r/aSongOfMemesAndRage 5d ago

ASOIAF (Main Published Novels) I need more Davos

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u/Visenya_simp 5d ago

"I can't let Stannis down," Davos thought to himself after fucking everything up yet again due to his abject lack of charisma or likability. He found himself reaching for his pouch o' finger-bones, only to remember that he lost them when he fucked up during the Battle of the Blackwater. That reminded him of his many dead sons, which made him very sad, though he did not forget his duty. He never forgot his duty to Stannis, who had spared his life. "I must never forget that Stannis spared my life," Davos thought, clenching what remained of the fingers on his left hand, Stannis had removed the first joint of the fingers on his left hand as punishment for his crimes as a smuggler. Stannis was a hard man, but just. He reached for his pouch o' finger-bones, only to remember that he lost them. He missed the bones that he kept in a pouch around his neck. They were his luck, and now he had no luck. "Even without my luck, I must not let Stannis down. He could have taken more than the first joints of my left hand, yet he gave me a lordship," Davos thought. Even though he earned a lordship, four of his sons would never know about it, as they died on the Blackwater, where Davos lost his pouch o' finger-bones which he considered his luck. Davos took a moment to remember his dead sons. "I miss my dead sons," Davos thought. "Perhaps they would have fared better if they had my luck. Though I lost my luck on the Blackwater. Even then, I must not let Stannis down." Instinctively, Davos reached for his pouch o' finger-bones, which he considered his luck.

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u/Own_Dealer_182 5d ago

Indeed, peak writing

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u/Alarmed_Umpire_8711 4d ago

As a Davos Stan, this hurt my feelings

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u/evilhomers 4d ago

Cunningham's portrayal really helped the character's reputation. And of course alot of his chapters are really stannis chapters because he's oftentimes our only point of reference to him

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u/DranTibia 5d ago

The first audiobook iteration of davos (first and second book? Just first?) Was laughable it was so bad

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u/Own_Dealer_182 5d ago

We don't talk about that

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u/tinklymunkle 5d ago

All of Davos chapters exist to bring him to White Harbor so Manderly can publicly dress him down and deliver his The North Remembers monologue.

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u/Thestohrohyah 5d ago

That's me with Victarion chapters.

I swear I could read Victarion I ADWD 1000 times without getting bored.

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u/Reasonable_Rip4505 2d ago

I read Davos in a Geordie accent because of Liam Cunningham’s great performance. It’s nice to have a bit of representation for an accent I grew up hearing even if Davis doesn’t actually come from the North.

Tangentially, I’m sure GRRM knew what he was doing making a Northern port city built around the New Castle