05-31-2016, 11:30 AM
(05-31-2016, 09:21 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: In the behind the episode, they referred to him as "Benjen Coldhands".
The thing with what GRRM said is that we don't know if we can trust it. It was written on the margins of an original draft of one of the books, but he could have just been trying to keep that a secret until it was revealed.
It also could just be what you said, a mix of Benjen and Coldhands, hence "Benjen Coldhands".
its very likely the show writters had to make coldhands benjen to avoid introducing a new character at this point that no one would understand if they haven't read the books. its possible that it was never benjen in martins mind in the books.
Even though Benjen was the most logical choice overall from a readers standpoint but not many clues were ever given it was all assumption.
If it is benjen how does one become a wraith and not at the same time. Could have help from the children of the forrest.
Coldhands seemed like it should be something older than benjen (whos only been missing about 3 years)
