SovereignOfHeaven

That was only at the start. The last important thing was in the Stag and the Dragon chapter

It's in general, not necessarily the opposite gender

oki bye bye

He's levelling the second discipline skirmisher, so it can go above 100.

Oh fair enough

First of all, I'm not fixated on her, it's just how the story developed. Breaking his bethrothal (which he didn't choose) would mean shooting himself in the foot and strain relations with the North. Besides that, Edric doesn't have romantic feelings for her and is making the best of the situation. As for the legal women in question, who? Margaery, Sansa, Daenerys and most of the unmarried ladies are all under 18. It would be a better case but still fall under that umbrella. There is Arianne but she has a promiscuous past so it's a pick your poison situation. In an ideal world, Arya would be his age but ASOIAF is not an ideal world. Mr George planned a timeskip (a timeskip that never happened) which is why everyone is so young in general. You think I like Edric running around at the physical age of 10-11, winning wars? Newsflash, I don't. I originally didn't want to warp reality to make everyone older and stayed true to the source material so here we are.

No, I specifically chose the puppet

Probably. Also, no, it's because of the Transcendent Being setting those conditions for him

1) Imagine the chaos that would cause. At this point, he accepted his role and his main goal is beating the Night King. He isn't really focused on anything past that as there's no point if he loses. 2) She's still a ghost because he hasn't fulfilled all the requirements to get her a physical body.

Did you read anything I wrote? Man is just yapping to yap. Sigh... why I don't bother with you lot. If you can't see the reason why it works here AND that he's simply adding something new to his arsenal (not ditching anything he practiced with for years), I cannot help you. For that matter, he has always used a sword, Warhammer and bow... just practising with a different kind of sword and style now. Being a more versatile swordsman... oh the horror. You didn't even elaborate why they don't work, you only said "logically" in the most vague terms imaginable. Please tell me why it doesn't work with someone who has lightning powers...