When Does She Tell Jon Snow He Knows Nothing?
Anyone else see the trailer for Pixar’s new movie Brave and think it could be a prequel for the Game of Thonres/ASoIaF characte Ygritte? Like, this is what happens before her character shows up in Storm of Swords and Clash of Kings and meets Jon Snow and… well, you know? If so, would that make Brave the most depressing Pixar movie by default? And even if you didn’t make the comparison before, will you ever be able to think of Brave again without thinking of Ygritte? No? Well, then I’ve done my job.
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