Hey my friend and I both love your blog and theories, since my friend doesn't have a blog she wanted me to ask what the possibilities that Jaime is azor Ahai is? We disagree on this a lot (I'm one k
Ah sorry that message sent before I finished it! We disagree on this a lot (I’m one of those Jon and Dany are Azor Ahai people)
I’m one of those people too, so I’m really not the best to ask about theories I strongly disagree with. (And that IMO anyone with any sense would disagree with, lol.)
But I’ve gotten questions about this before, so I think I know the context for these arguments. Most are based on the entirely crack Norse mythology theories, that say that since Tyr One-Handed is the savior of mankind in Ragnarok, and Jaime has one hand, that means Jaime is a Tyr-equivalent and thus Azor Ahai. This of course is entirely baseless because it makes the giant leap that ASOIAF is based on Norse mythology (not true) and the War for the Dawn is Ragnarok (also not true). The theorist follows it up with more circular logic, that because Azor Ahai killed his wife Nissa Nissa, and Jaime will kill Cersei, that means Jaime is Azor Ahai. Never mind the fact that many people in ASOIAF have killed or will kill their lovers, never mind that Jaime’s certainly not the only one-handed man in ASOIAF, never mind that Azor Ahai has nothing to do with having one hand. It’s just bullshit, piled higher and deeper.
These are the actual qualifications of Azor Ahai Reborn and/or the Prince that Was Promised, according to the books, which are the only things that count:
being of Targaryen descent (per Maester Aemon explaining why Melisandre thinks it’s Stannis), or more specifically from the line of Aerys and Rhaella (per the Ghost of High Heart)
“born amidst salt and smoke”
heralded by a “bleeding star” or appearing “after a long summer when the stars bleed and the cold breath of darkness falls heavy on the world”
will “wake dragons out of stone”
forges Lightbringer, the Red Sword of Heroes
possibly through the sacrifice of their lover, or through drawing it from the fire
“his is the song of ice and fire” (PTWP only)
“the dragon has three heads” (PTWP only)
Who does that fit? Why, Daenerys Targaryen, daughter of Aerys and Rhaella, born on the volcanic island of Dragonstone, who killed her husband Drogo, and at his funeral pyre woke dragons from fossilized eggs on the night the red comet appeared for the first time. Jon might fit re salt and smoke and maybe a bleeding star (and of course being of the line of Aerys and Rhaella, through his father Rhaegar), but so far he’s got nothing to do with dragons, certainly not waking any from stone. Though there may be further qualifications, especially for the Prince, that Jon does fit (and Melisandre’s R’hllor-visions keep pointing at him when she asks to see Azor Ahai), so that’s why I include him along with Dany, why I say they’re both Azor Ahai and the Prince that was Promised, because the dragon must have three heads.
But there’s nothing in Jaime’s life whatsoever that matches any of the above. Hope that helps!
