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The Bells / S8E5

Ok so this was a huge episode although it seemed rushed

To Start my prediction we would say goodbye to Varys – spot on. Sorry dude she did warn she’d burn you alive if you ever betrayed her. BTW did anybody notice he was trying to poison her? 😉 also to Note when Varys is burned Jon gives Dani a look of disgust.. seeds of dissension are brewing. He also was sending out Ravens so many of the remaining houses know about Jon by now.

Tyrion gets warned he will suffer pretty much the same fate if he fails again… so of course he sets Jamie free… it’s ok I think he will survive..Jamie heads to Kings Landing as does Arya and the hound… funny thing to note both Jamie and the Hound are shrouded and hiding Arya is brazenly walking it armed and ready no cloak just a stop me and I’ll kill you strut.

So the Armies are poised and waiting for battleships are ready and watching the skies as are the scorpions on the castle… also to note nobody was really looking up just out to the horizon. I pointed that out to my son last night and said if I was Dani would fly above the clouds and dive bomb them they would not have enough time to properly target.. well she did. Navy taken out and while I saw on the internet it is amazing they proved they can kill a dragon and suddenly cannot hit Drogon. A point of note, the dragons were hovering and circling over the ships as guards not flying at full speed. Easier to hit a still target or slow moving one then one moving at top speed. So yes she was able to avoid getting hit and wreak havok… THIS was a solid strategic move. All military targets precision strikes.”almost” restored my faith…

She then blows down the gate wall and takes out the Golden company..man their time on the show was non-existent…also a good military strike ..applaud Danni. Cercei’s main forces eliminated still have the nuclear option of Drogon and not the battle is in their favor… forces move in and battle…military targets still a good clean fight. Lannister army surrenders and drops their weapons…and the bell tolls…battle is won gratz Dani and company sorry Cercei… uhhm Dani? Ok now the mad queen proceeds to burn the whole of King’s Landing -Note I did say she is becoming the mad queen… Greyworm who is now out for revenge also follow suit and against Jon’s protest the forces resume… well carnage as battle would involve armed opponents. So everyone is slaughtered soldiers and civilians, women and children buildings burned and the city crumbled to the ground ..wont be much of a place to rule from.

Jamie runs into Euron and they battle Euron is killed and Jamie mortally wounded

The Hound and Arya part ways as he lets her know she is becoming him. Arya flips from assassin with a list to fleeing cat hoping to save all she can. And shows her skills she worked on all series… chasing cats in Kings Landing being blind she actually managed to survive. We’ll come back to her escape

The Hound and the Mountain Clegane bowl finally Cercei orders Gregor to stay by her side Qyburn tries to enforce that in a I am your maker Dr. Frakenstein move and gets his skull broken… should have read up on his Mary Shelly since that rarely works. And the battle ensues while Cercei flees. Sandor is a great match for Gregor had Gregor not been a zombie Sandor would have killed him a few times. But he is a zombie so Sandor charged him crashed through a crumbling wall to a great height but if the fall did not kill them the fire would. Fell a little ripped off as with such a build the battle should have been more like Viper and the Mountain.

Dani continues to leave the place in ruin and the dragon fire starts to setoff all the hidden wildfire it’s gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight.. in the mean time Cercei finds Jamie and they head to the room with the dragon skulls to get to the escape route but are trapped. The building collapses on them and they are presumed dead.. I say presumed as we do not see them die likely a cameo of them trapped and dying and either Tyrion or Jamie killing Cercei as a mercy killing. Her prophesy says she is strangled not crushed to death.

Jon seeing see’s their forces raping and pillaging none of this is tasteful to him and is even more making his journey to not back Dani complete. He finally gets the troops to retreat before they are killed between dragon fire, crumbling buildings and wildfire. Pretty sure he now knows which side her coin landed.

And finally Arya striving to save a mother and child and not be a faceless man gets blasted with dragon fire… Arya slips out of the way but the mother and child are burned to a crisp… So…. Is Arya fleeing to be normal and not pursue revenge or did she just get a new name for her list.. we will find out next week, but there could be a clue.. as if by magic a Pale horse appeared and Arya rode off on it. “And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.” I would take that as a sign she is not done.

Deaths Lord Varys Euron Greyjoy Qyburn Sandor Clegane Gregor Clegane Jamie Lanister Cercei Lannister 100’s of towns people The Golden Army The Lannister Army Dani’s sanity Jon’s faith in Dani Greyjoy fleet

Survived Jon/Aegon 6th of his name blah blah Arya “silence I keel you” Stark Tyrion Lannister Grey Worm The unsullied Drogon Dani The Dothraki The Northmen Davos Anybody not in King’s Landing

Predictions

Preview shows Tyrion walking through the destruction. I believe he finds Jamie and Cercei and kills Cercei as a mercy killing.

Arya is seen giving a death stare to somebody which is likely Dani possibly going to kill her let’s face it Arya is the ultimate fighting champion of the GOT world so could be.

We then see Unsullied and Dothraki cheering Dani as she enters the courtyard… not anybody from the 7 Kingdoms… just unsullied and Dothraki… So my guess is Varys’ word got out.

Jon will eventually sit the Iron throne Dani will be killed however it could play out a few ways.

For starters, she now with her depleted armies will have to fight the North and all the other families of the 7 Kingdoms. Nobody will be backing her and the strangers from across the sea.

Arya could kill Dani although that would be overplaying her trump card… but let’s say she tries and when Dani kills Arya for her betrayal Jon kills Dani? I am pulling for Arya to live but this seems the less cliché way of ending it. One possible ending as is Arya killing Dani.

Grey Worm does not want to stay in that foreign land so might leave and take the unsullied with him leaving Dani vulnerable.

Main prediction a lot of deaths

Dani is definitely one of those

And now my watch has ended

[stevefromitreviewsgameofthrones]

The Last of the Starks / S8E4

Subject: So Disappointing

"My Lords and Ladies where do I begin" - Tyrion Lannister - confession So from what I have read many people did not like this episode.. It was full of people recovering happiness and heartbreak... and more of Sansa disrespect and Dani decent into Mad Queendom. so we find our people saying goodbye to all those who died and giving them a proper burning... yes Night's King is dead but why chance it? We also get to see all who survived. Afterwards we move to the hall for dinner and celebration of life as they all survived. Dani in a complete “let's forget Jon is the rightful heir” acts like a Queen and calls on Gendry to make him a true born and the new Lord Baratheon of Storm's End, much as predicted would happen.. solid ally, now has an army of his own and bannermen with an impenetrable fortress. Ah to be young and hooked up that well...Gendry then heads off to find Arya... "hey I am now a Lord... marry me and be my Lady... Sorry no not me " Gendry brought high to be dropped low - Gendry Heart broken..mine too, for several seasons I had him and her to be together and him Lord Baratheon...bittersweet. We then find Tyrion and co. playing his favorite game.. Brienne called out for being a virgin must excuse herself.. in comes Tormund.. cold shoulder heartbroken .. he does recover quickly.. The Hound prefers his heart broken so we leave him to it. Sansa.. preferred being raped, beaten abused and manipulated to being a safe little bird.. she's a bit odd. We then find Jamie and Brienne.. let's give them some privacy.. ok he needed help tough to undress himself and her with that gold hand. Dani alone with Aegon/Jon we can't be together unless you keep who you are a secret.. ok few notes here...She is not the rightful heir but all she wants is to be queen nothing else matters... including being together with her Nephew???? No wait..he's OK with this too. I still find it disturbing neither of them hit on that little fact. So... Battle plans are forged and Sansa objects to not waiting but Dani wants her damn crown and it doesn't matter how tired everyone is I will kill all my forces to get what I want... and Jon (he's no Aegon) backs her and forces Sansa to follow his lead. Arya - We need to have a talk.. ok if the 1 person who wiped out the Night's King and his whole army said that it would be a bit scary..oh wait she did. So they talk Arya surprisingly sides with Jon on Dani but reminds him you are one of us, remember that.. and she is right to side with Jon as if it were not for all Dani's army dying she would not have had time to learn she is the one and get to Bran in time. Jon then breaks his vow of silence and tells Arya and Sansa (big mistake) who he swore to secrecy...yeah right. And off we go into battle heading to Kings Landing with a tired depleted army. minus the Wildlings who are heading back beyond the wall, The Hound, who is heading to Kings Landing just not with the Army (Clegan Bowl incoming), Ary who is back on her list..well of course she is Sansa is too manipulative, Gendry is heartbroken so no more booty calls, Jon is not her brother.. her who homecoming is a falsehood. So off she goes to her list the only thing she knows is real. Jon abandons Ghost and sends him North - Ghost Heartbroken along with all who watched it happen. Sansa breaks her vow of silence cuz it's Sansa to tell Tyrion and why not turn the screw on Dani some more to drive her to madness... Tyrion, of course, shares this with Varys.. it's a damn Prell commercial and he'll tell 2 friends and they'll tell 2 friends.. Speaking of Dani and madness... So the ships are en route with Dani and 2  dragons watching over the ships. a few quick shots and Ragon drops from the sky, 1 Dragon lost. Dani tries to attack gets scared and abandons her fleet to die...all ship taken out, Missande captured, a lot of troops lost. pissed off about her Dragon and Missande, Dani wants to burn King's Landing to get to Cercei no matter how many people died, she wants revenge. Varys confronts her and Tyrion suggests another way.. to be honest, if they wanted to save Missande probably burning King's Landing was the better idea, but I digress. Varys and Tyrion discuss Dani and while Tyrion, who seems on the edge, backs her - Varys serve the people and the realm not a king or queen.. We know where this is going. Meanwhile back in Winterfell...word has reached that the fleet was destroyed a Dragon killed and Missande captured and that Dani intends to kill Cersei with dragon fire. So... of course Jamie goes to serve his one true master... Brienne heartbroken... hopefully he kills Cercei not helps he has come too far in his redemption arc. Danni confronts Cercei with surrender demands... Note here: in order for that to be effective, you need to be holding all the cards..not none of them. So with all those dragon killers aimed at Drogon, her forces outnumbered and Missande precariously on the brink of death, this demand is made.. ok Tyrion's idea so another bad move by him. The response is Missande beheaded while all including Dani and Greyworm watch....Dani - decent into Mad Queen completed.. tune in next week when we will bring you another dead dragon, a major defection in favor of Jon and Dani's likely death along with others she will likely kill for their betrayal... Varys likely this is goodbye. after last night my prediction is that this battle will last the next 2 episodes much to my dismay. this whole thing was built on the white walkers and winter coming. sad if they spend one night on that and 3 on Cercei and Dani. And now my watch has ended....

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The Long Night / S8E3

Ok took a bit but here it comes… kinda clinical recap as it is a fight recap mostly…

The dead has arrived and our forces are standing at the ready

In Comes Mellisandre not the most popular gal but she lights all the Dothraki swords on fire before they charge into battle… the fire did not seem to help them but when it went out we knew they all died

Death Toll: All Dothraki

Kinda expected that no matter how good they are they rode into a no-win situation.

Now it is the undead armies turn they swarm over the Unsullied. All forces join in and it is a massacre when they realize they are losing they retreat to the keep and the unsullied stand and fight. At this point Jon and Dani join the battle and burn as much as they can. Until a sudden snow/cloud forms blinding them from everything including each other ..few mid-air collisions. The dragons were to light the pit but well blind as I said after some futile efforts Melisandre is brought out by Greyworm and company to light the pits. Greyworm also drops the bridge keeping the undead on the other side and trapping many unsullied. Once lit we retreat to the keep.

**undead do not care about dying so make a great body bridge don’t ya think?**

Death Toll: Most of the unsullied Ed Many wildlings Many Northmen I’d say Wights but they just get back up

The battle proceeds in the castle attacks on the walls and the door. Sansa is sent to the crypts with a dragon glass dagger and Arya joins the fight.

Soon a Giant breaks in and is fighting the Mormont clan at the door. ..

Arya gets swarmed and flees Lyanna Mormont gets her body crushed in the hand of a giant the **sound was sickening** but not before she kills him with a stab to the eye

Beric and The Hound Pursue

Death Toll: Lyanna Mormont House Mormont More Northmen and Unsullied More wildlings

OK thus far this is really not going well… moving on

Arya, stealthy girl she is, flows around avoiding all undead and slips out a door only to be attacked and trapped. In comes Beric and the Hound to save the day, they pull her away and the Hound leads her out while Beric tries to buy them time. They finally make it to a room with Melisandre. Beric dies…. He has fulfilled his mission for the Lord of Light Arya has more eyes to close … specifically Blue ones.

What do we say to the God of Death? Not Today.. unless you are Beric in which today might suffice..

Death toll: Beric

We then find Jon on a Dragon battling the Night King who falls from his Dragon Jon crashes to the ground and Dani flies in to burn the Night King.. who does not burn. Would have been good to know that upfront. He tries to attack Dani and misses. The Night King raises all dead.. god damn we were almost there. Dani swoops in and cooks the undead attacking Jon who then chases the Night King… Dani makes her mistake she is on a dragon she should be in the air instead she sits on a battlefield, the dragon gets attacked and flies to try to shake the undead off.. in the process he shakes off Dani. Jorah comes out to protect her and acting as her shield dies for her.

**special note here**8 anybody else notice when the dead were raised all had blue eyes except Delores Ed who’s eyes were white?

So we find Theon and the Iron born in battle in the godswood protecting Bran all Iron Born die except Theon..

Back to Jon running through Winterfell in pursuit of the Night King to end this fighting his way through ignoring friends who may or may not need help. Heading to protect Bran and kill the King.

Meanwhile down in the crypts… uhhm who exactly thought putting people who can’t fight in a crypt while fighting a guy who can raise dead needs their head examined… anyway must have been fun for Sansa being attacked by long gone relatives.. so battle ensues in there and it appears like Tyrion and Sansa either made a suicide patch or just a ok lets go run out and die brave pact so off they go. Anyone else think they will re-marry?

Where the hell is Arya??? Oh NM we’ll come back to her…

Back to Jon still making his way but runs into Vyserion ok man vs undead dragon.. not an easy fight I think Jon will be a bit late… hopefully Theon can hold out..

Back to the Godswood the Night King and his entourage has arrived but Theon is a good man… so instead of running as is his usual tactic he fights and dies immediately and the Night King heads slowly to Bran guess he wanted to Savor this moment..

Suddenly Here’s Arya diving down on him out of nowhere which is a great tactic for no one he catches her and in an extreme badass Arya move our favorite assassin appears to drop her knife but only to swap hands and stabs him in the chest with Valyrian steel… all undead cease to be including Vyserion.. the north survived… somewhat..

Special note the knife that started this all ended it

Mad props to Arya my favorite little Assassin.. shame though she could not score a face from the Night King

Upon the morning Melisandre walks out to the battlefield to die.

Death ToLL confirmed: Beric Ed Dothraki – all 10,000 Unsullied – most 8,000 Wildlings most All house Mormont Many Northmen Lyanna Mormont Jorah Mormont Theon The Iron Born Night King All White Walkers All Wights Vyserion

Pre answers to questions

Yes Jon is Aegon Targyrian 6th of his name blah blah and has had his staredowns with the Night King. But every time they faced off the Night King ended up on top and Jon ended up making it out alive. Why think it would be different. Plus every standoff the Night King just raises an army and shows Jon he can never win. As much as people feel Jon should be the one..

What was all Arya’s training for? Just so she can slit Little Finger’s throat? Nah she had a purpose and as Mel pointed out her own prophesy and she was the one the Night King would not see coming. So her purpose in all this has been realized there is no real shocker here. I was pleased not disappointed.

All the Wights and White Walkers died because he controlled them all so once he died they died simple.

Whereabouts of Gendry and Sam So last we saw Gendry was on the wall and then not again. Somebody was pulled over the wall to their death I rewatched and the person’s hair was too bushy to be Gendry so his whereabouts are unknown but all things I check on the internet has him among the Living. Last we saw Sam he was on the ground fighting and looking to be losing when Jon ran by. We do not know the outcome and when all survivors were seen after the dead were gone he was nowhere to be seen. Still no confirmation of death so likely still alive. Neither were shown in the preview for next week either… in all fairness we never actually saw ghost dead but he never returned either I have less hope for him Direwolves do not live long in the Stark family.

I myself am wondering about next week.. from what I saw Cercei is now mobilizing, and while Dani seemed loaded with confidence they lost almost all their armies so… does not look good unless dani just takes the armies out with the dragons but lets face it who will respect her as queen if she does..damn it I keep forgetting I don’t think there are any families left north or South.

And now my watch has ended

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A note on Arya killing the Night King

For starters way back in Season 1 Arya was taught the only god is death and what do we say to Death? Not today

Melisandre saw her and told her she had darkness in her and she sees eyes looking back at her, brown eyes, green eyes and BLUE eyes and they would meet again

Bran who sees all past present and future gave the Valyrian steel dagger to Arya for a reason.

Arya displayed her slight of hand Knife moves sparring with Brienne

And remember the ones who need protecting are the ones who get in her way..

Then something I noted on re-watch

The Hound hiding Beric trying to get him to help the Hound this is death you can not fight death. Beric: tell her that and looks to Arya. Beric had been brought back by the Lord of Light for one reason – Arya. He might have known both his and her future

The Dagger Arya used was pictured in a book in the Citadel which would indicate it is a legendary weapon 

All Northmen who did not back Jon that also were not between Winterfell and the wall would join them after that battle.

***Follow up questions and Steve’s answer in italics***

1. When that undead first busted through the wall into the crypt, was that someone who had been buried in there, or was it a wight who found a way in? Can the Night King only raise those who have been killed by him/his kind?

It is corpses from the crypt if it is dead he could raise it

2. I saw Gilly get attacked in the crypt, did she make it? My original thinking was no, she didn't. 

I dont think it was Gilly a lot of people were in there, however I saw Gilly in the crypt after the battle was over.

3. I know you want Tyrion to kill Cercei, but the prophecy of green eyes...does that mean Arya will kill Cercei? Maybe wearing Jamie's face, or do we thinking Jamie lives? 

Actually have been telling Susan it will be Arya wearing Jamie face. Tyrion is the most popular theory though. Jamie is still alive and redeemed himself a bit doubt she will kill him for his face.

4. Any theories about where Dani/Jon are going to find an army to fight Cercei? Maybe some Dornish people who hate the Lannisters? 

Nick and I were discussing this last night. If both Sam and Gendry lived...Gendry can be legitimized making him lord of Storms End giving him the ability to summon the bannerman and the Baratheon Army. Also Storms End is a great place for them to relocate to for the war. The outer walls are 40 feet thick facing Kings Road and the sides facing water are 80 feet thick and face Aptly named Ship Breakers Bay. So protection from sea and land attack and close to Kings Landing. Sam is now Head of the Tarly family so can summon the remaining armies and banners. With Cercei's prisoner Dorne would also join. And fleets from Iron Island.  Let's also not rule out Howland Reed and the Crannogmen

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Prep for sunday

So in anticipation for this weeks epic episode...

this season is only 6 episodes with some as feature films. there are only 4 left

so what has to happen....

war with the undead Sunday should also be over Sunday

people reeling from the aftermath and regrouping for a war with Cersei

no worries I think she will get a raven that the living won and take her

troops north to get them while they are trying to recover from the war.

No sense letting them get a chance to regroup.

the war with Cersei

the end wrap u and what the future holds...

alternatively all the remaining could be feature length to allow the

episodes to bleed together.

death watch:

Brienne Jamie Tormund Dani Beric Gendry Lyanna Melisandre Ghost 2 out of 3 dragons Theon and all his men Ed one of ..Sam or Bran Night King and all his army

expect to live:

Arya - likely wearing Night King's face Aegon king of the north, lord Commander, King of the seven kingdoms 6th of his name... more titles than Dani blah blah blah Tyrion in the end I truly believe he will be the one to kill Cercei the Hound Cleagan bowl HAS to Happen one of Sam or Bran...

ok so Bran is the living history of humanity... and of course Sam has read all the history. if bran dies I could see Sam become the 3 eyed raven... note I could swear in the opening credits it is Sam's face on the weirwood tree. either way as pointed out if Bran dies so does the history of Westeros along with everyone. unless Sam takes his place...Bran has become chummy with Sam after all.

And now my watch has ended....

My follow up questions

Steve, first of all, this is A+ content.

Questions

You think Dani will die...? Do you think this because Jon Snow is the rightful heir and there's no easy way for her to cede the throne?

It's inevitable that Jon's army will defeat Cercei, right?

Can you explain a little more about Arya wearing the Night King's face? Obviously, he is dead/undead, but can she just fully take over his body when he is undead, or does he have to be fully dead?

Do we think the Tyrion as a Targaryen reveal will happen?

His answers

You think Dani will die...? Do you think this because Jon Snow is the rightful heir and there's no easy way for her to cede the throne? YES even more important Jon told her right as the Night King arrived she is pissed and will do something foolish as she is known to do.

It's inevitable that Jon's army will defeat Cercei, right?no it is however inevitable she will die

Can you explain a little more about Arya wearing the Night King's face? Obviously, he is dead/undead, but can she just fully take over his body when he is undead, or does he have to be fully dead? for one she already referred to him as death and she is anxious to see this face... he'll die she'll take his face off

Do we think the Tyrion as a Targaryen reveal will happen? tough call not sure

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms / S8E2

So... some consider it a wasted episode it really isn't but not too much to recap Of course if they just went into the battle with the undead it would be a bit vacant. so this episode was a focus on people realizing it could be their last day of life. Dani continues to appear more and more the mad queen than a good queen. clearly upset by everyone saying yes to Jaimie while she wants him dead. Jaimie's arrival in to the pit of hell where nobody wants him except Bran, Brienne and Tyrion...he is allowed to stay and live and life moves on to err death ok. And so it progresses to a remorseful awaiting their fate gathering.. At the fireplace a group gathers Brienne gets knighted and Tormund is drinking what exactly? dribbling down his chin it looked like milk but...where did he get Giants Milk????? he is one sick puppy. did I detect a rivalry for Brienne between Tormund and Jaimie??? If I were king I'd knight you a thousand times.. Jaimie... hold my beer... And we find the Hound and Beric trading barbs on the wall... reminder to Beric he can no longer be brought back. Arya and Gendry do what many would do on their last night of life... BTW Maisie Williams did an interview and when she was told she was doing a sex scene she thought it was a joke... found out it wasn't't but she was allowed to control just how much of her she showed. Side note my Son who has a crush on her was freaking out saying no Arya don't do it no... just no. Jon tells Dani who he is of course she stops trusting him and does not believe him because NOBODY will stand in her way to the throne...Mad Queen indeed. and Bran.... ok for starters he is bait for the Night's King and assumed a death immediately but it was pointed out he is the living history of Westerns and the goal of the Night's king is to kill him to have a forever night... if this is the case this will end with the Night's King winning if Bran dies so he is not likely to die unless somebody else becomes the 3 eyed raven... amazingly I noticed in the opening credits the face on the Weirwood tree looks kinda like Sam... any way Winter has come and is at the gates I would assume a double length episode next week And now my watch has ended....

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Winterfell / S8E1

Dragon rides and Awkward reunions

OK So to start this episode was flash back to episode 1

We begin with a kid running through Winterfell to get a good spot to watch the Army and royalty arrive much like Arya Season 1 ep 1 and then we land on Arya. A Bit put off Jon did not see here and put off that the Hound was there but romance anybody? Our little assassin beaming over Gendry’s arrival.

And of course it ends with Bran and Jamie staring at each other. Season 1 ep 1 ended with Bran being tossed out the window by Jamie.

So… Love is in the air… Arya and Gendry flirting a bit possibly romance to brew there.  And Oh a new heavy duty magic projectile weapon Arya wants, maybe to drop the undead ice dragon? We shall see…

Jon and Dany… a lovely Dragon ride (notice Jon was accepted as a rider by the Dragons…ssssh Dany still doesn’t know.) Old men talking as they often do and planning the 2 of them to wed. ahh so creepily romatic.

Sansa and her estranged husband… ok well not romance but as I recall he was due to be executed so her marriage was never annulled …so….yeah

Cercei and Euron although would not call it romance as much as blackmail or payment. Oh and Cercei has the gold company now… although if the North loses and the Night King heads south it will be with all the Northmen Whites so still not enough.

Bronn and 3 girls… ok the real romance is Bronn and gold just has to kill his only 2 friends to get it. Sell sword or friendship… ok well let’s put it different end of season 7 he had no intention of going to fight the undead and avoiding the north… so while we know gold is worth more than his friends will he still not go north? Better plan kill Cercei on the privy as a real irony.

So Jon’s welcome home… only real awkward part with Arya as she still loves him so much was the fact she has used needle… Yes Jon she is a killer much better than you.  Then of course there is meeting Bran.. the creepiest dude in the entire world past present and future since he can be in all 3, not just the 7 kingdoms.

And so on to some activity… Jon introduces the Queen to all the Northern lords and gets called out by Lyanna Mormont. Jon sticks to the same I am doing this for you story that got him stabbed to death… but in all fairness he is right “IF” he bent the knee for the North…choosing what is best for the people over having a title is noble for sure and not without merits. But Later Sansa calls him out for did you bend the knee for the north or because you love her. Truth be told it was love. He refused to bend the knee because of the north. Hell she lost a dragon and wanted revenge so there was really no need to bend the knee at that point other than love. Of course Jon assures Sansa that Dany is not her father … ok….

Cue Dany, Jorah and Sam….dun dun dun… Thank you for saving Sir Jorah you did me a great service.. oh by the way my dragon fried your father and brother because they would not bend the knee. As Sansa pointed out not her father because she is much prettier but really that is where it ends. She is cook people happy and there is strict penalty for not respecting her as Queen… by the way she did discuss with Jon about Sansa’s lack of respect? Hmm more BBQ tasty eats since Sansa does not have enough food for the armies and the dragons ( who eat what they want)

And so Sam spills the beans..

Hmm what gives Jon the most pause here…

I just had sex with my aunt?

Sansa was right she is her father just prettier?

I wonder if she will kill me in the middle of the night to keep her crown?

Holy wtf? I am the king and heir????

Ned the most honorable man I knew lied to me? Ding ding ding

As Sam points out Ned did the most honorable thing by keeping his promise protecting him and raising him as his own even if it meant lying…. Hmm Jon needed that lesson back in the dragon pits last season. Sam you are so slow.

And now as Sam points out Jon shows mercy when it is called for and exacts punishment when it is called for and sacrifices himself for the good of his people… Dany wants her throne wants her crown and will not sacrifice. Those that oppose her will die. Poor Jon…. Aegon 6th of his name ..blah blah blah she’s gonna kill him for trying to take what is rightfully he…his

Tormund, Ed and Berrick LIVED!!!! So there is that… but hey ain’t that the Umber kid that was just in Winterfell pinned to the wall in a symbolic image? He was just dispatched… Night’s king is close by guys be ready. Interesting pattern… it is of course a Children of the Forest symbol seen in over head views of their tree and on the walls in Dragonstone… just saying

And so we wait for next week…

Well a lot of people hate Jamie there so he is in for a tough night, Night’s King has breached the wall and is on the move.. Cersei is an idiot so no worries there… Dany finding out about her nephew/lover well hopefully before the 3 old wise men marry them. Then again she would still be queen that way.

I really feel bad for Arya… Winterfell is over loaded with people… so many faces so little time

And Now My Watch has ended

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S7E7 Follow up

So, it would appear the Night’s King may be shooting himself in the foot taking a Dragon. I was giving this some thought and here is what I came up with:

The wall is made of ice shooting ice at ice would just make the wall stronger especially magic enhanced ice, so that was likely blue flame Viserion was shooting.

Fire kills wights

Burning the dead prevents them from coming back

Use of said dragon will kill his troops as well as Ae-Jon’s and incinerate them so they cannot be raised

As a result, he will lose ability to bolster his forces as the battle rages on since he gains forces by raising the dead that was not burned. His only chance is to use the dragon to fight the other dragons and not use it against ground forces.

Also, some interesting things to note:

According to George RR Martin the Night’s King is a legendary figure from the past and is unlikely to have survived any longer than Bran the Builder did. If this is the case he is a new Night’s King which would make sense the Others were at bay for over 1000 years in that time you’d think he would have made more that 12 White Walkers since all it takes is touching somebody. He should have a massive army of White Walkers not a few with a ton of Wights. Unless the original Night’s King was defeated and died and a baby sacrificed to the Great Other grew up to be the new Night’s King which as a result would take time to happen which would explain why there are not more White Walkers. Which would mean Winter will come again.

Another Theory is that the Night’s King is the original but was a Stark and a pact was made to end the long night which involved the building of the wall that the wildlings, children and Others stay North of the wall and the First Men stay south. The pact sealed by there always having to be a Stark in Winterfell. Sort of a familial pact with the Night’s King who was once a Stark. Coincidentally the White Walkers heading south started to be in full force when Theon had control of Winterfell and there were no Starks.

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*Steve’s addition - [The Night’s King] also does not like walls

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The Dragon and the Wolf / S7E7

So, 1 major death, 2 betrayals, and one Jon just cannot win no matter what.  OH… and boat incest. All previous predictions have come to fruition ;)

So, the show opens on King’s Landing the Unsullied forces lined up as a show of how powerful the army is. Jamie and Bronn preparing for defense if needed but both know they are out-numbered… but wait here comes the Dothraki horde ok now severely outnumbered. Jamie and Bronn take a moment to admire the massive army :p . but wait there’s more… here comes the fleet.

Tyrion, Jon and company arrive at King’s Landing sans Danni where they are greeted by Bronn, some soldiers and Brienne and Pod. Tyrion and Pod have a nice exchange between them as does Bronn and Tyrion. Brienne and the Hound talk and discuss Arya “the only person needing protecting is the one who gets in her way” Stark. The Company enters the Dragon pits as does Cersei and her entourage including Euron. Everyone notes Danni is not present. Suddenly Danni arrives on Drogon with Raegon behind making a more magnificent entrance than Cersei and showing the last part of her might. The Hound comes face to face with the Mountain but no Cleagan bowl last night =\

Euron proceeds to berate Theon and everyone pretty much tells him to sit down and shut up. A discussion ensues and Cersei is about to end the discussion and say there can be no peace when the Hound brings out the Wight which, like a trained dog, heads for Cersei. Anyone else realize that the whole thing with Cersei could have ended right there if they did not stop the wight? Anyway they pull him back on a chain and the Hound proceeds to chop him up until Jon sets fire to one piece and kills it with Dragon glass showing the only 2 ways to kill them. Euron turns tail and heads back to Pyke since the undead can’t swim. Cersei agrees but only if Jon returns to the North stays there and has the North not take sides in the war between Cersei and Danni, her reason being Starks are men of their words and will not break that pact. Being a man of his words Jon refuses as he already bent the knee to Danni. Cersei leaves and says there will be no peace.

Poor Jon can’t win, everyone beating him up for not being able to tell a lie and after all the “Bend the Knee” from Danni she chooses now to say why did you not agree and break your oath to me? He just can’t catch a break, she wants him to bend the knee, he bends the knee, he maintains that, and why didn’t you unbend the knee. Anyway, Tyrion goes like a lamb to slaughter to try to reason with Cersei. A lot of back and forth on how he destroyed their family and was looking like maybe she might give the order to kill him. He calls her on being pregnant and they finally come to an agreement, which including Tyrion living to see another day.

Cersei returns to the dragon pit and agrees to join forces and send armies to the north to assist. Has all her banners called to King’s Landing and they all part ways. Theon and Jon have a nice conversation remembering when they were young and Theon departs to save his sister.

Meanwhile back in Wintefell Sansa speaks with Little Finger about Arya and he continues to try to mess with her head and continue to make her doubt Arya and possibly kill her proving his real intents to Sansa.

We then come across Bran who is taking a break from spying on people and and Sam walks in They have a discussion and Bran reveals Jon is the Bastard of Rhaegar and Lyanna. Sam points out Jon is not a bastard but a legitimate Targaryen, so Bran goes off to the tree network to see for himself and sees their marriage, a bit put off that Rhaegar was the spitting image of Viserys after all the books always depicted him different and yet he looks like that whack-a-doo. While Bran watches the marriage, Jon and Aunt Danni get it on. While Tyrion stands outside the door… creepy? Bran comes back from tree life and reveals Jon is Aegon Targaryen and the legitimate heir to the throne.

We move on and find Theon on the beach with the Iron Born, then fights their leader and looked pretty much beat when the leader tried repeatedly to kick him in the one place you can’t hurt him. Theon gains the upper hand and wins… off he goes with Iron Born in tow to save Yara. I’m sure she will be happy to see him… not.

Back in King’s Landing Cersei betrays the pact and reveals she has no intent to send armies she will fight the winners of the battle instead, she also reveals Euron did not run but instead went to hire the gold company. Jamie is honor bound to go North and tries to get her to be reasonable looks like the Mountain might kill Jamie, order not given. Jamie leaves Cersei FINALLY. And Winter finally comes to King’s Landing.

Back in Winterfell Sansa with Bran besides her calls a trial in the main hall and summons Arya (important thing to notice here Arya has the dagger again). She proceeds to levy charges or murder, deception and betrayals but not on Arya on Little Finger. Little Finger over played his hand and is being called on it. He tries to use his deceptions to get out of it then claims you cannot prove any of that. Cue the 3 Eyed Raven I see all I know all and you once told my father not to trust you as you betrayed him. Baelish ends up crying and pleading for his life turns to the commander of the Vale who wants no part of him. Sentence is death and Arya with nothing more than a flick of her wrist cuts his throat.

We then get a nice sisterly love moment where they show mutual admiration for each other’s accomplishments and quote Ned, “when winter comes the lone wolf dies but the pack survives” the Starks are a wolf pack not lone wolves.

Back to Bran at the super white Weirwood tree needing to spy on the Night’s King… which takes us to Eastwatch

Here comes the Night’s King and his army sporting a shiny new… ok a bit ragged White walker Dragon… or ice Dragon which breathes either blue flame (extreme heat think propane) or ice so cold it burns. Undead Viserion proceeds to blast the wall and take the wall down while people flee for their lives. The wall comes down and now Winter is coming south. We do not know who died or lived at Eastwatch we saw Beric and Tormund there. Last we saw them they were running for their lives we never saw either dead or dying.

Predictions for Season 8 (not spoilers since nothing was leaked)

Jon… sorry, Aegon ...will get Danni pregnant yes she was cursed but few things here. They made far too many mentions of her not being able to have children this season and last mention of it was Jon saying who told you that? Are you sure she wasn’t just saying it? Too much foreshadowing about this.

The Night’s King will be defeated – I mean come on the story is the Song of Ice and Fire (Jon) not the story of the undead King. Last season Jon has to win.

Jon will become King as the rightful heir. Danni will marry Jon and be queen, before anybody hits on the “but she is his aunt”... Targaryens historically interbred to keep the Dragon bloodline pure so very likely to happen. And not like there is no precedent for it in the show with Cersei and Jamie.

Dragons will be killed at least 2 of the 3 will die. Viserion will die a second time for sure no way to win as long as he is alive, but I think he will take one of the others with him.

Sansa will be Queen of the North and Warden of the North. Jon can no longer fulfill this job as he is not a Stark. Since her marriage was never annulled she will have her husband Tyrion at her side :p

Bran will continue to mess up the world and eventually become the Night’s King.

Sam and Gilly will marry and Sam will be restored as Lord of Hornwood and head of the Tarly family

Arya and Gendry will be re-united and likely marry Gendry will be legitimized and become the heir to Storms End.

Jamie will be killed in battle and Arya will snag his face before he rises as a wight.

Arya in Jamie face will head south and kill Cersei.

The Hound will be killed and raised as a Wight and we will have Cleagan Bowl undead vs. undead winner takes umm death?

OK I painted a fairly happily ever after story there… this was written by George RR Martin notorious for killing off your favorite characters so likely most will die, including Danni, and Jon will have a bitter sweet reign as King without her at his side. Then again, the original manuscript for the first book outlined this as a story of Jon, Tyrion, Danerys, Bran and Arya so the only ones who would have the best chances to survive to the end.

Next season only 6 episodes, however some are rumored to be up to 2 hours long. Filming starts in October. Release date has NOT yet been confirmed although the start of filming has been. Based on this season from start of filming to release was 11 months that would put us at next November for release, not 2019. However, there can be delays and filming 6 feature films might be tough to get done in that time frame. So it could be 2019 but we can be hopeful of Nov/oct 2018.

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End of Week Video

Subject: Funny

So with the season finale upon us a little something I found…

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Midweek GIF

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Beyond the Wall / S7E6

OK so Let’s start off with the smaller story going on last night.

Arya and Sansa Arya confronted Sansa as expected and puts Sansa on edge clearly Sansa feel she is the only one who went through anything, but we all know better I for one feel Arya had the tougher route… blind, hiding as a boy, beaten up on a daily basis.. list goes on. Sansa also tipped her hand She won the battle of the bastards. So instead of counting the Knights of the Vale as part of the army they had which would have changed things quite a bit, she held them back and kept them a secret, cost a lot of lives just so she could be the one who won and saved the day. Just a power play by a spoiled child. Little Finger plays into her head some more and she finds Arya’s bag of faces, yeah a bit gross don’t they decay after a while? Arya proves herself smarter and superior keeping Sansa on edge go team Arya!

On to the Magnificent 7 (plus some Star Trek red shirts) Lots of male bonding going on between unlikely friends which was cool. Love Tormund and the Hound bonding, and the Hound making fun of Gendry’s whining and Tormund setting Jon straight on what pride preventing you from bending the knee will get you. The Wight Bear ( not to be confused with White(polar) as he is undead) attacks and Thoros gets hurt mortally, no did not die right away but was dying all the same. Also lose a few red shirts but that is to be expected. Finally, they beat up and capture a Wight Mission part 1 complete… casualties at the moment = red shirts not important. They are ambushed by a much larger Army but not before Gendry runs to Eastwatch.  They end up floating on an island of ice surrounded. Thoros succumbs to his wounds and dies, they also lose the rest of the red shirts. Gendry gets a raven to Danni who against advice from her advisor ( who she ignores often) she takes the Dragons and rescues the team except Jon = price of her trip North 1 gold Dragon. Jon in a total badass move, stands facing the Night’s King showing no fear ready to fight. Jon is swamped and left for dead until…dun dun dun  saved by undead Uncle Benjin.

Danni while mentioned above needs her own write up..

Frustrated by having the hots for Jon :p suddenly Jon is too small? LOL poor Tyrion, Jon is a giant next to him. But I digress it’s not your size but how immortal you are sheesh. Danni should strongly consider the mortality of her previous husband who was a big man. So she gets a raven and ignores the advice of her most trusted advisor who she seems to feel is betraying her and off she goes leaving with 3 Dragons to save the crew. She flies in to save the day and gets the crew even though the only one she showed any interest in saving was Jon. Viscerion gets an ice spear through the neck and plummets to his death in the frozen water. Jon also falls into the water and she leaves him for dead.

The crew is re-united save for Thoros, more bromance going on, Jon is wounded and ½ frozen. They head out on a ship with a Wight. Danni tends to Jon and gets to see first-hand his stabbed in the heart wounds. Yes Danni the tales are true he was stabbed to death. Danni has lost one of her babies to the Night’s King and has now shifted her attention to killing the Night’s King and Jon is finally willing to bend the knee although that will wait until he can stand ;)

Back to the world of forever winter – Viscerion is dragged out of the water and turned into a wight? Or an ice dragon? Odds are evening up especially since only the Knight’s King managed to kill a dragon.

Next Week the finale ☹

Should be long roughly 80 minutes

Predictions for next week

The crew meets with Cersei to show her a Wight and how impossible they are to kill

Cercei will agree to send troops but betray that promise hoping Danni’s army and the Night’s King’s army will kill each other

Tyrion will figure out Cersei is pregnant

Jamie believes in the army of the dead and leaves Cersei taking the army with him to go fight the battle.

Viscerion will break the wall down

Little Finger will continue to try to play his game

House Stark will find him guilty of treason against the North using information from Bran and Arya will execute him Frey style.

Jon will learn who he really is

Follow up commentary

Arya is Arya pretty clear the faceless men do not reveal their tricks. She did not actually complete her training to become No one therefore is a bit careless like leaving the faces where they could be found and telling Sansa she could put her face on.

Jon yes as a matter of fact there is a lot of freaking out on the internet from people saying the wolf head on the sword opened it’s eyes. Jon just splashed water on it. But that was. Jon oh thought I was dead? Nope I am back come on King boy come fight me.

Benjin was mortally wounded by the Wights and the Children saved him with Dragon Glass so he is essentially Night’s king v2 the controllable version. Yes he can be killed just as all Wights and even the Night’s King can be killed. And Yes they showed him get swarmed.

The Hound pointed that out with Thoros dead Beric wont be coming back next time he gets killed.

Tyrion is a true believer, Tyrion is also not a vicious cut throat like his sister. He truly believes there is a peaceful diplomatic way of doing things and that without using them the fear of the dragons will bring people around. So the dragons would get people to follow her through fear but her not resorting to them would get people to follow her through love. So he does have her best interest in mind but does not want anybody to die.

Dann  however does not read it that way because since his sister is a cut throat and Danni will keep losing if she does not act on Cersei, since Cersei will not have a peaceful diplomatic solution

Next week:

Did not see anything pointing to a major death… maybe Cersei will miscarry Little Finger could die as well

Yes the unsullied and Dothraki escort the crew to show Cersei the Wight no fight but Jamie and Bron will be impressed with the sheer size of the army

When last we left the Red Witch she was heading to Ashai. She eventually must return to die in those accursed lands Arya is likely going to kill her

Jamie will betray Cersei and leave with the Army and finally leave her. He will likely either be killed by Arya or die in battle and Arya will wear him back to kill Cersei

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Eastwatch / S7E5

Sam and Gilly The news of the Night’s King is sent to the Citadel from Bran the 3 Eyed Raven … DUDE totally believable I mean put yourself in the Maester’s shoes or sandals more likely. if some kid sent me a letter claiming to be the 3 eyed Raven (who?what?) and claimed the army of the undead are coming lead by the Night’s King, I would totally laugh my ass off. Bran is more impressive face to face when he starts telling you things that you did or were done to you in your life but sending a Raven? He’s an angsty crippled teen who Listened to old Nan’s tales too much. OK so as you would expect the old codgers ignore Bran even though Sam is pleading with them that the Night’s King is real and something needs to be done.

Flash ahead and Sam and Gilly are in a room Sam trying to study while Gilly practices reading. BIG reveal here when Gilly reads that Rhaegar annulled his marriage to Elia Martel and married somebody else name not revealed because even though the entire world knows it is Lyanna the show needs to string you along a bit more. This of course would mean Jon is not a bastard but a legitimate Heir. Sam finally is fed up and packs his scrolls we’re leaving I am tired of reading about the great feats of better men. Of course before he leaves he loots the Library. It’s a long trip he’ll need something to read.

Things to watch on them… They are headed to Winterfell with a lot of books and scrolls with ancient data they have no money or means so will be looking for a free ride or assistance. Plan on them encountering ‘Nobody’ on their quest to get to Winterfell. Also, my guess is Sam has more than info about Jon’s parents in them there books he stole. Perhaps the secret to Valeryian Steel?

Bran “lets the pigeons loose” (Count Malachi – Happy Days) ok Ravens he can control an entire flock at once and spy on everyone nice skillset he has there. He can also send them out with a message. He must be gaining tons of info now. I wonder if he can see in all the trees at one time,  as well.

Danni  I am not here to burn your cities… just you. I need the real estate. Err ok so Mad Queen? Nah frustrated one while she held back her Dragons she lost 2 major battles. So she used only one Dragon and won a major battle. Now the survivors of her Carnage are being given a choice bend the knee or die. Really she should have rephrased it to make it sound a bit better? Something along the lines “ Bend the knee and declare an Oath of Fealty to me as your Queen or be considered in Open rebellion and declared an Enemy of the Crown and will be punished As is fitting of your crimes” Historically in Westeros the punishment is death anyway but it sounds better than kneel or die. The idiot Tarly’s stand in open rebellion staring down the gullet of a monstrous Drogon so Danni hosts a BBQ for all those Kneeling. And those not suddenly kneel (except for those Tarlys) Tyrion pleads with her not to do this blah blah blah ok..

So, Mad Queen or not? Historically Kings have called for people to bend the knee or be considered an enemy of the crown in open rebellion. Which essentially means we are at war and once we have you in custody we will chop off your head. It should also be pointed out that the Tarlys are OATH BREAKERS sworn banner men of Lady Oleana and Rob had beheaded Karstark for being an Oath Breaker nobody called him the mad king. Yes she cooked them but dead is dead… Unless you are in the North then the dead rise. As Lady Oleana once said “ you are a dragon be a dragon” I’m ok with this.

SO, she heads back to Dragonstone and in a complete wtf moment Jon pets Drogon who seems to know he is a dragon.

Danni will not let this stabbed in the heart gaff by Davos go she needs to hear the story ..We then see the return of Jorah… to the friend zone!!! thanks to Jon replacing Dario poor dude cannot catch a break. Oh well continue the stabbing story another day.  They soon get Bran’s Raven s well at least one of them.  Jon must return home to save the world from the army of the dead because he is a super soldier who cannot die, just like somebody else who can’t be burned… interesting. Anywho Tyrion comes up with a better plan.. er strategy uhhm since in service of Danni how many of his plans actually succeed? Ok guess we’ll hear him out ok so we need to capture a wight because why the hell not no risk there. Bring it to Cersei because clearly, he wants to team up instead of watching his family burn.

So, Davos smuggles Tyrion in to King’s Landing to parlay with Jamie when they get there Davos ditches poor Tyrion much to his dismay and heads to flea bottom clearly looking for a “bowl of brown’ nah he’s checking up on Gendry see how the boy he set free is doing and try to recruit him for the cause, after all who doesn’t need a big strong kid in a fight or a blacksmith/armorer. Gendry of course joins him, much better than hiding under Cersei’s nose or making armor and weapons for the people who killed his dad who he never knew and all his siblings he never knew. So, he grabs his massive war hammer and off they go.

In the meantime, Tyrion meets Jamie they have words over Tyrion having killed Jamie’s father blah blah. I do think I pointed out Tyrion is likely the Mad King’s son. OK so Tyrion agrees to cease attacks they come to an agreement and off Tyrion goes.

Meanwhile down at the beach… Davos is loading the boat ready to go as soon as Tyrion gets there and 2 Gold cloaks show up Davos buys them off and all set until they recognize Tyrion.. Cue Gendry and his big hammer ok time to go before somebody else comes by since it will be tough to hide the bodies.

Back at Dragonstone the plan to capture a wight ensues. Jorah looking to be Danni’s hero and love volunteers to go, as does Jon and Gendry and off to Eastwatch. Special note there was a Ned and Robert moment when Jon and Gendry met. We’ll revisit them in a bit.. Also note Danni is staying back to protect her claim from Cersei and does not want Jon to go. She is ok with Jorah going though.

Special note on Gendry and his importance He is an Armorer trained by none other than Mitkin. Mitkin is the Armorer who Tywin had reforge Ned’s sword considered the last smith to know how to work Valeryian steel… I think Gendry knows as well. Additionally, he is Robert’s bastard and while Danni has issues with Robert she believes in not holding children to the deeds of their fathers. Expect him to be legitimized by Danni and house Baratheon to return. My prediction which we may only get eluded to at the end of next season Gendry to wed Arya and be given Storm’s End the Baratheon stronghold. That is pure prediction for next season no spoiler there.

I’ll just continue with this arc for now. Ok So Jon and his 2 travel buddies head to Eastwatch where they hook up with Tormund. We head to the cells where we find Beric, Thoros and The Hound. Gendry is not a fan of them as they sold him, Tormund does not like Jorah since his pops hunted his people. Jon please why can’t we all just get along… ok so they all group up and head out.

The Jon Snow wight co.:

Jon Snow –AKA Aegon Targaryen Bastard– King of the North – hidden Targ – true rightful heir to the Throne… Un-killable machine – fire wight – Azor Ahai – wonder if I can drum up enough titles for him to rival Danni?

Gendry – Bastard – only Heir to Storms End – swings a mighty hammer

Jorah – just happy to be here maybe he can trip Jon and get off the friend zone with Danni- son of the old Bear – If given back all lands and titles by Danni the true heir to Bear Island.

Tormund – leader of the wildlings

Beric Dondarian – king of being returned from the dead

Thoros of Myrr – returns him from the dead – red priest

Sandor “The Hound” Cleagan

And they’re off… cue the credits see more next week

As we know Jamie and Bronn got out of the water via Bronn becoming super human and dragging that metal clad idiot out of the water. Bronn is pretty much ready to bail on this whole situation.

So, time to go home lick his wounds and tell Cersei about the attack. He informs her they cannot win and points out the carnage of just one dragon imagine all 3? Cersei is still Cersei so will not back down or relinquish her crown. Jamie informs her it was Lady Oleana who killed Jeoffry not Tyrion. But Tyrion did kill their daddy so not free pass.

Later that day after Jamie meets with Tyrion, Cersei is a tad cross that Jamie went behind her back lets him know never to betray her again.. it is sound advice we all saw what she did to the sept. Anyway we discover Cersei is pregnant and will openly declare Jamie as the father. She is way off the reservation folks. But face it this kid is not going to live Maggy the frog in her fortune telling to Cersei declared she would have 3 children and they all would die. 3 up 3 down this one won’t survive birth. Cersei also pulled a Bran on Jamie she sees all and knows all.

Back in Winterfell Sansa meets all the northern lords and the lords of the Vale give little support for Jon against their complaints of his absence and so it goes. Arya confronts her and accuses her of wanting power and not supporting their brother…err cousin.

Arya decides to spy on Little Finger who also decides to lead her to something he plants for her. So, she follows him and follows until she discovers… dun dun dun The letter Sansa wrote to Rob calling Ned a traitor and demanding he come bend a knee. Clearly, He is looking to divide and conquer by creating a rift between the sisters in his personal quest for power.

Predictions

Sam and Gilly are heading to Winterfell they will need help if they are going to make it. They will look for help but find Nobody ;) Sam will also definitively discover Jon’s Legitimacy. He will meet Bran when he gets to Winterfell. Bran will tell Sam of Jon’s mother Lyanna and Sam will tell Bran she was married to Rhaegar. Bran will 3 eyed Raven away and come back and be like WTF how did I miss that?

Some of Jon’s party will die but word will get to Danni maybe from Bran, and she will head out with her Dragons to save the day, but it will cost her one gold dragon to pay for her actions.

Arya will confront Sansa and Sansa being a bit savvier than she was a long time ago will turn the tables on Little Finger who will eventually get killed by Arya

Bran will continue to mess up the world :p ok either Sam will have books detailing info on Valeryian steel or Bran will 3 eyed raven it. And Gendry will be able to forge it. If he is among the survivors.

Jon will find out who he is and sit the Iron Throne with less titles than Danni

A Wight will be shown to Cersei she will agree to team up against the Night’s King then stab everyone in the back.

The Citadel will notice they are missing some books.

By the way Danni should have the ability to excuse Sam from the Night’s Watch oath. Technically he is now Lord Samwell Tarly Lord of Horne Hill especially since he did not finish training to be a Maester.

That would mean 2 strong houses return with Fealty to Danni. Tarly and Baratheon

WHERE IS GHOST????

Gendry and Arya will be married and live in Storm’s End Arya will kick his ass every time he calls her My Lady

Sansa will become Wardeness of the North

Cersei will lose her child no chance she can have a 4th according to Maggie the Frog. Jamie will kill Cersei… ok Arya wearing Jamie’s face will kill Cersei

2 episodes left ☹

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Spoils of War / S7E4

So, no real surprises for me here since I read the hacked/leaked Synopsis

Little Finger tries to win over Bran who has become an emotionless cyborg. Give Bran the dagger like that will win him over and exits. poor Meera expected some of Bran to be left in him but Bran is gone and just the 3 eyed Raven is left. You have to kind of expect that as Bran he caused utter chaos lost Summer and actually sentenced Hodor not just to death but to a life of just saying hold the door. He got everyone killed and got a massive overdose of 3 eyed raven info. So yeah I could see he no longer is capable of feeling since all that hit at once. Surprised he is not catatonic.

Scene with little Finger and Bran was actually foreshadowing and essential to plot. Little Finger was trying to manipulate Bran and play with words as he does. Bran quoted him when he said “Chaos is a Ladder” which is something Bran was not around to hear when Little Finger said it, to the point LF and Bran have never been around each other until that point. Essentially bran in not so many words just told LF I know everything you have done, go use your words elsewhere. I think LF is truly afraid of Bran and is not yet smart enough to be afraid of Arya.

Our favorite little badass is home finally. Arya reaches Winterfell and is greeted at the gate by Laurel and Hardy, I so love how utterly incompetent the guards at the gate are during times of war. The 2 girls hug it out chit chat and Arya mentions her list which Sansa thinks is a joke… off to see Bran who gives Arya the Dagger ( previous photo leak explained) and mentions her going to KL and her list because Cersei is on said list. Sansa’s starting to realize the list is real and Arya has been following it but does not yet know to what extent. Arya spars Brienne AWESOME scene and beats Brienne if that were a real fight Brienne would be dead. Sansa now knows to what extent Arya has been following her list.

Joffrey Baratheon - Dead former king and all around asshat. Deceased – killed by Lady Oleanna

Cersei Lannister - Mother of Joffrey and overall manipulative bitch. Dead inside? Killed by herself :p nah still Alive unfortunately

Walder Frey - Betrayer of Robb and orchestrated the murder of Robb & Catelyn. Deceased as are all house frey – slaughtered by Arya

Meryn Trant - Member of the Kingsguard whom Arya blames for the death of Syrio Forel Deceased – killed by Arya

Tywin Lannister - Head of house Lannister, father of Cersei and Jaime. Deceased – killed by Tyrion

Mellisandre (the Red Woman) - Stannis' influential cohort, wanted to kill Gendry for blood magic. Alive

Beric Dondarrion - Leader of the Brotherhood Without Banners, sold Gendry out to Mellisandre. Alive-ish - killed many times by countless people – reanimated fire wight

Thoros of Myr - Member of the Brotherhood Without Banners, sold Gendry out to Mellisandre. Alive

Ilyn Payne - Executioner ("King's Justice") who beheaded Ned Stark. Actor died- no mention of him since not even on Arya’s list

Gregor Clegane (The Mountain) - Knight who works for house Lannister. Alive-ish - killed by red viper of Dorne – re-animated zombie

Sandor Clegane (The Hound) - Former servant of house Lannister. Alive but not for lack of trying

To be noted Sansa was on and was removed. Melisandre, Thoros and Beric were added for their betrayal of Gendry. So while Little Finger is not on her list he will make it there if Bran who sees all lists his betrayals to their family.

Thoros, Beric and Sandor are on their way north I wonder if she will exact revenge or let them be due to the war to come. Mellisandre has left for Essos but said she has to come back to die in this land so might come to face Arya.

Special note on Mellisandre remember back when she took Gendry she looked at Arya and was terrified by her and told her she will see her again. Pretty sure it will be Arya to kill her.

Cersei - well she might be able to wear Jamie face and get close to her ;) but for now She is North and her target is south.

Back to Arya was she not extremely graceful??? She moved like water seriously Brienne had 0 chance to beat her the only shot she had was kicking her away, which actually caused the end of the fight with Arya having the dagger at her throat.

Moving right along ;) Cersei is getting along great with the Iron Bank, but that won’t last after her promised payment was destroyed by Drogon and stolen by Dothraki ( Spoils of War). This could be a big falling out between Cersei and Jamie since he was escorting her stolen loot. But we shall see wont we?

Jon shows Danni the cave with all the drawings including the white walkers so she knows they are real. Unfortunately, Jon has his pride and she has an obsession with people bending the knee. And sparks are a brewing between them for a love interest coming soon to a TV near you.

Theon returns to Dragonstone and unfortunately Jon does not kill him. Really at this point if you were Theon would you not want to die?

Danni learns of the High Garden sack and the Unsullied being stranded on foot to get to her. After being advised against using the Dragons, she does Well at least Drogon. The Dothraki attack and Bronn acknowledges they are going to lose and tells Jamie to leave. He of course doesn’t listen … idiot.

Suddenly there is a dragon with a rider. Drogon cooks a great meal of Lion meat but gets attacked with Qyburn’s Dragon killing machine which hurts Drogon and he in turn fries it to nothingness. Bronn meets his match in battle and if it were not for that spear shooter would have gotten killed. So while Danni tries to pull the spear out Jamie … we’ll call him idiot… tries to attack a live Dragon because Danni is distracted, no it’s a giant dragon why would it fry me without her knowing. Luckily, idiot is tackled into the water by Bronn who has 9 lives. When last we see our idiot he is underwater in heavy armor sinking to the bottom. My guess his cat like friend drags him out. I love Tyrion’s reaction to Idiot attacking a Dragon the size of a small castle with one hand and a sword.

All in all, an awesome battle scene and finally a major win for Danni and huge loss for Cersei. The Iron Bank will not be happy to have not gotten paid.  I also love the Dothraki telling Tyrion “your people can’t fight”

Until next week…