G of T

One thing that absolutely blew my mind and I did not see coming was Maester Aemon being a Targaryen. I mean while I was reading the conversation I made my assumptions but before that I would not have guessed that to happen at all. I wonder what this could mean for the rest of the book. Because he is the last living, true dragon. I don't really count Dany as being a full dragon simply because she now seems to give into the Dothraki lifestyle and that is how I see her. She really has grown up so much in the short time that her brother sold her to Khal Drogo. I think when we first met her I had a feeling she would be more than what you would expect. She truly has come to a place of power and accepts it. After the war, when she is going through the ruin and she commands the Dothraki to stop raping the women she really shows the power she holds over them and it hits home with her. These women are being abused when they haven't done anything wrong and I think she somewhat see herself in these women simply because for so long her brother was abusive and terrible to her and she could do nothing to stop him. All of the children in the book have had to grow up so fast, Robb included. Catelyn leaves the Twins and tells Robb they can only cross if all of these marriages are agreed to. Robb takes it like a man, literally, he accepts his fate of having agreed to this marriage to a girl he has no idea of. He knows that in order to have any success in his fight he will have to cross and as an honorable leader he does what needs to be done, he truly is a reflection of his father. I am truly invested in this book and I can't wait to see what happens next. Although if it does end in a cliff-hanger I am going to flip and be so mad. I guess I'll just have to read the other books.