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Really enjoyed this episode compared to the others this season.

 

It wasn't at Winterfell. It was some sort of inn or tavern

 

I did not notice this. Their intro to the show has always been excellent, but this season the intro has been on another level.

 

Bran better be important to the overarching themes of the series in these last two episodes somehow though. I'm going to be extremely disappointed if he's not.

 

“Hey Bran, anything interesting we need to know about going on in the world?”

“Let me tell you why this is my favorite chair.”

“Okay bud, good talk.”

 

They keep throwing him and Tyrion together, either with the hard stare or talking. I feel like Tyrion is getting some sort of info from him or something.

But the sudden look back at Maester Walken and then the "i always live in the past" line seemed....ominous. Idk.

 

Also it could be argued that Bran's big roll was the Aegon thing, though I was expecting something else.

 

Oh yeah, I saw a meme about Bran saying that:

"I always live in the past..."

Bran is a confirmed Cowboys fan, hell yeah @CarpetElf

 

This show has a handful of the strangest “main” characters I’ve ever seen on a show. Like we have to get into Twin Peaks territory to compete with some of these people, and here they aren’t even intended to be surreal for the most part.

 

Any ASOIAF nerds know of any significance of the Targaryan Bran brought up tonight might have?

 

Bran is just another in the line of characters where people seem to just overlook the profound impact they’ve had on the series. Saying Bran hasn’t done anything/more needs to be done with him is like saying the Night King hadn’t done anything, or the dragons hadn’t done anything, etc.

 

I must've missed that. I will admit I was a little tipsy during my watch last night.

 

Dany's dragons are essentially teenagers at this stage, two of which were locked away for a period of time. Her dragons have never been as powerful as the ones from Valeriya, or even from the Dance of Dragons era. That said, we've gotten a pretty strong understanding of what Dany's dragon's strength and weaknesses are (battle in Meereen, Loot Train, Battle at Winterfell, etc). And while everyone up north has been preparing for the battle up north, Qyburn and Cersei have had that same amount of time to plan and perfect how to a kill a dragon.

It's easy to overlook Jaime's confliction when it comes to Cersei when someone like the Blackfish or Edmund Tully are on the opposite end of his decision making, as opposed to a fan favorite character like Brienne, but Jaime literally spelled it out to Brienne before riding south. I think Jaime will ultimately do what is right once arriving south, but he's going to need a push. His inability to shake Cersei or the power she holds over him seems very true to his character. He's flip flopped like 3 different times up to this point. He very clearly has strong affection and love for Brienne, but he's loved Cersei for a lot longer. Also, don't forget that Brienne is the first woman that Jaime has ever been with aside from Cersei. I'm sure in a lot of ways Jaime is now also feeling somewhat guilty about that, further driving his desire to run away from Brienne and back to Cersei.

One of the show's bigger mistakes, in my opinion, was not introducing Euron a season or two earlier, just showing his general adventures on the edge of the world. Could have been really interesting to see some of the stuff that is only ever described in the books, as well (a la Hardhome), and would have solidified his importance in this last season.

Lmao, they literally shot the Winterfell battle scene over the course of 55 nights or something like that. But yeah, everyone working on this show is suuuuuper lazy. Give me a fucking break.

 

"I mostly live in the past now."

"Okay, yeah, great, but maybe fly some of those ravens south to scout for ambushing sea pirates? Thanks."

Also, a great time to point out that once again, in a war council meeting, Sansa was fucking right. REST YOUR DAMN ARMY, DANY. Then maybe you'd all be making better decisions and not getting snuck up on.

 

I hope the next episode is titled The Battle of the Mad Queens

 

I really don't like how many people I've seen reducing Daenerys' (or Cersei's, for that matter) state of mind to "madness". Or the people who have hoped Daenerys "goes full Mad Queen." She hasn't gone mad, the circumstances of her life have molded her into the person that she is right now and everything she is doing is pretty well-grounded in her character up this point. It's pretty tragic that she's reacting the way she is to what has happened over the course of the last few episodes, because we're watching a character with so much potential for good give in to her anger and frustration and the results will be catastrophic. It's a fall from grace we're witnessing, not a descent into madness.

 

I meant it more like Dany is angry, not crazy

 

The rush to get to Cersei only makes sense from the outside standpoint that the show is ending. Time would absolutely be on their side in their world. Plus, you know, the whole Arya thing. Everyone can stay home and she can waltz in and fix it, easy peasy. From a character/story standpoint Cersei falling because of her family makes sense and Arya killing ANOTHER big bad doesn’t, but in universe it’s the perfect plan.

 

I loved that episode. Narratively, I am okay with Euron taking out the dragon even though I hated to see it happen and it was handled VERY CLUMSILY. Hearing a little bit about how he is in the books from readers kinds helps that make sense.

I am very much hoping that Jaime is heading south to take out his sister and not reunite with her.

People saying that Bran hasn't done anything yet are definitely underselling his contributions so far - BUT you have to admit he is a VERY funny character, and it seems unintentional. He does seem like his mysterious powers could be SUPER HELPFUL in tangible, logical, real world strategic ways and instead he stares creepily a lot and busts out "I like this chair."

 

I laugh about it but i think bran’s unintentional comedy takes away from a lot of scenes, i dont think the scenes were written and intended to be taken the way we do sometimes when we laugh at bran.

 

I think about the common people of the seven kingdoms just going about their lives, not giving two shits about Dany v Cersei because they're just trying to survive their dull ass existences

 

To be clear, I don't think I or anyone here has said that Bran hasn't done anything yet. But the whole series built him up to be basically the most important person/thing on the planet and personally, I don't think being bait to bring the Night King and then living on as history's memory is anywhere near the level of importance of what's been implied about him.

 

I'm 50/50 with you here. I 1000% buy that Dany, after knowing what she knows about Jon, seeing how everyone loves him, and her distrust of Sansa (and the love that Sansa also endures from the Northerner/the Vale/Theon), would want to get the hell out of Winterfell. Her primary objective from the jump has been the Iron Throne. She's taken a shit ton of detours, lost dragons, lost half her army, and now she's aware that there is a person with built-in support who has a better claim than her. Of course she wants to get the hell down to King's Landing asap to sit herself upon that throne. It's not the smart thing to do, but I totally understand why she would be thinking that way.

 

And when they all get set on fire next week I don’t think they will care whether or not it’s been “earned” by the ones doing it.

 

agree on this 100%