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mebongster87 · 5 years

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The real villains and the real heroes of Season 8: predictions and foreshadowings

Back when the character posters for Season 8 was released, a few folks in the JonSa fandom speculated about how Daenerys, Euron Greyjoy, and the Night King, were shown to be seated on the Iron Throne with the Stanley Kubrick glare. Here are the pictures of what I am talking about.

Kubrick stare is a typical characterising feature of villainy. Given that Euron Greyjoy, Daenerys Stormborn, and the Night King all sport this, it is safe to say that Team Storm are the main villains.

The Crypts of Winterfell teaser provided us the real heroes of this season and they are these three:

Jon Snow, Sansa Stark, and Arya Stark, poised to face the threats of Ice and Fire with their best weapons, and are the real heroes of Season 8 and the story at large.

Longclaw for Jon, Sansa has her wits and charm, intelligence, and realpolitik, I mean I could go on but you get the point. Last but not the least, Arya Stark, newly minted Night King Slayer, with her Valyrian steel dagger, with which she killed the NK and Needle.

Thanks to Arya being the NK Slayer, this picture makes a whole lot of sense now and I believe we will have Jon and Sansa take down the other two villains in the story. 3 villains vs 3 heroes.

Daenerys Stormborn:

The show actually teased that Jon and Sansa will stand against Daenerys Stormborn back in Season 6.

The S06E09 Battle of the Bastards Inside the Episode commentary by David Benioff, where he says:

“If you are one of the Lords of Westeros or one of her potential opponents in the wars to come, and you get word of what happened here in Meereen, you have to be pretty nervous because this is an unprecedented threat. You’ve got a woman who has somehow formed an alliance where she’s got a Dothraki horde, a legion of Unsullied, she’s got the mercenary army of the Second Sons, and she’s got three dragons, who are now pretty close to full-grown. So if she can make it all the way across the Narrow Sea and get to Westeros, who’s gonna stand in her way?”

over shots of Daenerys about to destroy Meereen and burning people, is immediately followed by this shot of Sansa and Jon, from the tent scene, prior to Battle of Bastards, where they discuss how to defeat Ramsay (another villain).

Sneaky.

In Season 8 so far, we have seen Sansa go toe-to-toe with Daenerys, either by making her displeasure known in feeding the “greatest army the world has ever seen” with the limited food and resources that Sansa has managed to gather for the North, or derisively asking “what do dragons eat anyway” or outright defying Daenerys in Jamie’s trial. I do not see this abating in the upcoming episodes. Sansa knows that the Dragon Queen is a threat to her home, her family, and the entire North and she will be using her smarts and political prowess to outplay Daenerys.

Jon, on the other hand, will be the one to go fight Daenerys in a Dance of the Dragons 2.0. Whether Jon kills Daenerys remains to be seen. The show has buried enough clues to allude to this happening. I have written about it here and here and I think there is a strong possibility that Jon kills Daenerys, irrespective of your beliefs in those alleged leaks.

In fact, these lines from ADWD, Jon XII, may have foreshadowed this:

Burning shafts hissed upward, trailing tongues of fire. Scarecrow brothers tumbled down, black cloaks ablaze.

"Snow," an eagle cried, as foemen scuttled up the ice like spiders.

Jon was armored in black ice, but his blade burned red in his fist. As the dead men reached the top of the Wall he sent them down to die again. He slew a greybeard and a beardless boy, a giant, a gaunt man with filed teeth, a girl with thick red hair. Too late he recognized Ygritte. She was gone as quick as she'd appeared. The world dissolved into a red mist. Jon stabbed and slashed and cut. He hacked down Donal Noye and gutted Deaf Dick Follard. Qhorin Halfhand stumbled to his knees, trying in vain to staunch the flow of blood from his neck. "I am the Lord of Winterfell," Jon screamed. It was Robb before him now, his hair wet with melting snow. Longclaw took his head off. Then a gnarled hand seized Jon roughly by the shoulder. He whirled …… and woke with a raven pecking at his chest.

Here we have Jon armored in black ice, which is very reminiscent of Daenerys’ dream from ASOS, Daenerys III:

That night she dreamt that she was Rhaegar, riding to the Trident. But she was mounted on a dragon, not a horse. When she saw the Usurper's rebel host across the river they were armored all in ice, but she bathed them in dragonfire and they melted away like dew and turned the Trident into a torrent. Some small part of her knew that she was dreaming, but another part exulted. This is how it was meant to be. The other was a nightmare, and I have only now awakened.

Jon kills Ygritte, a love interest, and Robb, his kin/cousin within the same dream. Daenerys is both a love interest and his kin/aunt.

Jon has also been referred to as the “shifting shadow” from Daenerys’s chapters...ASOS, Daenerys II.

“Sometimes she would close her eyes and dream of him, but it was never Jorah Mormont she dreamed of; her lover was always younger and more comely, though his face remained a shifting shadow.“

Melisandre in her visions sees Jon as a shifting shadow as well:

“The flames crackled softly, and in their crackling she heard the whispered name Jon Snow. His long face floated before her, limned in tongues of red and orange, appearing and disappearing again, a shadow half-seen behind a fluttering curtain. Now he was a man, now a wolf, now a man again.”

-ADWD, Melisandre I.

What’s interesting is that the show actually uses a “shadow” to allude to Jon.

Notice the focus on the shadow of Jon, right before he goes to behead Janos Slynt, someone who betrayed Ned Stark and was an enemy to House Stark. And dare I say, this reminds me of the shadow of Jamie from Bran’s visions right before he shoves the sword in the back of the Mad King Aerys.

Since Jon and Jamie are foils, Jon could end the story as a kinslayer and Queenslayer, just as Jamie started the story as the Kingslayer. We shall see whether it does come to pass or not. Additionally, Jon has refused to kill a woman twice before (Ygritte and Melisandre), maybe he ends up having to kill a woman this third time. Notably, Ygritte was a love interest, Melisandre tried seducing Jon, and now he is in a relationship with Daenerys.

Euron Greyjoy:

I would’ve loved for Theon to be the one to take down Euron but since he is dead, someone else will have to step up to bring this guy down.

Could Jon be the one? Or Arya?Or Yara?

Since both Euron and Daenerys have been associated with “Storm”, here are some clues that I found that I thought were interesting.

This next part is just wild speculation on my part.

Euron is introduced to us in S06E02 Home, where he kills his brother and King Balon Greyjoy and these are some of the things he says...

And this is what Jon says before he gets crowned KITN in S06E10 The Winds of Winter...

Littlefinger needles him in the crypts before Jon leaves for Dragonstone in S07E02 Stormborn and says this...

While Daenerys Stormborn has been associated with storms, Euron has been called the Storm and in this same episode called Stormborn, we see both Daenerys and Euron but not the Night King. Interesting don’t you think?

In fact, LF’s line could be applicable to Jon being the last best hope against either or both of these two “Storms”.

In fact, I think we may get a Daenerys Stormborn and Euron Greyjoy “Storm-Storm” alliance mainly because of this throwaway line from Yara while she is captive in the Silence at KL in S08E01...

to which Euron replies:

Now on the surface, this may seem that Yara, an ally of Daenerys is confident of Daenerys’s win over Cersei and Euron, who are current allies. To which Euron talks about sailing his fleet elsewhere??To Dragonstone maybe??? I believe the show is cluing us to the fact that Euron could possibly switch camps. I mean he is wild, unpredictable and who knows what his next move is?? However, he wants to marry the most beautiful woman in the world and just wants to side with the winning team.

In the promo for Episode 4, we see Euron going down on his knees and looks like he is proposing Cersei. If Cersei rejects his proposal, maybe he will switch sides over to Daenerys, whom he thinks has a better chance of winning and is the most beautiful woman in the world.

However, in the subtext, do we really think Daenerys’s side is the winning side????

If she is the main antagonist, then she has to lose, right? So what could this mean....that Euron switches Cersei’s camp and goes over to Daenerys’s camp thinking he is picking the winning side, only to end up on the losing side, when Daenerys finally loses.

Euron is a wild card and hopefully, next episode provides some solid clues regarding what’s going to happen.

There is also this scene from S07E05 Eastwatch, where the maesters of the Citadel are discussing Bran’s letter about the AOTD and one of the maesters mockingly says...”Don’t forget the prophet Lodos, who said that the drowned god will rise up and destroy Aegon the Conqueror”

Prophecy twist is when Aegon the Protector aka Jon Snow who has risen from the dead, destroys the Drowned God aka Euron Greyjoy.

Or the Drowned God aka Euron Greyjoy allies himself with Aegon the Conqueror come again aka Daenerys Stormborn to attempt to destroy KL???? It remains to be seen.

Why will Jon need to kill Euron??? Maybe just maybe Euron will be involved in kidnapping Sansa to KL. And Jon has already said (to LF) “Touch my sister and I’ll kill you myself”. That Chekhov’s gun is still waiting to go off.

I can’t help but think that the scene in the godswood in S08E01 Winterfell, in front of the heart tree, when Arya and Jon reunite and they talk about Sansa and Jon says that “I am her family too”, Arya says “don’t forget that” is foreshadowing for Jon to remember his first vow after he was brought back from the death that he made to Sansa...”I won’t ever let him touch you again, I will protect you, I promise”. Jon’s vow to protect Sansa will come into play in a moment when Sansa’s safety and her life is compromised. If Euron/GC come for her, then Jon’s vows to protect Sansa are applicable here as well.

This Jon/Arya scene then transitions to a shot of KL, where we think Sansa will get kidnapped to, and then we have shots of Cersei and Qyburn, the Golden Company with Euron and, finally we have scenes where a “sister” is held captive by Euron. And who comes to rescue his “sister” Yara?? Theon, who is a foil to Jon...I think these are interesting scene transitions. Again, since it’s rescuing one’s sister, it could be that Arya is the one who comes to rescue Sansa, together with Jon, and ends up being the one to kill Euron.

Having said all of that, I am really not sure. Mainly because I don’t think the show will let Jon kill both Euron and Daenerys. That’s a bit much for one guy, even if it’s Jon. And this is primarily where I think Arya may play a part and be the one to kill Euron. If Jon kills Daenerys, then Arya will kill Euron, again the objective remains the same, protect Sansa. That shot from the crypts teaser where Sansa is flanked by Arya one on side and Jon on the other side, with their weapons drawn in a protective stance, makes me think that both Jon and Arya will have to protect and save Sansa at some point.

Or the show could give this kill to Yara, Jamie, or even Brienne, who knows. Like I said, this part is pure speculation on my part so I could be totally wrong.

And finally Cersei Lannister:

I am counting on the show giving us a Sansa vs Cersei showdown, I feel like those two characters need to meet to complete the YMBQ story arc.

If the kidnapping plot does not happen, Sansa could come to KL to parlay with Cersei to strike up an alliance to take down Daenerys and defend the 7Ks.

These character posters have the same energy about them. Two Queens.

The show has been teasing us a Stark-Lannister alliance through its promos and teasers.

I could see Sansa and Cersei forming an alliance together to defeat Daenerys’s forces. The Golden Company will fight on behalf of Cersei and Sansa against Daenerys’s (and maybe Euron’s) armies.

In terms of Cersei’s demise, I am not putting too much stock on the Valonqar prophecy being actually true. Yes, Cersei has to die eventually, but D&D are Lena fanboys and I don’t think they will give her a gruesome on-camera death. In fact, I think Cersei will commit suicide or maybe poisoned.

When cornered, Cersei has either always managed to pull out an ace in the hole and outwit all her opponents in one fell-swoop like she did with House Tyrell in S06E10 when she blew up the sept

she turns suicidal and threatens to do something rash.

Case in point:

1. She was willing to poison herself and Tommen with the essence of nightshade poison at the Battle of Blackwater Bay when all looked lost until Tywin came and saved her.

2. When Tywin was forcing her to marry Loras, she threatened to “burn our House to the ground”.

The only thing Cersei loves is her children, Jamie, and her throne. The fact that she is drinking wine again means that she probably is no longer pregnant. Jamie, if he ends up with Brienne, is gone from her. Her throne is under attack from Daenerys’s forces. All of these may just force her to do:

Foreshadowing from S03E10 Mhysa, where she is talking to Tyrion to give Sansa a child so that she may have some happiness.

She does not have any more children left, so she may just throw herself from the highest window in the red keep.

Joffrey and Myrcella were poisoned, Tommen committed suicide by throwing himself from his window. Maybe Cersei will do the same. We shall see.

Thoughts and comments??

#jonsa #got meta #GoT S8 speculation #jon snow #sansa stark #anti daenerys #anti jonerys #euron greyjoy #cersei lannister #sansa stark is the younger and more beautiful queen #house stark for the win #jon x sansa #arya stark

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fortunatelylori · 5 years

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Do you think it means anything that the Tarly's wouldn't bend the knee to Dany because of fealty to Cersei (so she burns them alive) and Jon essentially doing the same thing with Cersei because of his fealty to Dany? Granted they were under different circumstance but Dany seemed way more tyrannical in response.

Hey, nonnie!

Everything could mean something. And something could mean nothing. lol

I think you’re noticing a pattern that holds through out season 7 where people’s expectations are turned on their head and no one notices, because people are so entrenched in their own personal headcanon of what characters are that they don’t notice the show twisting those interpretations right before their eyes.

If you were to ask me going into season 7 how things were going to play out in terms of the D*ny/Cersei conflict, I would have said, without much trepidation, that Cersei would over react, be ultra violent, alienate everyone around her and that D*ny would come out looking like the better option out of the two. So you could imagine my surprise when that’s not what we got at all. In fact, what we got was the complete opposite. Not that anyone is talking about it, of course. They’re still toting the line of D*ny as a hero and Cersei as an unstable maniac despite all evidence to the contrary.

But because we’re in the Jonsa world here and we like to be contrary, lets look at the evidence, shall we?

Season 7 Cersei:

- finds herself a formidable ally in Euron, one of the best naval generals in this universe, who then rids her of two of D*ny’s allies: the Greyjoys and the Sand Snakes as well as destroys a portion of D*ny’s fleet

- manages to do what Tywin Lannister himself couldn’t and motivate Jaime to take charge of the Lannister army. In turn Jaime outwits Tyrion and robs D*ny of her only other Westerosi ally: House Tyrell

- promises the Iron Bank she will pay her debt in full and then delivers on that promise; she’s so impressive that the Iron Bank emissary is foaming at the mouth to enter another partnership with her, while she plays hard to get; she also destabilizes a potential partnership between the Iron Bank and D*ny, when she points out D*ny’s terrible track record at keeping her word and the fact that dragons are not usually in the habit of paying their debts; good luck bankrolling the rebuilding of Westeros, D*ny! she’ll be lucky to get a scroll from the Iron Bank at this point, let alone a personal visit.

- she makes provisions to gather the food from the Reach because Winter is, you know, … here

- has Qyburn build a weapon that could potentially take out D*ny’s dragons

- fools everyone, including her brother, at the Dragonpit meeting that she will send tropes North and gains herself a much needed truce where she can rebuild her forces, gain strategic advantages and wait, while D*ny’s forces are fighting in the midst of winter, against an army of dead men.

- she buys the Golden Company, one of the most successful and reputable mercenary armies in the world.

- she gives speeches that are actually effective and motivate people into following her, by pointing out the reality of a savage hoard of rapists and murders having been brought to the continent to pillage and conquer the free people of Westeros;

Meanwhile, on island Dumbstone, D*ny:

- loses her only Westerosi allies and does absolutely nothing to get them back

- has her Unsullied army trapped on Casterly Rock

- alienates her advisers: Varys is reconsidering all his life choices at this point and Tyrion, as it turns out, is related to Jaime and Cersei; the shock, the horror! It’s just dawned on her now that Tyrion is actually the brother of the people she wants to treat to a fiery death.

- invites the King in the North to a parlay, takes him prisoner and then sends him on a suicide mission; good luck trying to entreat other great Lords of Westeros to the table;

- makes confusing speeches where she says that she’s come to liberate Westeros from evil Cersei and then proceeds to burn people alive; generally is itching to use her dragons because it’s the only strategy she can come up with to win

- makes a showy entrance at the Dragonpit meeting, alienating the person whom she wants to deal with even further and unknowingly reveals a hidden weakness, when three dragons become two and Cersei is capable of noticing the difference; lolz

- hands the Night King his most powerful weapon to date, which leads to the Wall falling

- burns the food collected from the Reach, after whining that her tropes won’t be able to eat because Cersei took the food away

- she’ll figure out how to rule when “she wears the crown”; plans are for pussies.

- is a generally fickle, unreliable leader that constantly says one thing and then backtracks (”I’ll fight for the North when you bend the knee” vs. “I can’t forget what I saw but I can’t pretend Cersei won’t beat me either”; “I didn’t come here to be Queen of the Ashes” vs. “Dracarys, bitches!”; “I don’t want to conquer. I’m here to break the wheel” vs. “Bend the knee or burn alive, fools!”)

Which one of those two comes out as saner and more reliable? Which one of those two would you be more inclined to hitch your wagon to if you lived in Westeros?

And if we’re talking about Jon, let’s look at the marked difference between the way D*ny treats him and the way Cersei treats him. At the beginning of season 7, Cersei comes off much more aggressively than D*ny. Cersei threatens Jon and calls him to King’s Landing to bend the knee. Tyrion talks about just what a fantastic idea it would be for Jon and D*ny to become allies and subtly points out that resistance is futile because dragons and Dothraki.

Jon, who was once given the ability to repress his manpain by Tyrion, thinks he’s such a great guy that he should totally trust and off to Dragonstone he goes. That’s where things are turned upside down:

- Jon gets to Dragonstone and his weapons are sized vs. Jon enters the Dragonpit meeting fully armed and Cersei doesn’t say anything

- D*ny demotes Jon on the spot from King in the North, to Lord/potential Warden, to simply Jon Snow vs. Cersei refers to him as “King in the North” through out the meeting

- D*ny pressures Jon constantly to bend the knee vs. Cersei makes a much more reasonable request: the King in the North will stay in the North and not choose sides in the eventual war between Cersei and D*ny, which makes sense as a request in exchange for the help Cersei provides for what is, at the moment, a Northern problem from her perspective and would also, in theory, be in line with the Northerners desire for independence;

So in every aspect, Cersei shows herself as being far more effective and far more resonable than D*ny. Now, I’m under no illusions that Cersei will somehow become a hero in this story. The least terrible option out of two bad options is still bad but D*ny is far more of an agent of chaos and loose cannon than Cersei is at the moment. The first trailer that came out sort of hinted at an uneasy Stark/Lannister alliance and I think there’s a good chance we’ll see something to that effect in season 8.

Thanks for the ask!

#jon snow #cersei lannister #anti-daenerys

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iknownothingihearnothing · 5 years

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Game of Thrones 8.1 “Winterfell”

OMG.

ZOMGGGGGGGG.

Them dang ol’ dang ol’ Thrones are BACK!

It’s been twenty looooooooooooong months of GoTlessess. Winter came. And left. And damn came again. And now winter has come for our heroes in the glory of springtime.

Can’t you just hear the little birdies chirping? The bees buzzing? The white walkers moaning as they shamble beyond the wrecked Wall in their endless quest for dominance and human flesh?

You’d be forgiven if you don’t entirely remember what happened last season. Jon bent the knee to Dany after he and some of his Merry Men--the Amazing Tormund Giantsbane included--ventured Beyond the Wall to capture a wight in order to prove to Cersei that, yes, the undead were indeed real and not a conspiracy cooked up by Ser Alyx of House Jones in order to get her to let her guard down just enough for Dany and Co. to steal her crown and she sailed in on Drogon like a badass and rescued them. No damsel in distress here. So Jon lost his King in the North status but he gained a lady friend, and by “friend”, I mean--

After seeing the wight for herself, Cersei promised to send the Lannister army up North to fight for the living. But, you know...

Gratefully, our handsome Kingslayer, however, has some scruples. Finally having had enough with Cersei’s crazy bullshit, he tells her he swore to fight for the living and that is what he is going to do, damnit, and takes himself North-way, leaving his sisterlover and their maybe bun in the oven behind in the capital.

The biggest reveal, of course, was the confirmation of the long running theory of R+L=J. AKA, Rhaegar Targaryen went off and married Lyanna Stark in secret, she got preggies with Jon/Aegon and, dying in the Tower of Joy, Lyanna made a young Ned Stark promise he’d always take care of her son. So he lied to everyone, that he was his bastard kid to protect him from the “all Targaryens must DIE” Baratheon rule (that non-Aryan head of hair helped, I’m sure) and raised him in Winterfell as a Stark but not a Stark.

Now Jon Snow, who started the series knowing nothing, will soon know all.

Including that he’s technically been fucking his aunt but what’s a little incest between friends on Game of Thrones?

Oh and also Viserion was taken out and the Night King revived him to knock down the wall. We have an undead dragon, people!

Let’s get into it, shall we?

We gots a new opening, which is cool. The now defunct Wall looks like it is entirely made of ice cube trays.

We start in on a little boy who is trying to see all the hubbub but can’t glimpse over the adults, harking back to the pilot when the Baratheon-Lannisters visited the North to offer their thanks for helping overthrow the Mad King and to hook up Sansa and the Joff. Said “hubbub” being Dany, Jon, and their army entering the North. Arya’s also there, wearing a far less fabulous outfit than Dany is, frowning at the Hound’s appearance but relieved at Gendry’s.

He has traded a small boat for a horse.

If you were taking bets on how soon Tyrion would make a junk joke, I hope you had down “within the first few minutes”:

Varys rightfully calls him out on his hypocrisy; he hates imp jokes but loves eunuch jokes. How can he be cool with that?

Obvs, because Tyrion has balls and Varys doesn’t, duh.

#Woke, Tyrion is not.

As the procession moves throughout the town, people are glarin’ and starin’ and Dany is obviously uncomfortable, poor lamb. Jon tells her that Northerners don’t “accept outsiders easily”. So, to use an analogy, Jon is the one guy from his small town in Pigeon Butt, Arkansas, who is welcoming to everyone when the rest of the residents are all “You ain’t from ‘round here, are ya?” *changes magazine in rifle*

I’d be annoyed if I were Dany. I mean, lugging my ass all the way up to the damn frigid North, freezing my tits off, with a fucking army and two dragons, all to save everyone’s asses, and they’re copping a ‘tude? Pfft. Y’all can kiss my Southern butt.

One of the dragons roars and Dany smiles because at least that is familiar to her, but of course the townspeople scatter while Arya stands there grinning in delight. Dragons! Cool!

The Lady of Winterfell, however...

The look to the camera she gives is like “Oh ffs.”

Jon rides into the Winterfell courtyard and when he sees Bran for the first time since he was a boy he, delighted, hops down from his horse to hug and kiss him. “Look at you! You’re a man!” And when the robot that used to be Bran replies “Almost” like the automaton he is, Jon’s face gets, well...

And, I must add, how WEIRD it is to me that, amid all these Qyburns and Sansas and Davoses, BRANDON is a popular name in Westeros/Ye Old Timey serfdom alterna-England. To me, Brandon is THIS guy:

Brandon is Jason Priestley and a delightfully 90s name, not to mention the moniker of way too many boys I went to school with. I keep expecting to see Nat round one of the corners of Winterfell with a megaburger.

Jon hugs Sansa and asks after Arya, who is “lurking somewhere”, and hesitantly introduces his girlfriend to his sister. It’s the nightmare Meet the Parents except the parents are dead, everyone’s about to die, and it’s fucking cold as balls.

Dany, the poor lass, tries to ingratiate herself by complimenting Winterfell’s “beauty” (eh?) as well as Sansa’s (yes, Sophie Turner is a fox and Joe Jonas would agree) but Sansa’s having none of it:

BranBot breaks in on the Mean Girling, telling Dany that the Night King has Viserion and the Wall has been de-Walled. At the Great Hall, Young Umber says that they need more men and horses “if it pleases my Lady. And my Lord....and my Queen. Sorry.”

The Queen thing is, uh, gonna take some getting used to.

Sansa tells Young Umber to collect his people and Jon is called “Your Grace” after giving an order and little Lyanna Mormont, that badass, rises slowly like a boss.

She continues like “Yo, we crowned you King in the North, you gave it up, wtf are you now? Just a regular old lord, I guess?”

And Jon busts out this truth--although he was honored to be crowned, the choice was either keep his title or save the North. He chose the North. I gotta side with Jon on this one, sorry, Lyanna. I love you, but y’all Northerners are being stubborn dumbasses. Crowns and titles reallllllllly don’t mean much in the wake of DYING HORRIBLY BY LEGIONS OF UNDEAD.

Tyrion tries to calm the storm between the Northerners and the visitors, telling them that Jon risked his life to prove he wights were a threat; the Lannister army was soon going to join them in fighting for the Not Dead cause. There are grumbles amongst the peanut gallery and Tyrion concedes that they “have not been friends in the past”--

--but they all had to work together now. Sansa, still holding onto stubborn Northern pride, wonders aloud how the hell how they are gonna feed Dothraki, Unsullied, and two dragons? “What do dragons eat anyway?”

Dany: “Whatever they want.”

Booya!

Obviously, I would bend the knee to Daenerys. I likely fall over though. Hope she doesn’t mind.

Tyrion goes to speak to Sansa, whom he has not seen since season four, Joffrey’s non-wedding to Margaery, to be precise. You remember that.

Yes, Sansa, it indeed had its moments. Unfortunately, with Joffrey gone, we got Ramsay in his place so....

Sansa apologizes belatedly for bolting right after the Joff’s murder, which, admittedly, was a wee bit hard for Tyrion to explain, her being his wife and all. He kinda had to go to trial. Hire Oberyn to fight the Mountain for him. Again, we all know how that turned out.

Squishy squishy!

Sansa also can’t believe Tyrion truly is convinced the Lannister army is on its way to the North based on Cersei’s word alone. “I used to think you were the cleverest man alive,” she lays down before walking away.

Sansa has turned into Shade-sa.

Now it’s time for a Jon and Arya reunion! Yay!

Jon: How’d you sneak up on me?

Arya: How’d you survive a knife through the heart?

Jon: I didn’t.

So Jon and Arya show each other their swords and Jon asks her if she has ever used hers and we the audience watching are like--

And then they talk about Daenerys. Jon is a wee bit pissed that Sansa is unappreciative of him risking his and his Merry Men’s asses to save the whole frigging kingdom, understandably so, and, fucking weak, Arya defends “her family”. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE HELLO DON’T YOU SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE?! NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR PETTY “I DON’T LIKE MY BROTHER’S GF, SHE’S NOT FROM HERE, SHE CAN’T UNDERSTAND US!” NONSENSE! THE DEAD ARE COMING, DAMNIT!

In K.L., Creepy Qyburn rushes to tell Crazy Cersei that the wights have broken through the Wall. Her response?

If there is one thing on this mixed up continent we can count on it’s that Cersei will do the most fucked up shit to keep that crown on her blonde head. Including letting ice zombies lose on at least one of her kingdoms.

Just off the coast of the capital, Yara is still being held prisoner of her Uncle Euron, AKA Guyliner Greyjoy. What is it with pirates and guyliner and leather pants? Euron, Captain Hook, Jack Sparrow...While poor Yara, the rightful Queen of the Iron Islands, is tied up, Euron introduces Crazy Cersei to the captain of the Golden Company, who promises all these men and horses and weapons and things. ‘Cept no elephants, much to Cersei’s dismay. They’re not good for long sea voyages.

Euron wants to talk “in private”.

Which in Westerosi-speak is:

Cersei tries to put him off; she told him after the war. “Wars can last years,” Euron counters. He’s given her weapons, the Iron Fleet, the Golden Company (whose captain is named Harry Strickland, that is so out of leftfield in a world of Eddards and Tywins), what else does he need to prove that he’s totally Team Cersei?

Well, Cersei doesn’t wanna lose the only ally she has left in this war she still sees herself fighting so...

Euron:

Elsewhere in the capital, Bronn is trying to get his offtime on with three ladies who cannot stop talking about how frigging cool and scary the dragons they saw attacking K.L. were and Bronn is obviously only an afterthought. A watercooler, if you will. When Creepy Qyburn interrupts and lets Bronn know that Cersei is looking for him.

The gist is Qyburn has been sent to hire Bronn on Cersei’s behalf to execute Tyrion and Jaime in case they don’t survive their “Northern adventures”. And she wants him to use a crossbow to do it because she has a keen sense of poetic irony.

Bronn:

Bronn might be my favorite.

In Cersei’s chambers, Euron is getting dressed (because he just got Queened, you see; this show can never be accused of being subtle) and immediately asks her how he “compares to the fat king”. Cersei tells Euron that Robert had a different ladyfriend every night but still had no idea how to please a woman. Sad for Robert.

Then he asks about “the Kingslayer” and Cersei wonders if he wants to lose his head. But he’s arrogant and she likes that (and he apparently doesn’t mind that she had a torrid affair with her twin brother; they’re either perfectly matched or perfectly psychotic). Just before Euron leaves, he says:

Prooooooooobably not aware that Cersei’s belly just may be currently occupied at the moment.

Cersei smiles holding aloft her ever present goblet of wine as Euron leaves. IDK if she is simply humoring an ally or if she actually finds Euron grossly charming. I mean, he’s hot and all but he’s also a pig but hey I’m sane so what do I know.

On Euron’s ship, Theon and his buddies launch an attack against the assholes who have captured Yara. Theon unties her and she headbutts him for abandoning her like a sister would (”You left me, your Queen, to our bastard of an uncle! You dipshit!”), then extends a hand to help him off the floor and they say no more about it.

Yara suggests they go back to the Iron Islands; they’ll all need a place to go if Dany and Co. fail in the North, a place where the dead can’t follow. But Theon obviously wants to go to Winterfell and fight for the Starks, to make up for betraying them and being an absolute fucklord, so Yara commands it. “What is dead may never die, but kill the bastards anyway.”

In the North, Dany is worried about Drogon’s and Rhaegal’s lack of appetites. They “only” ate eighteen goats and eleven sheep. IDK, that sounds like a lot to me but again, what do I know? I’ve never owned a dragon. I should ask the Munsters.

Dany and Jon go visit the dragons, who are restless cus they don’t be likin’ the North. And why would they? They’ve been all over and in much warmer climes and now they’re stuck in some frozen over craphole where no one washes their hair and wears the same clothes for two weeks straight.

Dany wants to fly them to give them some exercise and urges Jon to get on top of Rhaegal while she flies her trusty Drogon. Jon is, obvs, hesitant. He’s never ridden a dragon, he doesn’t know how. Well, no one does until they’ve ridden a dragon! So, Jon climbs on top of Rhaegal, braces himself, and off they go.

And it’s hilarious.

And Dany’s totally into it. Jon’s holding onto Rhaegal, screaming like a girl and Dany’s like “Oh YEAUH I’m all about this”. When they touch down at a really pretty spot in front of a waterfall to get bizzay, she’s looking like she’s falling deeper in love with him and the dragons are looking like, well, like they are watching their mom get bizzay.

Kinky. You don’t see Dragon Mom-Dragon Cuckold-Ex King of the North videos on PornHub. That’s a niche they should tap into.

This scene was totally unnecessary for the plot and probably cost a lot of money to render and was hysterical. Who knew dragons had kinks? I mean, I guess they are entering their hormone-fueled adolescence and missing internet and Playboy outlets so...this is the next best thing?

Sorry about that, boys.

Arya and the Hound run into each other for the first time since season three, where she left him to die but first robbed him. “You’re a cold little bitch, aren’t you? Guess that’s why you’re still alive.”

She also runs into Gendry and asks him to make her a weapon, to which he hesitantly complies.

Inside Winterfell, Sansa receives a letter from House Glover letting them know that they wish the North luck but House Glover will remain in the woods. It’s a classic piss off. Even though House Glover promised to always stand by House Stark. No, Sansa denies. He’d stand behind the King in the North. They’re gearing up for another argument. Jon counters that they needed allies. He brought home armies and dragons!

UGH!

Sansa, I love you, but Lort Almighty!

Yeah ok, the Mad King was, well, mad, but A) Dany is not her father and B) ICE ZOMBIES WITH AN ICE DRAGON ARE COMING! SOON! THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY RIGHT NOW! ALL YOU PEOPLE ARE BEING HARD-HEADED IDIOTS!

Dany and Jorah go to visit Sam to thank him for curing Jorah of his Greyscale. Dany asks Sam if there is anything she can do for him to repay him. Sam asks for a pardon for taking some books from the Citadel and a sword from House Tarly; it’s been in his family for generations. And that is when things get--

Daenerys explains that she offered to let Randyll Tarly keep his lands and titles if he bent the knee, but he refused, and we all know what happened to him.

At the info that his daddy is toast, Sam seems to take in stride because Randyll was a dick but when Dany adds that Dickon stood by his father and was also roasted Sam excuses himself.

How good was John Bradley in this scene? He conveyed so much emotion in a single facial expression, just a shift of the eyes, a downturn of the lips. You could totally tell he was barely holding it together.

Sam goes outside and spots BranBot, who urges him to tell Jon the truth with his emotionless visage. After all, he’s not his brother.

He finds Jon in the crypt and they hug it out until Jon notices the look on Sam’s face. He thinks something’s wrong with Gilly or Little Sam until Sam confesses that Dany had Randyll and Dickon executed. Sam asks him if he would have done this if he’d been in her place. Jon argues that he’d executed men who had disobeyed him in the past, but he’d also pardoned men who refused to kneel. Jon parries he wasn’t a king like Dany is a queen.

Sam claims he is. And he doesn’t mean King of the North.

He and Bran worked it out. Sam had a High Septon’s diary. Bran had...BranVision. Jon’s father was, of course, Rhaegar Targaryen and his mother was Lyanna Stark.

He’s Aegon Targaryen, Sixth of his Name, Protector of the Realm, yada, yada, yada.

Jon’s like “You better not be bullshitting me, man!” And Sam’s all “Would Dany bend the knee and give up her crown to save her people like you did, bro?”

Jon:

On the grounds of Winterfell, the hunting party, consisting of Tormund Giantsbane, Dolorous Edd, and five times resurrected Beric Dondarrion (be careful, Beric, Melisandre isn’t around to resurrect you again), is, uh, hunting when half the party jumps out screaming “Stay back! He’s got blue eyes!”

Brienne needs to get on that. They’d make adorable, and huge, blue-eyed babies.

Eventually, they find poor Young Umber, the first casualty of this season, nailed to a door with his innards and body parts creating a spiral pattern around him. He awakens zombified and the party lights him on fire, causing the whole spiral of gore to become alight in flames.

Ugh.

Everyone has a fucking sigil on this show. Even he dead guys.

The episode ends with Jaime finally riding into the North, climbing down off his noble steed to fulfill his promise to fight for the living, and...

Your past sins have caught up with you, Jaime.

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GOT 8x01 liveblog below the cut:

--Love the new opening credits!

--Poor Missandei and Grey Worm look so uncomfortable rn

--Jon: “I had a choice: keep my crown or protect the North.” But that’s... not what we saw onscreen?? Not unless some variation of political!Jon is actually true. But knowing D&D, this may simply be their retconned explanation for the nonsensical writing last year. Well, that or Jon is trying to make his stupid decision look better in front of the lords.

--Sansa, I love you, but do you have to smirk when you raise your (very valid) concerns? It’s not helping anything and you have to know it.

--Yessss, mentions of the food shortage!! Now let’s see if they’ll actually do anything with it...

--Show!Dany, I’m still trying to like you, but you’re not exactly making it easy, what with the whole “whatever they like” reply to “What do dragons eat, anyway?”, and smirking when the dragons swooped in and scared the fuck out of everyone in the Winter Town. The Northerners haven’t given you the warmest of receptions and I understand your frustration over that fact, but that’s no reason to think their fear is funny.

--Ah, yes, the oh-so-subtle handholding in front of the entire hall. *sighs at Jon and Dany* [ETA: never mind, they aren’t actually holding hands... Dany is just resting one of her hands on Jon’s arm. Which isn’t all that much more subtle lol.]

--It’s 100% my shipper confirmation bias at work, but the way that they’ve blocked this scene really does make it feel like a Dany/Jon/Sansa love triangle to me. #sorrynotsorry That said, if TPTB choose to go a belligerent sexual tension route w/ Dany/Sansa I wouldn’t turn it down. ;-)

--They’re actually letting Arya show human emotion again? *tosses confetti in celebration*

--Bran and Jon reunion!! My Stark Feelings heart overfloweth.

--Sansa and Tyrion reunion! I like that they’re keeping that hint of tension between them over the way they parted.

--Tyrion: “Many underestimated you. Most of them are dead now.” Subtext: I have no intention of repeating their mistakes.

--Sansa: “I used to think you were the cleverest man alive.” Talk about a burn!

--OK, Bran is looking at Tyrion Significantly(TM) with music playing in the background almost ominously.

--Confirmation that Yara is alive!!! Also, she and Euron are a disturbing but kind of hilarious dynamic at the moment.

--The Arya and Jon reunion was A++. Sweet and heartfelt, but with a hint of underlying tension. And Arya’s comment that Sansa is the smartest person she knows just made my heart an even bigger pile of Stark Family mush.

--Oh, and the “Have you used it?” line re: Needle just hurts because it shows us and Arya how little Jon knows about what Arya has gone through and who she’s become. And Arya’s “once or twice” line just tore out my heart. She doesn’t want to tell Jon what she’s done, both because she’s afraid of how he’ll react and because that will finally make it real to her.

--I feel kind of terrible for Cersei. Yes, she’s made her own bed, but the fact that Euron Greyjoy is lying in it... *shudders* The fact that she’s still forced to resort to sleeping with a man she despises despite ostensibly being the most powerful woman in the realm is incredibly depressing.

--Ahhh, and now we have The Temptation of Bronn(TM)

--The rescue mission! Theon getting to shoot arrows!!

--Greyjoy sibling feelings!!!!

--And Theon is headed to Winterfell! ...He’s going to die there saving a Stark, isn’t he? *braces self for emotional pain*

-- ...you couldn’t have proposed this Jon/Dany marriage, oh, four or so episodes ago, Davos?? The mind still boggles that no one brought this very obvious diplomatic solution up on Dragonstone last season.

--Varys: “Nothing lasts.”

Camera: *pans to Jon & Dany*

Me: I n t e r e s t i n g

Also me: Is this foreshadowing, or a red herring to up the dramatic tension?

--Is that... something resembling a smile from Jon around Dany? And he actually looks like he might genuinely enjoy her presence and/or care about her? It’s a miracle! ...A miracle that we really could have used some of last season too, GOT!!

--“She doesn’t need to be my friend. But I am her queen. If she can’t respect me--” *nods* That’s more or less what I figured their initial dynamic would be like. And their attitudes make sense on both ends of the equation! (Note: I can’t decide whether that was a veiled threat from Dany or not; if so, though, she jumped to them pretty darn fast.) I’m curious to see where D&D go with this.

--Oh, only that many goats and sheep. *rolls eyes* I mean, I get it, the dragons are huge; they need a lot of fuel! But on the other hand, that’s an awful lot of food the people don’t get anymore... It’s a no-win situation.

--“They don’t like the North.” Huh, I wonder what it means that the literal breathing symbol of the Targs aren’t fans of being in the North. [/sarcasm]

--Look, I’m glad Dany feels comfortable enough around Jon to be playful, but... would it have been that difficult for her to give him one or two tips before he mounted this incredibly dangerous flying weapon of mass destruction??

--How are these waterfalls not completely frozen over?! It’s the North and it’s winter. I know, I know, I shouldn’t expect anything resembling realism from this show, but still...

--Ah, so Dany is the one who has the line about how they could “stay here a thousand years and no one would find us”, not Jon. But on the flip side, Jon has his eyes closed for the kiss, not open... at least, not until the dragons start to talk lol.

--Emilia Clarke has such a beautiful smile!

--Yeah, I’m still not feeling the J0n3rys ‘chemistry’. Oh well; you can’t win them all. At least they aren’t totally unbelievable as a couple this episode.

--Ugghhh, yet another joke about balls (or the lack thereof) in this episode.

--Arya and Gendry reunion? Arya and Sandor reunion? Yes!

--Wow, Arya/Gendry are so awkward together right now! Sweet, but awkward. And yeah, here come the shippy feelings again... I’m predictable that way lol.

--“As you wish, m’lady.” *squeals delightedly*

--“You don’t know any other rich girls.” The look on their faces!!

--Can I mention again how much I love that they’re letting Arya and Dany emote so far this episode? It makes a world of difference. Now all we need is for Bran to be allowed to show emotions...

--Ooohh, this must be the promised Jon/Sansa argument scene.

--Good. I’m glad that there are already some consequences from the lords for Jon having bent the knee... the decision would feel incredibly cheap otherwise.

--And already we have more emotion from Jon in this one scene than in all of his scenes with Dany combined. I’m not saying Jon/Sansa is where the show is going, but it still works much better for me than Jon/Dany does. YMMV, of course, and that’s as it should be.

--”Do you have any faith in me at all?” “You know I do.” <3 <3 <3

--*sighs* Jon, it’s all very well and good to say that Dany will be a good queen, but you could, I don’t know, give Sansa some examples to help her understand why you think that instead of just expecting her to go entirely on your word?

--Ah, this must be the scene with Sam and Dany!

--Oh, poor Sam. I’m so glad they’re letting him be upset about it, though. His dad may have been an abusive dick, but his brother wasn’t... and besides, emotions aren’t always that clear-cut.

--“Now’s the time.” OK, but why now? Why now? Also, is it just me or did Bran’s voice sound different there?

--Jon and Sam reunion!!!

--Ouch, poor Jon. This revelation was always going to hit him hard.

--Jon (in a whisper, looking horrified): “That’s treason.” Uh, Jon, that doesn’t seem like the normal reaction of someone in love with another person? Just saying.

--“You gave up the crown to save your people. Would she do the same?” Samwell Tarly, asking the important questions! This question has always been one of--if not the--cruxes of Dany’s arc, IMO. That and her search for home/belonging.

--Ooo, is this the rumored scene with the WW symbols on the walls?

--Hmmm, this actually looks a bit like that clip from the trailers. Is Edd going to show up soon then?

--Hah! Called it.

--“Stay back, he’s got blue eyes!” “I’ve always had blue eyes!” LMAOOO

--Called it. I knew little Ned Umber was going to be the first named character death of the season. (For the record, I have him slated as the first named character death in my AU S8 fic outline, even though the chapter in question hasn’t been written yet.) Also, wow-- talk about a creepy way to display him!

--Still, that’s odd that he’s just dead rather than a wight-- oh, never mind he is a wight after all!

--Hmm, who are you, tall and mysteriously hooded man? (I mean, realistically everyone onscreen in the North should have their hoods up right now when they’re outside, but this is TV.) Could you possibly be... Jaime Lannister?

--Hah! Called it again.

--They’re going to cut to the credits now that Bran & Jaime have locked eyes, aren’t they? Yep, they just cut to the credits.

Additional Thoughts:

--I wonder where Brienne is... we haven’t seen her this episode IIRC. [ETA: Never mind, she is there in the background in several scenes, she just doesn’t say anything.]

--I wish D&D had given Dany more space to react to the news about undead!Viserion. This should be a big deal for her. Also, why is no one freaking out about the Wall coming down?

--Honestly, the pacing and tone of this episode could have used a little polishing IMO.

--I’m delighted that the show is letting characters speak positively about Sansa and her skills, but I wish the writing wasn’t so very heavy-handed about it.

--Ooo, interesting trailer, though still nothing terribly surprising. I’m curious to see what they do next episode... but not nearly as curious as I am to see what happens in 8x03 and beyond. ;-)

Overall, I enjoyed this episode! So many callbacks to earlier seasons. I may have deeper thoughts on a rewatch.

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Game of Thrones: An Angry Recap

Season 7 Episode 6: Beyond the Wall

Winterfell:

Sigh. Okay. Let's do this.

Arya and Sansa's relationship is all over the place. After a heartfelt reunion where it seems the old tension between the sisters had been set aside, Arya became more and more paranoid of everyone and everything, resulting in the lurking bonanza last episode where it seems Arya got royally littlefingered.

Because just as Petyr planned (presumably), Arya jumped to all the wrong conclusions about the letter Sansa was forced to write to her brother, urging him to bend the knee to Joffrey. “Why didn't you just murder everyone instead, like I would have?” she snaps at her sister. “This is what this show is about! Violence begets violence, and it's awesome! No wonder everyone on reddit hates you.” Ah, sisterly love.

It breaks my heart that GRRM wrote the Stark sisters as polar opposites, but equally strong. Arya is the more traditional Strong Female Character(TM), portraying stereotypically male traits: She wants to learn how to fight, she has a temper, is reckless, and she solves her problems with violence rather than words. Sansa, on the other hand, embraces her femininity. And that's wonderful. She navigates through the snake pit of King's Landing because she is polite, well-trained, and knows when to shut up and swallow her anger and then attack later out of a position of power. Although different, the sisters are both strong, resilient, and grow more and more powerful over the course of the series. GRRM has done a beautiful job portraying women as real people with unique characters.

Enter D&D! While doing some pseudo-research for their characters, biding their time until they ran out of books so they can make up their own shit, they decided to A) dumb Arya and Sansa down to have “invincible killer robot whose trauma made her want to murder everyone” and “stupid girl who is stupid and everyone takes advantage of” and then to B) PIT THESE CHARACTERS AGAINST EACH OTHER IN THE MOST FORCED CONFLICT IN THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION.

Are we really supposed to believe that single letter poses such a threat??? To make this conflict work, Arya had to be:

stupid enough to think Sansa meant what she wrote

evil enough to blackmail Sansa with it

paranoid enough to think Sansa has ulterior motives and wants to usurp Jon or whatever (can you usurp something that is RIGHTFULLY YOURS?)

Sansa had to be

stupid enough to believe that letter poses a threat—as if the Northern lords wouldn't immediately know Sansa wrote what Cersei told her to write

evil enough to send Brienne away, a woman in the perfect position to mediate and de-escalate

paranoid enough to break into Arya's chambers and try to steal the letter back

And all just so D&D can create random conflict out of thin air because, uh, good television.

Also at Winterfell, we get out weekly dose of two minutes Petyr Baelish screentime. (And it's not enough. It's never enough.) It looks like Sansa and Petyr are friends again and she asks him for his council (after telling him to go away, telling him she's smarter than him, and gloomily talking about what he wants, but who cares about characterization in this show? The plot demands that Sansa and Petyr speak.) Petyr helpfully suggests to have Brienne talk to the girls, as she has an invested interest in those two being on the same side, which makes Sansa send Brienne away. Logic(TM)!

As mentioned above, Sansa then sneaks into Arya's chambers to steal the letter back from her, and finds Arya's work clothes under the bed. To dial up the creepy, Arya then appears and... threatens to kill Sansa so she can know how it feels to wear beautiful dresses??? Arya, YOU COULD HAVE WORN ALL THE BEAUTIFUL DRESSES, but you WANTED TO BE A KNIGHT INSTEAD. Before stabbing her sister, Arya changes her mind/reveals she was bluffing (who can tell with this demon child), and gives Sansa Littlefinger's dagger because... reasons. Oh boy, that dagger is going places! Tune in next week to see Sansa give the dagger to Gilly's four year old baby when Sam and family turn up in Winterfell on their way back to castle black! And stay tuned for season 8, where we find out THE DAGGER IS AZOR AHAI!

Beyond the Wall:

Jon, Tormund, Jorah, Gendry, the Brotherhood Without Banners, and a few nameless extras to be killed off as needed hike through a blizzard during Operation Catch a Wight, and we are immediately treated to a rape joke! This time Tormund jokes about raping Jon because “fucking is best to stay warm.” It's funny, because it's two men! Haha, gay! Like Loras! Lol!

But Jon is not just the butt of the joke (I couldn't resist), we are also reminded once again that he's super nice and honorable, much like his “father,” and so he offers Jorah Longclaw back. But Jorah declines, because he's also super honorable and a good guy(TM). I was rooting for him to take the sword and stab Jon with it while yelling “I'm getting rid of the competition! Khaleesi, here I come!!!” But, oh well, when D&D fanservice they somehow never take my wishes into account. Wait while I send them a raven and complain.

My raven seems to have reach them, because a little later the Hound insists he does not like gingers, and all the SanSan shippers break into crisis mode while I laugh. Heehee. Then we have the incredible honor and privilege to witness a dialogue that includes the words “dick,” “cock,” and “pussy” within what feels like 0.000001 seconds. Finally, proof of GoT's level of sophistication that everyone is talking about. But... Tormund x Brienne, so yay!

The shipping does not last long, because out of nowhere ZOMBIE ICE BEAR ATTACK!!! Run for your lives!!! We watch with bated breath while the bear threatens to kill our beloved heroes and hope he will kill one of the suspiciously random background extras instead, but then we realize we are already dead inside when it comes to this show, so we would not care either way. By the way, is anyone else reminded of Star Wars whenever the Brotherhood Without Banners switch on their fire swords?

But killer zombie bears are not the only threat beyond the wall, and soon the men meet a white walker taking his pack of wights out for a walk. Now I feel safe enough to scream again. THE WIGHTS ARE WEARING HOODS WHILE THE MEN ARE NOT. THE UNDEAD PEOPLE ARE WEARING PROTECTIVE HEADWEAR WHILE THE LIVING PERSONS ARE NOT. THIS SHOW MAKES NO SENSE. NO SENSE. UGH!!!!

Because this is Operation Catch a Wight, the men decide to, you know, catch a wight, and set a trap for some reason. I guess just attacking their enemy without the enemy knowing they were even there would not be sneaky enough! Luckily, the dragonglass proves potent, and Jon successfully makes the white walker burst into a billion pieces AND re-deads the un-dead! DOUBLE KILL! …... except for one wight, who is still undead for practicality and thus immediately captured. Lucky!

The team soon realizes their chances are dire at best, and decide to send Gendry back to Eastwatch so he can send a raven to Daenerys. GENDRY. WITHOUT ANY WEAPONS. ALONE. THROUGH A BLIZZARD. While Gendry runs of to his certain death—who would survive a marathon through a snowstorm?— Jon & Friends also run to their certain death, as they are suddenly attacked by an army of thousands of wights. But—oh joy!—there's a lake there! And the ice on the lake is super special and only breaks AFTER ALL THE IMPORTANT CHARACTERS have already passed! But then it drags all the wights, plus one nameless extra for supposed shock value, down to their icy (re-)deaths, and our heroes manage to escape on a strategically placed isle in the middle of the lake to wait for their rescue.

Dragonstone:

Meanwhile, Dany and Tyrion are having some girl talk because Missandei seems to be MIA. After establishing that Jon is, like, super in love with Dany, you guys, and of course Tyrion knows that because he's SO SMART!!!, Tyrion broaches the topic of succession and SUGGESTS IMPLEMENTING A DEMOCRACY. I mean... yeah, Democracies are nice like 94% of the time, unless you elect someone like Donald Trump Euron Greyjoy. But it just gets SO FUCKING BORING how Tyion is always so super duper good and even his mistakes just make him more human and more lovable, isn't Tyrion just the awesomest, hooray hooray, all hail the best character in the history of the universe.

After what seems like 2 minute flight time, the raven from Eastwatch arrives and delivers Jon's cry for help. The men are trapped in the wilderness, under attack, and in dire need of immediate rescue! Daenerys wastes no time leaping into action. “I have to fly North immediately to rescue the guy I have a lady boner for, the guy who has a sad boner for me, the guy who knows how to turn dragon glass into weapons, the grumpy fan favorite, and their friends... As soon as my seamstress has finished my new winter coat! What fur should I use? This one matches my eyes, but this one goes better with my skin tone!”

Back beyond the wall:

It seems as if Dany's seamstress is really fast, because Dany makes it to the little isle at the perfect moment—Thoros has just died for shock value (and let's face it, nobody cared about Thoros anyway), and the wights have just discovered that the lake has frozen again, and are about to attack, when—DRAGONS!!! Dany swoops in and saves the day. Everyone climbs aboard Drogon, EXCEPT FOR JON, who runs off on a one man “Fighting my way through thousands of wights to kill the Night's King while he's surrounded by his four friends who are all expecting me” mission. Naturally, he does not get far and soon joins nameless extra in the icy depths below. RIP Jon, RIP.

To make matters worse, the Night's King turns out to be an insanely accurate spear thrower, and pierces Viserion's heart. Now that was a death for shock value! The mighty dragon plunges out of the sky, and Dany watches him motionless. I suppose she was just shocked, but maybe that was also Emilia Clarke's inability to act.

Drogon and his human load then get the hell out of there, and—OH GOD!!! JON IS NOT DEAD!!! WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT???? HE'S ALIVE!!!!

And then IT'S BENJEN EX MACHINA!!! AND HE SAVES JON!!! AND HE PUTS HIM ON A HORSE!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! AND JON SNOW IS SAVED!!!

Dany, it turns out, is very relieved about that, and immediately rushes to his side while he's lying in bed naked, recovering from almost freezing to death. Because that's how you get warm—you go to a somewhat warmer room and take off all your clothes. Then, when you freeze, you realize the cold outside was not so bad in comparison, so your body heals itself. Science(TM)!

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GOT Recap: The Queen’s Justice

Airdate: 7/30/17

Season 7, Episode 3

Hell hath no fury like Cersei on the warpath and this week she was certainly on a ROLL! Lots of great stuff happened in the latest episode, including a much-anticipated meeting between two of my favorite characters. And we even had some rare moments of comedic relief. Game of Thrones is picking up some major speed, so let’s hop right onto the crazy train and get this recap of “The Queen’s Justice” started!

So, um…I’m Kind of a Big Deal

Huzzah! Rather than make us all wait for the big Daenerys/Jon Snow meet-up, we start right off the bat with the good stuff: Jon Snow arrives at Dragonstone along with his trusty advisor, Ser Davos, and they are greeted at the shore by Missandei and Tyrion. Jon and Tyrion give each other a good-natured hello along the lines of “Hey, Bastard! lol” -”Yo, Dwarf. rofl”. [Side note: I was really hoping for one of those pregnant pauses where they just look at each other seriously and then say “C’mere, you!!” and embrace in a big, friendly bro hug. This didn’t happen. Color me disappointed.] Missandei kindly asks them to surrender all their weapons, because even though they’ve heard how cool Jon is, one can never be too careful when returning from exile to dethrone the current monarch. Foreign Invader Strategies 101, y’all.

On the long,meandering walk up to the castle (which, it must be said, is really quite scenic), Tyrion notes that Jon made a bold move showing up at Dragonstone to meet with Queen Dany, especially since Stark men haven’t fared too well with Targaryens in the past - to which Jon replies he’s not a Stark - oh if only he KNEW!!! As if on cue, one of Dany’s enormous dragons appears out of nowhere and swoops over them, flying off into the distance. It startles the bejesus out of Jon and Davos as they stop, drop, and cover. For their sake, I really hope they get to put on a change of clothes before meeting Dany.

Much higher up the path, we see Melisandre looking down at Jon Snow, when Varys creeps up. He questions why she was so keen to have Jon visit, and yet, is hiding away. Mel keeps things vague and only lets on that mistakes were made on her part and she’s ready to head back to Volantis. Varys tells her to stay there, but she tells him she must return one day with the cryptic phrase “I must die in this strange country, just like you.” They both share a meaningful look. Wait, what? What is going on here?! Do these two have some kind of history together, or just lots of intel on each other? It’s all very mysterious and now I’m intrigued.

On to Dany’s throne room! Missandei introduces Daenerys to her visitors, rattling off the long list of titles Dany has. When it’s time for Jon’s intro, Ser Davos is all “This is Jon Snow.” Jon looks at him like “Duuuuuude! Come ooooooon, I’m trying to make an impression here!” Davos adds “He’s the king in the North”. It’s a strained meeting to say the least - Right out the gate, Dany comes on strong with her claim to the throne, citing there is no “King in the North”, seeing how the North is one of the kingdoms that belongs to the ruler on the Iron Throne. She demands that Jon swear his loyalty to her, citing that time when an ancient Stark ancestor made a fealty agreement with a Targaryen that spans forever ever (forever, ever?! Yeah. Forever ever). Jon is like “Nah, I’m good, let’s talk about snow zombies”…which really goes over well. Dany gets all puffed up saying that Jon will be in open rebellion to her if he won’t bend the knee. In Jon’s defense, they are all running out of time and he can’t be fighting a war for Dany. But Tyrion points out, that the fight for the throne has already begun and they can’t just channel their inner Zack Morris and call a time out while they clear up the pesky Night King/Army of Dead situation. Also, they kinda don’t believe him. Davos goes into total hype man mode and starts to rattle off Jon’s resume and all the things he’s done for the North and how he got stabbed in the heart and Jon gives him a look that screams “Ix-nay on the resurrection alk-tay, man! They already don’t believe this whole Whitewalker stuff!”

The meeting is cut short when Varys arrives with some important news. Jon and Davos are sent to their rooms for some R&R and Dany lets them know their current status is “esteemed guests who are not yet prisoners.”

Varys breaks the news to Dany on the Euron Greyjoy ambush. Ugh. Well there goes the Greyjoy and Martell support. When Dany asks if there were any survivors on her side, we get a very brief cut to Theon being fished out of the water by one of the Good Greyjoy ships that survived the ambush of the Bad Greyjoys. Needless to say, Theon can’t get no respect from the crew.

Killer Queen

While we’re on the subject of Greyjoys…Euron has returned to King’s Landing with the gift he promised Cersei: Ellaria Sand and her daughter, Tyene aka the ones who sneakily murdered Cersei and Jaime’s daughter, Myrcella. Well, well, well, isn’t payback a biatch? After parading through town with his prisoners -who get a proper public-shaming from the good people of King’s Landing - Euron delivers the duo to Cersei with much bravado. Cersei is extremely pleased and tells Euron he’ll get what he wants (her hand in marriage) once the war against Daenerys is won. In the meantime, she appoints him as her naval commander and then moves on to the most important business of the day: Revenge.

In one of the dungeons of the Red Keep, Cersei along with Qyburn and Frankenmountain pay Ellaria and her daughter a visit. The prisoners are chained and gagged and Cersei launches into a blistering, taunting, calculated monologue about how she’s been planning for this day, deciding how she would punish Ellaria. She lays out various gruesome scenarios and finally, Queen C plants a big ol’ kiss on Tyene’s lips and mother and daughter immediately realize that she’s been given the kiss of death with the same poison that was used to kill Cersei's own daughter. Poetic justice. In true Cersei fashion before sauntering off, she lets Ellaria know that she’ll have the pleasure of watching her daughter die and decompose in front of her as she lives out the rest of her days in this cell, contemplating her poor choices in life.

Next, Cersei joins Jaime in his chambers to jump his bones, cause revenge just makes her super horny. Naturally.

The next morning, Cersei has a visitor. It’s a representative of the Iron Bank of Braavos, and they want their two dollars…and then some. The bank is concerned about the impending war between Cersei and Daenerys and the outstanding mountain of debt the Lannisters still owe the bank. The rep hints the bank is considering funding Queen Dany since they aren’t about to loan Cersei any more money until she pays back the current loan. Cersei assures the banker that Lannisters always pay their debts and if he can hold off for just one more day, the debt will be paid in full. Oooh, what’s up her sleeve this time?

Whattaya Want From Meh?!

Back at Dragonstone, Jon is getting some fresh air and brooding as only he can. Tyrion joins him and makes a few attempts at humor, but Jon is, like, totally super bummed out, man, ‘cause he really needs to save his people from the damn ice zombies that nobody else believes in and it’s just so freakin’ frustrating, uuuuugh! Tyrion tells Jon his request would be a tall order for anybody during a first-time meeting. He points out that Dany and Jon have quite a bit in common in that they both care about helping and saving others and that Jon should give things some time for Dany to come around once she gets a clearer feel for who Jon is. But ain’t nobody got time for that! Jon and the North are running out of time and he needs help now, so Tyrion asks him if Jon has any other, doable, requests. Hmm. Well, ya know…there just happens to be all that dragon glass which Jon came for…

Cut to Dany and Tyrion in the war room as Tyrion talks Dany into allowing Jon to mine the dragon glass as a show of good faith to help win Jon Snow as an ally. It’s a great scene peppered with a handful of funny moments.

Dany goes out to join Jon on the mountain top, and they watch her dragons flying in the distance. She tells him how people thought dragons didn’t exist anymore, and indicates that perhaps she can be a bit more openminded about other things that sounds impossible. She lets him know his wish for the dragon glass is granted and that she’ll even provide the necessary resources to mine it. When Jon asks if this means she believes him in regard to the Whitewalkers, Dany simply tells him he’d better hop to it. Nice dodge, Dany.

Meanwhile at Winterfell, Sansa is totally killing it in the upper management department and is in total doomsday prep mode, making sure they have enough food for the long winter, and the proper armor to fight the army of dead. She has a moment alone with Littlefinger who gives her some unsolicited advice, and we get a peek into the inner workings of his mind. He tells her that if the North happens to defeat the Whitewalkers and humanity as they know it is saved and intact, she needs to be prepared for what happens afterwards. He suggests a fabulous pastime that involves imagining every possible scenario that can ever happen at any time, based on whether a person is a friend or an enemy - that way nothing will ever come as a surprise, because she’ll already have lived and seen it in her mind’s eye. Considering they don’t have Facebook in this world, it sounds like a pretty effective way to stay busy and keep the mind sharp. So what if it probably makes you paranoid and one of the side effects is that you’ll start making scheme-y faces all the time? And on the plus side, once Sansa is done plotting out every single possible scenario she can think of, she can start writing GOT fan fiction and possibly pitch a spin-off to HBO. Wink, wink.

Littlefinger’s advice session is cut off when they hear a commotion in the courtyard and Sansa is called over. It’s Bran! Our little baby’s all grownsed up! Sansa runs over to her bro and hugs him. It’s a sweet moment and not unlike the reunion with Jon at Castle Black. I do love a good Stark sibling reunion!

Sansa and Bran have a private chit chat at the Godswood tree. Sansa says she wishes Jon was here for the reunion and Bran throws out as an aside, “Yeah, me too, I have something to tell him”…like what, Bran? Like who his real parents are??? Can somebody please send a raven to Dragonstone, stat, cause it could really help clear things up for Jon during his visit with Auntie Dany right now. Ok, I digress. Sansa points out that Bran’s the oldest living Stark son, and the rightful Lord of Winterfell. But her little bro tells her how he’s not the lord of anything, seeing how he is now the Three-Eyed-Raven and she’s like “Wtf does that mean?” Bran tells Sansa he can see everything that has ever happened and also things that are happening now, though only in flashes, and that he’s working on getting better at this ability so he can make sense of things. When he mentions her wedding night, it freaks Sansa out and she excuses herself to go back inside. Bran is eerily calm and dreamy in his demeanor the whole scene and you really start to feel that with all the stuff he’s seen while warging, he seems to be losing a part of his humanity - or at the very least, his own sense of self.

Rebel, Rebel

At the Citadel, Archmaester Marwyn is examining Ser Jorah’s skin, noting a seemingly remarkable recovery. Marwyn lets on that he knows exactly what happened, but Jorah is sticking with the story that he just took a nap and started to feel better. Boom, living proof that naps are good for you! Marwyn confirms that Jorah is fully healed and is good to go on his merry way. But he tells Sam to visit him in his office later. Ruh roh, Samwell Tarly, you got some ‘splaining to do! Ser Jorah thanks Sam and tells him he’s going to head back to his Khaleesi.

Later in Marwyn’s office, Sam gets a slap on the hand for disobeying the archmaester. He asks Sam how he managed to heal Jorah when so many archmaesters who have tried the procedure in the past have failed. It’s simple really, Sam read and followed the instructions. In my head, I’m cutting to Gilly saying “You’re like…a wizard!”. The archmaester gives Sam a verbal pat on the back for saving Jorah’s life, and then it’s back to the usual grind: some scrolls need to be copied and Sam is the lucky guy who gets to be a human Xerox machine. Marwyn tells him that if he was expecting a reward for his good deed with Jorah it’s that he isn’t being expelled. Aw, man, Sam can’t get a break. Very fun scene though.

War Games

Back at Dragonstone, Dany is in the war room with her advisors. She wants to hop on a dragon, find Euron’s fleet and torch it to the bottom of the sea, but everybody talks her out of it. Even if her dragons are strong and nearly invincible, Dany would endanger herself while riding on Drogon, as anybody could try to shoot her down, and it’s a risk she can’t take. Tyrion reminds her they need to keep their eye on the prize: the siege of Casterly Rock.

Misandei - who clearly has Grey Worm on the brain after her last steamy encounter with him - asks what’s in store for the Unsullied and so we get a cool action sequence of the invasion while Tyrion narrates what will happen, noting that Casterly Rock has a sewer system that allows access into the impenetrable walls of Tyrion’s childhood home - he designed it himself to sneak whores in, back in his younger days. We see the Unsullied army fight their way past the gates while a group led by Grey Worm sneaks in via the sewer system. The Unsullied have soon defeated the Lannister army, but it’s all too easy and there aren’t nearly as many men as they expected. Grey Worm asks a fallen Lannister soldier where everybody else is, and when he looks up, he sees the Unsullied ships have all been set ablaze. Well, crap. That’s twice now that Dany’s plans have been foiled. Maybe she needs better advisors.

And where, indeed, have all the Lannister soldiers gone? We see the giant army advancing to High Garden, home of the Tyrell family - also the richest family in Westeros. And leading them are Jaime Lannister along with Randyll Tarly and his son, Dickon. Ugh, sell-outs! Lady Olenna watches from her room as her home is besieged. She knows what comes next. And Cersei has indeed fulfilled her promise to the Iron Bank as her army seizes all that Tyrell gold.

Once the battle is over, Jaime is in Lady Olenna’s room. The old lady is seated at a table, resigned to her fate. She asks how she’ll be killed and Jaime tells her he talked Cersei out of the more violent options she had entertained, and that it’ll be a painless death by poison. He pours a vial into her glass, and Lady Olenna swigs it down like a champ. As soon as she has ingested the poison she reveals that it was she who poisoned King Joffrey at his wedding. Jaime’s face is aghast and Lady Olenna tells him she wants Cersei to know it was her. Ya gotta hand it to Olenna, sticking it to Cersei one last time.

Day-um! And there we have it. Nearly halfway through the season and sh*t be going down! I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. Pretty disapointed for Dany that her advisors couldn’t have thought that Cersei would anticipate the Casterly Rock attack and send the majority of her men to fight the Tyrells. But it certainly raises the stakes, now that things aren’t looking so easy for Dany and she’s on her own again. She’d better start making new friends quickly. Seeing how things turned out for the Martells and Tyrells, however, my guess is that not too many houses will want to cross the reigning queen

Ok, time for a little chit chat and some theories. There are so many questions I have: Will Jon find out about his true heritage while he’s still at Dragonstone? If so, where does that put him in the line of succession? Does the bastard son of Rhaegar outrank the legitimate daughter as heir to the throne? Not that Jon would want to be king… Is Arya going to make it to Winterfell? I really want to see her wind up killing Cersei while wearing a Jaime face. When will The Hound and his co-horts meet up with the rest of the players in the North? Surely having some Lord of Light believers will help their cause, but what are they gonna do - pray the snow away? Will Cersei ever get tired of winning so much? I figure her next move has gotta be to hit Dragonstone whilst ambushing the Unsullied army on their way back from Casterly Rock…oh the possibilities! I hope Jon and Dany can come to an agreement on an alliance swiftly. And will Cersei ever be asked to join the fight against the Whitewalkers? It certainly would be in her best interest, though I’m sure any help she offers will be the kind that puts her in aprime position to continue ruling the seven kingdoms once/if the army of dead is defeated.

I definitely want more Bran visions. I have a half-baked theory that the old three-eyed-raven who lived in the tree is an older version of Bran and he is caught in some crazy time loop. And there are rumors flying around the interwebs that Tyrion is actually also a Targaryen (some believe the Mad King had the hots for Tyrion’s mom, so maybe he raped her? It would explain why Tywin hated him so much). If so, perhaps we’ll end up seeing Dany, Jon and Tyrion each mounting a dragon and laying waste to the Whitewalkers. Who knows, maybe Cersei will even throw in some dragon fire for their cause - I’m sure she held onto a few barrels.

Ok, that’s enough with my musings for now. Until next week, my dears. And if you happen to see the new Qyburn lipstick collection at your local department store beauty counter, may I suggest the new “Drop Dead Gorgeous” shade? I hear it’s to die for.

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S8E1: Winterfell AKA The Beginning of the End AKA Bran is a vegan

Ooooooooh Brodes. What. An. Episode.

Like dayum. I gotta say, it was too lovely. Like we’re gonna get totally forked this season. They gave us happiness in ep 1, cos they’re going to emotionally destroy us for the rest of the season. Just you wait. Battle of Winterfell in ep 3 is gonna be so traumatic I may need to call in sick at work the next day. Legit.

Let’s do this recap then... I’m writing this on my flight to Melbourne so I have no distractions and can dedicate a whole hour to it for you. Let’s go!

I’m OBSESSED with all the s1 throwbacks in this ep. The little kid running through the crowd and climbing the tree to see the royals (Jon/Dany) arriving in Winterfell is such a cute throwback to Arya and Bran doing the same in S1 when the royals (King Robert & co) arrived.

Dany has the most smug look on her face when all the northerners were scared of Drogon and Rhaegal. She’s really feeling herself since she banged Jon. Girl got laid so now she’s feeling like the top bench. Can’t blame her really ;)

Then Arya sees Jon and has the cutest smile on her face, which transforms to a scowl when she see’s The Hound (I think she legit thought he was dead. She’s probably annoyed that that she has to put him back on her list now!). And then she smiles again when she see’s her lover boy Gendry. Can’t wait for them to get married and have little warrior babies.

Reunion 1 happens; Jon sees Bran and he’s so shocked and happy. So cute how he rushes off the horse and gives him a big kiss. Major LOL at Jon being all “you’re a man now” and Bran being like “almost” COS HES THE THREE EYED RAVEN WE GET IT BRAN. Bran is like a vegan - he has to announce his status at every opportunity.

Sansa is so unimpressed by Dany, but then Bran goes vegan again and interrupts to tell Dany that Viserion is a WW now and she’s devo.

Skimming through now...

Reunion 2; Jon / Arya. I cried Brodes. Oh I cried. It was beautiful. Angelic. Gorgeous. Heavenly. Thank god they’re back together - you can actually see that they love each other it’s so sweet. Also hilarious moment when Jon is like “needle, have you had to use it”. LOL JON IF ONLY YOU KNEW!

Reunion 3; Sansa / Tyrion. Together again for the first time since Joff died. Loved the joke about how Sansa said that it was a highlight of the wedding hahaha Same gal, same!

So much happened in Winterfell. I’m so forgetting something but I’m trying to work chronologically and deffs failing at it.

Euron Greyjoy arrived back at Kings Landing with the Golden Company and new character Harry Strickland. Only 20k men and no elephants. Cersei mad. She should go see Dumbo at the cinema to get her elephant fix! My friend Emily has her name in the credits. Off topic but important to share.

Cersei and Euron bang. She’s not happy about it but I reckon she’s gonna pretend she’s pregnant with his baby to lock in his loyalty. She’s a shady one.

Theon rescues Yara and they split - she’s off to the Iron Islands to win them back as a backup plan for Dany to escape to if she needs it and he’s off to Winterfell to fight with Jon. Ahh siblings. Friends. They won’t see each other again before they die, sorry not sorry.

Back in Winterfell, Reunion #4 and #5. Arya sees The Hound in the blacksmith and have a tense but cute exchange. He’s all “you left me to die” and she claps back with “I robbed you first”. QUEEN.

Then Arya sees her boyfriend/lover Gendry and they flirt. He says “as you wish m’lady” and it’s GoT crossing over with The Princess Bride and like I can’t handle that - it’s both of my fave things! AH! G is making A a new weapon, cute.

Jon and Dany go for a casual dragon ride (JON RODE A DRAGON OMG) then have cute kissy time in front of a waterfall. Drogon though is not impressed at all. I love that they’re giving the dragons a personality now.

Controversial opinion: they gave us Jon on a Dragon too soon. They should have waited until like The Battle of Winterfell cos how cool would it have been for him to ride into the battle on a Dragon!

In Last Hearth, Tormund (yay! Tormund!) is alive! He and Beric are looking through the castle for signs of life, and they come across Edd and the best line of the whole episode happens; “STAY BACK HE’S GOT BLUE EYES” “they’ve always been blue”. HILARIOUS.

Then Lord Umber aka little kid is nailed to the wall but then he turns WW and starts screaming when they set him on fire. I may or may not have screamed in the cinema from fear. Whatever. You can’t prove anything.

Can we also take a moment to say, WHAT THE fork IS WITH CERSEI ASKING BRONN TO KILL HER BROS?! Like, surely Bronn taking the crossbow is just so he can go dob on Cersei to Tyrion. Tyrion promised Bronn that if anyone ever asked him to betray T then T would pay double. Bronn, you better be going after that double money and not legit planning to kill your two best buds T & J!

Back in Winterfell, Sam finds out that Dany killed his dad and bro and he’s heartbroken. Dany could have showed more compassion here tbh. She killed his fam, maybe apologise??

Sam then goes to the crypts and tells Jon the sad news... and then breaks the big big news. Jon finds out that Ned isn’t his real dad and he is heartbroken. He looked up to Ned so much and was proud to be his son. I can’t imagine how he feels now.

I don’t think he’s gonna tell Dany; he said that him being the true king was treason cos he’s sworn fealty to her. He’s gonna keep it a secret but dump her cos he can’t kiss or bang his aunty now that he knows. DRAMAAAAA!

Finally, bran’s “old friend” Jamie rides into Winterfell and when he sees Bran he looks terrified. I can’t wait to see what Bran says to him “I’m a vegan... oh wait I mean I’m the three eyed raven and I know you pushed me out of the window. Dude wtf”

Lots of setup here, but that’s normal for Ep 1 of a season. Let the chaos begin!

Can winter be over yet? Spring is coming? Maybe? I hope????

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Game of Thrones Recap: S8E1 - "Winterfell"

We’re back! After 12 years of waiting (okay, a year and a half, but who’s counting) Game of Thrones has returned. Mirroring the reunion of long-separated characters in-show, this episode at once feels like an old friend that never left, and yet has grown and matured in undeniable, but almost imperceptible ways. Compared to previous seasons, the episode maintained the improved (if breakneck) pacing of post-book content but has characters being written more consistently with their established arcs and motivations. They even trotted out a new intro this season. While in past years, the focus was just on how expansive this story truly was, ranging across countries on two continents, the focus is now much narrower and honed in on the remaining threats.

King’s Landing

In the capital, we see Cersei overseeing The Golden Company’s arrival in Westeros without much fanfare, and to the Queen’s deep disappointment, sans elephants. With precious little time left in the series, it seems unlikely the famed Essos mercenary troop will feature as much political intrigue as suggested in the books (with much of that being shifted into Jon and Daenerys’s storyline), they do at the very least come through suited and booted under the command of Captain-General Harry Strickland. The comparatively ragtag Second Suns these are not! Sidelined sidepiece Daario Naharis can eat his heart out while we see exactly what this portends for Cersei’s grand plans.

Speaking of royal jumpoffs, Euron again asks for a downpayment on his reward for aiding the Crown and asks to bed the Queen. She reads from the Book of Olivia Pope and demands Euron earn her, and then immediately lets him into her bed anyway. While most people are, to put it mildly, bemused by Euron’s continued prominence I’m (against my better judgement) at least willing to see where the writers are taking us with his character. It seems like there’s at least one twist left in his arc, at the very least as an obstacle in the Cersei/Jaime relationship. The story would have been better served setting it up during the meandering season 5 as the series stalled for George RR Martin to finish his books, but what’s done is done. If nothing else highlighted how truly alone Queen Cersei has become, it was her resignation in letting a Greyjoy into her bed, even if it was simply to keep him around and as a tool for her alleged pregnancy.

Meanwhile, after interrupting one of Bronn’s dalliances, Hand of the Queen Qyburn relays Cersei’s offer of gold to the sellsword if he will kill her “traitorous brothers” Jaime and Tyrion. And because she has no chill, she wants him to use Joffrey’s crossbow that Tyrion used to kill Tywin to do it. I think most of us would be surprised if he took her up on the offer and betrayed his friends, especially since he got paid up front, but this furthers the idea that one of her brothers will turn the tables and be the one to kill the Queen.

Finally we were reminded that King of the Iron Islands, Euron, whose ships ferried the Golden Company, still had Yara as a hostage in his ship. This is immediately paid off as Theon leads a successful rescue while crazy uncle “Crow’s Eye” is occupied plying his wares trying to send Cersei her queenly quivers. It’s still eff Theon forever around these parts, and while I remain unmoved by his inevitable redemption arc, he did come through for once. Despite her time as a captive Yara almost immediately has a plan and decides to retake the Iron Islands while Euron is abroad to provide a fallout shelter to survive the Winter should the Northern Alliance fail. Theon however feels honor bound to return to Winterfell and help his Stark kindred. While that’s cool and all, I’d be more worried about the other Northerners if they see him first. The last thing they remember is him allegedly burning the youngest Stark heirs alive and setting Winterfell to the torch among an infestation of Ironborn captors in the North.

Sidenote: Everyone is real cool about seeing Bran alive and wheeling around. Sansa knew Theon didn’t actually burn them because he slipped up, but everyone else should be a little more shocked he’s still alive.

Last Hearth

In Winterfell, we learned when the Wall fell, Sansa called all her banners to Winterfell to prepare for the long night. Ned Umber, underaged son of the traitorous Smalljon (who died in the Battle of the Bastards) and current lord of the Last Hearth, remains a straggler and was given more horses and wagons to transport his crew. You knew from jump nothing good was going to come from that late breaking news.

Cutting to the Umber’s house seat, we find out Tormund and the plot imperative remainder of the Brotherhood without Banners survived the collapse of the Wall and have made their way to the Northernmost castle in Westeros. It’s abandoned however, with obvious signs of a recent White Walker attack. In an eerie dark, they run into Lord Commander Dolorous Edd and what’s left of the Night’s Watch also making their way south. Momentarily fooled by Tormund’s gorgeous baby blue eyes, the two parties join up to find Ned Umber’s dead body bolted to the wall with the arms of several other corpses arrayed in a now all too familiar spiral pattern of the dead. Many viewers have noted the vague similarity between this and the Targaryen sigil. It’s possible “Fire and Blood” may have a deeper meaning than we originally thought, but before we can ponder that, surprise! Little homie ain’t dead!

Well, he is dead, but not dead-dead, which is still bad news for our group as he zombies back into the fight as Tormund’s back is turned. Luckily Beric Dondarrion and his flaming sword are there to burn him, but now they know the army of the dead is between them and their retreat to Winterfell.

Winterfell

WHERE. IS. GHOST?!?!?!?! Ahem...

We start in the home of the Starks, and quite expertly mirrored the start of the series with seemingly all of the North gathered to witness the procession coming to Winterfell and the arrival of the King and Queen. They even featured a young boy as Bran 2.0 climbing around and Arya hiding in plain sight betraying her noble bearing. Not to be forgotten is the Permit Patty looks of the Northerners as they see Missandei and Grey Worm rolling through the gates, and you can tell they have clearly not seen Black people in the North before.

Jon Snow returns to Winterfell after his quest for allies (and dragonglass), and he finally gets his reunion with Bran, who he hasn’t seen since episode 2 when he was hanging on for dear life after being pushed out of the Astronomy Tower by Jaime Lannister. Any hope that Bran may have gotten some chill in the offseason and settled into being a less creepy Three-Eyed Raven was immediately blown as he remains as cold and detached as ever. He rudely interrupts the formalities between a less than impressed Sansa and meeting the family Daenerys to remind them they “don’t have time for all of that” with the Night King on the march. He does have time for an old friend, but we’ll get back to that later.

We soon find out that Sansa isn’t the only one a bit chafed at Daenerys’s presence and what that means for the political reality of the North. The trillest player in the game, and Lady Olenna reincarnated, Lady Lyanna Mormont takes time out of her busy day of giving people stank faces to read Jon for filth. We all know Jon is only concerned about the Great War against the dead, and while you’d THINK knowing their only protection from the White Walkers which had stood for 8,000 years was gone would focus them, petty is gonna petty. Meanwhile Sansa asks the QTNA such as how are we supposed to feed these extra 100,000 people you just showed up to dinner with? Did you bring food for those two fully-grown dragons with you, or did you burn all that grain from Highgarden and spend the money on winter fits Dany?

The homecomings continue as former (and technically still, depending on your interpretation) husband and wife Sansa and Tyrion get to catch up for the first time since the Purple Wedding. We get to see how much Sansa has grown, and for all the earlier haters calling her naive and dumb, she’s the one pointing out the obvious holes in believing in Lannister promises. But the real meeting we’ve all been waiting for finally happened; Jon and Arya are together again! They both downplayed what they’ve been through, but we see just how much their experiences have changed them. Jon has spent seven seasons doing everything he can to be the shield that guards the realms of men. Arya in turn did everything she could, and killed anyone she had to in order to make her way back home to her family. It’s a subtle difference in perspective that Arya invited Jon to realize before his big picture thinking misses the forest for the trees.

And then there was Gendrya!!! Sorry, got a bit excited there for a second. We see Gendry already hard at work fashioning dragonglass weapons in the Winterfell forge. Arya comes in to ask for a custom made weapon, and also to flirt, and their obvious chemistry has not changed a bit. But before that, the Hound gets to be a proud papa bear and see his baby for the first time since she left him to die (and robbed him) at the end of season 4. It went about as gruff and awkwardly as you’d expect but there was obvious love there.

While Ser Davos, former hand of the former King in the North Jon Snow, talks to Tyrion about the seemingly inevitable marriage proposal to seal their alliance, Daenerys and her boo are looking for any excuse to get out of his folk’s place and get it on. She takes him out for a date, and apparently Jon has been putting it down so good she’s letting him borrow her car with the AKA plates. She invites him to get on Rhaegal and we finally get Jon, the not-so-secret Targaryen, riding a dragon!!!!!! The dragon named after his father no less, and while we all know — and the dragons clearly know — Dany and Jon are still in the dark about his true parentage. They fly off to a cave underneath a waterfall and Dany remarks they could stay there for a thousand years in obvious echoes of the dialogue between Jon and Ygritte north of the Wall.

After getting her back broken, Dany goes with her little buddy Jorah to thank Maester school dropout Sam for curing his greyscale. Upon realizing he’s a Tarly however, she also has to not-so-delicately break the news that she flambéed his father and brother for not bending the knee. Already crestfallen, Sam is pushed by Bran to reveal Jon’s true parentage as he’s paying his respects in the Winterfell crypts.

Always on time for heartbreak, we realize this is the first time Jon has “seen” his father since they parted ways on the Kingsroad in S1E2 when Ned promised to explain about his mother the next time they saw each other. What should have been another joyous meeting between best friends is soiled as Jon is less struck by the “you’ve been playing hide Longclaw with your Auntie” news than the whole “you’re the one true King” part, and is in full denial of a man who’s been given yet another promotion he never asked for. In the space of a single conversation, he now has to grapple with the feeling that his father Ned lied to him about who he was his entire life, whether this news cripples his alliance to save Westeros and defeat the dead, the realization that the love of his life is not only now a political rival but blood family, and the weight of another crown after he just refused the first.

In our final scene we see a hooded Jaime Lannister make his way into Winterfell after finally abandoning his sister’s evil to try and fight for the living out of honor. Unfortunately, the very FIRST person he sees is Bran, who’s been sitting in the same exact spot all night, waiting for his “old friend.” See, he didn’t have time for Jon to meet the family, but he did make time for Jaime’s ass after he pushed him out of the window.

With all the callbacks, this episode did a wonderful job of subtly (and not-so-subtly) reminding us of where we started so we can appreciate just how far we’ve come. While some were expecting a bang after so long off the air, the first episode of the final season focused on setting the final pieces on the chess board, and giving us a deep breath before the final descent into madness.

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How to Value Wealth in ‘Game of Thrones’

How do you put a price on a dragon? That’s the most vexing question facing anyone who wants to assess the dynastic fortunes that drive the plot of Game of Thrones, the epic TV series returning to HBO on April 14. Yes, it’s a fantasy saga that mixes medieval knights and castles with sorcery, zombies, and dragons.

But at its core, Game of Thrones is a contest involving nine very wealthy families—and Bloomberg News knows how to measure the holdings of real-world billionaires. So we set out to rank the wealthiest of Westeros, comparing their fortunes at the beginning of the series and where they stand before the eighth and final season.

There’s no shortage of material. Five novels by George R.R. Martin have been expanded into more than 60 hours of television drama that’s gone significantly beyond—and, in some cases, departed from—the books. Using this information to track the wealth of the ruling houses from the start of the series to the final episodes is more difficult than using wills, corporate earnings, or trusts to unmask billionaires.

“The books go into a lot of details about the economics of each family,” only some of which show up in the show, says Adam Whitehead, a fantasy critic who has written about the economics of Martin’s world and received public accolades from the author.

Ultimately, experts on Game of Thrones and finance who agreed to help us measure the relative assets of the Starks, Lannisters, and the other noble houses brought the puzzle back to the question of what a dragon is worth.

Three dragon eggs reverse the fortune of the penniless heir presumptive of the once-ruling House Targaryen. In the fantasy world of Game of Thrones, dragons are thought to have existed in not-too-distant history before going extinct in recent generations. Daenerys Targaryen’s dragons prove essential once they’ve matured, becoming a source of almost incomparable power.

There are methods that can help put a value on a dragon. Comparing the winged beasts to a fighting force of humans is one way to approximate their worth, says Michael Whitmire, chief executive officer of cloud-based accounting company FloQast. He created financial statements for House Lannister and published his results online.

“How many people would it be required for you to choose the group of people instead of the dragon?” Whitmire asks. There are few battles in the show that pit dragons directly against human soldiers. When they do fight, dragons almost always smoke the competition. Literally.

“If you have dragons, you would have most of the economic benefit in the world”

At one point, a transaction between Daenerys and moneyed merchants comes close to establishing a market price. She agrees to exchange one of her then-baby dragons for 8,000 enslaved troops and roughly 5,000 trainees, although it quickly becomes clear that the exchange, and the price that goes with it, is a ruse. Instead, Daenerys commands her dragon to burn the merchants and then frees the slaves.

For such difficult-to-sell assets as dragons, with no comparables on the market, financial experts would likely scrutinize them in one of two ways, says Steve Schuetz, a managing director for Valuation Research Corporation and Game of Thrones enthusiast. One is by evaluating the cost of dragon ownership. What’s the value of the time and money that it would cost to acquire an egg, incubate it, and then raise and train a baby dragon? Adjust that estimate for any dragons that don’t hatch or cannot be taught—or, in the case of the show, are captured by a zombie warlord.

Another method, the income approach, would estimate the potential plunder a dragon could generate on its owner’s behalf, or the potential destruction it could defend against, adjusted for its remaining useful life.

When rivals discover the existence of House Targaryen’s dragons, it triggers an arms race that adds a further wrinkle. House Lannister, the other clear candidate for wealthiest, develops a weapon that can harm a dragon, but it’s inaccurate and easily destroyed. Schuetz says emerging threats can help determine how much of a risk factor—and how much of a discount—should apply to the dragon’s value.

The Lannisters have access to capital the other noble families don’t. Their ancestral home is famed for its gold mines, a source of capital creation that’s easier to benchmark. “The Lannisters just control more territory. They’ve got more cities, they’ve got more lands under their control in the wealthier and more populated part of Westeros,” Whitehead says.

And that’s before you consider House Lannister’s strength in global trade and capital markets. “Whoever can control trade with the Free Cities can become quite wealthy,” says Whitehead. In the show, the dominant Iron Bank of Braavos is located offshore. Whitehead compares the fictional bank to the Medicis in 15th century Europe—both financiers wield more power than kings. “That’s why I think they’ve got the edge, going into the final season.”

So which is it: the bankers or the dragons?

To determine which family comes out ahead in wealth, we conveniently ignored the existential threat the zombie-like White Walkers pose to life on the continent. The rankings below rely heavily on Whitehead’s work, although Bloomberg sided with other experts who argued that dragons trump all other holdings. There’s nothing stopping Daenerys from using her dragons to make a very compelling case that the Iron Bankers should give her all the gold she wants, at very favorable rates.

“If you have dragons, you would have most of the economic benefit in the world at that moment in time,” Schuetz points out. “You have an ability to not only protect yourself but to be aggressive and take anything you want.”

Anyone who plays the game of wealth would probably choose to own the dragons.

House Targaryen

Current Rank: 1 Starting Rank: 9

At the beginning of the saga, this former ruling family of Westeros is homeless, subject to repeated assassination attempts, and in possession of little more than a famous name—and three dragon eggs. The eggs are thought to be worthless curios. Then the poorest of the major Game of Thrones families sees its fortunes dramatically change.

In addition to the dragons, the most valuable assets in the world, Daenerys Targaryen enters the concluding chapter of the story in control of House Lannister’s Casterly Rock and the cities of Slaver’s Bay. She has a large fighting force. While not necessarily relevant to our final valuation, Daenerys also controls the island fortress of Dragonstone, which sits atop a potentially valuable commodity: dragonglass.

House Lannister

Current Rank: 2 Starting Rank: 1

The family’s slogan about debt repayment owes at least part of its origin to the substantial gold reserves at Casterly Rock, although by Season 8 it’s been revealed that the Lannister mines haven’t been producing gold in years. Still, the family’s vast wealth can be quantified by the 3 million gold dragons in loans made to King Robert Baratheon, as well as what appear to be the best-equipped armies and ready access to commerce with the free cities such as Braavos. It’s clear that the Lannisters start out on top of the pack.

Access to the global financial system helps keep the Lannisters in control of the Iron Throne. Cersei makes good on promises to pay back debt owed to the Iron Bank, depicted as far and away the most powerful financial institution, and uses a new loan to hire a 20,000-strong mercenary army. The Game of Thrones section of Fandom.com disputes this figure, which Cersei provides at the end of Season 7. Should the poverty of King’s Landing, from which the Lannisters rule, be counted against the family’s wealth? The shortage of food and supplies must be weighed against control of a significant port and commercial hub which, together with access to borrowed capital, can open up trade and imports from relatively fertile lands elsewhere.

House Arryn

Current Rank: 3 Starting Rank: 3

The mountainous natural defenses of the Vale region are a key asset for its ruling family, freeing up common people to farm and pursue other commercial activities without the ravages of the continent-wide warfare.

The Eyrie, home of the Arryns, is thought of as impregnable for anyone without a dragon. The Vale is also home to Gulltown, the closest major port to the free city of Braavos.

The mounted Knights of the Vale are worth far more than the average foot soldier. It’s unclear, though, exactly how many knights House Arryn can supply at full mobilization. We see that these forces are large enough to turn the tide of a battle for Winterfell and are relatively fresh at the end of Season 7, having sat out prior battles.

House Stark

Current Rank: 4 Starting Rank: 4

The Starks and their vassal houses may control more land than anyone, but it’s sparsely populated and difficult to traverse. Natural resources such as timber, iron, and silver speak to the opportunity for development, but limited manpower and the coming winter are poised to curtail any such efforts. Like Siberia, the North is as difficult a region to fight as it is to develop.

This resource wealth allows them to edge House Greyjoys at the end of Season 7, despite the discount winter puts on the value of their land. The Starks still have access to trees, game, and other natural resources, despite a depleted and war-weary fighting force.

House Greyjoy

Current Rank: 5 Starting Rank: 7

The Greyjoys have few resources at their disposal, and their raiding culture makes prospects for economic advancement unlikely at the start of the series. A lack of rich forests makes building ships difficult.

By the end, the Greyjoy financial picture has clearly improved, but the details are fuzzy. Euron Greyjoy’s pledge to build 1,000 ships at the end of Season 6 is clearly hyperbole, according to military experts. Still, boats are valuable, particularly when used for such things as trading rather than raiding, and the growth of this fleet indicates a rise in the ruling family’s fortune.

House Martell

Current Rank: 6 Starting Rank: 6

The sandy region of Dorne is limited in population and in arable land. Exports include wine and grapes.

House Martell does have a fighting force and some ships, although the story provides few details about their number.

Though most of the main characters in this house are dead by the end of Season 7, it likely still exists in some form; Oberyn says in Season 4 that he has eight daughters. Meanwhile, Dorne’s isolated locale would have insulated it from excessive material damage.

House Tully

Current Rank: 7 Starting Rank: 5

The Tully seat should be a wealthy one, judging by its fertile land and central location. Unfortunately, this location also means that it’s regularly torn up by every war that comes its way, and thus less likely to produce income. Volatile vassals such as Walder Frey, a noble who controls a lucrative crossing over a key trade route, likely translates into lower tax revenue even at the start of the show, leaving the Tullys with more than their fair share of headaches.

The top surviving Tully becomes a prisoner of the Freys and eventually orders his troops to surrender. It’s not clear what, if any, significant wealth remains by the time we reach the final season of the show.

House Baratheon

Current Rank: 8 Starting Rank: 8

One would think that the ruler seated atop the Iron Throne would also lead one of the richest families in Westeros, but King Robert Baratheon is the exception. He starts the series more than 6 million gold dragons in debt, owing 3 million to House Lannister alone.

By the end of Season 7, brothers Robert, Stannis, and Renly Baratheon are dead, although Robert’s illegitimate son Gendry appears to be on the up-and-up as a fleet-footed member of Jon Snow’s retinue. Survival is more than House Tyrell can claim.

House Tyrell

Current Rank: 9 Starting Rank: 2

At the start of the series, the Tyrells were giving the Lannisters a run for their money as the richest house in Westeros. The pivotal assets were a vast amount of fertile land and a large population that paid taxes.

House Tyrell had the ability to raise a large army—backing Renly Baratheon in Season 2 created a unified force of 100,000 men—but this military capacity was regarded as far inferior to the Lannisters’ battalions.

The continuation of House Tyrell went from grim (after the death of heirs Margaery and Loras) to doubtful. Lady Olenna, the de facto head of the family, poisons herself after the Lannisters seize Highgarden. This formerly wealthy family may be wiped out.

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#GameofThrones Season 7 Epsidoe 3, 'The Queen's Justice' Recap

Sunday, July 30th, 2017

Sunday night's episode of Game of Thrones topped off at another high viewing of 10.11 million viewers... and for a good reason. Battle, blood, war, and poison was the focus. And man did it deliver.

Jon Snow has arrived in Dragonstone! He and Devos step foot on the island. He is met by her hand, Tyrion and her loyal translator, Missandei along with a few surrounding Dothraki. Tyrion greets Jon with a "The bastard of Winterfell," and Jon replies with a, "The Dwarf of Casterly Rock." They both smile. They shake hands, then Devos and Tyrion shake hands. Missandei sends thanks through herself from Daenerys then requests that they surrender their weapons. Jon and Devos comply. They head for the castle. As Tyrion and Jon are walking, one of the dragons flies up, almost hitting Jon in the head. He and Devos got the floor. Missandei smiles. Tyrion helps Jon up and says, "I would tell you you get used to them, but you never really do." Jon and Devos watch for a moment before they move on. The Red Queen is watching from a cliff above. Verys meets up with her. He wonders why she's there when she fought so vigorously for Jon to meet with Daenerys. She admits that the terms she left off with Jon and Devos weren't the best. Veryd advises her not to return to Westeros but she says that she'll return in time. She has to die in this strange place.

As Jon and Devos stand before Daenerys, Missandei announces her. "You stand in the presence of Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryan, the rightful heir to the Iron Throne. Rightful Queen of the Andels and the First Men, protector of the 7 Kingdoms, The Mother of Dragons, the Khaleesie of the Great Grasee, The Unburnt, The Breaker of Chains," Devos introduces Jon. "This is Jon Snow; he's the King of the North." Really Devos? Daenerys gives an educational update on the Stark-Stormborn history then she asks him if he's there to "bend the knee." "No," he says. She asks if he's going to break faith. Jon laughs at this and tells her what her father did to two of his family members. She admits that her father was an "evil man," but she asks him not to judge her for her father's crimes committed. She explains that when the two Houses had an alliance, the Kingdoms were at the most peace they've been and it lasted for centuries. She vows to place Jon as Warden of the North... if he hands the knee. He tells Daenerys that neither of them is eligible to stay true to their ancestors' pledges. He tells her that need one another's help. No, not with storming King's Landing, with another threat. One that all of them should be waging against; White Walkers. Daenerys tells Jon that Neddark Star's best friend, the Mad King, sent an assassin to kill her as a newborn, that being the reason behind why they left Dragonstone. She elaborates on the pain she's endured, and that faith kept her alive. Not in Gods, nor myths, but faith in herself, Daenerys Stormborn. "I was born to rule the 7 Kingdoms," Jon tells her that she'll be ruling over a graveyard if they don't defeat the Night King. Devos 's to both of their defenses, saying she was the first to bring Dothracki across the sea and he (Jon) was the first to ally Wildlings and Northmen. It wasn't because of a birthright. Tyrion says if Jon joins them, they'll help with the White Walkers after they deal with Cersei but Jon says there isn't time. Jon says that he doesn't mean to disrespect her but his decisions are for the Lords of the North. She tells him that's fair, but it's also fair to point out that she should be the Queen of the 7 Kingdoms. Then, Verys rushed in and whispered something. Daenerys apologized for her behavior and told Jon and Devos that baths and meals would be prepared for them. As she walks away, Jon asks if he's her prisoner. She tells him not yet. When Devos and Jon are gone, Verys tells her about the attack against the Greyjoy-Sand allied ships were attacked in their voyage to Dorne. Verys told her that most of the ships sunk, some of the forces were captured. Then, she asked "All of them?"

Theon is seen being fished from the sea. Someone comes to Theon, and he tells the man that Euron has Yara. He tells the man that he tried and the man tells Theon that he wouldn't be there if he tried.

Euron arrived in King's Landing! A crowd is lined along the path up to the main Castle of the city. Yara, the Dorne Queen and one of her daughters are being drug through the city, food and garbage being thrown at them. Euron soaks in the victory as he makes his way to Cersei's throne room. He brings Ellaria Sand and her daughter to Cersei's feet. "A gift," he says. "Justice for your murdered daughter," Cersei tells the crowd that Euron has proven to be the best captain on the 14 seas, promising him what ever reward He desires after the war is won.

Later on, Cersei taunts Ellaria and her daughter who are changed within the dungeon. She tells Ellaria of the day her lovers head was crushed by Sir Gregor. Cersei tells her that the cry that came from her was of pure love, and unmistakable. Cersei asks Ellaria how she could take her only daughter from her. Then, she says it doesn't matter anymore. Cersei began to taunt her with the Dorne daughter. Cersei takes hold of Ellaria's daughter and kisses her. She wipes something red from her lips. Come to find out, it's the same poison her daughter was poisoned by. Cersei tells Ellaria that her daughter will rot and she'll watch her do so, they'll keep her alive to make her watch. Cersei drank the anti-poison and leaves.

Back in Dragonstone, Tyrion meets with Jon. Jon is watching over the cliff, a lot weighing on his mind. Tyrion tells Snow that he came to brute a out the Greyjoy attack. Jon says he's a prisoner but Tyrion disagrees. Tyrion tells Jon that he should things about what to do about Tyrion's dead men while Tyrion thinks about Jon's "Walking Dead Men," Tyrion says that he believes Jon. Jon asks Tyrion how he can warn people that he doesn't know about the enemy coming. Tyrion says that the mind's of people aren't meant to comprehend things that size. Then, he admits it's somewhat nice to deal with monsters comparable to size with his sister. Jon says he needs to leave the island so he can warn his people. Tyrion agrees to helping Jon with something within his power.

Dragonglassis Jon's request. Tyrion presents it to the Mother of Dragons. She asks what the need of this particular item is for so Tyrion tells her that Job plans to make weapons from it to fight off the White Walkers. Daenerys doesn't want to comply but Tyrion convinces her to allow him to mine the glass. The camera cuts to the dragons flying high above and it shows Daenerys watch g them, and Jon watching her. He makes his way down to her. "Amazing thing to see," he announces. She tells Jon that she named them after her late brothers. "People thought that dragons were gone forever, but here they are." She tells Jon that she'll allow him to mine the glass and he may use her men as necessary. He asks her if she believes so Daenerys says "you should get to work,"

Sansa and her men are hard gathering supplies and food for the Winter when someone rushes to her, saying she has a visitor. She makes her way to the gate and who may it be? Brandon Stark, her long lost brother. Emotion overcomes her and she jumps up on the cart to hug him. He just looks straight ahead. They go to the Ancient Wise Tree. Sansa tells Bran that she wishes Jon was there. Bran agrees, says that he needs to talk to Jon. Then, Sansa says, "You're father's last living son, You're Lord of Wonterfell now." Bran says he can't be Lord of Wonterfell or anything. He tells her he's the three eyed raven. He begins to explain that he can see everything that's every happened to anyone. He says he's sorry for the pain that she has gone through. Bran describes one of Sansa's worst memories, the day she married Tyrion. He said she was beautiful. She relives the moment as he speaks it then she freaks out and leaves him at the tree.

The Grand Maester is looking over Jorah's now-healed Grey Scale. The Maester asks if he's in pain. Jorah says it's manageable. The Maester released Jorah then requests the presents of Samwell Tarley. Sam asks Jorah where he'll go. Jorah says his place is with Daenerys Stormborn. He owes his life to her...and him (Samwell Tarley). Jorah tells Sam that they'll cross paths again, Sam hoping so. They shake hands. When Sam meets with the Maester, he's prepared for anything. But the Maester shocks him, congratulating him on a procedure that was highly dangerous, highly tricky and highly deadly. But the Maester doesn't reward him as Sam more or less thought. He told him to copy over old scrolls and carry on about his day.

Daenerys wants Euron's fleet sunken. No, not by inter ships. By Drogon, Visarion and Raegal, her three dragons. They advise her against it because not unlike her dragons, she is highly damageable. Verys explains that the men of Casterly Rock know they're coming. Tyrion says Cersei will be ready, explaining no one has ever taken "The Rock". As they speak, Grey Worm and his army take on the Lannister guard. Many will and already have died. But Tyrion tells Daenerys that his father placed him in charge of building an inadequate sewer that led right up to the main guard tower. Then, Tyrion quotes himself, saying "Give me ten men and I'll impregnate the bitch," The Unsullied take over. Tyrion says that the Unsullied fight for the woman who gave them freedom, not fear like the Lannister guards. They had one, it Euron and his fleet came and burned every last ship Grey Worm and his men had.

In the last scene of the episode, Lady Olenna is seen watching the massive Lannister Guard March towards her castle. She's been expecting them. Jamie makes his way up to her. She's sitting at a table. He comes in and closes the door. She notices Joffrey's Blade, the "Widdow's Wail," and says he really was a cunt. She tells Jamie that that things she has done were unspeakable but they were done to protect her family. But Cersei has done things that Olenna couldn't even imagine possible. Jamie comes to Cersei's aid, saying that once the world is hers and the was is won, there will be peace. Olenna calls Cersei a disease and asks him how "it" will happen, meaning her death. Jamie admits that Cersei contemplated many awful things but he advised her against every last one. Instead, poison. He pours it in her wine. Without a seconds hesitation, she drinks it all gone and tells him to tell Cersei that she killed their son. Jamie walks out.

What did you think of Sunday's episode? Will Daenerys truly let Jon free? Who will she call upon for Dragon Riders for the War? Will Jorah make it back to Dragonstone in time? Will Cersei take full advantage and hunt down Daenerys herself? Will she send Euron? Let me know what you think below!

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The Queens Justice / S7E3

And so, another episode over only 4 left of the season…

Sam does not get punished or kicked out for curing Jorah (all you Mormont fans can cheer and get giddy he is on his way back to his queen) Sam does however get more tedious chores to do… or does he? Let’s think about this he has to copy all those rotting scrolls. Which in those days would mean by hand not with a copier. So Sam the book worm gets to read old scrolls and re-write them? He must surely be in his glory. But wait a tick, was he actually just rewarded? ‘ROTTING” scrolls? Must be pretty old and have info on say the long winter? The White walkers? Did Sam just get everything he was asking for??? All we can do is wait and see but my guess is he did.

Ellaria Sand gets to watch her daughter die and decay in a prison cell while she herself slowly dies. Was that a good move on Cersei's part? Kinda leaves it open for Ellaria to be rescued and get revenge. Her love of slow torture is one day going to backfire. Although as she spoke I was getting upset because it was sounding like a pretty Sandsnake’s head was going to be popped like a grape taking after her father. Luckily it is a slow acting poison, doubt she will get an antidote in time though. But I think it will get mommy’s blood up for revenge IF somebody pops in to let her go.

Euron gets his standing ovation cruising the streets of King’s Landing such a hero dragging his niece behind like a mule. But he did get engaged and is now the head of Cercei’s navy. At least for now I think he is going to make one fatal mistake and try to assault whatever ships they may have in Dragonstone. I’d be oh so careful about bringing wooden ships close to Dragons. It was mentioned about an attack with dragons on his ships so I think it is coming. Especially after he attacked the ships and left the unsullied stranded having to hoof it back. So far she only knows of the first attack and Tyrion was able to stop her but this second attack? She cannot afford these losses.

That takes us to Grey Worm and the unsullied. Successful attack on an empty Casterly Rock then stranded by losing their ships. At least they did not get killed so there is that. But what we have here is a foreign Army on foot in a land they do not know. It will be a long road back and I anticipate many casualties. The Unsullied are great warriors and will be a tough opponent but they can and will fall victim to ambush by people who know the area better. So where on Westeros were the Lannisters? Oh wait…

So when last we saw Lady Olenna she was advising Danni and heading home to High Garden. Hey look it’s the Lannisters!!! So High Garden was soundly defeated and Lady Olenna poisoned so sad I liked her. Happily, she confessed to Jeoffrey’s murder and wanted to make sure Cersei knew great moment in the show. Better was the look on Jamie’s face Cersei drove out his brother and wanted him dead. Over a murder he did not commit. It was purely driven by her hatred of him. I wonder how this news will affect their relationship as well as how Jamie deals with Tyrion when they meet up again. Man, Jamie looked like he was sucker punched for sure.

On to Cersei well of course called the Queen’s Justice so she has the 2 powerful houses backing Dannie brought low and has wiped out her fleet. Mad props to her for taking a powerful start to the war and has a secret way to kill Dragons although while an effective weapon shooting a flying dragon is a lot different than shooting a calcified skull. And of course has stranded ½ Danni’s army in far away from her. I do however find her to be careless leaving Ellaria alive she may be in prison but so was Tyrion once…

Bran has returned home likely with the Night’s King following close behind. He is the 3 eyed Raven he knows all… sees all and without actually saying it told Sansa he watched her get raped. Yeah easy to see how she got creeped out and Had other things to do… When last she saw Bran he was a cripple on the edge of death but just prior was a fun loving lively little boy climbing around the castle. Now he is this creepy stalkeresque weirdo who doubles as a homing beacon for the Night’s King. Poor Sansa she became tough, strong-willed independent woman only to find Jon is an undead whatever and more brooding that he ever was, Bran is a wizard Harry!!! And wait til she runs into the little skin changer assassin. Yep her family is all sorts of messed up freaks. Good thing she has the other creepy dude to ..err yeah nothing good over there either. How about her freakishly huge bodyguard? No? Wildlings? Ok maybe things have not really improved for her in life. Oh but wait Bran needs to talk to Jon… I wonder what he needs to tell him ;)

Which brings us to Jon and Danni…. So, Jon finally meets Aunt Danni YAY!!! He refuses to bend the knee claims they need each other. However, Danni feels she needs nobody but loyal subjects so bend the knee or else. Let’s stop here and check the score board… Dorne = done, High Garden = done. Unsullied foreigners trapped in a foreign land having to fight their way back to Dragon Stone. So save 3 dragons and the Dothraki who hate water she is the losing side and NEEDS help more than she cares to say but, wait Jorah is on his way to her. So Jon is brooding because he is a prisoner, she says he’s not but he feels he is. She wants to take down Cersei and he wants to defend the world against undead that do not exist. You’d think a woman in possession of 3 dragons would have a more open mind about the undead. Any who.. Jon keeps his own walking dead info a secret and so it goes. Tyrion and Jon get some alone time .. oh wait I did previously mention they would have a talk about Snarks and Grumpkins.. it was mentioned. Ok back to their talk sorry can’t mobilize our army north we need to go south to take down Cersei anything else we can do for you… yeah we need to mine this whole place for Dragon glass to make weapons to kill the undead… talk to Danni sure why not let them have all they want for their pretend war with the undead.. They avoided any slick tricks like you seem familiar or whatever. Danni wanted to attack Euron with dragons for the attack on the Greyjoys and Tyrion talked her out of it. Wonder how well he will be able to stop her once she finds out the new mayhem he has achieved. Ends up with Danni being more civil with Jon and less get on your knees now or be my prisoner. I was somewhat disappointed with a title like the Queen’s Justice I expected some action from Danni but nada. I wonder… is Jorah going to go straight to danni or head to Bear Island to rally support from his family? Would be an interesting twist.

Danni and Tyrion need to re-group and think things out while they sit at dragonstone they have suffered far too many defeats.

Follow up questions for Steve:

Also, going back to the last episode recap, you said, They also all forget what book readers knew as lore. There was a golden age under Targaryen rule a time of peace and happiness before the Mad King.” This is essentially what Danni said to JS during their first conversation.

What role do you think Jorah will play now that Tyrion is the hand? Also, the only three living Targaryens on the same island with three dragons…do we have dragon rides in our future?

Steve’s response:

Definitely Dragon rides.

Jorah will be foot slave and worshipper I’m sure he will have a place on the Queen’s council as all others are dead ;)

Here is a scenario for you Tyrion rides one of his new friends because they will likely let him. Danni on Drogon.. Jon wargs into one and both Jorah and Davos ride it because Jon is controlling it :p

Cersei in the meantime lines up and takes her shot to kill one of the dragons but it is Jon who can’t die dun dun dun…and yes almost like me and the show are in sync on those callouts to book lore

Now based on the trailer for next week Arya reaches home as that is her on the horse looking at Winterfell in the distance. I wonder how much of what she does did Bran see. Danni is done with clever plans because she is losing so yes, we can expect a dragon ride. I wonder though what would happen if a dragon breathed fire on King’s Landing with all that wildfire beneath it? Hopefully she takes out Euron’s fleet.

More follow up:

Re: the old scrolls that Sam has to make copies of…could it be possible that is how the audience learns about Jon Snow’s father? Or do you know/have a prediction about how that will happen?

Steve’s response:

Simple Bran already knows and will make the reveal. As noted Bran said he needs to talk to Jon. Currently Bran is the only one who knows. But we won’t know definitively until Jon knows.

So all hinges on Jon getting back to Winterfell to see his little creepy brother that talks to trees.

Another thing to note. Everyone except Ned, Jon and Howland Reed died at the Tower of Joy. So nobody chronicled his birth for the citadel. And those are ancient scrolls Jon is like 20’s? Those scrolls must be from the long winter or older

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Looking at the season 7 premiere!

Like I have been trying to do with Twin Peaks, I want to do a recap by each character’s storyline.

We get a cold open and see Walder Frey (who got his by Arya’s hand last season, so we know something’s up RIGHT AWAY!) and he’s got all of the Frey men in his hall, and he’s raising a glass to them, and recounts all of the good they did by killing the Stark family during the red wedding, by killing a pregnant woman, killing a mother of five, but they didn’t kill all the Starks, all the while the Frey men are all starting to cough up blood. Walder continues stating that if they don’t kill all the wolves the sheep will never be safe. After they all die, we see that Arya has used the technique she learned in the House of Black and White to take Walder Frey’s face and impersonate him, and turns to one of Walder Frey’s wives, and says “When they ask what happens here, tell them that the North Remembers. Tell them that Winter came for the Freys.”

We later see Arya riding a horse along, and she hears some soldiers singing by a campfire. One of them is Ed Sheeran, which, was just so silly. Not mad about it. They invite her to eat with them and she tells them she’s heading to King’s Landing. They ask why she would want to go there, basically tell her the city’s gone all to hell, everything’s blown up and getting worse. Arya says she’s going to kill the queen, to which they all laugh. They all look like soldiers from King’s Landing, and they’re off to see what has happened with the Freys.

North of the wall we saw a giant cloud of cold air slowly approaching, and as we get closer in, we can see that the Night King is coming in it, and they have a massive army. We find out we’re seeing this through Bran’s warg point of view, as he and Meera are approaching one of the gates at the Wall. They say who they are, give their best to prove it, and are allowed inside.

In Winterfell Jon Snow is commanding the forces they have, saying they need to get Dragonglass because it kills the white walkers, so they need to get it and arm everyone. He also notes they can’t just afford to arm the men, to which one man says “you expect me to put a sword in my granddaughter’s hands?” and the teddy bear queen herself Lyanna Mormont, (QUEEN OF THE NORTH!!!) stands up and puts him in his place, saying she isn’t going to be knitting by the fire while men try to defend the North, she’s just as much a northerner than anyone else and she doesn’t need their permission to defend it. If I were to have a daughter one day, I would hope she’s like her.

Jon Snow and Sansa disagree on how forts near the wall that belonged to families that betrayed the Starks should be manned. Jon says the families shouldn’t be responsible for the mistakes their fathers made, Sansa says they should be given to loyal families. I agree with both, but Jon eventually says he’s the king and his word’s final. Later Sansa says to Jon he needs to be smarter than their father and Rob, because they were smart but they made stupid decisions and lost their heads for them. She says he’s a good man, but he needs to be smarter. Littlefinger is still skulking around, and everyone seems to want him gone except Sansa, and she says he’s only still there because of his forces from the Vail.

Somewhere between the north and south, where winter has arrived, we find The Hound with the Brotherhood without Banners. They hunker down for the night in a house that the Hound stayed in with Arya, and he’d murdered the man and his daughter that lived there. He lets Beric Dondarrion (eyepatch) know that he doesn’t like him, but he doesn’t hate him, and he’s not bad. He doesn’t understand why they follow the Lord of Light, nor does he understand why the Lord of Light keeps bringing Beric back to life, and another man calls him over to the fire. The Hound, who got his facial scars from his brother shoving his face in a fire, doesn’t really want to go look into the flames, but he does it anyway. After staring into the flames, he sees the wall of ice, where the wall meets the sea, and an army of dead. Later that evening he buries the the man and daughter from earlier.

Further south we find Samwell Tarly, doing really grunt level work in the Citadel. Emptying bedpans, scrubbing them out, feeding everyone (something that looks like it came from a bedpan) and putting away books. It’s really driven in, too, because it’s just a big loop for like 5 minutes. He sees an area that is reserved for the meisters, and he wants to go back there to get more information about defeating the white walkers. While performing…maybe an autopsy..?…he mentions the urgency, that they are coming and he needs to help Jon find a way to defeat them. The man he’s helping mentions that they don’t even think white walkers exist, but they live different lives than the rest of the world, because the rest of the world constantly thinks the world is ending and they have to keep up with it all so the world will remember.

Sam sees a man with keys to get to the restricted part of the library, and takes those keys in the middle of the night. He grabs a handful of books and takes them back to his room with Gilley and baby Sam. Sam is flipping through, trying to find something of use. He sees that people would decorate weapons with dragonglass but they didn’t know what the first men used it for. He then discovers a map of Dragonstone, which has a mountain of dragonglass underground. He quickly gets a note written to Jon. Later we see Sam still at work, taking dinner bowls from quarantined sick, and one of the hands reaches out. Sam pulls back, because this man has greyscale. The man asks if the Dragon Queen has come to Westerose, and Sam replies that he hasn’t heard anything. We then see an outline of this man’s face, and we see it’s Jorah. It seems in his quest to find a cure he has found his way to the Citadel.

In King’s Landing Cersei is walking along a map of Westeros that is being painted on the floor. Jamie asks her what she’s doing, she is looking for allies. They are seeing they’re surrounded by enemies, and Jamie says that they’re on the losing side. Cersei is showing that she’s really losing it, because she isn’t upset over Tomlin’s death, because he betrayed her, betrayed her and Jamie. She wants there to be a dynasty of Lannisters, and when Jamie reminds her that they’re the only ones left, she says then a dynasty for them, because they’re “the only ones that matter.” Cercei reminds Jamie that one family that hasn’t turned against them is the Greyjoys.

They go out to see that the Greyjoy armada is sailing in, and when Jamie asks why she would want to align with them, they’re basically a band of thieves, she says they have ships, and all he wants is a queen.

Euron Greyjoy meets with Cersei and Jamie, lamenting how his family abandoned him when he came to claim the throne. They remind him how he killed his own brother for the throne, and she says “it’s great, you should try it” with a look to Jamie. They ask what he wants, and he states how he’s always wanted to marry the most beautiful woman in Westeros, and here he stood with an armada and two working hands (again, a look at Jamie). Cersei declines his proposal, and Euron states that he knew the way to a woman’s heart was with a gift, and that he wouldn’t return to Westerose until he had a priceless gift. I assume that he means someone or something’s head.

In Dragonstone, we see the Targaryen armada sailing in, the dragons flying overhead. They arrive to Dragonstone, left abandoned by Stannis Baratheon, and she yanks down one of their banners. They go up to the…well I don’t know what to call it but maybe a war room. It’s the room with a large map table that Stannis would use to plan out attacks, and relations with the Red Woman. She stands there in the window with Tyrion at her side, looking over the table, and says “Shall we begin?”

What a great start to a new season! I have been hyping up waiting for this season since it was three months later than normal, and I couldn’t be happier to see it back! I’m looking forward to seeing what’s coming up, who is going to win and who is going to die. Until next time! Happy sewing!

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'Game of Thrones': Nine Unlikely Heroes for Season 7

Even though Game of Thrones trades on the moral ambiguity of its cast — the idea that even the best people can make grave mistakes — there’s no question that certain characters stand out as more heroic than others.

For instance, everyone expects greatness from Jon Snow (Kit Harington), what with the fact that he recently conquered an enemy no greater than death itself. Likewise with Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), finally set to make landfall in Westeros for the first time in Thrones history, with an army of fan-favorite forces to boot. However this whole story ends, it’s a strong bet that Jon and Dany will play instrumental roles in pulling the Seven Kingdoms’ collective feet out of the proverbial fire — or bitter cold boil, as it were.

Those two central figures aside, Thrones is littered with characters who have the potential for true acts of heroism — folks who haven’t fully lived up to that potential yet, or haven’t in quite some time, but are poised to step up with moments of greatness as season seven pushes forward. Here are the folks we’re hoping to step up their hero game in the coming season, some more likely than others:

1. Yara Greyjoy (Gemma Whelan)

Her brother Theon (Alfie Allen) already enjoyed a hero moment at the end of season five and into the beginning of season six, when he liberated Sansa (Sophie Turner) from the Bolton-controlled Winterfell. Season seven could see Theon’s sister stepping up the plate in a similar regard, perhaps even on a larger scale. She’s in charge of the Greyjoy fleet, at least as it pertains to Daenerys’ army, and she has at least one ocean-dwelling monster to worry about as the show moves forward: Uncle Euron (Pilou Asbaek), the snarling stranger who crowned himself king of the Iron Islands. In trailers for season seven, we’ve seen violent scenes set in fiery ocean settings, suggesting a Battle of the Greyjoys. Whether a sacrifice play or an outright strategic master play, Yara’s time to show her prowess as a navy commander and supreme Iron Islands warrior looks to be at hand this season.

2. The Sand Snakes

Ever since their introduction in season five, the Sand Snakes have been a source of derision, not fully accepted by the masses of Game of Thrones fans. Perhaps that’s set to change in season seven, now that their poisoned fangs are pointed in the right direction — or, at least, are pointed in the same direction as ever before, but with new backing and energy in the form of Dorne’s alliance with House Targaryen. Everyone keeps clamoring for a Cleganebowl between brothers Sandor and Gregor, but what about this possibility: “Sand Snake Mountain,” in which the late Oberyn Martell’s daughters challenge the zombified Mountain in a direct attempt at vengeance? Of course, the odds are not in their favor, but a direct attack on the Lannisters’ single most physically imposing asset would be a heck of a way to earn some character redemption.

3. The Hound (Rory McCann)

Sand Snakes aside, the person we really want to see taking on the Mountain is his brother. Thankfully, we’re in position for exactly that, given the fact that Sandor Clegane returned to the fold in season six. He’s now riding alongside the Brotherhood Without Banners, making his way north to grind his axe against the true enemy facing Westeros: the White Walkers. Hard to imagine exactly how his sword crosses path with the Mountain during that journey, but if the Hound’s trajectory sees him facing his fears of fire by taking down monsters made of ice, before he gets his shot at his undead brother, we’ll all be very happy campers indeed.

4. Beric Dondarrion (Richard Dormer)

He’s already the MVP of season seven, at least as far as trailers are concerned. The one image of Beric kissing his flaming sword to life in the midst of a wintery landscape is already seared into the minds of fans everywhere, and it hasn’t even happened on the show yet. While we’re now guaranteed to see Beric in glorious action when season seven hits, it’s equally wise to start preparing for the Lightning Lord facing down death yet again — perhaps for the final time. The pet theory we’re developing in our neck of the woods: Jon Snow will die, again, during that same battle, and Beric will sacrifice his final life to revive the fallen King in the North. More on that theory here.

5. Lyanna Mormont (Bella Ramsey)

As the breakout character of season six, the Lady of Bear Island enters season seven with a ton of interest from the fans. The Starks were always the star players on the series, as far as children are concerned, until the arrival of Bella Ramsey’s tough-as-winter Lyanna. Given the success of the character, it’s worth hoping, if not expecting, for more Lady Mormont screen time, and an opportunity to rally other unexpected allies to the Northern cause, like the Targaryen forces. How to accomplish such a thing? Perhaps through a meeting of the minds with another surly lady on the other end of the age spectrum: Olenna Tyrell of Highgarden (Diana Rigg), the last surviving member of her house. Seriously, if season seven passes without a scene between the Queen of Thornes and the Queen of Bears, it will rank as one of Thrones‘ saddest missed opportunities.

6. Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen

Both of these Westeros legends died long ago, but their actions have reverberated throughout Thrones long after their death. Look for those consequences to increase in volume in season seven, as Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) enters the fray with the privileged information that Lyanna and Rhaegar are Jon Snow’s true parents — which means the current King in the North is a secret Targaryen. As a result, expect whatever frostiness exists at the start of Jon and Daenerys’ interactions to eventually thaw once his true lineage comes to light. Belated thanks, Mom and Dad!

7. Samwell Tarly (John Bradley)

Make no mistake: Sam the Slayer has enjoyed his fair share of heroic moments, even including his brief scenes in season six standing up to his cruel father. But given his recent road trip, Samwell has been away from the show’s main action for a good little stretch now. We’re expecting that to change now that he’s finally training at the Citadel of Oldtown. There’s already plenty of speculation about how Sam’s status as a maester-in-training could lead him toward critical information in the war against White Walkers, and we’re fully onboard with that theory: Sam, the man who killed a White Walker with dragon glass, will rejoin the fold in season seven with a wealth of knowledge as sharp as a thousand Valyrian swords.

8. Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau)

He saved King’s Landing once before, by driving a sword through the back of a powerful ruler who was on the edge of sentencing his own people to death. Will history repeat itself in season seven? Certainly, Cersei (Lena Headey) has no shortage of enemies who are in position to take her out of power. But the deadliest enemies are the ones you don’t expect, and there’s no way Cersei would ever expect to lose at the hands (err, hand) of her own brother and lover. But given how visibly appalled Jaime was at the sight of Cersei’s wildfire tactics at the end of season six, and given the king-slaying he enacted well before the series under similarly fiery circumstances — not to mention the prophecy that Cersei will one day die at the hands of “the younger brother,” who she has long suspected to be Tyrion (Peter Dinklage), but may actually be her younger twin — the elements are in place for Jaime to be a tremendous hero to Westeros at large by taking out the Mad Queen.

9. Gendry (Joe Dempsie)

Robert Baratheon’s bastard blacksmith son needs to return eventually, doesn’t he? Here’s hoping he shows up in season seven with a swath of Valyrian weapons that he’s been building since his last appearance in season three. The hero we need, if not the one we deserve.

Give us your own season seven hero predictions in the comments below, and keep checking back with us at THR.com/GameOfThrones for more theories, news, interviews and more leading up to the premiere on July 16.

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'Game of Thrones': Nine Unlikely Heroes For Season 7

1. Yara Greyjoy (Gemma Whelan)

2. The Sand Snakes

3. The Hound (Rory McCann)

4. Beric Dondarrion (Richard Dormer)

5. Lyanna Mormont (Bella Ramsey)

As the breakout character of season six, the Lady of Bear Island enters season seven with a ton of interest from the fans. The Starks were always the star players on the series, as far as children are concerned, until the arrival of Bella Ramsey’s tough-as-winter Lyanna. Given the success of the character, it’s worth hoping, if not expecting, for more Lady Mormont screentime, and an opportunity to rally other unexpected allies to the Northern cause, like the Targaryen forces. How to accomplish such a thing? Perhaps through a meeting of the minds with another surly lady on the other end of the age spectrum: Olenna Tyrell of Highgarden (Dianna Rigg), the last surviving member of her house. Seriously, if season seven passes without a scene between the Queen of Thornes and the Queen of Bears, it will rank as one of Thrones‘ saddest missed opportunities.

6. Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen

7. Samwell Tarly (John Bradley)

8. Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau)

9. Gendry (Joe Dempsie)

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