Quote Originally Posted by jackvance View Post
He's obviously going through puberty now, very telling too when he suddenly looked so much older in his dreams. Doubtful he's going to die because he has his own storyline (sadly). I hoped the writer would atleast take into account that he's ageing. A substancial amount of time passes, for example Danni gave birth to her stillborn, so that was 9 months passing in the story already.
I think the reason we're not seeing much of Rickon is because he's more important later, and if we saw a bit of him now, how much he ages would look really awkward.

Bran's story doesn't necessarily stop with him, it stops with Rickon, or something. IIRC Rickon saw his father in the tombs. He's got dat premonition too. My guess is it's of a more sinister variety than Bran and Jojen. If I was writing this, I would certainly make Rickon one of the most evil characters possible, he just doesn't know it yet. Of course the reason I'd do that is because every time he's mentioned, it's always with something creepy and dark: standing in the shadows while his mother ignores him, hanging with his scary ass dog in the crypt where he has visions of his father die. Granted, if Rickon does struggle with the Night and its Terror, I would think Bran would still have to be living to contrast him. Unless he kills Bran in the process of becoming a major player, which I love but I doubt will be the direction of the Stark family. However, it could be since Snow (and hey, maybe even Theon) will be sure to keep the Stark name good

All in all, I keep trying to find a way to seep into the meaning of the dire wolves. It can't be a coincidence that Ghost is a bright white color and Shaggy Dog is dark black and every time he's been prominent in the scene its when he's growling and barking


Can we talk about children of the forest? They've been mentioned directly in the show right, not just in the extras about backstory?