Benjen is the obvious choice, but he's partly the obvious choice because, well, there are no other obvious choices that would be as meaningful.
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I've heard other people suggest he is the Nights King, and I'm somewhat inclined to agree, although Benjen is a likely option. I actually think we'll see Benjen Stark in the next book--I'm pretty sure he's the one that left the dragonglass at the Fist of the First Men.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostWhy would there be? Geothermal heating seems sufficient to explain the hot water.
That said, there's only a small-ish positive reason to assume there is or was one: the visual impressions of the burning ruins of Winterfell as seen through the eyes of Summer the direwolf mention a winged snake, but who knows what that could mean.
(rantasy is also a good word but not the one I was looking for).
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Originally posted by Guynemer View PostIIRC, they poured broth and whatnot down his throat.
Medically... less than plausible. But, it is a fantasy novel."I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!
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Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostWhy would a fall cause you to become comatose in the first place? Wouldn't that imply severe brain damage? He didn't fall on his head."I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!
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Originally posted by Guynemer View PostBenjen is the obvious choice, but he's partly the obvious choice because, well, there are no other obvious choices that would be as meaningful.Spoiler:Can't be him. Bran surely would have recognized him.Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.-Isaiah 41:10
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made - Psalms 139.14a
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Originally posted by Nikolai View PostSpoiler:Can't be him. Bran surely would have recognized him.Spoiler:Coldhands never has shown his face“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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Uh, yes. Why?
Originally posted by Dr Strangelove View PostHe fell backwards from a height that looked to be about 2 stories and landed on his back. Such a fall could easily have resulted in brain contusions. Since his legs don't work but his arms do he apparently also sustained an injury to his spinal cord in the thoracic area.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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It depends upon the cause and the treatment. In Bran Stark's case it's possible that there may have been some self-limited intracranial bleeding and / or cerebral swelling that subsided over time and allowed cerebral function to resume. My point was that without fluid intake his circulating volume would have decreased, his kidneys would have shut down and he would have died from the effects of hypovolemia and the accumulation of toxins."I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!
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Leaches are used today to remove blood from people with certain conditions (haemachromatosis for one). We also use other invertebrates to remove necrotic flesh from wounds on occasion. It works out as much cheaper than other options, because it is so quick compared to surgery etc.You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.
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A quick google search gives answers of three weeks to a month to starve to death if you are hydrated. It's not like Bran was burning very many calories from normal activity and the broth and sugar water should have helped if they could get him to swallow it. They do mention that he was extremely frail and skinny when he woke up so starvation wasn't ignored.
So I suppose the question is can you keep an unconscious person hydrated and psuedo fed after a fashion. Can yiu trigger swallowing reflexes without choking them? Would that even happen if you are in a comma? I have no idea."The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.
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