So you know, "gaoler" is the British spelling of "jailer" and it's said the same way. I ran into this while reading "Dancers at the End of Time" and looked it up 👍

@ExploringFiction

7 ай бұрын

I honestly had no idea. Never would've thought that. Thanks!

I don't believe Varys is honest about his youth in Lys... Why did the sorcerer want him so badly that he made Varys's master an offer he couldn't refuse? I mean, there's probably thousands of orphan boys running the streets of Lys this sorcerer could've used for free... Why Varys? Because he's a Blackfyre and there's power in kings blood. Young Griff is likely to be his nephew or cousin or some family relationship and that's his goal is to get a Blackfyre on the throne. He lies when he says he's a servant of the realm, he's got one goal that motivates him and that's Aegon/Young Griff.

@cars81434

6 ай бұрын

I like a theory where Varys and Serra are like siblings that live in Lys but got separated as kids. Serra becoming a prostitute and Varys having to go on his young life alone or that they both needed to work in order to survive. Then stuff happens and more so with Illyrio in the fray and met Serra that he falls for her. Everyone is living decently well off but maybe a plan starts to form either some years before or after Serra died. Their plans of reinstating a Blackfyre on the Iron throne with Young Griff.

Not including young griff into the show made varys storyline so pointless. Blackfire ✊

@eurongreyjoy1008

7 ай бұрын

true

@ScarlitWidow

7 ай бұрын

A lot of things that were left out made many plotlines pointless. 🤦🏼‍♀️

@guardduvie

7 ай бұрын

@@ScarlitWidow The first omission that really derailed things was Lady Stoneheart.

@Pooki2024

6 ай бұрын

*blackfyre

@ScarlitWidow

6 ай бұрын

@@Pooki2024 indeed! That's what I get for being a listener and not a reader. Thank you!

Another great character commentary! I have to say, I liked Varys in the show. But, once I read the books, my perceptions slowly changed. It seems to me that he has caused more chaos than his supposed quest for peace. It doesn't make sense that he wants peace for the realm yet he helped Aerys at every turn. If peace is really what he wanted, he could've helped Rhaegar instead. (I also don't believe young Griff is the real Aegon). Thank you again for your great videos! I very much enjoy them and look forward to them!

@ExploringFiction

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching once again!

Happy Holidays! I'm digging your content - keep it comin'! 😃

@ExploringFiction

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much and same to you!

Those secret passages could've been used by Arya using her faces 2 kill Cersei before the 🔔 bells rang! This is such an abandoned plotline from S8!

Wonderful 😢❤

Great video.

@ExploringFiction

7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

I wonder if he was bald before the operation or after?

Good narration

@ExploringFiction

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

i want to meet varys

do you think varys' character could be inspired by thufir hawat from dune?

@nicokrasnow1851

7 ай бұрын

Maybe, I was about to say that he's closer to Piter de Vries, but the twisted mentat fits more with Littlefinger, so we could see as a Hawat-ish figure. I definetly see Danaerys and Bran as two halves of the Kwisazt Haderach journey

I hated how Varys was burned 2 death but Dany told him that if he betrayed her she'd burned him alive! So she should've burned Tyrion 2!

@ExploringFiction

6 ай бұрын

Yeah Varys was one of the most poorly handled characters in S8, and that's saying something.

Pretty sure Dany is Aegon's aunt, not cousin.

@ExploringFiction

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, looks like I might've just made a slip-up there

Cersi is Lancels cousin, not his sister

@ExploringFiction

6 ай бұрын

The wording there was a bit off. By "his" sister, I was referring to Tyrion, but like I said, worded a bit awkwardly.

Little mice 😂

@alexmarkadonis7179

6 ай бұрын

Yes. Varys called his informants mice prior to coming to King's Landing. Once in King's Landing, he started calling them birds.