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13th Mar '13 1:03:55 PM yumny

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10th Jan '13 2:00:17 AM SeptimusHeap

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Splitting Saving The World

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In part, the song relates to the series tending to subvert BeautyEqualsGoodness, but as the examples show, it's a bit more complicated than that.

"What Is Dead May Never Die, But Rises Again, Harder and Stronger: A Possible Link Between the Drowned God and the Others" (By Prakkari)

I was re-reading the series, when I noticed a link. This writing may belong in the WMG section, but I think this has enough credence to it to be in the Analysis Section. 
The Ironmen worship the Drowned God. Well and good. Their phrase, or at least an important tenant of their faith, the quote that provides the title for this small, unscholarly amalgamation of thoughts. At first I thought it was just a reference to the Cthulu mythos, but then I was struck by an idea.
With the exception of the Wildlings and the Dothraki, nobody loves killing and plundering more than the Greyjoys and Ironborn as a whole. Its the entirety of their culture. They are easily the most militaristic and (figuratively and literally) AxeCrazy of all the great houses of the Seven Kingdoms. What if their faith in the Drowned God resurrecting them 'harder and stronger' is a reference, perhaps long forgotten, perhaps not, to the creation of wights? And, even more disturbingly, what if the ironborn of old, during the Long Night, would DELIBERATELY kill themselves via drowning in order to come back as wights? We don't know exactly how wights are made, there is some evidence to suggest that it is simply an area-of-effect sort of thing that comes from dying north of the wall or in proximity to the Others. While the Iron Islands are safely behind the wall in the current time, it bears repeating that the range of the Others was vastly increased during the fabled long night, and is the only thing that makes this theory even workable.
 Killing yourself so that you could come back as a nearly unstoppable death machine that can (As has been demonstrated in text) survive decapitation, dismemberment and impalement and who's only substantial weakness seems to be fire, seems like a good deal. Of course there is always that pesky question of free-will, but that doesn't seem like a sticking point that most ironborn would care about...
These are just 2am ramblings, but I am interested in your thoughts on this matter, fellow tropers. Thank you very much for reading!

7th Jun '12 9:18:42 AM Catbert

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This story used third person limited narration, not first person. Therefore, character as not narrators, but POV characters. Also, never use first person when you are writing an article on this wiki

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Rape Is Love to Victim Falls For Rapist per the rape tropes Special Efforts thread

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