alton Brown has been doing his “Good Eats Reloaded” series to avoid this issue. Like your old videos, old GE episodes hold up, but I also enjoy his take on doing things now he has a greater understanding of his craft & intentions. It’s a nitpick, perhaps. However, it is clear you’re always trying new things to make these wonderful video essays on the GRRM “Allstory” we LOVE... & your efforts are certainly appreciated enough for comment. I’m always happy to see you post new videos. You’re a talented guy with a shiny intellect & a wonderfully dry wit you generously share with your fellow fandom enthusiasts. Thank you for bringing some happy distraction to my Sunday house maintenance. The dishes aren’t going to wash themselves.

  • @biglenin7306

    @biglenin7306

    3 жыл бұрын

    Very well said completely agree

  • @subinmdr
    @subinmdr3 жыл бұрын

    I literally just watched the original pink letter videos an hour ago. Well, guess its time to watch it again.

  • @FlyWithMe_666
    @FlyWithMe_6663 жыл бұрын

    New channel: ❌ Preston REACTS to PRESTON Videos! CRAZY REACTIONS! OMG! 😱💯❌

  • @lazlow9640

    @lazlow9640

    3 жыл бұрын

    🔥🔥🔥🤣🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥😜😜😋🤣🤣🤣❣️❣️🔥🔥🔥❣️🔥😋🔥🔥😋😋😜🔥❣️🤣❣️

  • @DutchFurnace
    @DutchFurnace3 жыл бұрын

    Pretty cool you finally hired a model to be your faceover, really making these videos more professional.

  • @gnetkuji
    @gnetkuji3 жыл бұрын

    "Part two" he says. "Soon" he says. Waiting on you, buddy.

  • @manband20
    @manband203 жыл бұрын

    "It's the default for iMovie. I now use Final Cut Pro." When you're out here spending $600 for a copy of a magazine from the mid-90's to make a theory video for KZread, you damn well better be using the top of the line software.

  • @brian4804
    @brian48043 жыл бұрын

    I got into Game of thrones through the tv show, and it was actually your videos that got me to read the books

  • @Tia-Marie
    @Tia-Marie3 жыл бұрын

    I'm shook. I can't unsee Preston now, because forever I kept associating him in my head with Sweet Robin. I know there was no way he could've actually looked like that, but... the illusion has been shattered and my life will never be the same.

  • @samdunggawaxy7314

    @samdunggawaxy7314

    3 жыл бұрын

    Carmine still looks like a pokemon though don't worry

  • @dinazwitscher9872

    @dinazwitscher9872

    3 жыл бұрын

    I feel your pain lol

  • @kingad8869
    @kingad88693 жыл бұрын

    George, drop TWOW so Preston can get a million subs. And a TV deal.

  • @strunkr2
    @strunkr23 жыл бұрын

    Preston face cam? Wtf! Nice dude

  • @kurtfin11037
    @kurtfin110373 жыл бұрын

    Finally, theory videos with director's commentary

  • @Samuel-lq7kp
    @Samuel-lq7kp3 жыл бұрын

    The letter is not exactly enconded, but it has double meaning. He starts the letter with a direct lie, possibly focusing the lie so Melisandre can get what it means: 'Smashed into seven days of battle.' means the first phrases are encripted. When he says 'Mance Rayder', it means he's starting to speak the truth(or at least what he believes). The letter is more informative than anything. Mance may have used Squirrel to put the letter in the ravenry and do the worst type of encryption. He talks of the walls of winterfell because it's probably talking of the Umbers, and he talks of 'come and get him' because he thinks Mance needs help. Or at least is what I think it is. He then talks of the wildling babe because Jon is in debt to Mance, reminding him to rescue him. Or at least is what I think.

  • @kiritugeorge4684
    @kiritugeorge46843 жыл бұрын

    Literally the time i saw this uploaded...meaning the time Ive sent this comment...is 12:23 AM here in Nairobi, Kenya. I was done with youtube for the day then Preston Jacobs happened. Anyways, bless me tonight with wisdom as deep as weirwood roots, daddy Preston .

  • @keldiano

    @keldiano

    3 жыл бұрын

    Preston haezi tukosea. A pillar of the ever so insightful part of KZread.

  • @jedaye47

    @jedaye47

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dedication!

  • @kiritugeorge4684

    @kiritugeorge4684

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@keldiano Walai tena.

  • @robbypodobinski824
    @robbypodobinski8243 жыл бұрын

    Omg thats how the great king of westeros looks like? Extraordinary

  • @sickel101
    @sickel1013 жыл бұрын

    Preston looks a bit more stoned than I expected not gonaa lie.

  • @corij3600

    @corij3600

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lmao I RAN to the comments to see if anyone thought the same thing

  • @bobthepervyuncle

    @bobthepervyuncle

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's stoned while making this video and i'm stoned as I watch it.

  • @sickel101

    @sickel101

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bobthepervyuncle ganggang

  • @winterwolf2164
    @winterwolf21643 жыл бұрын

    Stannis the Mannis has had the same voice since 2014. Preston’s continuity is excellent.

  • @drbenwaynewyersy9976
    @drbenwaynewyersy99763 жыл бұрын

    as someone following your stuff for a while.... the central appeal has always been your way of thinking about the story... it's, as they say, "outside the box"... what I mean by that is, it's outside of the usual fantasy, literature, pop culture tropes... which is the perfect approach for the author we're discussing.... what developed over time, as you say yourself, is your ability in film-/videomaking... the structure, editing etc... but as is true for most crafts, that comes kinda naturally by doing it... and you're indeed very funny... it's just a very dry sort of humor that reveals itself by thinking about it... so pretty much like stannis...

  • @defrary5569

    @defrary5569

    3 жыл бұрын

    I like that he compares Asoiaf with the other works of Grrm... Its not outside the box but ive seen no one doing this befor

  • @drbenwaynewyersy9976

    @drbenwaynewyersy9976

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@defrary5569 yeah, that's a huge draw for me too.... and it's kind of what makes prestons thinking out if the box in comparism to other interpretations... they interpret ASOIF in the context of "normal" works in the fantasy genre... but when you interpret it in the context of GRRMs other works (which of course is the way to go) you end up in a very different place...

  • @warrior316
    @warrior3163 жыл бұрын

    i think preston was blunter and cruder in his older videos and it was bad ass

  • @ryanramos7456

    @ryanramos7456

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol, okay Sir Chad

  • @dutchpangermanist5673
    @dutchpangermanist56733 жыл бұрын

    Mentioning spearwives is probably just another thing to rile Jon up, he of course had his relationship with Ygritte, which means the writer likely knew about it. This still points to Mance of course, or Stannis, since Melisandre seem to know about the relationship and would probably tell Stannis.

  • @taylorgayhart9497
    @taylorgayhart94973 жыл бұрын

    I started watching your channel around Christmas 2014, the pink letter video was the first I watched, then I proceeded to binge everything else you had posted! Since then I watched the OG pink letter video probably 20 times, so I gotta say I’m excited for the update!!

  • @armandopena4929
    @armandopena49293 жыл бұрын

    Everyone in the comments saying they thought Preston looked like Sweetrobin, but I thought he was just a disembodied consciousnesss

  • @nsowers194
    @nsowers1943 жыл бұрын

    I remember when I first stumbled upon this video, years ago, and I was definitely one of those “casual fans” who didn’t think too much of the letter. I had only read the books one time, and when you read them quickly, you miss a lot (obviously). I watched this video and was impressed by your ability to cause me to “rethink Ice and Fire”-like your channel banner. I have since reread the books a few times, and after having watched so many of your theory videos, it has really changed the way I read the books.

  • @musculusiv4172
    @musculusiv41723 жыл бұрын

    I just rewatched the original pink letter videos the other day and wondered what you think about the letter today and here it is! Made my day Preston!

  • @Tubocass
    @Tubocass3 жыл бұрын

    WHOA MAN! You can't just do an un-announced face reveal like that. That almost shattered my brain.

  • @MichaelMedici61W2
    @MichaelMedici61W23 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for doing this Preston. I was just talking about the Pink Letter a few days ago. I’m so glad you went back after all this time and did this again after all the stuff you know now, things that have happened, etc... thank you

  • @theM4R4T
    @theM4R4T3 жыл бұрын

    A Storm of Swords: "Vanished, aye," said Mance Rayder. "And not just the free folk. Who told you where we were, Jon Snow?" Tormund snorted. "It were Craster, or I'm a blushing maid. I told you, Mance, that creature needs to be shorter by a head." The king gave the older man an irritated look. "Tormund, some day try thinking before you speak. I know it was Craster. I asked Jon to see if he would tell it true." A Dance with Dragons: "Might be all a skin o' lies." Tormund scratched under his beard.

  • @deecawford
    @deecawford3 жыл бұрын

    I was so happy to see a new video from you. I hate live streams thank you so much for doing a regular video and keeping us informed on different views of our favorite book series

  • @mrsputum4082
    @mrsputum40823 жыл бұрын

    Preston with a face cam? 2020 truly is a strange year.

  • @ninaleb
    @ninaleb3 жыл бұрын

    I regularly revisit your old videos and I am amazed at how early you had pointed out connections that you eventually evolved but had the core early on! Some of those early Daenarys videos, I loved the Genetics of Dragons series, and for me the breakdown of the Riverlands and Ironborn were just eye openers. All I can say is I hope we get new material and that you will indeed turn out to be right about “half of this” AT MINIMUM🤞 Just here to say I am very grateful for your content, keep bringing it on!

  • @guesswho1047
    @guesswho10473 жыл бұрын

    And I was here for that video & still rewatch frequently, all to be exact. Love your videos and the constant "improvements" over the years. Hands down my favorite channel! Edit: Please never take those "classic Preston" videos down 🤗

  • @kenbrovost9653
    @kenbrovost9653 Жыл бұрын

    You are the only channel I let raid shadow legends ads go for not closing the video immediately. I don't blame creator's for needing a sponsor, I just can't not hate it

  • @eszym33
    @eszym333 жыл бұрын

    I really liked this. How come no part 2?

  • @reisanibal1
    @reisanibal13 жыл бұрын

    Hey Preston.. I've been a faithful follower of your videos since the beginning. Those first ones, the Pink Letter, Tower of Joy, Dany's childhood mysteries... those have a special place in my heart. Because watching them made me fall in love with the series more than reading the actual books. I like this new format where we revisit them. Keep up the good work.

  • @AJDavis-ti2ee
    @AJDavis-ti2ee3 жыл бұрын

    Love your stuff Preston! I'm actually looking forward to TWOW mostly for the theory videos from Preston that will surely follow! Please keep up the good work!

  • @MetalMaz18
    @MetalMaz183 жыл бұрын

    Great idea doing a revisiting series. It’s awesome to finally see the face behind the voice. I know exactly what you’re talking about with Ken Burns and Imovies. That’s what I use for making videos. Maybe one day I’ll look back and notice little things like that as well. I’ve say your early videos hold up well (I did notice and always wondered what the clicking noise was) but I’ve noticed a great improvement in quality and smoothness in the videos over time. After watch all your videos, when The Winds of Winter comes out, i’m definitely going to look deeper into anything we’re shown and take nothing at face value.

  • @thenickseditious
    @thenickseditious3 жыл бұрын

    I think your one of the very first channels ove ever subbed to and dude i will never stop watching. Keep up the great stuff Preston

  • @thetalisman963
    @thetalisman9633 жыл бұрын

    Preston you are the only person who can pull another 40 minutes or material from the pink letter. I love you man seriously, you keep me thinking about Westeros all day every day.

  • @red_hobbit3323
    @red_hobbit33233 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate that you're willing to reflect on earlier videos/theories like this one and the Dornish Master Plan videos!!

  • @manband20
    @manband203 жыл бұрын

    So I don't know if you or anyone else will see/read this, but I am rereading the letter and I have a personal theory about whether it has a code/how it is implemented and how it is specifically written by Mance to impact the person reading it. (AN: This could just be complete hindsight talking, given we know what happens when the letter is read and who specifically reads the letter, but there can’t not be some secrecy involved) The letter is broken into two specific sections: The "Your False King" sections and the "My Bride" sections. If you read it as Jon, the first thing you will see is the beginning of the letter because that is where your stake in the matter is. Whether or not Stannis Baratheon lives and dies determines the fate of the Night’s Watch. If the “false king” is dead, Ramsay and Roose will inevitably take revenge on them for helping him and their only access to outside food via the Iron Bank is gone. If you read it as Tormund, you would focus on the third and fourth paragraphs as they pertain to the Wildlings the most. Mance is named. Val is mentioned. The spear wives are mentioned. Everything in these paragraphs pertain to the fate of the Wildlings. If Mance is either imprisoned or dead, Tormund is now the highest ranking leader among the Wildlings, save The Weeper and arguably Styr, the Magnar of Thenn. And if Stannis is dead, it’s up the Wildlings to defend themselves if and when the Bolton army comes for them. Now consider who is writing it. Mance is a smart man who was raised in the south and knows what it will take to get someone like Jon Snow, an honor-obsessed idiot, to be pissed off and irrational. Nothing new to discuss here. Stannis is dead, Mance is in jail, the women are dead, etc. SOMEHOW, Ramsay knows about the ceremony at the Wall. You could say that he tortured Mance and the women, but what value is it to say that he knows they lied. Does anyone south of the Wall know that “Mance Rayder" was burned and they covered it up? Does anyone care? Even if he was dead, Tormund would be considered the next “king” by southron standards because of his bloodline and his standing within Mance’s inner circle. That part specifically hints to Mance being the writer because it is intended to be a “gotcha!” moment for Jon where he is supposed to believe Ramsay wrote it because he knows their secret. But does it matter? But given that the Wildlings and the Night’s Watch are working “together” (a very liberal term, I know) and you consider that Mance would know that Tormund would be at Jon’s side when the letter is delivered (I’ll discuss this later) then it stands to reason that they have a “Mance Rayder Master Plan” in the works and this is the signal fire to get the ball rolling. He knows Jon would either consult him on the letter or he would be in the room and Jon would share it because it pertains to both of them. Tormund would have read through it carefully for any codewords or specific phrasings for advice on what to do next. I believe I have decoded what the plan is after checking the way the letter is formatted entirely on what “Ramsay” WANTS, what “Ramsay” DEMANDS, and what “Ramsay” OFFERS. “I WANT my bride back.” “I WANT the false king’s queen.” “I WANT his daughter and his red witch” “I WANT my Reek.” “I WILL have my bride back” “If YOU WANT Mance Rayder back, come and get him.” “Ramsay" is both goading Jon into riding south AND listing demands for Jon in the event that he gives up and surrenders, something Jon Snow would never do. “Ramsay” knows that Jon would die fighting than betray the Baratheon men, who are protected by guest right on top of being the people who saved the Wall. This is where we need to consider Tormund in the whole thing. Tormund and Mance have been close as brothers for years. He is Mance’s most trusted lieutenant. He does so much as the second in command of the Wildling forces, it’s impossible for a “Mance Rayder Master Plan” to not have him as the most important piece. This letter, as said before, is the key to this plan. Whether or not Tormund knows what he wants is unknown, but we do know what he is supposed to do based on Mance’s shopping list. The Mance Rayder Master Plan 1. Fake his death and have a letter delivered to the Wall so both Jon and Tormund read it. 2. Goad Jon Snow into rallying the might of the Wall and/or the Wildlings OR into traveling south to get his sister *Mance cannot know whether Jon will march with an army or go alone so this is a wildcard* 3. Tormund will more than likely be dispatched to gather any missing Wildlings so the Wall will have more reinforcements, a Val has done before which established precedent in Jon trusting Wildlings to go out and find Wildlings *Mance has to assume that Jon would want the Wildlings to help him since they have stake in Mance being a captive. If Jon marches with a Wildling host, there would need to be more Wildlings in Castle Black lest they be betrayed by the Brothers.* 4. The third paragraph is how Mance can rally the Wildlings behind Jon to march south. If they believe he is alive and then provide “proof” via an outside party who could never know unless he extracted the information from the man himself. The Wildlings love Mance and would die for him. If there was ever a way to rally them, it would be to make Jon admit he is alive. 5. Mance’s Shopping List is there for everyone to see if you pay attention: He wants Val. He wants Selyse. He wants Shireen and Melisandre. He wants Theon. Tormund and the Wildlings are tasked with retrieving all of these key pieces to Mance’s plan. Surprisingly, they would have a very easy go of it if they wanted to. Val and Mel are in Castle Black, a castle that Mance has to know will erupt into chaos if their Lord Commander says he intends to march south. Shireen and Selyse are in Eastwatch, an undermanned castle that just lost Cotter Pyke and eleven ships AND currently have a column of mammoths and giants marching toward them since the gate at Castle Black is too small for them to go through. And Theon is a crippled man who can’t exactly run if the Wildlings were to ambush the party he was traveling with. Also don't forget The Weeper has a massive army just lurking around that could strike and overrun a Night's Watch castle at any moment. If Tormund were to escape the incoming chaos at the Wall, I'd assume that is the first place he would go to continue the fight. If Mance wanted to break free of Stannis and the Night’s Watch’s influence over his people, this would be how to do it. Send the Watch into disarray by having Jon either forsake his vows alone or attempt to raise a Wildling army. Gather all of Stannis’ most valuable assets and hold them hostage until their demands are met. And hold Theon, the key to the Iron Islands, hostage. A core theme of A Song of Ice and Fire is that some battles can’t be fought on the battlefield. If Mance knows he is doomed if the Night’s Watch has the Wall and Stannis defending them, why not undermine them by infiltrating their ranks, sow discontent, and then attack when they are too busy bickering with themselves to notice how badly they’ve been played? It also greatly parallels the situation in Winterfell. Multiple plots are being enacted by multiple parties and utter chaos is happening, which ends up undermining every plot in the process. At the Wall, the Night’s Watch is in the middle of a coup that may result in all of the Wildling leaders dying and crippling their leadership while at the same time Mance is attempting to rally them and defeat their enemies. I just thought of this in a half hour after hearing Preston saying he spent so long trying to decode some secret message. I read it and it seems clear as day to me. A bitter man has been defeated and has a plan to get revenge and make his people stronger than ever. Any thoughts if you made it this far?

  • @AmethystEmpressDivineTarot6589

    @AmethystEmpressDivineTarot6589

    3 жыл бұрын

    I like it. And george likes to show how carefully laid plans blow up in our faces. This fits. I've always thought that it made the most semse for it to be from Mance because he is the only one who would want those specific people. Also there is a 2 hr off page meeting between Jon Tormund & Mel AFTER the arrival of the letter. I think that meeting was huge.

  • @blackandredbrian3515

    @blackandredbrian3515

    3 жыл бұрын

    Still believe that Mance is Arthur Dayne and Tormund is Gerald Hightower. The Halfhand was Oswald Whent. Mance and Arthur are Friends and former Kingsguard brothers. If a Tormund was a true Wildling he wouldn’t be able to read, but he grew up near Oldtown. He uses those Hars and jokes to try to disguise himself. Even Ygritte doesn’t believe Mance to be a Wildling. Tormund can definitely read and write! They are brothers to the end! Mance was sad when he learned Jon had killed the Halfhand, and he wasn’t referring to the Nightswatch when he says “He was my brother once”.

  • @laurenzreichelt4911

    @laurenzreichelt4911

    3 жыл бұрын

    This makes sense to me, it‘s not so much „coded“ if you know what to look for, which tormund would

  • @toeray5864
    @toeray58642 жыл бұрын

    This is great! For some reason I always imagined Preston was like 22 years old.

  • @abbyniloingsigh7188
    @abbyniloingsigh71883 жыл бұрын

    I don’t know what I expected him to look like, but it wasn’t this. In the best way possible.

  • @jamesbyrd6636
    @jamesbyrd66363 жыл бұрын

    I remember watching this video not long after you first posted it. It makes me happy you are still here. Please stick around.

  • @zealot360
    @zealot3603 жыл бұрын

    Preston: "It's interesting to go back and watch someones first videos and compare them to now to see how they've evolved" Me: *Goes to "The Dragon Demands" Channel* I'll give one thing to the man, he's consistent.

  • @PBRStreetgang

    @PBRStreetgang

    3 жыл бұрын

    If not persistent.

  • @DanielGalimidi

    @DanielGalimidi

    3 жыл бұрын

    Consistent and monotonous. If you've seen one video of his, you've seen them all. His thesis never changes, ever.

  • @catzilla5855

    @catzilla5855

    3 жыл бұрын

    "we reconcieved the role to make it worthy of the actors talent"

  • @lovablesnowman

    @lovablesnowman

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's the Alex Jones of the fandom

  • @PBRStreetgang

    @PBRStreetgang

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lovablesnowman "Rhaenyra has an army"

  • @VictorThomas
    @VictorThomas3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Preston! It always makes my day when I see a new video of yours!

  • @thisguy8106
    @thisguy81063 жыл бұрын

    I love this. Please do more, Preston!!

  • @shortstuff780
    @shortstuff7803 жыл бұрын

    I've been wanting to re listen to all your Waiting for Winds series.. But you have so many of them! This format is great, and easier to keep track of what I wanted to relisten to. Keep up the great work. You should bring Carmine in as well, have both of y'all theorizing over your original theories

  • @Wyliecoy0te
    @Wyliecoy0te3 жыл бұрын

    You were the first person I heard call it “the pink letter” I didn’t know there was a name. The first time I read the book I assumed Ramsay wrote the letter.

  • @merandalorian
    @merandalorian3 жыл бұрын

    Really fun revisiting this. The Pink Letter and Dorne got me really hooked on your theories

  • @alexturlais8558
    @alexturlais85583 жыл бұрын

    In 6 years we'll see a Preston reacting to Preston reacting to Preston video. We'll still be waiting for WoW.

  • @larson0014
    @larson00143 жыл бұрын

    Been so long without a book we gotta start with the begging all over again!

  • @robbiecotton6827
    @robbiecotton68273 жыл бұрын

    In my mind Preston still looks like sweet robin. On a serious note it’s brilliant to see how far your channels grown from the first video. Keep up the good work and I very much look forward to your future work

  • @fernandostaejak3705
    @fernandostaejak37053 жыл бұрын

    I am your subscriber since 2014 Preston thanks to you and your devotion for the ASOIF i learned english.

  • @Bibo-gj2le
    @Bibo-gj2le3 жыл бұрын

    "head" actually have a third meaning

  • @degotas
    @degotas3 жыл бұрын

    I was a young man. It was 1998 and I had just finished my stint in the Army. I went to the bookstore, new big paperback GOT was released 1 week before ACOK was released. ASOS came out 3 years later. I am now 45. This will never end. In my naïve youth I thought a wheel of time was taking a long time between books...

  • @petertarpenning6645
    @petertarpenning66453 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been following you for years. Your channel has been a beautiful answer to my insomnia. I don’t want to know how the sausage is made.

  • @vorborinov4054
    @vorborinov40543 жыл бұрын

    For the Pink Letter mystery to be unravelled, simply re-read all the segments featuring glamoured Rattleshirt/Lord of Bones a.k.a Mance Rayder in disguise - & compare his language, vocabulary, insults etc. to the Pink Letter. You will be left in no doubt that Mance wrote the Pink Letter. The why of it is also not that difficult - Jon's reaction is the purpose of the Pink Letter, to get Jon Snow away from Castle Black. Why? Because House Bolton are in on a conspiracy to assassinate Jon which was originally ordered by Cersei. The naming of the other personalities in the letter is clearly indicating who else is in danger, Mance has been able to get info/intel on plans to kill Melisandre, Val, Shereen etc. & the Pink Letter is warning them as well.

  • @mark.m4954
    @mark.m49543 жыл бұрын

    I am hypted to rewatch all of Preston's videos after the serie is finished one day to see which of his predictions were were right.

  • @McK9999

    @McK9999

    3 жыл бұрын

    We'll never know at this rate

  • @pj9615

    @pj9615

    3 жыл бұрын

    I hope we all live that long

  • @SELLINGNEWHAVEN
    @SELLINGNEWHAVEN3 жыл бұрын

    This was my door down the rabbit hole. Thanks PJ

  • @emilieg4336
    @emilieg43362 жыл бұрын

    I love these! Please do more!

  • @ThereIsNoLord
    @ThereIsNoLord3 жыл бұрын

    As a fan of these videos, I want to say I appreciate their content more than their movie-effects. Being 16 minutes in, what I understand is that the original video holds us. I already knew that, for once!

  • @janinemfs
    @janinemfs3 жыл бұрын

    Omg I needed this! Thank you

  • @MrPhbahia
    @MrPhbahia3 жыл бұрын

    You keep this fandom alive Preston!

  • @louiswilliamson2191
    @louiswilliamson21913 жыл бұрын

    I remember when the first prepping for winter video came out and I thought there's no way he's gonna get through all these chapters before the book comes out. Never stop Preston. Your channel has been the thing connecting me to this fandom and book series that I love despite the drought. Hopefully we'll get Winds before you have to re-analyse every video you've put out

  • @muat1155
    @muat11553 жыл бұрын

    Hey Preston, been a subscriber since 2015 and I’ve gotta thank you for the hours upon hours of entertainment you’ve given me. I for one welcome these retrospectives on a lot of your work. Since the thousand worlds book club finished, I think you developed a greater understanding of GRRM and helped you interpret ASOIAF. So the older content could do with the tinfoil treatment. I might be on my own here but I’d appreciate any deeper analysis upon GRRM’s other works that you might not have covered yet.

  • @josiewaldron4985
    @josiewaldron49853 жыл бұрын

    I remember your wedding video.. ive been here that long! Love your channel Preston 🙌

  • @colmoe
    @colmoe3 жыл бұрын

    Calling it now, we'll have to go through a "Pink Letter Re:Re:Re:Visited" before the next (legitimate) GRRM update about TWOW

  • @dustin628

    @dustin628

    3 жыл бұрын

    I hope not, but most likely 🤣💀

  • @PBRStreetgang
    @PBRStreetgang Жыл бұрын

    You really should follow up more on your old vids - love to see how thoughts and insights have evolved!

  • @MaesterMushroom
    @MaesterMushroom3 жыл бұрын

    I'm in New job orientation but secretly listening to this..its awesome because there's a really old woman up there talking but Preston's voice is coming out.

  • @gavinfryer347
    @gavinfryer3473 жыл бұрын

    I watch ur vids and haven’t read the books or seen the show mostly just because you make rly good vids. Plus at this point I know pretty much everything that happens and I’m invested.

  • @edwardgaliber
    @edwardgaliber3 жыл бұрын

    AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhh!!!! loving everything you do for us, you sexy hulking redwood of a man. hoping all the other comments are better than this one. Thanks for always making Game of thrones fun and insightful. No one does it quite like you, Mr. Jacobs

  • @andrewprofitt6898
    @andrewprofitt68983 жыл бұрын

    Raid Shadow Legends banned me for reversing a transaction my daughter made. A years worth of grinding. I am still bitter.

  • @dutchpangermanist5673
    @dutchpangermanist56733 жыл бұрын

    "behold his glory!" [insert dick joke] Still one of the best things from any Preston video.

  • @osirisgem
    @osirisgem3 жыл бұрын

    I have been watching your channel since it began see my appendix of snarky comments, but I will say this, you got better, and worse (looking at you Carmine). but the best thing about your videos is the depth, detail and your ability to see connections where I just don't and bring them to light in ways that leave me with more questions. So congratulations, I am still watching,

  • @xellestar
    @xellestar3 жыл бұрын

    this is great! you should do this for all the littlefinger videos and dorne!

  • @prestonnovy9064
    @prestonnovy90643 жыл бұрын

    Great video. You should make a theory video just about Val. There are so many different theories around that center around her be great to know what you think about her

  • @dustin628
    @dustin6283 жыл бұрын

    A face reveal?! And a 30+ min video?! Christmas came early thank you Preston. Love to see it, and love to see your face! You gotta voice for the radio and a face for TV, you should be on all your videos! 🖤🖤

  • @MrFirecasters
    @MrFirecasters3 жыл бұрын

    Mah gawd, Preston with a face cam coming full circle. This is a treat for die-hard fans I'm telling you. Unexpected, but very welcome :)

  • @samsschool3639
    @samsschool3639 Жыл бұрын

    I' so glad you met Carmen from Red Team Review, your discussions are awesome

  • @Katya-on6xv
    @Katya-on6xv3 жыл бұрын

    Christmas came earlier. Thank you Preston!

  • @andrewsievers1
    @andrewsievers13 жыл бұрын

    Preston’s face! Love all your videos man , have viewed and reviewed all of them ! Thanks

  • @rustyshackleford3862
    @rustyshackleford3862 Жыл бұрын

    I forgot about this. I hope your still going to do a part two.

  • @scoobyrds
    @scoobyrds3 жыл бұрын

    Wow i just watched your entire northern/pink letter series this morning!

  • @srkok
    @srkok3 жыл бұрын

    Love your work Preston!

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