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723794, RE: I had an inkling of something when he first saw Sansa...
Posted by Numba_33, Mon Jul-31-17 12:08 PM
>and displayed no emotion whatsoever. That was reinforced in
>the scene by the weirwood tree.
>
>At this point, I think Bran is suffering from some sort of
>PTSD... lack of emotion may be what he needed to adopt to
>maintain his sanity from seeing all the presumably absurd shit
>that he sees on the regular. In other words, to do his job,
>he needs to divest himself from being emotionally attached to
>what he's watching.

This reminds me of the detachment Dr. Manhattan from The Watchmen had because of his power to traverse through time, and I suppose it makes sense since what is happening in the present is of little consequence to him.