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LOL!
You’re right of course. But maybe she’ll THINK she found a new continent, thus doing a "Reverse Columbus". ;-)
He still could be the personification of Winter.
After all, the CotF created him in a place that later was north of the wall, and there wasn’t the slightest sign of an arctic climate at that point. So maybe there was no winter at all before he was created.
Oh yes, Charles Dance was SO GREAT! Absolutely loved his performance.
(I still think they should’ve hired him to play Tarkin in "Rogue One" instead of insulting the memory of Peter Cushing by using that dreadful CGI Tarkin.)
Heh.
I really like it, though he’s wrong in one point (well, I *noticed* one point, there could be others):
He says that to find out what’s west of Westeros, Arya could have simply asked Bran. But Bran doesn’t know everything, he "only" knows all the things that other people (that includes humans as well as Children of the Forest) know. That became clear in S08E02 when they asked him if the Night Kind can be killed by dragon fire and he replied: "I don’t know. No one’s ever tried."
And as far as I remember, that’s not inconsistent with things we’ve seen in earlier seasons.
So since nobody knows what’s west of Westeros, he can’t no it, too. Which probably means that Arya will either find nothing at all or a continent where no intelligent being lives.
Apart from that, he really points out the troubles very fine. It gave me a few good chuckles. :-)
I’m sure a weird kid in a wheelchair seems a lot less threatening than a paranoid man who likes to burn people alive.
That is, IF Bran doesn’t reveal to the nobles of Westeros that he know every single shitty little secret they’ve got. THAT could trouble the Lords a lot…
And Tyrion? He simply saw the advantages of a King who knows everything.
The "good story" part … well, I didn’t really get that either. As you say, a bastard from Flea Bottom who fought his way up would’ve worked just as well to me. But maybe Tyrion didn’t want to overstrain things. For thousands of years, they had highborn men for Kings, so maybe the best choice in the transition from "bloodline Kings" to elected Kings was a Highborn.
Well put, congrats!
Archmaester Ebrose was in love with Tyrion. He tried to avoid it, but every time he mentioned him, he couldn’t help but writing such things as "the wonderful Tyrion Lannister" or "the beautiful imp".
So in the end to avoid that people realize he is secretly gay, he didn’t mention him at all.
Being in a union CAN be advantageous.
For example, Dorne is probably in a weakened state right now. So are the Iron Islands. Does Gendry want to be an independent king? – Can’t imagine that. Robyn of the Vale? Don’t make me laugh. Bronn? Edmure?
No, of course you’re right. However I don’t think they’re gonna claim some territory in order to own it. They are going to Naath to protect it.
Umm, Sansa’s Queen now, and nobody went: "Oh, how can she rule, she’s a woman!"
Must be some kind of selective perception.
[quote]because she is thinking ahead[/quote]
That’s it.
At some point, there will be a different king – we don’t know if Sansa knows how old a 3ER can get, and moreover, Kings are known to occasionally die before their time.
What better time to declare independence than the moment when your brother is made King? Even if he hadn’t agreed, it was unlikely that he’d shout "Off with her head!"
According to the Game of Thrones wiki [url]https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Three-Eyed_Raven[/url] he’s over a thousands years old. However those wikis can be wrong, and I don’t remember when (if at all) the 3ER’s age was addressed.
So, in which ep it was mentioned?
EDIT:
Oooops… sorry, the answer’s right there in the wiki, didn’t see that before. According to them, in S06E03 ("Oathbreaker") the 3ER says he’s been waiting "a thousand years" for Bran.
I never said "impossible" but "very, very hard". That’s a difference.
And of course, those scorpions were a threat. We (the audience) did know that since Qyburn showed how the arrow penetrated a dragon’s skull. And Dany knew that since Drogon was hurt by a scorpion in the Reach. The flaw that I saw was that Eurons fleet was able to adjust the scorpions, aim and shoot three arrows without Dany (who was right besides Rhaegal) even seeing the fleet. Even with two islands to "hide" the fleet that was quite unbelievable.
But on the subject of Jon killing Drogon, that even doesn’t matter a bit because Jon had no scorpion.
You come up with a "better solution" but refuse to point out how it could have actually worked.
Regarding the post that you apparently edited at the same time as I was writing my reply:
> People were complaining so hard that Drogon survived.
> Nobody complained that a dragon was killed too easily.
Yes, I know a lot of people complained about that. And I always saw it just the other way round. So what?
And you’re avoiding to answer my question.
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Drogon not being hit by a harbor full of ships, nor King's Landing walls, both of whom were armed to the teeth with scorpions, after the previous episode showed those same scorpions being used effectively from moving ships, shooting at a moving target, from miles away, was fucking inexcusable.
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I see it the other way round: The mistake wasn’t that Dany riding Drogon was able to destroy all the scorpions without being harmed. The mistake was that Rhaegal was killed too easily.
> why in the name of all that is good didn't Grey Worm, or the Dothraki kill Jon on the spot?
Grey Worm, yes, that was strange.
The Dothraki however – they traditionally thought that anybody who loses a fight isn’t a worthy leader. I don’t see them avenging someone who was (in their eyes) weak enough to get killed.
So, and with what kind of weapon would he have killed Drogon?
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They should have had Jon kill Drogon
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Chances are he would have died trying.
HOW should he have killed a dragon? He didn’t have one of the White Walker’s magic lances. The scorpions were all destroyed by Dany and Drogon, and if they would’ve missed ONE scorpion that Jon can use to kill Drogon, all people would go: "Ooooh, how convenient! Now THAT’S bad writing!"
Thoughout the seasons they made it clear that dragons are very, very hard to kill unless you’re the Night King or Supereuron, and it already was a flaw how easily Euron killed Rhaegal. No need to add another flaw.
Then again, Jon could’ve tried to whine Drogon to death. Probably would’ve worked.
Bran’s exact word were: "He needs to know the truth (…) We need to tell him (…) It's time to tell Jon the truth."
All of them CAN be interpreted as conscious choice, yes.
But they work just as well as "following the path that destiny laid out for them".
Ugh, sorry!
I read it and I really like it. I was beginning to see the Dany thing not unlike you do (see [url]https://moviechat.org/tt0944947/Game-of-Thrones/5ce227774cd319019a52f3df/So-is-Dany-Crazy-Or-just-an-asshole?reply=5ce3299af8ae1d1ff874edea[/url]), only you put it much better. And more verbose. ;-)
I agree on the Jacquen part, that would’ve been great. Moreover, some time ago I read somewhere that Tom Wlaschiha would return for the final season, so I kind of expected something like this. But either that was simply a misinformation or they did shoot such a scene but it was deleted. If so, then I hope it’ll be on the DVD/BD editions.
However…
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It might have been a good way for he desire to sail west with virtually no explanation.
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She expressed her wish to see what’s west of Westeros back in Braavos BEFORE she left the Faceless Men, so it didn’t need to be explained with something that happened a long time after that. I don’t need any further explanation – sometimes people just want to do something special in their life and some of them even get to do it.
(I wanted to be an explorer when I was a kid. Boy was I disappointed when I learned there’s nothing left to explore on earth, at least not in the sense of, you know, finding new countries etc.)