ASOIAF / Game of Thrones (SPOILERS INSIDE)

[holahouze]

Originally Posted by Rararboker [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My guess on mel is that everything she has done in stannis' service has been to get her to her real goal, whatever that is, with jon snow. None of it was her making mistakes or misreading anything. All of the "failures" are just necessary steps to get her to what she saw in the fire. Which explains why she didn't even seem sincere the first time we saw her in the series when she was talking about stannis being the Lord of light.

That's a pretty forgiving view of Mel. If we accept Jon is to be Azor Ahai Reborn, I think her viewing Stannis in her flames was meant to lead her to Jon, but look at the hash she's made of that vision so far. There are other visions she seems to choose to ignore because they don't fit what she wants to happen. Her King's blood/blood magic moves are total manure, which really chaps my cheeks.

Rather than continue to rag on her, I'll just say if she interpreted her dreams correctly 100% of the time, GRRM's story would be shorter and lesser. Its part of what makes his writing interesting - characters are complicated, flawed, lovable and detestable. I happen to really like Davos. He's a smart, brave, dependable character, and since he is a POV and distrusts Mel, I do too.

BTW, at no time in my readings did i get the impression that Mel did not sincerely believe Stannis was Azor Ahai. Help me, because I don't know where the story tells us otherwise.