#florian the fool

[buckbuckley]

Day 4: Costumes

[atopvisenyashill]

"When you're old enough, I will make you a match with a high lord who's worthy of you, someone brave and gentle and strong."

[a-1998s-werewolf]

"all men are fools, and all men are knights..." ['akotsk' ; s1/ep2]

[iceywolf24]

Bran: Is this one of those kissing stories? Ugh Boo! Bleugh!

Also, Bran: Yes, my favourite heroes are the romantic heroes, Aemon the dragonknight and florian the fool, what of it.

[queen-of-andor]

I hate that we find out about Easy on the same chapter he dies.

What do you mean there is a black brother believing he's the Florian the Fool reborn? I wanted to see more of him!! Did he talk about his supposed former life to his fellow brothers? Did he try to give the younger NW members ( aka Jon and his friends) love advice by recalling his romance with Jonquil? Sam would be sympathetic towards him (bless his kind soul) and Jon pissed off with all the talk about romantic love (but maybe all this talk about Florian the Fool would remind him that Robb used to play that hero when they were kids) and Dolorous Edd would somehow vibe with Easy.

Also, it's a crime Easy never got to meet Sansa aka the number 1 fangirl of Florian and Jonquil! They could easily become besties.

[horizon-verizon]

Jonquil Tower is a symbol of romantic love. Caraxes cry smahing all windows is a symbol of broken heart of Daemon.

That's intentionally written to be romantic, as if it were Daemon himself screaming at her leaving.

I know we can find other explanations but this one is simplest and most likely. Why would George add all these details if didn't intend us to think about romance?

And especially if all other clues fit together to a romantic picture?

Singers compared the sudden marriage of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen and Queen Alysanne Targaryen to the great romance of Jonquil and Florian the Fool.

Florian the Fool saw Jonquil at a pool of water where she and her sisters were bathing and she fell in love with him. The site of their story and their love is a pool, not a tower. In the town of Maidenpool, there is a bathhouse called Jonquil's Pool. The tower is called Jonquil's Tower only because the entire town is dedicated to her, but the traditional and object of love symbolism is a pool of water. If GRRM wanted this to be a romantic thing, he could have chosen a much better location.

Finally, there is much too much reason more for me to believe that they didn't have an affair than this one small, easily argued-against detail, which loses its already infinitesimal significance after considering all the arguments against DawmonxNettles before the Jonquil Tower bit. I already gave a link about it, by darklinaforever, who compiled a list by several bloggers.

[kellyvela]

Sansa Stark - Love songs & Chivalric stories: Florian and Jonquil.

"I love him, Father, I truly truly do, I love him as much as. . . Jonquil loved Ser Florian. I want to be his queen and have his babies." —A Game of Thrones - Sansa III

She pulled a chair close to the hearth, took down one of her favorite books, and lost herself in the stories of Florian and Jonquil. . . —A Game of Thrones - Sansa IV

The songs about Florian and Jonquil were her very favorites. —A Clash of Kings - Sansa II

She called for the heroes from the songs, for Florian. . . but no one heard. —A Clash of Kings - Sansa IV

He sang of Jonquil and Florian. . . They were beautiful songs, but terribly sad. Several of the women began to weep, and Sansa felt her own eyes growing moist. —A Clash of Kings - Sansa VI

. . . He sang of . . . of fair Jonquil and her fool. . . —A Feast for Crows - Sansa I

[fedonciadale]

Didn't Florian slay a Giant ? Jon beheading Littlefinger

Hi there!

We know very little about Florian. If I remember correctly we know that he saw Jonquil and her sisters in a pool at Maidenpool and the puppeteer's play in the Hedge Knight implies that a dragon is involved in the story and that Florian slays a dragon. I must admit that I don't remember a giant and I didn't find one when I searched.

Maybe the Jonsa fam can help?

Thanks!