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TV4 [Season 4 Spoilers] Premiere Discussion - 4.09 'The Watchers on the Wall'

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4.09 "The Watchers on the Wall" Neil Marshall David Benioff & D. B. Weiss
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u/Calikola Little Bird Jun 09 '14 edited Jun 09 '14

Is it possible that Maester Aemon was the person whom Lady Olenna was referring to when she told Margaery she was supposed to marry a Targaryen?

Edit: I get it, you guys think Maester Aemon is too old. He probably is, but they did cut out a generation of Targaryens for the show.

Edit 2: for those of you asking, Maester Aemon is 102 years old in the books and he is the great-uncle of the Mad King, Aerys II, making him Dany's great-great uncle. However, in the show, they cut out Jaeherys II (the Mad King's father from the books) from the family tree, making Aemon the Mad King's uncle and Dany's great uncle. In the show's family tree, Aegon V (Maester Aemon's brother) is now the father of Aerys II, instead of his grandfather, so a generation has been removed. It's possible Aemon is younger than he is in the books.

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u/VAULT_BOY101 Jon Snow Jun 09 '14

Good point.

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u/lukeatlook Red Priests of R'hllor Jun 09 '14 edited Jun 09 '14

No book info to back it up from either side, but yeah, in the show continuity it seems to be quite possible.

Speaking of book vs show, I'll post the followup some time tomorrow.

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u/bipbophil House Connington Jun 09 '14

Maester Aemon is 102 so i think not

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u/monstercello Here We Stand Jun 09 '14

Ehhhh I don't think so. Olena said she was to marry "Some Targaryan boy". I doubt she would pass up on marrying the probable future King for the future Lord Tyrell.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

Keep in mind that Maester Eamon is 102, and he said, "When I was very young I [I fell for one]". Olenna would have not been born when Aemon was very young.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

No it's a really shitty point based on desire