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Boaz · 8th February 2006, 04:55 PM

After having a few months to digest AFFC, I wanted to bring this up.

After ASOS, Martin was originally planning on jumping forward five years with the story, correct? But then he decided to go ahead and fill in the gap. Soooooo, if AFFC and ADWD were not gap fillers, then what would we be reading now? Fast forward four years and what plot lines would have been seriously advanced or resolved and who would be dead?

For instance, I think Brienne would still be alive if he'd not filled in the gap, so I am going to assume that she's going to survive her encounter with Stoneheart.

Also, Tommen would still be on throne in four years, so I cannot picture Margaery suffering too much from the Sparrows. In fact, Tommen would be 13 or 14 years old in four years, so I don't expect he and Margaery to be "virgins" then.

I do expect, Lancel, Victarion, Damphair, Doran, Taena, Mance, Jojen, Edmure, Pycelle, Jeyne Westerling, Grenn, Daario, Bronze Yohn, Falyse, Jorah, and Thoros to be dead in four years.

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Boaz Hodor. Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,204	Re: AFFC - afterthoughts After having a few months to digest AFFC, I wanted to bring this up. After ASOS, Martin was originally planning on jumping forward five years with the story, correct? But then he decided to go ahead and fill in the gap. Soooooo, if AFFC and ADWD were not gap fillers, then what would we be reading now? Fast forward four years and what plot lines would have been seriously advanced or resolved and who would be dead? For instance, I think Brienne would still be alive if he'd not filled in the gap, so I am going to assume that she's going to survive her encounter with Stoneheart. Also, Tommen would still be on throne in four years, so I cannot picture Margaery suffering too much from the Sparrows. In fact, Tommen would be 13 or 14 years old in four years, so I don't expect he and Margaery to be "virgins" then. I do expect, Lancel, Victarion, Damphair, Doran, Taena, Mance, Jojen, Edmure, Pycelle, Jeyne Westerling, Grenn, Daario, Bronze Yohn, Falyse, Jorah, and Thoros to be dead in four years.