The Edgiest Character Cut from Game of Thrones

Hello everyone! Today I'm discussing the coolest and most dangerous and not overly theatrical character #asongoficeandfire, Gerold Dayne. He wasn't in Game of Thrones, but it seems like he'll have an important role in the Winds of Winter.

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Thank you all for watching, I'll be back with more theories next week! Art in the thumbnail is by Bella Bergolts (Darkstar art) and Eddie Mendoza (Starfall art). Character art in this video is by TheMico!

00:00 Crucial Cuts
00:56 Darkness Falls
01:35 Who Is Gerold Dayne?
02:35 Authorial Intent
03:33 The Watcher
04:24 House Dayne
05:17 Darkstar's Next Moves
05:50 Camera That Rides
06:37 Dawn
07:38 Location and Proximity
08:33 A Potential Puppet
09:38 Becoming a Villain
10:36 Dusk

[xtragedgnolf]

- Shows up
- "I am Darkstar, and I am Of the Night"
- Maims child
-Leaves

[HOTD_]

It's so funny that David and Dan's Star Wars project was cancelled before we heard a single thing about it lmao.

[handlethesenutz]

>rolls into the story apropos of nothing
>gets people to start calling him darkstar
>fails to kill a little girl
>flees into the desert
>never heard from again

unfathomably based, lord jerry

[Akiraspin]

>be a Dayne, a legendary house of swordmasters associated with a legendary blade that glows in the dark that only the most worthy can wield
>have an exotic and bizarre streak of black in your otherwise pale hair for no explainable reason
>be so physically attractive that the Princess of Dorne thinks about having your kids
>name yourself 'Darkstar' and claim that you are "of the night."
Are we absolutely *sure* Gerold Dayne isn't a fucking anime character?

[jj]

I think the difference between Gerold and Euron is that we learn about Euron from people that are genuinely scared of him (Asha, Vic, Aeron), while most of the “cool” things about Gerold are said by Gerold

[judeconnor-macintyre]

Holy shit, Darkstar only appears in one chapter. I swear to god he was in two at least.
We give him shit but he is pretty memorable for being in such a small piece of such a large story.

[CrusaderChris]

No one can make me hate you, Gerold, my sweet Sword of the Evening

[breesway]

If Darkstar has 1000 fans I’m one of them. If Darkstar has 1 fan it’s me. If Darkstar has 0 fans it’s because I’m dead.

[tsarcastic]

I heard they filmed all of Darkstar's scenes for the show, but when they went to edit the footage it was all pitch black, completely unusable.

[tkb]

Dark Star is so cool. He taught me how to ollie off of a curb. It is known.

[troperhghar]

Darkstar: I am of the night


Shadow the hedgehog: ... buddy, you need to lighten up

[GreyWasteTim]

"Call me Darkstar."
Dude, your name is basically Jerry. Just a total Grateful Dead reference through and through.

[status_quo_post]

Dorans goals truly are beyond our understanding.

[Captain_Insano_nomercy]

Okay, but let's be honest, Darkstar is an awesome name. That's one of those names that you secretly hope people start calling you, but you probably have to apply it to yourself

[Rebel_Lord_Taron]

Dark stars biggest problem is he is so butthurt that he is not the most famous Dayne and that he does not get to wield Dawn

[mr_yoru]

I think Darkstar is easy to make fun of because other edgy characters like Euron or Daemon have real accomplishments to back up their claims of badassery. Euron, at least, has his creepy crew and a magic horn to suggest that he really has been places few people have been and is genuinely unhinged. Daemon was famed as one of the last great Targaryen warriors to ride a dragon. Darkstar just attacks a little girl and runs away after spouting nonsense about being "of the night" like he's freaking Batman. Maybe if he had done some things to back up the perception GRRM was going for, then he wouldn't come off as a poser.

[Mymmii]

I think a lot of his edginess stems from reading his quotes out of context. I'm not saying he's not an edgelord but the famous "I am of the night" quote is clearly a joke to Myrcella when they were introduced to eachother and Myrcella was being courteous and recognizing the fame of Arthur Dayne and asking whether Gerold was the sword of the morning. I mean it's not like he is barging in to conversations with his epic one-liners.

[oofwa]

"smash that like button like you're darkstar and its an unarmed 10 year old girl" is so wild i had to give it a like

[mario]

Darkstar is an anime character that was born into the ASOIF world.

[sheagaming]

Idk how to explain this but Gerold has to tell everyone how cool he is, while Euron shows it! Also someone else said we don’t have 3 different POVs whose internal monologue expresses how scared they are of Darkstar. Also there’s no Darkstar “Forsaken” chapter as of yet. All bro has done is cut off a little girl’s ear and talk about how cool he is