Timeline for Is Bran literally the world's memory?
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Apr 24, 2019 at 7:47 | comment | added | GordonBennett | @BruceWayne step 2 might be burn all the libraries? | |
Apr 23, 2019 at 15:49 | comment | added | anaximander | @BruceWayne The difference between the Citadel and Bran's ability is basically the difference between having a history textbook and having a time machine and a video camera. Not everything that happens is written down; not everything that is written is written accurately or completely, and not all written records are kept, or survive without being lost or destroyed. | |
Apr 23, 2019 at 14:25 | comment | added | Bradley Uffner | @BruceWayne Bran's ability also seems to include an "instant index". While both the Citadel and Bran may have access to the same information, Bran can quickly jump to it, while it could potentially take days or even weeks, plus a huge amount of man power to find the right information in the Citadel's collection. | |
Apr 23, 2019 at 9:43 | comment | added | Flater | @BruceWayne: A picture says more than a thousand words. The citadel may contain a lot of the most precious information, but it doesn't know everything, especially not information that would be discarded as pointless. E.g. on which of his birthdays did Ned Stark sneeze? Bran could find out. The citadel doesn''t. And as Jon's heritage shows, even the most trivial things (one particular marrage that ended almost immediately after it started due to both partners dying) can have a vast impact on the world. | |
Apr 23, 2019 at 9:31 | comment | added | Tiago Cardoso | Well, isn't the history always written by the victors? That could be one of the reasons. As the quoted Time article Joachim mentions in his answer, Bran's version is always unbiased. | |
Apr 23, 2019 at 6:52 | comment | added | BruceWayne | I agree - but now wonder, what's then the difference in his memory and what's stored at the Citadel? It seems to be, basically, the world's library. So is Bran's memory somehow different than the information stored at the Citadel? Or perhaps Bran's memory is a "complete" memory and the Citadel is just what's been written down? | |
Apr 22, 2019 at 14:40 | vote | accept | Gustavo Gabriel | ||
Apr 22, 2019 at 13:53 | history | answered | DKu | CC BY-SA 4.0 |