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Originally Posted by MIDNIGHT  Or 1 word, but Boaz is right as usual on the rest. I'm cool with Aegon being alive because its kinda open ended. No direct POV regarding his death, only hearsay. |
It would also completely undermine everything that GRRM has written to this point. Why spend so many thousands of pages building up these elaborate characters and situations only to suddenly say, "TA-DA! HERE'S YOUR SAVIOR!"? Let's break it down:
1) Tons of people have died in this book and most of the deaths we learn of through hearsay. It's not a good enough reason for him to come back.
2) As far as I know, there hasn't been a single hint *in the books* about Aegon still being alive. By contrast, there are tons of hints about R + L = J and tons of hints about Renly and Loras having the hots for each other. You can believe these things because GRRM lays the groundwork. The only groundwork for Aegon being alive is some comment he made at some Q & A session. It doesn't count. He has to support it in the books which he has failed to do unless I'm just completely blind to every hint he's made on the subject.
Aegon is dead. Fortunately, I think the people who are still alive in the series can handle things on their own. Just say no to
deus ex machinas!