Well, she'd actually be his aunt. But that should be even less of a problem.
All this is assuming he comes back. That damn book better come out before next season.
Sorry, but Jon has already proven he is not immune to fire. If you recall he burned his hand as part of the NW.
Arya? I have no idea where her story ends up.
Rikkon? Honestly who cares. He's been out of the picture so long, if they try to reintroduce him and give him some sort of "Hey! This is what I've been doing and now I'm powerful" or something like that filler story... I'll stop reading.
Hound vs Mountain in a deathmatch to end all deathmatches. That's all that matters at this point. I think Arya has something to do with this somehow too?
The Hound HAS to square off against zombie Gregor at some point. If that doesn't go down the rest of the series is a flop no matter what else happens. Maybe eventually things align that Cersei's faction is the biggest threat to Jon's, Sandor comes out of hiding to take on Gregor and after an epic fight Gregor wins. Then Arya assassinates Gregor (or Cersei or Qyburn or whoever is controlling Gregor) to avenge Sandor and save Jon.
The Hound HAS to square off against zombie Gregor at some point.
Not even sure he's making some of that up, but seems he's getting material from somewhere.
Where there books outside that I know nothing about ?
That or I just forget the side stories.
It all sounds valid.
Is there some Silmarillion version of Game of Thrones like Lord of the Rings I'm not aware of, or has he really dissected the books that much ?
There was a scene between Melissandre and Thoros in the show that supposedly doesn't take place in the books. Melisandre meets the Brotherhood without Banners and finds out that Thoros resurrected Berric six times. She claims that he should not have that sort of power and Thoros says he has no power. He just asks and R'hllor chooses whether or not to grant new life to Berric. To me it's safe to say that scene was added for a reason, they wouldn't create it out of thin air if something important isn't said/done. While Melisandre may or may not resurrect Jon that single conversation seems to foreshadow that she could if she merely asked and R'hllor approved.
I haven't read it yet, but the recently released World of Ice and Fire book has a lot of info. Also there is some stuff in the Dunk and Egg novellas, which I also haven't read...
I have a pet theory of Rickon. We know a few things.
"When Davos asks where Rickon is Wex throws his dagger onto a sheepskin map adorning the wall. To Davos's horror it strikes Skagos. Davos is left with no choice but to head to the infamous island to retrieve Rickon Stark."
He is 4, maybe 5 and has Shaggydog with him. After winter hits and passes, because the story has to wind up after the winter is over, he could be as old as 14-15(thinking 6-7year winter plus a couple years for crop and civilization recovery/armies travel on their stomachs). Basically the same age as Robb was when he led the armies. In the books, because there is no way the TV show has time to go this path, we could see him leading the ground forces after winter is over. Maybe being the King of the North.
I'm not sure the North is likely to rally after an undead bastard Jon Snow.
I have that book and haven't gotten too far into it but it seems like there's a TON of in-depth info not in the other books.
If Rickon becomes the protagonist, I quit.
You can't just have somebody missing for 8,000 pages and then have him show up and be like "Oh yeah, I'm here to kick some ass now"
Gloating about getting someone getting an infraction is also one from my past experience, but why pursue it.
He doesn't have to be THE protagonist, any more than Sansa is for example, but I still think he's the most likely character for the North to unite under...maybe. Perhaps he just eats Davos instead.