Also because White Walkers is more distinct when spoken then Others is, except for those rare people who can clearly and convincingly pronounce capital letters.
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Also because White Walkers is more distinct when spoken then Others is, except for those rare people who can clearly and convincingly pronounce capital letters.
To be fair, White Walkers makes more sense in context anyway given their appearance, the Other is usually only used in context to what is presumably the driving force, the proverbial Boss, behind the White Walkers, if R'hllor is to be believed. Though if Melisandre is to be believed..then Bran and Bloodraven are servants, if unwitting ones at best, of the great Other also, though given even within her religion the "Azor Ahai" legend is disputed as to who it refers to, i.e. either Jon Snow, Stannis or Daenerys, since all 3 are candidates for various reasons, some better than the rest, it stands to reason that not everything we know about anything in the world is clear cut, so the White Walkers might as well be the good guys, considering that, while they do attack and kill indiscriminately, 5 books in they havent really killed all that many people, let alone actually crossed the Wall proper, so may just be that they kill anything that invades their lands..and whereever winter is harsh, its their land (odd logic i know).
They havent so far been proven to be this nasty threat they have been made out to be, nor done anything that could be considered a direct declaration of war against the seven kingdoms to the south. In any case, white walker invasions, if they happen would be interesting, at least there should be, unless there already is, a event which fires during the later startdates, i.e. anything after Ned's Death and while Jon is still living that forces the whole mass evacuation of the wildlings to the wall, maybe even making all the provinces to the north ruins in turn, or white walker held if they do eventually come south in force.
They havent so far been proven to be this nasty threat they have been made out to be, nor done anything that could be considered a direct declaration of war against the seven kingdoms to the south. In any case, white walker invasions, if they happen would be interesting, at least there should be, unless there already is, a event which fires during the later startdates, i.e. anything after Ned's Death and while Jon is still living that forces the whole mass evacuation of the wildlings to the wall, maybe even making all the provinces to the north ruins in turn, or white walker held if they do eventually come south in force.
yea like I wouldn't call the slaughter of the NW at the Fist "not really killing all that many people"
but I do agree with the 2nd paragraph (well, except for the bit about not being the nasty threat - I personally just think that it's because winter JUST set in at the end of ADWD.) An event like that would make the Night's Watch so much more interesting to paly
yea like I wouldn't call the slaughter of the NW at the Fist "not really killing all that many people"
That slaughter? That wasnt many people. At the start of the series, the Night's Watch has what, at best 300 soldiers? At least a few dozen being trainee's and otherwise combat-incapable members? Compared to what threat they supposedly are, their actions are very bad at implying they are a threat. So far, more people have died in the war of five kings than from the white walkers or their wights since they were introduced, and that means all the scenes and excerpts where they actually play a role. You could argue "oh well they kill like 2000 people daily beyond the wall", but by that same logic, Tywin is eating 5 babies, drowns 10 kittens and kicks 4 puppies everytime he is not in a scene, so yeah from whats been shown of them, in the books and show, they arent really dangerous, no more than any other human being south of the wall.