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Old 05-20-2019, 02:41 PM   #5434
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Originally Posted by ThaVirus View Post
I guess I'm just confused as to what exactly Bran is capable of. It's definitelty seemed like he has some inkling as to shit that's gonna go down. What with giving Arya the Valyrian dagger (could have been a coincidence) and especially with the "why do you think I came all this way?" line.

But the real reason I feel like he probably can see the future is that Jojen was also a greenseer, albeit much less powerful than Bran, and that dude didn't ever shut the **** up about stuff he was seeing and knew was gonna happen.
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For several years the rules of the Three Eyed Raven seemed pretty cut and dry. They can view the past and warg in the present but by any account they could not fundamentally alter the past (at least not intentionally; even the Hodor example doesn't really work because Bran becoming the 3 eyed raven didn't will it into existence; it had already occurred well before then) and damn sure couldn't see the future; not in the same sense they can the past anyway.

Yet here we are, with that silly "why do you think I came" line, a complete throwaway, seemingly tossing that whole equation into flux.

Jojen is an interesting comparison because Jojen (being a greenseer) doesn't really have control over what he sees - he's more of a prophecy conduit. Bran's ability to 'see' the future is the same. He had a few vague prophecies (the drowned bodies at Winterfell, the dragon over KL), but we can't really point to anything concrete.

Because seeing old nan 'drown' in a dream is clearly different from what he was able to do with the Three Eyed Raven where he could essentially drop himself any place in history and view it as though he was there. I don't think that's something he can do with the future.

But again - stupid line tossed in there with little regard as to where it fell in the universe of the story and its impact on same. Why? Because I'm pretty sure Benioff and Weiss care less about this series than its more ardent fans do at this point and they thought the line was clever so they used it.
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