To begin, I love the book I’m reading, and to a certain degree my friend Nate gave me a bit more info and a stronger defense regarding the “Fire an Blood” formulation, but do I have a better argument now that several different characters across different story lines are using an analogy that involves a pale horse?
Firstly, any Christian or Johnny Cash fan will get the reference to a pale horse, but it does beg the question that can a fantasy world with no Christians also have the same reference to death on a pale horse? I mean I get why Agatha Christie’s Pale Horse novel referenced this equine liturgical analogy, but can a Dragon Queen from Westeros living in Mereen think the same thing when she uses the reference?
Beyond that, should I now think that Jon at the wall who uses the analogy and Melisandre and Bran and Dany all see the same vision and that it shouldn’t be linked in some way. I can understand that Martin might be trying to show some interconnectivity, but why use a Christian verse to do it. Sloppy writing or sloppy reading?
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